One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

They not only wanted to use Uta as bait to kill themselves, but also wanted to take advantage of the situation to hunt down the revolutionary army.

Robert did not answer the pirate's question: "It seems you know the way. That's good. Take me there, and I might spare your life."

These small pirate ships rarely have a clear division of labor; the so-called navigator is usually the captain himself.

Most pirates are uneducated and their minds are filled with chaos and pleasure.

Only the captain on the entire ship understood the meaning behind Robert's words, and he immediately trembled like a leaf. The other pirates, on the contrary, were happy, feeling that they were not going to die.

The pirate ship's deck was littered with swords, each bearing dried bloodstains. Bloodstains were also visible on the cargo piled haphazardly on the deck, indicating that this pirate crew had seen blood before.

Robert stared coldly at the captain, who swallowed hard, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace: "Then my crew..."

His response was a blinding flash of lightning. When Robert landed on the ship, he had merely greeted the pirates with lightning to sober them up, but hadn't killed a single one.

But things are different now. Now that it's certain that everyone on the ship deserved to die, and all he needs is this one person who knows the way, Robert's lightning instantly becomes a deadly weapon.

In an instant, everyone on the ship except the captain was charred black and frozen in place, emitting white smoke.

The pirate captain screamed like a helpless woman, a foul stench emanating from his crotch, having actually wet himself from Robert's ruthless actions.

Robert frowned. He just wanted to establish his authority so that this pirate wouldn't be so clueless as to not see the situation clearly and waste time by pretending to comply with him. He didn't expect the pirates in the East Blue to be so easily intimidated. No wonder they are called the weakest sea.

"You have three minutes to clean yourself up. Once the time is up, I will take you to see your crew and then find someone else to lead the way."

The pirate captain was so frightened that he couldn't utter a word, but fear only fueled his will to survive, and he plunged into the sea.

Robert didn't continue on his dilapidated little boat. After the pirate captain climbed onto the ship within three minutes, Robert found out the direction of the Corgia Kingdom and used elemental assimilation to carry him away.

With Robert's current strength, assimilating these weaker enemies doesn't require their inner agreement at all; fear alone can open their hearts and prevent them from feeling any fear of him.

Every few seconds, Robert would stop and have the pirate captain take out his compass to recalibrate the direction.

Having established his authority through previous killings, even though he felt dizzy and nauseous every time he canceled his elemental transformation, the pirate captain didn't dare to delay or complain at all, and immediately took charge of guiding the way.

In just a few minutes, Robert spotted a continent in the distance. The pirate captain had vomited his stomach empty; the repeated elemental shifts had completely destroyed his balance, leaving him feeling utterly confused.

He pointed with difficulty to the continent a few nautical miles away and said, "That is the Kingdom of Kochia. Please, let me go."

Robert smiled at the pirate captain: "I keep my word. You can go now, and be a good person from now on."

Robert flew away alone, and without his electromagnetic restraint, the pirate captain plummeted from a height of tens of meters into the sea.

Robert didn't log into the Kingdom of Corgia immediately, not because the pirate captain lied to him; this must be the Kingdom of Corgia.

Although he had never been here before, Robert was quite certain of this, because there was more than one warship patrolling the waters surrounding this continent.

Extending the electromagnetic field, Robert discovered a large number of warships docked on the shore more than ten kilometers away.

When the Celestial Dragons hold a hunting tournament, the Navy will first land at the venue and eliminate all resistance forces, leaving only relatively harmless hunting targets. This ensures that the participating Celestial Dragons can enjoy the thrill of killing while also being safe.

This is why Robert dislikes the Navy. Over the past few centuries, so many naval commanders have come and gone. They must all be very familiar with the Celestial Dragons' triennial killing contest, since the clearing operations are always carried out by the Navy.

But among so many marines, it seems that only Dragon couldn't stand it anymore and chose to form a revolutionary army to rebel against the Celestial Dragons.

For this reason alone, even though Dragon later earned the nickname "Sweat King," Robert still felt that he was much braver than the other naval officers.

Having located the location where a large number of naval vessels were docked, the area for the hunting competition was basically determined.

Although the world of One Piece consists of island nations, each island is actually quite large. If the entire territory of these island nations were used as the competition venue, it would be a bit too kind to escaped slaves.

