One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

It wasn't until this moment that everyone realized why Robert, this great pirate who had only risen to fame in the last two years, could command a bounty of nearly one billion from the Navy, and that this bounty would likely increase again soon, given that he had just fought a major battle with Blackbeard and destroyed an entire island.

Panz Fry struggled to his feet from the sea and resignedly conceded to Robert, saying, "I'm the one who started all this. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Spare those innocent people and my daughter, and I'll do whatever you want with me!"

Robert scoffed, "You think you're so great? Stop being so self-righteous, you're nothing!"

"Not only are you stupid enough to be used as a pawn like an idiot, but your robber logic is also utter nonsense. Now that I've defeated you, you're putting on a tragic hero act. You don't deserve it!"

Hearing Robert insult her father like that, Lily couldn't help but shout, "You can kill us, but you can't insult us! Do it! There are no cowards in Elbaf!"

Robert's face showed a mocking expression: "Insult you? Stating the facts is considered an insult?"

"You think you're so great for robbing the rich to help the poor? Then let me ask you, why are these people starving? Is it because they lack the ability to work?"

"And which of these sailors who delivered our food is utterly wicked and deserves your punishment? They work hard from dawn till dusk to earn their living, and you just snatch it away for no reason. Have you ever thought about how their families will survive afterward?"

Lili had never thought about these things. She only thought that rich people didn't care about a little bit of food, but she never thought that the people transporting goods on the ship were actually ordinary people.

So sometimes Robert doesn't even hate bad guys, but he really hates stupid people to the core.

As the saying goes, a fool's quick thinking is worse than a cunning scheme by a wicked person. Acting in a closed loop of low cognition, the harm they cause unintentionally is greater than the harm caused by a plan devised by a wicked person through painstaking effort.

“Panze Frye, don’t feel wronged. You should be dealt with by me because your robbery of the Dressrosa merchant ship has caused huge losses to many innocent working families. If you are not made to pay for this, then there is no justice in this world.”

Lily was already feeling somewhat guilty, but her upbringing made her want to retort: ​​"You're not in the navy, what right do you have to judge us?"

Robert couldn't help but laugh: "Just because I'm not in the Navy doesn't mean you are! And what gives you the right to rob the rich and help the poor at sea? Don't try to play the double standard in front of me!"

Panz Frey pulled his daughter back. They were already in the wrong, and now that they were weaker than others, they should submit and behave themselves.

Robert looked at the men writhing in pain on the deck and said coldly, "Now, either let Caesar Cullen come out to see me, or take me to the underground laboratory to see him. The choice is yours."

The group felt as if their livers and intestines had been torn apart by Robert's attack, and many of them had their gas mask lenses covered in blood from their spit-out mouths.

A squad leader, whose protective suit was noticeably different from the others, weighed the pros and cons. They had been living under the high-pressure orders of Caesar Courland, and they dared not let him come out to meet this scourge. As for bringing Robert into the underground laboratory, they dared not do that either.

But if they all refuse, they might be beaten to death on the spot. Between two evils, it's better to take Robert in.

He pulled out something that looked like a signal transmitter and pressed a few buttons. Soon after, a yellow submarine surfaced on the sea. Robert's eyes widened in surprise:

Damn, isn't that Luo's submarine?!

Chapter 17 This is not using a cannon to kill a mosquito!

The hatch of the polar submersible opened, revealing the face of Bepo, the great polar bear: "Going back?"

Then he saw Robert's bewildered face, and tears immediately streamed down his face: "Master Robert! Please save our master!"

Robert never expected that this cunning old fox would actually fail in a low-level dungeon like Punk Hazard.

A flash of light landed on the deck of the Polar Submarine. Robert's face was serious: "Stop crying, tell me slowly, what's wrong, Robert?"

Bepo, who had previously been terrified of Robert, now found him incredibly reliable: "Our boss has been captured by them!"

Robert's expression was strange: "I thought it was something serious. Alright, just send me in to get him out."

Bepo nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother Robert, you have to be careful. That bastard is very cunning. He seems obedient on the surface, but he poisoned the room. By the time we found out, we were all paralyzed!"

Robert glanced at the other crew members who had emerged from the cabin. Familiar faces like Pekin and Shaki were there, likely because they had been threatened with Robert's safety.

"Leave a few men on the ship to keep an eye on these guys and prevent them from tipping them off."

