One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert had already wasted too much time here, and in his perception, Shanks and the other two were not far away.

He wasn't entirely convinced by Xia Qi's words. This proprietress had managed to open a bar in a pirate's den like Beehive Island back in the day and charm so many pirates. Now, fooling a young man like him was a piece of cake.

"I'm sorry, I don't quite believe what you're saying. Before I find my master, I have to be taken away by you first."

A voice suddenly rang out in the room: "Hey, I won this time!"

Xia Qi reluctantly took out a fancy gold coin and tossed it into a corner of the room.

Robert shuddered; he hadn't realized there was a third person in the room!

He now possesses two powerful scanning tools: Observation Haki and Electromagnetic Induction. Before even arriving at the bar, he had already thoroughly explored the entire place, leaving no corner unchecked!

But he quickly relaxed, because he was all too familiar with that voice: "Master... how did you manage to evade my detection?"

Redfield emerged from a small pool of blood, sat down naturally next to Robert, picked up the drink Shakky had just mixed and drank it all in one gulp: "Your Devil Fruit ability has special uses, don't I have mine?"

Robert thought of Vladimir's W skill in League of Legends and felt he had been taught a lesson again. He had clearly found a pool of blood in the corner, but he felt it was normal for a pool of blood to appear in Rayleigh and Shakky's black shop.

Robert cautiously asked, "They're back. Should we leave first?"

Redfield remained calm: "We won, so why should we leave?"

Before Robert could explain, the tavern door was pushed open, and Rayleigh breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the three of them sitting peacefully inside.

Shanks calmly walked to the bar, sat down, took the drink that Shakky had poured for him, and drank it all in one gulp: "I lost."

Rayleigh cleared his throat: "Let's stick to the bet we agreed on before."

Robert was taken aback: "What bet?"

Redfield waved the gold coins in his hand: "I made a bet with them that if I didn't show up, you would kidnap Shakky."

Robert was speechless: "What's there to bet on?"

Shanks said, "You're here, which means you're also ruthless and unscrupulous. We don't have as many chips as you, so we have no choice but to let you sit at the table."

Robert rolled his eyes. Even if he really kidnapped Cologne and Shakky, did he think he could kill them? What did it mean to be ruthless?

"Don't talk to me like I'm being given charity. My being seated here isn't something you can decide whether you agree or not. I'm already sitting in the head seat, and I get to decide what we eat!"

Shanks scoffed: "Fine, then let me ask you, do you have the Road Poneglyphs?"

Robert coughed to cover his embarrassment: "Kaido has one piece, Linlin has one piece, Zou has one piece, and the burned man has one piece. They're just stored there. You can go and get them anytime."

No one seemed surprised that Robert could clearly state the locations of the four historical texts; they had already assumed that Robert knew many secrets and even possessed the means to decipher historical texts.

"Then you will experience the same despair we did back then. The time is not right, and the One Piece is just a joke."

Robert was unwilling to repeat himself to them: "Don't you guys have anything else to say besides reminiscing about the past? I don't care what that great treasure is, let's just go and kill Im, shall we?"

Rayleigh seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world: "Im is someone you can just kill as easily as you think?"

Robert curled his lip: "You guys didn't even try before saying you couldn't do it? What? Did the battle at God Valley scare you to death?"

Shanks stared intently into Robert's eyes: "I investigated you, but I couldn't find any information about you from two years ago. You suddenly appeared in this world."

"All sorts of rumors say you know everything, so tell me, do you really know how to defeat Im?"

Robert felt a pang of guilt. The comic book wasn't even finished when he arrived; what did he know?

But if someone else asked him, he could answer that following Luffy would allow him to defeat Im. But now it's Shanks asking him.

Shanks was the first person to bet on Luffy, and the conflict with him was because he felt that Shanks was hindering Luffy's development. If Shanks were to say that he also wanted to follow Luffy, wouldn't he be at a disadvantage in terms of momentum?

Robert said with a calm expression, "Of course I know some inside information, but I'm afraid you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

"Luffy and I have no grudges against each other, we are even good friends. It is you who think that we cannot coexist."

