One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"That's not what I'm talking about! It's this giant golden statue in front of us!" When Franky didn't get a reply from Maby, he immediately pointed at the towering, three-dimensional golden straw hat skull statue that was tens of meters tall and shouted.

"You mean this? It's just the treasure we seized from an enemy. It was originally some priceless gold artifacts, but they melted it down into a pile of gold nuggets, leaving only the gold value. After we seized it, bored Luffy, along with Usopp and Merry, melted it down into a golden statue, fulfilling Luffy's dream." Maggie said helplessly, looking at the golden statue placed on a huge base. It was difficult to sell all that gold at once, so they could only play with it. Zoro even took some gold, which was heavier than iron, to make dumbbells and other fitness equipment for his use.

"As expected of a lawless master! Even with so much gold, he must be a very powerful master, yet you still managed to kill him." Franky muttered to himself, staring at the giant statue in front of him and the dilapidated ship not far away.

“Absolutely! If it weren’t for Luffy’s natural self-control, it would be very difficult to obtain these treasures.” Maggie laughed, putting his arm around Franky’s shoulder. He raised the Lantern Shell, which emitted a bright light, and led him to the nearby Maestro. They entered the cabin through a broken hole, and Maggie pointed to the parts in front of him and explained them to him.

"This is the proverb I told you. The device, calculated and manufactured by the previous owner, is capable of flying and is perfect for the voyage I am about to undertake. We do not need to replicate it to the same scale; we only need it to be able to fly."

"What a brilliant design! How come I never thought of building a flying ship that wouldn't be affected by ocean currents and could fly at high speeds across the sea?" Franky exclaimed in admiration after seeing the mechanical structure in front of him. This function, which was different from traditional mechanical structures, immediately piqued his interest.

"Energy! Compared to using ubiquitous energy sources like wind power for navigation at sea, flying in the air requires a much larger amount of energy, which is why I came to you." Mabi explained immediately, seeing his sparkling eyes.

"A new energy source?" Franky blinked and looked over, seeking an answer, after hearing Maby's explanation.

“Yes! We discovered an energy stone during our voyage. In some battles, some people have already used it as a weapon for attack and defense. After obtaining it, we only used it briefly to activate it. To use it efficiently, we still need to continue researching it.” Maby said slowly, then led Franky to a pile of crystals tens of meters high and stopped.

"These are the energy stones I was talking about. They can react with some metals to generate attacks similar to Devil Fruits, such as fire, lightning, ice, and sand. Chopper's laser cannon was powered by these energy sources! There are still many over there, enough for us to study for a long time!"

"Haha! Haha! So these things really exist! I thought it was just a legend when the teacher explained it before." Franky's eyes narrowed and he jumped up and down, slapping Maggie's shoulder hard and laughing loudly.

"Pop!" With a dull thud as the cork popped out of the bottle, a brown bottle was handed to Franky.

"One bottle, please!" Maby said with a smile.

"Haha! Thanks, Mabi!" Franky laughed heartily as he took the bottle and sat down on the ground, grabbing some roasted meat that Mabi had taken out and starting to eat it.

"Haha! Since these supplies exist, it seems they're not just legends! Back when I was a kid, still on a pirate ship in the West Blue, I saw some strange metal devices with no power source during my adventures. Unfortunately, the pirate crew back then didn't know anything and just destroyed them, taking only the usable parts. I never imagined that the pirate crew could outrun so many other pirate crews in battle with that little bit of equipment and sail here to resupply, while abandoning me and allowing me to enter the New World. That's when I learned about those strange metal structures, which saved me and gave me a body of steel."

"Looks like you're in luck. You've also inherited technology from hundreds of years ago. Knowing even a little about something that far surpasses the technology of this world is enough," Maggie laughed upon hearing Franky's explanation. This explained his half-machine, half-human body structure. After all, back then, people used Devil Fruit materials as fuel and gave life to inanimate objects like machines and buildings—a truly advanced technology. Therefore, it wasn't surprising that a genius mechanic like Franky, possessing some of that technology, could modify the human body.

"Haha! Don't worry, Mabi! I'll definitely use this technology to build you a world-class sailing ship. You have so many energy stones and that ship spirit Merry who ate a Devil Fruit, so energy is no longer a problem. Flying into the sky is no longer impossible! Just stand there and watch my technology." Franky shoveled the bottle of liquor in his hand into his mouth and laughed loudly. He got up and began to check the surrounding resources for any necessary items and start to conceive the structure that he had discussed with Mabi.

"So you two have already started taking action without even letting us know!" Just as Maggie and Franky were working, Nami walked in through the portal carrying a bundle of sea charts and teased them, looking at their figures illuminated by countless lights in the sky.

