One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

She had just introduced Caesar Courant as her newly hired weapons research scientist, so of course she couldn't arrest him on the spot. However, she would send her eldest son, who was always reliable, to follow along, and he would find out everything.

She didn't care whether Law was really dead or faked it; as long as Perospero followed, she could make sure he was completely dead and that the Big Mom Pirates wouldn't lose face.

Charlotte Linlin waved her hand, smiling to ease the awkwardness: "Mama mama~ I wonder if everyone is satisfied with the little entertainment I prepared for the tea party?"

"That bastard who humiliated my daughter and our entire nation is dead. Now let's get to the real theme of today's tea party!"

Everyone followed the direction the old woman was pointing and looked at the fairytale-like door where she had first appeared.

"I've already prepared a wedding cake for my daughter, and today I'll choose a suitable husband for her and we'll get married right here!"

"For this reason, we have specially invited many talented young people from the sea. You all need to show some real skills!"

The door slowly opened, and Karina said with a smile, "I think those so-called young talents are just for show. It's obvious that your mother has her eye on you for a long time. Her daughter has specifically asked to marry you."

Robert curled his lip: "Stop joking. Look at that old lady's appearance. Who knows what kind of ugly duckling her daughter is? I wouldn't take her even if she were given to me for free. And now they actually expect me to go on stage and snatch her away?"

A figure appeared through the fairytale-like door, leaving Robert speechless.

Karina was also taken aback, then burst out laughing: "How about this little sister? Want to snatch her away?"

Robert gave a wry smile: "We really have to snatch this up..."

The moment the door opened, a figure practically sprang out, dressed like a watermelon vendor in blue shorts, a red vest, and a woven straw hat, shouting:

"Robert! I've come to save you!"

Karina patted Robert's arm, took two steps back and disappeared into the crowd, changing her appearance several times before chasing after the direction where Perospero and the others had disappeared.

Robert laughed loudly and said, "Luffy! You're actually Big Mom's daughter! You've fooled us so much!"

Charlotte Linlin gritted her teeth. Nothing that had happened today went according to their plan. Now that they could no longer see any hope of luring and killing Robert, she simply pointed at Luffy and said, "Kill this bastard!"

But the scene became eerily quiet. No officers responded to her orders; instead, chess pieces rushed forward, only to be knocked to the ground by Luffy with a single punch each.

She then realized that her sons and daughters had all been transferred away from the scene!

First, when the huge explosion occurred on the outer island, Katakuri had already left to check it out. Then Smoothie was also sent out to investigate the old tavern. Even Perospero just went to deal with Law. The other sons and daughters are either stationed on their own islands or guarding the perimeter of the venue. Now, the banquet venue is only left with a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals!

The woman was trembling all over, seemingly on the verge of exploding, and to make matters worse, there was Capone Becky with ulterior motives.

Capone Bege was actually the key to the destruction of Whole Cake Island. When he first arrived in the New World, he originally planned to challenge the Four Emperors and take their place, but he was defeated and captured before he even saw Big Mom.

He then changed his strategy, first joining the Big Mom Pirates, and then gradually working his way up, intending to conquer Whole Cake Island from within.

Now the opportunity he had been dreaming of had finally arrived. Just as everyone's attention was focused on Luffy and the enraged Big Mom, a waiter dressed in an inconspicuous manner walked to the main table as if by accident.

With a gentle nudge, the framed photograph of Sister Carmel was thrown off the table and shattered on the floor.

That wasn't all; the waiter even stomped on the horse's spurs a few times with his heels before quickly disappearing into the crowd.

Capone Becky exclaimed dramatically, "No! Sister Carmel!"

No one present understood what he meant. Although the Big Mom Pirates had arranged a very grand ceremony at the beginning of the banquet, specifically bringing out this photo and placing it on the main seat, many people didn't even remember Carmelo's name.

But Charlotte Linlin reacted too strongly to the name. When Capone Becky called out Carmelo, her first reaction was to look at the table where the photos had been placed on the main tea table.

The place was now completely empty. Charlotte Linlin stood there, muttering repeatedly, "Sister! Why did she suddenly disappear!"

Robert swallowed hard, manipulated the current to shut down his cochlea, and then went over to Morgans and Sabo to remind them.

Everyone noticed Charlotte Linlin's strange state. She no longer looked like one of the Four Emperors who dominated the New World, but rather like an abandoned little girl.

The guests who had been surrounding her involuntarily took a few steps back, trying their best to stay away from her to ensure their own safety.

