One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"It seems the children have solved the problem." A loud voice rang out, causing everyone's ears to ring.

"Wow! It's a giant!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly, looking at the shadow above.

“Uncle Jill! Do you remember me?” Mia called out, looking up.

"Oh? Mia, you're here! Are these your companions? Come to my house, I'll treat you well." The giant above said happily, summoning a wooden plank for the people below to step on.

“Yes! They are my companions who helped me get home,” Mia replied.

"Young men, could you please leave these sailors alone? After all, some of my comrades also serve in the navy, and I can't just stand by and do nothing." He asked, looking at the sailors who were lying slumped on the ground. He had originally come to teach those who were causing trouble on the island a lesson, but now he realized that both sides knew each other.

"Haha! No problem, Uncle!" Luffy appeared on the other's shoulder without anyone noticing and laughed heartily.

Mabi watched as the other person picked up the slumped Marine and placed him on a wooden platform as if picking beans, apparently to take him back for treatment. He wore a huge iron helmet, tough animal hide draped over his back, and an iron belt around his waist with a huge hand axe stuck in it. His solid muscles were exposed, and he looked like a member of the Elbaf tribe.

She also helped Tashigi lift Smoker onto the huge wooden platform for treatment.

"Everyone!" Seeing her naval comrades lying limp on the ground, Tashigi rushed over to check on them, only to find that they were all just injured and unconscious.

"Little sister!" Tashigi asked Angelia, her face flushed. Asking the pirates for help was enough to make her feel embarrassed, especially since it was her side that had caused this.

Chapter 60 Nicole Mabi

"Haha! Brother Luffy! Thank you for bringing this kind of food. We haven't had this kind of food in a long time! This kind of food has a great effect on strengthening the body. We only had it once during an adventure!" The giant wearing a white Navy Justice Cloak praised while holding up the roasted meat in his hand, with strong flames coming out of his mouth and scorching his cloak.

"Haha! Uncle, I still have plenty here!" Luffy, who was squatting in front of him, spat out the frost from his mouth and laughed loudly.

"Mabi! Sanji, hurry up and bring the meat!"

"immediately!"

"You pervert! Prepare one portion of each ingredient for me. I want to experiment. The way we ate before was a complete waste of food, failing to maximize its benefits. I never imagined that this kind of food only exists in those small worlds, and that once they are connected to the Grand Line, they gradually lose the power contained within their bodies." Sanji observed the food shimmering with a jewel-like luster before him. He never expected that the giant chef's special cooking method could allow the ingredients from those small worlds to reach their maximum effect, enabling people to digest and replenish their energy extremely quickly. Even Luffy, a glutton, could only eat enough food for five people; if he ate too much, it would cause his senses to leak blood.

"Sanji, little brother! In the future, collect more of these stones and herbs during your adventures. Only substances produced there are suitable for cooking and enhancing our abilities. I didn't expect you to be able to preserve them. We really regretted the loss of the effects of our food back then." The giant, who was also in charge of cooking and was wearing a white chef's uniform, took out a few transparent crystals and threw them into the large pot next to him, which was full of food and herbs. Immediately, puffs of red smoke were emitted. When he took them out again, the crystals were noticeably smaller. The tender, reddish meat in the pot had become crystal clear and jewel-like, with the veins and blood vessels inside clearly visible.

"Uncle! Have you encountered places like these before?" Mabi asked, picking up a piece of translucent meat with her fork. The energy contained within the meat was now several times greater than before when it was cooked. As she ate it, she could clearly feel the vitality rushing to her limbs and bones, wanting to be released.

"Yes! When we were pirates, we accidentally stumbled into it once. It was an island overrun by wild beasts, which forced us to live on the coast. Later, we gradually grew stronger by eating the food there and began to explore the island. It wasn't until more than ten years later, after a giant wave, that we found a navigable route! But how did you, who are so weak, survive in there and even catch so many prey?" The other party had clearly noticed that although Maggie and the others were much stronger than their kind, they were still far inferior to them back then, and asked curiously.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!" Mabi coughed violently upon hearing this.

Uncle, we are weaker than you, but there's no need to beat us up like this.

“There are local residents there who captured them and gave them to us,” Mabi explained, and indeed, they killed and gave the beasts to us while they were weakened.

