One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

Seeing the sea surface concave like a navel, Mabi released her grip, revoking her spatial abilities. Seawater quickly surged into it, forming another spatial barrier on her palm like a lid over the ocean. She stood atop the barrier, watching the struggling figure below. She wasn't about to let a temporarily restrained ability user leave the sea; she'd wait until he was exhausted before killing him.

With his feet planted firmly on the air, he swung his long sword, creating several invisible air blades that shot out to harass and block the pirate captains who had already noticed the situation and were beginning to move.

"Alright everyone! The kite flying begins!" Maggie said with a smile as she watched the figures getting closer and closer.

Chapter 146 Victory! The Navy Takes the Blame!

"Instantaneous movement!" Mabi's figure flashed again above the group of people jumping in the air!

"Up there! You're asking for death!" Mabi suddenly appeared at close range. The captains, who were already on guard against Mabi's attack, opened fire without mercy as soon as they detected Mabi's figure, wielding long swords and short cannons.

"Suppress the Void!" Mabi shouted in a low voice, ignoring the incoming attacks. The spatial ability between her palms instantly brought back the tangible sense of space to her mind. The flying slashes below, the cannonballs filled with domineering energy, the flying daggers, the frozen crystals, the fist winds that affected the distortion of the surrounding space, and the iron staff coming straight at her all froze in mid-air as if in a void.

"Suppress!" With another roar from Mabi, the power of her hand in creating craters increased, forcibly pushing this solidified space into the sea.

"Damn it! What's going on?!" The crowd below, who had been standing still, suddenly felt their bodies stiffen as if they had been forcibly imprisoned by some unknown force.

"Open it for me!" Instead of sitting idly by and waiting to be imprisoned, some people began to use their domineering aura to forcibly break free of their restraints.

"Crack! Crack!" As the figures below began to exert their strength, spatial cracks began to appear on their domineering armor. From a distance, their entire bodies looked as if they were being rapidly expanded by countless silver-white ropes mixed within them.

"Suppress! Suppress! Suppress!" Watching the spatial rifts spreading below, Mabi once again mobilized her spatial abilities, frantically outputting downwards to forcibly suppress everything within the entire space! Only by first sealing off the special Devil Fruit users inside and eliminating any unforeseen circumstances could she slowly work her way up.

"You! Get the hell out of here!" He roared again, his arm muscles bulging once more. The entire space seemed to be bombarded by a powerful shockwave, instantly blasting it into the sea. Instantly, the entire ocean seemed to ignite a cannonball filled with explosives, and waves tens of meters high instantly formed and spread wildly into the distance. Below, a black hole with a diameter of hundreds of meters and a bottomless depth appeared.

Without pausing or catching his breath, he forcefully twisted his body again, wielding the long sword with immense force. The powerful wind pressure spread directly from the blade, and with the wind pressure generated by his twisting body, he swung it wildly towards the black hole below. A phoenix-shaped wind pressure, ten meters wide, accompanied by a crisp cry, instantly disappeared into the black hole below!

"Thirty-six kinds of troubles for the phoenix!"

"That bastard!" A loud, angry roar suddenly erupted from below, following the crisp chirping sound.

"Huff! Huff!" Mabi took out a round cloud shell and opened it to create a round cloud. She stood on it and stared coldly at the closing ocean navel below, slowly panting to recover the strength she had lost from the series of attacks.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!" Several figures broke through the layers of waves and reappeared in the air.

"Slash through the air!" The figure leaped forward, slashing directly at the withered old man who had reappeared not far from him.

"You brat, you've angered me! I'll cut off pieces of your flesh and eat them!" The old man with the skull at his waist turned around and swung his long sword to parry, saying in a sinister tone.

"Hehe! Let's survive first! Shatter the Void!" The longsword, which had been blocked by the opponent, gently moved away and then struck the opponent's weapon with all its power. Countless spatial forces erupted and flowed along the weapons of both men into each other's bodies.

"Damn it! Kid!" Feeling the pain in his body, he roared and his body shattered, falling into the ocean below.

"Another one!" After hitting the opponent, Mabi leaped away again. She couldn't stay in one place, otherwise she would be surrounded.

"Damn it! This kid!" He cursed as he saw his naginata cutting into empty space.

“Five more! All twelve of them were cut down, killed, and buried by this kid!” The burly man, eight meters tall and carrying a cannonball on his shoulder, said in a deep voice as he looked at the sparse figures around him.

"All the Devil Fruit users have sunk into the ocean and haven't reappeared. I believe they're not far from death!" The gaunt man, wielding two guns, also stood in the air, gathering his strength, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Now we have no choice but to kill this brat together!" The man with fangs, holding several daggers, grinned sinisterly.

"Is that possible?" The remaining person who had come closer suddenly felt less confident. He had been much stronger than he was now, yet this kid had still managed to kill him one by one.

"Salted Fish! Severing the Void!" Mabi, who had been far away, watched as the figures gathered again and unleashed another spatial slash, the blade tens of meters wide instantly appearing in front of them.

