One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

When the newspaper birds delivered the newspapers to all parts of the world, they sold out instantly, and some people even had to share a copy with others because they couldn't buy one.

What shocked the world most was that such a huge incident occurred on Cake Island, the core of the World Kingdom, yet it didn't even make the front page of the world economic news.

Countless people had long speculated that Morgans and Robert had some kind of secret deal, after all, Morgans had already created a wave of momentum for Robert when Robert was far from reaching the level of a Yonko.

Now everyone is even more certain of this, because the news that overshadowed the Whole Cake Island incident and made the front page headlines was:

The Whitebeard Pirates and the Heart Pirates have officially announced their merger into Robert's crew, forming a new force—the Lightning Department!

Two years ago, everyone knew that Robert had become a member of the Whitebeard Pirates. However, after Whitebeard's death, he had been working alone. After taking over Dressrosa, he teamed up with Law and together they managed the island that could be called the new economic core of the New World.

But when the two pirate crews officially announced that they had joined Robert's crew, everyone still gasped in surprise.

This means that the behemoth that has been dormant for two years has awakened and become even stronger. All the flesh and blood that others have bitten off of it before will have to be returned in double measure!

Today's newspaper is unusually thick. In addition to detailed reports on the establishment of the Thunder Department and the strength of its subordinates, the second page devoted even more space to describing the dramatic changes that took place on Whole Cake Island yesterday.

No one doubted the relationship between Morgans and Robert anymore. First, the newspaper's detailed explanation of the Raid Department made it hard to imagine that Robert himself had prepared a company profile and sent it to Morgans for publication.

Secondly, the World Economic News' attitude during the Whole Cake Island incident was quite different. Even though it was the old lady's tea party that was turned upside down by Robert and his gang, the newspaper portrayed them more as positive figures. They even described in great detail how Robert, under pressure from the host, forcibly reduced the Black Gold King Du Field to a wisp of a soul.

The tone of the later descriptions of Robert destroying the Whole Cake Island, kidnapping Longbread, a key member of the Big Mom Pirates, and severely injuring Big Mom in a head-on confrontation with zero casualties completely skews Robert's side.

People discovered that, after all that fuss, Morgans didn't actually put the Whole Cake Island incident on the second page; rather, he believed that the Whole Cake Island incident was merely a continuation of the front-page headline news.

Today's world economic news has only one theme: Robert has integrated a large amount of resources and is stepping on the old Yonko Big Mom Pirates to return to the top!

Everyone was still reeling from the Whole Cake Island incident, eager to analyze every single detail. Just the fact that Robert fought two Yonko, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, in succession and was able to lead his army to safety proved that he had completely earned the right to reach the top.

Some have even speculated that they are very close to the truth, believing that the previous incident of Robert being seriously injured by Kaido after his failed provocation, which led to the Whitebeard Pirates taking over all of their territory, may have been intentional. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why he was seriously injured by Kaido in their last encounter, and why, in less than two months, he was able to fight Charlotte Linlin and still leave Kaido helpless.

The Navy added fuel to the fire, reacting with incredible speed, producing a completely new set of arrest warrants in just one day, covering everyone involved in the Whole Cake Island incident.

Capone Bege of the Flame Tank Pirates has seen his bounty rise to 350 million Berries, bringing the total bounty of the entire crew to 700 million Berries.

Everyone in the Straw Hat crew saw their value skyrocket after this battle, as they all showcased the results of their two years of intensive training in front of everyone, each fighting against at least one of the older women's children.

Especially after defeating Katakuri, Luffy's bounty soared to 1.23 billion Berries!

The total bounty for the entire Straw Hat Grand Fleet has exceeded 30 billion!

Chapter 9, the Bounty Poster, has been updated!

The Flame Tank and the Straw Hat Pirates were just appetizers; the real focus of this Navy data update was the meticulously categorized and stacked-up wanted posters for Iwabe!

There were originally 43 affiliated crews belonging to the Whitebeard Pirates, with a total of over 5 members.

