One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

The moment the whistle blew, Blackbeard, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly clasped his hands together, and then Satan's expression changed drastically.

He had only just arrived, yet before he could even utter a word, he activated the reverse summoning function of the contract, simultaneously transforming into a beast and leaping off the ship.

Blackbeard pinched a tiny, extremely compressed black hole in his palm, and everything around him began to distort the moment the black hole appeared.

The navy personnel surrounding the naval base witnessed the most terrifying sight in the world: such a large naval base suddenly appeared as if it had been swallowed up from the center by a black sphere.

The pure blackness seemed to devour even the light, and it lasted for less than half a second before the massive naval base was reduced to a mere edge of ruins.

Robert toyed with the Devil Fruit he had just acquired, shaking his head as he looked down at the naval base.

No matter how many times I see Blackbeard's move, I still find it unsolvable. I can only try to avoid being attacked by him, but I can't think of any move that can match it.

The Robert in the naval base earlier was obviously fake. Robert had been tricked once before and wouldn't dare gamble on whether the World Government would come up with a new way to capture him.

The ultimatum in the next ten minutes wasn't because Robert was kind-hearted and unwilling to involve innocent marines, but because he wanted to see if he could trick someone from the Knights of God into testing Blackbeard's black hole attack.

According to Jabba, to counter Im's infinite regeneration ability granted to his subordinates, one must use Conqueror's Haki to continuously wear it down until the damage exceeds the regeneration limit granted by the contract.

Loki probably used this method to kill Harald, who was controlled by Im. Having just eaten the Devil Fruit, Harald was driven by his father's dying pleas, which fueled his extreme hatred for Im. His hateful strike with the divine weapon Iron Lightning exceeded the recovery limit of the Shallow Sea Contract, thus killing the demon Harald.

Blackbeard's move was the most powerful attack Robert had ever seen. He wanted to see if he could achieve the same effect by using pure damage without any Haki.

However, Robert did not expect that these Celestial Dragons would think so highly of him, and would send one of the Five Elders directly.

He hadn't expected Satan Saint to react so decisively, turning around and running away just seconds after being summoned.

In the final moments of the black hole's eruption, Robert's senses detected that Satan Saint's upper body had been teleported back, while his lower body, which hadn't been teleported away in time, was instantly swallowed by the black hole.

Robert was not discouraged by missing an opportunity to closely observe the damage cap of the Im Contract.

This attempt was a spur-of-the-moment decision, but the original goal was successfully achieved.

First of all, the spaceship can't be driven away by itself.

The spaceship was too big a target. Even if he could take control of the navy and agents in the dock immediately, he didn't know what kind of attacks it would attract by propelling the spaceship into the air for so long.

So Robert had been planning to blow it up from the beginning. Now that the spaceship at the core of the black hole explosion has completely disappeared, the Door-Door Fruit that Robert obtained after killing Bruno was purely an unexpected bonus.

Not to mention he also took the dormant mechanical minions with him, as well as Spandam, whom he had kept for great use!

Chapter 18 Getting Better and Better

Everyone has their own value, even Spandam.

Someone like him, who has never eaten a Devil Fruit and has absolutely no physical training, will be unable to cause any trouble if his last resort—his sword Van Cleef Freed, which he wielded after eating the Elephant-Elephant Fruit—is taken away.

A person who already had little fighting ability, and now with a broken leg, is left with nothing but pure evil. He's truly born to be Momonosuke's kindergarten principal.

Robert handed Spandam over to the Shandian witch doctors, who had the advantage of not knowing any medical knowledge, but had summarized a set of pragmatic treatment methods from past experience.

This pragmatic medicine ensured that Spandam wouldn't die from complications caused by the fractures, while also ensuring that his legs, which should have recovered easily, would be permanently disabled.

Everyone can demonstrate their value in the right position, and Robert's original team members were no exception.

Of the people who were taken out of Jaya Island by Robert, the achievements of the Indians are self-evident, and Ronaldo and Ronaldinho are also doing quite well.

After Robert cut off all of Qinghai's territory, it seemed that he had no more strongholds on the ground and could only hang on the sky island. In fact, no one knew that he still had a most important asset - Little Robert.

When the Marineford War ended, Robert asked his old crew members to choose their future paths. Both Indian and Big Law joined the Whitebeard Pirates' logistics department for training, but Little Law decided to continue running his restaurant.

With the protection of the Whitebeard Pirates and recipes provided by Robert, Robert's chain of restaurants has spread throughout the New World within two years.

Not only the islands originally occupied by the Whitebeard Pirates, but during the period when the Whitebeard Pirates cooperated with the Red-Haired Pirates, Law's business empire had already expanded into the Red-Haired Pirates' territory.

