One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Why are you hitting me too!" Mabi protested.

"Who told you not to stop Luffy properly?"

"..." A very good and powerful reason.

Having been thrown once, Luffy no longer complained about wanting to pilot the giant lizard after seeing it was injured.

"Miss Nami! This is some beauty-enhancing black tea I brewed, please have a drink." Maggie controlled the reins and moved forward, only to hear Sanji preparing a row of tea-making utensils to make a beverage and offer his hospitality.

"Thank you, Sanji!" Nami took the red tea, looking at the compass and map in front of her. They had only just left the coastline and there was still a long way to go. Without a guide, the route would only deviate.

"Mabi, watch your balance! We're going to be climbing mountains soon!"

"Received!" Mabi watched the trees around her rush past, estimating that the lizard beneath her was traveling at at least fifty kilometers per hour. At that rate, it would take a little over two days to reach the capital, covering 300 kilometers a day.

"Haha! What a fat little bird! Sanji, roast it for me." Luffy, who hadn't even stopped for a few seconds, became lively again, stretching out his arms to pick some fruit to eat. Suddenly, he saw a round thing frantically waving its two short wings to hover and couldn't help but feel hungry. It was too fat.

"Grab it here and I'll grill it for you." Sanji took out a simple kitchen utensil, an oven with a flint attached, which was more convenient to carry around and no longer needed to be used in one place.

In the distance, in a jungle, a person was observing Maggie and the others through binoculars, and began to speak his observations through a Den Den Mushi.

"The 16th squad of the Million Messengers has a report! They have discovered information about Nico Robin and her companions."

"Please report," came the voice from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"We have discovered two giant passenger-carrying lizards, one white cat, one tanuki, five men and five women. The identifiable individuals are: pirate Monkey D. Luffy, pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro, Princess Timothy Mia, and Prince Timothy Jordan. The rest are all crew members under Luffy's command! Report complete!"

"Received! I will instruct the messengers along the way to continue the pursuit! Squad 16, please return immediately." The order came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi. These were Baroque Works staff scattered throughout the island reporting information on their search for Nico Robin.

After an unknown amount of time, Luffy looked around, searching for any trace of the unknown.

"I feel like someone is following me!"

"Someone's following us?" Mapi asked doubtfully, but Luffy's innate intuition made him take it seriously, so he slowly stopped accelerating and waited for the person behind him.

"What's wrong, Mabe? Why did you suddenly stop?" Usopp asked as he caught up from behind.

"Luffy noticed someone is following him, and I want Robin to check it out."

“No problem!” Robin nodded in response.

"A hundred flowers bloom in chaos!" Angelia and Mia stepped aside to block Robin's movements, since they were still hiding their identities.

Pink petals formed and danced in the sky, and countless hands appeared in the surrounding trees and forests, each hand revealing a pair of glasses that surveyed the surroundings and transmitted all the information back.

"Robin spotted us! Retreat!" Those familiar with the operation knew that the suddenly appearing hand was Robin's Devil Fruit ability; they hadn't expected it to detect them from thousands of meters away! A hasty retreat ensued, with several officers already lost at their hands, not to mention their own casualties!

"Found them! Three people escaped from the three o'clock direction!"

"I'll go!" Sanji exclaimed, leaping up and bounding away across the branches.

"I'm going too!" Zoro was about to get up and run off when he noticed the distrustful looks around him! They were clearly saying, "You'll go and not find a single enemy, so we'll have to come looking for you!"

"Damn it! I won't get lost!" he retorted stubbornly.

"Don't believe me!" Mabi bluntly exposed!

"You pervert! I'll kill you! 108 Troublesome Phoenix!" He unleashed his ultimate attack on Mabi, a wide-range assault! Single-target damage was easily dodged by him!

"Revolver! Six-shot burst!" Six projectiles accurately struck the main body of the flying blade, causing it to recoil and scatter in all directions!

"Damn it!" Another slash!