Using the warship moored on the shore as a base, Robert quickly scanned inland and soon found the target through electromagnetic induction.

A group of tens of thousands of people was slowly leaving the town and heading towards a dense forest.

The group of people were dressed in various styles, and they all had their eyes closed in a strange way, as if they were sleepwalking.

Robert knew this state all too well; these people were all controlled by Uta's singing.

Robert had been controlled by Uta before and knew that he was not immune to that power either.

Uta's Devil Fruit ability is different from Sugar's. The person who was turned into a toy by Sugar still has his consciousness and body closely integrated. As long as he activates Conqueror's Haki, he can break through his own shackles and turn back into a human.

However, if you are pulled into the world of Uta's songs, you will never be able to break free from her control unless you defeat her in the real world and put her into a coma or sleep.

Once you're drawn into the world of song, you can no longer give any commands to your body. No matter how strong your mental power is, you can't unleash your domineering aura without a body, and you can only sink into the world of song.

Robert took out a pair of headphones he had previously swiped from Egghead Island from his inventory, put them on, and began to teleport towards the town.

Uta sat in a huge sedan chair carried by more than a dozen people, walking in the middle of the procession.

Robert watched from a distance of several kilometers, not daring to approach easily.

Two people sat next to Uta: one was Ziringom Saint, whom he had fought before, and the other looked exactly like Shanks, except that he had both arms.

"Shukx! Shamrock!"

Chapter 19 A Twist of Fate

If Uta only had Ziringom Saint by her side, Robert would have rushed up to snatch her away by now, but Shamrock on her other side was really difficult to deal with.

In the early stages of the One Piece world, whoever had the most bizarre Devil Fruit abilities was stronger. But times have changed. With about a month left before Luffy's two-year training camp ends, it's already well into the late game.

Many stories inevitably undergo a complete subversion of their initial settings in their later stages, and One Piece is no exception.

Even the most powerful fruits don't need to be feared too much now, because there are solutions.

It's precisely those few who don't have Devil Fruit abilities; they're just pure stat monsters, stubbornly trying to play the One-Punch Man game with you.

Charlotte Linlin's Soul-Soul Fruit initially seemed incredibly powerful, but when the fight actually started, it turned out that she was just a minor inventor, and the fights relied entirely on a few Holzmi.

Her original design as a steel balloon mainly focused on her exceptional resilience, with none of her three types of Haki showing any particularly outstanding performance.

Kaido's Azure Dragon Fruit is another example; when the legendary Azure Dragon appears, the oppressive feeling is simply suffocating.

As it turns out, this Azure Dragon was just a bit more resilient than the average Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, able to breathe fire and summon lightning. Kaido exclaimed how delicious it was when he stole the fruit back then, but after all these years, he finally realized that only Haki can transcend everything.

The highlight of Devil Fruits was the Marineford War. With Whitebeard's death, the era of Devil Fruits also came to an end.

If we're talking about strength right now, it has to be those who don't have Devil Fruit abilities.

Hawkeye Mihawk has never seriously fought against any decent opponents; he's either stomping noobs or just coasting along. It's said that he had a high-level match with Shanks, but he only managed to describe it in a few words.

But so what? He's still the world's greatest swordsman, and after being stripped of his Shichibukai status, he immediately received a bounty of 3.59 billion.

Robert felt it was unfair to himself. Hawkeye hadn't done anything earth-shattering, so how could he be worth 35 billion?

He's only worth a little over 18 billion now, and that's the price he earned from fighting countless battles that offended people. Now even the world government is preparing to take him down, yet his bounty is only half of this otaku's.

Then there's Hawkeye's old flame, Shanks, who stubbornly refused to eat a Devil Fruit and focused on building up his late-game talents. Now he's mastered all three types of Haki and can instantly kill people without any logic.

There's a persistent rumor on the forums that Shanks and his brother Shamrock are putting on a show, taking turns using the same account. Sometimes you think it's Shanks appearing, but it's actually Shamrock.

If this speculation is true, then at least one condition must be met: Shamrock, like Shanks, must possess maxed-out levels of all three types of Haki.

Robert had long realized that Shanks didn't like him because the two were indeed incompatible and couldn't see eye to eye.

However, this did not prevent him from acknowledging Shanks' strength, especially since the man was too cunning. If he fell into Shanks' trap, he might not even be able to escape.

