One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

For example, Ace and Marco, although they are both famous pirates, don't usually have any strange or unusual thoughts.

Take Uta for example. This girl is very simple-minded. She doesn't think about anything except singing. However, after spending some time with Robert, she developed some revolutionary ideas about helping more people in the world.

For example, York, Redfield only saw eating and sleeping in her mind, and the rest of the time was filled with her possessiveness towards Robert, thinking every day about how to keep him by her side.

At the advanced age of seventy or eighty, Redfield felt a surge of paternal responsibility after meeting these simple-minded young people.

That's why he feels so guilty now, after all, he's already messed things up twice.

The first time was when Uta was kidnapped in front of him, and the second time was when York was beaten to the point of near unconsciousness under his protection.

Although York comforted him by saying that as Vegapunk's alter ego, his consciousness could be immortalized by relying on some Vegapunk record, and that he could be restored to his original state by creating a new body, Redfield was still furious and wanted to settle the score with Shanks.

Sugar, being outside of Robert's team, didn't follow along to study the strengths and weaknesses of the weapons, but she keenly noticed that Redfield's mood was off.

She stepped forward and handed Redfield a swan-themed doll.

Karina noticed that the teacher was in a bad mood, so she went over to offer some words of comfort, only to find that the doll was trembling.

"Huh? This toy is alive too? Didn't Robert forbid you from turning people into toys so easily? Why did you do it again?"

Robert had no objection to Sugar being taken in by Redfield, but he did set a rule for her: she could not turn anyone into a toy without his permission.

Besides Ace, no one else in Robert's team possesses Conqueror's Haki. If Sugar develops any bad intentions, she could switch forms today and tomorrow, quickly stripping Robert of his entire crew.

Therefore, Robert specifically explained Sugar's abilities to everyone and solemnly stated that anyone who discovers an unknown doll around them should notify him immediately.

Sugar cried out in protest: "How can you call it turning people into toys so easily! Robert begged me to do it!"

Sugar held up the toy in front of Redfield like a treasure: "This person transformed into your appearance to impersonate you and exchange hostages with us, but he was exposed as soon as I tested him with my abilities!"

The commotion attracted everyone's attention, and they remembered that there were such people, so they all gathered around.

In the Sabaody Archipelago, Shanks brought along a fake Redfield, but the real one was easily detected by the combination of Big Lo and Sugar.

Later, Robert went off to do other things and temporarily put the imposter out of his mind. Anyway, the people Sugar turned into toys all had to obey her commands, so it wouldn't cause any trouble.

Now, this toy doll is all alone, surrounded by a large group of experts, and is trembling like a leaf.

Karina became interested: "You mean he can also transform into other people?"

Sugar nodded and simply deactivated her ability, restoring the doll to its human form.

A man dressed in the same suit as Redfield crouched on the deck, his hands clasped behind his back, looking at Redfield with a pleading expression.

Redfield also snapped out of his self-blame and waved his hand, saying, "Don't make things difficult for him. He was the one who helped me escape from Impel Down."

Karina swayed and transformed into Redfield's appearance: "You transform into one too and let me see."

The man pinched his own face and transformed into Redfield's likeness. Three identical people appeared on the scene, much to everyone's amazement.

"Von Clay?"

Robert's voice came from the side. Baby-5, who had been sitting to the side and not interested in anything, jumped up excitedly and pounced on Robert when she saw him return.

After offering her a few words of comfort, Robert stepped forward and carefully examined the group before him: "The Imitation Fruit seems to be even more thorough than Karina's transformation."

Karina pouted: "My Devil Fruit ability is more like an illusion. It can imitate other people's appearance, read their memories, and copy some of the abilities of the person being imitated."

The pirates around him were so valuable that they even surpassed the value of any of the Four Emperors' crews. Bon Clay spoke cautiously: "I can only imitate appearances and moves, but my body changes along with the person I'm imitating, so it might be more similar."

Robert had a good impression of Bon Clay and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Don't be so formal. Master said you helped him before, so you are my benefactor. I'll protect you from now on!"

Bon Clay swallowed hard. He dared not truly consider himself a benefactor. Redfield had stormed into the Transvestite Park, captured him—the new Transvestite King of Impel Down—and forcibly demanded that he transform into Redfield's appearance to help him escape.

Robert called over Big Luo to help make arrangements for Bon Clay. Now that A-San is not on Sky Island, Big Luo has become the chief steward of Sky Island.

Ace and the others asked a barrage of questions about the battle situation in the Sabaody Archipelago, but were more concerned about how Luffy and his crew were doing.

Robert waved his hand and answered one by one: "I've already spoken with Luffy and the others, and they're going to Fishman Island first."

"Let's take care of what we're doing here. I also need to take a few people over to meet up with them."

