One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Without a single wasted word, Robert knew Ace better than Ace himself. At times like this, there was no need for politeness, humility, or entanglement; a simple yes or no was sufficient.

"We don't have the ability to take back our father's territory for the time being, but since I've decided to get involved, sooner or later the Whitebeard Pirates will return to the position of the Four Emperors, no, they will become the only kings of the sea!"

Ace shook his head: "Actually, I've thought about it for a long time. The main reason we failed was because we were stuck in the past and couldn't get out of it. With our father dead, what Whitebeard Pirates are we talking about?"

"Let's change the name too, so that everyone can be free from the heavy burden and start afresh."

Robert nodded: "There's no rush to change the name. Let's discuss it slowly after we take over the Sky Island. Right now, the most urgent thing is to take over a territory where we have no worries about the future."

Ace smiled again: "Leave this to us. You don't think we couldn't beat Teach, let alone the natives of Skypiea, do you?"

Robert instantly assumed the role of captain: "Go back and inform Marco and all the key officers to hold a pre-battle mobilization meeting in Dressrosa. I will definitely be able to get back to preside over it within a week at most."

Ace readily agreed and left the Golden City under the cover of night, heading towards Mermaid Island.

Ace was a brother to Robert, but a stranger to Karina. Karina always pretended to be strong when he was around.

Now that Ace is gone, Karina can no longer hold back and bursts into tears in Robert's arms.

She felt wronged, believing that she herself had harmed Uta.

Robert completely understood her thoughts. He didn't say anything, just patted her back until she had vented enough before speaking:

"Don't blame yourself for everything. I'm the one who needs to take the most responsibility. I agreed to the scheme against Tesoro. I should have been involved in everything, but I just washed my hands of it."

"Even the reason I'm here is because I haven't contacted you all in so long, and I'm here to soothe your feelings."

"Actually, Shanks was right to criticize me before. Uta was safe in Eregia. It was I who took the initiative to bring you to recruit her, which exposed her to the Celestial Dragons' sight."

“I take full responsibility for Uta’s arrest.”

Karina wiped away her tears: "Please, let's go save Uta as soon as possible, okay? Half a year is too long, I'm afraid something will happen to her."

Robert reached out to help Karina tidy her makeup, which was ruined by her tears: "Kalina, I wish I could go and rescue Uta right now, but we are too weak and have no ability to save Uta."

"Moreover, once we take action, we must rescue Uta. If we alert her and fail, it will be even more difficult to rescue her later, and it may even lead to Im using violence to control Uta."

Karina sniffed, "Besides occupying the sky island as a retreat, what else do we need to do? Give me some tasks, or I'll go crazy!"

Robert looked at Karina firmly: "You are the most important force in rescuing Uta!"

"In the next six months, you must use your Devil Fruit powers to replicate the Celestial Dragons' identities as much as possible!"

Karina nodded vigorously, and Robert patted the wall again:

"This enormous ship made of gold will also be dismantled. Except for a few core components used to forge certain machines, everything else will be replaced with materials. I want to build a colossal ship that is invincible at sea!"

Redfield remained silent, because he felt that everything Robert said and did was befitting of a team leader, until he mentioned building a boat:

"First of all, no ship is invincible; secondly, a ship cannot be built in six months."

Robert looked firmly at his master and, unusually, retorted:

"Yes, Master!"

"The blueprints for Hades, one of the ancient weapons, are in my hands!"

Chapter 4 Everything is ready, except for a mountain of emotional debts.

Back in Water Seven, Rob Lucci once examined Iceberg's forged blueprints of Pluto in front of all the CP9 members. After Rob Lucci determined that the large stack of blueprints was fake, he casually tossed them aside.

Robert pretended to be curious, but actually put the stack of blueprints into his prop space.

Later, when Franky and Usopp were captured on the Sea Train, Robert stunned them under the guise of protecting them.

Franky's body is 80% metal, and Robert easily figured out his body structure with a simple scan using an electric current, making the hidden compartment where the Hades blueprints were stored immediately clear.

So, logically, Pluto's blueprints were replaced with the aged ship design that Iceberg forged.

Later, on Enies Lobby, Franky unexpectedly pulled out the blueprints from the hidden compartment. No one had time to verify their authenticity. With Franky's sudden fire, even Franky himself believed that Pluton's blueprints had been burned.

