One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Is that so? I'll wait and see."

"Hehe! I heard you have medicines that can cure diseases. I need some of those, after all, monopolies are the only way to make money."

"I need a potion that can boost my combat power. I want to conquer our neighboring country."

“This woman is quite nice. Let my men go down and I want her to be my slave,” said one of the fat men wearing a crown.

“No problem. Such beautiful and powerful female pirates are rare. They’re good enough to be trained into perfect slaves,” the host said happily. As long as he could befriend a pirate, it would bring him a lot of benefits.

Luffy? In Mabi's mind, a long, thin fist appeared. The wind pressure was so superhuman that only Luffy possessed that length.

He delivered a direct blow, and as someone who frequently clashed with Luffy, he could likely gain a sense of familiarity from it.

Mapi! Luffy, who was striking the giant axe in front of him, felt a familiar sensation coming from his fist. His body, which had stopped abruptly, was swept past by a giant sword.

"That's... Maggie and Luffy! They're actually standing together in this environment." Robin exclaimed in surprise, looking at the figures dodging through the jungle of swords.

"Haha! Mapi, let's fight together!" Luffy laughed loudly, but it was a silent laugh. However, Mapi could already tell from the air ripples from his open mouth that he was laughing.

"Go!" Maggie put Luffy on her back and jumped up, so that the two wouldn't accidentally fight.

"Sever the Void!" The sword slashes forward, for as suspended objects, they naturally possess their own foundation.

"Gum! Gum! Machine gun!" With his legs strapped to Maple's back, Luffy naturally took charge of the violent output, directly directing his fist shadows towards the enemy jumping in the air under Maple's control.

"Haha! Those sounds are like a battle. I can hardly contain myself and want to draw my sword. Sit tight, and don't try to boss me around. I can't be weaker than them." Zoro heard the cheerful sounds of their battle and knew his companions were safe, so his fighting spirit was rising.

"What's going on with Jimmy Bertram? The other guy doesn't seem to be affected by the medicine at all." Several people in the stands cursed as they watched the four fighting fiercely.

"It's up! It's definitely up. Look at the extra eyes on that woman's body. These potions aren't very effective against some Devil Fruit users; you need to keep increasing the dosage." The host, Bertram, explained, sweating profusely. This was something the patron absolutely wanted them to be satisfied with. He then called over his bodyguards.

"Put those test samples in."

"Those experimental subjects, sir!" He looked at the surprised expression on his subordinate's face.

"Go quickly!"

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

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"Holy Light Purification!"

"Carved Cherry Blossom!"

"Lobster!"

"George! What's wrong with Jack? He's gone berserk!" Sanji asked, holding George whom he had just rescued, looking at the white tiger that was as big as a house.

"I don't know! They injected Jack with some kind of drug and that's how he became like this. At first, he was causing chaos everywhere, but now he's following that man's orders to move."

"Hey! You've all wasted your time. This guy is my servant now, and he only listens to me." A thin man in a white coat stood on a rooftop not far away, looking at them with a wicked grin.

"No! It's too big; I can't purify it completely in a short time," Angelia said, flapping her wings as she floated beside Sanji.

"My lovely angel, would you please accept my invitation to a date?" Upon seeing Angelia floating in the air with an aura of light, he immediately knelt down on one knee and proposed to her.

"Bang!" Chopper, now transformed, landed directly between the two and said.

"We need to prepare a medicine to remove it as soon as possible. Right now, we need to disable it first. My attacks have no effect on its soft skin at all."

"I'll do it!" Sanji agreed immediately, taking a puff of his cigarette.

"Hey! Have you made a decision yet? If you have, then go die!" He didn't care at all about the situation the three of them were discussing. As for the potion he had prepared, he was the only one who could resolve this effect.

"Great White Tiger, go up and kill them!"

"Awoo!"

"Weakness due to disease!"

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Damn it, where did this bunch of beasts come from? They're even stronger than the ones we've encountered before, and the liquid splattering everywhere is really creepy. Judging from the beasts on the ground, even if you cut their bodies open, their vigorous vitality will still allow them to climb up and attack. Only by completely destroying their bodies can you get rid of them. It's like a zombie world from One Piece.