"How about this, I can forgive and forget what you did to me before, as long as you don't provoke me again in the future, we'll keep to ourselves."

Shanks shook his head and said, "I've never thought that the two of you couldn't coexist. My sincerity towards you has always been based on you as a person!"

Robert narrowed his eyes: "What do you mean? Are you going to fight me to the death?"

Rayleigh explained, "Your power represents the people of the moon. Shanks just doesn't want to work hard to overthrow Im only to face another resurgence of the people of the moon."

Robert was speechless for a moment. So you guys have also heard of the legend of Odin, the king of the gods?

Just as he was about to explain, lightning and thunder suddenly struck outside.

Shanks suddenly looked at Robert: "Did you do this?"

Robert slapped his forehead: "It's all your fault for dragging me into this nonsense! I forgot I had other backup plans!"

Chapter 7 Since you insist on taking this so seriously

Robert brought more than one person; Dragon was one of them.

When he asked him to help rescue the bear, Robert took the opportunity to suggest that Dragon himself needed to come to the Sabaody Archipelago.

In fact, both logically and emotionally, Long should have been present as well.

Kuma is his comrade-in-arms of many years, and Luffy is his biological son. One of them is about to be enslaved by the Celestial Dragons, and the other is about to embark on a journey again. It would be unreasonable for the Dragons not to come to pick them up or see them off.

Robert couldn't understand why the Revolutionary Army didn't just take matters into their own hands to rescue Big Bear. With their capabilities, they didn't need to make Big Bear suffer for those extra two or three months.

However, upon closer analysis, it seems that the Revolutionary Army probably did attempt a rescue, but Kuma was under orders and did not go with them.

So when Robert came to Sabaody Archipelago, he wore the high-tech headset that Lilith had provided for him on Egghead Island, and York set up the headset with the ability to control the pacifists.

Given York's own level of authority, granting Robert temporary command is certainly feasible.

So Robert didn't actually arrive three days earlier than Shakky told Sanji; he and Nami arrived even earlier.

Robert arrived long before Franky did, and he was the first Straw Hat crew member Kuma met.

In Kuma's mind, Robert and Luffy were on the same side during the Sabaody Archipelago battle, which is why he sent Robert away at the last moment as well.

His final obsession was to protect the Thousand Sunny before the Straw Hat crew returned. Upon seeing Robert, Kuma finally got up and left to keep his appointment with Vegapunk.

Big Bear is also a friend of Vegapunk and knows his difficulties.

Back then, in order to treat Bonney's Blue Scale Disease, Kuma had to give Vegapunk a plausible excuse.

The fact that the chief scientist, who is affiliated with the World Government, agreed to treat the daughter of one of the three leaders of the Revolutionary Army is practically tantamount to open rebellion.

Therefore, whether it was joining the Seven Warlords of the Sea or voluntarily accepting the modification to become a humanoid weapon completely obedient to the World Government, it was all a price that Kuma willingly offered.

If Franky is the first to arrive, then Kuma will go to the designated receiving location as agreed, be carefully checked to ensure there are no more safety risks, and then be handed over to the Celestial Dragons to be bullied as a pet.

But Robert came with authority this time. He gave Big Bear new instructions: to report directly to the naval base in the Sabaody Archipelago, and then stay there pretending he would not leave without orders.

Over the course of two years, the Navy had long known that Big Bear was protecting the Thousand Sunny, and that many of Big Bear's injuries were even caused by the Navy.

Later, they received orders from their superiors to temporarily stop dealing with Kuma's affairs, and the Navy stopped trying to seize Luffy's ship.

The navy stationed in the Sabaody Archipelago couldn't understand why Big Bear suddenly stopped guarding the ships and instead sat down at the naval base, not going anywhere.

After being reported up the chain of command, it was Kizaru who ultimately contacted Vegapunk.

Although Vegapunk is now completely under the control of CP, cut off from all ties with the military, and under house arrest on Egghead Island to focus on creating the Mother Spark, it can still get information from the Navy's information center.

York's access to the Punk Records means that Robert can contact everyone on Egghead Island at any time through her, which is more convenient and discreet than before when he had to make a trip there in person for any matter.

