One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

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"Goodbye, everyone!" Sanji bid farewell to the chef who came to see him off after boarding the ship. Who knows how many years it will be before they can meet again!

"Goodbye, teacher!" Maggie waved goodbye from the side as well.

"Huh! Teacher!" All that remained was a circle of strange humans with wide eyes and mouths that were half their faces open.

"Oh! Are you surprised that I have a teacher?"

"Then why doesn't Sanji recognize you?!" they all said in unison.

"What a pain in the ass!" Mabi said helplessly, shrugging her shoulders.

"You have Devil Fruit powers!"

"Definitely!"

"What Devil Fruit ability?" Mabi's companions were very curious about his Devil Fruit ability. They had only used physical skills and swordsmanship in their battles and had never seen him use his Devil Fruit ability.

Mabi covered her forehead with one hand, feeling utterly helpless. She didn't want to talk about how terrible her Devil Fruit ability was, but now that they were all her comrades, she couldn't hide it anymore, and replied helplessly.

"Paramecia-type Salt Fish Fruit! The passive ability can slowly erase information about oneself recorded in a person's memory. The longer one is out of sight, the harder it is for them to remember who they are, where they came from, or that they are Zeff's student. Sanji, however, cannot remember my existence. The only attack that can be used is the Salt Fish Thrust, which affects a person's will and turns them into a Salt Fish Will, but it cannot cause any harm to the body."

Upon receiving Mabi's answer, the group exchanged speechless glances. "What a useless ability!" they thought, turning to Mabi with disdain.

"You really are a lazy bum!"

Oh, the pain! Mabi's arms went limp as she leaned against the railing, realizing she was destined to a life of mediocrity.

"Hahaha! Welcome, new friend! Let's have a feast!" Luffy shouted as he ran out carrying a barrel of liquor.

"Haha! Agreed!"

"agree!"

I second that!

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“Nami! It’s time!” Mabi gestured for Nami to speak now.

"Okay!" Nami forgot about her excited companions around her, took a deep breath, and stood up.

"Everyone!" A moment of silence fell over the area. After all, apart from Sanji who had just boarded the ship, everyone else had sensed something was wrong with Nami's departure and was just waiting for Nami to speak up.

"Aha! What is it!" Luffy, who had become cheerful, turned his head curiously upon hearing Nami's words.

"My hometown is being ravaged by the pirate Arlong! I wanted to go back and deal with it alone before, but now I want everyone to help me defeat him!" After saying this, it became clear why Nami left before.

"Aha! My comrades! Charge towards the dragon! Save Nami's hometown and we'll get meat to eat!" Upon hearing this, Luffy jumped onto the ram's head at the bow of the ship without hesitation and gave orders to the group!

“No problem!” Mabi smiled at Nami, thinking that as a partner, she should accept everything about him and share his responsibilities.

"Agreed!" Zoro gave a thumbs-up and laughed, a cold glint appearing on his longsword; another battle was about to begin.

"Forward! Help Nami defeat the dragon! I will become a sea warrior who defeats the dragon." Usopp is always the one showing off.

"Miss Nami! I will definitely save your lovely sisters!" Sanji immediately forgot about why Maggie became Zeff's apprentice and bowed to Nami, showering her with attention.

"We must help Nami save her hometown!" Johnny and Joseph shouted.

"Everyone!" Nami looked at the selfless faces before her and burst into tears, covering her cheeks and shedding tears of emotion.

"Ha ha! Ha ha! Onward to the dragon!"

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"Haha! Haha! Brother Cozmo, you've finally arrived! Welcome to join me in building our own dragon empire!" A voice rang out from the very manor that Mabi and her group were aiming to conquer.

Chapter 6 Encounter with Fishmen! War Declared!

"Chirp! Chirp!" Several seagulls flew over the blue sky and greeted the crew members sailing below.

"Wow! How cool!" Luffy, sitting at the bow of the ship, leaned forward and exclaimed in admiration as he saw the object in front of him.

"Luffy, what is that?!" Usopp, who was adjusting the ammunition in his hand, stood up to look.

"Wow! How cool! The great Usopp is going to stand on the sea too!" Usopp exclaimed when he saw a group of figures standing on the sea in front of him.

"What? Standing on the sea! There are no reefs around here! We're almost at Arlong's territory, so behave yourselves. If you encounter any fishmen, remember to sound the alarm!" Nami squatted on the ground like a duck, looking at the sea chart in front of her. Since she had become the navigator of this ship, she needed to constantly update her knowledge of the sea.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! I'll let you know if we encounter any fishmen." Luffy nodded in agreement.

"Sanji! I'm hungry! I want to eat meat!"

