One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"In that case, what about you two?" Mabi asked Brook and Zoro, seeing that half of the people agreed.

"Mermaids! Hehehe! Can I see their panties?" Brooke chuckled inwardly, harboring the same ulterior motives.

"You can ask about it later."

"A coffee shop? Do you have alcohol?"

This is what Zoro cares about most!

"That should be available," Maby said uncertainly. Was going to a coffee shop for drinks considered disruptive?

"Marshmallow!"

"pudding!"

"These two snacks are indispensable."

Just as Maggie was talking, Robin covered her mouth and let out a cheerful laugh. At the same time, a petal drifted off Usopp's shoulder and disappeared.

"What are these bastards talking about? They're being so secretive, not letting us hear them," Nami, now dressed in a cool outfit, asked, looking at the group of people huddled together in the distance.

“Men, you know, should discuss going to fun places.” Mia’s black snake tail slithered beneath her skirt as she withdrew her Observation Haki and gave a mysterious smile.

On this fish-man island full of strange limbs, one can comfortably lower their black snake tail to walk in the ocean without attracting strange looks.

"What's fun?" Angelia flapped her wings, looking completely bewildered.

"Don't worry about that, Nami, let's go find Camie and go shopping together. I heard that the clothing designs on Mermaid Island are unique and highly praised around the world. It's a pity we left in a hurry and didn't get to take them out. Let's take this opportunity to shop to our hearts' content." Mia hugged Angelia tightly in front of her, burying her head in Angelia's wings as she replied.

“Sister Robin! I want to see the Sea King. Back then, Maggie told me to comfort me that the Sea King was still on Fishman Island. I want to see her abilities. Why am I called the Sea King?” Apis asked, leaning on the gunwale as the ship moved with the sails, gazing at the frolicking fishmen in the distance.

Her entire life had been changed by Aquaman, but she still didn't understand what Aquaman was. Now that she had finally arrived at Fishman Island, a sense of melancholy rose in her heart.

The cute face quickly turned into a flat pancake under the pressure of the rocking ship, and the dark eyes also narrowed into thin lines.

“No problem, I’ll go with you. There are also Poneglyphs here, so there must be some information about Poseidon.” Robin gently stroked her long, soft hair, thinking to himself that he too had been forced to wander because of the Ancient Weapons.

"Hey, have you all decided where you're going? I'm going to visit one of my teacher's brothers later!" Franky shouted as he anchored the ship.

"It's confirmed! I'm going to find Jinbe. When I was feeling down, it was Merry and Jinbe who helped me recover," Luffy replied, jumping off the sail and adjusting his hat.

"Nami, give us money! Give us money! Give us money! We're short on funds for our activities." Usopp stretched out his hand directly to the Straw Hat crew's treasurer, demanding funds.

"Two hundred thousand Berries per person, that's the most I can give." Knowing that everyone was going on a trip, Nami had already taken out her wallet, counted out several stacks of coins, and placed them on the hands that were asking for them.

"Hehe! I can buy new wine to drink again." Zoro laughed as he looked at the coins in his hand.

As a spendthrift, one often spends all their money as soon as they receive it, leaving only the remaining time to drink the old wine stored in the warehouse. The lack of new wine to replenish their supply is a cruel torture for an alcoholic.

It was Zoro's unwavering belief that made him successful; otherwise, any other less steadfast drunkard would have already taken the gold, the public property stored in the ship's cabin, and exchanged it for alcohol.

"Hahaha! Let's go find Jinbe, Hachi's off to buy meat!" Luffy's figure leaped directly to the shore and disappeared into the distance.

“Let’s go too.” Maggie jumped off the ship’s side first, followed by her male companion, who was brimming with excitement and sensual aura, and they ran towards the giant coffee shop sign in the distance.

The excited crowd was unaware that one person had fallen off the group at the very beginning.

"Mabi, come with us to the Sea Forest." Several arms appeared on the side of the ship and held a figure tightly to them. It was Mabi, who had been caught by Robin and held to the side of the ship from the beginning and had gotten separated from the main group.

"Ah! Mermaid Cafe! I have to say goodbye to you all." Knowing that she had been conscripted, Mabi said disappointedly, so focused on the mermaids that she forgot that Fishman Street was also near the Sea Forest.

"Let's go." Robin easily jumped off the ship's side, catching Apis as she jumped down as well. He walked gracefully ahead, holding Apis's hand as she looked like a daughter. The swaying of her dress brought a unique touch of color to the scene.

"Okay!" Freeing herself from her restraints, Mabi lifted her foot and followed.

Chapter 223 The Conspiracy in Progress! A Silent Bystander!

In the sunless depths of the ocean, a fish-man frantically darted about, occasionally eliciting shouts of curses.

"Hody! Something's happened! Hammond, who was in charge of sniping the human Hazel crew, has been killed by the Straw Hat crew."

