One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

"I'm going to find it myself!"

Robert shrugged. Luffy, in order to enjoy the process of finding the One Piece, even personally shattered the permanent Pose that pointed directly to Laugh Tale. It's perfectly normal for him to react this way now.

That's the good thing about the Straw Hat crew. Once Luffy makes a decision, even if it sounds unreasonable, everyone will at most complain a bit, but they will never go against their captain.

Usopp, the only one who ever disagreed with Luffy over the Going Merry, has already set an example for everyone: when Luffy gets ruthless, he really will kick the crew off the ship.

"But what is this 'red history text' that you two are talking about?"

Robin then explained to his captain, "We've seen many historical texts before, and they mostly record the customs and traditions of eight hundred years ago."

"But unlike these historical texts that record the blank hundred years, there are four that are the most special. They are carved from red megaliths and marked with coordinates leading to the Great Treasure."

"These four red Poneglyphs are known as Road Poneglyphs. Anyone who wants to find the One Piece, even the Pirate King Roger, must first collect all four red Road Poneglyphs."

Luffy exclaimed excitedly, "I understand! Let's make these four Road Poneglyphs our next target!"

Luo's smile widened: "Sorry, we're way ahead in this respect."

He slowly opened the ROOM, took out a package from somewhere, opened it, and took out two huge pieces of cloth.

"These two rubbings, one from Zou and the other from Wano Country, plus the third rubbing we just got from Whole Cake Island, mean we've collected three of the four Road Poneglyph texts!"

Even though Robert had long guessed that this was what Luo meant by "pledge of allegiance," he still couldn't help but applaud when he saw that Luo had accomplished this single-handedly in just a few months.

"As expected of you, Luo. You quietly obtained three-quarters of the historical text of the road signs, and even picked up a young wife along the way. I admire you."

Carrot, the Mink girl who had been hiding behind Law since leaving Whole Cake Island, blushed. Law, seemingly embarrassed and angry, retorted, "Don't talk nonsense! These are the reinforcements I invited to deal with Kaido!"

Robert, with an expression that said he knew everything, said, "Yes, reinforcements. Go on, what happened after you met Luffy?"

Robert looked at Luffy: "By the way, how did you guys end up in Zou? Did you just happen to run into Zunesha passing by?"

The expressions on Luffy and his crew's faces were very strange. No one answered Robert's question; they just kept staring at him. It was Robert who took the initiative to speak:

"They encountered two down-on-their-luck samurai who claimed to be searching for the lost son of one of the samurai."

"These two people said...you kidnapped the child..."

Robert's expression also turned strange: "Where are the other two?"

"They said the Mink Tribe of Zou are their allies of many years, so they asked us to take them to Zou," Zoro said.

"After arriving in Zou, they found their lost companions and then contacted the Mink Tribe to find you."

"If you really did take that child, I think you should return him to them..."

Zoro has always had a favorable impression of Wano Country, after all, his master's family were samurai from Wano Country, so now he can't help but want to persuade Robert.

Robert looked at Law: "Didn't you tell them that they could find me if they followed us to Whole Cake Island?"

Luo sneered: "If those cowardly guys were honest with me, I might have tried to find out what happened from you. But they haven't told me a single truth. Why should I help them?"

Luffy and Zoro were still confused. Law hadn't told them about the samurai's deception before, but Robin and Nami were both smart people who had grown up in a deceitful environment and had already seen through Kin'emon's lies.

"The Mink Tribe and the Kozuki family, the shoguns of Wano Country, have been allies for generations, but that doesn't mean they will wholeheartedly help ordinary Wano Country samurai."

"Kin'emon said the lost child was his son, but he was just an ordinary wandering samurai."

"How could the Mink Tribe mobilize almost the entire tribe to search for the missing son of a wandering warrior?"

"Either the child has a special identity, or he is carrying something important."

Robin explained it simply, and these people instantly understood the key point.

Law continued, "They told me the truth, so naturally I didn't tell them how to find you. I only told Luffy that you might be tricked into going to Whole Cake Island by the Big Mom Pirates and be killed."

"Then we agreed to go one after the other. I would pretend to be captured by Doflamingo first, and then be sent to Whole Cake Island as a bargaining chip. Luffy would follow the signal I gave him and wait for the inside and outside to rescue you."

Robert's expression became even more complicated: "Wait a minute, so you're going to rescue me?"

