One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Loud laughter came from outside the door, which was then kicked open. A Celestial Dragon with green, onion-shaped hair walked in, accompanied by two slaves who were at least three meters tall.

“My dear sister, don’t bring shame to the family anymore. Neither the elders nor Father will allow you to marry a woman!”

Mantalie Palace was furious: "Mind your own business! You piece of trash, how dare you tell me what to do! And don't call me 'sister'!"

The onion-headed man continued in a mocking tone, "My name is named after my family name. I am the only male in this generation. After my father dies, the position of family head will definitely be passed on to me, not to you, this androgynous freak!"

Mantalie Palace burst forth with astonishing speed, pulled a magnificent pistol from her sleeve, and fired a shot at the onion-headed man.

The slave beside the man immediately raised his hand to block the bullet. The bullet hit his arm, but only penetrated one centimeter before being clamped by his strong muscles and slowly pushed out.

The onion-headed man roared, "Bastard! You want to kill me, don't you! Bastard, bastard, bastard!"

Mantalie Palace sneered, "You won't admit you're a piece of trash. If it weren't for these two slaves, you would have been dead long ago. Go back to your bed and cry!"

The onion-headed man, who had come to humiliate Mantalie Palace, was startled by her decisive shot and retreated outside, uttering threats as he did so.

"You wait, I'll talk to Father, and you can forget about participating in this hunting competition!"

Mantalie Palace gave a cruel smile: "You can try, and of course I will also tell Father about your affair with the male slave."

Robert didn't care about the content of their bickering; it was just the usual nonsense about men and men, men and women, women and women, and women and small animals—something Robert had seen plenty of on the internet.

His attention was fixed on the white-haired Mantalie, and after successfully driving away the green onion-headed man, this masculine Celestial Dragon casually tossed his hair.

In an instant, Robert's lips unconsciously curled up, and he unleashed his Observation Haki at Mantalie Palace.

Mantalli Palace seemed to have noticed something and immediately turned to look.

Robert, hiding behind the wall, became even more certain of his suspicions:

"Got you!"

Chapter 10 It's a shame you didn't join the CP organization.

Robert was absolutely certain that the nasty, rugged-looking white-haired Celestial Dragon was Karina.

Although when Robert made the risky decision to test Mantalie Palace with Observation Haki, the feedback he received was still impeccable. The Mythical Zoan type Devil Fruit truly lived up to its reputation as the only answer in the later stages of the game, with its fruit ability being absolutely overpowered.

However, Observation Haki is, after all, an ability to directly sense the other party's ethereal spirit and energy. When his Observation Haki swept over the other party, and Mantalie Palace reacted subconsciously, Robert still keenly caught a sense of familiarity.

Inside the room, Karina seemed to be enraged by the onion-headed Celestial Dragon, and she scolded her slaves, "I've had enough of you idiots! If you haven't made a name for yourselves by the end of my afternoon tea, I'll send you all to feed the Sea Kings!"

She stormed out, slamming the door behind her. Robert's electromagnetic induction locked onto her, wanting to see where Karina would lead him to meet her.

After leaving the house, she casually took a couple of steps, then opened a door next to her and went inside. The moment the door closed, Mantalie Palace, who was over two meters tall, shrunk rapidly into the shape of a thin, fair-skinned man.

The man was fair-skinned and had a soft, downy fuzzy hair above his lips, rather than a mustache, giving him a youthful and handsome appearance.

The sea stone necklace that materialized around his neck symbolized his status as a slave.

The only beings with such a smooth ability to change form are Bon Clay, who possesses the Imitation Fruit, and Karina in her Nine-Tailed Fox form.

Karina calmly opened the door and came out. Her steps seemed unhurried, but she actually moved very quickly to the stairwell. She took two quick steps down two floors and then walked to the other end of the corridor.

This enormous castle-like building was seven or eight stories high, with a maze of winding paths inside. Karina wandered around and ended up at the corner of another staircase. When she heard cursing coming from the stairs, Karina sullenly went to meet it.

Karina, who had suddenly darted out, was knocked away by a huge figure and staggered several steps before regaining her balance.

Her thin, fair face was filled with panic, and her slender, delicate hands patted her chest, giving her a rather effeminate air.

The people coming down the stairs were none other than the onion-headed Celestial Dragon and his gang with whom she had just argued. Robert could see it clearly with his electromagnetic induction; Karina had deliberately changed her form and circled around to ambush him from another staircase.

