“Windfall”

Yamamoto opened his eyes and noticed that it was already daytime, unlike yesterday's rainy day, today was sunny. Noticing that he sleep more than the previous days, and was very hungry because he couldn't have dinner, he quickly got up and went to the kitchen.

Entering the kitchen he noticed that Olvia, Clover, Bokuden, Hocha, and the other archaeologists were already having breakfast.

All of them seeing Yamamoto greeted him happily and he greeted them back, luckily he didn't have to wait, as Olvia had prepared breakfast and he was able to satiate his hunger quickly.

"Are Robin and Apis still sleeping?" asked Yamamoto noticing the absence of the two girls and the quietness in the atmosphere.

"Yes... they are really tired from yesterday" replied Olvia, as they were both sleeping in the same room.

Yamamoto nodded with a bit of worry on his face he still had to tell Apis about Ryu's last words, and that would only make her sadder.

"Don't worry about her, she's a strong girl, I know she'll get over it" Bokuden said with a smile trusting his granddaughter.

"I know. By the way... Ryu gave this to me do you know what it can be used for?" asked Yamamoto as he took the dragon bone out of his jacket. The only person who came to his mind who might know how to use this bone was Bokuden who knew the whole history of Lost Island.

The night before he had been wondering how he had managed to understand Ryu. Unlike Apis, he doesn't have any devil fruit that allows him to communicate with animals.

Trying to remember as much as possible from the anime, he managed to recall that Luffy had a similar ability in some chapters, although he managed to use it automatically and didn't know he had it. It was the voice of all things, still, he doesn't remember if there is a way to train such an ability.

"This is...!" said Bokuden excitedly as he snatched the dragon bone from Yamamoto.

Holding the dragon bone that was smaller than the size of a forearm, Bokuden could be seen to have a look of admiration on his wrinkled face, "It is a dragon bone! And its quality is of the best!" said Bokuden enthusiastically.

Olvia, Clover, and the others watched this with curiosity, they had noticed yesterday that Ryu seemed to give this bone to Yamamoto, but because of the depressing atmosphere they never asked him.

"Have you seen one before?" asked Yamamoto.

"No... this is the first time I've seen and touched one with my own eyes" replied Bokuden as he caressed the bone testing its feel.

Yamamoto raised his eyebrow uncomprehendingly, "My family's ancestors, left records about the bones of thousand-year-old dragons, they have a great power of vitality that can extend your life by a great margin" explained Bokuden.

Clover and the others upon hearing this were surprised by such a miraculous elixir.

"Immortality?" asked Yamamoto as he remembered what Nelson had told him.

"It's not that powerful" said Bokuden shaking his head, "Millennial dragons can extract a part of their bones in their last moments of life, so the vitality possessed by the bone should not even reach 30 years" he added.

This was completely different from what Nelson said about getting immortality, even so, being able to get 5 or 10 more years of life, is something unimaginable and if you would have several millennial dragons you could get immortality, *Don't tell me that's how Imu got immortality...* thought Yamamoto shaking his head discarding this idea.

"Can you refine this bone and create the elixir?" asked Yamamoto with some hope, as getting 5 or 10 extra years of life for him would be a great gain.

"I have never made one... but in the records, the method to refine the bone is documented and I have studied them all my life" replied Bokuden with a hand on his chin.

"Leave it to me, I am confident and have always looked forward to this moment" added Bokuden with excitement in his tone as he got up and went straight home to get started as soon as possible.

Yamamoto nodded happily at Bokuden's enthusiasm and knew that he would most likely succeed.

"We should start with the move, I have to study as soon as possible" Clover said in a somewhat desperate tone as he had not touched a book for several days.

The other archaeologists even Olvia nodded agreeing with Clover's words, "We don't need to do the moving, those marines will do it" said Yamamoto.

"First we must fix the library it is in very bad condition" said Roche.

"Alright, I'll put them to work to finish everything in less than 3 days" said Yamamoto as he got up and headed to the cells. Hearing this the archaeologists felt somewhat sorry for the marines or slaves from now on.

Going down to the cells, he told them that their current task would be to fix and leave the village library in perfect condition, he also asked them who their leader was. The leader of these 7 marines was Lego wore the standard navy clothing, a blue bandana around his neck. He also had a slightly scruffy mustache and a barely growing beard.

He realized that these marines did not know of his identity and that of the others, they were not up to date with information, something to be expected from one of the weaker oceans.

He did not ask for the names of the others, as he did not think it would be necessary, and would only give the orders to Lego and that he would be in charge of the others to work.

After arranging the library they will have to take care of moving all the books and the research, in total he gave them 2 days to accomplish these two tasks.

In case they fail, they will have no dinner and will sleep outside, "O-okay" Lego said after Yamamoto explained everything, still, he was being fair, as 2 days were more than enough for 7 men to accomplish this task.

As for the moving, it was the easiest thing, that would only take a few hours. The hardest part would be fixing up the library, as they would need wood among other things to get it in good condition. He also asked them about their ship, and they told him the position, at another time he will take care of moving it to the main port.

*The current port is in very bad condition and it is not very big... that will be the next task I will give them* thought Yamamoto happy to have people working for him for free.

Then he released them from the cells and they headed to the village. Once there, he asked Roche to keep an eye on the marines to make sure that they do their tasks.

Roche accepted his task happily and was a superior who did not let anyone slack off, as he wanted to have his study place as soon as possible. Bokuden had told them that each archaeologist should choose the house where he wanted to live from now on.

Taking a small tour of the village with his granddaughter Hocha, Yamamoto decided to take one of the more spacious houses, although it was in poor condition like the other houses in the village, the only house in good condition belonged to Bokuden and Apis.

"Oh it's a nice house grandpa" Hocha said with a smile as she looked at her new home.

"Yeah... it just needs a few repairs and it will be good as new" said Yamamoto.

*Another job for these marines* thought Yamamoto as he walked into his new house and started inspecting it.