"Haha! Then you should make good use of these ingredients that far exceed ordinary meat and not waste them. If used properly, they can enhance your combat power."

“No problem, we have the best chefs.” Maggie put down the tray and smiled at Sanji, who was still busy.

"How is this possible! Isn't the senior a Marine?!" Tashigi, who had rushed over, immediately shouted, yet another piece of news that shattered her worldview!

"You mean this? The three of us were all transferred to the Navy and ended up with a mission to guard this island!"

"Little girl! Chop this up and give it to the wounded navy soldiers so they can recover faster." Seeing Tashigi coming over, he took out a piece of meat, placed it on the wooden food plate next to him, and pushed it in front of Tashigi.

"Thank you, senior!" Tashigi staggered, still caught between her pirate and marine days!

"Beautiful Tashigi, let me help you." Sanji, who was still studying cooking, immediately abandoned everything and fawned over Tashigi as she walked over. He picked up the huge plate and held it above his head as she followed. In the distance, the Marines, who had regained consciousness after treatment, were being placed.

"Thank you, Sanji!"

"They're not pirates! They're not pirates!" Tashigi hypnotized herself, forcibly suppressing her own set of righteous theories, and thanked them as she picked up a stack of pre-cut square plates and walked away.

"Colonel Smoker, please eat."

"Thanks!" Smoker, who had recovered and was leaning against the wood, accepted the food plate and thanked him, exhaling cigar smoke that revealed the intense emotions in his heart.

"Haha! Is Smoker still thinking about how to capture them?" The giant wearing a white cloak of justice laughed heartily as he looked at his junior.

"Yes! Straw Hat, I will definitely send you to jail!"

"Haha! Fight me if you want! I won't be defeated by you!" Luffy laughed loudly after hearing this, not caring about the other party's threat at all.

"Haha! Looks like you haven't been completely brainwashed! You two will have a great time fighting on the high seas from now on." Seeing Smoker's attitude, he naturally knew he wasn't the type to uphold absolute justice, and laughed loudly, otherwise he would have been kicked off the island long ago.

"White Fist!"

"Pistol! Explode!" Seeing the silent attack, Luffy desperately swallowed the food in his mouth and retaliated with a palm strike!

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"They've started fighting again!" Nami, sitting at the round dining table, shook her head as she watched the battle in the distance and turned to ask Maggie, who had just sat down.

"Mabi, who do you think will win?"

"It's still a draw! The two of them can only fight hand-to-hand. Once they use their Devil Fruit abilities, they can't do anything to each other. The Gum-Gum Fruit's air blast is easy to dodge, while the Smoke-Smoke Fruit is meant to be hit by Luffy's air blast." Maggie replied, taking a sip of the drink that Sanji had specially made for Nami, Robin, and Mia.

"Hey! Luffy! With Angelia here, as long as you don't die, you can be healed."

"Haha! No problem!" Luffy laughed upon hearing Maggie's shout, showing no hesitation whatsoever. Just like when they often sparred on the ship, as long as he wasn't instantly killed, he could be healed.

"Mabi! Don't you know how to change your voice? Try changing it to Robin's voice for me." Nami smiled at Mabi, as if she had just thought of something.

"Sure, what's wrong?" Mabi asked in Robin's voice, rarely speaking in a woman's voice since she started wearing men's clothes, always speaking naturally.

“Robin, I told you he would,” Nami said with a smile, patting Robin on the shoulder.

"Mia, Robin, help me!" Nami, with a big smile, pounced on Maggie and pinned her to the ground.

"Wait! Wait! What are you doing?" Mabi struggled to get up from being pinned to the ground, but dared not use too much force for fear of hurting them.

"Hehe! Maggie, I have a great idea that I need your help with!"

"I want to see it too, Brother Mabi."

"Thank you for your help, Brother Meibi!"

"Ugh! I feel like you're sending me a bad message! Let go of me! Don't take my clothes off!"

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"Clang! Clang! Clang!" Nami stood up with a cheerful sound, put away the cosmetics in her hand, pulled up a girl wearing a black jacket and jeans who looked angry from the ground, took the shiny black wig handed to her by Robin, and put it on despite the girl's desperate objections.

"It really looks like Robin with the wig on! People who aren't familiar with her can't tell at all! Now we don't have to worry about Robin being attacked!" The three women crossed their arms over their waists, examining their creation, feeling that something was still missing.

