One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Lightning imbued with Armament Haki can even deliver blunt or piercing physical attacks to enemies. Occasionally, red lightning imbued with Conqueror's Haki can wrap around normal lightning, delivering a double blow of magical and mental shock!

Looking back now, wasn't that just being overwhelmed by Conqueror's Haki?

Chapter 2: Graduation from the Domineering Entanglement Training Course!

Even by the end of the banquet, Robert had not grasped the level of imbuing food with domineering energy that Chairman Bread had mentioned, and naturally, there was no way he had reached the level of a high-level chef.

Robert could accept this perfectly. Everything in the world is proportional to effort and reward. Even in the world of One Piece, where eating a Devil Fruit can instantly make you stronger, without hard work and training, you'll only become someone else's background.

I've never put my time and energy into my original profession as a chef, so it's impossible for me to just ask any chef for a few tips and experience and then improve my skills.

Marco stood to the side, grimacing. Robert's cooking skills hadn't improved with the help of the bread roll; in fact, they were getting worse.

He had eaten Robert's cooking before. In the early days when things had just settled down on Skypiea, Robert would occasionally show off his skills to a few close friends.

Therefore, Marco and others know that his culinary skills far surpass those of ordinary chefs; he is the kind of chef who could stand alone in any floating restaurant.

But today, the food Robert cooked was beyond just being bad. Many of the dishes were a complete waste of ingredients. Eventually, even Longbread couldn't stand it anymore and kicked Robert out of the kitchen area, forbidding him from entering.

Robert is like a child engrossed in a new toy. Spatulas, woks, grills, steamers—any utensil he can pick up will be imbued with his domineering aura. As he wields them, crimson lightning faintly appears. The dishes he makes are either burnt or broken beyond recognition, making it impossible for anyone to even have the desire to try them.

Only then did Longbread truly believe that Robert wasn't hiding his abilities; he genuinely hadn't realized he had mastered Conqueror's Haki Entanglement, he just hadn't quite grasped it yet.

Longbread had been observing Robert from the shadows since the beginning of the tea party. His identity in the Big Mom Pirates was not just that of the head chef. As one of the founding members of the crew, Longbread had always appeared as the team's strategist.

Now that he had determined that Robert was an enemy, he naturally couldn't just learn about him on paper; he had to see him for himself.

So long before Robert and Du Field clashed, Longbread was already secretly observing.

When Robert shattered Zeus in one move, Longbread was terrified of Robert's strength, convinced that it was the effect of him using Conqueror's Haki to bind and attach to the lightning attack. After all, Conqueror's Haki is one of the effective means to counter all Devil Fruit abilities.

Robert can even imbue invisible lightning with Haki, which leads Longbread to believe that Robert is an extremely skilled master of Haki. He even suspects that the data released by the Navy has been wrong, and that Robert did not acquire his Devil Fruit ability in the last two years, but has just been hiding his true abilities!

If Longbread hadn't been kidnapped by Robert and taken to the sky, but had instead stayed on Whole Cake Island observing Robert's battle with Charlotte Linlin, it would have been clear that Robert was genuinely and seriously studying Conqueror's Haki Entanglement.

This kind of misunderstanding is actually normal. The world of One Piece is a very idealistic world. Sometimes, breakthroughs and awakenings are only a thin membrane fold away. Once you break through it, you can become experienced and mature. But as long as you haven't broken through it, no matter how much knowledge you learn, you will still appear incredibly inexperienced.

Robert always believed that Conqueror's Haki should be released through weapons like Kaido's, or through fists and feet like Luffy's.

Even his master Redfield told him that if he couldn't understand the techniques of Haki Entanglement, he should find a weapon and nurture it with Haki for many years, like nurturing a black sword, so that the weapon would become familiar with his Haki, and then slowly guide the Haki to attach to the weapon.

In fact, no one knew that with the "Empowerment" skill, Robert was born with the ability to cast Haki Entanglement on abstract things like lightning, which are the most difficult to imbue with Haki. He just didn't realize that he had mastered Haki Entanglement.

Now, Longbread has inadvertently revealed the truth. Robert uses the same Haki-like ability he uses to wrap around lightning to entwine other things with ease. He feels that after mastering this ultimate skill in the late game, he is no longer afraid of anyone.

Since he had been kicked out of the kitchen, Robert simply tidied himself up and led his men to the banquet area.

Whether it was the Whitebeard Pirates or the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, everyone except the cooks on each ship was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the banquet.

Robert walked past the ships, and people kept greeting him, waving their glasses and praising his cooking.

In reality, with Robert's production capacity, it's impossible for everyone to eat his dishes. However, the Indian brought a lot of staff from the Little Ronaldo chain restaurant. These were all experienced catering professionals who had been working for two years. They were all very shrewd and adept at using phrases like "the big boss personally cooks" to stir up the diners' emotions.

Robert greeted everyone who raised their glasses with a smile as he made his way to the Thousand Sunny.