"No! You want to eat again just an hour after you finished eating? No! I wish I had a refrigerator with a lock. This little bit of food will be gone sooner or later. I need to replenish our supplies quickly!" Sanji complained, looking at the dwindling food in the refrigerator. He had prepared a week's worth of food, but only two days had passed and there was only enough for one day.

"Miss Nami, these are some love-themed pastries I made for you. Please enjoy them." He grabbed the freshly made food and rushed out to fawn over Nami.

"Thank you, Sanji! Your food was delicious." Nami smiled as she took the food.

"Oh! Nami-san's praise is so sweet! I can't move!" Sanji exaggeratedly slumped to the ground, looking completely blissful.

"Hehe!" Nami let out a cheerful sound.

"Wow! They're sailing on fish! That's so cool!" Luffy shouted from the other side.

"Aaaaah!" Johnny and Joseph, who had already reached the fence, suddenly shouted!

"Fish, fish, fish..."

"Sanji, I want to eat this fish! It's so big, it must be delicious!"

"It's a fish-man! Boss Luffy! They said it was the fish-man we were looking for!" Johnny Joseph shouted as he regained his composure. Some fish-men just look like taller humans or have a few fish-like features. Unfortunately, the ones that appeared this time were the fish-men with very few fish-like features, so they couldn't be recognized immediately. Only the two of them, who often mingled with various islands, could recognize the figure standing on the fish's back as a fish-man at a glance.

"Fishman!" Nami jumped up and looked out of the ship. A clear, terrifying, and unfamiliar face appeared in Nami's eyes.

"Mabi! Mabi! Mabi!" Nami cried out in a broken voice. The fear that had dominated Nami for eight years suddenly rendered her powerless, and she stood there weakly, unable to move.

"Hmph! Is this the kind of trash that made Nami sad? They absolutely cannot be forgiven!" Sanji stood up and looked at the figure opposite him who was also looking over, exhaling smoke as he spoke.

"Ah! They're the ones who bullied Nami's family! I'm going to beat them to a pulp!" Luffy already knew who they were after seeing Nami's condition. For Luffy, no matter how much he admired them, he still had to beat them up if they bullied his own crewmates.

"These mere fishmen are nothing but trash to the great warrior Usopp! Watch me wipe them out!" Usopp declared, one foot on the railing, his eyes fixed on the sky, but his trembling foot betrayed his true thoughts. Although Maggie had given him physical education since childhood, Usopp was still a young man on the island who had never seen a life-or-death struggle, and he was somewhat apprehensive about fighting to the death at sea.

"We must help Sister Nami too!" Johnny Joseph raised his long sword with trembling hands. They could only bully small pirates and were still afraid of fish-men whose abilities were ten times greater than those of humans, but for Sister Nami, they had no choice but to risk everything.

"Uh hoo! These are fishmen? I've only heard of them but never seen them. I wonder if their skin is tougher or my sword is tougher," Zoro mocked. He had always been active in another sea area and had never been here before. He had only heard of the ferocious fishmen but had never fought them.

"Yes! But why are there so many fishmen?" Mabi also woke up from his sleep and said, but he looked at the unfamiliar fishmen in front of him. This was completely different from the plot. Why were there so many? Apart from the one with red spots on his cheeks in the back, who was familiar, all the other faces were unfamiliar. Could it be that his involvement caused the chaos?

"Brother Galle's ship is a pirate ship from the East China Sea. We can easily deal with them. Let us rob them and help Brother Alon build the Alon Empire," Achu, who was leading the way, proclaimed.

"Haha! Brother Cozmo was right to lead us away from the Grand Line! The weak East Blue can't stop us powerful fishmen at all. Before long, the entire East Blue will fall under our fishman rule!" The fishman named Brother Galle laughed wildly, his fins standing upright like blades.

"Hahaha! Hahaha!" A group of fish-men from the Grand Line behind them became arrogant. They were bullied and sold by humans in the Grand Line. They never expected that as long as they crossed the Calm Belt, there would be an equally vast ocean waiting for them. Even the navy here could turn a blind eye and a deaf ear as long as they handed over money. How could this not make them happy? They could completely regard this place as the fish-men's world.

"It's Achoo! They're Arlong's men!" Nami, limp and supported by Maggie, stepped forward. Only witnessing the annihilation of the fishmen could she escape the shadow of their suffering. Although Nami didn't understand why so many fishmen had appeared, Achoo's presence was enough proof that they were Arlong's men.

"Haha! What are they doing, trying to fight the powerful fish-men! Let us teach them how to be good slaves! Slaves of us fish-men!" The fish-men laughed upon seeing the crew of the Going Merry preparing for battle. These weak humans dared to wage war against the mighty fish-men. Little did they know how much the humans of the Grand Line had instilled in them, enough to make them afraid to resist and forced to flee the Grand Line, choosing the weakest region, the East Blue.

