One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Karina's face showed some unease: "That's also my hometown. It was because my hometown was invaded that my father took my pregnant mother and left. They died of illness shortly after I was born, and I was raised by the people who fled with them..."

Robert was unaware that the hunting competition was being held in Karina's hometown. Although she hadn't grown up there, the concept of hometown still evokes a certain emotional connection, even if you've never lived there.

I had never heard of Karina's background before. I was afraid that her casual remark about being raised by refugees was just a pretext, and that she had suffered a lot.

Robert didn't know how to comfort him, so he changed the subject, saying, "Didn't you say that the location of the hunting competition was chosen by the Pulminger family? Why did they choose that location?"

Karina quickly snapped out of her reverie: "This is the strangest place. The location originally planned by the Pulminger family was an anarchist country in the North Sea. I heard that it was only taken over by the revolutionary army a few years ago, so it should have been the best place to hold the competition."

"But this time, the Five Elders directly issued an order to change the location to the Kingdom of Corgia."

"It is said that this decision was made at the strong request of the Figarando family!"

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Chapter 12 Can't come up with a name

Robert had already planned to take Karina away when he heard that she had ventured into the Flower Garden.

All fear stems from the unknown. In the world of One Piece, there isn't a single character who has fully revealed their strength that can make Robert feel despair.

Big Mom is a somewhat senile, overgrown child who spends her days eating sweets and fiddling with her lifelike figurines. Robert feels he can defeat her head-on.

After fighting Kaido, he admitted that this veteran king, who was known as the strongest creature in the sea, land and air, was indeed incredibly powerful. However, he realized that while he couldn't defeat Kaido, Kaido definitely couldn't defeat him either.

Shanks, the first of the Four Emperors to appear, has had his strength gradually built up. From the overwhelming Conqueror's Haki he displayed when meeting Whitebeard, to the Divine Evasion he learned from Pirate King Roger, and the Observation Haki that allows him to foresee more than a minute into the future, Shanks' strength has become increasingly terrifying as more and more of his abilities have been revealed.

Robert is most wary of him, after all, no one knows what other tricks this deep-thinking man might have up his sleeve.

As for the World Government, both Aokiji and Kizaru were old acquaintances of Robert.

They are indeed strong. When they fought Robert before, they always had a nonchalant attitude and never went all out.

Even if they go all out, Robert is confident that they won't lose; at worst, it'll be a 50/50 match.

The Five Elders, who were initially portrayed as incredibly terrifying and exuded an aura of power before making their move, were revealed to be nothing more than a few awakened mythical beasts after their strength was displayed on Egghead Island.

If it weren't for Im granting them immortality, the Five Elders might have been wiped out by Luffy and his crew during the battle on Egghead Island.

Only Im has truly made a move only in flashbacks, and when he does, it's with an invincible sense of oppression. Whether it's his super-strong Conqueror's Haki or the Black Transformation Domination that can't be broken without knowing its principles, it leaves people with lingering fear.

Robert didn't believe that an old monster who had lived for over a thousand years would only have an average level of training in Conqueror's Haki and Observation Haki, in addition to Conqueror's Haki.

The more a character hasn't fully revealed their strength, the more terrifying they become. Robert can't guarantee that one of his confident plans won't be completely countered by one of their hidden skills.

Karina, with the face of a Celestial Dragon, ventures into the Flower Garden, constantly flirting with death.

There's even a strong possibility that she's already been exposed, and that Im is just hiding something bad, plotting a bigger conspiracy, which is why he's not exposing her.

Robert couldn't understand it when he watched Saving Private Ryan. In his view, it was very unfair to sacrifice the lives of a squad of soldiers to save one person in order to demonstrate the so-called spirit of never giving up.

Of course, Uta must be saved, but it's absolutely unacceptable to sacrifice Karina in the process.

"Kalina, where is the real form of this Mantalie Palace you've transformed into?"

Karina said, "She's dead. I played to her tastes by transforming into a beautiful mermaid and deliberately exposing my fishtail in front of her. She took me back to the manor as a slave."

"This Mantalli Palace not only has an unusual sexual orientation, but also very unusual fetishes, and loves to sad.

"I originally only intended to use her to infiltrate Mary Geoise, and once she was in, I would change her identity and go undercover. I never expected that she would be seriously injured that very night by an explosive collar used by a slave who could no longer endure the abuse."

