One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Chopper, Angelia!" Upon seeing the arrival of the two, the three women simultaneously surrounded Angelia, discussing intimate topics that belong only to women.

"Frankie, Merry, you two are so cool!" Chopper, who had fallen onto the deck, looked at the two giant robots and his eyes lit up. He climbed all over them.

"Hey! Chopper, there's still time later. Don't get so excited that your heart stops." Usopp grabbed Chopper tightly to calm him down.

"Oh ho ho! Everyone's here! Five beautiful ladies, after two years, please allow me to enjoy your..."

"Get lost!" Five long legs kicked out simultaneously, knocking Brook into a corner.

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"Hey! It's a mess over there with Zoro!" Sanji exhaled a puff of smoke as he reminded him.

"It's a bit noisy, it sounds like the Straw Hat Pirates! Do we have any crew members there?" Zoro listened intently and replied.

"Let's go take a look!"

"What's that idiot doing up there?" The two who arrived at the scene looked at the Marines surrounding the area below, and hid behind a branch, gazing at Luffy on the distant platform, puzzled.

"I heard before that someone was impersonating us. I hope Luffy didn't mistake those scammers for us." Sanji looked at the familiar figures around Luffy and suddenly remembered the flyers he had seen in the market. He thought that no one would believe such deceptive things, so he stopped paying attention to them.

Now that I see Luffy, I immediately start thinking in another direction.

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Zoro's lips twitched. How could someone so ugly recognize him? He drew his long sword, Kitetsu, from his waist and was about to step forward.

Just then!

"PX-18, attack!"

A furious roar rang out from the distant naval formation. Upon arriving at the battlefield, Sentomaru immediately ordered the dozen or so Pacifistas behind him to begin clearing the area.

"A bunch of ridiculous bastards, do they really think the Navy doesn't exist?" Sentomaru said disdainfully, slapping a pirate captain flat with his giant axe.

Drip!Drip!

A series of urgent voices came from the mouths of the pacifists nearby!

"You're saying there's someone here with a bounty of hundreds of millions? Who is it?!"

"Straw Hat Luffy!" came a synthesized electronic voice from his mouth.

"I see. The fake attracted the real one. Find him and kill him." Sentomaru nodded. He still remembered what happened two years ago. The entire Pacifista Army was mostly destroyed by the Straw Hat crew. Now they have been strengthened a lot and they are determined not to let them escape.

While they were pondering, all the hundreds of pirates present had been wounded and were now under the control of the surrounding marines!

Several pacifists stood directly around the raised platform, their laser beams aimed directly at the figure hidden within a spotted cloak and robe.

"Hey! It's you guys again! Sanji, Zoro, what happened to you two? You've gotten weaker!" Luffy shouted, pulling at the bundle behind him and looking at the two injured con men. He adjusted his straw hat and shouted.

"You idiot, they're fake!"

Upon hearing Luffy's shout, two figures simultaneously pierced through the Pacifistas and cursed at Luffy, who was half-lying on the ground.

"Huh! It's fake?" Luffy looked at Sanji lying in the ruins and Zoro standing in front of him, thought for a moment, and finally understood after punching his right fist into his left palm.

"Let's go, the Marines have already surrounded us." Seeing the Marines gradually closing in, Sanji casually kicked a path and led the two away.

This is not the time for fighting.

"Catch up!"

"Gentlemen, he is my apprentice. The old man won't let you take them away."

"Rayleigh!"

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"They're here!" Mabi shouted, startling the group who were still playing on the deck.

Everyone looked up and saw several joyful voices coming from the sky!

"Hey! Everyone, my friends! We're back!" Luffy shouted as he ran ahead, his voice filled with boundless joy!

"Miss Nami, Miss Mia, Miss Robin, Miss Angelia, and that little girl Apis! Women! You are all real women! I love you all so much, let me hug you!" Sanji, radiating eroticism, descended from the sky and rushed into the group of five women, seeking someone he could rely on.

"Smack!" Upon hearing Sanji's shout, Apis's face instantly scrunched up like a dumpling skin, and she immediately raised her little foot to kick his knee.

"Little girl! Little girl! I told you to call me little girl."

"Heh! You're asking for trouble!" Zoro, carrying a bottle of liquor on his shoulder, scoffed as he passed by.

"Mabi!" Luffy, having put down his bundle, clung tightly to Mabi, holding her close.

"Alright, alright! Stop fooling around, hurry up and give the order to set sail! We're waiting for your command," Maggie said, comforting Luffy as he disassembled the rubber figures that had circled around him several times.

"Okay!" Luffy nodded and stood at the bow of the ship, looking down at his crew on the deck and gazing into the distance.

"Friends! Set sail! Head towards a new world!"

"Pop! Pop!" Several champagne sprays erupted simultaneously, the splashing liquid joyfully splattering onto everyone.

"Oh ha!"

"Let's go! Let's go!" The group embraced each other, their joyful laughter soaring into the sky. Pirates in the distance, seeing the giant pirate flag on the sailboat, hurriedly changed course to make way for them.

That's the Straw Hat crew, the most mischievous group on the island right now!

"Jack! Robin! Usopp! Are you ready?" Mabi shouted to the busy trio, looking at her companions singing and dancing together, and at the giant port that was gradually appearing in the distance.

