One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"I'm only lagging behind because I wanted to ask Uncle Aokiji for a favor. I'll definitely repay you handsomely afterwards. For example, some Devil Fruits can remove the scars on my body." Mabi looked up at Aokiji's teasing face and smiled. Although scars are a man's honor, as long as they can be removed, there are definitely people who won't mind.

It's a good opportunity to hand over that freeloader Ain, who bites people everywhere, to him. Otherwise, it wouldn't be good for a woman who hates pirates to stay on the ship.

You keep her and pamper her, yet she still chases and bites you. All you do is feed her seastone regularly.

"Hey, hey, hey! You mean that little angel who's active on the battlefield? Legend has it she's a very gentle girl, called a saint by those who have suffered the hardships of war. Her healing abilities can solve these problems, so now I can go find some sexy and charming ladies."

After Maggie's reminder, Aokiji, who already knew Robin's companions, instantly understood what she meant and couldn't help but let out a happy sound.

“It’s settled then. Leave Z to us. Just come find us at the Straw Hat Pirates when the time comes.” Maggie nodded in agreement. It was really not worth it for such a good uncle to suffer physical damage because of a power struggle.

Thinking this, Mabi's figure disappeared and reappeared on the other side of the island.

A shell carrying a spiraling gust of wind appeared instantly in front of Maby.

"Cloud Hand!" Raising her palm, she gently touched the spinning cannonball with her fingers. For a moment, it seemed as if time had flowed a hundredfold. Mebina's rough palm, hardened by constant exercise, gently touched the cannonball, directly changing its flight trajectory.

However, what appeared to be a slow scene was actually seen by the other naval personnel as Mabi swiftly raising her hand to deflect a cannonball. Several soldiers wielding swords saw Mabi's action, exchanged glances, and instantly their fighting spirit surged. They leaped high into the air, carrying a strong gust of wind, and aimed directly at Mabi's figure in a black trench coat.

Mabi looked up at the countless Marines and newly formed Marines fighting each other for their respective ideals, slightly turning her body to avoid the oncoming blade. Her right hand, hanging by her side, bent backward and slashed forward, then quickly formed a palm and struck the Marine in front of her, activating the power of the Salted Fish Fruit.

"Salted Fish Thrust!"

A colorless spiritual force instantly emerged from his body and rushed towards the nearest living being. Then, it emerged from another Marine and searched for the nearest being.

Swish! Swish! In Mabi's perception, the invisible spiritual force was like an invisible long arrow that instantly pierced through the human body and spread rapidly. Wherever it passed, whether it was the white navy or the brown newborn navy, all of them had their white eyes rolled back, and they collapsed to the ground with a slight groan, no longer having any will to fight.

In just a few seconds, the chaotic scene was reduced to a few people standing at the edge, but they were equally terrified by their companion's inexplicable unconsciousness and hesitated to move forward.

"Aha!" Arms covered in Armament Haki knocked another lieutenant general away. Looking at the soldiers lying on the ground, he was equally incredulous, his eyes burning with anger as he let out a low growl.

"A Devil Fruit user! Who are you? The Navy doesn't have this ability!"

“Little pirate! Paramecia-type Psychic Shock can render a person mentally impaired for eight hours. If you want your crew to survive, then remove all the explosive rocks on the island, otherwise they will all die at your hands.” Mabi walked towards him to answer his question, casually pulling out a glass jar stuck in the ground and examining the purple-glowing rock inside.

As expected of the "explosive rock," it looks exactly like an ordinary rock in terms of Observation Haki. If it weren't for the conspicuous glass container, it would be difficult to observe with Observation Haki and would have to be identified by the naked eye.

Sigh! I'm truly utterly despondent! I'm determined to slaughter all of humanity and destroy that treasure that the world is chasing.

Looking at the sixty explosive charges that he sensed covering the entire island, Meibi exhaled heavily. Almost every one of them was placed at a magma node. Once they exploded, the entire island would probably be instantly swallowed by magma.

"They died for their ideals! Crush Blaster!" Upon hearing Mabi's reply, the other party let out a dark roar, and a powerful mechanical arm was aimed directly at Mabi. An orange explosive shockwave blasted from the palm towards Mabi's front.

"Salted Fish Barrier!" With five fingers spread, an illusory barrier instantly formed in front of Mabi, while a scorching shockwave rushed towards her.

boom!

The two collided with a deafening explosion, and black smoke instantly filled the area where Mabi had been standing, forming a black tornado that whipped up a sandstorm.

"Cloud-Dispelling Palm!" With a dark roar, the sandstorm, which resembled a black storm, was instantly torn apart by a powerful force. As the force, strong enough to distort space, spread outwards, the unscathed figure inside was revealed.