However, this super elite organization of more than 50,000 people lost nearly 10,000 corpses in Marineford in just one battle at Marineford, and continued to suffer losses in various minor conflicts over the next two years.

After all, every war involves casualties. While the dead are certainly a loss, the greatest loss is actually the wounded and disabled.

When a person dies, they are gone. But living means constantly spending money, especially for those who are seriously injured or disabled. Not only can they no longer create value, but they also have to spend money on treatment to stay alive. This is the biggest expense.

By the time the Battle of San began, the Whitebeard Pirates had already lost nearly half of their fighting force, and after the great battle with Blackbeard, they were left with only about 5,000 men.

Back then, Robert relied on these 5,000 elite pirates to take over Skypiea, and then used Skypiea and Dressrosa as a base to gradually stabilize the Whitebeard Pirates' situation. In the process, India also accumulated a lot of fame.

Before Robert and his crew took over the Whitebeard Pirates, the rule in the pirate world was that injured pirates could only receive a sum of money to buy their lives and then leave on their own.

Whether this money is enough for the rest of their lives, or whether it will be taken away by someone else, no one will care anymore.

Robert and the Indians had plenty of money. They weren't like a pirate crew or even an adventure team at first. They were basically running a business company, focused solely on making money.

From opening restaurants to engaging in trade, they eventually occupied a country with a complete underground trading industry chain, and even robbed the world's largest casino, which was made entirely of gold.

With a solid economic foundation, Robert gave India an order that seemed like a pipe dream to all other pirate crews: to provide retirement care for retired old pirates.

Whether you are injured, disabled, have a serious illness, or are simply too old to lift a knife, as long as you have contributed to the team, you can enjoy the corresponding benefits.

Injured individuals can focus on recovering with peace of mind, cared for by a professional medical team, and their food and drinks are on the team's bill.

The disabled were transferred to logistics. Many powerful pirates, even with a missing arm or leg, were still a hundred times stronger than thugs in society. Elite pirates who roamed the seas, even without any other skills, could easily serve as police officers maintaining order in the rear.

As for those who are seriously ill or elderly, there's no need to say anything; the team will take care of their medical treatment and old age.

With this policy in place, Robert and Ah San were able to so easily control people's hearts and positions within the team. Now, the team members are willing to give their lives for Robert.

When Robert left only the logistics team and the security force composed of the wounded on Skypiea, while everyone else returned to Qinghai to be under the command of the Indians, the core team of 5000 elite pirates expanded back to a size far exceeding that of the Whitebeard Pirates in just a month or so.

Not only were there old brothers who had been scattered and hiding away to heal their wounds after the previous series of battles, but there were also many newcomers who came to join him because of Robert's huge influence and the Whitebeard's generous treatment.

Now that the Navy has revised the bounties, the first target is the former members of the Whitebeard Pirates!

The captains of all affiliated pirate crews have seen their net worth increase by tens of millions, as they now have fewer crews but more recruits under their command.

Then there were the original dozen or so squad leaders. During this time, they were under the command of the Indians and fought fiercely with other pirates on the transport routes for the grain trade. The least increase in their value was 70 million Berries. Several highly skilled fighters, such as Vista, even saw their bounties skyrocket to nearly 200 million Berries because of the many battles they fought.

A large stack of bounty posters were arranged from low to high, with the last two being Marco the Phoenix and Ace the Fire Fist.

Marco's net worth had already reached 1.374 billion Berries two years ago. After all, he was the de facto second-in-command of the Whitebeard Pirates and the first mate of the strongest pirate crew at the time. A net worth of less than 14 billion Berries was really too low.

After Whitebeard's death, Marco's bounty was increased twice. The first time was when he and Ace took turns fighting Blackbeard. Ace's bounty did not increase at that time because the Navy's original bounty was a bit too high. However, Marco gave people the feeling that they had already thought highly of him, but in the end, they found that they had only seen the tip of the iceberg.

After the decisive battle, Marco's value rose to 17 billion Berries. This latest update to his bounty has raised it to a staggering 2.343 billion Berries, due to his involvement with Robert in storming Onigashima and confronting King the Wildfire, as well as his participation in yesterday's major event on Whole Cake Island.