“I was in the house at the time and witnessed everything. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have time to think. I was planning to leave quickly and find another identity.”

"But then an idea suddenly popped into my head: why not just impersonate a Celestial Dragon? So I transformed into this Mantalli Palace, killed her, and then disguised myself as a slave who had been tortured to death."

“Countless slaves die every day from the abuse of the Celestial Dragons. I obtained her identity chip and watched with my own eyes as my confidants fed her corpse to the Sea Kings.”

Robert suddenly remembered the setting of the Celestial Dragon identity chip. When Doflamingo's family voluntarily gave up their Celestial Dragon identity, the guards who escorted them away from Mary Geoise specifically took away their Celestial Dragon identity chips.

Within the World Government, only the Celestial Dragons themselves care about so-called pure-blood status. In reality, those in power don't care about bloodlines; they only recognize this chip.

As long as the Five Elders are willing to give you a chip, even a clone like York can obtain the identity of a Celestial Dragon. Harald, the giant king who was given the Shallow Sea Mark by Im, was also promised the identity of a Celestial Dragon. It can be seen that even giants can have this identity, as long as they obtain a chip.

Robert sighed: "Karina, you can't keep your identity as a member of the Mantalli Palace. The Flower Room is Im's residence. Every time you risk going to see Uta, you are actually exposing yourself to Im's sight."

“She’s an old monster who’s lived for over a thousand years. Even my Observation Haki can see something about you. We can’t bet that Im didn’t notice anything wrong with you.”

Karina bit her lower lip tightly. All her efforts over the past few months had been based on familiarizing herself with and maintaining her identity as the Mantalli Palace member. Now, she was reluctant to give it up.

What he was reluctant to give up wasn't his Celestial Dragon identity, but rather the fact that to rescue Uta, he needed this identity that allowed him to uncover crucial information.

Just as I was about to try and persuade Robert again, he suddenly whispered, "Someone's coming!"

He vanished in a flash, while Karina struggled to calm herself until the door was forcefully pushed open from the outside.

The person who entered was a tall, middle-aged Celestial Dragon. He was not accompanied by any attendants and was staring intently at Karina with a gloomy face.

Karina quickly got into character, saying sarcastically, "My biased father, what brings you to see this scourge of a father like me today?"

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon shouted, "Did you do what happened to your brother?! He said your slave attacked him!"

Karina feigned an exaggerated expression of surprise: "What happened to that idiot this time? My slave attacked him? How interesting. Don't try to pin all this on me. Since he identified the culprit, just kill that slave."

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon struggled to suppress his anger: "You know perfectly well that even if you win the hunting competition, you can't possibly marry Uta!"

Karina shrugged: "It doesn't matter whether we get married or not, as long as I win her over."

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon gritted his teeth and said, "Even if she was adopted, she is still a member of the Figarand family!"

"However, I can give you a chance to participate in the hunting competition!"

"Once you win the match, as long as Uta marries your brother, she doesn't have to share a room with him; they can only be husband and wife in name only!"

Karina chuckled eerily.

"Deal, my dear father!"

Chapter 13 I am a vinegar plate

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon seemed unwilling to say a word more to his daughter, and turned to leave after receiving an affirmative answer.

Karina stood up and closed the door, only to find that Robert did not appear immediately.

Ever since he learned that Karina had gone to Im's doorstep twice, he had become suspicious and believed that everything about Karina's disguise was a conspiracy.

After the middle-aged Celestial Dragon left, Robert naturally followed to see what was happening.

He first went to the private hospital on the estate, and then gave his son a severe scolding.

"Your sister has agreed to represent the family in the hunting competition, and the family will do everything in its power to help her win the championship."

Pullminger, who had been lying on the large intensive care bed pretending to be sickly, now disregarded everything else and sprang up from the bed:

"Father! How could you let that freak participate in the competition? It's a disgrace to the family! Do you really want her to marry another woman?!"

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon roared in fury, "Shut up, you bastard! Are you even worthy of showing your shameful deeds?!"

Purming Saint gritted his teeth: "Father, you must believe me! I was framed by slaves at the behest of that freak Mantalie!"