“That’s not what Capone Becky told me!”

Chapter 5: So what if I arrested the person?

Robert even wanted to call Capone Bege back to check the accounts. Robert said he had received the news a long time ago, so he and Luffy rushed to Whole Cake Island in case he was tricked into going there, so they could rescue him.

But Capone Becky gave him a different version: he had learned that Big Mom was planning to lure him to her death, and Law's original plan was for Capone Becky to notify him so he could come to rescue him.

Luo gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard Capone Bege, Caesar found out about the Big Mom Pirates' plan to lure and kill you and secretly told me about it. The plan was devised by Doflamingo, and the initial idea was to capture Raleigh as bait."

"But Dressrosa suddenly changed hands, and Raleigh's whereabouts are unknown. Their plan has been missing the most important bait."

Caesar Clown quickly straightened his back: "I've been lurking around Doflamingo's side, but I only recognize you, Boss. After overhearing this news, I was afraid that if I contacted Boss directly, they would find out, so I contacted Law first through the channel we had already discussed."

Law continued, "I was in Zou at the time. My first reaction after receiving the news was that since Doflamingo wanted to deal with you, even if he couldn't capture Raleigh, he would eventually target someone else. In short, he would definitely try to lure you into a trap."

"So I thought I'd go to Cake Island early. Anyway, I'd have to get the historical text of the road sign that the old lady hid sooner or later, so going early would allow me to make some preparations."

Robert asked, puzzled, "Why didn't you contact me directly?"

Luo was even more innocent: "I did try to contact them! What can I do if your Den Den Mushi is always unreachable?"

Robert slapped his forehead. Den Den Mushi aren't cell phones; everyone carries one to make calls that won't go through.

Den Den Mushi are always paired up and communicate at a fixed point. With Robert's current connections, he would need to carry more than a dozen Den Den Mushi to meet different communication needs.

Previously, Law had lost contact for a while. In order not to take up the rare Den Den Mushi slot, Robert simply threw Law's Den Den Mushi, which he hadn't contacted for a long time, into his item space.

The prop space is a separate space, so naturally, Luo's phone call cannot be received there.

"So why did Capone Becky lie to me?"

Luo said with a gloomy face, "I think we are both supernovas of the same generation. After we met on Whole Cake Island, he took the initiative to mention that he stayed under Big Mom's command in order to find an opportunity to assassinate her and thus become famous in one battle."

"So I chose to ally with him and have him find a way to warn you not to come. Even if you are tricked into coming to Whole Cake Island one day, I will call Luffy immediately. Then the four of us will join forces to deal with the Big Mom Pirates and we will be absolutely sure to succeed."

"I suspect this bastard is trying to hedge his bets. His only goal is to create chaos at the tea party so he can assassinate the old lady and take over the position."

Robert immediately understood why Capone Becky was telling such a seemingly pointless lie: simple concealment and small deception were most advantageous to him.

As a member of the Big Mom Pirates, although he wasn't Big Mom's child and therefore couldn't enter the inner circle, it was still quite easy for him to find out that Robert was coming soon.

All he needed to do was offer a discount when fulfilling his deal with Robert, without informing him beforehand that the tea party was a conspiracy. Once Robert arrived, he would have Carrot lure Robert out to meet him, telling him, half-truthfully, that Robert was waiting for him to rescue him.

With just a few words, Robert would cause chaos at the tea party, making it easier for him to seize victory at the crucial moment.

At this point, Robert has basically connected everything. Law's plan was originally self-consistent. Through his series of maneuvers, he could have easily achieved his goal of collecting the Road Poneglyphs from Wano Country, Zou, and Whole Cake Island.

If Caesar Clown hadn't suddenly found out that they wanted to lure Robert to Whole Cake Island and kill him, Robert's plan would probably have proceeded much more smoothly.

“Luffy, I know you. Reaching Laugh Tale isn’t your goal. You’re just enjoying the process. But you’ll have to get these Road Pegs sooner or later anyway, so why not keep them in your hands now?”

Luffy looked puzzled: "You mean you want to share these road signs with us?"

Robert spread his hands: "Otherwise, why would I drive away all the irrelevant people? Although I couldn't join your team for some reasons, we've been friends who have fought side by side for so long."

Robin chuckled. "Give it to me. I'll give you a copy after I finish translating it."