“Time is of the essence!” Mabi stood on the long sword stuck in the Proverb as a fulcrum, reached into a hole and took a Wind-Spitting Shell, and turned around to reply. As a Wind-Spitting Shell that can spray a large amount of gas, it is an extremely convenient thing for acceleration, as well as stopping or braking in the air. Then she asked Merry, who was dressed as a snowman in a golden raincoat on her shoulder.

"Have you bought the Merry Copper and the Coke yet?"

"Don't worry, bro! With Sister Nami here, all you need to do when buying supplies is give her a list." Merry said confidently, extending two golden short sticks. He then pulled out a pile of brass materials and countless cans of cola from his body's storage space and placed them on the open ground in front of him.

"I wonder how many more merchants have fallen victim to this!" Mabi laughed as she put away the wind-blown glass.

"Damn it! Mabi, you just wait!" Nami raised her arm to punch someone again, but seeing that Mabi was more than ten meters high, she had no choice but to give up. She sat down angrily on a chair not far from the door and sorted out the documents in her hand, ignoring Mabi in the air.

"Miss Nami, your knight of justice is here to protect you! I'll punish that pervert for you right now." Sanji, who had just entered the door, immediately put down his food, his eyes gleaming with hearts, and fawned over Nami, who was sitting angrily at the table to the side. Then he turned around and stared at Maggie with his eyes blazing with fury. He stepped on Maggie's foot and appeared right next to her, raising his foot to kick her.

"Hey! Sanji, you bastard, you actually attacked at this time? When it comes to leg strength, I'm no less than you." Sensing Sanji's appearance, Mabi immediately stepped out and disappeared into the long sword stuck in the ship's side, turning around and kicking back.

"How dare they bully the beautiful Nami! This is absolutely unforgivable!" Sanji, having missed his first attack, turned and kicked back angrily.

"I'm not afraid of you!" Maby cursed, then shouted at Merry.

"Merry, go help Franky use his lightning metallurgy ability. That will save time in smelting metal."

"Okay, bro!" Upon hearing Merry's words, Maby rolled off Nami's shoulder and ran towards Franky, who was organizing the materials.

"Haha! How lively! Let's help out too!" Usopp shouted as he strode into the portal and ran to Franky's side. Compared to the two fooling around in the air, he clearly knew who was in charge.

"Hahaha! Usopp, wait for me! I want to see too!" Chopper stomped his feet and followed behind.

"Damn it! Sanji, Mavis, you guys were playing without me! Gum-Gum Bomb!" Luffy, who was running over with a big chunk of meat, shouted when he saw the two in the air and immediately stretched out his arm to join in.

"Angelia! Let's adjust the lights for them." Mia noticed that the space was starting to get lively, but there were still some areas that weren't illuminated.

“Okay! I’ll watch you erect the lamppost.” Angelia replied, flapping her wings as she began to take off.

"Sister Mia! I'm here to help!" Jack, who had already removed his bandages, stood upright, showing off the muscles in his arms as he reminded her.

"Oh my god! They're messing around again! Count me in!" Zoro, yawning, grabbed two sticks and joined the fight.

"Hehe! This is really ridiculous!" Robin, who was holding the books, smiled as she looked at the group of people who were clearly divided into several circles. She then walked over to Nami and began to analyze the unfinished sea chart together.

"It's really lively! A pretty good base!" The little white mouse named Tyrannosaurus, with a rat stuck in its pocket, exclaimed in admiration as it looked at the environment, which was so different from the quiet outside.

"Mayor Iceberg!"

"Hey? Iceberg Uncle!"

"You damn iceberg, you're here too!" Everyone was quite surprised to see this iceberg who had just finished his busy life.

"I heard today that you're planning to build a flying device. I'm sure my skills can be of some help," the other person said with a smile, noticing the slightly bewildered looks around them.

"Haha! Welcome, welcome!" Luffy laughed heartily after his head was flattened by a stick.

"More than just a little! If you can't help, then no one else can." Mabi, who was holding Sanji's leg, laughed as she looked at the figure. She had originally planned to ask him for help, but after seeing him handling the affairs of the entire city, she had given up on the idea. She didn't expect him to come in the end.

Chapter 133 Garp's Arrival!

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Mabi, wearing a hood, enjoyed the violent wind around her, her whole body trembling slightly as she steadily gripped the control lever in her hand, as if she were floating in the air.

“Mabi, kid! How’s it going?” An untimely voice rudely interrupted Mabi’s enjoyment.