Mabi unleashed a palm strike, sending the charging beasts flying, cursing inwardly. But she had no choice but to face the onrushing beasts, who seemed oblivious to fatigue, attacking relentlessly. Luffy on her back continued to retaliate, but his punches had weakened considerably, likely due to the large amount of paralyzing liquid splattered on his body. The occasional gusts of sword energy whizzing past indicated Zoro was still fighting, but not as fiercely as before; the large amount of paralyzing medicine was enough to render him limp.

"Clang!" Mabi swung her palm to the side, changing the trajectory of the opponent's sword away from her body. The previous few clashes with the mere air explosions had no effect on the opponent's thin sword tip, and it still pierced her body.

"Hehe! Pretty good woman, she can still persevere even after absorbing so much mucus. I hope you can be like that when you become a slave."

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"How terrifying! These are all organ specimens, both human and animal, and there are so many research books about the body." Mia and Nami left through some passage and did not encounter Zoro, Maggie, and the others in the battle arena. Instead, they ran to a place that looked like a storage room.

"These are all studies on living human subjects?" Nami exclaimed in horror as she picked up a document and discovered its contents.

"Live animals? This is one of the methods that the World Government forbids." Mia checked the evidence but remained silent upon seeing the hoof prints. As the rule-maker of this world, she was naturally also an outsider. Now she understood why this country existed without anyone intervening; everything had to be done covertly, and there was no way anyone could manage it.

"Usopp, burn them," Mia commanded as she pulled Nami out of the passage. Such wicked things should not exist.

"Alright!" Uso, equally grieving, took out an oil bottle and threw it in to start a fire. Watching the raging flames, the three of them quickly left. Having reviewed the documents, they naturally knew that the main way this palace fought against enemies was through the use of potions.

“We rushed over to them; they had absolutely no resistance to the virus.”

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“Haha! Mr. Harrison Wycliffe, your potions have truly opened our eyes. I have decided to use them to enhance my soldiers’ tireless and fearless abilities, enough to make us a powerful king,” one of the crowned men stepped forward and laughed.

"Yay! No problem, you can have as much as you want! As long as there are enough medicinal herbs, I can keep supporting you." The thin man in the white coat laughed wildly.

"Thunderclouds!" Countless bolts of lightning struck down, scattering across the entire square!

"Holy Light Purification!"

"Damn it! How dare you leave me so weak in front of that beautiful angel!" Sanji stormed in through the window in a rage!

Chapter 44: The Island of Disease! The End!

"Haha! I'm finally back to life! You're the ones who bullied us! I'm going to beat you to a pulp!" Luffy, who had been struck by lightning, rolled over and was finally able to see everything clearly. He found Maggie lying beneath him, her life hanging in the balance. Enraged, he faced the various ferocious mutated beasts that were charging at him.

"Rubber! Rubber! Machine gun!" Countless slimes flew through the sky!

"Cough! Cough!" Mapi, Zoro, and Robin stood up from the ground, coughing out the smoke from their mouths. Their eyes finally regained their sight as they looked at the broken corpses and weapons in front of them.

"Mabi, Zoro, Robin, are you alright?" Nami, Mia, and Usopp, who had followed, helped the three of them up and asked.

"It's okay. I really don't want to experience this kind of environment again. My whole body feels sticky and extremely uncomfortable." Mabi patted the hard lumps on her body, all of which were marks left by the electric shock.

"Are those bastards?" Maby stared at the figures on a watchtower, where explosive shocks flashed intermittently.

"Zoro!" Maggie called out to Zoro, who had recovered.

"I know!" Zoro exchanged a glance with Mabi, already knowing what was going on, and jumped toward her.

"Zoro Cannonball! Here we go!" He reached out and caught Zoro's feet as he jumped over, twisting his waist as if launching a cannonball towards the watchtower.

"You pervert! Wait till I kill you!" Zoro cursed, his face turned towards the wall.

Upon seeing this, Maggie burst into laughter: "Haha! Sorry, sorry! My eyesight has just returned and I can't see clearly."

"Usopp!"

"No, no! I can walk up myself." Seeing Maby's aim, he no longer believed her, but Maby still forcibly twisted and threw him up.

"Haha! Nami, take care of yourselves, I'm off now." Mabi greeted the three women standing together and then jumped into the air and flew away.

"Gum-Gum! Gum-Gum! Slingshot!" Luffy, who had just finished the battle, also launched it.

"These four idiots! I'm going to have to lie down again." Nami said helplessly, rubbing her forehead. This time, the people she was dealing with couldn't be dealt with by brute force alone.