Just as Robert was about to board the ship with Bepo, Lilith, seeing Robert's impressive display of power and control of the situation, also landed her aircraft on the sea.

"I told you to just fight! Why are you doing this unnecessary thing?"

Robert didn't want to get entangled with Lilith any longer. He glanced at York, who was squatting to the side with a pout, and knew that she was too hungry to speak.

"Hey, didn't you say you were free to do whatever you wanted with me? Now I'm giving you a task: cook a volcano-themed dish for my girlfriend to try!"

Panz Fry was taken aback by Robert's words. Robert said impatiently, "Use all the ingredients on this ship and make it all, and be quick!"

York pouted, "I don't want to eat any volcano cuisine. You promised to make me Zhajiangmian (noodles with soybean paste)."

Robert tiptoed and patted her head: "This uncle's volcanic cuisine is a famous delicacy on the sea. You haven't eaten for so long, fill your stomach first. I'm going to rescue a friend below this island. I'll definitely cook you some noodles when I come out."

York was hungry and sleepy, but he didn't throw a tantrum and nodded, waiting for dinner to be served.

Robert squinted at Panz Fry and said, "Have your daughter shrink down and come inside with me."

Panz Frye roared, "Don't drag Lily into this!"

Robert snorted coldly: "You're the one who dragged her into this. Let me be frank with you, I don't trust you, so I'm taking your daughter as a hostage. Once I've dealt with things inside, if you don't pull any tricks, I naturally won't do anything to her."

Panz Fry was about to argue when Lily shrunk to the size of a Tontatta and jumped onto Robert's shoulder.

"I agree to be a hostage. I also want to see for myself whether what you say about them deceiving us is true or just slander!"

As he shrugged and prepared to board the Polar Submarine to enter the underground laboratory, Lilith shouted, "Wait! I'll go down with you!"

Robert raised his hand to stop him, saying, "I'm worried about leaving York out alone. I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on her. She eats so fast, we can't let anyone poison her again."

Lilith immediately glared at Panz Frye, as if he had poisoned the food.

Panz Fry was furious: "This is an insult to a chef! I would never poison sacred food!"

Robert nodded and said, "I'm also a chef, so you'd better stick to the basics of being a chef."

With Lilith guarding outside, Robert could enter the underground laboratory without any worries. The Polar Submarine quickly descended, passed through a long underwater stone passage, and finally surfaced in a naturally formed cave.

"You guys act naturally, give your reports, and I'll figure out how to infiltrate myself."

Robert glanced at Lily, who had turned into a tiny person, and instructed her, "You wait for me on the boat. Don't wander around on your own. I'll go in first and scout ahead."

Bepo and the others nodded repeatedly. Lily waved her hand impatiently, and the moment the hatch opened, Robert had already disappeared.

This underground laboratory is enormous and incredibly high-tech.

Robert's favorite places are modern places filled with electrical appliances; such environments are perfect for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Transforming into lightning and moving wildly through various lines, Robert quickly figured out the situation in the underground laboratory.

In present-day Punk Hazard, due to the entire island being volcanized, only a solitary Area B remains of the laboratories that were originally preserved in the icy and snowy areas. However, none of Caesar Courland's research projects have been lost.

The biscuit house, used to imprison children and as experimental subjects for soldiers to grow to giant size, is taking shape. However, there are only a few children inside, and they are all of normal size. It seems that Caesar Clown's research has not yet reached the progress that Luffy made.

In a gas chamber, Luo was bound to a huge gas tank with sea stone chains, with two lazy guards watching over him.

Robert appeared behind the two men and silently electrocuted them, knocking them unconscious.

"The tables have turned, bro! You were the one who saved me in Dressrosa last time, so this time I'll get you out of here, and we're even, okay?"

Luo was taken aback by the mocking voice, then veins popped on his forehead: "What are you doing here! Do you know how much effort I put into convincing that idiot that he caught me on his own?! Get out of here, don't ruin my plan!"

Robert's hand, which was about to untie the chains binding him, froze in mid-air: "Uh, I knew it. With your strength, how could you be captured so easily..."

How could he not see through Luo's cunning? He was just trying to trick someone else by pretending to be caught.

"I've run into some issues with my status in the Navy. I originally wanted to come and join you, but who knew you'd get into cosplay here. Um... if I leave now, I hope it won't disrupt your plans?"

