One Piece: The user of the Nen-Nen Fruit, who overturned the sea.

Chapter 417 Lanternfish

An island.

A huge island floats silently in gastric juices.

The pale golden gastric juices shone with the same luster as pure gold.

The island was right in the center of the gastric juice, rising and falling slightly with the fluctuations of the gastric juice.

On the island, one can vaguely see dilapidated buildings—collapsed houses, broken stone pillars, and abandoned streets.

Everything remains exactly as it was two hundred years ago.

Roy stood at the exit of the esophagus, gazing at the island, speechless for a long time.

"Pure gold..."

He took a deep breath, suppressed his excitement, and began to scan the entire island.

According to my Observation Rhythm perception, there is a vibrant life force on the island. And there is more than one, distributed throughout the island.

Roy locked his gaze on the clearest aura among them, and with his telekinetic power, he moved rapidly across the surface of the gastric juices, chasing after that aura.

Soon, he spotted a figure.

It was a girl—at least she looked like one.

She was lying on the back of a huge lizard, her head buried in its scales, muttering something.

The lizard sprinted across the gastric juices, its two legs moving rapidly, splashing pale golden ripples beneath its feet.

Roy stared at the lizard, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

That thing, can it run on stomach acid?

And it runs quite fast.

A picture flashed through Roy's mind—he seemed to have seen a description of this lizard somewhere before.

It can run on the ocean; its feet have a special structure that allows it to glide on the water...

"A marine lizard," Roy remembered.

In the world of One Piece, there is a special kind of creature that can run on the sea surface at a pretty fast speed.

I didn't expect it to be able to run in gastric juice.

He snapped out of his thoughts, and with a flash, he stood directly in front of the lizard.

"hiss--!"

The lizard was so startled that it braked suddenly, its legs creating long waves on the stomach acid, almost throwing the girl off its back.

The girl was shaken awake and groggily patted the lizard's neck: "Hey! Elizabeth! Why did you stop?"

The lizard turned its head, frantically winking at Roy, and desperately thrashed its head toward him.

The girl then lifted her listless face and looked over in the direction the lizard was pointing.

The moment she saw Roy clearly, her eyes widened instantly.

"You you you—"

She pointed at Roy, her finger trembling.

"Who are you?! How did you end up inside Lord Lanternfish's belly?!"

Roy looked at her, a faint smile playing on his lips.

Is this girl Olga?

She does look like a girl in her early teens, but judging by her age, she should be over two hundred years old.

Sure enough, the effect of pure gold is real.

Roy slowly approached: "My name is Roy, and I'm a pirate."

"Pirates...?!"

Olga's expression changed, and she quietly reached for the small knife at her waist.

At the same time, she secretly tugged at the rope with her other hand, trying to make the lizard turn around and run away.

Sensing its owner's intention, the lizard slowly began to move its two legs backward.

Roy smiled.

This little girl, does she think she didn't notice?

Roy's fingers twitched slightly.

With a sudden burst of telekinesis, the lizard named Elizabeth's legs were pinned to stomach acid, unable to move an inch.

The lizard hissed in terror and struggled desperately, but it couldn't move at all.

Olga's forehead gradually broke out in a cold sweat, and her hand holding the knife trembled.

"What...what exactly do you want?!"

Roy looked at her, his smile unchanged.

"take it easy."

Olga.

"How...how do you know my name?"

Olga stared at Roy, her face full of disbelief.

Roy didn't rush to answer, but just looked at her quietly.

This girl is over two hundred years old, but she still looks like a young girl.

He was wearing tattered clothes, his hair was messy, and there was still dust on his face.

But those eyes were very bright.

Alertness, curiosity, tension, fear... a mix of emotions, like a startled fawn.

"How did you know?" Roy asked slowly. "You must have heard your story, right?"

Olga's pupils contracted slightly: "Our...story?"

Roy nodded: "Your father, Mischia Olga, a famous scientist from two hundred years ago, created pure gold because of your illness."

Olga's body trembled slightly.

Roy continued:

"But when the pure gold appeared, it caused a sensation. Countless people wanted to seize it, and in the chaos, the lanternfish appeared."

It swallowed the entire island, including your father, including you, including pure gold.

"And then you lived here for two hundred years."

Olga's lips began to tremble.

Those long-forgotten memories, those past events she deliberately avoided thinking about, were now being recounted by Roy one by one, surging back like a tide.

My father's laboratory, the scene of my mother's death, my father's tireless research day and night, that little golden thing...

Also, there's the scene where the father desperately shields her in his arms as the fish opens its enormous mouth.

"You..." Olga's voice trembled, "Who are you? How do you know all this?"

Roy looked at her: "I told you, I've heard your story."

"Impossible!" Olga suddenly became agitated. "That happened two hundred years ago! No one outside could possibly know! Unless—"

She suddenly stopped, her eyes widening even more.

"Unless... you were also swallowed up?"

Roy shook his head: "No. I came in by myself."

Olga opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Did you come in by yourself?

Did it willingly go inside the lanternfish's belly?

Is this person crazy?

Roy ignored her shock and continued, "I'm here for pure gold."

Olga's expression changed, and she instinctively covered the ring on her middle finger.

That little movement did not escape Roy's eyes.

He glanced at the ring—the metal was antique, the luster dull, and it looked like an ordinary old ring.

But Roy knew that something was hidden inside.

Olga noticed Roy's gaze and immediately hid her hands behind her back: "What...what do you want to do?!"

Roy looked away without saying anything more.

He looked at the girl in front of him, who was trembling with nervousness, remained silent for a few seconds, and then slowly spoke.

"Olga, what kind of person do you think your father is?"

Olga was taken aback, not expecting Roy to ask this so suddenly.

"My father..." she murmured, her eyes somewhat unfocused, "He was a madman... He didn't even care when my mother died because of his research..."

Roy shook his head: "You're wrong."

Olga looked at him.

Roy continued, "Your father made pure gold to cure your illness. When your mother passed away, it wasn't that he didn't care, but... he had no choice."

"Pure gold can make you live longer. But that stuff takes time to make."

"Your mother won't live to see that day."

Olga's body began to tremble.

"Every choice your father made was for your sake."

Roy's voice was calm, yet it struck Olga's heart like a hammer, blow after blow.

"Even after he was swallowed up here, he fought desperately to survive, all for you."

Olga finally couldn't hold back her tears and they fell.

She covered her mouth, desperately trying to stop herself from crying out loud. But the tears flowed like a burst dam, unstoppable.

It was so...

It turns out my father did this to treat my illness...

His indifference to his mother's death was because...

It's because he already knew his mother wouldn't live to see that day...