One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"So that's how it is. No wonder Kong and the Five Elders didn't stay in the Holy Land, but appeared here instead." Mabi suddenly realized that Hades had already been found by Sabo and the others. If they gave him a few more explosive rocks, it would be strange if he didn't cause some trouble. After all, they were the troublemakers of the whole world. I didn't expect that their first move would be to bomb the Celestial Dragons' residential area that had been oppressing this world for eight hundred years.

"They were sent by the Red-Haired Landing Holy Land to inform us so that we could work together to kill the mysterious person who was holding them down."

"It's a pity he escaped. The existence that controls time is almost an invincible symbol. Even the Heavenly King would find it difficult to attack his body, let alone the fact that his control over time is over eight hundred years. I wonder who in the world can hurt him?" Sabo gripped the railing with both hands, his brows furrowed, and a hint of worry escaped his lips. The strongest person in the Holy Land had been destroyed and escaped. Once a fight breaks out, he will be the most terrifying existence.

That's someone who escaped from the clutches of the Heavenly King.

"Don't worry, leave it to me. I don't know why, but that bastard always seems to have some inexplicable hostility towards me. Even if I don't confront him, he'll come after me." Mabi heard his worry and comforted him. Sooner or later, there would be a battle between them, and even if she didn't confront him, he would come after her.

"Then I'll leave it to you. You're probably the only one in the whole world who can rival him."

As soon as Mabi finished speaking, Nami's questioning voice came from above.

"Mabi, Robin, you two come up here for a second, the coordinates are a bit strange."

Usopp instructed the ships behind to raise their sails and halt their advance.

"What happened?" Mabi appeared on the bow deck in a flash.

Upon hearing Usopp's shout, the fleet behind gradually lowered their sails and stopped moving forward.

"We clearly used the permanent Pose based on the information in the Poneglyphs, but there isn't a single island nearby." Nami, with her hair in a high ponytail, wearing glasses, and holding a notebook, looked at the sea chart in front of her with a puzzled expression.

"Hey, we've reached the recording location," Rayleigh chuckled, holding a bottle of liquor in his hand.

"Miss Nami is quite fast. We had to search around the area to find the right way in."

After saying that, he immediately called out to Luffy, who had been chatting with Shanks all the way.

"Luffy, take off your hat."

"Huh?" Luffy tilted his head, full of questions, but still followed Rayleigh's instructions and took off his hat.

“Standing at the bow of the ship, I poured my domineering aura into my hat and pressed it into the void, twisting it.”

"Yes!"

As Luffy moved, the void before them suddenly filled with ripples, like a curtain being blown by the wind, and a black island gradually appeared in the void.

"Miss Nami, let's go," Rayleigh said, looking at the crowd who were staring wide-eyed at everything in front of them.

"Okay, okay, set sail!" Nami, finally realizing what she was about to do, came to her senses.

brush!brush!

With a few crisp sounds, the previously furled sails billowed again with the wind, propelling the ship forward.

"I never imagined Laugh Tale was hidden in a small world, requiring a hat to open it," Maggie sighed, gazing at the distant island. Without Luffy's hat, wouldn't it be impossible for anyone to ever reach it?

The redhead standing to the side smiled, and Timmy explained his doubts.

"That's natural. No matter how big the New World is, countless ships have sailed the seas over the years, enough to sail around the entire world. It's just that if this world existed on its own, it would have been discovered long ago. Only by hiding in such a small world can people pass by without actually finding it. That's why the captain couldn't find the real island even though he had clearly arrived nearby. Only by reaching the most accurate location in the records and using that straw hat to open the small world, once we leave within a hundred meters of our feet, the small world will close again, becoming a world barrier that can only be exited but not entered, waiting to be opened again."

“Does that mean we won’t be able to get back in once we leave?” Maby replied, looking at the massive fleet behind them.

"Yes, that's why I need your help. This is a bundle of straw taken from the same material as the straw hat, which can achieve the same effect as that straw hat. As long as it's there, this world won't shut down." After saying that, the red-haired man handed a bundle of straw to Mabi.

"You will maintain the barrier of this small world until everyone has entered and returned to the island."

“With pleasure!” Mabi laughed, taking the bundle of straw and leaping into the air. She stood still in mid-air, letting the Sunshine drift away, while the crowd on the ship below stared at her as they sailed forward.

Robin, wearing cool sandals, stepped onto the soft sand, gazing at the desolate and dilapidated buildings in the distance, and uttered a low voice.