"Scatter!" Seeing the terrifying slash reappear, the group immediately scattered. They knew of the horrific scene below where someone had been forced to resist and was once again blasted into the ocean, cut to pieces by the still-unresolved spatial rift.

"It's over!" The people who had scattered again felt a pang of despair. This brat could teleport! They could at least put up a fight if they gathered together, but now they were doomed!

"Ah!" In just a short moment, a scream reached everyone's hearts. Turning around, they saw the burly man who had been holding the cannon part to the sides, revealing the little black-clad devil behind him.

"Four!" Mabi looked at the four figures standing in four directions, staring at her.

Naginata, dagger, dual pistols, long sword!

"Suppress the Void!" The figure reappeared in front of the man wielding a long sword, freezing the space around him. The figure disappeared again in less than a second.

"Where!" The people who had been observing closely immediately drew their guns and daggers upon hearing Mabi's disappearance.

Mabi, who had disappeared again, reappeared behind the man wielding a naginata and swung it horizontally.

"That's exactly what I want—to distract you." Seeing that they were gathered together and not far apart, Mabi knew that it was impossible for them to hold each other hostage one by one. So she restrained one person to attract attention and then quickly cut down another to kill him.

"Ugh!" The man, whose body had been misaligned, suddenly turned white-eyed and fell helplessly downwards.

"asshole!"

"Retreat!" Seeing that fewer and fewer people were still able to move, the two lost their will to fight and rushed towards the ocean. In the air, they would only be pursued and wait to die.

"Salted Fish! Shake the Void!" Watching the two who had lost their fighting spirit, and the pirate who had just broken free of spatial constraints disappear again, he reappeared in front of the man who was about to leave the sea. The fist imbued with spatial power directly detonated the void, and countless spatial cracks passed through his body.

"Die! Shake the air!" The body reappeared on the sea surface, and the faint figures of people could still be seen on the surface. The entire sea surface shattered like a mirror, and countless spatial cracks spread within it.

"Is it all over?" Mabi looked at the falling corpse, withdrew her long sword, flicked away the bloodstains, and put it back at her waist, letting out a slow breath.

This was the first time I had ever fought such a frenzied battle since leaving that island. Unfortunately, back then, those monsters were just large individuals with wide-ranging attacks, far less agile than I am now. If I wasn't careful, I would be surrounded. Their speed was comparable to teleportation.

"And what about you?!" The battlefield is now long gone, but there are still many people left behind on the ground! The East Sea is not a place where you can run rampant.

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"Hoo hoo! Did you finally hear me?" Smoker, covered in seawater, leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, speaking in a deep voice.

"Who is behind this same shockwave? Whitebeard has been keeping an eye on the New World with his survey ships, but there's been no movement!" The man, wearing a baseball cap, with dark skin, held a damp cigarette in his hand and gazed at the gradually calming sea, his voice filled with doubt.

“Maynard! Just go check it out! I have a feeling something terrible has happened up ahead! After all, whenever that white, silvery light appeared in that area, it was accompanied by ocean tremors! Not to mention, the tsunami caused by that loud noise was even more severe.” The middle-aged man wearing a spotted dog hat and a green suit reminded him.

“Okay! Let’s go take a look! Look, the seawater is starting to turn red! And there are more and more pieces of ship debris.” The dark-skinned man in the cloak of justice nodded in agreement and then looked at Smoker beside him.

"Hey! Smoker, what's gotten into you lately, chasing pirates everywhere? Are you finally thinking of getting promoted?"

“Yes! With such a low status, you can’t even capture pirates anywhere,” Smoker nodded.

"Great! After all these years, you finally want to get promoted! All the credit for this is yours! Enough for you to achieve the same status as us!" the other party laughed upon hearing Smoker's reply.

"Ah! That's the flag of the Madman Pirates! And there's the flag of the Cannibal Pirates here too!"

"They're here too!"

"There's still one here! Big Mom's flag!"

"Here too!"

"That's the flag of the Beasts Pirates!"

As they drew closer, countless fragments of wreckage washed over the ship's hull. The marine on guard suddenly shouted loudly, then picked up a fishing rod and precisely struck a pirate flag, quickly scooping it up.

"Let me see!" A large hand snatched the flag from his hand and shouted.

"Lieutenant General!" Upon seeing the flag disappear from his hand and looking up, he exclaimed with great excitement.

"Many shipwrecks! The current speed is completely different from the area we just left! A major battle just took place here! This caused all the reefs and rocks in this area to shatter."

"Terrifying! At least a dozen pirate ships have been destroyed here! Who did this?!"

"Judging from the blood-red seawater, it's probably going to be difficult to get any information out of them!" The three of them stood together at the bow of the ship, still shaken.

As the warship continued deeper into the ocean, the blood-red sea and shattered fragments came into view, making it hard to imagine what kind of horrific battle had taken place that left not a single living creature here.

"All soldiers, search for any surviving humans and ask what happened!" The dog-hatted navy officer standing at the bow of the ship calmed his racing heart and cast a spell to give the order.

"Yes, sir!" The sailors, upon receiving the order, responded in unison and ran back and forth, launching lifeboats to begin the search.

"Report! No survivors!"

"The report states that no intact humans were found!"