Luo looked utterly desperate: "I don't believe you could have sneaked in so quietly. You didn't already kill everyone outside, did you?"

Robert scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "How could that be? I only took down a dozen or so small fry who went outside to steal our food. I didn't touch a single person in the underground laboratory."

Luo looked helpless: "Taking down one is the same as taking them all down. We've already alerted them... We're really incompatible!"

Robert retorted, "You didn't tell me your plan beforehand, unlike me, who tells you everything I'm going to do. How can you blame me now that things have gone wrong?"

"How about this, tell me who you originally wanted to scheme against, and I'll do whatever it takes to get it done for you!"

Luo said in a deep voice, "When we took down the Donquixote family in Dressrosa, I always felt that something was missing. You sent me here to deal with Caesar Courland, so I started to study his background, and that's when I discovered a big problem."

"Doflamingo has four top executives, three of whom have been defeated and imprisoned. The only one who has never shown up is the original 'Heart' Vergo!"

Robert's expression was strange:

"You went through all this trouble just to deal with him, Vergo?"

"Do you really need to take two Viagra pills just to masturbate?"

Chapter 18 This is my fault, but I can't blame myself entirely.

Punk Hazard is geographically very close to the Red Line. If you take the Mermaid Island route to the New World, you will most likely arrive at this island first.

Therefore, this place is not far from the Navy Headquarters and is also within the radiation range of the Navy G5 branch.

The World Government chose this place as a secret research base because it didn't have many attractive resources on the island, but it was within the Navy's sphere of influence.

However, when this place was abandoned by the World Government and then reoccupied by Caesar Clown, its original geographical advantage suddenly became its greatest threat.

All of Punk Hazard's research is illegal. Whether it's SAD, the raw material for artificial Devil Fruits, poison gas that can cause mass destruction, or research on giant human beings, none of it is permitted by the World Government.

Therefore, without an inside agent within the navy, it would be useless for Caesar Cullen to achieve any research results, as he wouldn't even be able to transport them out.

The collaboration with Doflamingo perfectly solved this problem; he not only had a complete smuggling and transportation network, but also Vergo's naval protection.

Of all the Donquixote Family executives, Robert thought Vergo was the most impressive, having risen all the way to the rank of Vice Admiral and independently managing a branch in the New World, which was equivalent to the head of a military region.

If it weren't for the fact that combat effectiveness is the primary criterion for a naval admiral, who knows what rank Vergo would have achieved, and the benefits he would have brought to the Donquixote family would have been immeasurable.

Upon hearing that Robert was plotting against Vergo, Robert somewhat understood his original intention.

If you can't take revenge yourself, it really doesn't feel very meaningful. In the Dressrosa battle, Law's involvement was too low; he only defeated a snotty guy named Torrebol.

When he discovers that one of his enemies is also floating around from outside, it's perfectly normal for him to want to eliminate them completely.

"You don't know who Vergo is. He was one of the four original executives who supported Doflamingo in taking control of the Donquixote Family, and he held the position of Hearts."

"Then one day he suddenly left the family, and when I saw him again..."

Luo trembled as he recalled this memory: "He had already infiltrated the Navy... and now he's even become a Vice Admiral!"

"Don't think that defeating Doflamingo is the end of the matter. Do you know what he's planning?"

Robert's expression was strange. He knew all that Robert had just said, but now that the Don Quixote family had been completely eradicated, he really couldn't guess what Vergo was planning to do.

Law said, word by word, "He is working with Caesar Clown to rescue Doflamingo!"

Robert looked incredulous: "Are they crazy? What kind of strength do these two have? Do they think that just because Blackbeard was able to get so many prisoners out of Impel Down, they can also run rampant in Impel Down?"

Luo gritted his teeth and said, "Of course, Vergo alone won't do, but Caesar Clown has always felt that his poison gas research is progressing slowly because of a lack of test subjects. Vergo's plan is to release his newly developed biological weapon in Impel Down and kill everyone!"

Robert's mouth formed an "O": "Wow, it's true what they say, the bolder the man, the more he produces. Small workshops really go all out with their materials. Does Caesar Cullen have an antidote for the poison gas he made? Aren't they afraid of poisoning the Don Quixote family as well?"

Law explained, "This is where they need me. Their plan is to first release the poison gas in Impel Down without reservation, and then have me use my Devil Fruit ability to detoxify those people."