One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert's acting was exaggerated. He accused Gan Fall and his men of being demons. Everyone thought it was an exaggerated metaphor, but they didn't expect that the people he pointed out would actually show demonic behavior.

Gan Fall was also stunned. These people were his former right-hand men, and they could not possibly be incarnations of demons. There was only one possibility: it was all Robert's doing.

But things had come to this point, and no one thought as deeply as Gan Fall did. The people cried out in alarm and scattered in all directions.

These demons are ugly and distorted, but upon closer inspection, they are somewhat comical and laughable.

Robert gave them no chance to react, unleashing the thunderous power to its fullest extent. Together with Ace and Marco, the heavenly thunder ignited the earth's fire, instantly obliterating these demons!

Gan Fall could have chosen to die, but seeing his former colleagues struck by lightning and reduced to ashes, he burst into tears.

Lightning formed a plasma pool on the ground, its surface shimmering with light. Soon, figures reappeared, eliciting astonishment and disbelief from everyone present. A familiar face quickly exclaimed, "It's those demons!"

Robert's voice was sacred and solemn: "The Five Thunder Orthodox Method is specifically designed to subdue evil spirits. These people were previously bewitched by demons, and their actions were not of their own volition. Now, purified by my divine thunder, they have been restored to their original state!"

The officials on the sky islands who had been struck by lightning wept bitterly and knelt on the ground, constantly repenting.

The surrounding crowd grew increasingly alarmed as the officials, one after another, recounted how they had been bewitched by the so-called demon god Im and had involuntarily committed wrongdoings.

Although these contents are profound and mysterious, they are easy for everyone to understand: if the demon god Im's conspiracy is successful, everyone will rise up in revolution, and many people will die.

The more people die, the stronger the demon god becomes, and the more people he can control and enslave.

After Robert and the other officials finished speaking, they let out a cold snort. Their voices, amplified as if by professional audio equipment, were not only reverberant and deep but also clearly audible to everyone.

"Rest assured, everyone. I have inherited the thunderous power passed down through the Sky Island for thousands of years, so naturally I will protect you from the harm of that demon Im!"

"As for money, there's no need to worry. Your hard work will not be in vain. Dressrosa is also under my protection. When Dressrosa was in great trouble, everyone on Skypiea lent a helping hand. Now that Skypiea is in trouble, it's time for Dressrosa to repay everyone!"

"In the name of God, I declare that the construction of the Sky Island will be provided free of charge by Dressrosa, and Dressrosa will also provide all the food needed by everyone!"

Everyone erupted in cheers. Gan Fall was even a little confused. Such a thorny problem had been solved by Robert with just a few simple words.

Robert flashed and appeared in front of Gan Fall, lightning exploding from his body and piercing through Gan Fall's body.

"You were only slightly corrupted by the demons; you will be fine after being purified by my lightning."

Gan Fall was at a loss for how to cooperate with Robert's performance. Seeing how clueless he was, Robert simply used a little force to knock him unconscious.

"Elder, Gan Fall is getting old and it's normal for him to faint after such a shock. However, the current chaos cannot be left unattended. Please step in and help calm things down."

The Grand Elder of Shandia was also quite bewildered. He was pulled out of his sleep and then experienced this magical performance.

But the old man's gaze was intense as he looked at Robert, making Robert somewhat afraid.

At the elder's command, all the Shandians temporarily took over everything in the Kingdom of God.

They had already joined the God Guard after defeating Enel, and were responsible for maintaining order throughout the country.

No one could sleep, and they whispered among themselves as they stayed up until dawn.

When the sun shone on the golden bell at the top of Shandora, everyone felt a clear chime in their ears, and then felt a daze, as if waking from a dream.

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Robert looked at the Bellamy Pirates with a half-smile: "Skypiea people are easy to fool, right? But you're different. You're worldly-wise. How should I deal with you? I'm in a dilemma."

Bellamy swallowed hard, and his men fell silent in fear.