Marco doesn't have the advantage of being the son of Pirate King Roger; the price of over 23 billion Berries is simply a recognition of his strength by the Navy.

Below Marco's bounty poster is Ace's bounty poster. Two years ago, his bounty had already reached 500 million. After Whitebeard's death, he handed over the crew to Ace. In addition, his identity as Roger's son was revealed during the Marineford War, which caused his bounty to skyrocket to 1.93 billion.

After studying under Shanks for two years, Ace's strength indeed improved by leaps and bounds. His confrontation with Blackbeard in the final battle proved that the bounty was well-deserved.

However, because he was constantly being overwhelmed by Blackbeard and even needed to team up with Marco to withstand Blackbeard's offensive, his bounty did not increase after the great battle.

But now Ace's bounty poster clearly states 2.57 billion Berries. The reason for the increase in the bounty is that he was involved in Robert's raid on the Golden City!

Anyone with eyes can see that looting the Golden City wouldn't increase the bounty by that much. The main reason is that several months have passed since that incident. Why wasn't the bounty updated when it first happened, instead of waiting until now?

The main reason for Ace's huge increase in bounty is the formation of the new super-large pirate crew, Raibu, and Ace is one of its most important members!

On the bounties of all members of the Whitebeard Pirates, the Whitebeard Pirates' information has been changed to a past resume, and their current identities are all listed as members of the notorious Raibu organization!

Separately from all the bounty posters, there was a stack of individual bounties, and everyone knew that this was the most important one in this bounty campaign.

The first picture on the wanted poster was a real shock. If you didn't see the background of the photo, you might even think it was a promotional poster for a concert!

Karina, the world-famous superstar singer, appeared on the Navy's wanted poster—

Karina the Nine-Tailed Fox: Bounty of 18 billion Berries!

Note: Capture alive only!

Chapter 10 Wanted Poster 2

Karina already had her own nicknames back when she and Nami were pirates and thieves. Nami was called Little Cat Thief, while Karina was called Little Fox.

Now that she has eaten the Dog-Dog Fruit, a Mythical Zoan type, Nine-Tailed Fox Devil Fruit, the Navy's nickname for her, Nine-Tailed Fox, is well-deserved.

The Navy possesses illustrations of most of the Devil Fruits discovered so far, and this time they have revealed the abilities of the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit very clearly, even its subsequent advanced abilities, such as not only being able to imitate other people's appearances, but also imitating some of their fruit abilities.

Most importantly, Karina's Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit allows her to absorb memories while copying other people's appearances. Important combat abilities such as swordsmanship and physical skills are actually a type of memory.

Therefore, all the Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit users throughout history have been extremely powerful swordsmen or martial arts masters, because they can absorb the swordsmanship experience, combat experience, and Haki usage experience of other swordsmen who have trained for many years by contacting them.

The biggest problem with the bounty is actually her 18 billion reward. The reason it's set so high is largely due to her fame.

The bounty poster only briefly mentions a few of Karina's crimes, such as assisting Robert in capturing Dressrosa, assisting Robert in robbing the City of Gold, and the most unbelievable one, infiltrating Mary Geoise to commit theft.

In order to rescue Uta, Karina first disguised herself as a slave and was captured by the Celestial Dragons and taken back to Mary Geoise. After the Celestial Dragon was killed by the slaves, she disguised herself as a Celestial Dragon again to go in and out of the Flower Chamber to gather information.

The Navy didn't actually know any of this, because for the World Government, it was too shameful for the entire Celestial Dragon family to be manipulated by a girl. So they only told the Navy that Karina was a thief in disguise, and even kept the death of Mantalie a secret.

So if you only look at the progress of the bounty notice, Karina's net worth of 18 billion is really baffling and seems like an overreaction.

However, it becomes much easier to understand if you consider the final requirement that the reward can only be claimed by capturing her alive. Karina is a world-renowned diva, and the cost of a single concert could easily reach one or two hundred million Berries. The ticket revenue and various merchandise sales from her concerts are even more staggering.