As the crowd dispersed, the image of Sister Carmel, which had been trampled to pieces on the ground, was immediately revealed.

Charlotte Linlin stared intently at the photograph on the ground, her breathing became rapid, her eyes became vacant, and suddenly she let out a long howl.

A tremendous, strange noise swept through the tea party. Some guests who were nearby and not very strong had their eardrums shattered by just one of these bizarre shouts and collapsed to the ground, trembling.

In an instant, the tea party was in complete chaos, with everyone covering their ears in pain and unable to move.

The Big Mom Pirates were well-prepared for Big Mom's strange behavior. All the waiters and pirates responsible for security at the venue took out earplugs, put them on, and communicated using sign language.

A strange man covered in cream rushed into the venue, shook himself, and flung out clumps of cream that landed precisely in the ears of every guest. He then used sign language to give orders:

"Evacuate the guests immediately! Don't come back until Mom regains consciousness!"

Charlotte Opera, the woman's fifth son, managed to stabilize the situation, and the staff at the scene bravely suppressed their fear and guided the guests to evacuate.

Capone Becky, who caused all of this, approached Robert and pulled out a piece of paper.

The paper contained a structural diagram of the central castle of Whole Cake Island, with a sentence written next to it:

"Can Luo's final step—toppling this castle—be done?"

Chapter 51 I can drive women crazy with ease

Normally, this cake-shaped castle should indeed have been destroyed, but not by its own hand, but by the tamatebako (treasure box) that was loaded with explosives.

Robert found this plot point full of flaws from the start. First of all, the so-called treasure of Fishman Island, the Jade Hand Box, actually contained a deadly drug, the kind of brain-damaging drug that Hody Jones took.

It's unclear what makes this medicine so deserving of being considered a national treasure, and why it's coveted by everyone from Charlotte Linlin to the World Government.

The poison was stolen by Hody Jones years ago, and the Right Minister secretly filled it with explosives without the King's knowledge.

Later, Luffy took the Tamatebako away, and in order to quell the anger of the Big Mom Pirates, it was handed over to the people of Whole Cake Island, and finally detonated at the tea party.

Many people say that this foreshadowing, which was buried for two years, ultimately became the key to Luffy and his crew's escape from Fishman Island. It was a truly brilliant design, but Robert certainly didn't get it right.

The explosives were less powerful than Franky's Coke Cannon. It's better not to blow up the Tamatebako. Wouldn't it be the same if Franky just blasted the Cake Castle to pieces?

Now that he saw the words on the paper, Robert felt somewhat relieved. Blowing up a castle taller than a mountain was easy for some ability users, but difficult for the vast majority of people.

Take Capone Bege and his group, for example. Two years ago, he was one of the Supernovas. The Devil Fruit he ate had a very strong function, making him a versatile person who could store things and develop his power. If the story were set in a post-apocalyptic world, he might very well become the protagonist.

Even if they had already infiltrated the Big Mom Pirates, blowing up the headquarters building right under their noses was an impossible task.

Robert smiled and nodded, indicating that he would take care of blowing up the building, while Capone Becky and the others pulled out rocket launchers with serious expressions and rushed towards Charlotte Linlin, who was screaming.

Capone Bege's face was filled with fanaticism, as if he could already see his value skyrocketing after personally killing Charlotte Linlin, one of the Four Emperors, and his bright future of reaching the pinnacle with that glory.

But Robert didn't even glance at him, and headed towards the cake castle on his own.

Given how things have developed, he might as well just call Luffy and the others and leave, since Capone Bege's assassination attempt is doomed to fail.

Charlotte Linlin is at her most terrifying when she's in a frenzy. Her strength doesn't come from combat intelligence or rich experience, but from her naturally powerful, beast-like body and the abilities of the Soul-Soul Fruit.

A rational middle-aged woman might have her fighting ability reduced due to her bizarre way of thinking, but once she goes crazy, her innate fighting instinct takes over her body.

Even if Capone Becky and his crew had a nuclear bomb, let alone just a regular rocket launcher, they might not have been able to take down Big Mom.

Knowing the outcome all along, Robert naturally wouldn't waste time watching them fail. Luffy was already fighting Charlotte Daifuku and the others who had rushed in from the sidelines of the tea party after hearing the commotion. Robert needed to hurry up and blow up the building to facilitate their escape.

There were hardly any people left in the Cake Castle to begin with; most of the pirates and waiters stationed there had been reassigned to the tea party.

