One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"call out!"

"call out!"

"Whoosh!" Mabi sprinted across the rooftops, searching for the conspicuous target on the main street.

"Have you found Maggie yet?!" Luffy, who was perched on Angelia's back, shouted at Maggie.

"That's the noisiest one up ahead!" Mabi pointed to a courtyard not far away filled with people and shouted. As the mayor was assassinated, it was naturally a top priority, and many armed men had gathered there.

"Really? It really was the Straw Hat crew who did it!"

"Yes! Mayor Iceberg just woke up! He said that last night he was threatened by Luffy wearing a straw hat, Nami carrying a bundle, Zoro with a sword at his waist, and Robin with long black hair, demanding that he hand over the treasure of Water 7! He didn't mention that he was injured in their anger! He mentioned that he would come again tonight!"

"It's those bastards! A bunch of pirates who don't do any production yet possess so much wealth! It must be the result of robbing everywhere! This time they've even set their sights on the wealth of Water Seven!"

"Damn it! How dare they underestimate the boatmen of Water Seven! We must capture them and make them apologize to Mayor Iceberg!"

"I saw them having a party at the Frankie family's place last night!"

"Those bastards are throwing a party and they're even thinking of robbing us! Let's go kill them!"

One person tells ten! Ten tell a hundred! A hundred tell a thousand! The information spread throughout the entire island at an incredible speed! Everywhere, crowds of people were buzzing with discussion.

"Bang!" The employees who were on guard in the yard heard a loud bang from the roof window, and countless shards of glass fell from the sky!

"Hi! Uncle, we've come to see you!"

Chapter 107 Fake Iceberg?

"It's Straw Hat Boy!"

"They've come to assassinate Mayor Iceberg again!"

"Don't let them get away! Catch them!"

"Shock the air! Roll away!" Mabi swung her knife with one hand, and the intense air shock caused an explosion, sending countless gusts of energy flying towards the boatmen who were rushing towards her.

"Boom! Boom!"

In an instant, figures flew through the air, crashing heavily onto the boatmen who were still moving forward behind them, causing them to scream in agony!

"Haha! Uncle! You're not seriously injured and you're in good spirits! I'm still waiting for you to help us build a ship!" Luffy walked up and laughed, slapping the other man on the shoulder, causing him to sway and almost fall over.

"Angelia, please treat the old man!"

"Good! Divine command!" A golden circular healing shield enveloped him and began to repair his damaged body.

"Huh!" Angelia, who was receiving treatment, stared at the iceberg who was sitting there halfway, filled with doubts, and put away the healing light in her hand.

"Brother Luffy! He..."

"Release the mayor!" A woman with blond hair and glasses suddenly attacked, making a loud whooshing sound as she kicked Angelia, who was standing there.

"Clang!" With a metallic crackling sound, an invisible shockwave emanated from the blade at the toe and spread outwards.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The glass embedded in the windows could no longer withstand the strong impact and shattered, flying in all directions.

"Kalifa! Stop them! They're trying to assassinate me again!" Upon seeing her secretary arrive, she immediately pointed at Luffy and shouted, appearing extremely flustered as if the trauma she had suffered was still lingering in her heart.

"Huh?! Me?" Luffy pointed at his own nose, completely bewildered. How could he possibly assassinate him!

"Uncle, you must be mistaken! We were having a banquet all day yesterday! We didn't have time to come at all!"

"Grab them! Thousand-Blade Knot!"

"Bang!" Luffy felt the attack coming at him, jumped up, and half-lyed on the ground with one hand on his straw hat, staring at the attacker.

"It was the rope! I didn't do it!"

"Heh! Still trying to deny it? Everyone here heard what I just said! Are you underestimating us boatmen?" The other party chuckled, his eyes burning with a clear flame of anger!

"Mabi, Angelia, let's go!" Luffy said in a deep voice, looking at the shipwrights around him who were slowly approaching with angry faces and weapons in their hands.

“Okay!” Mabi responded. From the moment she entered, the place had been strange. The iceberg she had imagined was a calm and collected middle-aged man who would talk to his enemy organization with great composure. But the person in front of her, who was afraid of her, kept pointing fingers at the person who had been attacked.

"Let's go!"

"Take off!" Mabi shouted and leaped away with Luffy, casually picking up a rat cage containing a trembling white mouse from the table.

"This is!" Kalifa's eyes widened as she stared at Maple's method of leaving. Why would a pirate possess an ability that belongs directly to the World Government? Who was he and where did he learn this ability from?

"Fire! Fire!"

"That idiot ordered the cannons to fire! This is a residential area!"

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"Mabi! What are you doing with that Tyrannosaurus Rex?" Luffy, perched on Mabi's back, asked curiously, looking at the cage in Mabi's hand.

“Judging from how he’s trembling, he must know something. Let’s go back and have Chopper ask him what happened.” Maggie replied, holding the hamster-like creature in front of her. It had been huddled up and trembling ever since she saw it, and the trembling intensified after Kalifa came in, proving that it indeed knew something.

"Haha! This Tyrannosaurus Rex is really fond of Iceberg Uncle. He even said yesterday that he would give it some food."

"Luffy! Mapi! I just realized that Iceberg Uncle isn't injured, and the bandages on his body are fake!" Angelia said softly as they flew side by side.

"A fake wound!" The two stared wide-eyed at Angelia, their faces filled with disbelief!

"Why did that old man use a fake to lie to us! He said we hurt him!" Luffy looked up, confused.

After thinking for a moment, Maby replied, "Unless he himself is a fake, or someone is impersonating us!"

"Then which one is real?" Angelia, who was flying beside her, asked curiously.