"Oh my god! Beautiful Robin, you're amazing! They really are there!" Before Zoro and Mabe could finish their fight, Sanji, who was capturing prisoners, had already returned and slipped between the two of them!

……

"President Robin has appeared on this island! About a day's journey from us!"

"Hehe! This little girl has finally arrived! Looks like Hades is almost mine!"

Chapter 64 Battle! The Heavenly Weather: Thunderclouds! A Mighty Thunderclap!

"We'll camp here tonight! If we're fast enough, we can reach the capital by noon tomorrow." Nami, who was using the map to locate and measure distances, shouted to the group who had stopped. They were on the summit of a mountain, with a wide-open view on all sides, allowing them to observe the surroundings.

"Haha! It's time for the banquet!" Luffy laughed loudly as he climbed down from the lizard.

"Sanji! Maggie, prepare dinner!"

“No problem!” Maggie took out the food and equipment she needed and then pulled Zoro to set up a temporary shelter.

"Zoro! Help me cut them down!" Mabi found several trees that two people could barely encircle and had Zoro cut them down from three feet off the ground. They then placed the house they had bought on the trees and stuck a few pieces of wood next to it to stabilize it and prevent it from shaking.

"Damn it! Don't treat me like a carpenter!" Zoro cursed as he put away his weapon.

“I know I definitely won’t do it again next time.” Maby nodded in agreement, but she would still call him next time.

"How convenient!" Robin exclaimed, watching from the side. Now they wouldn't have to sleep on the cold ground.

"Haha! That's a must. When you're constantly wandering in the wild, you naturally need to prepare more supplies," Mabi laughed.

"Let's make the beds!" Mia and Angelia said as they rushed over to the newly set-up area. They then stepped inside to tidy up the beds that had been messed up that morning. To make it convenient for everyone to live in, the room only contained a large hall and a bathroom. Two rows of wooden beds were fixed to the floor in the hall for people to sleep soundly, while the bathroom was equipped with a flint-powered heater so that people could have hot water.

"I'm tired after a long day! I'm going to take a shower." Nami put away the blueprints in her hands, crossed her arms, stretched her body, and said.

"Hurry! The banquet is about to start."

"learn!"

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Shakrodall, wearing a yellow striped coat and holding a hook, looked at the firelight on the mountain and exhaled cigar smoke from his mouth, speaking coldly.

"Heh! Are you having a banquet? This is your last dinner."

"attack!"

"It's the president!" Countless messengers wielding swords, guns, and cannons rode various jungle creatures and charged past from behind, attacking the mountaintop. It seemed they had just arrived as well.

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"Haha! Cheers!" Everyone stood together, clinking large beer glasses. The table was covered with various barbecued foods, and a fire was burning brightly next to a wooden structure, reflecting the unrestrained smiles around them.

"Haha! Am I good-looking?" Luffy opened his mouth wide and propped up two chopsticks from his jaw, inserting them into his nostrils.

"Haha! Haha! Me too!" The drowsy Chopper and Jack exclaimed excitedly at the sight, searching for chopsticks and sticking their mouths wide open to shove them in.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" Countless metallic clanging sounds rang out, alerting everyone.

"Enemy attack! Prepare for battle!" Mabi shouted when she heard her perimeter being breached. Knowing that Baroque Works was looking for Robin, she had always used long lines to stretch two movable metal pipes before setting up camp. If they were shaken or broken, they would collide to indicate that someone was passing by. But this time, the metal pipes, which had made a loud noise from being pulled so hard, disappeared instantly.

"Who goes there!" The group, who had been instantly armed, looked around warily, clearly hearing countless rushing sounds growing closer.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Prepare to die!" First, a man riding a giant elk leaped out of the jungle, wielding a long sword and slashing at the crowd.

"Bang!" Mabi raised her revolver and struck the opponent between the eyebrows. The airborne body crashed down instantly, splashing up a circle of dirt.