"Oh! Is that so? He died at the hands of those filthy humans, but we will remember his glory!" A sharp fang appeared in the shadows, and a cruel smile crept across his face as he looked at the begging pirate in his hand.

"Hahaha! Humans are indeed cruel creatures. Our choice was not wrong. This world should be ruled by noble fish-men like us."

*Snap!* With a crisp sound, bright red blood gushed from his hand.

"Van der Deiken! It's a pleasure working with you. These dirty humans are now yours."

"Hohohoho! I only want Shirahoshi!" Vander Deiken's face was full of a crazy smile as he threw the giant axe into the air, where it spun and flew into the distance.

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On a shopping street, Maggie followed Robin, holding Apis's hand with one hand and munching on a smooth pearl powder ice cream with the other.

Sensing the direction of Fishman Street, although there was no sound, the image of two familiar people talking clearly entered Mabi's mind.

A conspiracy surrounding the entire royal palace is gradually unfolding, and Mapi is not prepared to get involved in all the changes this time. After all, these conspiracies are the result of generations of inaction by the Fishman royal family towards Fishman City. Even if she were to personally kill them, new ones would be born after they are gone. Only by promoting Queen Otohime's peaceful ideals can a fundamental change be achieved.

Just stay on one side and use your Observation Haki, which covers the entire island, to watch from the side like a lazy bum!

"Robin! Look, that shop's processed shellfish is selling really well, let's go try some." Mabi, having finished her ice cream, looked at a bustling shop and asked, the aroma of the processed food wafting from a distance.

Undeniably, as the crossroads of the entire world, Mabi observed the shops along the street and discovered that the consumer industry on Fishman Island was unparalleled by any other island.

The dazzling clothing designed by master designers, the skincare products made from deep-sea mud and shellfish, the special seasonings extracted from coral seaweed, and the fruits that grow by absorbing deep-sea minerals are all ingredients that are hard to obtain on land.

Humans cannot reach the seabed at depths of 10,000 meters, where marine materials accumulated over hundreds of millions of years are available for fish-men to collect and use.

"Hmm! We can give it a try." Robin smiled as she looked at the map in her hand, and followed Mabi into the fragrant fishman shop.

"Okay, take more! Store them up and bring them back to the ship for everyone to eat together." Apis licked the snow-white cream from the corner of her mouth and nodded. The special snacks also won over her little appetite.

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Half a day later!

Mabi sat cross-legged on a coral reef deep in the sea, resembling an upturned hand. She picked up a chopstick and began to work on the food in front of her. She then took out a new seashell-shaped food box and handed it to him.

"No, I've already eaten," Jinbe, sitting next to Mabi, said, extending his hand in refusal.

Mabi didn't mince words and simply took back the food box. Fishman Island was a novel food for her, but for Jinbe it was ordinary food he had been eating for decades. It was just a very common home-cooked meal and had long lost its novelty.

"I heard that Ace and his crew fought Blackbeard, and it ended badly for both sides," he said, looking at the two women, one big and one small, reading the Poneglyphs in front of him.

"Yes! Ever since Whitebeard died, his territory collapsed instantly. Countless pirate crews flooded into the New World and quickly occupied his original territory. Among them, Blackbeard, who absorbed the criminals from Impel Down, was the strongest. In order to preserve their strength, Ace and the others had to retreat to the nearest islands to prevent Blackbeard from launching a sneak attack."

Two months ago, they clashed again over a newly discovered user of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, resulting in a naval battle involving hundreds of ships in a certain sea area. The newly discovered user of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit died in the melee, and his power disappeared once more, returning to the cycle of the world.

"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit? It's been acquired again?" Jinbe exclaimed in surprise. He had already left Whole Cake Island and arrived at Fish-Man Island two months ago, so he didn't know much about some of the details.

"Yes, I heard it from MOM! That lucky bastard was too arrogant, thinking that eating the Tremor-Tremor Fruit made him the boss of the Whitebeard Pirates."

They went to Ace to take over the pirate crew, but Ace naturally refused to let a stranger take it. He beat them up, but at the same time, Blackbeard, having received the news, stormed in to try and steal the Devil Fruit. Ace wouldn't let Blackbeard's strength grow, and with old and new grudges combined, a war involving hundreds of ships began. Maple swallowed the food in her mouth and began to analyze.

"If you ask me, that guy deserved to die. He had a powerful Devil Fruit but no strong physique to accompany him. Instead, he had to run rampant in the New World. How could the Whitebeard Pirates, with their decades of friendship, just give it up like that? Instead of slowly growing up in the shadows, someone who couldn't even beat a division commander was just asking for death to become one of the Four Emperors." Maple finished the food in her lunchbox, and with a slight squeeze of her hand, the food turned into dust and fell to the ground, returning to fertilizer.

Jinbe: "..."

Nobody has your kind of power! You can ignore everything!