No one could have imagined that the blueprints, which possessed the power to destroy the world, were lying quietly in Robert's inventory space.

Of course, Robert never found anyone who could manufacture it, so he never brought it out. At most, he made a copy of a blueprint for a secondary gun on the ship, which he used to research and develop a weapon that could hurt Akainu with Kid.

Now, Robert has finally made up his mind to confront the Celestial Dragons, which is why he decided to build this nuclear-weapon-level ship as a bargaining chip.

Karina had never heard of any ancient weapons, but Redfield was well-informed. As an older generation of lone wolves, he knew most of the world's wonders and tales, and of course he had heard of the name of ancient weapons.

"How is this possible! Could there really be ancient weapons in the world?"

Robert nodded firmly: "Master, I not only know the blueprints for Pluton, but I also know where the Pluton warship is. It's just that it's hidden in Kaido's territory. Going to kill Kaido now would be too costly, so I think it would be better to build a better one ourselves."

If anyone else had said these things to Robert, Redfield wouldn't have believed a word of it.

But his apprentice was like someone with cheat codes, able to learn all sorts of secrets. The unbelievable thing he said about getting the blueprints for Hades suddenly became convincing.

"But who will build it? A ship of this caliber is not something an ordinary shipwright can build. If the news leaks, the World Government will wipe everyone out before you even finish building it."

"Even if we find a group of shipwrights who are both capable and absolutely trustworthy, it would be impossible to build a ship of this caliber in six months. Are we just going to give up on rescuing Uta because we can't build a ship?"

Robert gave the same infuriating answer as always: "Yes, Master has some..."

“Even a day ago, I wouldn’t have dared to say that I could create Hades, but I haven’t been idle during the months you’ve been dealing with Tesoro. Just these past few days, I’ve found the strongest group of shipwrights in the world.”

"Master, have you ever heard of the Giants' Great Hammer Warband?"

Redfield genuinely had never heard of this organization before, and could only shake his head helplessly: "Who are these people?"

Robert explained, “This is a group of a hundred shipwrights, consisting of ancient giants and ordinary giants. They are arguably the best shipwrights in the world. After they left Elbaf, they never returned. Only one letter was sent back to Elbaf, saying that they had been captured by some people. Even the giants only considered their existence as a legend.”

Redfield looked at him strangely: "So you mean you found the giants?"

Robert nodded: "These past two days, Robert and I have captured Punk Hazard, an abandoned World Government laboratory. Underneath it, the giants of the Great Hammer Chapter are frozen."

"Moreover, since the island has been turned into a volcano by Akainu, the ice on their bodies has melted. Thanks to the giants' strong vitality, they are still alive."

"The one who previously occupied Punk Hazard was a scientist I had just recruited. For some experimental purposes, he petrified these giants..."

Karina's voice drifted over: "A scientist? Is that York, the one you were willing to give up your naval identity to take with you?"

Robert tensed up, thinking to himself that it had finally come.

He had spent more than half a year planning to get his hands on Vegapunk, the scientist who could influence the course of the war, and even went to the moon for him.

The reassurance Vegapunk is giving himself now comes from one of his clones, York.

Each of Vegapunk's clones possesses a level of scientific research far exceeding that of ordinary people. York simply has a different role, so her daily life of eating and drinking doesn't mean that she's weaker than any of Vegapunk's clones when it comes to scientific research.

The only price was that Vegapunk implanted a false memory into York, even writing emotions into her soul, making her mistakenly believe that they were a couple with an unbreakable bond.

Now that Karina was acting strangely, Robert couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

"It's a long story. York is one of Dr. Vegapunk's alter egos; he's a clone."

"You may not know about Dr. Vegapunk, but he possesses the most advanced technology in the world. Whoever obtains Dr. Vegapunk is essentially obtaining the future."

"For the past six months, I have been working hard to get close to him and gain his trust. I even went so far as to join the Navy, all for the sole purpose of seeing Dr. Vegapunk!"

"Dr. Vegapunk cannot leave the World Government for the time being and needs to continue to lie low for a while, so he has York, this clone, stay by my side."