"OK! Perfect voyage! We can set sail!" Mabi ripped off her hood, and without the hood to block the wind, countless gusts of wind rushed into her ears. Helplessly, she shouted into the Den Den Mushi.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Everything from Tom's Studio is top-notch!" Franky's arrogant laughter came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi!

"Little angel! Shut down the wind tunnel!"

"Received! Brother Franky!" Angelia's clear voice rang out from the Den Den Mushi.

"Whoosh!" As Angelia gradually shut off the dozens of jets in front of a giant metal cylinder, the violent wind gradually subsided, and the propellers on both sides of the plane that Mabi was riding began to slow down, and the entire engine began to slow down and eventually stop.

"Awesome!" Maby felt the plane begin to stop and immediately opened the upper window and jumped out of the metal fuselage, which was two meters in diameter and eight meters long, with a flat, spindle-shaped body, two wings, and three tails! The overall structure was designed by Maby based on the structure of aircraft from World War II.

"Hahaha! Maggie, you've had your fun! Let me have my fun!" Seeing Maggie get off, Luffy jumped up and was about to crawl into the cockpit!

"Get down here! You'll break it right after you're done playing with it!" Mabi grabbed Luffy, who had jumped up, and pulled him away!

"No! I want to fly a plane too!" Luffy, who was being held by Maggie's waist, struggled frantically and tried to get up, but Maggie used Seastone to press his skin down, causing him to go limp and unable to move again!

"Mabi, kid! We'll make a few more Wiba units to prevent you from damaging them, based on your suggestion!" Mabi, who had just stepped out of the wind tunnel, saw several Wiba units that looked like motorboats lying at Franky's feet. He went over, picked them up, and thanked him.

"Thanks! This solves the problem of short-distance travel! After all, this thing is about three times faster than a regular ship!"

"Haha! No need to thank me! Your idea has given me a lot of new ideas about aerial travel! I've decided to use it on your new ship!" Franky laughed heartily when he heard Maby's thanks, and pulled Maby over to the plane that had been parked earlier to begin explaining.

"Mabi, kid! I've placed two pieces of driftwood under your plane so you can stay afloat on the sea. I've also equipped the tips of your wings with two laser cannons so you can cut with high speed! The nose has three repaired laser cannons for firing. As long as you change the energy frequently, each laser cannon can be used at least twenty times! I've installed six jet cannons on the rear of each wing to double your speed! The tail fin uses cola-powered jet cannons to make the plane take off instantly, saving takeoff time."

"What a headache! Franky, are you still working on your combat equipment?" Iceberg, who was standing next to Franky, said with a headache after hearing Franky's words, dropping the wrench he was holding.

"Haha! How can a voyage be complete without a super weapon as a companion!" Franky shouted, waving his arms together as he yelled after hearing his senior brother's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical comments).

"Haha! What a perfect fighter jet! With a speed that is more than ten times faster than that of an ordinary sea vessel, it can reduce travel time to the East China Sea by several days!" After hearing Franky's explanation, Mabe laughed heartily and waved to put the entire aircraft away.

"Don't you know who I am! I'm the genius shipbuilder Franky!" Upon hearing the praise, Franky immediately put his hands on his hips and became smug.

"Haha! Haha!" Upon seeing this scene, the people around burst into laughter. Maggie even pointed at Franky, who was posing, and said to Luffy.

"Haha! Luffy must make Franky our crewmate!"

"Haha! No problem, Maggie! I can definitely do it!" Luffy laughed confidently upon hearing Maggie's words.

"You damn Straw Hat Pirates! I'm not going to be with you!" Franky refused again when Mabi tried to recruit him.

"Don't worry! You replied!" Mabi replied without any concern.

"Hey! Hey! Vice Admiral Garp! There are no pirates here!" The chaotic voices of the Cararay Company shipwrights outside the door immediately drew everyone's attention, and they all turned to look outside.

A domineering and arrogant voice replied directly: "Damn it! I'm just here to bring a few people to meet Straw Hat Boy!"

Immediately afterwards, several dull thuds rang out. Those familiar with combat immediately recognized these as sounds of fighting, and they all stood up and ran towards the door.

A figure stumbled in through the doorway and, seeing the Straw Hat crew in action, shouted, "Straw Hats, get out of here! Someone's coming to get you!" But he was immediately pushed aside by a pair of large hands, and a tall, imposing figure blocked the portal completely. He turned and looked at the countless objects and moving crowd in the space, then burst into laughter.

"Haha! Haha! Straw Hat crew, you guys actually have this kind of treasure! No wonder we haven't seen that bastard Luffy!"

"grandfather!"