“Let’s go over there and find a way up to help them,” Nami said to her two companions.

"Dr. Harrison Wycliffe, why did you spread these diseases? This is a complete violation of medical ethics, and countless people will be harmed because of this!" Chopper shouted at the man in the white coat in front of him, his eyes filled with tears. He never expected that the mastermind behind this was the doctor he respected most, a doctor renowned for his expertise in disease diagnosis.

"Yay! Chopper the Tanuki, right! Do you know how wonderful it is to manipulate a human body? Especially that helpless feeling of watching your comrades being killed and dissected—just give them a sliver of hope and inject them with the virus, and unexpected changes will occur. This is something you doctors who only know how to save lives can't understand. The human body is truly a wondrous treasure trove where all sorts of miracles can happen! Yay! What I'm going to do is manipulate these miracles, and from now on, the whole world will tremble at my feet." The other party wasn't interested in Chopper's questioning at all. Ever since he learned that the human body could produce unexpected effects, he didn't hesitate to offer to become their slave to obtain funding.

"you!"

"Haha! I know you all want to kill me, but your fighting power is useless against the virus. I am a user of the Plague Fruit, and my whole body is covered in the virus." He laughed triumphantly as he looked at the angry eyes around him.

"Hahaha! Hahaha!" The kings behind him laughed wildly, the thrill of holding lives in their hands was something a few small-time pirates could never understand.

"Shockwave! Cloud-Dispelling Palm!" Upon hearing his explanation, Mabi didn't waste any words with him, leaning forward and unleashing a palm strike that sent him flying into the crowd behind her.

"Disease! Weakness!" Dr. Wycliffe, who had been knocked away, waved his hands, scattering an unknown powder that filled the entire viewing hall.

"Holy Purification!" Angelia unleashed a beam of holy light towards Mabi to eliminate the negative effects, but the others were not spared. After breathing in the virus she released, their bodies went limp and they were forced to half-lie on the floor.

"Haha! How many diseases can that little girl eliminate with your fruit? I can release them endlessly!..."

"Rubber! Rubber! Pistol!"

"Bang!" The arm that was about to be used was forcibly broken by Luffy's violent fist that flew up.

"Huh? What's wrong with everyone?" Luffy, who had just arrived, asked in confusion when he saw the limp group of people.

“They’ve been drugged again,” Maby replied. The nurse had managed to avoid being drugged by eliminating the negative energy from her body, but it was only a matter of time before they were drugged again.

"Disease! Severed nerves!" With a muffled shout, the opponent's hand appeared in front of everyone without them noticing, then dispersed and solidified again on the opponent's palm.

"Yay! My abilities go beyond just using potions."

"Divine Barrier!" Angelia unleashed a semi-circular golden barrier to protect Zoro, Chopper, Sanji, and Usopp, who were lying on the ground.

"Shockwave! Cloud-Dispelling Palm!" Mabi moved slightly and flashed to the side of his head, striking out with her palm!

"Gum-Gum! Gum-Gum! Rocket Launcher!" Luffy and Mami didn't give him a chance to react and attacked directly, saying they'd deal with everything else later.

"I am!"

"Paiyun!" He struck the opponent's head again with a palm strike, and blood gushed out.

"Crack!" The hand stained with the other person's blood instantly turned blue, which then spread to the arm.

What?! Feeling the pain, Mabi took out a piece of ice stone and smashed it on her arm. A large amount of cold air was released and quickly froze her arm.

"Oh no, my blood is full of toxins!"

"Mr. Mabi, bring Luffy here quickly so I can purify you." Angelia, seeing this, was naturally poisoned just like before. However, Mabi's arm instantly froze, fixing the virus and preventing it from spreading. But Luffy, who had come into contact with the virus, was different; he wasn't as contaminated as Mabi, but it was enough to render him unable to fight.

"Don't kill him? It will cause the virus to spread, and it will cause deaths in this country and the surrounding waters." Chopper, who had recovered, advised Maggie, fearing that Maggie might kill him in a fit of anger.

"Hahaha! He's right, I'm riddled with illness! You can't kill me, and as for handing me over to the Navy, the seal on my back is enough to keep me alive! Hahaha! I love seeing your helpless expressions when you can't kill me." The other person slumped on the sofa and laughed mockingly.