Vegapunk and Robert had already conspired to tell the military that it was the result of Kuma completely fulfilling his obsession, having all his consciousness erased, and becoming a mindless machine.

Logically speaking, if Kuma were to be sent to work for the Celestial Dragons, he would definitely undergo thorough checks to prevent him from going to a place like Mary Geoise to carry out terrorist attacks or something.

But now the plot has changed. Vegapunk himself is not trustworthy. He is under close surveillance by agents every day, even when he is eating and sleeping. It would be inappropriate to let him perform a security check on Kuma.

So the World Government had no choice but to bring in some scientists from elsewhere to conduct a full examination of Kuma at the naval base in the Sabaody Archipelago.

Once they confirmed that Kuma was truly unconscious, the Celestial Dragons came and took him away as their private property.

Robert was no stranger to this family; he had participated in beating them up two years ago in the Sabaody Archipelago. They were the same Roswald family he had seen at the human auction.

This safety inspection took four or five days to complete. Yesterday, Roswald Saint wanted to bring the bear back to the Holy Land, but Robert caused a minor accident with the Bubble Cable Car, leaving it until today.

Shanks readily accepted the invitation, stood up for the Revolutionary Army by attacking the Navy, and eagerly drank a large bowl of dirty water.

The revolutionary army rescued Kuma without even showing their faces, and Kuma was quite cooperative, having received Robert's orders.

In exchange, Dragon promised to create another massive dark cloud at the right time, providing Robert with a suitable battleground.

As for when is the right time, it is when Dragon believes Robert needs to fight.

So when dark clouds gathered outside and thunder rumbled between them, that was the dragon's signal to Robert—a formidable enemy was approaching.

Seeing the questioning looks in Shanks' eyes, Robert shrugged: "Who knew you guys had already reached an agreement? I initially thought it was going to be a full-scale war, so I also invited some other friends."

Jabba finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked, "Where is my son?"

Robert feigned surprise: "Didn't Yasopp and the others send a message? We've already sent Cologne back to the ship, haven't we?"

Shanks' expression was unfriendly; he knew this was yet another attempt by Robert to intimidate him.

However, Jabba was one of the elders who raised him, and his son's kidnapping was because of him. Therefore, he had to accept this humiliation out of both reason and emotion.

He took out a Den Den Mushi and started contacting Ben Beckman, who was staying on the ship. The other end was also confused, saying that Cologne seemed to have appeared out of thin air in front of them, and that before that, the Den Den Mushi had never rung a single time for Shanks' command.

Since they could pull Shanks and the others into the world of song, it would be even easier to hypnotize the unsuspecting Beckman and the others. In reality, their Den Den Mushi were being called non-stop, but their consciousness was entirely in their dreams, so they were completely unaware.

Once Robert confirmed that his master was safe and sound, he immediately gave York the task through the headset. York then relayed Robert's orders to all the other members like a supercomputer in a command center.

Luo opened a portal, and Cologne was placed in front of the red-haired crew member. Uta dispelled the hypnosis, while Robert boasted about the team's unfathomable strength in the tavern.

Having confirmed Cologne's safety, Rayleigh naturally eased Shanks' embarrassment: "Actually, we didn't necessarily lose the bet we made entirely. At least this kid didn't actually kidnap Shakky, and we managed to get back before he made a move."

Robert looked at him strangely: "That's not necessarily true..."

Chapter 8 Eating fast, cooking slow, cleaning up the mess is the most troublesome.

If Riley hadn't made that comment, Robert probably wouldn't have gone to such lengths to humiliate the older comrades.

The primary goal of this showdown with Shanks was, of course, to rescue his master. The second goal was to demonstrate his strength and show Shanks that he was not someone to be trifled with, so that Shanks would think twice before trying anything with him in the future.

Therefore, Robert cannot make the slightest concession; he must win completely.

Rayleigh didn't say this to save face; he just felt sorry for Shanks' crushing defeat.

But Robert was notorious for not giving face to the old comrades: "I had forgotten that you didn't mention it. Boss Xia Qi is still in my hands."

As Xia Qi, the proprietress, was wiping the bar counter, she smiled sweetly, her whole body shimmering like a bubble, revealing Karina's youthful face.