"Grandpa Garp!"

Luffy and Maple stared at the familiar figure and immediately yelled, looking at each other with a headache!

"You damn salted fish! You bastard Luffy, get out here! You two have done a lot of things you should apologize for!" The man in the white suit with a cape casually removed the dog-head mask from his head and looked around sternly.

"Lieutenant General Garp!" Mia exclaimed, covering her lips in surprise!

"Garp! Marine hero Garp? Maple, he's the grandpa you mentioned before, Luffy's grandpa!" Nami, standing not far away, heard Luffy and Maple's voices and immediately remembered what Maple had said a few days ago about Luffy's grandpa coming back to punish him.

"Yes! The old man is Luffy's grandfather!" Mabi said helplessly, forcing herself to step forward and greet him, offering him a bag of freshly bought senbei with both hands.

"Hi! It's been a long time, Grandpa Garp! You're still as vigorous as ever! Please enjoy this senbei, a specialty of Water Seven."

"Haha! After all these years, you lazy bum still haven't forgotten my hobby!" Garp reached out and took Mabi's senbei, laughing loudly as he tore open the packaging and poured it all into his mouth, making a crunching sound. However, Garp, who received Mabi's gift, suddenly waved his arm and disappeared. With a sound of materials colliding, he reappeared where Mabi had been standing, chewing on his senbei and watching the figure fly away.

"Hey! Old man, don't be so caring towards me as soon as we meet!" Mabi, lying among the materials, rubbed her aching head and said helplessly. Even though she used her Haki to keep warm, the powerful force still made her head feel dizzy.

"You dead salted fish, who was it back then who begged me to teach him boxing with tears streaming down his face, promising never to be a pirate! And now you're back to being a pirate! Then try my Iron Fist of Love!" Hearing Maggie's complaints, Garp, who had been in his original position, suddenly disappeared and reappeared above Maggie's head, his sandbag-sized iron fist striking down again!

"No choice! My dad kicked me out of the house for three years and wouldn't let me come home. Luffy just happened to be setting sail and took me in! Salted Fish Barrier!" Mabi said helplessly as he watched the old man about to attack again. He directly used a spatial barrier to cover his body. He knew that once he met the old man, he would never let go until he had beaten him to his heart's content.

"Crack!" As the iron fist above descended, Mabi clearly saw the barrier she had erected shatter instantly, only temporarily halting the opponent's fist before it continued its assault.

"Cloud-Dispelling Palm!" He swung his palm and struck the opponent's iron fist, using the force of the impact to send his body flying far away.

"Damn it! Why didn't you come to me, you dead salted fish, if you had nowhere to go!" After hearing Mabi's explanation and finishing his senbei, Garp became even more furious, and his body disappeared again along with Mabi.

"This! That pervert was actually being overwhelmed by this Vice Admiral! Even his defensive barrier was shattered!" Sanji stared at the two figures getting further and further away, muttering to himself, completely oblivious to the cigarette burning near his lips.

"He's too strong, I can't see his speed at all!" Zoro said slowly, putting down the long sword he was about to draw. Even with his air senses, it was difficult to observe the movements of both of them.

"Grandpa is very strong! You must not attack him or he will kill you! I have almost been killed by him several times before!" Luffy patted his collar and said with lingering fear as he looked at the figure in the distance. He felt a wave of fear wash over him whenever he thought of his past experiences.

"Damn it! All I did was push you off a cliff, help the balloon rise into the air, and throw you into a forest full of wild beasts in the middle of the night! I even handed you over to an old friend for training! But after not seeing you for a few years, you've become like this! I've always been training you to become a powerful Marine! Iron Fist of Love!" Just as Luffy was complaining, a figure suddenly appeared behind him, roaring and instantly swinging his arm, punching down on the face that had turned around to argue.

"Now I know where Luffy's incredible vitality comes from! And that pervert was defeated so miserably in such a short time!" Sanji exclaimed, exhaling a smoke ring as he heard Garp's reply that suddenly appeared behind Luffy.

Hearing Sanji's comment, Mabi, who was hanging on Garp's fist, narrowed her eyes helplessly. How could she let the old man, who always liked to spar with her whenever they met, use other abilities to fight?

"I've always said I wanted to be a pirate!" Luffy, who had been tumbling after being hit, stood up while rubbing the sore spot and yelled at Garp, who was holding Maple by the collar, in his defense!

"You've been corrupted by Shanks!" Upon hearing the name that had led his grandson astray once again, Garp's forehead steamed with rage as he roared furiously.

Upon hearing Garp's rebuttal of his benefactor, Luffy immediately flew into a rage.