One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

[S-Rank Devil Fruit (Logia Type): 2 Free Attribute Points gained from leveling up]

[Lightning Reflexes: Agility will increase in tandem with Stamina. Due to this skill, you will no longer be able to obtain branch skill options obtained by breaking through the maximum value of Agility.]

【Elementalization (Awakening): A unique skill of the Nature type. When receiving any form of damage, locally transform into an elemental form to avoid all physical damage, 50% energy damage, and 25% of Aura damage.】

[Lightning Control: You can manipulate lightning at will under limited conditions (based on your physical attributes)]

[Based on Awakening Level 4:]

[Controllable voltage is no longer linked to force; basic release voltage reaches 1 million volts]

[The amount of controllable charge is no longer linked to endurance; surrounding electrons are constantly converging towards you, and there is no upper limit to the amount of controllable charge except in a completely insulated environment.]

[Controllable current is no longer associated with agility]

[Mental attributes determine the precision and range of control over electric current. 1 Mental Attribute = a range of 100 meters in radius centered on oneself. Within the mental field, air breakdown voltage is ignored, and the resistance of objects entering the electric field increases by 75%. One can actively elementalize and move within the mental field at the speed of electric field propagation.]

[Fruit Awakening (Medium): Your electromagnetic manipulation can further assimilate surrounding objects, converting them into elemental forms to a limited extent. Your fruit ability can also be used to control the electrical elements within an enemy's body to a limited extent.]

[Thor: Transforms into the source of lightning, briefly exceeding attribute limits, doubling the controllable voltage and mental field range, resetting the cooldown of all other fruit skills, duration 1 minute, cooldown 60 minutes]

【Curse of the Sea (Negative Attribute): Contact with seawater will temporarily remove the additional attribute bonuses from "S-Rank Devil Fruit" skills; contact with Seastone will temporarily remove all Devil Fruit abilities】

[Demon Possession (Negative Attribute): Awakening is not only a strengthening, but also a shackle. The Devil Fruit with independent consciousness will seize the opportunity to fight for control of your body, attempting to transform you into the most fundamental law of lightning in the world.]

You have chosen to establish anchors to maintain your humanity; the fundamental desires of being human will constantly remind you not to be assimilated by the rules.

You have acquired a desire anchor: lust.

Intimate interactions with someone you're attracted to (either of the opposite or same sex) can slow down the process of becoming conditioned or conforming to societal norms.

The good news is that his strength has increased significantly. Robert can clearly feel that his control over everything around him is beyond his current level. If he wants, he can even develop a technique similar to Doflamingo's Birdcage, which can temporarily turn everything around him into electricity, forming a thunderous hell.

But bad news followed: the Devil Fruit user, still harboring wicked intentions, was constantly trying to transform itself into some kind of lightning law.

This transformation is constant. Robert had just experienced that state, where all desires were completely stripped away, and he became extremely calm, even ruthless, with no pity for anything.

Looking at Shirahoshi in the distance, who was carefree and curiously observing the novel sights on the deserted island, Robert instantly knew where his lustful anchor came from.

The timing of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was perfect. At the time, I was going through a crisis of faith, and my mental defenses were extremely weak. Theoretically, I should have been absolutely unable to resist the Devil Fruit's possession.

However, they were located beneath the central lake of Punk Hazard. The massive impact of the awakening of their Devil Fruits and the burst of Conqueror's Haki caused the cave ceiling to collapse, and a powerful current of water poured down, triggering the curse of the Devil Fruit, the Sea.

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit was immediately suppressed, and he thus escaped the crisis.

The people around him were mostly Devil Fruit users, and the giants, submerged in the sloping lake, were probably in dire need of their own lives. The only one who could save him was Princess Shirahoshi.

Looking at the description in the attribute panel, the anchor point that can serve as a constant reminder of human nature should be basic desires. Catholic doctrine has seven deadly sins, while the Chinese summary is more concise: "Food and sex are human nature."

If Robert had been sober at the time, he would have definitely used appetite as an anchor point, since he was just a cook and would simply eat and drink with York every day.

However, now that he has set his sights on lust, Robert doesn't feel uncomfortable at all. He was just too busy to do anything erotic before, but that doesn't mean he doesn't like beautiful women.

Karina flirts with me every day, so she must have some feelings for me.

Although York was implanted with false memories, he genuinely considers himself her boyfriend at this stage.

With the addition of Baby5, a maid who can be easily persuaded to get married on the spot, Robert felt that he no longer needed to worry about rule assimilation.

What he needs to worry about is Momonosuke turning into a monster!