These people in front of them were not the kind of great pirates they could even dream of communicating with face to face.

Ace and Marco, the top two leaders of the Whitebeard Pirates, need no further mention. Robert, who is currently smiling and intimidating them, is a super pirate who is about to become one of the new Four Emperors of the Sea, and his net worth is heading towards two billion!

These legendary pirates now stood before them with wicked grins, yet the three of them exuded an aura that could surround dozens of them.

Bellamy smiled obsequiously, "My lords, we certainly won't say a word. We'll set sail immediately and leave Sky Island today, never to return. Please, have mercy on us!"

Robert smiled and shook his head: "That won't do. I'm a very suspicious person. You can all tell that I went to great lengths to stage this scene on Sky Island because I have an important plan. If you leak the news, it won't be of any use even if I kill you."

"Fine, I'll just kill you all now."

When Bellamy unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, he and his men felt an overwhelming killing intent wash over them, causing them to stop breathing for a moment and nearly faint.

They had a clear feeling that Robert wasn't joking with them; he really intended to kill.

"Whatever you say, we'll do it! We'll do whatever you say!"

Marco tried to smooth things over: "We don't have to kill them all. How about this, give me some face. I saw that their fighting strength was not bad yesterday, so let's recruit them into the Whitebeard Pirates. Once we control Skypiea, we won't have enough manpower with what we have now."

Robert looked at Ace, seemingly seeking his opinion.

Ace frowned, seemingly troubled: "Oh dear, I hate trouble the most. I wonder if they'll cause any trouble after joining the Whitebeard Pirates?"

Robert nodded: "That's true, then let's kill them all."

Bellamy was so frightened that he quickly shouted, "Joining the Whitebeard Pirates is something we never even dared to dream of, why would we cause trouble!"

"Scatter us up and put us in different teams; we're willing to start from the bottom as sailors!"

"Just spare our lives!"

Robert glanced at Marco, who smiled and said, "Alright, go find Captain Whiteybe and have her assign everyone to different positions."

Having lured Bellamy and his gang away, Ace looked at Robert with a strange expression:

"What are you trying to do by going through all this trouble? I don't understand a thing about it."

Robert gazed into the distance: "We'll have to be enemies with Im sooner or later, but I have absolutely no confidence in facing her."

"So I'm not satisfied with just occupying the Sky Island; I also want to use the Sky Island people to conduct an experiment!"

"Let's see if the power of faith can truly make me—"

"god!"

Chapter 40 Make Moon Great Again

After waking up, Gan Fall stared blankly at the ceiling until Robert sat down next to him.

"What's wrong? Can't you understand why I did this?"

Gan Fall shook his head: "You must have your reasons for doing this. I just don't understand why people would believe such a simple performance."

Robert was somewhat displeased: "What do you mean by simple? You should call it clumsy."

Gan Fall didn't expect Robert to be even harsher on him, and couldn't help but glance at him sideways.

"You can say my performance was bad, after all, I'm not a professional actor, but it was by no means simple."

"Even if I reminded you, could you have guessed that your men would run away with their families after instigating a riot? Even if you did guess, could you have captured them all?"

Gan Fall was speechless when asked, realizing that he couldn't do any of what Robert said.

"I've brought the people back, but even if I do, will that change the fact that everyone's money has been devalued into worthless paper? Do you think killing these officials will quell public anger?"

"Never mind whether my so-called demon is reasonable or not, just tell me if it can divert the people's anger. Can you find a better external conflict to shift the blame for internal conflicts in the shortest amount of time?"

Gan Fall nodded helplessly. He didn't believe in demonic possession, because Robert had also said that he was bewitched by a demon. But he knew his own situation best, and the idea of ​​a demon was complete nonsense.

"You think nobody will believe in demonic possession? Do you think I don't know that? So, can you really make the demon appear first and then destroy it with lightning?"

Gan Fall could only continue shaking his head; putting everything else aside, Robert's displayed strength was indeed breathtaking.

