One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert had no clue about the two tasks and could only analyze them literally.

The option to achieve epic status seems to focus on increasing reputation; the more people who admire you, the more powerful you become.

The concept of "gathering faith" is even harder to understand; it seems to imply becoming the boss and taking responsibility for the fate of one's employees.

Having the experience of choosing reward missions when he reached level 10, Robert wasn't too worried about regretting his choice later.

The reward task given for breaking through the level cap is more like a simple way to reward yourself with something that will be hard to obtain in the future, and it doesn't mean that you will miss out on the other option forever.

At level 10, I chose to awaken Observation Haki, and it awakened after dodging ten enemy attacks, which was like an early preview.

But if you really harden your heart and take a beating, you'll eventually learn Armament Haki, won't you?

Since he wasn't satisfied with his choice, Robert simply picked the Epic achievement randomly, since this task seemed easier to complete.

Since the goal is to enjoy the rewards ahead of time, the easier the task, the better. Every day the task is delayed, the more time you have to enjoy the rewards.

You have chosen the Reward Trial: Epic Achievement.

[Trial Requirements: Achieve Exalted reputation with three nations/organizations (Current progress 2/3)]

[Trial Reward: Unlocks a special weighted method for Conqueror's Haki – Reputation]

For every country/organization whose reputation you reach Exalted level, your Conqueror's Haki weight will permanently increase by 1.

With a more detailed explanation, Robert basically understood what the reward meant.

Although Conqueror's Haki is said to be rare, in reality, due to the large population base, there are quite a few of them.

There are only 13 Logia-type Devil Fruits in total, but there are already more than 20 people who possess Conqueror's Haki.

As the most important power system in the later stages of One Piece, Conqueror's Haki also has different strengths. If your belief is no match for someone else's, their Conqueror's Haki can crush you.

Red-haired Shanks' Haki alone could force Green Bull, then an admiral, out of his elemental form across an ocean. In ancient times, Joy Boy could simply leave a bit of Haki on a knot and, after hundreds of years, could knock all five elders back to their original forms.

However, how exactly to increase the power of Conqueror's Haki is a very mysterious matter, and no one has been able to give a complete explanation yet.

This reward trial now offers a straightforward and effective approach: continuously increase your reputation.

To make one's name resound throughout the world, a powerful aura of dominance naturally arises. The strength of the Four Emperors' dominance is likely largely due to their reputation.

Robert was most curious about the fact that the quest was already two-thirds complete right from the start. He knew he had already raised his reputation with Dressrosa to Exalted, but where was the other one?

Dressrosa (Nation), Tontatta Kingdom (Special Race Nation)

Robert smiled knowingly. Actually, the reputation with the Tontatta tribe was easier to gain than with Dressrosa, since they were too naive.

He simply forgot that the Tontatta tribe's country was actually located right next to Dressrosa, not on the same island, so it's normal to consider them two countries.

With this clear goal in mind, Robert knew where to focus his efforts: grind reputation. What veteran Warcraft player hasn't grinded reputation before?

What bothered him even more was the disappearing experience bar; Robert desperately needed to know how his level would increase in the future.

The three-stage level progression system will no longer require experience points; you will have the following two methods to level up.

[Chaos: For every 2 million Berries your bounty increases, your level increases by 1 (losing bounty will revert your level)]

[Order: For every rank you gain, your level increases by 2 (losing a rank will revert you to your previous level)]

The higher of the two calculation methods will be used to calculate the current level.

The chaotic faction is the easiest to understand. Regardless of whether you are a pirate, a member of the Revolutionary Army, or a member of an underground force, you will have a bounty set by the World Government.

Performing a major incident, raising the threat level, or having one's strength deemed sufficiently strong will all increase the bounty amount.

You can level up for every 200 million increase in the bounty, and you'll reach the maximum level when the bounty reaches 5 billion.

The Order faction basically only has access to the Navy, so this option might be chosen because of their Navy affiliation.

The Navy is divided into four stages: petty officers, junior officers, field officers, and general officers. If we do not count temporary ranks such as warrant officer, junior officer, brigadier general, and general candidate, there are a total of 12 levels.

