One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Katakuri, who rushed back immediately after seeing the tea party in chaos, is now fighting Luffy. The fateful showdown has not been absent despite Robert's intervention.

Smoothie, who hadn't gone far, naturally rushed back. She wanted to join forces with Katakuri to attack Luffy, but Sabo stopped her.

Charlotte Daifuku and Charlotte Oven are being besieged by Capone Bege's Flame Tank Pirates. Capone Bege finally unleashes his full power, releasing all his subordinates from his Body Castle to completely surround the two brothers.

As for the other children who were slightly weaker in combat, the Straw Hat Pirates took care of them.

The Straw Hat crew has greatly improved in both strength and influence, and they would at least not be defeated even if they faced the Four Emperors' crews.

Especially after Robert's intervention, Jinbe in this timeline has been on Luffy's ship ever since he left Fishman Island, and he even merged the entire Sun Pirates into the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, making a huge contribution to managing the members of those new Fishman Pirates.

The only one on Whole Cake Island who is currently without rivals is actually Charlotte Linlin, the completely insane ruler of Totto Land!

Robert descended from the clouds, striking the old woman with immense force.

Charlotte Linlin roared, but it was clear that the roar was not from pain, but rather an expression of anger because someone had stopped her.

Robert appeared in Charlotte Linlin's path, his gaze becoming serious. He had originally wanted to find a high-profile occasion to fight a battle against an opponent of sufficient status and strength.

First, he needs to test just how strong he is now, and second, he needs to rightfully ascend to the throne of one of the Four Emperors.

At this stage, Robert believes he is fully prepared to become one of the Four Emperors, but he does not want to rise to power by inheriting the legacy of the Whitebeard Pirates. Instead, he wants to be like Luffy, defeating all the opponents in his path and ultimately ascending to the throne of the Four Emperors in an indisputable manner.

Luffy and Katakuri are currently locked in combat, which is a good opportunity. Since no one dares to mess with Big Mom, Luffy can take matters into his own hands.

However, what Robert didn't expect was that even though he had the meteorologists prepare a thunderstorm battlefield for him in advance, the lightning strike, carrying the power of a whole thick thundercloud, did not cause any harm to the old lady.

Before this, Robert had really underestimated her. After all, the whole storyline only indirectly showed how strong the Four Emperors were. For example, Luffy fought Katakuri, his second-in-command, to a standstill on Whole Cake Island, but when faced with Big Mom, he simply ran away.

Later, when Charlotte Linlin began to pursue Luffy, she lost her memory near Wano Country and didn't show much strength at all. First, her attack was blocked by Zoro, and then she was quickly knocked into the lava by Law and Kid, two of the new generation of young talents.

To be honest, when Robert saw the old lady's defeat, it felt like he had stepped into thin air. He felt that he had praised her so highly before, so the contrast was too great.

But after only one exchange, Robert realized that it wasn't that the old lady was too weak; there must be other reasons why she was so frustrated in defeat, even though they weren't clearly explained in the original work.

Despite being nearly seventy years old, Charlotte Linlin is a monster by nature. She is known as the Steel Balloon because of her monstrous physical abilities.

After being struck by Robert, Charlotte Linlin pointed at him, but nothing happened for a long time.

Robert was somewhat puzzled, but Charlotte Linlin, who was in a frenzy, did not hesitate at all because the finger had no effect. She took off her pirate hat and turned it into a huge scimitar, which she swung at Robert.

At the level of the Four Emperors, Haki has become an instinct of the body. They rarely dye their entire bodies black like Luffy does. Their moves may seem ordinary, but they are all actually imbued with Haki.

Robert wouldn't gamble that the Homie named Napoleon wasn't covered in Armament Haki just because it wasn't completely black, and would underestimate it by using elemental transformation to take the hit head-on. Instead, he cautiously took out the Eternal Spear Gungnir, spun around in the air, and swung it at Napoleon.

At the moment the weapons clashed, neither Robert nor Charlotte Linlin, the two controllers, showed any unusual behavior. After all, Big Mom had extremely strong physical abilities, while Robert was remotely controlling Gungnir through electromagnetic control to fight the enemy, so the reaction force did not reach him.

Napoleon, who could transform into a scimitar, and Gungnir, who was covered in lightning, each emitted a terrible soul tremor. Napoleon, who had the ability to speak, even let out a terrible scream.

Gungnir trembled as it circled around Robert. Robert knew why it had been beaten so badly: Charlotte Linlin had unconsciously used the Overlord's Entangle skill in one of her attacks, a skill that Robert himself had not mastered.

But seeing Napoleon scream like that really made Robert smile.

"After so much planning, we're finally seeing results today!"

Chapter 54 I've succeeded, Daoist Master!

Robert figured out what the old lady was trying to do with her strange and useless movements in just one exchange of blows.