Chapter 27 Didn't you guys go to break into prison?

Just moments ago, he was surrounded by beautiful women, but before long, only a few women remained around him whom he could look at but not touch.

Redfield escorted York to Elbaf, and the Great Hammer Chapter promised to build an upgraded version of Pluton within six months, based on the blueprints and new concepts provided by Robert.

The real reason Yorkken left Robert for Elbaf was that Karina wouldn't stay with Robert either.

In the coming period, she will disguise herself and infiltrate Mary Geoise alone to investigate Uta's situation and prepare for the rescue operation.

Baby 5 and Buffalo were sent back to Dressrosa to make up for the loss of combat power after the Heart Pirates left.

When Robert, along with Ace and Marco, escorted Princess Shirahoshi back to Mermaid Island, only Sugar and Padon, whom Redfield had entrusted to Robert's care, remained by his side.

The ultimate weapon that Robert had always pinned his hopes on, Padon, was finally returned to him by Redfield when Robert's own combat power had increased to the point where he didn't need to rely on anyone.

According to his master, if he had been asked to take care of Padong, he would have relied on Padong's almost invincible abilities in every way, thus neglecting to improve his own combat power.

Robert could understand his master's intentions. Padon was now more of a functional partner than the heavy firepower he had placed his hopes on.

This is Robert's first time visiting Fish-Man Island. They will gather the entire Whitebeard Pirates here, waiting for news from India before launching a surprise attack on the Sky Island.

Ace had previously discussed with Marco the possibility of Robert taking over as captain. Marco had been exhausted over the past year, while Robert had already proven his fighting prowess and loyalty. The two hit it off immediately.

Now that Robert has arrived, Ace's first thought is to gather his officers and announce his decision to step down.

Robert stopped him, saying, "Brother, I can take on this responsibility, but not now."

Ace thought he was going to back out, and immediately frowned: "Didn't we agree on this in the Golden City?"

Robert pressed his palm down to calm him down: "Since your father passed away, you and Marco have withstood tremendous pressure for more than a year. You did a great job. Losing to Blackbeard was not a fault of the battle."

"We were first ambushed by Akainu and his men, then Blackbeard took advantage of our weakness, and Edward Weevil was also attacking the wounded everywhere. We were attacked from all sides, which is why we were defeated so quickly. This is not the responsibility of either of you."

"If I were to hand the team over to you now, wouldn't that mean you'd be held responsible for the defeat?"

Marco shook his head and said, "We're all brothers, there's no need to worry about this. Nobody will think that way."

Robert retorted, "With four or five thousand people in the team, it's impossible for everyone to be of one mind. That's how it is when leading a team. You can't always rely on emotions to maintain the relationship. When it's time to show your stance and take action, you must not give an inch."

Ace gave a wry smile: "I knew he was more suited to be captain. I just can't bring myself to say something like that."

Robert smiled wryly, "I don't want it to be like this either, but this is a change that all captains must make. Whoever sits in this position cannot act on emotions, but can only make choices that seem heartless but are actually the best for the team."

Marco, as the most senior officer in the Whitebeard Pirates, had long understood that none of his own personalities were suited to be a leader, but with Whitebeard's death, he had no choice but to take the mantle.

Actually, according to the original timeline, the Whitebeard Pirates would have fallen apart during the final battle, and Marco going to his father's hometown to protect it would have been the best outcome for him.

"You're the captain, so you make the decisions. When is the right time to hand over the reins?"

Robert pointed to the sky: "Once we take over Sky Island, Dad will hand the White Group over to you. At least you can find a place where everyone can settle down and make a living, which will be a proper ending."

Padong rushed into the house holding a newspaper: "The new newspaper is here! There's very important news!"

Robert thought it was his new bounty. More than a week had passed since the Golden City incident, but everyone was still confused. The tourists were kicked off the ship without even knowing what had happened, so neither the navy nor the newspapers had made any official reports.

I took the newspaper, but the headline on the front page read:

Impel Down, the underwater prison, suffers a devastating blow as the entire Don Quixote Family escapes!

The criminals were extremely arrogant, live-streaming the demonstration of their new biological weapon – Death Kingdom!

The report described in detail the scene after the attack on Impel Down, with parts of the sea almost completely flattened, as if it had been blown open from the inside by some powerful weapon.

The ruins were covered with a large amount of dark red glue, and even the bricks and tiles used to build the prison were being corroded by it, emitting white smoke.