Before Shamrock fully revealed his strength and stance, Robert could only treat him as being on the same level as Shanks, and dared not slack off in the slightest.

This guy is a ruthless person who would rather feed a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit to the knife in his hand. Who knows how much strength he's hiding?

The large group entered the dense forest in an orderly fashion and joined up with the people who had already been settled there.

Rows of indigenous people lay neatly in the woods, and people kept coming up to check their health. Some of them with serious illnesses or disabilities were simply loaded onto trucks and taken away.

Although the remaining people are still of all ages, at least they are in good health.

Some of the young men and women with outstanding appearances were even pulled aside and marked with symbols representing high scores.

Among these prisoners, several hundred physically strong men were placed in a separate area. Robert scanned them with his electromagnetic induction and immediately identified them. Judging from their clothing, these men were likely the revolutionary army stationed there.

No one present was harmed in the slightest. Uta's Song-Song Fruit could induce sleep and control those who were asleep, making them move as if sleepwalking. It's likely that everyone in the Kingdom of Corgia didn't even have time to put up a fight before being forcibly hypnotized by Uta.

This is the power of the Song-Song Fruit; it is far superior to the ability of Ziringom Saint Na, which first induces drowsiness and then requires the person to fall asleep before the demon can be awakened from their dream.

Robert watched as Uta brought the people here, and then Ziringom Saint took over, ensuring that even if these prisoners were freed from Uta's Devil Fruit powers, they would remain in a deep sleep.

Uta rubbed her temples and said to Shamlock beside her, "Is this enough? I'm tired."

Shamlock was very kind to Uta, and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, Uta Palace. You can leave this to Saint Qilingom. Go and get some sleep."

Uta frowned: "My name is Uta, don't call me Uta Palace!"

Shamrock wasn't angry at all and maintained his composure, saying, "I'm just helping you get used to your new identity."

Uta snorted coldly: "I don't want to be a Celestial Dragon. You promised me that you would let me leave if I helped gather all the patients here to get vaccinated."

Shamrock didn't respond, and continued with a smile, "We have another town to visit tomorrow, so let's rest first."

Robert was thrilled to hear their conversation. Uta had just been deceived. The patients and the centralized epidemic prevention were all lies told by the Celestial Dragons to trick the naive Uta into helping them.

Uta's attitude shows that at least she wasn't forced to change her values ​​by Im using the contract mark, and she's still the simple and good girl I know!

With this confirmed, Robert's rescue plan had at least 90% of its obstacles removed.

Uta seemed to transfer all her resentment towards Shanks onto this uncle who looked exactly like her, and turned and left without any politeness.

Shamlock's gaze remained fixed on Uta until she entered the tent next to him.

Robert left a special electronic device on the tent for positioning, and in a flash appeared in a mountain valley more than ten kilometers away.

He pulled out a leaf, on which was clearly written Maurice's name.

This giant transvestite is the commander of the Western Army of the Revolutionary Army, and Robert had previously cooperated with him in Dressrosa.

Now that Mori has been summoned, Robert gave the order and Mori began to use the Push-Push Fruit's power to dig towards Uta's resting tent.

Mori dug the tunnel incredibly fast; he simply piled the soil on both sides without any resistance, and with Robert's guidance, he quickly reached the area under the tent.

Robert, honed by Redfield's training, used his Observation Haki to painstakingly penetrate the soil and pinpoint Uta's exact location.

The next second, a revolving door suddenly flipped around the ground, taking Uta, who was lying on the makeshift bed, underground.

Robert was overjoyed. The plan to rescue Uta was a great success. He couldn't stay here for even a second longer. He immediately ordered Bruno, whom he had summoned, to open the longest possible teleportation portal to leave.

Suddenly, a chilling sense of crisis washed over him. Even with his quick reflexes, Robert couldn't withstand the sneak attack launched right in his arms. The powerful mental attack sent Robert flying backward. Since it wasn't physical damage, it didn't even trigger his elemental transformation!

The ground completely collapsed, burying Robert and Uta deep inside. A gigantic figure pushed the tent open and stomped down on their spot!

Chapter 20 is all about scheming.

This is a classic example of unexpected events happening from within. Robert had planned for all sorts of schemes and was prepared to be plotted against, but he never expected that this ambush would come from Uta.