Ace said excitedly, "I'm definitely going! I haven't seen him for two years. By the way, can we invite Sabo to come along?"

Robert nodded: "I have no objection. This trip to Fishman Island is to completely eliminate the hidden dangers there. After all, it is the only territory we have left in name."

Bon Clay's ears perked up: "Luffy? Can I go see them too?"

Karina, still resembling Redfield, stood with her hands on her hips and looked at Robert.

Robert waved his hand and said, "Anyone who wants to go can come along! From now on, wherever we go, we'll send the whole army!"

Chapter 13 You thought I only had one layer, but actually I'm a durian mille-feuille.

While Robert was busy with the battle in the Sabaody Archipelago, Hela changed drastically.

Although York kept emphasizing that it was a living Adam Tree, it had previously looked like a ship, and because it had been attacked by the Red-Haired Pirates, it inevitably had some marks of being cut and burned.

In just a few days, under the meticulous care of the Tontatta tribe, Hela's wounds from the attack by the Red-Haired Pirates were completely healed, and new tender leaves grew on the ship's ribs, which were formed by the bending of several crowns, as if a layer of scales made of leaves had been laid on the outside of the ship.

Before leaving, Ah San made various special alloys according to York's requirements. Even after arriving in Qinghai, he continued to supply Hela with metals through Da Luo's portal.

The hundreds of mechanical engineers brought back by Robert were skilled mechanics, and under York's command, they arranged Hela's interior with a high-tech feel.

Baby-5 is actually a warmonger. Aside from being very excited to see Robert at first, he quickly steered the conversation back to Hela.

"Is this the weapon you mentioned before? It's certainly very powerful!"

Robert was willing to take the risk of keeping Baby-5 by his side because he saw the huge potential of her fruit.

The development of this weapon fruit was quite rudimentary before, but in reality, it has a wildly different approach. It can simulate both cold weapons like swords and blades, as well as firearms such as submachine guns and rocket launchers.

Since these weapons can transform, then even more abstract weapons can naturally do the same.

Robert has already handed over the electromagnetic cannon that he and Kidd developed and improved to Baby-5. Now her combat power has long been raised to the level of being able to injure an admiral. However, issues such as how to hit the target and whether she can withstand enemy counterattacks still need to be resolved. She is at the level of a glass cannon.

"This is the weapon I mentioned before, capable of destroying an island with a single shot. How about it, can you simulate it?"

Baby-5 frowned: "I need to look at the blueprints. The prerequisite for simulating a weapon is that I can understand the principles of the weapon myself. York just said that the energy problem of the weapon cannot be solved, so it will also be a problem for me to simulate it."

Robert looked at a monitor standing on the deck, and York's cartoon character tilted its head and said, "The large-scale thundercloud you had someone set up this time is indeed of a very high energy level, but I just tested it. If you want to use this method to power Hela's weapons, it can only reach a maximum of thirteen percent of the power."

When Robert first discussed bringing Long to the Sabaody Archipelago, he only wanted him to use his cloud-making abilities to leave himself a way out. Once such a large-scale thundercloud formed, he would have many options: to fight or to flee.

But with the unexpected Hela incident, Robert's mind started working again, and he decided to sail the ship over the Sabaody Archipelago to see if they could use electricity to power the main guns.

If such a large-scale thundercloud could be used as a battery, I could commission those meteorologists from the Sky Island to research the technology for creating thunderclouds.

At worst, I can just copy the equipment from Ark: The Proverb that generates thunderclouds onto Helya, and then I can drive Helya wherever I go. I won't need to ask the dragons for help anymore; I can generate thunderclouds on my own wherever I want.

York then poured cold water on his enthusiasm, revealing that Pluto's main cannon was an energy-guzzling behemoth. The energy contained within the thunderclouds was comparable to that of a small nuclear power plant, yet it wasn't even enough to fire a single shot.

York explained his previous statement to Robert again: "It's not that these thunderclouds contain little power, but rather that the problem of conversion and storage cannot be solved. To power the main cannon with lightning, as much electricity as possible must be poured into the main cannon within one minute, otherwise the energy will dissipate."

Robert's eyes lit up: "What if we do this?"

Previously, Robert wasn't on the ship, so Hela had to rely on absorbing electricity to recharge herself.

But what is the Rumble-Rumble Fruit for? Isn't it for controlling electric current?

With a thought, Robert summoned all the electrical currents in the clouds above the Sabaody Archipelago, which converged towards Hela like a long dragon. A progress indicator appeared beside York's virtual avatar.

10%, 20%, 50%...

When Robert had collected fifty percent of the main cannon's energy, he was already struggling to gather the current; he had almost completely drained the electrical energy contained in such a large thundercloud.

Even at only 50% of its power, it was terrifying enough. After sensing the aura of destruction contained within the hull beneath his feet, Robert began to actively stop accumulating energy, watching the current naturally dissipate because it could not be stored.