Robert never expected that Law and his crew would actually deploy the Death Kingdom to Impel Down. The plan Law had told him before was to trick Vergo into exposing himself, so that he would end up being imprisoned along with Doflamingo.

A quick scan of the entire text revealed that Robert found no mention of either Luo or Caesar Courant.

The whole thing seemed to be orchestrated by Vergo. He first landed under the pretense of escorting war criminals, then suddenly launched an attack during the security check, subdued several prison guards at the gate, and led his men to occupy the entrance gate.

Then came the live broadcast from the underground world, where a Poison Slime, having eaten a Zoan-type Devil Fruit in its Axolotl form, was released and quickly stormed into Impel Down.

Vergo's men were fully armed, their bodies completely covered in biohazard suits and gas masks. While broadcasting live, they finished off the jailers who had already been poisoned by the slimes.

The entire underground world witnessed the power of the poison gas slime. In such a confined and narrow space, the power of the poison was simply invincible, which is why Magellan, the former warden of Impel Down, was able to have such a strong rule here.

Impel Down, which suffered a major blow a year ago, has yet to fully recover. Both the size of the prison and the number of jailers are far less than before.

From the moment Vergo captured the first gate on the sea to the moment the slime advanced to the fourth underground level where the Impel Down warden's office was located, it only took a dozen minutes in total.

While it's not fair to say that nothing grew where the poison gas passed, it certainly left a trail of corpses.

When the new warden Hannibal heard that Impel Down had been attacked by the Navy, he was stunned. He first carefully confirmed the authenticity of the information, and then mobilized all available forces to line up in the fourth level of the Scorching Hell.

By this time, the slime had already covered the first three layers with poison gas.

When Hannibal sent his men to open the door connecting the third and fourth floors, preparing to use Magellan, the user of the Venom-Venom Fruit, as a vanguard to push back, a massive explosion occurred.

They only knew that the enemy used poison gas, but they didn't expect that the slime's true form was extremely compressed hydrogen sulfide gas!

The moment the flames of hell met the poison gas, Impel Down became history!

Chapter 28: The disguise was actually saved!

In the original timeline, there would also be a live broadcast six months later, led by Caesar Courland, promoting his self-developed highly toxic weapon, Death Nation, in the underworld.

However, the timeline has been moved forward by about six months, and the location has changed from Punk Hazard to Impel Down.

Although the slime version might be a bit primitive, the fact that the release location was changed to the enclosed underwater prison meant that the power demonstrated in this live stream was by no means small.

The long-settled hydrogen sulfide gas, combined with the massive explosion caused by the high temperature, blew the upper part of the entire prison off, causing a large amount of seawater to flood in, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

The live broadcast ended the moment the explosion occurred, and no one knows whether the explosion was intentional or accidental, caused by the main perpetrator, Vergo.

However, according to the official statement released by the Navy, the members of the Don Quixote family were rescued.

Robert's heart clenched. According to Robert, Vergo wanted to plunge the entire Impel Down into the poison gas of the Kingdom of Death, so that Robert could use his medical skills to save the lives of the Donquixote Family executives, and then hand them over to Caesar Courland for an antidote.

This means that Law will definitely be taken with him after they storm Impel Down, and a sudden explosion will occur, causing him to be flooded by seawater and drown in Impel Down. As a Devil Fruit user, Law will have no chance of survival.

He could only hope that the navy had received concrete information that the Donquixote family had actually been rescued, and not just some empty official statement.

Even if he were to fight Doflamingo in a real battle again, Robert wouldn't be afraid, but if his old buddy Law were to die, he would be heartbroken for the rest of his life.

After much deliberation, Robert dialed Morgans's Den Den Mushi:

"Long time no see, Mr. Morgans."

A birdman's feigned surprise came from the other end: "Wow, isn't this our old friend Clark Kent? What, another big news story to submit?"

Since Robert needed something from them, he naturally had to offer some incentive: "Let's wait a while. I'll let you know in advance when I'm about to make a big splash."

Morgans' voice became excited: "You're actually going to cause trouble! Since you came to the sea, our business has become much easier. Every now and then you manage to make a big splash."

"Speak, what do you want from me this time?"

Robert made no attempt to conceal his intentions: "Any follow-up news about Impel Down, or to put it another way, are there any survivors in Impel Down?"

Morgans's voice sounded somewhat doubtful: "Survivors? Of course, you don't think an explosion can wipe everyone out, do you? They're known as... well, never mind that bullshit title."

"Since it was deliberately built below sea level, Impel Down must have measures to prevent seawater from flooding in. Apart from those unlucky guys who died on the spot in the explosion, the rest of them survived."