Seeing the expectation in everyone's eyes, Amon nodded.
"Yeah. We got it."
As he spoke, he took out the Life Elixir.
"This potion is called the Life Elixir. As long as your mother drinks it, I believe her illness will be cured."
According to the description, no matter what kind of disease it was, drinking this potion would completely heal it.
Amon did not know exactly what illness Banchina was suffering from, but he trusted that this potion would do its work.
"Mom, did you hear that? There is hope! Mr. Amon said you just need to drink this potion and you will be back to normal."
Usopp's hands were shaking as he held the bottle, terrified of dropping it.
"Usopp, Mom heard you."
Banchina's pale face softened into a smile as she looked at her son with gentle eyes.
He was the crystallization of her love with Yasopp. No matter what, she did not want to leave him behind.
"Here, Mom. Once you drink this, you will get better."
Usopp personally raised the bottle to his mother's lips.
"Mm."
Very soon, the Water of Life slid down her throat.
Everyone in the room leaned forward, craning their necks, watching her closely, eager to see if this potion was really as miraculous as Amon claimed.
As the potion entered her system, Banchina's originally bloodless face regained color at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Her eyes no longer had that weak, dim look.
She felt a warm, vigorous force spreading through her body, mending her cells, rebuilding her flesh. Her frail body suddenly seemed to regain its strength.
Moments ago, even turning over in bed was difficult. Now, she slowly sat up by herself without anyone's help.
"H... how is this possible?"
No one was more shocked than the doctor.
As a doctor, he knew better than anyone that Banchina's illness was already terminal. In his medical judgment, she did not have many days left.
Yet after drinking this potion that Amon had produced, she was suddenly alive and kicking.
"There is hope, there is hope, that is great."
Seeing his mother sit up, Usopp rushed over in tears.
"Mom is all right now, Usopp. It has been hard on you lately."
Banchina wrapped her arms around her sobbing son, and tears of relief slid down her own cheeks as well.
Having walked to the gates of death and come back, she understood better than anyone how precious it was to be alive.
"Thank you, Mr. Amon. I was rude earlier, please do not take it to heart."
After mother and son had cried in each other's arms for a while, Banchina wiped away her tears and bowed deeply to Amon.
"Thank you, Mr. Amon. Thank you. Thank you."
"You are most welcome. As long as you are all right, that is enough."
...
"Right, there is another fun little item. It can let you have a video call with Yasopp."
Amon said this as he pulled out the Video Call Card.
According to its description, once used, it would allow a video conversation with a specified person.
"What, it can let me talk with Dad on video?"
"H... how is that possible?"
Usopp clutched the card, completely overwhelmed.
Ever since Yasopp had left Syrup Village, Usopp had missed him every single day.
Banchina also missed her husband terribly.
Even though she knew how mysterious these jars were, she still could not help asking, "Mr. Amon, is what you said really true?"
"Of course. You need to input the name of the person you want to talk to and think of him with high concentration, and it will connect."
Amon smiled and nodded.
According to the system, that was exactly how it worked. Amon had long since accepted that anything related to the system was simply on a different level.
Maybe video calls were difficult technology for the world of pirates, but for the system, it was child's play.
"Please connect me to Y... Yasopp."
Usopp's voice trembled with excitement as he spoke.
[Ding! Video call function activated. Now searching for target.]
As soon as Usopp finished speaking, the Video Call Card in his hand turned into a large, glowing frame, which began searching for Yasopp's presence.
After about five or six seconds, Yasopp's figure appeared in the frame.
The moment Usopp saw his father in the video, he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Dad!"
Banchina also covered her mouth, eyes full of tears.
"Yasopp..."
...
On an unnamed island in the Grand Line, Yasopp was drinking and carousing with Benn Beckman, Lucky Roux, Shanks, and the rest of the Red-Haired Pirates.
"Dad!"
"Yasopp!"
All of a sudden, two familiar voices echoed in his ears, making him shudder violently.
The wine in his hand spilled out in a splash.
"What is wrong, Yasopp?"
His crewmates immediately noticed something was off and turned to him with concern.
"Just now, I think I heard my wife and kid calling me."
Yasopp looked uncertain, almost doubting his own ears.
"Pff... hahahahahahaha!"
The rest of the Red-Haired Pirates, who had been laughing and drinking, froze for a moment, then burst into uproarious laughter.
The chubby pirate in the striped green and white shirt, yellow cape on his shoulders and a chicken leg in his hand, clapped Yasopp on the shoulder as he laughed.
"Yasopp, I think you drank too much. You are starting to hallucinate. This is the Grand Line, you know. It is thousands of miles away from the East Blue. How could your wife and kid's voices possibly reach here?"
"Yasopp is missing his wife. Boss, I think tomorrow we should find him a bride somewhere."
The crew whistled and jeered, one after another suggesting they help Yasopp find a woman.
"Hahaha, sounds good to me."
Up on the main seat, Shanks held a large jug of liquor in one hand. After taking a huge swig, he laughed and agreed along with the others.
"But I really did hear them..."
Yasopp frowned, still uneasy.
He felt that he could not possibly be mistaken. Just now, he had clearly heard their voices.
As a user of Observation Haki, he was certain it was not just his imagination.
Yet his crewmates' words made sense too. The Grand Line and the East Blue were separated by thousands of miles. Could it really have been nothing more than longing turning into an illusion?
Just as he lowered his head, about to drink with everyone again, a white light flashed overhead.
A glowing, white-framed window appeared right above him.
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