"Haha! Nico Robin is here!"

"That's the woman the president needs!"

"Catch her."

Countless figures riding various mounts rushed out from the jungle below, and upon seeing Mabi's image, they shouted excitedly and ran towards this side.

"You bastard! Don't you dare bully our companions!"

"Gum-Gum! Machine Gun!" At this moment, Luffy's countless punches directly surrounded all the enemies in front of him, heavily striking the attackers and sending them tumbling down the mountain again.

"Three-Sword Style! Tornado!" Now it's not about killing the opponent, but simply knocking them off the mountain to amplify their injuries from the fall.

"Tenderloin! Roll and loosen the tendons!" A figure tumbled wildly in the air, crashing into his own men.

"Cloudburst Fist!" Jack also unleashed a thick white mist to mark his own territory, and screams of agony filled the air as the injured were sent flying out!

"Gunpowder Star!"

"Carved Cherry Blossom!"

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"Nami, is it alright to wrap the whole mountain up?" Maggie shouted at Nami, who was preparing there, as she dodged the longsword that flashed past her again.

“It will take a little time!” Nami replied, glancing at the density of the dark clouds in the sky, holding a fist-sized, hollowed-out iron ball inlaid with blue gemstones.

"Sanji, kick it up for me." Analyzing the difference above, he pointed out a direction and asked Sanji to send the iron ball in his hand up.

"Yes, Miss Nami!" She flipped her foot and precisely entered the area, then swung it again to deflect the incoming cannonball.

In an instant, the entire mountaintop was filled with the clanging of fist shadows, sword energy, and black afterimages, which knocked away the enemies that had been pulled in.

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"Robin!" Jordan called out as he stepped forward.

Mabi glanced coldly and kicked him.

"Get lost!" His own companions all knew he was Maggie, and they would never call him Robin.

"Hehehe! How do you know it's fake?" shouted the bald, round-headed man with lipstick and flushed cheeks.

"If you're going to imitate someone, at least change your clothes. Changing clothes on the battlefield after only a few dozen seconds is really asking for trouble!"

"Revolver! Six shots in a row!" Mabi didn't hold back at all and fired her revolver directly. Since all these elders had appeared, the remaining key cadres such as Crocodile must not be far away. Only by ensuring that all of them appeared could she return to her own fighting style.

"A magnificent swan dance!" The gust of wind generated by the appearance of the footsteps flattened all the ammunition.

"Miss Robin, you should come with us. Boss Crocodile won't let you get away with this," Mr. 2, dancing the swan dance, began to persuade her.

"Revolver! Six shots in a row!" Mabi didn't answer; trash talk during a fight was the most boring thing.

"Hehehe! Looks like I'll have no choice but to kidnap you!"

"Everyone! Alright! Retreat!" Nami shouted from a distance. Knowing what was about to happen, everyone quickly gathered around. They hadn't kept too far away to protect Nami during the battle so she could charge up. Only Luffy, who was naturally immune to lightning, was outside clearing out the surrounding attackers and hadn't returned.

Mabi quickly fired the bullet in her hand and withdrew it. At this moment, without anyone knowing, dark clouds covering several kilometers in radius had formed in the sky, obscuring the original moonlight.

"What is this?!" Whether they were on the mountaintop or halfway up the mountain, or had fallen down, they saw a thick cloud in the sky, making the dark night even darker. Only the firelight on the distant mountaintop guided them forward.

"Jack, take me up." Nami stood on Jack's back, her Clima-Tact sparkling with lightning, and said confidently. Although this was her first time using it against an enemy, she didn't need any practice. But Nami was unusually calm, because apart from Luffy, no one had ever taken shelter under the thunderclouds!

“Okay!” Jack replied in his beast form, the clouds floating under his feet propelling him upwards and giving Nami a wider field of vision.

"Wow! Miss Beautiful Nami, you are my goddess! You have come to punish the evildoers who wreak havoc on the world! Please accept my passionate love!"