At the time, the Indians aspired to establish their own intelligence organization, and restaurants were among the easiest places to obtain intelligence.

Under the instructions of the Indians, Xiao Luo's restaurant has been expanding, and now they even have branches in the territory of the Beast Pirates and Big Mom's Whole Cake Island.

Even the shops in the Wan Guo region, after learning the dessert-making techniques from various islands, provided technical support to the chain restaurants, using the Wan Guo brand to push the restaurants' reputation and scale to new heights.

Robert dared to proclaim that he could influence global food prices with just one island, Dressrosa, because he relied on the Tontatta tribe's superior agricultural techniques and because he owned a chain of restaurants, a major consumer of food.

Even without the overt transportation from Dressrosa, the Sky Island can still maintain a sufficient food supply without anyone noticing. This is because Ronaldinho's restaurant makes large-scale purchases under the guise of daily operations, then each branch overreports losses and centrally transports the food to the Sky Island.

With this leverage, Robert may have no territory in Qinghai, but in reality, he maintains a high degree of control over all the New World islands.

After studying in the White Group for a period of time, Da Luo returned to A San's side.

The Indians held political and economic power in Dressrosa, and Ronaldo was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Ronaldo has a relatively calm personality and is meticulous in his work. Although he did not have any outstanding achievements during his time in Dressrosa, the projects assigned to him never had any problems.

In particular, his harmonious relationship with the Tontatta tribe ensured the smooth progress of the food revolution in Dressrosa.

After the Sky Island fell into Robert's control, a large number of Whitebeard's logistics personnel stationed in Dressrosa began to move to the Sky Island, and Darrow was among the first to arrive.

He is still responsible for contacting Qinghai to provide supplies to Sky Island, and is considered an absolute god of wealth by the people of Sky Island.

Calling Ah San and Da Luo to his side, Robert looked at Da Luo, who was now very different from back then: "Da Luo, you are the oldest brother who followed me the longest."

"You have worked diligently and conscientiously all these years. Since leaving Jaya Island with me, you have been constantly on the move and have never been able to stay in one place for more than a year. You have worked hard."

Ronaldo's eyes were a little red. He used to be taciturn, but after two years of experience, especially in his high position in Dressrosa, he has completely gotten rid of his inferiority complex.

"My lord, if I hadn't left Jaya with you back then, I might still be working as a waiter in some small tavern, living a life of being bullied every day, and I don't know when I would die in a drunken pirate fight."

"You showed me just how vast this world is, taught me to live like a human being, and now I've even found my soulmate..."

Robert looked bewildered: "Wait a minute? You mean you've got a girlfriend? When did that happen?"

Previously, he only knew that the Indian was entangled with Violet, but he didn't know that the honest and simple Ronaldo had also found a partner.

Da Luo scratched his head awkwardly and said, "She's a girl from a sky island..."

Robert glanced at the Indian man with concern, while the Indian man gave Robert a reassuring look.

Robert knew that the Indian had investigated the girl's background and that she wasn't a scheming woman who was only after Luo's superior position in the team, so he was slightly relieved.

"You didn't even tell me about this beforehand, so I could have prepared a gift in advance."

He took out the Door-Door Fruit he had just acquired from his spatial storage and handed it to Da Luo: "Actually, the reason I called you here today was to give it to you. Now that it's here, consider it my blessing for you to find a partner."

Seeing Robert's ability to conjure food out of thin air, both Ah San and Da Luo couldn't help but recall their experience on Jaya Island. Back then, Robert had also conjured up food with a flick of his wrist, deceiving them by saying it was poison he had concocted.

After these years of training, how could Luo Luo not know that what Robert took out was a Devil Fruit, a treasure of the sea? Any one of them is worth at least 100 million Berries, and the Gluttony Fruit that the Indian ate is worth a fortune because of its special functions.

Da Luo knew very well that the fruit Robert could give him to eat was definitely not an ordinary Devil Fruit, but he didn't hesitate at all and took a bite out of it.

In his simple mind, there was nothing to shirk; as long as he reaped the rewards, he would work even harder to contribute to the team.

Robert patted him on the shoulder: "This fruit is extraordinary. Remember the teleportation portal we used to transport supplies before? That was the power of this fruit."

"Da Luo, you don't need to do anything for the time being. Just focus on developing this Devil Fruit. The future transportation of the team's supplies and personnel will all depend on you."

"Don't wait until we need to transport food and troops to tell me that the teleportation portal can only open to a place a few dozen meters away at most."