"But York has a major personality flaw. In order to prevent her from causing trouble, Dr. Vegapunk implanted a false memory in her, making her believe that I was her lover. I really didn't know about this beforehand!"

Karina looked resentful: "You don't need to explain to me. I'm just an ordinary person who always gets into trouble. My contribution to the team isn't as great as Vegapunk's. It's right that you put more effort into her. I'm just worried that she might delay the rescue of Uta..."

Robert felt a prickling sensation in his teeth as the scent of tea emanated from Karina.

Redfield narrowed his eyes: "Where is your lover now?"

“Master, she’s really not my lover. She doesn’t know anything. Her memories of our relationship were all fabricated and implanted by Vegapunk.”

Redfield's expression was playful: "Really? No problem, I was just thinking of meeting this researcher myself. Is she in that Punk Hazard you mentioned?"

Robert nodded helplessly. Redfield stood up, picked up Padon, and said to Karina:

"Then let's not waste any more time. Let's take care of Tesoro and his men now, and then we'll head out to meet the Great Hammer Chapter."

"And this Miss York!"

Chapter 5 The Big Secret - Who Doesn't Like It?

The power of the Padon fruit is not actually limited by its own strength, but rather by the skill level of the person who uses it as a pen to write and draw on the leaves.

When Redfield went outside, he was already clutching a lot of leaves in his hand.

The real Tesoro was now in despair. Any one of the things Robert and the others had just discussed could have triggered a full-scale crackdown by the World Government, but they made no attempt to hide it from him. They simply put him in seastone handcuffs and started talking about it right in front of him.

Tezzolo was psychologically twisted, not stupid. In fact, the fact that he could start from scratch as a slave and build such a huge business in just over a decade, eventually becoming the king of gambling in the underworld, shows that he must have been extremely intelligent.

He had already figured it out; these people had no intention of letting him live.

He had invited Karina to hold a concert in the City of Gold, but after getting in touch with Karina's team, he keenly realized that these people were not simple.

As a slave who grew up in misery, he was born with a lack of security, suffered from severe paranoia, and was extremely sensitive to such things.

Therefore, he never trusted Karina, but only used her as a tool to attract more customers, constantly scheming how to squeeze every last drop of profit out of her.

But he never imagined that these people were so powerful that even the sharpest sword in the hands of the World Government was powerless against them and could only hastily lead his men to escape.

Robert has already clearly outlined the mission: first evacuate the tourists, then disperse the accomplices, finally gather the core members of the City of Gold and wipe them all out, and finally dismantle the entire Tesoro.

Tesoro's mind raced. Karina had already disguised herself as him and made the arrangements to disperse the tourists. Given the extent of his control over the Golden City, his men had probably already completed the task.

Next, Tesoro would dismiss the less guilty accomplices. He only hoped that the core members would be smart enough to realize that he, who had given the order, had gone mad, thus becoming suspicious and resisting, creating an opportunity for him to escape.

But Tesoro was destined to be disappointed. Over the past decade or so, he had established absolute authority in the Golden City through oppressive means. Anyone who dared to disobey him in the slightest would be suffocated by the gold and thrown into the sea.

The closer the subordinates are to the core leadership, the more they understand his ruthlessness, and none of them dare to question his decisions.

Soon, the employees who had lost everything due to gambling and sold themselves to the City of Gold, as well as the slaves who had been bought and joined against their will, were screened out. After each person received a resettlement allowance, they were also put on small boats and left the City of Gold.

Two giant sea turtles rose from the water, pulling the golden city swiftly away from its original position and sailing in an unknown direction.

Those who remained in the central square were the absolute core of Tesoro's team.

Robert activated his electromagnetic induction. Without Tesoro's control, the gold became the best conductor of electricity, and everything on the ship could not escape his perception.

Robert tossed out a leaf, revealing Kizaru's lazy old face.

Robert placed his hand on Kizaru's head, instantly transmitting the location of the hidden figure. Kizaru vanished in a flash of light, and the next second, countless screams echoed from the ship, but then silence returned.

This golden ship is teeming with spies from various factions, who have been sending messages out since the battle between Ace and Tesoro.

Now that the dust has settled, although they still don't know exactly what happened, Tezzolo's unusual orders have prompted these spies to hide, neither leaving with the tourists nor obediently gathering on the deck.