If you advance two ranks per level, you can advance 24 ranks to become a general, and you will reach the maximum rank when you become a marshal.

Robert calculated his current situation. According to the pirates, a bounty of over 9 million would only get him promoted 4 levels, but according to the military rank of lieutenant colonel, he could be promoted 16 levels directly!

But according to his own plan, he would defect from the navy sooner or later, and he would never become an admiral or marshal in his life, so military rank was a short-term gain, while the bounty was a long-term investment!

With a new goal in mind, Robert's mind became active again.

Granger and Zepa had already left the recruit camp. They arrived much earlier than Robert. The mission in Dressrosa was their graduation mission, after which they would go to their assigned units to perform their duties.

Before leaving, the two of them had a good chat with Robert, since they had been through thick and thin together in Dressrosa.

Although Robert's basic training was not over yet, Zephyr had basically already regarded him as a veteran who could stand on his own.

Robert was the first to recover during the Battle of Dressrosa and provided a wealth of valuable information to Naval Headquarters, which enabled the Navy to land on Dressrosa immediately. He deserves the greatest credit for this achievement.

As for why he recovered from his toy state on his own, Robert explained that he witnessed the tragic experiences of the people of Tokushima and felt a burning anger burning within him that he didn't know how to vent, so he unconsciously broke free from his toy state.

It's not impossible for the Navy to possess Conqueror's Haki; former Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Navy hero Garp are known to both possess it.

When the veteran marines heard Robert's description, they were only surprised that he had awakened Conqueror's Haki. They didn't have any doubts. On the contrary, Zephyr was even more satisfied with him.

A person who is obedient, hardworking, and capable of awakening Conqueror's Haki out of compassion for the common people is practically a sacred body of the Navy. Zephyr felt that in the past ten years or so, there had been no student who satisfied him more than Robert.

In the subsequent recruit training, Zephyr simply used Robert as a part-time instructor, giving him special training while also having him lead the other recruits in training.

Until Sentomaru boarded the warship at the recruit camp once again.

Chapter 6 Isn't this a coincidence?

Sentomaru gave Zephyr a transfer order that made him very unhappy. He was growing to like Robert more and more and wished he could keep him in the recruit camp as his subordinate.

However, since this transfer order was proposed by Kizaru and approved by Aokiji, the current Fleet Admiral, Zephyr really had no reason to refuse.

"Robert has only been in the recruit camp for a few months at most. How could he be on duty so quickly? He hasn't even carried out his graduation mission yet."

Sentomaru looked helpless: "It was all decided by the old guys, so don't make things difficult for me."

Zephyr knew that Sentomaru was right; he was just there to take people away on orders, and there was no point in giving him any advice.

Robert was a little confused: "Teacher, it's just a mission, it's not a big deal, why are you making it sound like I'm not coming back?"

Zephyr frowned, hesitating to speak. Sentomaru was somewhat displeased: "All Marines have the obligation to cooperate with the Science Unit to collect samples of Devil Fruit abilities. Only by collecting a large number of different Devil Fruit ability samples can we improve the research on lineage factors."

Robert's heart skipped a beat. Oh no! He had been so focused on getting to Warhead Island to meet Vegapunk that he had forgotten about Vegapunk's blood-drawing scheme!

Others may not know what he's researching, but how could he not know?

The old man was researching how to transfer the bloodline factors of a Devil Fruit user into a clone of Seraphim, modeled after the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The Devil Fruit ability he claimed to have was pure fabrication and not even listed in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia.

Although there are quite a few abilities that are not listed in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia, Vegapunk, that old man, finally came across one, so wouldn't he disassemble himself and study it thoroughly?

When the time comes, once blood is drawn, what's the difference between me and someone who immediately reverses their mind?

I haven't even officially taken up a post in the Navy yet, and I haven't even been promoted yet. Am I supposed to defect from the Navy already?

But now that things have developed this way, with Sentomaru having all the necessary paperwork, his sudden expression of not wanting to go is rather abrupt.

Zefa was just complaining, but he didn't actually have much resistance. Over the years, many people had their blood drawn from his recruit camp.

Zefa patted Robert on the shoulder: "As long as your training isn't finished, you'll remain a recruit here. If they try to put you through any strange experiments, just refuse to come back."