"Height!" Mia asked, as her height of 1.78 meters was indeed quite different from Robin's.

"Height? Just wear heels, right, Miss Nicole Maby!"

"Damn it! You're dressing me up in women's clothes again!" Then, staring at Robin's ample bosom and looking down at his own flat chest, he calmly said.

"Two more soft pads are needed!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Chapter 61 Your Country is Truly Chaotic

"Damn Sanji! Aren't you going to let me rest?! You've been chasing me to fight since yesterday!" Maggie yelled at Sanji, who was standing on the mast with flames blazing in his eyes. Because of their constant insistence on wearing high heels, she couldn't even do basic aerial maneuvers.

"You pervert! You dare to treat me with such disgusting abilities? You'll have to bear my wrath!" Sanji roared furiously, smashing the cigarette in his mouth as he continued to advance rapidly.

"Revolver! Six rounds!" Mabi raised a silver-white revolver, fired it quickly, and then reloaded it. This revolver was the spoils of war from defeating the pirates who crossed the Calm Belt. She had taken it out of the storage room to use temporarily so as not to show too much of her original unique fighting style.

"Flame Grill!" A red, burning leg shadow swept across, carrying a powerful gust of wind that directly knocked away the rapidly approaching projectile, sending it crashing into the distant sea.

"Damn it, you only agreed to let me touch this yesterday to test its effect! Why are you so angry?" Mabi cursed, dodging Sanji's attack. Sure enough, guns and cannons are useless to people in this world unless they are top-tier users. They can be easily dodged and are only good for bullying grunts.

"Pfft!" Nami below saw this and spat out her drink. She quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe it and turned to ask Robin, who was wearing a blue and white jumpsuit, glasses, and a ponytail.

"Are they fighting all this time because of this?"

“Yes! Yesterday, Maggie wanted to test the real from the fake, so she went to find Sanji, and then a battle broke out and has been going on ever since.” Robin closed her book and smiled.

"You pervert! I'm going to kill you! You let me touch you, but why did you have to tell me who you are! Couldn't you have left me with even a little bit of hope! Shave your shoulder!"

"Then it's my fault! Who told you to be blind!" He leaped, his toes touching the shoes Sanji had kicked, using the momentum to launch himself high into the air, and fired his revolver downwards.

"How dangerous!" Jack quickly shrank as a stray bullet flew past his head.

"You two bastards! Don't kick me here!" Zoro, who was training, picked up a dumbbell plate to block the fast-moving bullet and cursed at the two people in the sky.

"Sakura Hoof Carving!" Chopper, who was still grinding medicine, put down the pestle, extended his scissor-like fingers, and knocked away a bullet. Looking down at the bowl in front of him, he saw that the potion had turned into a variety of colors. He hadn't completed the control in that instant, resulting in a bowl of potion of unknown origin.

"Haha! Haha! I want to play too! Gum-Gum! Gum-Gum!" Luffy, whose head was dented and who was quickly bounced away, laughed loudly and waved his arms to hit the two people in the air.

"These idiots!" Nami sighed, covering her forehead as she looked at the scene. She opened the newspaper she had just bought to read about the latest developments, while Angelia beside her erected a sacred barrier to protect the Going Merry from stray bullets.

"Bang!" Nami had just opened the newspaper when she saw the information inside. She excitedly stood up and slammed the newspaper onto the coffee table next to her.

"You bunch of bastards, stop it and stop causing trouble."

"Haha! Haha! Rubber rubber! Air cannon!"

"Pork tenderloin!"

"Revolver! Six-round burst!"

"Up the tower!"

"Cloud Burst Fist!"

"Strength Enhancement! Cherry Blossom Hoof Slash!"

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Nami's forehead veins throbbed as she listened!

"Thunderclouds! Explode!" Everything fell silent. The clear cries of seagulls came from the blue sky, accompanied by the crashing sound of waves breaking through the keel. A few painful groans echoed, making everything seem so beautiful.

"Haha! I'm rubber, I'm fine!" Luffy, who was completely unharmed, gloated as he looked at the rows of people slumped on the ground.

"Shut up!" Nami's fist landed squarely on Luffy's head, knocking him to the ground.

All crew members! Utter defeat!

"Come and see!" he called out after everyone had recovered.