One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"Useless! He's not like Enel, who only uses mind-reading techniques to launch long-range attacks. He's helpless against close-range attacks!" Mabi shook her head. This level of attack is nothing more than a tickle to an Admiral-level opponent!

"Hehehe! That's quite a powerful ability. With this ability, you can dominate the first half!" Aokiji's reappearing figure stood on an ice pillar that stretched straight to the sea, facing Mabi through an invisible barrier.

"Is that so? Then let's see how I am!" Mabi laughed, pulling her right arm back and clenching her fists tightly, her full muscles bulging instantly! Her feet moved rapidly through the void, using the reaction force to break through layers of resistance and appear in front of her opponent. Her right fist, carrying endless spatial energy, struck fiercely into the endless void in front of her opponent!

"Salted Fish! Vibration!"

"Crack!" The entire azure sky shattered as if a transparent pane of glass had been struck by a heavy hammer, countless cracks spreading into the distance! The clouds above the sky broke apart and vanished into nothingness! On the sea surface, black fissures and ravines crisscrossed, breaking into diamond-shaped areas that spread independently and without merging! Countless sea beasts tried to leap out of the sea to escape this dangerous world, but they were instantly sliced ​​into pieces by the spatial cracks, and scarlet blood flowed into the sea, adding a touch of red to the entire azure surface!

"Oh my! He has the same ability as Whitebeard, but he's different. What a terrifying young man!" After countless spatial rifts were smoothed out by the power of the entire world, a figure with his palm outstretched appeared. His slightly lazy expression turned serious. Judging from his tattered white suit, he hadn't suffered much from the power just now!

"Can Luffy stay in the air?" Maggie shouted, staring at Aokiji's cold and indifferent eyes!

"Second gear! Rubber Bounce can keep you airborne for a short time!"

"That's good! Luffy, you go down first! Merry, don't suppress your power and activate Thunder Purgatory! You can't hurt Luffy!"

"Okay, brother!" Merry, who often fought alongside the group, knew the seriousness of the matter and nodded in agreement. Blue and white lightning flashed and began to spread around his body!

"Merry! Let's go!" Luffy released Maple's shoulder and fell downwards, his feet gathering momentum to bounce just centimeters above the sea surface, barely stopping his fall. The sea beneath his feet exploded with a roar, and Luffy's body reappeared in the air, his body flashing with lightning!

"Frozen Moment!" Aokiji, suspended in mid-air, lightly stepped on a crystal-clear white line, instantly attacking Mabi.

"Salted Fish Barrier!" Mabi waved her hand, creating an invisible spatial barrier, but it couldn't stop the opponent's freezing ability. In just a moment, the entire barrier, spanning several hundred square meters, was frozen in mid-air, leaving behind a thick ice wall! Countless ice crystals continued to spread, heading straight for Mabi's body!

"Instantaneous Disappearance!" His body vanished instantly, reappearing beside Aokiji as he swung his long sword!

"Salted Fish! Sky Slash!" Spatial abilities were attached to the blade, instantly cleaving the entire sky in a spatial rift several meters wide and hundreds of meters long! But at the rift, only two halves of ice crystal statues remained, devoid of any life!

"Not good!" Mabi's expression changed instantly upon seeing her useless attack, as if it had been foreseen! He wasn't like Enel, who was helpless once he got close! He sensed a cold aura already appearing in his arms!

"Instantaneous teleportation!" He hastily teleported away, but it was too late; Aokiji's body had already appeared in Mapi's arms! A chilling aura began to emanate from him!

"Ice Age!" Aokiji's towering body solidified in Maby's arms, the freezing aura spreading outwards, the icy energy rushing straight to Maby's brain, her body instantly becoming uncontrollable! Neilco had already begun carrying Maby away when he heard her voice! But the instantaneous spreading freezing aura still made Maby's body stiff!

"Sixty million volts! Gum-Gum Spiral Thunder Rocket!" With Luffy's roar, a blue and white figure appeared in the air with unparalleled momentum, charging towards Aokiji who was hovering in the air!

"Ice Ball!" Sensing the approaching figure, Luffy waved his hand, enveloping himself in a circular ice ball tens of meters in diameter! Blue and white lightning fiercely struck the thick ice layer, while wisps of lightning leaped merrily, searching for a target to enter!

The sky had become overcast with dark clouds! Bolts of lightning flashed through the world that Mabi had cleared! Within this world of thunder, a blue and white figure was fiercely bombarding a solid ice ball! Countless ice crystals scattered and were instantly vaporized by the passing lightning! Furthermore, beams of lightning, tens of meters in diameter, descended from the sky, enveloping the two figures!

"Possessing the power of lightning! What a troublesome ability! Even ice and Haki can't withstand it! No wonder he's Garp's grandson!" At the edge of the entire lightning world, a phantom figure gradually solidified, stretching his slightly numb body as he stepped through the air, gazing at the entire lightning world and the white ship in the center! Even if he wanted to break in, it would be troublesome! With each step, pieces of fabric from his suit fell off!

"Forget it! This mission is complete! My goal wasn't to capture them anyway! I'll just send a report and give them a headache! Oh right, what was that strange kid's name again? I forgot! And what was his ability again? It seems to be related to Whitebeard!" Aokiji shook his head in frustration! He waved his hand, causing a straight-moving vehicle on the sea to be propelled towards him!

Chapter 102 Water City

"Sister Nami! There's a lighthouse! We've arrived!" a Fox crew member shouted, holding up his binoculars.

"Hmm!" Nami, wearing a white suit, took off her sunglasses, got off the recliner, and took the other person's binoculars to look.

"After several days of sailing, this really is the place Mami mentioned, where there is a lighthouse!" Nami murmured to herself as she looked through the telescope.

"Everyone! We've arrived at our destination! Time to disembark!" Nami then tossed her binoculars to Fox beside her and shouted back onto the railing at a group of people fooling around on the deck below.

"Yay! We're finally here!" Upon hearing Nami's words, the entire crew of Fox on deck erupted in a loud shout. Ever since they had fought Aokiji unharmed, the entire crew had been trembling with fear as they faced the Straw Hat crew, afraid that they might accidentally anger these monsters and be killed.

On the other side, Fox, with her parted hair, held Luffy's arm, who was holding a piece of roasted meat, and tearfully poured out her story!

"Brother Luffy, I'm so grateful to you these past few days! Please allow me to express my sincerest gratitude..."

"Cough cough!" Mabi leaned against the railing and coughed incessantly as if something was stuck in her throat.

Upon hearing this sound, Fox's face immediately stiffened, and he could no longer force a smile and utter the next two words!

"Waaah! What's so sincere about that?" After swallowing the food in her mouth, she reached out and grabbed another skewer of grilled fish from afar, then asked as she ate it.

“Farewell! Captain, you can’t talk about duels anymore! That’s just crushing them!” A voluptuous woman in red, holding a short stick, glanced at Mabi leaning against the side and whispered in her captain’s ear.

"Please let me say goodbye to Brother Luffy in the most sincere way! Waaah!" After saying goodbye, the other person could no longer hold back and hugged Luffy, crying loudly. These past few days, his life had been completely hellish. Whenever he wanted to propose various competitions, that devilish man would interfere. He would kick away the referee and become the referee himself, setting all the rules himself. When he started to act like a scoundrel, even his entire ship couldn't compare. Anyone who dared to resist was beaten down by the other party!

"Haha! Haha! I'll remember you, Forkhead!" Luffy laughed heartily, patting his shoulder after finishing his grilled fish.

"Forked head!" Luffy slapped him, and he collapsed to the ground, powerless.

"Sanji, pack up and let's go!" Luffy called out, picking up a package and starting to pack his things inside.

"Ooh ooh ooh!" Sanji, lying among the women, let out a comfortable sound.

"One thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine! Two thousand! Brother Zoro is really great! He finished two thousand repetitions without changing his expression!" A group of crew members gathered around the field and shouted as they watched Zoro training with a huge barbell in the center of the field. The people next to him also practiced in a similar manner.

"Chopper! Jack, don't go!" Chopper and Jack kept running across the deck, followed by a string of women trying to capture them!

"Ding! Ding!" A series of crisp metallic sounds gradually subsided. Mia sheathed her rapier and returned the salute to the other swordsmen who were also holding longswords. In this team of hundreds of people, there was always someone who could learn and exchange skills with someone who was suitable for their profession.

"Goodbye, Usopp!" Usopp waved goodbye to the group of people behind him, whose waists were laden with various tools.

"Guys! Let's go! See you at the fork in the road!" Luffy, standing at the bow of the ship, waved and jumped off first.

"Goodbye, everyone! Raise the sails, turn the rudder, and set sail!" Seeing the Straw Hat crew leave, the Fox Pirates immediately unleashed two hundred percent power, turning the ship as if it had a propeller and speeding away.

"Ha, ha! They ran so fast!" Mabi yawned as she looked at the departing ships. She hadn't slept all night, keeping watch over their safety. She would get a good rest in Water City and then deal with the next matters.

"Ah! Grandma! Grandma! There are pirates!" A little girl with two long yellow braids shouted as she saw everyone getting off the Fox Pirate Ship.

"Meow! Meow!"

"Ah! Pirates! Pirates! Wait for me to make a call!" A startled cry came from inside, and a stout, elderly woman carrying a Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) stumbled out, shouting drunkenly.

"Hello, hello..." A voice rang out from the other end of the Den Den Mushi!

"Ah! What for? I forgot!" He slammed the microphone down on the ground!

A string of black lines immediately appeared above the Straw Hat Pirates' heads.

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"You kidnapped a pirate crew to come here because you're here to buy a ship! Haha! So you know this is the world's number one shipyard!" The other party laughed loudly upon hearing this, then picked up a bottle of liquor and took a big gulp.

"Yes, Grandma Kokoro! Our ship has turned into a ship spirit! We're going to build a new ship here!" Luffy picked up Merry and showed it to her.

"Wow! It really is a ship spirit, how rare!" Granny Kokoro exclaimed, glancing at the Going Merry in Luffy's hand. How many years had it been since she last saw one? Ten, twenty, or thirty years! Oh well, it's been a long time anyway. That spirit was also created by that man!

"Haha! I'll write you a letter of recommendation right away! Go find a man named Iceberg, he'll arrange for you to buy a ship!" The other person shook his head, went back inside, took out a card, and handed it to Luffy.

"I'll stop the train for you! You can just take the train there!"

"A train? A train that can run on the sea!"

"Haha! This is a specialty of Water Seven, and there's only one in the whole world! You can easily reach your desired island without needing a pointer sailboat." Grandma Kokoro explained, hearing the others' amazement. Everyone is curious about this kind of vehicle that runs on the sea.

"Huh? There really are tracks below!" Nami exclaimed as she peered over the platform and saw the object below.

"Toot! Toot! Toot! Coughing and spitting! Coughing and spitting!" A series of piercing screams came from the distant sea, accompanied by a dull sound that symbolized the weight of the approaching object.

"Croak! Croak!" A giant frog leaped onto the surface of the sea, facing the sound coming from afar.

"Yokozuna! Get away!" Granny Kokoro shouted as she turned on her quotation mark lamp and saw the object lying on the tracks.

"Croak!" The other party remained unmoved!

"Cloud-Dispelling Palm!" Mabi jumped off the platform and struck her opponent with her palm. The powerful impact sent the opponent flying, crashing into the distant sea.

"Haha! Thank you, kid!" Grandma Kokoro said, thanking the Yokozuna as he flew out.

"It's alright! We can't just watch him get hit and sent flying!" Maggie laughed. Colliding head-on with trains day after day is not something an ordinary person can do, so we should help if we can.

"Toot! Toot!" The train, which had been stopped, came to a halt in front of everyone.

