One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Kidd!" Upon hearing that abrupt voice, he instantly spoke a few slightly wary tones in the channel.

"Haha! It seems you all know my name. Straw Hat Boy, I'll be waiting for you in the New World. Don't let a few cowards scare you!" Upon hearing the familiar voice, Kidd burst into laughter, showing no respect to anyone in the channel.

"Damn it!" Clearly, someone had been bullied by Kidd, but dared not speak out.

"I don't know who you are, and I don't want to know who you are! Anyone who dares to touch these harmful things is my enemy, so you'd better wash your necks and wait for me." Luffy's face was gloomy as he coldly stared at the Den Den Mushi in front of him, which was in charge of filming. The cold and fearful aura made it shiver involuntarily.

"Arrogant and ignorant!"

"Who do you think you are! Garp's grandson? His influence doesn't extend to the New World!"

"A child living in paradise, take back your threat! Otherwise you will face the siege of the entire new world."

Faced with Luffy's threat, all the viewers in the live stream were instantly outraged. As people living in the bloody New World, how dare a mere pirate from Paradise threaten them, a group of old people!

They are ignorant beings!

"I, Monkey D. Luffy, am determined to become the Pirate King!" The powerful voice instantly reached everyone's ears through the Den Den Mushi's biological signal, silencing the public communication channel that had been filled with condemnation.

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"Heh, he really dares to say that." Kidd laughed as he lay on the sofa, looking at Luffy's cold expression on the screen.

“Compared to us, he possesses a madness, and with powerful allies, the entire New World might revolve around him. The Whitebeard Pirates are currently under his brother's command. Even if he and Blackbeard fought to a draw, they are still a force to be reckoned with. Their alliance with the Law couple suggests they won't submit to anyone, so their target must be one of the Five Emperors.” Hawkins, sitting on another sofa, shuffled his tarot cards, gently pulling one out and scanning his palm with a slight tremor before regaining his composure, then putting the cards back in to shuffle again.

"They were able to hold their own against an admiral two years ago, and they're probably much stronger now," Warren replied, sprawled on the sofa without any regard for his image, a gruesome scar running from his shoulder to his waist.

"Ah-ba-ba-ba-ba! As expected of the crazy Straw Hat Boys, let's hope they can withstand the siege from the dark world."

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"Straw Hat Kid, we'll remember you!"

"Straw Hat Boy, we'll be waiting for you on the island behind us."

"The Straw Hat Pirates will soon be eaten by fish!"

"Straw Hat Boy, because of what happened with the Big Mom Pirates, we'll be looking for you as soon as possible."

After a brief silence, the calm voices of their respective owners gradually emerged from the mouths of the Den Den Mushi, but everyone knew what kind of anger was hidden beneath those calm voices.

They then exited the public channel one by one and picked up other Den Den Mushi to issue their own commands.

In an instant, the entire ocean world was abuzz once more because of Luffy's words. Countless Den Den Mushi (snail communication devices) relayed Luffy's words and actions repeatedly throughout the ocean. Amidst everyone's reports, the Straw Hat Pirates, who had just entered the New World, reappeared in the eyes of all pirates.

A pirate crew that has been lawless and causing trouble for two years, daring to destroy Enies Lobby, beat up Celestial Dragons, withstand the fighting power of a Marine Admiral, and participate in the Marineford War.

Captain Monkey D. Luffy is the grandson and son of a legendary naval hero and the world's number one criminal. Now, having just entered the New World, he is challenging the world's underground kingpins.

Everything was being disseminated, and newspapers were being distributed like snowflakes.

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Back to the present.

"A declaration of war?"

"So, they've just declared war like that?"

The group of companions carrying the goods stared blankly at Luffy's actions.

"We declared war on Fishman Island and on one of the Four Emperors, MOM. On this Ice and Fire Island, we declared war on the underground kings of the whole world. The Navy is our enemy."

"Have we offended half the pirates and the entire navy in this world?" Nami counted on her fingers one by one.

“Yes! That’s right!” Luffy nodded without even realizing it.

"Are you an idiot?! You've basically offended all the powers on the seas. How are we supposed to sail now?!" Enraged, Nami went up to Luffy and pinned him to the ground, giving him a good beating.