When Da Luo heard that Robert had entrusted him with such an important fruit, he was instantly filled with a sense of responsibility. He didn't say anything, but just nodded vigorously.

After Robert settled the Door-Door Fruit, he was about to leave Skypiea when Darrow suddenly called out to him:

"My lord, we've found the floating island you asked me to find!"

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Everyone, I was suddenly dragged out to visit relatives and haven't been home yet. I really can't update this chapter at noon. Sorry.

Chapter 19 When faced with a difficult question, turn the tables!

If Ronaldo hadn't mentioned it, Robert would have almost forgotten about it.

On the very first day that Robert transferred the logistics personnel from Dressrosa to the Sky Island, he assigned his men the task of finding the small Sky Island where Nami was training.

The floating island called Visalia is not located in the White Sea. It was created by the world's top climate researchers using artificial cloud technology and can be moved around by wind.

In the original storyline, when Vegapunk died on Egghead Island, of his six clones, apart from the traitor York and Lilith who left with Luffy, the remaining four clones were damaged to varying degrees.

Edison attached the remains of the other three destroyed clones to his body, retrieved the Punk Record from York, and piloted the mobile sky island carrying the Punk Record to join other scientists, namely the group of meteorologists on Visalia.

Robert wanted to find Visalia partly because he was interested in their meteorological knowledge, but also because these meteorologists were not as simple as they seemed.

They once produced a knot that could store wind energy, which greatly surprised Nami.

This knot is unlike the Wind-Blowing Shell on Skypiea. In the world of One Piece, it's not surprising that Robert could grow any kind of strange creature, but it's extraordinary that he could create an item that manipulates the weather.

Not to mention later in the Egghead Island arc, when the Five Elders and Kizaru almost cornered Luffy and his crew, it was the giant robot left behind by the Ancient Kingdom that pulled out a knot from its body and released the super-strong Conqueror's Haki left by Joy Boy to clear the area, allowing Luffy and his crew to escape.

Both are knots, both are for storing things, but one stores wind and the other stores domineering energy. Robert doesn't believe there's no connection between the two knots.

Furthermore, considering the choices Edison made while carrying Vegapunk's records, it's clear that Vegapunk wasn't without other friends, such as Dragon from the Revolutionary Army, but Edison's first thought was to seek refuge with Visalia. There's more to this than meets the eye.

Even if Robert couldn't get any secrets out of those meteorologists in Visalia, he still wanted to make some good connections.

More importantly, Robert wanted to find a reason to go to the Sabaody Archipelago. He had to be involved in Luffy's return to sea, but he hadn't gone to explain to Luffy about his fake death for over a year. It would be too abrupt for him to just appear as if nothing had happened.

Aside from Luffy, Nami is the person he's closest to in the Straw Hat crew, followed by Robin and Chopper. He doesn't have any life-or-death friendships with the others, and even Zoro and Sanji are a bit wary of him.

Now that he had heard that Visalia had been found, Robert decided to go there after a moment's thought.

Although Elbaf himself had to go, firstly, a trip to Visalia wouldn't take much time, and secondly, he was constantly moving around the island, so if he didn't go now, he might not be able to find it again for a long time.

How did you find it?

Ah San and Da Luo exchanged a glance. Da Luo scratched his head and explained, "It wasn't us who found it; it was those meteorologists who brought some grain to trade with us..."

Robert didn't understand what he meant, so the Indian man explained, "Those old men are a bunch of money-grubbers. Hearing that the Sky Island was short of food, they spent all their money buying grain, planning to ship it to the Sky Island and make a fortune..."

Robert's expression was very strange: "When did they arrive?"

Ah San said, "When you came looking for me and Da Luo, we were listening to those old men crying..."

Robert's heart skipped a beat, and he said with a smile, "Let's go, let's leave this to me."

Ah San and Da Luo invited Luo Ba onto a small boat modified from Wei Ba, summoned a Sky Island Express Shrimp to take the boat back to the White Sea, and then sailed the boat at high speed.

The original four island superpowers have all abolished their previous ruling structures and have been reorganized and placed under unified management.

The Kingdom of Gods above the White Sea serves as the administrative center, from which all government decrees and decisions originate, radiating to the three major islands of the White Sea and more than a dozen small and medium-sized islands.

The three large islands in the White Sea also have their own plans. The island located at the entrance of the high-speed air route has been designated as the core island for import trade, responsible for guarding this important passage of high-speed air route. All trade goods from Qinghai must be delivered here.

The central island guards the entrance to the ocean current leading to the Kingdom of Gods and is closest to the other islands. It has been designated as the core island for scientific research and military operations, including the research and development of Sky Island specialties, materials science research led by India, military training, and so on.