"Wait! That's Nami! Brother Gallo, that woman is Arlong's navigator. Please don't hurt her, or Brother Arlong will be unhappy." Achu hurriedly stopped and explained when he saw Nami being helped out. After all, they had all witnessed Nami's navigation skills and naturally didn't want to hurt her. They wanted to hold her tightly in their hands and help them expand Arlong's empire and conquer the entire sea.

"Haha! The great fish-woman actually wants humans to sail the seas, but it's alright, since it's what Brother Alon needs, let's let her go this time! Minions, eliminate the humans before us!" Galle laughed heartily.

"Exterminate humanity!"

"Destroy humanity!" the fishmen cheered. Some of them couldn't wait to jump into the water and sabotage the ship. Once the ship sank, the humans in the water were no match for the fishmen, since the water was the fishmen's domain.

"Friends! Blow them away!" Luffy roared to the sky.

The merman standing on the fish's back wasn't far from here at all, and his clear mocking voice reached everyone's ears, enough to provoke everyone's anger.

"Received!" In that instant, the collective will of everyone coalesced into a single force, united in their determination to fight the enemy.

Chapter 7: Annihilate the Fishmen!

"Slash! Sever the Void!" Mabi leaped out first, slashing downwards along the hull with her sword. A clear, narrow trail stretched into the deep sea, and red blood mixed with severed corpses slowly emerged from the water! They absolutely cannot be allowed to get close to the ship; it will only bring devastating damage.

The powerful cutting ability instantly stopped the underwater fishmen in their tracks, but they immediately pounced. The seemingly weak East Sea people were no match for the great fishmen; it was just a coincidence.

"I'll protect the ship! You guys deal with the mermen that are pouncing on us." Mabi kept swinging her longsword to kill the mermen lurking in the water. Right now, only Mabi has the ability to attack in the water. The others can only fight on the ship. They can easily swarm up at a distance of only a few dozen meters.

"Alright!" Zoro responded and swung his sword at the leaping fishman, killing him as he plunged into the sea. However, the ordinary fishman was no match for Zoro and was killed instantly.

"Gum-Gum! Gum-Gum! Machine Gun!" Luffy's rebounding arm was enough to control a large part of the situation, knocking away the fishmen who had nowhere to get a foothold in the air and stopping them in that direction.

"Slingshot! Gunpowder Star!" Usopp, unfazed, pulled out his slingshot and sniped at individual fishmen, his powerful slingshot launcher function enough to control the entire scene.

"First cut of meat!"

"Lobster!"

"You bastard who bullied Nami, die! First meat!" Several fishmen who heard the command to protect Nami jumped to her side and tried to kidnap her. Sanji, who was being protected there, was kicked away.

"Nami, I will protect you! I will make sure the fishmen can no longer hurt you!" Sanji said, clearing out the remaining fish while radiating red hearts towards the weakened Nami.

"Kill them!" Johnny and Joseph teamed up to fight a fishman.

"You're asking for death!" Galle, standing on the fish's back, finally couldn't hold back any longer. Even though he had brought ordinary murlocs, he hadn't expected them to kill him one by one. The murlocs, on the other hand, couldn't kill them, and they absolutely could not be forgiven.

"Fishman Fist! Gun Wave!" He formed a water ball the size of a basketball and launched it directly at Mabi with the unique fist technique of the fishman! After all, Mabi, flying in the air, was their number one threat.

"Sever the Void!" Having already sensed it, Mabi swung her longsword, cleaving the water bullet in two and sending it hurtling into the sky behind her, its momentum undiminished as it sped past.

"Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!" The intense pain caused by the sword energy cuts caused the sea king riding by the fishman to fly directly out of the sea and scream wildly, staring at the human who was directly attacked and pressing down on him.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! I'm going to be eaten! I'm going to be eaten!" Usopp yelled as he saw the shadow in the sky. He loosened his grip and fired the ammunition he had just loaded, which sent sparks flying off the shadow and made it even angrier, causing it to speed up and press down even faster.

"Gum-Gum! Gum-Gum! Rocket!" Luffy saw the huge shadow approaching and without thinking, he stretched his arms back and used the elasticity of the rubber to strike out with his palms.

"Bang!" A huge dent was clearly visible on the massive, scaled belly! Just looking at it made one feel sorry for it!

After a long howl, the world finally became quiet.

"800-watt straight punch!" A water dragon flew out from the bow of the ship and struck Luffy directly, whose old power had been exhausted and whose new power had not yet been generated!

"Aaaaah!" Luffy screamed in the air as he rushed out of the ship. All of his Sea-Sea Devil Fruit powers had vanished, and he didn't even have the strength to stretch out his arms to hold onto the ship.

"I'll do it!" Sanji shouted and jumped out.