Ha ha!

Mabi shook her head and smiled as she watched the two of them. These people have different beliefs, so it's the same whether you offend them sooner or later!

Every emperor has grown through bloody battles. The youngest of the five emperors, Shanks and Blackbeard, both rose to the top of the world by forcibly dividing other people's territories with the help of powerful allies and strength.

Don't let Nami's current fear and scorn fool you; she'll be willing to sacrifice herself for her comrades in a real situation. Once she enters the New World, life and death become unimportant for her companions.

The victor reigns supreme, enjoying power and wealth! The loser perishes as a fish's belly, turning into a pile of dry bones!

Click!

The previously closed door opened again, and Luo and Maureen, who had obtained the heart, returned.

Zoro and Mia followed closely behind.

Finally, Smoker, the Smoker, reluctantly led Tashigi, whose cheeks were puffed up like a hamster's, into the room, his resentful eyes fixed on Zoro.

"Everyone's here, let's discuss our next move. After all, Luffy just took down all the underground kings in the world." Maggie, seeing everyone's arrival, instructed Jack to prepare a long round table for everyone to sit down.

As for the people outside, those who have already been frozen in place have been placed in safe locations and are not worried about safety for the time being. The strongest enemy, Vergo, has been torn to pieces and abandoned outside by Law, so he probably won't live much longer.

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A flock of crows flew overhead as Luo and Maureen thought, "What have you been doing while we were gone?!"

Chapter 252 Fearless! SAD

"That's it. Because they disagreed with the gas deal, they angered the entire underground empire." Mabi explained the situation to Luo and Maureen, leaving the decision of how to proceed to their discretion.

Whew!

Smoker exhaled thick smoke and made a sound of dissatisfaction.

"What are you pirates doing forming an alliance with a marine like me? Hand over those kids here and get out of here."

“Brother Smoker, please wait a moment. Those children can’t be moved yet. We need to wait for our ship’s doctor to find the data and analyze what caused it. After all, the gene serum they were injected with has side effects that can drive people insane, and I don’t think you want them to be harmed.” Seeing Smoker’s dissatisfaction, Mia reminded him.

After all, it would be more convenient for the navy to transport them themselves than for them to do so themselves; otherwise, those parents would only see them as distributors.

Whew!

Upon hearing Mia's explanation, Smoker took two deep drags of his cigarette and nodded in agreement. The side effect was that the entire control room was filled with smoke, causing the women to frown.

“You guys are really being ridiculous.” Maureen sighed softly, covering her forehead, after hearing Maby’s explanation. Then, her eyes flashed with a sharp, cold light as she spoke in a deep voice.

"Since things have come to this, and we have already formed an alliance, there is no reason for us to give up. They think we have no reason to be afraid. We are already prepared to use them as practice tools after taking down one of the Five Emperors."

The entire control room fell silent for a moment. After scanning the room, Mabi was the first to clap her hands and praise, "Sister Maureen is truly a remarkable woman."

"Well done, Sister Maureen!" The Straw Hat crew then clapped.

They applauded generously in praise!

"Brother Luo, what about you?" Meibi asked, seeing Luo's hard expression and his hesitation.

"I agree with her." He let out a heavy breath after saying that. As someone who likes to plan before acting, he could only play along with an ally who was disrupting his rhythm. Since things had already happened, he might as well deal with it first.

The wife leads, the husband follows!

Mabi chuckled to herself as she looked at his utterly dejected expression.

Suddenly, Chopper, who was in charge of looking up the information, exclaimed in surprise.

"Hey everyone, I've found it. Working with Angelia can solve part of the problem, and they won't have to suffer from the backlash of the drugs."

The group exchanged glances, all seeing the joy in each other's eyes.

"Let's go take a look."

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"it's over?"

Inside the alternate dimension, Mabi looked at the four exhausted-looking people who walked out of the room made of cloud iron and asked them a question.

Jack, standing nearby, condensed the cloud house into a ball and threw it, along with the medical waste used by the four of them, into a deep pit beneath a spatial portal opened by Little Green, burying it there.

