"Gemstone?!"
Just when Lily was flipping through the booklet, the brief candy cloud disappeared, allowing Nami to hear the words.
"What gemstone, where is the gemstone!"
Nami's eyes turned into money signs, listening carefully.
Lily didn't mind, flipping through the booklet, saying, "These are formulas, but incomplete... Mainly it's research notes on how to make the Rainbow Gem, the formulas and arrangements in the middle I don't understand, Renedia."
"Let me take a look."
Renedia took the booklet, opened it to the pages about the formulas, nodding as she read, "Seems like a potion formula, quite a lot of materials used, need to melt the ores, mix with special materials into a liquid, then pair them..."
She's a boatman, knowledgeable in mechanical inventions, but some cannon and weapon configurations require related consideration, though Renedia isn't very skilled in this field.
But the knowledge within isn't profound, since the formula has been researched.
"There's a problem with combinations, there's no arrangement, just materials given."
Renedia flipped to the back, unfurled it for Sage to see, "And this, like a treasure map, don't know what it means to express."
In the booklet, only this page had a detailed sea map drawn, featuring a hot spring symbol, with a red 'X' mark beside it.
"Right here."
Lily said, "The map's location should be this spot, meaning this Hot Spring Island might know."
"Give it back to us!"
As they spoke, a smaller girl walked over, with a bigger girl pulling and tugging hard behind her, seemingly not wanting her to approach.
"This is our father's thing, give it back!"
"Lena, don't..."
The bigger girl realized it was too late, took a deep breath, stood in front of the smaller girl to shield her, "Um... this is what we lost, can you return it to us?"
"Sayou, Lena, are you okay!" Luffy saw the two girls and shouted.
Earlier they encountered Foxy because he snatched things from their hands and tried to take people away, leading to the confrontation.
"Hey, white-haired guy, give the stuff back, it belongs to them!" Luffy shouted.
"Don't make it sound like I always want to snatch people's things. I'm not desperate enough to rob these pitiful folks whose clothes are worn out."
Sage glanced at the two small girls, found a beach chair sitting down, and waved at Sanji, "That blonde guy, bring me a drink."
"Rude guy!"
Sanji yelled, "I only serve ladies!"
Marika then went to Sanji's side, took the tray filled with alcoholic drinks under his somewhat dazed gaze, smiled at him gently, then returned to Sage's side.
"One problem..."
Sage naturally took a cocktail, drank a big swig, and casually took the booklet from Renedia's hand, shaking it at the two girls, "Is it genuine?"
"Huh?" The girl didn't react immediately.
"I'm asking if the things recorded inside are real or fake."
"We don't know, these are dad's research materials and notes. We're here to complete our missing dad's research."
The girl sadly said, "I'm Sayou, this is my sister Lena, we've been here for a while but haven't found anything. This location doesn't have a mark like 'X'."
Lena said indignantly, "Doing this kind of thing is meaningless, sis, we should just go back! Dad was just randomly researching, left us for three years, only a broken notebook, and we don't even know if it's real or fake!"
Sayou shook her head, didn't answer her sister, but just looked at Sage, "Can you give it back to us?"
"No rush, if you can't confirm, let me confirm... Too slow, Lily."
Screech!
Lily grasped the white lightning in her hand, as frost gleamed everywhere, pulled out the thin sword and twisted her body toward the central building.
Upon reaching the entrance, a group of armed guards ran out from inside the building, but before they aimed their guns, Lily suddenly sped up, turning the cold light of the sword into a chaotic white glow, lightning around the guards.
Slash!
Blood lines burst across the guards' bodies, eyes rolled white as they fainted on the ground, and at the far end, Lily's figure flashed, slid the white lightning to the side, flinging off the blood on the sword, entered the building.
Seeing this, Lucci couldn't help clenching his fist.
This woman's speed seems even faster than when they were in Sisomia.
No, should be more decisive.
Lucci covertly glanced at Sage sipping the cocktail.
Is it because Sage returned, hence more determined...
On a ship, indeed the Captain is the true soul.
Nami blankly watched Lily disappear into the building, subconsciously said, "So, so strong!"
Despite being a woman, this person is terrifyingly strong!
"After all, there's a bounty of 160 million." Robin said, "With such strength, it's normal."
Besides...
Though she hasn't interacted much with Sage, she has a bit of understanding of the Disaster Pirates' style.
If this pirate crew isn't strong enough, they wouldn't hold their ground.