The Thousand Sunny is a standard medium-sized ship. Although it is already quite large for the Straw Hat Pirates, which only has about ten people, it suddenly felt a bit crowded with the addition of outsiders such as Ace, Sabo, and Law, as well as the Whitebeard Pirates' executives and Capone Bege.

Luffy, already full and round, lay on the deck, having entered a low-energy eating mode. Although Ace and Sabo were also big eaters, they didn't have the innate ability of the Gum-Gum Fruit to infinitely expand their stomachs, and unknowingly fell behind.

Upon seeing Robert finally arrive, Luffy excitedly straightened up: "Robert! I'm so glad you're alright!"

Robert sincerely stepped forward, helped Luffy up, and gave him a tight hug: "Thanks to you this time, brother!"

Luffy felt a little embarrassed. Having witnessed Robert's ability to fight Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, head-on without being at a disadvantage and even almost killing her, Luffy realized that even if he didn't go, nothing would happen to Robert.

"It didn't help much; you could have gotten out of danger on your own."

Robert shook his head vigorously: "How can that be the same? Dealing with Big Mom was only barely possible because she was having a food craving. If you hadn't led the people and distracted most of the Big Mom Pirates' officers, and instead had them all concentrate on attacking me on Whole Cake Island, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to escape then."

Robert was being modest. With the power of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit, no one could stop him from leaving if he wanted to. As long as he didn't foolishly walk into the trap that Big Mom had prepared for him, he could protect himself.

However, Robert could not guarantee Karina's safety at all. The Soul-Soul Fruit has the ability to directly observe the soul through appearances, making it the nemesis of Karina's fruit.

Luo then reverted to his lazy, aloof demeanor. Luo Ba glanced at him and asked the question that had been troubling him most:

"Luo, aren't you going to tell everyone what this tea party was all about from beginning to end?"

The rest of Chapter 3 is not for you, little gangster.

Law glanced at Luffy, then at Sabo and Capone Bege's crew mixed in with the Straw Hat Pirates, but didn't immediately explain. Robert immediately understood what Law meant.

He ignored Luffy and Sabo, simply staring at Capone Bege with a smile and saying nothing.

Capone Becky was a smart man; he only needed two or three seconds to figure out the situation, and his expression instantly turned hostile.

What Law is about to say will definitely contain some secrets. He has already made it clear that he has joined Robert's pirate crew. Now, this look in his eyes is asking him who he can trust and who he can't, apart from his own people.

Robert ignored Luffy's crew and Sabo of the Revolutionary Army, staring intently at himself, clearly indicating that he was the only one who couldn't hear what was coming next.

"What? Am I in your way?"

Law smiled and put his arm around Capone Bege's shoulder: "You're the one who took the initiative to seek cooperation. Our cooperation will only involve you helping me contact Robert to pass on information and to meet Luffy who is coming. In return, I will find a way to attract Big Mom's attention and create an opportunity for you to assassinate her."

"Our collaboration is over now, isn't it? Next, we're going to talk about a new collaboration with the Straw Hat crew. How about it, are you interested in joining in?"

Capone Bege was just looking for a way out. Since his assassination attempt on Charlotte Linlin failed, he couldn't continue hanging out with Robert or Luffy. Instead, he had to disappear for a while to avoid the Big Mom Pirates' retaliation.

Upon hearing Luo's words, Capone Becky immediately snorted coldly: "No need, I have other things to do, I'll take my leave now."

When he saw Luffy fight Katakuri head-on and Robert battle Charlotte Linlin, he realized that he was already far behind these two contemporary Supernovas.

Two years ago, when Robert and Luffy landed on Sabaody Archipelago, their bounties were far higher than everyone else's, and now he is even less comparable to them.

He had planned for so long, but his assassination plan turned out to be a joke, while Robert was tricked into coming in and killed, yet he was able to calmly turn the tables and kill Robert. This is the difference in their true strength.

Leaving now is still more dignified; if you insist on forcing your way into high-end circles, you'll only embarrass yourself.

After waiting for Capone Bege and his crew to leave the Thousand Sunny, Robert gave Diamond Jozu a look. The former third division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates understood immediately and also disembarked. He not only needed to confirm that the Flame Tank Pirates had really left, but also needed to arrange for people to surround the Thousand Sunny to ensure that the content of their upcoming conversation would not be leaked.

"Luffy, there's something I need to tell you."

Luffy sensed the seriousness in Robert's tone and his attitude also became serious.

"I clashed with Shanks several times in the past six months. Although we have temporarily made peace, the fundamental contradictions have not been resolved, and a battle is inevitable sooner or later."

After hearing what Robert said, Luffy looked relieved: "I thought it was something big. Shanks is also someone I need to challenge, and you are a partner I acknowledge. You'd better work hard and not let me beat you to it."

Robert smiled and glanced at Law. He already knew Luffy's attitude, and this question was basically asked to comfort Law.