"Dilapidated and desolate, is this the legendary Laugh Tale?"

At a glance, countless ruins and broken walls crisscross, covered with lush green moss, and thick vines tightly entwined around broken trees. Hundreds of gray-white humanoid stone statues holding weapons all face one direction, seemingly defending against an unknown enemy in the distance.

A stone tablet, about twenty meters long, wide, and high, stands on a rocky base on the shore. It is covered with densely packed square characters. Below it is a pile of dried moss that has been cleared away, and on it lies a crab with its pincers raised, looking wary at the crowd.

"Hey, hey, hey! Red-Haired Shanks, Rayleigh, where's Roger's treasure? Where's his power? According to my Observation Haki scan, this is an island full of ruins!" MOM shouted, lifting his burly body.

"Hehe!" Rayleigh, standing in front of the stone tablet, lightly touched the moss on it, a tear glistening in his eyes, as if recalling the scene twenty-six years ago when he and his companions had endured countless hardships to reach the legendary treasure land, and the laughter that followed after learning all the events.

He gave a faint smile and did not answer Mom's question, but turned to Robin and gave her instructions.

“Miss Robin, translate all the information above and let everyone hear it. I think this is the information that everyone needs most. It’s time to reveal the true existence of Laugh Tale.”

"This is also the captain's last vow before his death, which will be revealed today, twenty-five years later."

"it is good!"

Chapter 285 Landing in Laugh Tale! The Demon Descends! The Final Chapter!!!

Robin, who had already finished translating the stone tablet in front of him, gave a bitter smile. Was this what his teacher wanted to know and protect? He would rather die in the crossfire than reveal it to the public, since revealing these things would only cause more deaths to ordinary people.

After all, too many people are selfish and only like to take the lives of ordinary people at will for their own desires. The things recorded above are naturally irrelevant to them. If they knew what they would really face when they landed on Laugh Tale, they would probably stay away and never have the idea of ​​landing again.

Only Roger, who sacrificed his life to start the Age of Exploration, and Whitebeard, who stayed in the New World and died for his children, can be considered true kings.

Looking back at the crowds gradually arriving, pursuing treasure and power, Robin's eyes were filled with calm. The so-called treasure and power were nothing more than Roger's biggest deception before his death.

Robin adjusted the Den Den Mushi in her hand, and her clear voice gradually spread through the Den Den Mushi signal to the mouths of the other Den Den Mushi, allowing everyone to hear it.

"Greetings, future warriors! I am the Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the D Clan!"

We see you arrive eight hundred years in the future through the time tunnel. I welcome you to our kingdom, which you call 'Laugh Tale,' but we prefer to call it the Land of Victory.

As you can see, we inadvertently opened a spatial tunnel back then, attracting the attention of 'life' from another world, which then attacked our world. Although we closed the spatial tunnel in time, the coordinates of this world had already been leaked to them. In just six months, they reopened it and reappeared in this world, slaughtering our world.

In just three days, we suffered heavy losses and had to leave our kingdom, using spatial power to seal our country and take our people to our vassal kingdom to reorganize our forces.

However, many invaders fled the island, and some alien life forms that remained under the enemy's rule were also driven over. They couldn't bear to see this world destroyed by the enemy, so they quickly taught us some of their techniques for developing human strength.

So we began studying the captured invaders during our voyage, and our researchers inadvertently discovered that the ocean contained a substance that could make them feel weak.

We then integrated the power of the entire world to begin studying the weaknesses of demons and advancing technology to push the limits of human potential.

It wasn't until two years later that observers discovered the seal had broken!

The great war broke out from there.

Guided by the otherworldly invaders who also remained under the other's command, Neptune, Hades, and Uranus, created by combining the power of the entire world, were born in succession. They control the entire world's underwater, surface, and sky domains.

After five years of continuous fighting, countless demons were destroyed, and we forced them back to the ruins of our kingdom. Just as we were about to reseal them, the demons' desires caused a rebellion in our rear, destroying our rear base.

Even our Emperor was seriously injured and transformed into an infant to heal his body.

With no way out, in our despair, the enslaved alien invaders sacrificed their lives to fill the space tunnel and cause destruction, thus severing the invaders' passage.

The infants they left behind were also sent eight hundred years into the future by one of our companions who absorbed demonic power—the era in which you live.

We, who were severely injured, all turned into stone statues to seal our power and slowly repair our bodies while guarding this world, until eight hundred years later when the space passage was reopened and we were able to protect this world once again!