The psychological trauma that lightning left on the people of the Kingdom of God was too great. Enel once used this power to rule the Kingdom of God with oppressive force for nearly ten years.

Now, Robert has returned with this power and is using it not to harm ordinary people, but to punish so-called demons, instantly gaining the trust of the people of the Kingdom of God.

Only those who have been oppressed by this force truly understand just how powerful it is.

"And those officials who fled, make them cooperate with my performance, explain to the public that these wrong economic decisions all stemmed from the devil's seduction. Can you do that?"

Gan Fall finally remembered the question that puzzled him the most: he knew those officials all too well, so how did Robert manage to persuade them to cooperate in such a short time?

"How did you do that?!"

Robert smiled slightly, not intending to explain to Gan Fall that with Padon by his side, Robert had a thousand ways to accomplish all this.

Last night, time was limited and the incident happened too suddenly, so Robert chose the simplest and most efficient method.

The officials were indeed captured by Robert, but they were not actually taken to the banquet venue. Instead, they were taken directly to the Ice Witch and kept under guard.

Using the power of the Tanuki-tanuki Fruit, Uta summoned a clone. When the crowd gathered in the square, those who knew nothing about the Song-Song Fruit's power were easily drawn into a dream by the song.

Uta's dream world can be fabricated at will. He only needs to replicate the real scene 1:1 to twist non-existent officials into demons in his dream. After being struck to dust by lightning, he can reshape them and make them say the lines that Robert had already designed.

The people of the Kingdom of Gods actually spent a night in the dream world of the Song-Song Fruit, and only returned to reality in a daze the next morning when the sun rose.

But the less Robert explained, the more wary Gan Fall became. He wasn't afraid of powerful force; after all, even when facing Enel, the old man had shown the courage to face death.

But Robert, who could manipulate people's minds, was truly terrifying to him.

"So you still think what I did last night was simple? Don't forget, this only explains why you made the stupid decision that caused the whole country to go hungry, but it hasn't solved the problem at its root!"

"You think everyone else is stupid and only you are smart? Are you the only one who noticed something fishy about what I'm doing?"

"What truly puts everyone at ease is the promise I made!"

"I am willing to take out real money to pay everyone's wages for the past six months, and I promise that a steady stream of free food will be transported to the Kingdom of God to fill our hungry stomachs."

“I’d better accept that I’m saying you don’t know how to govern a country. It’s not that the older you get, the more capable you are. You could walk down the wrong path for a hundred years and it wouldn’t be as good as me using the right methods for a month.”

"My clumsy performance yesterday had only two core points: first, a powerful military force, strong enough to fight against demons that bewitch people and to defeat any powerful enemy that comes to invade; second, a powerful economy, so powerful that I can easily patch up the holes in the economic crisis that you think the sky is falling."

Gan Fall fell completely silent. Nothing Robert had said before had convinced him, until these last few sentences, which forced him to agree.

The carrot and stick approach is always the most effective management method. As long as there is a continuous supply of carrots and a stick that can subdue everything, there is no country that cannot be well governed.

Gan Fall, believing himself to be far inferior to Robert in both military and economic strength, chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"I am a failed god. I only hope that you can lead everyone in the Kingdom of God to a good life, as you promised."

Robert stood up: "What I want is not just the Kingdom of God, but all the sky islands above the White Sea!"

“Gan Fall, you’re a good man, but a good man isn’t necessarily a good leader. You can stay on Skypiea and watch how we do things.”

“But you must change your appearance, and from now on, there can be no more Gan Fall in the Kingdom of God.”

"In the Kingdom of God, there can only be one God!"

The voice of the Grand Elder came from outside the door: "The entire Shandian race welcomes the return of Odin, the God-King!"

Robert smiled, ignoring Gan Fall, took out Gungnir from his inventory, and walked out of the room.

Outside the gate, all the Shandians knelt down in a dense crowd.

The Shandian elder, dressed in his most magnificent priestly robes, reverently led the way in kneeling in worship: