One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Not everyone who uses a battle axe is a brute; Jabba was a very shrewd one.

Shanks has fallen into Robert's trap and is currently emotionally unstable, while Jabba, being an outsider, naturally has a clearer understanding of the situation.

Robert must have only been in Elbaf for a short time, because many of the members of the Red-Haired Pirates hanging on the wall were people he had seen just today.

It's highly likely that Robert only recently learned about the Red-Haired Pirates' attack on Redfield and the others, and on a whim, he kidnapped this group of pirates as hostages.

He certainly didn't have time to broadcast the live stream worldwide, so the most cost-effective way to broadcast it was to show it to the Red-Haired Pirates in the Giant Country.

It's not that Shanks can't understand these things, but Shanks understands Robert's strength better than Jabba does. He knows that with Robert's speed, it doesn't matter whether the broadcast is placed in the West Village or the Four Seas, so he's now in a bit of a dilemma.

"The most bound by fame and fortune is the man who is most vulnerable. Come on, Shanks, charge at me and kill me! How come you make it so easy for others to sacrifice themselves for the greater good, but you can't bring yourself to do it when your own reputation is at risk?"

"If you were truly willing to sacrifice yourself for the greater good, I might at least think more highly of you. But it turns out you only want others to sacrifice themselves while you yourself are unwilling to give anything in return. That won't do!"

Shanks completely ignored Robert's words, and suddenly his Conqueror's Haki pierced towards the live Den Den Mushi like a sword.

Den Den Mushi are essentially living organisms and can be stunned by Conqueror's Haki, but Robert specifically placed Den Den Mushi under his feet for protection.

His domineering aura instantly erupted, colliding fiercely with Shanks's in mid-air.

Shanks' face was ashen. Compared to their last encounter, Robert's Haki had improved, and Shanks felt more and more that Robert could not be allowed to live.

Jabba glanced at Robert, then suddenly struck Shanks on the back of the head.

A powerful hand struck Shanks' neck, catching him completely off guard. The old man who had raised him since childhood immediately fainted.

Jabba reached out and caught Shanks' limp body: "Now it's my turn to negotiate with you. Let's discuss the terms."

Robert couldn't help but sigh that experience counts; his own bargaining chips could threaten Shanks, or at the very least, cause Shanks's image to collapse. But it was a different story with Jabba.

“I made my purpose clear from the start: I just want to get my master back.”

Jabba sighed: "Shanks didn't kill him, he just sent him to Impel Down."

Robert almost laughed out of anger: "Isn't that just handing my master over to the World Government to be killed?! What a scoundrel he is!"

Jabba stared at Robert from afar: "You asked me before if I knew that Shanks had conspired with the World Government to kill you. Of course I know, but do you know why he did it?"

Robert was taken aback by Jabba's question; to be honest, he still didn't understand why.

In Robert's self-perception, he is just a nobody, not as powerful as the old Yonko in terms of sea power, and his Devil Fruit origin is incomparable to Luffy's Nika Fruit, which is destined to liberate the world.

But the World Government inexplicably attacked him. Although he knew it was Shanks who instigated it, Im personally took action. Is Shanks' Face Fruit really that powerful that he could persuade the world's biggest boss to attack a nobody?

As for why Shanks would instigate the World Government to take action against him, Robert couldn't understand it at all.

Shanks should indeed hate himself for taking Uta away and putting her in danger of being captured by the Knights of God.

But he was such a person who considered the big picture. When Uta decided to use her song to draw the whole world into a fantasy world, he personally sacrificed his own family to defeat Uta.

Robert felt it wasn't worth risking everything to cooperate with Im for such a trivial matter, so there must be something he hadn't considered.

Now Jabba asked the question, and Robert shook his head straightforwardly: "Why?"

Jabba said, "Turn off the live stream."

Robert shrugged, picked up the Den Den Mushi, and immediately shut down the live stream. He had originally intended to use this tactic to blackmail Shanks, but now that Shanks was unconscious, it didn't matter whether the stream continued or not.

Jabba cautiously said, "What I'm about to say must not be known to any more people. You'd better not be hiding any other Den Den Mushi around here."

Robert nodded: "I don't want others to know too much about me either, and I'm more trustworthy than Shanks."

Jabba stared intently at Robert: "The reason he's determined to kill you is because you want to rebuild Hades!"

"The reason we were able to persuade the World Government to target you is because of Hades!"

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Robert immediately understood. He said it was no big deal, and that it was no big deal to bother Shanks and Im to serve him. It turned out that the whole thing about rebuilding Hades had been exposed.

To be honest, this matter couldn't be kept from Shanks anyway. As one of the Four Emperors, he has occupied quite a few islands and countries in the New World.

Although Elbaf is the strongest country in the world in terms of fighting power, it does not need to rely on any pirate for protection. However, due to Jabba's connection and the fact that Harald was on good terms with Shanks when he was alive, Shanks took the opportunity to bring Elbaf under his rule after Harald's death.

Given his ambiguous relationship with the World Government, Elbaf raising his pirate flag was a way of giving the World Government a way out.

Im was severely injured by the backlash from Harald's death and was unable to continue targeting Elbaf. Shanks' actions allowed the World Government to back down.

Moreover, with Shanks's occupation, Harald can at least break free from the old path of relying on plunder to support the country's development and conduct some trade within the Red-Haired Pirates' territory.

Robert brought over a hundred members of the Great Hammer Chapter back to the country in a grand display, and immediately started talking about cutting down trees to build a super battleship. It would be strange if no one informed Shanks about such a big thing.

It was probably from this moment that Shanks truly began to see himself as someone who had to be eliminated.

The Red-Haired Pirates have a limited number of recorded appearances. One instance was when Bartolomeo caused trouble in Shanks' territory and was captured by Shanks himself.

Afterwards, he pretended to let him go, but Yasopp shot and blew the Forward Luffy Senpai into pieces.

Another time, the headstrong Kid came to challenge him and destroyed more than a dozen pirate ships with a single electromagnetic cannon attack. Shanks used his Observation Haki to foresee the future and felt that the loss was too great, so he sank Kid and his ship into the sea with a single sword strike.

One of these two did something that offended Shanks, and the other damaged Shanks' foundation. Otherwise, Shanks might not have even shown up and would have just left it to his subordinates to handle.

Robert's actions this time made Shanks feel a real threat.

What is Pluto? It's a super battleship capable of destroying an island with a single shot, and a super weapon that ultimately broke the Red Line's isolation from the four seas.

Robert didn't believe that only the Nine Red Scabbards knew that Hades was hiding in Wano Country.

Kaido has occupied Wano Country for over a decade or two. If he were aiming to find Pluton and fight Im to the death, he would have already dug up Wano Country to the ground.

The worst fear is that more than one person in the world knows the whereabouts of Hades, but they all tacitly agree not to mention it.

Take myself for example. I know perfectly well that Pluton is buried underground in Wano Country. If I want to become one of the Four Emperors, I need to find a strong opponent to fight. Wouldn't it be a win-win situation to take down Kaido?

But didn't he also decide to abandon Wano Country and start building his own Pluton?

In that sense, Shanks' actions against me were truly justified. If I were in his position, having dedicated my entire life to overthrowing the World Government under the banner of the Lower World, I would have fought tooth and nail to kill someone who was building nuclear weapons right under my nose when we were just months away from a siege.

“I know exactly what you’re trying to do, but that’s your business and has nothing to do with me.”

Jabba stared at Robert and said, word by word, "I've met those people from the Great Hammer Chapter. You don't actually think that just because they call you God-King, you're destined to be the one who overthrows Im, do you?"

Robert shook his head: "I have never been proud of being called Odin the God-King. To be honest, I dislike that title and have been trying to reduce its influence recently."

Jabba said, “If you’re willing to sit down and talk, I think I can take you to the underworld to see the prophecy that the giants have guarded for generations. Then you will know that only the sun god Nika is the answer to liberating this world.”

Robert continued shaking his head: "You guys were young once too. When Roger formed his pirate crew, didn't anyone say things like you were helpless against this dark world and that you shouldn't mess around?"

"Did you hear that? Didn't you still manage to reach the end of the Grand Line and find Laugh Tale?"

Jabba said with a helpless expression, "It's precisely because we didn't listen to the advice of those who had been there that we felt even more desperate when we confidently found the so-called One Piece."