"He never let personal emotions interfere in battle, upheld the Navy's principles of justice, and brought countless pirates to justice throughout his life. He was known as the 'Never-Killing' former admiral of the Navy!"

"Zeff, you've chosen a path that's too narrow!"

Looking at the panting figure, Mabi sighed heavily.

As a naval admiral, he adhered to the written legal documents and rules of the navy throughout his life, never letting personal feelings interfere with his actions. He only captured pirates and never killed them, upholding the justice of the true rules, which earned him the respect of all those who valued loyalty and righteousness, including himself.

But how many people can actually do that? People will always be swayed by personal feelings!

Even Sengoku wouldn't dare say he wouldn't let personal feelings influence his enforcement of the law, let alone Garp and Akainu. They would probably kill anyone who offended them first, and it's common for personal strength to override naval rules.

This also led to the complete collapse of his lifelong spiritual beliefs when the Navy announced that the person who killed the pirate recruit had become a Shichibukai with the legal right to plunder.

He went completely mad, veering to the other extreme, and began to annihilate all life in the new world.

Chapter 234 Battle against Zephyr!

"Heh! I'm getting old, it's actually my turn to be lectured by a nobody pirate." Zephyr, the person in question, chuckled at Maby's words. He stomped his foot hard and instantly appeared in front of Maby, his thick mechanical arm carrying a strong wind pressure directly above Maby's head.

"If pirates want to teach me a lesson, then show me your strength! The weak have no voice!"

"Your opponent is my captain; I'm just a first mate who cleans up after him."

Mabi raised her hand and looked at Zephyr, who was speeding through the air. Colorless Haki covered her arm, and a thin layer of gas armor instantly formed on her arm. She raised her arm to block the thick mechanical barrier!

clang!

Layers of oscillating ripples were thus created, accompanied by deafening sonic booms that traveled far and wide.

"Shock the air!" Raising her arm to withstand the oncoming mechanical giant arm, Mabi's free right fist did not stop. She stepped forward and punched the opponent's exposed abdomen with a force no less than that of the opponent, directly detonating the Armament Haki armor attached to the body.

Rumble!

The highly compressed gas exploded directly in Zephyr's abdomen, and the powerful blast instantly penetrated the bodies of both of them. Zephyr, who was in the air, had nowhere to take hold and was blasted away by the impact, while Maby, who was standing on the ground, remained unharmed.

Mabi glanced at the direction where Zephyr had fallen but did not give chase. The damage was nothing to him, as his body was already covered in Armament Haki. He had only fallen into a disadvantageous position due to a moment of carelessness.

Let's remove these explosive rocks first; an explosion later will only cause more trouble.

With a quick step, he darted to the side of a rock containing explosives stuck in the soil, reached out and pulled it out, and then immediately headed to the next location. Apart from the dozen or so explosive rocks that remained in this area, the others were scattered throughout the island.

"Pirate brat!" Zephyr pressed his mechanical arm firmly to the ground to slow the impact, and when he looked up again and saw what Mabi had done, he let out a furious roar.

If things continue like this, all our efforts will be in vain.

The robotic arm was raised high, and orange flames instantly shot out from the exhaust port, sending bullets carrying powerful destructive force toward Maby's body.

But Mabi, in her swift movement, nimbly shifted and moved, using her Observation Haki to sense her entire body and swim like a fish in water, easily finding gaps in the barrage of attacks and weaving through them.

Looking around the battlefield, apart from a bunch of slumped-down fish lying on the ground, the explosive rocks that had been placed there were decreasing at a visible rate, and it wouldn't be long before they were all swept away.

"Damn pirates!" Zephyr roared repeatedly as the flying bullets failed to reach Mabe's body. He was weaker than Mabe in both speed and strength, making him a completely overwhelming opponent among the strong.

Zephyr raised its arm high, white mist billowing from its mechanical arm, accompanied by the clicking sounds of its parts meshing together. The raised arm slammed directly into the ground once more. The shockwave that should have erupted from the mechanical limb changed direction and instantly surged into the ground. The shockwave, already partially contained by the hard soil and rocks underground, exploded a second time, the powerful shockwave directly blasting away the soil above ground.

Crush the tornado!

The entire ground was ravaged like a tornado, forming massive, collapsed, and arched rocks, with uncollected explosive rocks also covering them.

Click!

As Maby ran, she retreated rapidly. An explosive rock that was too far away had been shattered by the earth and rocks. The air was now completely filled with oxygen, and the orange light gradually spread.

Suppress the air!

