One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

"You pervert! I'm going to kill you!"

"Green-haired moss! You actually laid a hand on the lovely Tashigi! I'm going to kill you first!" Sanji was equally furious. Someone had dared to lay a hand on a woman right under his nose! This was absolutely unforgivable! His whole body was ablaze with flames as he roared in fury!

"Oh dear! I didn't offend Zoro, did I?" Maggie, clinging to Garp's arm, looked at the roar coming from the portal with a puzzled expression, then shook her head and stopped thinking about him.

"Grandpa! You've hit me and scolded me, so please let me go! I need to get back to Donghai as soon as possible!"

"Don't try to talk to me! If you have nowhere to go, then come with me to headquarters!"

"No! We must return to the East China Sea!"

"Haha! You have no choice, you dead salted fish!"

"Delusion! Instantaneous teleportation!" Maby roared, instantly summoning Neilco to disappear and appear on a rooftop not far away!

"Goodbye, old man!" Mabi looked down at the old man who was tugging at her clothes, smiled, said goodbye, turned around, and jumped off the cliff towards the beach.

"That bastard actually has two Devil Fruits?" Garp stared at the empty black clothes in his hand and the direction Mabi had disappeared in, full of questions!

Chapter 135 How many people are in the Straw Hat Pirates?

By pulling the cabin back, Mabi exposed her body directly to the oncoming strong wind, feeling the powerful airflow blowing across her skin. Her eyes, hidden behind her sky-blue glasses, gazed at the clouds moving backward around her and sighed in amazement!

"Whoosh! No matter the time, flying machines are the fastest! Although the speed of 280 kilometers per hour is far less than that of a regular passenger plane before I transmigrated, it is a completely crushing force in this world that relies on wind power for navigation."

His eyes drifted over the dozens of permanent recording pointers that Kankan had collected and fixed on the workbench. At this moment, the tails of all these pointers were pointing to a directional point, which was the direction that Mabi was currently in. The ability of the pointers to update their direction in real time was equivalent to the GPS system in his previous life, which could allow people to adjust their flight direction at any time so as not to get lost in the ocean. As the plane moved rapidly, all the pointers were shifting and deflecting at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The addition of elegant handwriting to the pointer deeply moved Maggie. Previously, Mia, Robin, and Nami had spent an entire night painstakingly piecing together a small, simple nautical chart using extensive data obtained from naval warships to facilitate navigation. The chart even clearly marked a route directly to Gunkanjima Island in red ink. There was also the food Sanji had hastily prepared in his arm guard space—enough for a hundred people for a month. Chopper and Angelina had used various herbs to create a large quantity of medicine for different situations. Franky, Iceberg, and Merry, despite enduring several explosions, continued to work on compatible parts.

"I can't let down all the effort you've put into making these materials! Otherwise, how could I face you back home!"

Looking up at the dense black thunderclouds in the distance, we immediately pulled the wing to accelerate and take a detour. We absolutely could not allow the aircraft to be damaged before reaching our destination.

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Meanwhile! Marineford! A furious roar echoed across the entire island, and countless documents flew through the air amidst the violence.

"Damn it! How many people are in the Straw Hat Pirates? You lieutenants can't even do the most basic headcount!"

"Some people wrote ten people! Some wrote twelve people! And someone even reported only eight people!"

"Now! Immediately! Report to me exactly how many members of the Straw Hat Pirates were involved in the Buster Call!"

"Yes, Marshal!" The row of adjutants, who had been roared at by Zhan Guo, stood up straight and shouted in unison!

"Reporting to the Fleet Admiral! The Straw Hat Pirates number ten!"

"Marshal! The Straw Hat Pirates consist of eight people!"

"Marshal! The Straw Hat Pirates have ten members!"

"Reporting, Marshal! There are eight of them!"

Hearing their colleague's answer, everyone looked at each other in confusion. They recalled the intelligence gathered by the pirates they had intercepted and the intelligence gathered by their subordinates, and how many times they had believed they were right! So what the hell was going on? Why were they all coming to different conclusions?

"Oh!"

"You bunch of bastards!" Sengoku roared again upon hearing a different answer! He slammed his hand on the desk, causing cracks to appear on the floor and spread towards the wall!

"Report to the Marshal! A letter from the Water Seven intelligence agency! They have identified and photographed the personnel who intercepted the Demon Slayers!" A man with dark green hair, wearing black glasses, a justice cloak, and a blue patterned shirt burst in, interrupting Sengoku's roar.

"Say!"