The onion-headed Celestial Dragon was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but upon seeing Karina's transformed, pale-faced appearance, a lewd glint appeared in his eyes:

"You blind slave, I'm furious and don't know where to vent my anger!"

"Grab him! I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

The man Karina, disguised as, collapsed to the ground in terror, repeatedly begging for mercy: "Lord Purminger, please spare me! I am a slave of Mantalie Palace... please have mercy on me..."

Saint Purming, who had just been fuming upstairs, became even angrier upon hearing the name Mantalie Palace. He was helpless against his sister, who was stronger than him and held his weaknesses in her hands. Could he not at least take revenge on her slave?

He's just a slave. Even if I kill him, Mantalli Palace can only come afterward in a fit of impotent rage and have another argument with me.

The thought of provoking that madwoman made Saint Purming even more excited, and he ordered his two tall slaves to escort Karina to his room.

Seeing Karina, disguised as a pretty boy, being thrown on the floor, Saint Purminge impatiently waved for the two tall slaves to leave, then turned back to find some toys to amuse himself.

He wasn't worried at all about being killed if he was alone in the room. The collars around the slaves' necks were made of seastone, which was not only incredibly sturdy but also could limit the power of Devil Fruit users.

Moreover, the bomb collars used by the Celestial Dragons are not the low-grade kind found in Sabaody Archipelago; they require a corresponding remote control to detonate.

The slave collars used in Mary Geoise have a recognition sensor that detects the clothing worn by the Celestial Dragons. If a slave attacks a Celestial Dragon, their collar will automatically trigger a detonation program.

This practical little feature was created by Vegapunk and is considered absolutely safe and reliable by the Celestial Dragons. However, what Saint Puming didn't expect was that this multi-functional high-tech collar was also created by Karina using her Devil Fruit power.

So the door had barely been closed from the outside when Karina's body appeared like a ghost behind Saint Pulminger, shattering the bubble helmet on his head with a punch and striking the back of his head, knocking him completely unconscious.

The thin man's image rapidly changed, transforming in a second or two into the appearance of Pullminger Saint, who had been knocked unconscious on the ground.

Karina dragged the unconscious Celestial Dragon under the bed. Robert, unable to bear it any longer, appeared in the room and asked, "Do you need help?"

Karina was startled, but quickly recovered and threw herself into Robert's arms:

"You've finally arrived!"

Robert, holding the onion-headed man, felt really disgusted: "Can you change back first? This guy is disgusting."

Karina realized what was happening and quickly said, "I might have been exposed. Someone just used Observation Haki..."

She stopped mid-sentence, then realized what she'd said and frowned as she tentatively asked, "Wait a minute, were you the one who was testing me just now?"

Robert looked equally puzzled: "It's me. Didn't you leave a message at the agreed-upon place and tell me to come here to find you? Of course I need to make sure it's you."

Karina breathed a sigh of relief: "You've already found this place, can't you understand my very clear hint?"

Robert said, "Isn't it an electromagnetic wave? I received it, that's how I found you."

Karina slapped her forehead: "What electromagnetic waves? The whole manor is just filled with Uta's support items inside and outside my room!"

Robert guessed that Karina would leave him with information to confirm his identity at the manor, but he didn't expect the information to be so basic. He had really overthought things.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, whether it was a lucky coincidence or not, I've found you now, haven't I?"

Karina was really scratching her head: "How can this be the same? I used up my escape route!"

"Don't let his seemingly mentally unstable appearance fool you, this Saint Purminger is actually being groomed by the Purminger family as their successor! My plan is to impersonate him and escape once my identity is exposed!"

"Now that I've scared you so much that I've used this escape route, someone will find out soon. We have no choice but to run away..."

Robert looked puzzled: "Why did you run away?"

"Now go back to your Mantalli Palace and go back to your room. Leave this to me."

Chapter 11 Maid among the Flowers? Isn't that a selected recruit from the Knights of God?

Karina completely trusted Robert, and now was not the time for pleasantries. She obediently reverted to her gigolo persona, knowing she could no longer use that identity from now on.

Robert pushed open the door, and the two tall slaves standing at the door were knocked unconscious by Robert's electric shock before they even had a chance to turn around.

Karina nodded to Robert and quickly left the room. She had been running this mansion for a long time and was very familiar with the routes and the layout of the guards. She soon returned to her own house.