York exclaimed excitedly, "At this rate of energy storage, we can unleash at least 75% of the load power in one strike!"

Ace once again made that unrealistic request: "Then what are we waiting for! Let's give Mary Geoise a good beating right now!"

Robert quickly pulled him back: "Don't get excited. Do you know why I went to so much trouble to bring in the kinetic rock and bury it on the island, to create the illusion that we destroyed the island with explosives?"

Robert had previously tried to buy Power Rock on the black market. Although the largest stock of Power Rock in the world is found in naval bases, it is not entirely unavailable in the maritime black market.

After a year in charge of Dressrosa, and having taken over the Donquixote Family's arms supply chain, purchasing Power Rock was incredibly easy for him. This time, Robert arranged for him to leave Sky Island to reorganize the food supply battlefield, and also entrusted him with purchasing a large quantity of Power Rock.

This purchase by India was made without any attempt to conceal its activities. Anyone with a keen eye could easily find out that it was a large-scale purchase by the Whitebeard Pirates. After the purchase, the Whitebeard Pirates used their ships to transport the goods to this small island and bury them, only to detonate them today.

Everyone was confused. Hela could have destroyed this small, deserted island, so why did he go to such great lengths to buy so much expensive explosives to blow it up?

Robert wore a mysterious expression: "My actions serve two purposes. First, I want to show off my military strength. Just now, when I was confronting the Navy in the Sabaody Archipelago, if I didn't have this weapon that could destroy a city as a threat, the Navy would have fought me to the death. My shot was actually a way to call a truce."

"But if we have this kind of weapon, the Navy and the World Government will definitely be sleepless at night, and they will definitely target us in every way. So, for this second layer, I want them to investigate and find out that the island was blown up by a dynamic rock, and that we don't have any weapons of mass destruction at all."

"But Shanks probably already informed the World Government about my creation of Pluton. Even if they find out about Power Rock, they wouldn't dare gamble that I don't have a weapon that can destroy a city with a single shot. That's the third layer. As long as they can't prove that I don't have it, there will always be a Damocles' sword hanging over their heads!"

Chapter 14: I didn't realize how wealthy we were!

Robert thought about many things, but there was no need to explain the rest to everyone. He just needed to let everyone know that Hela should not be used lightly.

As for creating the Mother Spark, although York was eager to try, Robert refused outright.

Creating such a thing is like drinking poison to quench thirst. I can still resist creating it now because it has been proven that thunderclouds can also charge Hela. If this area of ​​thunderclouds is not enough, then I can create a larger area of ​​thunderclouds.

But once the Mother Fire was created, Robert asked himself if he had the willpower not to use it.

Just like when he was learning to smoke, Robert once thought he was a person with excellent willpower, and that he could quit at any time even if he learned it. But later he realized very clearly that he was actually just an ordinary person who could not resist any great temptation.

He knows perfectly well that smoking is harmful to his health, yet he can't even quit smoking. How can he guarantee that he can resist using the Mother Flame to fight Im again and again, knowing that it will cause sea levels to rise?

Before the dark clouds had dispersed, Hela quickly sailed away from the Sabaody Archipelago.

The two-year agreement has been reached, and the Straw Hat crew has reunited to set sail again. In fact, Robert felt that he didn't need to do anything anymore. His current strength and influence were more than enough to protect himself in the chaos. He could just wait for Luffy to awaken his Nika form and fight Mary Geoise.

All Robert has to do now is patch up the hole he dug himself.

The current Punk Hazard only has some prisoners who followed Caesar Clown. All the experimental equipment was moved to Skypiea by Law and his men. Even the dragons left behind by Vegapunk were taken back to Skypiea to be raised. There are basically no more experience packs for Luffy to level up.

To fill this huge gap, Robert also imprisoned all of Tezzolo's men.

Among the henchmen who helped Tesoro use gambling to harm people were several highly skilled individuals, such as Mr. Tanaka, who had eaten the Kaku Kaku no Mi (Wait-Wait Fruit), and the strong and powerful Des. Even Robert coveted the Baccarat Luck Fruit.

Even if throwing these people into Punk Hazard doesn't level Luffy up, it should at least give the rest of the Straw Hat crew some experience.

What really gave Robert the biggest headache was Dressrosa.

The Dressrosa arc is definitely the most important arc after One Piece entered the New World. Not only is the plot of high quality, but the character development of several villains is also super captivating.

In particular, Luffy completed a leap in status here, and the Straw Hat Pirates went from a small pirate crew with only one ship and seven or eight crew members to the Straw Hat Grand Fleet with several affiliated pirate crews!

But now this opportunity is completely gone. The Donquixote Family has been wiped out by Robert, and several pirate crews that were supposed to follow Luffy have been intercepted ahead of time.