One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

But Bucky, one of the participants, knew very well that Robert seemed to be doing all the work to promote his brother, without getting any personal gain.

Having learned from Law's experience, Buggy felt more at ease with Robert. He was both capable and loyal; he had helped Law become a Shichibukai without expecting anything in return, so why couldn't he help Buggy now?

"Me? Can I do it too?"

Robert laughed heartily and said, "Of course you can. The purpose of the Seven Warlords of the Sea is to fill the gap in the Navy's high-end combat power. As long as you have a big enough reputation, strong enough strength, and do not have a clear anti-World Government stance like the Revolutionary Army, the Navy is willing to recruit you."

"So, Captain Buggy, all you need to do is proactively express your intention to join the World Government and appropriately demonstrate your strength, and the position of Shichibukai will be within your grasp."

"Anyway, there are only four Shichibukai left now, and the Navy is worried about not having any powerful pirates to fill the remaining three spots."

Bucky swallowed hard. "Isn't Bucky Delivery powerful enough already?"

Robert shook his head: "Not enough, you at least need to..."

"Defeat me!"

Chapter 16 The Great Ascetic Era

Bucky was so frightened that his mouth dropped open, and his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Who are you, Robert? The few times you've taken action, you've either destroyed Marineford or Beehive Island. It's a miracle that Dressrosa was able to be rebuilt.

Now that he's being told to defeat this monster, Bucky is so scared he almost falls to the ground.

"I really don't want it anymore. Aren't we friends? Why are we fighting?"

Robert smiled very kindly: "Precisely because we're friends, I can't let you suffer a loss. Here's what we'll do: in a little while, we'll stage another unpleasant parting. Doesn't your giant's subordinate like our Lili? You take some men and kidnap Lili and her father!"

When Bucky heard the word "act," his eyes lit up!

He's such a good actor! The whole Captain John treasure thing was an act too. They worked together so well!

"You mean... to pretend to fight?"

Robert looked at Bucky with a half-smile: "What? Captain Bucky's strength has increased recently, and you want to have a real fight with me? That would really hurt our relationship."

Bucky frantically shook his head: "No way, it's just a fake fight, but isn't stealing a woman a bit too frivolous?"

Robert said, "What's this all about? I even killed Tesoro to steal a woman. We're both abstinent men of the sea, so it's perfectly reasonable for us to risk our lives for a woman."

The two chattered away in the middle of the island, while the Pakistani Express deliverymen ate and drank heartily around the island, feeling that life was becoming more and more hopeful.

Since Impel Down, his leader has displayed an increasingly strong aura of dominance. The older generation of Yonko, Shanks, treats him like a brother, and the soon-to-be-ascended Yonko, Robert, also gets along very well with him.

What does it mean to have learned scholars among your companions and to have no uncultured people among your friends?

This is our boss!

Suddenly, thunder surged across the island, and a powerful and terrifying mental pressure swept across the land.

The next instant, another breathtaking aura began to rise rapidly, and soon collided with the previous aura. The two spiritual forces fought and competed on the island, and the clouds in the sky seemed to be split in two!

A seasoned pirate with extensive experience was shocked: "This is... Conqueror's Haki! The captain is a man who possesses Conqueror's Haki!"

Two powerful spiritual forces raged across Punk Hazard, frightening the Pakistani Express crew into hastily navigating their boats back several nautical miles.

The Heart Pirates quickly boarded the ship, and Baby 5 rode Buffalo into the sky, but the lightning and thunder made it difficult for them to get close to the battlefield.

The giants could see clearly that on the lake in the center of the island, Robert and Bucky were fighting fiercely. Between the thick, bucket-like electric snakes, they could see Bucky's body breaking into countless small pieces, dodging all of Robert's attacks.

Panz Frye stopped what he was doing, picked up a kitchen knife, and wanted to help. He was also a powerful pirate with the extraordinary talent of a giant. But as soon as he took a step, he heard the boss's voice in his ear.

After giving him his instructions, Panz Fry looked puzzled.

Panz Fry was quite satisfied with his new boss. He had seized someone's grain transport ship without any explanation, and when the other party came to attack, he was no match for them. But even under these circumstances, Robert was still willing to help him realize his dream.

A boss who is rich, powerful, and willing to help his subordinates achieve their personal dreams is hard to find anywhere in the world.