The Den Den Mushi on the warship would occasionally transmit information about the search below.

"I'm afraid there really aren't any living creatures left here!"

"The Navy is the Navy! This was done by the Navy! Captain, you were killed by the Navy! I'll fight you to the death!"

Before long, several small boats arrived. Looking at the red sea, the broken hull, and the lonely warship standing on the sea, everyone immediately understood everything and started cursing.

"How could the damned navy be so cruel!"

"Retreat! Retreat! The captain and the others are gone! We can't afford to be captured again!" Search ships from different factions arrived slowly, and upon seeing the only remaining point of contact on the sea, they understood what had happened and immediately ordered their ships to turn and leave. The navy capable of killing their captain was definitely not a force they could contend with.

"..." Everyone on board was filled with questions as they watched the several pirate warships that were about to turn around and leave!

How did this get pinned on us?!

Chapter 147 Return to the Grand Line

"Abis! Can you get out of my arms?" Maby looked down at the little girl curled up like a baby in her arms and said helplessly.

Upon hearing Mabi's words, the little head that had been curled up immediately began to shake back and forth like a rattle-drum in refusal.

"No! No! Didn't you just promise Grandpa you'd take good care of me? Are you going back on your word now?"

"Sigh! This isn't how you take care of someone!" Mabi sighed, gripping the control lever and looking at the body crammed into her arms. Although there were extra seats in the back, the little girl didn't want to sit there and insisted on snuggling in her lap. Luckily, there were no air traffic controllers checking planes, otherwise, she would definitely get a ticket in this situation.

"Mabi! When will I be able to see Luffy and the others?" Apis stretched out again, sitting in Mabi's lap, and asked through the blue crystal goggles on her head, looking at the clouds flowing by.

Mabi looked down at the endless, mirror-like calm sea, as if an unseen force had divided the two areas into two worlds, through which any matter could pass, except for the natural wind.

"Soon! We'll fly along the Calm Belt from the East China Sea to minimize the chaotic weather we'll encounter on the Grand Line. Then, we'll use the directions indicated by the Vivre Cards to find the point perpendicular to the Calm Belt and enter the Grand Line. Although this is a bit longer than flying in a straight line, it saves us the distance of going around storm areas."

"It's been so long! I miss them so much!" Abis, leaning against Mabi's chest, clenched her fists tightly and murmured to herself.

"Soon! You'll see them after you take a couple more naps!" Mabi smiled as she looked down at her serene appearance. With the energy she carried, she could maintain the plane's speed of five to six thousand kilometers a day, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, they would arrive in three to four days.

I wonder where they are now! My little wings have changed a lot.

Maggie thought about the various things that had happened during the past few months at sea. The overall plot of the world had not had any major problems, but many details had changed.

Because of her involvement and recognition of Jack, the pirates who captured him died at the hands of their own people, and his island was saved as a result. Robin may have changed something that delayed her entry into the Grand Line by several years, or Angelia and Chopper's encounter may have been caused by her own change of one Beel.

Due to the change in his own voyage time, Laboon was hit on the head by Vivi, and later healed by the monks. Without the guidance of the original permanent magnet, he could only wander randomly and met Mia, who was being chased by the Celestial Dragons and had run away from home! At the same time, Vivi was also taken away by another group of pirates, resulting in the slaughter of that group. This led to Ikko, who was watching from the sidelines, taking action, causing the entire Baroque Works crew to be defeated and try to escape to Skypiea. They encountered Laboon again and were all wiped out once more. Mr. 2 even participated in the world's scheme at the cost of saving them, willingly becoming a pawn to replace Iceberg in the search for the Ancient Weapons. Unfortunately, his good fortune didn't last long. Everything was seen by the little mouse and told Chopper, who captured him again and revealed his true nature with the Seastone, thus removing the wanted poster that he wanted to change but had returned to his original path. Together with Franky, they stormed into Enies Lobby to save Iceberg and see the true nature of Nightless City on Enies Lobby. They defeated the Buster Call again and successfully left.

As they traveled along other routes, they encountered small worlds with abnormal spatial and temporal flow, like rainbow mist, and gained magic-like powers similar to those of the people of Visalia. Furthermore, on the Sky Island, they encountered prehistoric technology that was hundreds of years ahead of the present, like that of Vegapunk, which greatly enhanced the crew.

Now, because of Eric's disappearance and the lack of a landing ship, she was knocked into the ocean. As a result, he revealed that the little girl could communicate with Sea Kings, which aroused the Navy's attention and led to an attack by the angry Sea Kings, making her one of the Ancient Weapons, Sea King.

So, if we follow the main storyline now, they should have reached the Devil's Zone by now! The one who doesn't understand is Ace, that stubborn bastard. I've already risked being called crazy by telling him all the details of the original plot, warning him about the dangers of the Dark-Dark Fruit, and even having George forge him a Seastone staff to counter Devil Fruit users.

"Headache! From now on, I'll just take it one step at a time! As long as I keep improving my strength, I don't care if things change or not, I'll just keep pushing forward!" Mabi sighed, leaning back in her chair with her body completely relaxed.