"Well, it's over. The three of them have the best Devil Fruit abilities to work together for the surgery. The toxins inside the children's bodies are gone, only the genes that made them gigantic remain. Smoker and the others have agreed to send these children to Vegapunk for a final check-up, and they will also be responsible for the children's future lives." Chopper, who had transformed back into his bean-sized form, lay weakly on the sofa chair made of soft clouds.

"Ah, it's Brother Tanuki, Sister Angel, Brother Spotted Hat, and Sister Water!" A group of children who were engrossed in playing with mechanical toys became extremely excited when they saw the four people walking out. They took heavy steps and surrounded the four of them, giving them a warm hug.

"ROOM!" Luo raised an eyebrow at the group of children, his figure vanished, and reappeared in the distance.

"Oh no!" Mabi, who was watching everything from the sidelines as a bystander, sensed the location of Law's appearance through her Observation Haki and her expression immediately changed.

That thing was something I, along with Franky and Merry, brought back; I can't let him take it apart so easily.

"ROOM·Slaughter..." Before he could finish casting the skill, Mabi reached out and pinched his fingers together, interrupting the cutting skill.

“Don’t cut it, I have a great use for this thing.” Maby pinched Luo’s fingers and pointed directly at the giant building in front of them.

"Do you know what he is? The entire underworld needs Caesar's poison gas, but they also can't let go of this entity that strengthens their forces."

"After reading Caesar's information, I can see that he is just a raw material for demons, which can be used to make crippled Devil Fruits."

"Materials are inanimate objects; there's no right or wrong in them. In the hands of evil people, they're just evil materials." Maby laughed, forcefully pulling him by the shoulder and leading him outside, casually handing him a fruit with mottled patterns.

Ignoring Rona's shocked expression, Mabi explained, "The Devil Fruit in your hand was picked up in a lab. It's a defective product made from a devil's corpse, animal body extracts, and fruit."

"A corpse?"

"Yes! It's the SAD can you were about to cut off. Inside is the corpse of an ancient demon, soaked in a special solution. When combined with bloodline factors extracted from animals to water fruit trees, it becomes a defective product."

However, currently only animal bloodline factors are traceable, and by using a special solution to irrigate them, one can use the power of demons to form Zoan-type Devil Fruits.

However, the absorbed power is too little; it can only enhance a portion of the limbs, turning the user into a monster. It can't transform into a true Zoan-type Devil Fruit with three stages, or reach seven stages like Chopper did through his own power. If you want some, I can send you some once you've cultivated them.

Mabi laughed and replied that if she didn't explain it to him clearly, he would tear it apart if she wasn't careful. She then led him away from the Straw Hat Logistics Machinery Base, which was over 100,000 square meters, and walked along the unused, empty projection space towards the spatial portal opened by Little Green.

The raw materials for the Devil Fruits created by Vegapunk were incredibly valuable. All the cultivation methods had already been found in Caesar's laboratory. Furthermore, the notes left behind by Vegapunk, discovered in the Kingdom of the Future, contained technology from eight hundred years ago that utilized Devil Fruits. He was imprisoned and forced to lead scientific research simply for using that technology, and his materials were hidden until Franky obtained them.

As long as you have enough materials, you can try to cultivate new Devil Fruits. You can give them away instead of eating them yourself, or make them into weapons so that you can use the power of Devil Fruits without the side effect of becoming unable to swim.

However, the barrier to entry has been raised to the point that one must possess a domineering aura to even begin using it; without this aura, a slightly better weapon cannot be used to its full potential.

"···"

Faced with the strengthening of his subordinates, even Law, who wanted to destroy the raw materials and sever the foundation of the Joker, could not help but fall silent. He had prepared to completely destroy it because he could not take it with him. Now that the base had been dug up, was there any point in the destruction?

"Don't think about it. I'll make some for you later." Maggie put her arm around his shoulder and agreed immediately. Since she couldn't decide for herself, she would help him out.

They stepped out of the portal and arrived at the shore.

The deathly landscape over Iceland has now been blown away by the sea breeze, leaving only petrified icebergs and buildings. People have worked together to clear a space for people to rest and recuperate, and metal-forged chairs are neatly arranged on the icebergs.