"There are twelve people in total among the interceptors, including pets! Franky, the underground king of Water 7! An unknown pirate! The Straw Hat Pirates: four men and four women, eight humans and two pets! Among them are Captain Monkey D. Luffy! Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro! Thunder Witch Nami! Sniper Gunner Usopp! Black Leg Chef Sanji! Devil Child Nico Robin! Wandering Angel Doctor Angelia! Princess Mia of the Izekiel Empire and a reindeer calf and a white fat cat pet!"

"Twelve people! Ten people! Eight people! Pets! When you all go back, include the pets in your count!" From the information just reported, Zhan Guo clearly analyzed that everyone was correct; the only difference in the statistics was that people ignored the pets they kept!

"It's Marshal Sengoku!" Those around breathed a sigh of relief at not receiving any punishment, secretly resolving to include pets in future statistics and quickly leave this area where a volcano was about to erupt!

"The Straw Hat Pirates have been causing trouble ever since the East Blue! Beating up a Marine captain! Burning down the Imperial Palace! Defeating a Shichibukai! Robbing an Imperial princess! And now they've stormed Enies Lobby and defeated the Buster Call! Every time they do something lawless! Issue a notice to put a bounty on these evil bastards! Have all the pirate hunters in the world hunt them down!" Hearing the report, Sengoku felt a headache coming on when he recalled the report from a while ago. These crazy bastards even had a significant connection to his old friend.

"Meow!" A soft bleating made Sengoku's mind calm down a little before he asked about the doubts he had just raised.

"Hoo hoo! What's with that unknown pirate?!"

After glancing at the documents in his hand and organizing his thoughts, the other party began to explain.

"Marshal! We couldn't find any clues about him in the database! Based on information from our intelligence agents across the Straw Hat Pirates, he can be a man or a woman at times! All we know is that during the Buster Call, he possessed extremely strong physical and sword skills, capable of holding his own against a Vice Admiral! We have no idea whether he is male or female or what his origins are, and no one has even been able to take a picture of him! The only constant he possesses is the legendary, strange sword 'Guardian,' which is said to have caused the wielder's untimely death. It is also the only symbol that allows us to identify him at any time."

"Male or female! A specialty of the Kingdom of Kamabakka! Investigate with all your might! Anyone who can fight a lieutenant general head-on is definitely not an ordinary person!"

"Hoo! Yes, sir! I'll go investigate the Kamabakka Kingdom right away!" Hearing Sengoku's reply, the other man took a deep breath and responded. He didn't know how many soldiers he would lose this time! Legend had it that it was a forbidden place for men! From the limited information available, it seemed that no matter how strong one's resolve, those who went there would become neither male nor female!

"Crack!"

"Click-clack!" Amidst a series of mechanical roars, a figure strode into an office.

"Lord Lieutenant General!"

"Lieutenant General!" Upon seeing the familiar figure carrying documents and wearing a navy shirt, the man hurriedly greeted him!

"Keep busy, everyone!"

The green-haired man with glasses and a cape walked straight to a desk and took pictures of several photos and a note in his hand.

"Antoine! This is the information for the new bounty notice. Print it out as soon as possible and distribute it along with this newspaper!"

"Hey! What brings you here, Lieutenant General!" A gleaming head peeked out from behind the documents, chuckled at the familiar figure before him, casually picked up a cup of coffee, gulped it down, and then picked up the information bar to read it.

"It's information about the Straw Hat crew! What a bunch of lunatics! They actually destroyed Enies Lobby, which no one has dared to attack in eight hundred years! Morgans, that birdman, was just asking when the bounty on the Straw Hat crew for the Buster Call would be finalized!"

"Pfft!" As he scanned the area, the coffee he had just drunk sprayed out!

"Are you kidding me?! Pets have bounties too! A reindeer calf costs fifty Berries, a fat cat costs a hundred Berries! That's not even enough to pay the newsbird's salary!"

"Go find Sengoku! He said everyone is wanted!"

Antoine, with his shiny bald head, forced back his anger and looked behind him. He could no longer hold back and roared!

"What do you mean by asking me to issue a warrant for the arrest of a transvestite weapon?!"

"No photos! No portraits! But the orders are for a manhunt! As a swordsman, all I need to do is steal his weapon!" The green-haired vice admiral's lips twitched! Those intelligence agents only knew that he existed in the Straw Hat Pirates, and they couldn't even draw a portrait, so they had to issue this embarrassing bounty poster with just a silhouette and his signature weapon!

"Whew! How much is the bounty for this weapon?"

There's no fixed quota! You can set your own!

"Fine! You just wait! You tricked me! You actually made me issue this bizarre bounty!"

Chapter 136 A New Bounty! An Encounter!

A few days later!

"Bang!" With a loud thud, Granny Kokoro's burly body smashed open the door and rushed into the hall where the Straw Hat crew was resting.