When Karina pushed open the door, she had already restored the appearance of Mantalli Palace, startling the researchers who were still engrossed in studying the minerals.

Karina said fiercely, "Stop dawdling here. Take everything and get to the top floor. I need results by tomorrow. This is the final deadline!"

The slaves, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, hurriedly packed up their belongings and fled outside. Before they had even finished packing up the experimental equipment, an angry roar was heard coming from afar in the corridor.

Karina squinted and looked back. The Celestial Dragons' castle used the best building materials in the world and occupied such a huge area. Her room and Napurmingo Saint's room were two floors apart and on opposite sides of the room. She could still hear the sound, which showed how agitated the person who roared was.

Karina knew that Robert had made his move, but her expression remained indifferent, as if she didn't care at all, and she just urged her men to get lost with disgust.

Robert closed the door again and sat down on the pink sofa.

How did you handle it?

Robert rubbed the bridge of his nose: "I stripped the man and his two slaves naked, threw them on the bed in an alluring pose, and then made a little noise."

Karina simply nodded, neither questioning nor approving Robert's actions.

They didn't care about that Celestial Dragon, and even Karina's current identity as the Mantari Palace member was something they could discard at any time; their only goal was to rescue Uta.

"We have already occupied Skypiea. The Whitebeard Pirates are now gradually sorting out and organizing things there. After rescuing Uta, we can retreat there at any time."

Karina nodded and said, "I arrived in the Sabaody Archipelago a few months ago and began looking for a suitable replacement, setting my sights on this womanizing outcast in the family."

“Mantaly Palace is the eldest daughter of the Purminger family. She has only one older brother, who is that onion-headed guy from earlier.”

"The Purminger family holds an extremely high position in the World Government. Most importantly, they are responsible for selecting and choosing the locations to host the hunting competition!"

Robert perked up: "Have you found out about Uta's current situation? If we can rescue her directly in Mary Geoise, we don't need to get involved in the Hunting Tournament. Now is not the time to expose the World Government's crimes one by one. Even if we cause a big commotion, it won't make any waves."

Karina frowned: "Uta seems to be doing well so far. Everyone in Mary Geoise knows that Mantalie Palace is madly infatuated with Uta. After I took over her identity, I met with Uta a few times and it seemed that she was just a little depressed and had not been hurt in any way."

Upon hearing that Karina had met Uta, Robert slapped his thigh and said, "Tell me where she is, and I'll go and take her away."

Karina stopped Robert: "Uta works as a maid in a place called the Flower Garden. I don't know exactly who she serves, but I feel very uncomfortable every time I go there. I feel like I'm being watched by some powerful force..."

Robert was jolted awake: "The Flower Chamber! Damn, that's Im's place!"

"You mean Uta is currently being held in the very core area of ​​Pangu City?"

Karina nodded with a wry smile. If the Holy Land of Mary Geoise is the core of the world, then Pangaea is the core of Mary Geoise, and the Flower Garden is the core of Pangaea!

So far, only Lox has managed to force his way into the Flower Garden and escape unscathed, and he is capable of fighting a high-ranking civilian general in a short period of time.

Although Robert was confident that he could fight against the Navy Admirals, he knew that apart from the newly promoted Admiral Momousagi, who had never shown his fighting ability, it was impossible for him to kill the others, whether it was the veteran Admiral Kizaru or Fujitora, who had just been recruited by the World Military Draft, before they were surrounded.

There is no such thing as a civilian admiral in the modern navy. Even if I were the most stubborn person in the world, I couldn't rush into the flower garden to save someone.

He wasn't going to fight his way in and out seven times by himself, but to rescue Uta. Nobody knew what Uta's current situation was, and if she had any other restrictions on her, they might both perish inside.

Has the specific time and location for the hunting competition been confirmed?

Karina hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, even if you hadn't come today, I would have contacted you in a few days at most. The hunting competition starts next month, and the families will submit their final participant lists a week from now."

"And the hunting competition will be held... in the Kingdom of Corgia in the East Sea!"

Robert had no recollection of this country, but judging from Karina's expression, it seemed to be something more.

"The Kingdom of Corgia? Aren't they a member state of the World Government?"

Karina gave Robert a strange look: "Aren't you also from the East Blue? Don't you know that Germa 66 attacked the East Blue twenty years ago? The first country they attacked was the Kingdom of Kogia!"