“That’s easy! Just go back and ask again. I have information that only he knows!” Maggie laughed.

"I think so too!" Luffy nodded in agreement.

"Haha! Since you agree! Angelia, you take this hamster to Chopper, we'll be right back!" Maggie laughed, tossing the cage in her hand to her and turning to run back the way she left!

"Squeak! Squeak!"

Angelia looked at the little mouse foaming at the mouth in her hand, sighed, and a ball of light appeared in her hand to heal it, then took it back to the settlement!

"Haha! Uncle, we're back again!" Luffy laughed loudly as he returned to the bedroom and Iceberg was still sitting on the bed!

"Damn it! You dare come back! Do you think we don't exist! Thousand Knots!" Barry, who was guarding the bedroom, was furious. He brandished countless knotted ropes and charged towards Maby and the other two.

"Gum-Gum Machine Gun!" With Luffy's roar, his swung fists struck the flying knots with perfect accuracy, making loud thuds!

"Iceberg Uncle! Nico Robin has been captured by the World Government!" Maggie laughed, her eyes fixed on his face. As the successor who guarded against the resurrection of the Ancient Weapons, he had been keeping an eye on Robin's existence for eight years!

The other party was speechless.

The air suddenly became quiet!

Mabi's face was stiff with a smile, while Iceberg's face was filled with an indifferent expression as they stared at each other!

"Mabi! Isn't Robin still with us?" Luffy, who was waving his hand at him, turned his head 180 degrees and asked curiously!

"This thing is fake! Let's arrest him!"

"Hinge!" With a wave of her hand, she unleashed a metal chain that wrapped around him and pulled him to her side!

"Oh dear! I'm so weak!" The bound iceberg lay limply at Mabi's feet, her eyes rolled back and her body powerless.

"Whoa! This humble servant!" Mabi shuddered. The change in appearance and the addition of "This humble servant" – when did this guy end up in CP9's hands?!

"Luffy is ours! Let's hurry!" Mavis exclaimed.

"Okay!" Upon hearing Maggie's reply, he jumped onto Maggie's back.

"Damn it! Let go of the mayor!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Countless sounds of wind breaking rang out. The boatmen below, seeing that the cannons were unusable and they could not catch up with the people jumping in the sky, directly used the enormous force of the people to fling their axes and saws into the sky!

"Oh my gosh! Mabi, hurry up, there are so many weapons!"

"Salted Fish Barrier!"

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" The blocked weapon could no longer advance and was hit by the continuous barrage of weapons from behind, resulting in a series of metallic clanging sounds!

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"Brubrubru! Brubrubru!"

"Hey! Kalifa, what's up?"

"Lucci! Bon Clay has fallen into the hands of the Straw Hat crew. Iceberg's true identity will be revealed sooner or later. We need to act quickly!"

"These damn bastards! I'll go take care of them!" The figure replied and hung up the phone. He casually opened a door next to him and heard arrogant voices coming from inside!

"Haha! Mayor Iceberg! You've really put us in a difficult position! You harbor no hatred whatsoever for your teacher's death! You've used your own technology to unify the shipyards of Water Seven, establishing a large corporation, and even actively approached the World Government, which you despise. With your superior technology, you've become the World Government's 'official shipbuilding company,' and you've become the general manager of the Karare Corporation. Furthermore, you've been elected mayor of Water Seven, deeply loved and respected by the citizens, and have become an indispensable partner of the World Government! This is making us extremely uncomfortable!"

Suddenly, the man with the scar on his face leaned close to the ear of the figure sitting in the low seat and chuckled sinisterly!

"Yay! Yay! Thankfully, our Commander Spandam sent us a shapeshifter. With your identity and Kalifa's years of experience tracking your every move, we'll get what we want sooner or later! You'll be sent to Impel Down where no one will know, and the shapeshifter impersonating you will be killed by an angry pirate!"

Chapter 108 Planning Operation

Chapter 107 Planning Operation

"Straw Hat Boy, let me go! Meeting you is just bad luck!" Forced back into his original form, von Clay struggled against his chains, cursing as the chains, infused with seastone, made it difficult for even him to move.

"Huh! Who is Mapi? Do we know each other?" Luffy asked, tilting his head as he squatted on the chair.

“Before the Baroque Works members even appeared, they were all electrocuted by Nami, and later I fed them seastone,” Maggie explained.

"By the way, didn't you go into the underwater prison with Crocodile? How come you're here?" Maggie asked him, remembering that such an act of aggression against another country was a heinous crime that would result in being imprisoned in the underwater prison.

"They saw my abilities and offered to let the boss go in exchange for making me work for them!"

"It's truly terrifying ability. With the World Government as your backer, you could say that any country is nothing to you, and you can control it at will." Mabi suddenly thought of this possibility. As someone who had been unable to deal with Iceberg since CP9 was powerless, this guy in front of her arrived and completely deceived everyone. With Kalifa, his butler, providing strong support, the entire Water Seven was his. He could search and investigate whatever he wanted at will.

"Strong right fist!"

"Bang!" While still talking to Mabi, Von Clay was struck hard in the face by the enraged Franky and sent flying, rolling away until he crashed into the wall.

"Frankie, calm down! He's just a puppet! The important thing is that we find Iceberg quickly to prevent him from being sent away!" He stepped forward and firmly held down Frankie, who wanted to attack again, to prevent him from going berserk in anger.

"Waaaaah! Waaaaah! I just couldn't resist grabbing the mayor when I saw him tied up!" Franky, who had been pinned to the ground by Maggie, cried out loudly, tears and snot streaming down his face as he frantically pounded the ground with his fists to vent his anger.