Robert said, “There is a wise saying in my hometown: ‘Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.’ Since you do not heed the advice of your predecessors, do not expect me, the successor, to follow your arrangements.”

"You want to overthrow the World Government, and I want to overthrow the World Government too. Why is it that my plan can accommodate all my fellow travelers, while your path is so narrow that only one person can walk it?"

Jabba opened his mouth, unsure how to answer for a moment, so Robert simply continued:

"Now that Shanks is unconscious, I'll give you face and tell me what you did to the Great Hammer Band, what you did to my master, what you did to York, and I can release these Red-Haired Pirates."

Jabba took a deep breath: "The Great Hammer Legion absolutely cannot appear in the world now, or it will cause chaos. So they have been sent to the Underworld. Don't worry, this is to protect them. They are all safe."

“Redfield killed many people. In the end, it was only by Shanks and I working together that we were able to subdue him. Don’t worry, he has the Devil Fruit power, and the injuries he suffered were not debilitating. He will recover quickly. We sent him to Impel Down to protect him.”

Robert interrupted Jabba with a gesture: "Imperial City is World Government territory. You sent my master there and claim it's to protect him?"

Jabba nodded matter-of-factly: "It is indeed to protect him, because Impel Down is not the World Government's territory, but rather a place where the World Government cannot reach!"

"Why do you think so many pirates who wreak havoc on the seas weren't executed, but instead imprisoned in Impel Down?"

"It's so that if we ever want to overthrow the World Government, the people inside will be a powerful asset!"

Robert knows too much about the plot; if Jabba says just a few words, Robert can make a lot of connections.

The reason why Doflamingo was imprisoned in Impel Down and personally guarded by the former warden Magellan was not actually because they were afraid he would escape, but because they were afraid he would be silenced for knowing the secret of the Celestial Dragons' treasure.

So many great pirates were imprisoned in Impel Down their entire lives and never died, only to be killed shortly after escaping. This really proves what Jabba said today.

But Robert pressed on relentlessly, asking, "This is truly unheard of! The whole world belongs to the World Government, and you're saying the Celestial Dragons can't reach into a place like Impel Down? Then I'd like to ask, who's protecting the lives of these pirates in Impel Down!"

Jabba said, enunciating each word clearly: "Navy!"

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Seeing that Robert remained silent, Jabba thought he didn't believe him: "Among the admirals of the navy, there have been those who were not strong in combat and those who were weak in military ability, but it must be said that they have always done a good job in upholding justice."

"Serving the World Government is out of necessity, but they always manage to find a balance between the Celestial Dragons' excessive orders and maintaining world peace."

Robert answered irrelevantly, "Where is York?"

Jabba paused for half a second: "She escaped, taking with her the ship you were half-building."

Arcs of electricity crackled around Robert, and a pirate hanging from the castle wall suddenly fell. Jabba was fast enough to reach the base of the wall before the pirate hit the ground and catch him.

But then he realized that the pirate's eyes were wide open and he was no longer breathing.

Jabba glared at Robert, but Robert showed no fear and tossed another pirate aside.

Jabba futilely swayed left and right, trying to catch the red-haired men, but these pirates, who were clearly still alive when they were hung up, were all executed by Robert during the landing.

"You're lying! You killed York!"

Jabba shouted, "No! We only seriously injured her! She clearly escaped! That ship..."

Robert abandoned more than a dozen pirates and finally stopped: "A ship is a ship, and a person is a person. Do you think I wouldn't interrogate them while I'm capturing them?"

"These people all participated in the siege of York, and they all claim they hurt her!"

"Now I'll ask you again!"

"Where did you take my master?"

Jabba, breathing heavily, said, "The girl was indeed badly injured, but she managed to escape onto the boat and sail away. We couldn't catch her!"

"Redfield really was sent to Impel Down! I'm not kidding you!"

Robert nodded: "Alright, I won't kill the rest. Consider it my sincerity. I don't care what methods you use, but I want to see my master in the Sabaody Archipelago in five days!"

Jabba gritted his teeth: "How could that be! Do you think I own Impel Down! You think I can just take whoever I want away?"

Robert waved his hand, and a giant child, unconscious, floated out from the depths of the castle.

"Actually, I'm quite curious. How could a human like you have a child with a giant?"