"No problem! I've been ready for a long time! Just wait and see what I've got to do with my skills," Usopp said confidently, pointing a finger at his nose.

"Mhm!" Robin nodded and smiled.

"Frankie, slow down a bit after we leave the port! We're going to give the journalists of this world a big gift—something that can boost newspaper sales! They'll be happy to spread the word."

"Then leave it to me." Franky, who was in charge of the helm, gave a thumbs up.

"Jack! Ning Tieyun!"

"No problem!" Jack, in human form, suddenly appeared amidst giant tiger paws and white clouds shooting towards both banks. With the help of the misty water vapor on both sides, the white clouds gradually solidified.

"Watch this! Paint Star!" Usopp took out his slingshot, which had grown to size, filled it with the prepared paint, and launched it into the white clouds above the sailboat.

"A dazzling display of colors!" Hundreds of arms caught the paint buckets, opened them one by one, and applied the various colors of paint to the appropriate places.

Before long! A giant Straw Hat Pirate skull statue, hundreds of meters tall, stood across the harbor and towered on both sides of the sea cliffs!

People thousands of meters away can still clearly see the giant, painted statue and immediately understand that it is a public announcement!

The Straw Hat Pirates!

We're back!

At this moment, countless video Den Den Mushi (snail-shaped electric stalks) flashed their lights to record this instant! Later, it will be spread throughout the world with the newspaper carried by the News Bird.

Publicize their existence!

Chapter 217 Heading to Fishman Island!

"That's the Straw Hat Pirates! Their pirate crew is over there! Fire! Fire!" Fierce roars erupted from the naval warships that had been waiting overseas in the port.

The sounds of mechanical meshing rose and fell, and the dark opening spun rapidly, its target pointing directly at the Thousand Sunny!

Bang! A red sailboat crashed directly into the gunwale, preventing the soldiers on deck from loading their ammunition in time.

Then a sweet, delicate voice came from the red sailboat.

"Oh dear! My ship has broken anchor. You will all forgive me, won't you?"

"Wow! Wow! It's Lady Hancock, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea! No problem! No problem! You can stay here as long as you want." As the alluring Hancock walked from the deck to the ship's side, the soldiers in charge of the attack immediately erupted in cheers, and for a moment, pink hearts filled the deck.

"You bunch of bastards! Our target is Straw Hat Luffy! Not Hancock!" Seeing the state of his soldiers, the scarred general drew his sword and roared.

"Major General, how can you bear to leave me all alone on the sea, letting my smooth skin be battered by the icy sea wind! What a heartless man you are."

At this point, Hancock, standing at the bow of the ship, huddled her arms together, her face showing a distressed plea, as if she were a wanderer in a snowy world with no one to turn to for help, shivering and curled up in a ball!

How pitiful! How weak! How helpless!

"Ah! Ah! Lady Hancock is in great distress! Shipwright, shipwright! Quickly, go and help Hancock repair the ship!"

At this moment! The entire navy has fallen!

Upon seeing this, Hancock immediately turned around, closed her eyes slightly, stuck out her tongue from the corner of her mouth, made a face in Luffy's direction, and raised one hand to give a thumbs up.

She instantly became playful and adorable, as if she wasn't the pitiful, weak, and helpless person she had been before.

What a versatile witch!

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"Hancock over there seems to be flirting with us. Who's the main character?" Nami asked, her eyebrows twitching as she observed the surroundings through her binoculars.

"Oh! They're saying goodbye. They've been taking care of me for the past two years," Luffy said carelessly, reaching out to greet them, but was then pinned to the ground by Sanji, whose eyes were blazing with fury.

"You bastard! You've been living in that man's fantasy world all this time, you must not have cultivated properly."

"No way! I've been diligently cultivating myself!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Why did you go to that man's paradise, while I went to the devil's hell?" Sanji, once again provoked, pounded on the coating with all his might. Looking up, a pair of fair legs came into view, and a fresh fragrance wafted into his nostrils. His whole body moved forward involuntarily.

"A woman! The scent of a true woman!"

"Pfft!" Two pillars of blood shot into the sky.

"Sanji! Sanji, what's wrong?" Chopper rushed forward and grabbed the bleeding Sanji, asking anxiously.

"Angelia, get treatment quickly."

"Sanji's nose is bleeding a lot. It's rare for someone to bleed from their nose on the battlefield." Angelia, who was passing in front of Sanji, asked curiously. She raised her hand and a white-gold beam of light flew out from her palm and landed on him to replenish his lost blood.

"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!" In an instant, golden light filled the air, and Sanji began to lose weight. His dark pupils once again glanced at the other person's fair and delicate feet, and blood once again flowed uncontrollably from the tip of his nose.

"Ah! Ah! Sanji is bleeding again! What's going on?" Seeing Sanji's condition, Chopper panicked and was completely confused.

Just then, Nami's voice came from the ship's side, and at the same time, Franky's mechanical body climbed out of the water.

"Attention everyone, begin releasing air! The Sunny is preparing to dive!" As soon as the words were spoken, the gelatinous substance beneath everyone's feet began to expand, pulling their legs into the deck.

"Wow! What is this?"

"Don't struggle as air is pumped in; this membrane will sustain us on the seabed," Mabi instructed. The tough coating acted like a pair of giant hands, compressing their swaying bodies. As air continued to flow in, they gradually rose into the air, forming a transparent canopy above their heads.