Although Robert was quite touched, he wanted to tell the old man directly, "Please just let me become a full-fledged employee, so I can enjoy the high attributes that come with a higher level for a few more days."

Boarding Sentomaru's warship, the ship sailed towards the Red Line.

The Sentomaru ship has a very high-tech feel, and there are only a few people dressed as researchers piloting it.

"The nature of the science unit is special. You haven't been officially incorporated yet, so most of the information cannot be made available to you."

Robert curled his lip. If he really wanted to find out, he could find out anything by judging from Sentomaru's loose tongue.

"The place I'm taking you to this time is a top secret of the World Government, so you'll need to memorize this code of secrecy on the way."

Robert took the thick, two-finger-thick book of confidentiality rules and casually held it in his hand. With his current 100 points of mental attribute, memorizing some things was quite easy for him.

"When can I get there? I mean, how much time do I have to memorize such a thick stack of documents?"

Sentomaru was far less vigilant than Robert, and casually replied, "We need to go to the G1 branch to pick up a prisoner, whom you captured in Dressrosa. His Devil Fruit ability is quite interesting. After picking him up, we'll go see Uncle Punk together. It will take about ten days to go back and forth."

Robert smiled and stopped talking. He had more than ten days to prepare. The worst outcome would be that he would defect from the Navy after learning the exact location of Warhead Island.

The science unit's ships were not conventionally powered and were very fast. In addition, the recruit camp's ships happened to be not far from the Red Earth Continent, so they arrived at the G1 branch in just one day.

Sentomaru called Robert, and the two of them landed and entered the base.

With all the paperwork in order, the two quickly arrived at a waiting room. According to the receiving naval officer, the prisoner would be brought here to be handed over to Sentomaru.

A navy officer offered him tea, which Robert accepted with gratitude, his expression showing no sign of distress.

But from an angle where Sentomaru couldn't see, Robert pulled a small piece of paper from the bottom of the cup, on which were written a few words:

"Restroom, α"

He was now a minor expert in Observation Haki and knew that people with keen senses would have a clear feeling when scanned by Observation Haki. Therefore, he did not conduct extensive investigations after landing at the naval base to avoid any misunderstandings.

But as soon as he touched the little note, he immediately activated the field. In a men's restroom stall not far away, Alpha was looking at his watch.

This wasn't the first time Robert had dealt with this female agent; he could say that she had played a part in his smooth transition into the Navy.

However, after all this time, Robert really couldn't figure out what she needed from him. In short, she didn't want anything in return; she just wanted to keep her promise as a reward for her previous actions, which Robert definitely didn't believe.

He greeted Sentomaru, asked the naval officer where the restroom was, and then leisurely headed towards Alpha.

Alpha has found itself at this point in time, most likely to start collecting some interest.

Upon entering the restroom, Robert headed straight for the stall where Alpha was.

The small door was pushed open, and Alpha pulled Robert inside before closing the door behind him.

"I have a girlfriend, and meeting her privately, especially in such a confined space, seems a bit inappropriate, doesn't it?"

Alpha chuckled, "Aren't you worried about why I'm meeting you at Naval Headquarters? Instead, you're concerned about whether your girlfriend will be jealous?"

Robert looked like he'd just realized something: "Then why did you want to meet me at Naval Headquarters? We're both in the Navy now, can't we just talk openly about what we're doing?"

Alpha said seriously, "I told you I'm a naval inspector. You know how you got your naval status. If I hadn't made sure your status was so airtight, do you think the navy could have recruited you so easily?"

Robert sneered, "Stop joking. The Navy is recruiting criminals this time around, so what's wrong with recruiting me?"

Alpha retorted sharply: "Anyway, if we reveal your true situation now, you'll definitely lose your position as lieutenant colonel. So if you still want to stay in the Navy, you'd better do me a favor."

Robert feigned helplessness and said, "You wouldn't happen to be a spy sent by the Revolutionary Army, would you? Let me tell you, I don't collude with the enemy."

Alpha rolled his eyes: "You have quite the imagination. Don't worry, I'm just doing my job, I have a supervisory duty, so I hope you can help me investigate someone."