Now that the boss has spoken, even though Panz Fry has no idea why he has to act or who he's acting for, he has decided to do whatever the boss says.

But while Robert could spare the time to tell his men, Bucky couldn't.

Although he knew Robert was faking it, the powerful mental attack he had just received had terrified him so much that he almost wet himself. In addition, the lightning had actually struck the gaps between his body parts, and he was afraid that Robert might miss and electrocute him.

Perhaps feeling that it was about time, Robert's body suddenly seemed to be hit by Bucky's fist, and he was slammed into the central lake of Punk Hazard, splashing up a huge spray of water.

Bucky wiped the cold sweat from his brow, recalling the details he had discussed with Robert, trying his best to keep his voice from trembling:

"Robert, since you won't give me any face, then I'll just take it myself!"

Although Baby5 in the sky didn't know what had happened, it couldn't bear to see its boss humiliated, so it turned its arms into Gatling guns and started firing at Bucky.

Bucky was on the verge of tears. He knew Baby5, this crazy woman, all too well. Ever since Luo introduced her to him, he had been treating her like royalty.

Furthermore, Bucky remembered Law's instructions: no one was allowed to ask her to do anything strange, and anyone who triggered the keyword that would make Baby5 give herself to him was to be killed as quickly as possible.

After Buggy executed seven or eight pirates who tried to take advantage of her, no one in Buggy's Delivery Service dares to speak to her now.

Of course, Baby5 and Buffalo's fighting combination is really strong. Basically, in any battle, as long as they are involved, they can complete the mission quickly, and most of the time they win by crushing defeat.

Baby5's attack on Bucky now is far more dangerous than his fight with Robert.

Robert transforms into a master of outlining the human body; aside from his terrifying Conqueror's Haki, he actually causes no harm whatsoever.

But Baby5 was aiming for Bucky's vitals with every move, determined to kill him and avenge her boss.

Robert's voice rang out from the lake: "Save me first!"

Buffalo quickly swooped down onto the lake surface. Robert was comfortably lying on the inflatable mat he had taken out of his inventory. He waved to the two of them and then swiftly landed on Buffalo's back.

"Don't worry, Bucky and I are allies. We were just putting on an act. Now we'll fly up, blast him a couple of times, and then we can get out of there."

Baby5's biggest advantage is its obedience. Flying in mid-air, its arms transform into rocket launchers, unleashing shells that blast Bucky into a mess. At least it left Bucky with some combat marks; otherwise, it would be too unbelievable that he could knock Robert into the lake without getting hurt at all.

Buggy grinned and ran to the New Giant Warrior Pirates, yelling at Hajrudin, "Why aren't you running with your wife and father-in-law?! Robert is too strong. I only managed to knock him into the water by trickery. Once he recovers, none of us will be able to escape!"

Lili angrily retorted, "Who's his wife! I'm not going with you!"

Panz Fry suddenly hugged his daughter tightly: "Where are you taking us?!"

The giants looked at each other in bewilderment, watching as Panz Fry actually led his daughter toward the shore, completely baffled as to what was going on.

Bucky urged them again, clearly frustrated, before they finally got on the boat.

Bucky's massive fleet sped away, carrying yet another victory for the undefeated Bucky, as they departed from the lava-ravaged island.

No one noticed that the sword energy on the island seemed to have weakened considerably.

Please ask for leave tonight

The end of the year is full of conferences and reports. The conferences are still ongoing, but I've already received a notice that I have to have dinner with experts tonight. Tonight's chapter is all about iron, so I'm bowing down to everyone!

Chapter 17 Where did you say you were going?

Robert doesn't know if Bucky has the potential to possess Conqueror's Haki, but he hasn't shown it yet.

The spatial phenomenon caused by the collision of the two Conqueror's Haki was, of course, emanated from Robert, while the other was the sword aura carrier left by Shanks on Punk Hazard Island.

Since the remaining domineering aura of Shanks is useless anyway, it might as well be used to help Bucky build up his character. After this battle, his Bucky Delivery crew will probably be able to imagine even more scenarios of Bucky being invincible.

Whether it was using himself as a stepping stone to give Bucky a persona of super-strong combat power, or racking his brains to hand Dressrosa over to Bucky for management, it was all Robert's spur-of-the-moment idea.

Dressrosa is too important. Robert has already tasted the benefits that controlling such a powerful territory can bring him. Whether it is logistics and production, recruitment, or selling stolen goods and laundering money, he cannot do without a visible force.