"Good afternoon, Grandma Kokoro!" A young woman greeted her as the car door opened.

"Haha! These passengers need to board a train to Water Seven!" Grandma Kokoro laughed upon seeing the familiar figures.

"Please follow me, everyone!" the person greeted the group in straw hats and led them inside.

"Wow! It really is a train carriage! What amazing navigational capabilities!" Everyone exclaimed as they entered and looked at the strange layout.

"Please keep quiet, guests!" the woman who led the group in said with a smile. These were all very novel things for the first-time visitors.

"Okay, okay!" Luffy immediately nodded in agreement and found a seat to sit down.

"Nami! Luffy, you guys go exchange the money later, I'll be leaving for a bit. We won't be gathering tonight, and I've put all the gold on Merry." Maggie took out Merry, who had completed the mission in the spatial arm guard, and handed her to Nami, explaining.

"Something wrong? Maggie, haven't you never been outside the East Blue? How come you seem so familiar with this place?" Robin, sitting next to her, replied with a slight smile.

"Haha! There are some reasons. I added some details about this place in the book! After all, this is the world's number one shipyard. Roger's ship was born here!" Mabi laughed it off.

Chapter 103 Robin's Cry

"This must be Bruno's Bar. I hope she doesn't make the wrong choice!" Maby, who had entered the island first, looked at the familiar bar with bull horn decorations in the distance. It was worth the effort of asking around and running all the way here. She reached out, took out an onion, cut it in half, and put it to her eyes. Tears immediately started flowing uncontrollably.

"Ah, ah, ah!" After applying the ointment, Mabi stumbled out of the corner, letting out a muffled sound of utter despair.

"Ah, ah, ah... alcohol! It's alcohol! I want to drink!" Mabi shouted as she reached the bar entrance. The sadness in her voice and the scene of her sobbing involuntarily evoked sympathy from those around her.

"Welcome! Uh..." A man with spiky hair and a simple face, who was wiping glasses in front of the bar, greeted the person who opened the door slowly when he heard the doorbell ring. But when he saw the man in front of him with an unusual expression, he stopped talking.

"Alcohol! Alcohol! I want alcohol! Bring me all the alcohol here!" Mabi shouted, slamming a stack of baiji on the table. Tears, flying from her head as she shook it, splashed onto the bar, creating droplets.

"Ah! Ah! Why did you leave! Without even an explanation!" Mabi snatched the glass of wine that the other person had poured for her, gulped it down, and burst into tears.

"Hey! Another heartbroken young man! Coming in to drown his sorrows without ever experiencing setbacks!" Several men present shook their heads upon seeing this familiar scene. As regulars at the bar, they were used to seeing many people come here to drink.

"Wine! Wine! I want more!"

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"Robin! You stay here for now, we'll move out tonight!" A deep voice rang out, and the once deserted bar was opened again, with a graceful figure striding in.

"Okay!" the other person replied in a deep voice, walked to the bar, stopped, picked up a bottle of wine, poured himself a full glass, and gulped it down to calm himself down.

"Ugh!" The man lying next to her heard the strange noise beside him. His drunken eyes looked at the newcomer and he immediately sobered up, his eyes widening again! Ignoring her suddenly stiff body and the astonished look on her face, he pounced on her and rubbed against her haphazardly!

"Wife! Wife! I've finally seen you! Please let me explain, don't leave again, okay!" The man hugged her tightly, his drunken eyes fixed on her as he shouted.

How could he be here! Didn't he say he had something to do? Why is he here! At this moment, Robin's mind went blank, and he lay there stiffly, letting Maggie hold him in her arms.

"Wife! If you don't say anything, it means you agree not to leave again. Let's go back now! Everyone is waiting for us!" The man staggered and tried to hug Robin, but because of his drunken state, he fell to the ground again and was pinned down by the stiff Robin. He struggled to get up again.

"Let her go!" A deep voice rang out, and a tall figure wearing a teddy bear head appeared in front of the man, enveloping him.