She has three Homies made from fragments of her own soul, which are an important part of her fighting force.

Charlotte Linlin had indeed gone mad at this point, but sometimes, the madness of an old pirate who had fought his whole life was even more terrifying.

The old woman possessed an almost terrifying combat instinct; even now, in her madness, she instinctively used the move most suitable for the current battle situation.

Of the three strongest Homies, Prometheus the Sun was severely weakened by the torrential rain and can't even produce a small flame now. Napoleon the Pirate Hat, who can transform into a scimitar, is not actually the first choice. The best one to use in thunderstorms is Zeus the Thundercloud.

Charlotte Linlin's first reaction was also this, which is why she pointed her finger. But a madman can instinctively choose the strongest move, forgetting that Zeus is no longer here!

As early as the beginning of the tea party, when Robert planned to execute Du Field with lightning in front of everyone, Big Mom's first reaction was to use Zeus, who could also control lightning, to absorb Robert's lightning.

To her surprise, after taking a direct hit from Robert's lightning strike, Zeus the thundercloud mysteriously disappeared.

The body that made up the thundercloud dissipated into the air, since the thundercloud itself was nothing more than water vapor. It was normal for it to dissipate after the electrons were drawn away by Robert's lightning. More importantly, the soul that Charlotte Linlin had infused into it also disappeared.

That was a fragment of Charlotte Linlin's own soul, closely connected to her. Even if she suffered severe injuries, she could repair them through the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit. But this piece of soul had completely disappeared.

Under those circumstances, Charlotte Linlin certainly couldn't ask Robert how he did it; it only strengthened her resolve to kill him.

Because in addition to food, Robert has also mastered a means to control his own abilities.

But what she didn't know was that it was also the first time Robert had achieved the effect of annihilating souls. He was not mentally prepared at all, so after this lightning-fast attack, he didn't have time to reflect on it until he used Gungnir to infuse lightning and fiercely clashed with Napoleon in the scimitar hat!

While Napoleon possessed Charlotte Linlin's Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, Robert had merely infused Gungnir with lightning.

However, Gungnir itself is a divine artifact. The first attribute of the so-called Eternal Spear is that the spearhead never wears out, so even though it was hit and flew back in a whirl, it did not suffer any substantial damage.

But Napoleon was different. After one move, the screams he let out were absolutely heart-wrenching. There was clearly no nick on the blade, but Napoleon screamed in agony.

Even Charlotte Linlin, whose mind was controlled by food cravings, hesitated for a moment and did not immediately swing her scimitar at Robert again.

But her not making a move didn't mean Robert wouldn't either. He stopped using Gungnir to fight head-on and instead unleashed a bolt of lightning.

Charlotte Linlin's first reaction was to use Napoleon to defend herself, but when she raised her knife, she realized that the attack was originally intended for Napoleon.

Napoleon's life was in the hands of the old lady, and even though he was unwilling, he had no choice but to take a lightning strike from Robert, which made him scream even more miserably.

Even Katakuri, who was locked in a fierce battle with Luffy, looked over in disbelief: "Impossible! How could he possibly hurt Mom's Homies!"

Now everyone in the Big Mom Pirates is terrified. Whole Cake Island was built on the power of Big Mom's Soul-Soul Fruit. All the living plants and tireless chess pieces on the islands are Homies.

If Robert can damage the Homies so easily, it will be an epic blow to the Big Mom Pirates!

Robert, however, was in high spirits. His long-planned scheme was finally paying off!

Actually, when it comes to planning, his original purpose wasn't to target the old lady, but rather to deal with Im.

Two years ago in the Devil's Triangle, he asked Karina if she had ever heard that lightning was the nemesis of demons. Karina replied that she had never heard of such a legend in all her travels.

From that moment on, Robert had an idea: since Devil Fruits are the result of the collective imagination of people all over the world, why couldn't he add new characteristics to his abilities by spreading faith throughout the world?

So he desperately became a charlatan, trying to spread his faith wherever he conquered, all in order to give lightning a buff that could subdue demons!

From Dressrosa to the entire Skypiea, then to Fishman Island, and even to the original territories of the Whitebeard Pirates, the belief system surrounding lightning has spread.

Robert now has a very complete religious propagation system, based on the beliefs of the Shandians, and constantly spreading through the missionary team led by the eccentric monk Urouge. The biggest trump card is Uta!

Every time Uta uses the power of the Song-Song Fruit to pull people into a dream, she helps Robert modify the subconscious of these listeners, making them believe that the power of thunder is the nemesis of all darkness.

Today, Robert is finally certain that this path is viable!

The power of thunder in the One Piece world has finally acquired the attribute of suppressing evil and exorcising demons from the Chinese Taoist tradition!