"Haha! Straw Hats, wake up! Franky, that bastard, told me to let you know that your dream ship is finished! He invites you to come and see it!"

"Oh my god! Really? It's finished so quickly! After so long, we finally have a ship again!" Luffy, who was still half asleep and eating on instinct, suddenly woke up and exclaimed as he looked at Granny Kokoro's smiling face.

"Haha! It's true! This is a ship I've ever seen that's even more powerful than the Orl Jax!"

"Haha! Haha! Guys, let's go see the new ship!" Luffy, having hurriedly finished clearing the food from the table, ran outside!

"Whew! Finally, we can set sail! Mia, let's go!" Nami closed the book in her hand, stretched her waist, and called out to Mia beside her.

"I heard the new ship is a flying vessel!" Mia grinned as she looked at the inventory list and checked the supplies.

"I'm really looking forward to a lookout tower where I can exercise!" Zoro laughed when he heard this, as he was using a ball of lint soaked in mineral oil to maintain the blade. He then picked up a clean white towel, wiped off the grease, and sheathed the sword.

"New ship! New ship! I want my private hospital room!" Chopper shouted, standing at Angelia's feet!

“Chopper! We have them all!” Angelia said crisply, pulling Chopper up and stroking his soft fur.

"Let's go! Usopp! Merry! Robin and the others must be getting impatient! After all, they've been helping with the shipbuilding!" Sanji replied after washing the dishes, but then noticed one was missing and shouted.

"By the way, where's Jack?"

"Sister Robin has been working too hard translating for Uncle Iceberg and the other guy, so Jack went to keep her company! After all, those soft cloud chairs need Jack to keep them from dissipating!" Mia said, looking up as she organized the list in front of her.

Upon hearing this, Sanji immediately conjured up countless images in his mind: flames burning in his eyes and steam billowing from his body!

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Damn it! This guy is enjoying Robin all by himself! I'm going to kill him and make him dinner!"

"Enough with the nonsense! Let's go!" Nami, who had walked up to him, punched Sanji on the shoulder, interrupting his anger.

"Yes! Miss Nami!" Sanji, who had just been beaten up, suddenly came to his senses and watched Nami walk away. He changed his expression again and became extremely obsequious.

"That lecherous cook!" Zoro's lips twitched as he followed behind.

"Huh! What's wrong, Luffy?" Seeing Luffy standing upright at the door, with more than a dozen Franky family members blocking his way, he asked curiously.

"Ah! It's Nami and the Straw Hat crew!" Franky's family, who were surrounding Luffy, shouted as they saw the figures behind him.

"Haha! My friends, our bounty posters and the Enies Lobby news have arrived! They're demanding that I bring Franky onto the ship!" Luffy turned around, waving a stack of bounty posters and laughing heartily. On the top shelf was a portrait of Luffy himself.

"Oh ho! A bounty poster?" Nami took the bounty poster from Luffy and examined it.

"Let me see too!" Mia said, stepping forward quickly.

"I have one too? Let me see! Let me see!" Chopper, standing on the ground, jumped up with his short legs and stretched out his arms, shouting.

"Haha! Guys! 370 million Berries! 370 million Berries! Now!" Luffy showed off his bounty poster.

"Hey! Brother Luffy! You've been paid a price comparable to that of a great pirate. If this continues, countless pirates and marines will come after you!" Seeing Luffy's cheerful mood, Franky's family immediately reminded him.

"Relax! Relax! We're used to being chased!" Luffy waved his hand with a big smile, completely unconcerned.

"Roronoa Zoro, the Pirate Hunter, 120 million Berries! Nami, the Thunder Witch, 150 million Berries! Usopp, the Sniper Gunner, 30 million Berries! Sanji, the Black Leg Chef, 77 million Berries! Nico Robin, the Devil Child, 80 million Berries! Angelia, the Wandering Doctor, 25 million Berries! Timothy Mia, the Fallen Princess, 55 million Berries! Chopper, the Cotton Candy-Loving Reindeer (Pet), 50 Berries! Jack, the Pudding-Loving White Cat (Pet), 100 Berries!" After reading all the wanted posters, Nami suddenly went limp and collapsed to the ground, her whole body shrouded in darkness.

"Why is my bounty so high! Why is it so high!"

"Nami, are you alright?" Nami asked cautiously, looking at her with her head drooping and her body all gray.

"Uh! Fifty? One hundred?" Chopper, mouth agape and snot running down his face, stared blankly at the two bounty posters in his hand, his mind blank.

Sanji, who was in the distance, was covered in cold sweat and stared in disbelief at the bounty poster with his name on it in his hand!

"Hey! It looks pretty much like it!" Zoro, who had leaned forward slightly, looked at the wanted poster and then at Sanji's appearance, and nodded in agreement.