Compared to her incredible earning power, the bounty of 18 billion seems rather paltry.

Moreover, along with the criminal acts sent to the Navy Headquarters, there were also private requests from several Celestial Dragon families. Once Karina was arrested, she wouldn't even be imprisoned for a second; she would be directly sent to Mary Geoise to become the plaything of some Celestial Dragon pervert.

Similar to Karina is Uta, whose net worth is 1.97 billion.

The Knights of God only valued Uta's strength; they didn't actually believe she was a Celestial Dragon.

After all, Shanks has already given up his Celestial Dragon status, and Uta is just an adopted daughter of Shanks with no blood relation.

Since Uta, who ate the Song-Song Fruit, cannot be controlled by the World Government, it becomes inevitable that she will be wanted.

Uta is wanted for assisting Robert in taking Dressrosa, assisting Robert in taking the Golden City, and using his Devil Fruit powers to attack the Kingdom of Corgia, a member state of the World Government.

The requirement for Uta is the same as for Karina: she must be captured alive.

However, the bounty poster did not describe the Song-Song Fruit in great detail. Many things, such as how Uta could use the Song-Song Fruit to imprison everyone who hears the song in their dreams and never release them, were not explained in detail by the Navy, so as not to cause panic throughout the world.

Following closely behind the two songstresses was Law, whose net worth suddenly reached 2.01 billion. Along with the bounty, a notice was also issued revoking Law's status as a Shichibukai.

The reason he was able to get such a high bounty this time is because the Navy also pinned the crime of attacking Impel Down and rescuing the Donquixote Family on him, and added the words "suspected awakening" after his Op-Op Fruit ability.

When it comes to Luo, he can no longer enjoy the same treatment as Karina and Uta; the "do or die" label on his wanted poster is extremely glaring.

Following closely behind Luo's wanted posters is a pair consisting of Buffalo, worth 115 million, and Baby-5, worth 19 billion.

Buffalo's high price tag is due to his numerous criminal records from his time with the Donquixote Family, all of which were exposed after Doflamingo's arrest. In addition, he also worked for the Buggy Express for a period of time and achieved impressive results alongside Baby-5.

Although his Spin-Spin Fruit can only be used as a human flying machine for now, the ability to fly is itself very valuable. Moreover, once he loses the high mobility provided by Buffalo, Baby-5's threat level will be reduced countless times.

Moreover, as the owner of a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, no one can guarantee whether Buffalo will awaken it. Once awakened, a Paramecia-type fruit has the ability to assimilate other things around it.

Imagine if Buffalo's Devil Fruit awakened, turning the entire city into a spinning top like Doflamingo, the damage it could cause would be world-destroying.

Baby-5 is basically associated with Buffalo. The wanted poster not only describes her impressive achievements during her time with the Donquixote Family and when she joined Buggy's Delivery Service, but also emphasizes the terrifying potential of her Weapon-Weapon Fruit.

The wanted poster also blamed Baby-5 for the destruction of the uninhabited island in the Sabaody Archipelago, and even described in detail the terrifying power of the laser cannon on Whole Cake Island yesterday. The bounty on Baby-5 was set at 19 billion, probably because she has not actually used this ability to destroy an inhabited island.

There are only three new wanted posters left, and the ones placed later in the list represent the ones that the Navy values ​​more.

The one who ranks below even the Baby-5, a weapon capable of destroying an island with a single shot, is Indian!

The Indian man on the wanted poster smiled like a harmless local supermarket owner, completely unworthy of the nickname "God of Wealth" given to him by the Navy.

Even Robert himself didn't know how much wealth he controlled; he simply let the Indians handle it when he needed money.

However, the Navy had calculated the wealth that India could mobilize in great detail. Even without mentioning the gold and silver that Robert had plundered from the City of Gold, the wealth that India had created in just one year amounted to a huge sum of over 100 billion.

If we include all the other derivative industries that rely on his business for their livelihood, then the nickname "God of Wealth" for Ah San is truly well-deserved!