Wherever the lightning strikes, demons, ghosts, or soul creatures created by the Soul-Soul Fruit have no chance of survival!

If it weren't for Charlotte Linlin's dual protection of Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, Napoleon would have followed in Zeus's footsteps and been blasted to ashes by lightning!

After two blows, Napoleon's blade completely retracted into his hat. The crazed Charlotte Linlin kept activating the power of the Soul-Soul Fruit, but Napoleon wasn't so bold as to disobey orders; rather, he was truly too weak to maintain the scimitar form.

An enraged Charlotte Linlin roared, threw Napoleon to the ground, and charged at Robert.

Robert easily dodged her fleshy impact, as countless bolts of lightning descended from the clouds and struck her.

The saturation attack finally took effect, and Robert finally understood that it wasn't that his lightning was completely ineffective against Big Mom's body, but rather that she had accumulated too much soul power over the years.

As long as these souls are not completely exhausted, they will be the first to take the damage for their master!

Robert was completely relieved. As long as he could break through the defenses, the battle could be fought!

We've at least awakened our Devil Fruit, so there's no limit to how much battery we can use!

Today we'll see if you, who can suck the mice out of the wall, will drain me dry first, or if I, full of energy, will feed you first!

Chapter 55 Getting Closer to Science

Perospero was in very poor condition, breathing rapidly and coughing violently. As the eldest son of the Charlotte family, he was always composed and elegant, and this was the first time he had been so disheveled.

Law, who fought him, wasn't much better off. Although he had escaped the sugar syrup prison mixed with seastone, the seastone handcuffs on his hands still restricted his Devil Fruit abilities.

Furthermore, Luo is currently unarmed; his longsword, Ghost Cry, has long been confiscated. The reason he was able to force Perospero into such a predicament is because he was poisoned.

Robert's judgment was absolutely correct. Caesar Clown would rather work for Robert than join the Big Mom Pirates.

In fact, Caesar Courland was quite simple-minded; he only wanted to make his strange weapons and poisons and had very little desire for anything else.

Previously, both Doflamingo and the Big Mom Pirates had sponsored him, but in return, they imposed many restrictions on him.

Caesar Courant could only secretly pocket a small portion of the funds and use them for his own weapons research.

Until Robert showed up!

When Robert first arrived in Punk Hazard, he also used violence to subdue Caesar Courland. At that time, he didn't care. It was just that he had another living father. He was like Dalit in the Third Brother. He didn't care how many castes were above him. Anyway, he was always at the bottom of the oppressed class.

Robert gave him freedom and respect. Although he initially rejected his research direction, Robert did not simply reject it entirely, but pointed out a new path that broadened his horizons.

He was happy as long as Caesar Courant was researching poison gas, especially since Robert spoke of poison gas without any prejudice and even resonated with his ideas.

Most importantly, Robert is rich!

Whether it was Doflamingo or the Big Mom Pirates, they were stingy when it came to giving Caesar Clown funds, and they tried to cut him off at every turn.

These funders weren't fools; they could easily see that Caesar Courland was inherently rebellious and a true villain, so they constantly tried to remind him to recognize his place.

Only Robert was different. He immediately started making grand promises, telling him that as long as he worked with him, he would have plenty of research funding and freedom to choose his research direction.

Then, just when Caesar Courland was at his most excited, he was taken away by Law and Vergo to break him out of prison.

The pie was right in front of him, but before he could even take a bite, it was taken away. Instead of thinking that Robert was lying to him, Caesar Courland felt that the Don Quixote family was the reason he couldn't stay by Robert's side, otherwise he would have been living a well-funded scientific research life long ago.

So Luo became his most steadfast ally in the past few months, constantly pestering him to ask when they could escape back to join Robert.

Even today, Caesar Courland has finally met his long-awaited big spender again. He was trembling as he carried out Law's plan, fearing that he might mess up a certain link and cause the operation to fail, thus preventing the undercover mission from ending.

When Perospero caught up, Caesar Courland had already reversed the operation and started the blower, sucking up all the purple toxic smoke in the Candy Cell.

Perospero's face was grim. He grabbed Caesar Courland by the neck with the candy and demanded, "You could easily have cleared the gas, so why did you tell Mom not to open the cell to check?"

Caesar Courland's breathing became a little difficult: "We really shouldn't have opened it just now. This poisonous gas isn't so easy to dissipate completely. There are too many ordinary people among the guests around. If even a little bit leaked out, it would poison them to death!"

Perospero sneered, "Really? It looks like it's been cleaned up quite thoroughly to me."

With that, he waved his candy cane, opening a small hole in the cell, and the syrup arm that was gripping Caesar Courland's neck shoved his head through the hole.

Caesar Courland struggled frantically, but with his neck being choked, he could only gasp for breath as he suffocated.