Now that the old lady has gone mad, naturally no one will return to the castle to hide. Everyone is heading as far away from the sea as possible, since no construction industry can withstand the crazy old lady, and only the sea is the only life-saving barrier.

Robert entered the Cake Castle without anyone stopping him, except for some Homies—plants, trees, rockeries, and other structures imbued with life—who gave him somewhat unfriendly looks.

Robert didn't care at all. He compared the castle's architectural plans with those provided by Capone Becky, found a few key load-bearing columns at the bottom, and reached out to stroke them a few times.

When Robert left the castle, he saw Luffy and Sabo fighting side by side, defeating several Big Mom Pirates officers who had come to help them.

Luffy had just seen Robert, but his high-profile rush out naturally drew the attention of the Big Mom Pirates members present, and he was stopped immediately.

As Sabo's good older brother, he naturally wouldn't stand by and watch his younger brother be bullied, and he stepped in to help without hesitation.

These two are both quite strong. If the Sweet Commanders were present, the fight might have been more intense. Unfortunately, several capable officers, including Perospero, had already been lured away by Law and Capone Becky.

Robert knew that the two brothers were definitely not going to suffer any losses, so he didn't help them. Instead, he rushed into the cake castle and started causing chaos.

When he reappeared, the sky above Whole Cake Island was already covered with dark clouds.

Capone Bege's assassination plan has failed, and Luffy and his crew are waiting for Robert to return so they can break out.

Charlotte Linlin, who had been screaming for five or six minutes, had now quieted down and was in an eerie stillness. Everyone felt that she might go crazy again at any moment, and then it wouldn't just be a simple screaming.

Capone Becky's second-in-command, "Strange Gun" Witt, shouted, "That bastard Robert might have run away on his own, right? Let's run too!"

Luffy punched Charlotte Daifuku's steam giant, shattering it, and then charged towards Daifuku himself.

Although he didn't say anything, Luffy's attitude was firm; he wouldn't leave until Robert returned.

Robert yelled, "Run! I'm going to blow up the building!"

Everyone present was stunned. When they saw Robert walk out of the Cake Castle, they all turned around and ran away from the castle without distinguishing between friend and foe.

A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow; this is Robert's current reputation. When he says he's going to blow up the castle, even people from opposing forces will subconsciously believe he can do it.

However, as these enemies fled, they cursed, "You bastard! If you dare to blow up the Whole Cake Island, that's declaring war on the Big Mom Pirates! Mom will bring her people to raze your territory to the ground!"

Robert laughed loudly, "You tricked me into coming here today just to kill me, didn't you? Besides, what territory do I have left? You're nothing!"

While engaging in a verbal battle with the Big Mom Pirates, Robert activated his Thor form, and a gigantic thunderous form appeared on Whole Cake Island, twice the size of the crazed Charlotte Linlin.

Charlotte Linlin, who had been in a daze, raised her head, and her eyes regained a moment of clarity.

Robert's thunderous form seemed to be smiling, and with a wave of his hand, a bolt of lightning thicker than a bucket struck the wedding cake in the distance. Charlotte Linlin, who had finally calmed down, instantly went into a frenzy.

Robert glanced at Capone Becky with a smile, as if to say: You went through all that trouble but didn't actually drive her crazy. What's with the weird noises when she's sad?

Food cravings are Charlotte Linlin's real weakness!

Chapter 52: I finally did what I wrote in my little essay about helping an old man cross the road!

The wedding cake, covered in cream, exploded into a shower of frosting the moment it was struck by high-voltage electricity.

Moreover, Robert's lightning strikes were not a one-time event. From the very beginning, the originally cloudless sky became eerily gloomy, as if large patches of dark clouds had appeared out of nowhere.

After a period of accumulation, the Whole Cake Island was now shrouded in dark clouds. Even without Robert's guidance, thunder rumbled. It was even more so when he deliberately guided the lightning from the clouds to strike the giant cake.

Everyone in the Big Mom Pirates was shocked, with only one thought remaining—it's over.

The damage to this extent is simply irreparable. The once magnificent cake is now charred in every way, looking like asphalt.

Moreover, the rain started falling as soon as Robert unleashed the first bolt of lightning, washing away the cream, syrup, and other decorations on the outdoor cake like a waterfall.

Charlotte Linlin's eyes had lost all reason, and she kept shouting, "Cake!"

Even her children dared not step forward to stop her. Seeing that things were hopeless, everyone tacitly distanced themselves from Charlotte Linlin.

"Quickly, go and fetch Lord Longbread!"