“By the way, Jinbe! You don’t need to go back to MOM. How about coming with us? Two years ago, your Shichibukai title disappeared, and you had to lead your Fishman crew to join MOM to gain protection for the sake of five million citizens. Now that Luffy is back, with his influence and my fighting strength, we can protect the entire Fishman Island.” Maggie invited, looking at his slightly aged face.

“You can join your pirate crew, but Hyradin and the others are still in Whole Cake Island, and I can’t abandon them,” Jinbe replied.

“No problem, that’s what I’ve been waiting for. MOM doesn’t agree to let me fight her again, so I need her to agree to let you leave.” Mabi stood up, patted Jinbe on the shoulder, and laughed.

"Hey! Jinbe, Mavis, I'm here!" Luffy shouted as he flew in from the sky on a shark.

"Wow! Why are there so many people here!" Giant Shirahoshi, who was also sitting behind Luffy, covered her face with her hands, her huge fish tail covering her front as she shyly curled up into a ball.

"Coward Shirahoshi! They're all your comrades, don't be afraid." Luffy said boldly as he saw Shirahoshi huddled up behind him, patting her scales.

Mabi looked at the timid girl in the sky with a smile. As expected of the most timid girl in the pirate world, her cowardly expression would make anyone who saw her want to bully her.

"Comrade? Why can't I sense his presence, but I can see him in my eyes?" Shirahoshi, holding the fish tail, peeked out from it and asked Luffy softly.

"Can't feel it? No way, Maggie is standing right there!" Luffy asked, sitting cross-legged on the shark's head.

"Luffy, try your Observation Haki," Maple said, teleporting directly to Luffy's side before turning to face Princess Shirahoshi.

"It's our first meeting, Sea King Shirahoshi! You can't sense me because my Devil Fruit power can passively eliminate Observation Haki. As the Sea King, it's natural that you can't detect my presence." Maggie extended her palm and spoke softly and gently. She mustn't be harsh with her, otherwise, her crying and whining would be difficult to handle.

At the same time, he took advantage of this time alone to untangle the entanglement between Apis and Shirahoshi, since Apis had always been obsessed with the title of Sea King.

Chapter 224 Reconciliation of Grudges!

"Aquaman?" Upon hearing Mabi's title, the people around her exclaimed in surprise. As Apis's companion, they had naturally heard Mabi explain this title before, after all, it was one of the three ancient weapons capable of destroying the world.

However, Jinbe had heard of this existence in the legends of Fishman Island.

"Yes."

Mabi nodded in agreement and slowly explained to her companions the Sea King's status and role on Fish-Man Island, the strange phenomena that accompanied Shirahoshi's birth, and the terrifying period when the Sea Kings besieged Fish-Man Island while she was in despair at the Hard Shell Tower.

The events correspond one by one with the sudden events in Jinbe's memory, gradually making people believe that the timid girl in front of them is equivalent to the legendary ancient weapon.

Then, when the story was about Apis being hunted down by the Navy because of her title as Poseidon, Shirahoshi, who was coiled on the ground, suddenly broke down and cried, her tears flowing like a spring and directly submerging everyone's ankles.

"Wow! Wow! Wow! I already knew about the ability to communicate with sea kings from ancient books. I should have confirmed that I am the legendary mermaid princess long ago. I didn't expect to cause you so much trouble! I'm guilty! If I had known earlier, Apis, you wouldn't have been hunted down by the navy because of me."

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Cowardly Star, we're not blaming you!" Tears rained down on Luffy's head, soaking him completely in tears, and he shouted and tried to stop her from crying.

"Lord Luffy, you're being mean to me! It's all my fault after all." The fragile-hearted girl, Shirahoshi, suddenly had even bigger waves of emotion in her eyes, with two fountains of tears shooting out from the corners of her eyes.

"Mommy! Mommy! I'm going to find Mommy!" With a flick of its tail, it stirred up a gust of air, wrapped itself in bubbles, and flew toward a distant tombstone.

Mabi felt a headache coming on as she watched this scene!

She's so sensitive! Before I could even offer any advice, Luffy made her cry and she went to find her mother.

"Hey, Coward! Don't go!" Luffy shouted as he ran forward, but a small hand grabbed his clothes to stop him from going any further.

"Brother Luffy, can I leave him to you?" Apis tugged at his sleeve and replied.

"Give it to you? Cowardly Star is very afraid of people." Luffy turned his head and said.

"Leave Luffy to her," Maggie said with a slight headache. It would be difficult for a stranger like herself to persuade a girl who was timid and prone to crying in this situation. All her previous plans had been shattered, and she could only let the person involved try.

"Okay, Luffy-nii! I'll be very careful. These kids are easy to handle." Apis said playfully to Luffy. Apis was very confident about the ten years of hard-shell tower life that Mabi-nii had mentioned, where they had no contact with the outside world.