Future warriors, your battle is about to begin!

There is no power or wealth here, only endless battles and death.

All you need to do is build a peaceful world for your people and descendants, instead of an era of enslavement by others.

I believe you have the right to make your own choices!

As Robin's voice faded, everyone present fell silent, as if the Quiet-Quiet Fruit had activated its sound barrier, enveloping the entire world. Joyful faces still lingered on their lips, but as understanding faded, no one could be happy anymore.

"Bastard! Bastard! That bastard Roger has been deceiving us for over twenty years! What have we been pursuing all these years?!"

"Battle, death! This is the world of Laugh Tale! A deception that has lasted for hundreds of years, Roger, you bastard!"

"Haha! Haha! It took me twenty years to travel from the Western Sea to reach Laugh Tale, and now you're telling me it was all a scam!"

"Damn scam!"

"Haha! Haha! No wonder that old white-bearded devil wasn't interested in the Pirate King's throne at all, and only wanted to hide in the New World and take care of those laughable kids. It turns out he already knew that the Pirate King was just a joke!"

"Haha! Haha! Without any treasure or power, you expect us pirates to protect the world? What a ridiculous joke!"

"Damn Shanks! As a member of the Pirate King Roger's crew and a discarded pawn of the Celestial Dragons, you already knew what this place symbolized, yet you gathered us together to make us fight them!"

"It's all your fault! You bunch of bastard pirates actually teamed up with the Navy and the World Government to betray us."

"You all go to hell!"

The information from eight hundred years ago immediately threw the entire scene into chaos. Anger and maniacal laughter rose and fell, and countless pirates, armed with weapons and cannons, turned their guns toward Shanks.

The Five Elders, Sengoku, Sora, Shanks, Ace, Mom, Dragon, and Zephyr all coldly watched the chaotic scene from the sidelines, regarding the antics of some minor pirates as nothing more than a trifle to them.

“Mabi!” Robin asked softly and gently, her eyes full of concern.

The invaders, of course, knew that it had been mentioned in many historical documents. In addition, with the baby they mentioned and the equipment left behind from before, they were now fully aware of Mabi's background.

"Phew, nothing. I never imagined that you came from a world more than 800 years ago. Wasn't I also a second-generation savior in my past life? Everyone, call me the son of a hero and let me hear it." Mabi laughed and teased. The baby from back then probably died the moment he traveled through time, and her soul invaded his body.

He gripped the legendary sword that had been passed down for thousands of years. Although he didn't know who the other party was, he had already inherited their body, so he would also bear their responsibilities. The so-called invaders were not invincible. Even with the combined power of the entire world, they could not defeat them. He was afraid that he would not be able to escape their clutches no matter where he went.

"Get lost!" That was Zoro and Sanji's disdainful voice.

"Get lost, you think you're so great just because we gave you a little credit?" a few girls laughed and scolded.

Mabi's teasing softened the hard atmosphere among her companions, making everyone feel much more relaxed.

"Princess Mia, did Uranus tell you anything? That they are still alive?" Rayleigh asked gently as he approached Mia, shaking his wine bottle.

Mia nodded in acknowledgment, gazed at the gray-white stone statue in the distance, and walked over, speaking in a gentle voice.

"Yes, I've heard him mention it. I never imagined that I would be asleep for over eight hundred years until you rescued me and raised by my father and mother. Although I don't know my memories of my past life, as a princess of a country, I still have the responsibility to protect my country."

With her sword in hand, she slashed along the artery, and blood splattered instantly. Under her precise control of Armament Haki, the blood sprayed onto the stone statue. As the blood beads spread, countless hard stone shells fell away, revealing the human figure inside.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." A booming voice soared to the heavens, and the newly resurrected soldiers turned and bowed.

"Please get up, senior. I haven't regained my memories yet and am not your original queen!" Mia stepped forward to help up the old man with a wrinkled face holding a naginata at the front and advised him.

Just as the other party was about to speak, a burst of wild laughter came from the sky, and a figure wearing a giant straw hat and hidden in a black robe reappeared in the air and rushed towards the island.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! The last members of the D royal family, none of you will leave here today."

The aged old man's expression changed instantly, and he gripped his queen's hand tightly, saying urgently:

"Oh no! Your Majesty, that's Im, the last remaining intruder. He's going to open the spatial portal."

"Im!" Uranus's voice suddenly rang out.

A pink fishtail descended from the sky, and the voice of Timid Star drifted through the air.

"Lord Luffy, catch me!"