However, he now has a serious criminal record with the World Government. Although his bounty was high before, there are plenty of pirates in the New World with higher bounties than him, so it's not like he'll be targeted by the Navy.

But things are different now. In the Golden City, he had a face-to-face battle with the Knights of God, and Robert De Niro's identity was exposed.

That means his act of impersonating a Marine to contact Vegapunk and taking away one of his clones has been exposed, and the World Government will probably react to it soon.

With Robert's current strength, he's truly fearless if he's all alone.

Im, the Knights of God, the Five Elders—they all seem incredibly powerful, but who can match the speed of lightning? Who has the ability to track down enemies across the entire world?

They can't even control themselves; what's the use of just being good at fighting?

The problem is that Robert isn't all alone now; he has too many people behind him. Not to mention the partners he found himself, such as A-San, Karina, and Uta, there's also Robert's Heart Pirates and the Whitebeard Pirates that Ace just entrusted to him. There are countless people who depend on him for their livelihood.

While they are indeed powerful allies, they are also a burden. The World Government can't control itself, but it wouldn't be so difficult to capture them; Uta is a prime example.

Dressrosa is ostensibly ruled by King Riku and occupied and protected by Law's Heart Pirates, but its true owner is Robert, a fact that has long been an open secret on the high seas.

Compared to people, an immovable island or a large country is easier to target. Robert felt that the World Government, or rather the Knights of God, would soon take action against Dressrosa.

So before that, Robert has to at least evacuate the Whitebeard Pirates and then move them to the Sky Island.

But Robert didn't want to give up Dressrosa, and coincidentally, Bucky walked right into his trap today, so Robert decided to let him take care of it for him.

Bucky's reputation at sea is not to be underestimated. Bucky's Express is a mercenary organization whose members have little operational ability and whose only expertise is fighting and killing.

With such a team settling in Dressrosa, as long as the noise pollution issue is resolved, at least protecting the safety of the industry is not a problem at all.

Moreover, with Buggy's Conqueror's Haki and good luck, the Celestial Dragons will most likely collectively lose their minds and never even realize they have a connection with him.

With a serious expression, Robert led Buffalo and Baby 5 to the Heart Pirates' ship and returned to the underground laboratory.

They found a large house, and Robert had someone call Carina, Redfield, and York over.

Seeing Robert's serious expression, no one caused any more trouble. Even York didn't show any jealousy when he saw Baby 5 standing behind Robert.

Robert dialed the Indian Den Den Mushi: "Indian, everyone in our team and the representatives of the Heart Pirates are with me right now. Let's have a conference call."

The Indian could tell from Robert's voice that he was serious. The two had only parted less than half a day ago, and he hadn't even returned to Dressrosa yet. Robert was calling him to a meeting now, so something big must have happened.

“I just called Bucky the Joker and we put on a show together. Ah San, you should prepare to transfer all our funds and secrets to Greenbit Island. Bucky will be taking over Dressrosa soon.”

Everyone was shocked. Dressrosa was too important, and everyone present knew this, but Robert actually said that he had handed Dressrosa over to another pirate.

But Robert's reputation as a shrewd charlatan had built up so much prestige that even in their surprise, no one dared to question him; they were all waiting for Robert's explanation.

"Now that Uta has been captured by the World Government, we're definitely going to have to fight them. The enemy will definitely use Dressrosa as a breakthrough point, and it will be very difficult for us to defend it."

"So, Indian, Pakistan will launch a surprise attack on Dressrosa at a crucial moment. At that time, don't hesitate, just surrender the whole country. Pakistan Express is also my business. We'll transfer it from one hand to the other, nominally getting rid of Tokushima."

Upon hearing that Buggy Delivery was also one of Robert's businesses, apart from a few executives of the Heart Pirates, no one else seemed to find it unbelievable, because there were many more unbelievable things about Robert than this.

"We will soon advance into the Sky Island, where it will become our true base. Dressrosa will serve as the link between the ground and the Sky Island. We cannot abandon it, but we also cannot leave it exposed for the enemy to constantly control and threaten."

The Indian man stated first: "Yes, sir, I will cooperate with Bucky to take Dressrosa."

Robert nodded: "Don't worry, they will do what Robert did before, only responsible for security, and not involved in the country's operations or our other business decisions."