Robert quickly waved his hand: "Hey, hey, hey, don't think I'm sharing this with you because I can't understand the historical text. I have at least three ways to translate it."

Robert wasn't lying; once he got his hands on the historical text, he certainly had many ways to translate it.

First, we can utilize Paton's Devil Fruit ability. Paton's Tanuki-Tanuki Fruit ability is absolutely overpowered. The cloned character not only possesses combat power comparable to the original, but also has all the knowledge and memories. However, due to the rules of the fruit, the cloned character must obey the creator.

In the game, Redfield summoned a clone of Robin and had her decipher the textual information in the ancient ruins, which led her to find the Mythical Zoan type of Bat-Bat Fruit, Vampire Form.

Besides having Padon summon someone who can read ancient texts, Robert has an even simpler method: to give the texts to York.

As the most intelligent person in the pirate world, Vegapunk's research on Poneglyphs and ancient scripts is absolutely unparalleled. York, as a clone of Vegapunk, inherited all of his knowledge, making translating Poneglyphs as easy as taking candy from a baby.

As for the third method Robert mentioned, it was to find Kozuki Sukiyaki, who was hiding in Wano Country and barely surviving. This former shogun of Wano Country inherited the Kozuki clan's knowledge of deciphering ancient scripts, but no one knew his identity.

Now that Momonosuke is in Robert's hands, Robert has plenty of ways to get the old man to help him, and he might even get him to teach him how to decipher ancient texts.

Robin smiled and winked at Robert: "I believe you. After all, we are both descendants of Ohara, aren't we?"

Robert was speechless for a moment. The false identity he had casually mentioned back then was now disbelieved even by the World Government, yet Robin still had to bring it up to mock him.

Robin eagerly took the rubbing and, along with the image shell in Caesar Clown's hand, took it with her for translation. Robert then pulled Luffy back.

Where are you going next?

Luffy scratched his head: "Tell me first, did you kidnap that samurai uncle's son... or rather, the child he's looking for?"

Robert stared into Luffy's eyes, choosing not to lie: "Yes!"

Luffy said, "I promised him that if I found any news about the child, I would tell him..."

How could Robert not know that Luffy was in a difficult situation?

"How about this, I'll go with you to see him."

“At least I need to explain to them why I took that child away.”

Chapter 6: Familiar with the Little Red Book from a Young Age

Luffy thought Robert would return the child to the samurai, but Robert only agreed to meet with them and didn't even mention returning the child.

Carrot, who had been hiding behind Law, spoke up: "So it really was you who kidnapped the current head of the Kozuki family?"

Robert slapped his forehead: "Right, you're also a Mink, so you must know the history of the Mink Clan and the Kozuki Family, so those samurai told you the truth, right?"

Garo nodded: "That child is the only remaining member of the Kozuki clan. Only he can lead Wano Country to break free from Kaido's rule."

Robert shook his head: "I don't want to explain many times. Let's just go to Zou and make things clear in front of everyone."

Lola nudged Carrot: "This guy is strong and stubborn, and we can't beat him. There's no point in forcing him now."

“Robert never does anything pointless. Since he agreed to negotiate with those warriors, why can’t he wait a bit? Are they afraid to make things clear to each other?”

Luo's thinking was indeed clear. Even though everyone knew he was obviously biased towards Robert, they couldn't deny that what he said made sense.

Although everyone was on the Thousand Sunny, surrounded by the Straw Hat Grand Fleet's 100,000 pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates were almost all present to prepare a banquet to thank Luffy. While they were indeed fewer in number than the Straw Hat Pirates, their quality was far superior.

Take Robert himself, for example. He had just fought two of the Four Emperors and escaped unscathed. There was no one present who could stand up to him.

In this situation, Robert's willingness to confront the warriors and reason with them was already a sign of great respect.

Luffy and his crew actually have a deeper relationship with Robert, so how could they possibly turn against Robert for the sake of a few people they've only known for a few days and who are full of lies and keeping their distance from them?

Sabo tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, it's a rare opportunity to get together. Even if there's any misunderstanding, we can clear it up when we meet those people. I have to go back tomorrow, so catching up today is the most important thing."

Robert looked at Sabo and said, "Can we stay a few more days? The child's identity is indeed as Carrot said, a descendant of the Kozuki family, the shogun of Wano Country. I detained him because of this identity, so when negotiating with those samurai, I hope that the Revolutionary Army can be a witness."