As Mabi flew, she swung her arm, instantly manipulating the surrounding space with her spatial abilities, and her five fingers shrank to directly imprison that area.

The figure moved again, rapidly collecting the last two explosive rocks in the area, before retreating once more.

Without the support of spatial forces, the suppression zone lasted only a second before being destroyed by an internal explosion, instantly forming a mushroom cloud that rose into the sky.

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A kilometer away!

"It's exploded! We need to get out of here!"

"Where's that pervert?"

"He was the one who first realized that he was probably the one who caused the commotion!"

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Mabi stood upright on a protruding rock, away from the blast zone. Bathed in the orange glow of the fire, she gazed at Zephyr, who was on the edge of the blast, a distance of over a hundred meters that seemed like an insurmountable curse.

"With me here, Senior Zephyr, your goal is simply impossible to achieve."

"Haha! When did pirates start caring about other people's lives and deaths!" Having only spent a short time together, Zephyr already knew what Mabe had done and burst into wild laughter, full of endless mockery.

As if ignoring his mocking tone, and sensing that tourists across the island had already begun disembarking from the sea train and ships in the port, Maggie smiled calmly.

"I cannot do something like this: because your wrongdoings have dragged in innocent people all over the island, and I cannot stand by and watch them be used as scapegoats."

Since they were able to save the situation, they certainly wouldn't stand idly by.

"Haha! How laughable, pirates doing good deeds! Pirates are always pirates, even if you save them, they won't forget your evil!"

"Why should we make them remember! As the freest humans on the sea, fame is nothing but a burden. Doing whatever we want is the direction of our team." Mabi shouted, without giving him any further explanation, and her figure leaped high into the air to find the explosive rocks that covered the entire island.

"Ridiculous! Pirates like to help people prevent them from getting hurt, so what about those who harm the Marines!" Mabi's figure was no longer in his Observation Haki. He spat inwardly and raised his heavy mechanical arm, swaying as he walked outside.

"Stop the explosion? Is that even possible on an island that is an active volcano?"

“Teacher!” Binz, dressed in ninja attire, spoke up.

"Let's go! That one was enough to trigger a volcanic eruption. We left more to save time."

"Yes!"

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"Has a fight broken out?" Mapi, having collected the explosive rock, stood atop the crater, her Observation Haki instantly covering the entire island. The fate of Zephyr and Luffy, who had left, was already in her senses, but her crew's fighting strength was no longer what it was two years ago. Before, they had restrained themselves from using their full power because they were careful of the Sunny, which resulted in the Sunny being damaged. Now, in this desolate place, they were naturally going all out and had no scruples.

Fist shadows, sword energy, lightning, and pillars of fire rose and fell, enough to contend with the combined might of a group of generals. Zephyr couldn't gain any advantage in the current state.

Observing that the group would not suffer any losses at Zefa's hands, he focused his attention on the volcano beneath his feet, which had begun to emit heat. After the tremor just now, the dark red lava had broken through the volcanic ash below and spread upwards. It would probably not be long before it erupted and spread to the entire island, destroying the town below.

Unfortunately, its own attacks are primarily destructive and not suitable for creating a barrier. Even suppressing the entire space only results in temporary interception and cannot completely stop the magma from destroying the town below.

Mabi looked down at the island below, one side lush and green with numerous residential facilities, the same side where she had previously been active. The other side, however, was rugged and rocky with a winding mountain path, completely deserted. This was the side from which Zephyr launched his surprise attack.

If we're going to destroy, let's destroy it completely!

He drew the renowned sword that he had been guarding, gripped the hilt at a 45-degree angle, and channeled spatial power into the tip of the blade, from which a silver-white ball the size of a ping-pong ball was born.

"Salted Fish! Break Through the Sky!"

Chapter 235 A Master of Flirting! Aokiji!

With a swing of her arm, the silver-white ping-pong ball expanded instantly under Mabi's command, like a silver-white cannonball fired from a gun, turning into a silver-white arc along the other side of the crater and disappearing into the sea and the depths of the ocean.

Wherever it passed, all rocks and soil shattered, and for a time, soil and stones flew everywhere, and dust covered the ground.

The salty, humid winds from the sea swept across the sky, carrying with them a cloud of dust. The circular crater, hundreds of meters in diameter, looked as if it had been gnawed open, creating a passage tens of meters wide that led directly to the sea.

At the same time, lava erupted beneath Mabi's feet, and dark red, scorching magma, under immense pressure, shot into the sky and then crashed down onto the island below. Immediately afterwards, the magma solution that spread out from the opening Mabi had created was like a floodgate releasing a torrent of scorching energy, rushing into the sea.

Click!