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon suppressed his anger: "You call her a freak, then what am I? And what are you? You idiot, stay put these days and don't provoke her again!"

Pulming Saint felt somewhat wronged: "Father, I am the heir to the family! You should help me!"

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon could no longer tolerate his son's stupidity and turned to walk out the door.

"The hunting competition is a major event that affects the allocation of resources for the entire family. Your sister is more ruthless and stronger than you. It was the decision of the clan meeting to send her to participate in the competition."

“If you dare to cause trouble at this time, then you will be going against the entire family. The heir of the family can be stupid, but not foolish. I hope you will not do anything foolish.”

He never told his son that Karina had agreed to a sham marriage between Purmingo Saint and Uta after winning the competition.

Robert was unaware of the intricacies involved; he simply continued to hide in the shadows, using electromagnetic induction to closely monitor the every move of the Pullminger family leader.

After reprimanding his son, he didn't linger for a moment and ordered the slaves to drive the carriage straight to Pangu City.

Robert frowned. With his current strength, he could wander around Mary Geoise without anyone noticing him.

But Pangu City is different. As the power center of the entire world, the defenses of Pangu City are simply unimaginable.

Robert wasn't afraid of Vegapunk's technological creations. He had already tested them on Egghead Island beforehand, and found that some of the scanning and surveillance equipment in this world still relied on electricity.

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit has a natural advantage when facing these electrical appliances, meaning it's virtually impossible for the user to be detected.

However, the world of One Piece has never been a world that relies solely on technology. Things like the Den Den Mushi, which monitors others, have both technological and biological attributes, not to mention the Observation Haki that experts possess.

Following the Pulminger family's carriage to the gates of Pangaea, the patriarch disembarked at a distance and, without any companions, walked step by step into Pangaea on his own two legs.

Robert dared not enter rashly, so he simply hid high in the sky and continued to remotely sense him through electromagnetic induction.

Chief Purming entered a waiting room, and soon after, someone came to usher him into another room.

"Satan Saint, I wonder if the council has reached a response to the issues we raised?"

Robert's electromagnetic induction enveloped the entire conference room, and there was more than one person sitting in the room.

Satan, the God of Scientific Defense, is a well-known veteran actor among the Five Elders. If it weren't for his consistently making some idiotic decisions, the entire pirate world wouldn't be in such chaos.

Robert had long wanted to see what this Saintly Satan looked like, and the moment he spoke, he immediately recognized him.

"The council has decided that the match will be held in the Kingdom of Corgia in the East Blue. The World Government issued an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Germa 66 and mediated their war, but the people of the Kingdom of Corgia are not grateful. Instead, they think that we have failed to fulfill our obligations to manage the member states and are secretly colluding with the Revolutionary Army."

"Now, under the pretext of needing to recover from the war, they have refused to pay the Heavenly Gold for many years. This is an open challenge to the World Government, and it would be most appropriate to hold the hunting competition there."

Chief Pulming snorted coldly: "Our Pulming family has been responsible for selecting the location of the hunting competition for hundreds of years. It's an ancestral tradition!"

“In the past, the functions of each race were strictly divided, and no one could interfere in the affairs of another race. What does Figarand mean now? Today he can decide where the hunting competition will be held, but tomorrow will he also take away our power to supervise the member states of the World Government?”

"Is the Figarando family declaring war on us, Pullminger?"

A middle-aged man, who had applied dozens of kilograms of hair gel to his head and styled his hair into a crescent shape, chuckled a few times.

"Don't get so angry. We didn't protest when the women of the Figarando family were used as prizes in the hunting competition. Do you want to change the venue now so that the Purminger family can take advantage of their pre-arranged advantage and take them away?

Chief Purming, his ulterior motives exposed, flew into a rage: "What do you mean? Are you saying that our Purming family is abusing our power to use the arrangement of the arena to gain resources for our own benefit?!"

Robert might not recognize other people's voices, but in the entire One Piece world, the only person with a hairstyle like the moon is Korin, Shanks' father.

“That’s what I mean. Uta is my granddaughter. Agreeing to give her as the prize for the hunting competition is already a huge concession from our Figarando family. Once we attract the target, we will do everything we can to kill it.”

"After that, do you really think my Figarando family would allow our women to become spoils of war, taken home by some good-for-nothings and used as breeding machines?"