In the original storyline, Luffy said twice that he wanted to defeat all the Four Emperors. The first time was on Punk Hazard, when Law proposed that he had a plan to defeat Kaido, one of the Four Emperors. Luffy clearly stated that his original plan was to defeat Shanks first, but it didn't matter, since he would defeat all the Four Emperors sooner or later anyway.

The second time was during the quarrying in Wano Country, when Luffy told Hyogoro that he wanted to defeat all four Emperors in order to realize his dream of becoming the Pirate King.

Shanks is indeed Luffy's guide on his pirate journey, but Luffy will never firmly side with Shanks just because of this relationship, nor will he create any rift with Robert because of it.

Aren't you going to ask us why we had a conflict?

Luffy shook his head: "If you want to tell me, you will. If you don't, you must have your reasons, and I don't need to ask."

Karina, standing to the side, looked incredulous. She had only one thought in her mind: Luffy is such a natural innocent girl. If he were a girl, and he could say such understanding things, what man could resist cherishing him?

Robert chuckled and said, "Shanks believes you will eventually become the Pirate King, and I will be the biggest obstacle on your road to success, so you have to get rid of me beforehand."

Luffy frowned deeply: "I'm determined to become the Pirate King, but if this title is given to me by someone else, then I'd rather not be it."

"Robert, if you also want to become the Pirate King, then let's each strive to reach the top and meet there."

Robert laughed and said to Luffy, "I did say to Shanks that I wanted to compete for the One Piece in a fit of anger."

"But I just want to know what secrets the One Piece holds, and whether obtaining it will allow us to overthrow the World Government and bring a better life to everyone in the world."

"As for One Piece, I have absolutely no interest in it."

Luffy, oblivious to everything, leaned back and said, "Then it's even less of a problem!"

Law watched with interest as Luffy and Robert showed their deep brotherly affection, then interrupted with a mischievous grin, "Whatever your motives, you two are ultimately going to find the One Piece, right?"

Robert and Luffy nodded firmly at the same time. Robert already knew what Law was doing, but Luffy was still completely confused.

"To find the Great Treasure, you at least need to know its location, right? What I've been doing for the past six months is searching for information that can pinpoint the location of the Great Treasure!"

The people on Robert's side were alright; most of them came from the White Group and naturally knew about the Road Poneglyphs.

Since Robert said he wanted to recruit Rowe into the team, he had to give some kind of proof, and choosing the Road Poneglyph was a respectable move.

But the Straw Hat crew is different. They haven't experienced the plot of the movie "Stampede" yet, they haven't obtained the permanent Pose that points to Laugh Tale, and they still have no clue about the location of the One Piece. Hearing that Law is already looking for information about its location, they immediately became extremely alert.

"I pretended to be captured by Vergo to rescue Doflamingo because I had already guessed that their only option was to join Kaido, so I pretended to be a kidnapper and infiltrated the Beasts Pirates."

"During that time, I was imprisoned in a mine in Wano Country. I used some very simple tricks to obtain a rubbing of the Poneglyph hidden in Wano Country."

"After that, I fled Wano Country and headed all the way to Zou, where I met Luffy and his crew."

Robert couldn't help but interrupt, "Wait a minute, how do you know that Wano Country and Zou each have a red Poneglyph?"

Luo was also very surprised: "Wait a minute, from what you're saying, you also know the main text of the Red History?"

Luffy was the most surprised: "Wait a minute, you two, what is the Red Poneglyph?"

Chapter 4: How can there be so many scammers in the world?

The question Robert asked was one he had wanted to know for a long time; Robert had always been mysterious, as if he knew a lot.

While he was plotting against Caesar Courland in Punk Hazard, he had already sent his men to Zou. Judging from various clues, they were probably there to collude with the Mink Tribe and search for the Road Poneglyphs.

The alliance with the Mink Tribe was also for the purpose of dealing with Kaido, because the Mink Tribe are loyal allies of the Kozuki family. According to the later plot, Law's infiltration of Onigashima was clearly aimed at finding the Road Poneglyphs, but he only found an ordinary one that time.

Given Law's actions, it's hard not to suspect that he already knew about the Road Poneglyphs and probably also knew who had them.

Robert asked directly, and Roger didn't hide anything: "Roger found the Road Poneglyphs in Wano Country and Zou, which led him to the One Piece."

"Since my goal is to uncover the secrets of the D. clan, how could I not study the history of this Pirate King?"

"I thought that Kaido had occupied Wano Country for so many years, he should have already transported the Road Poneglyphs to Onigashima. I even pretended to be obedient and lurked on Onigashima for a long time, but I didn't expect it to still be stored in Wano Country."

After Luo finished explaining, he stared intently at Robert, signaling that it was time for him to answer the question.

Robert cleared his throat: "You know me, I have some special information channels. I know the location of all the historical texts, but I just haven't had time to collect them."

"I also know a lot about Roger, not just what you've mentioned. I actually know some things about what happened after the Roger Pirates found the One Piece..."

Robin and Nami were the most excited, and even wanted to ask Robert what he knew, but Luffy interrupted them first: "Don't tell me!"