One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

"Everyone! Run!"

Chapter 20 Improvisation

Robert spread his killing intent by activating his Conqueror's Haki, making anyone think that he had truly lost his mind due to grief.

All the black-clad CP agents who hadn't been killed scrambled to escape, detonating previously planted bombs in the process.

Before entering the laboratory, Stussy gave orders to these people. Since the former naval lieutenant commander who abducted Vegapunk's clone was aiming for the laboratory where the clones were stored, he was most likely after these spare bodies.

So while countless agents rushed toward York, who was being resurrected, even more people went to the warehouse where the cloned bodies were stored and planted high explosives.

Detonating the explosives at this moment not only completely cut off Robert's escape route of using these backup clone bodies to revive the punk clones, but also prevented him from pursuing the punk clones in a fit of madness. All the agents admired Stussy's meticulous CP0 plan from the bottom of their hearts.

Robert vanished into the equipment room like lightning. The scene involving the disposal of the punk clones was over. With so many CP agents as witnesses, all the spare bodies of the punk clones were destroyed. Even the earpiece that Robert had deliberately led them to see, supposedly storing York's consciousness, was shattered.

Stussy sped toward the central elevator. Within CP's internal communication system, someone had already given her clear directions to the route leading to Vegapunk's main body.

Even Stussy, a member of CP0, wasn't entirely trusted. When Rob Lucci and Kaku were both held up by pirates, her authority as the only remaining member was reduced to the minimum. She could only be told where the next one was imprisoned after she had killed one of the six clones.

As the most important entity, Vegapunk needs to eliminate all his clones before Stussy can know his exact location.

When her mission progress of blowing up all the spare bodies of the punk clones was uploaded to the system, her trust points instantly reached the required level, and a new coordinate was sent to Stussy's personal device.

"We've found the doctor! He's being held captive in the middle of the research and development area!"

Stussy's entire mission was for this moment. The entire Eghardt was blocked from communication. The Punk clones could only communicate briefly through the Punk Records and could not even find out where the others were.

Vegapunk and his clones were all imprisoned in a special laboratory, where neither Observation Haki nor Robert's electromagnetic induction could penetrate the thick special walls to detect their location.

At this time, it is especially important for Stussy, as the executioner, to obtain the Doctor's coordinates from within the CP department.

York immediately sent the coordinates to Robert, who transformed into lightning and soared upwards, instantly appearing in the research and development layer in the cloud.

Just as Robert was about to head to the room where Vegapunk was imprisoned as planned, a strange feeling suddenly arose within him, as if a long time had passed in an instant.

His Observation Haki simulated a possible future for him. He rushed to the room where Vegapunk was supposedly imprisoned, only to find that there was no target as planned. What awaited him was Satan, who had descended through a demonic magic circle.

All the acting he had put on for so long would be in vain at this moment. Stussy's identity as a traitor was exposed, and he was forced to reveal his true form and fight him in a fierce battle.

None of these are the most important things. The most important thing is that nobody knows where Vegapunk is!

Robert's consciousness returned to reality. He had actually had the experience of vaguely predicting the future with his Observation Haki before, but that feeling was too random and he had never been able to develop it into a regular method.

However, due to his extremely high mental attributes, Robert uses Observation Haki far more frequently than others, and finally achieved a breakthrough today, taking another step forward on the path of actively activating his ability to foresee the future!

Robert stopped, ignoring Lilith's repeated questions through the earpiece about why he had stopped: "The information is wrong. They gave Stussy the wrong location. The Doctor isn't in that room!"

Stussy was also in the chat group. She didn't question how Robert knew, and she didn't even stop walking:

“I have to go. If I get this punctuation mark but don’t carry out the execution, my identity will still be exposed.”

"On the contrary, if I go there now, I might be able to clear my name and be told the real location where the doctor is being hidden!"

Robert didn't stop her: "I think so too. Don't worry, I'll make sure you're safe."

Stussy didn't say anything more, but instead took the towering floating elevator to the research floor and rushed to the wrong place.

The laboratory door opened, and a plump figure sat on the sofa, leisurely sipping tea.

“Stusi, your previous mission is over. Now I’m giving you a new mission: go to the center of the island and assist Guernica in drawing the magic circle.”

Stussy struggled to maintain his composure: "Yes, sir, about Vegapunk..."

Satan Saint said casually, "Vegapunk has already been executed by me. I've said before, the previous mission is over."

Even the shrewd and calculating Stussy was shaken to his core when he suddenly heard the news of Vegapunk's death.

Satan Saint's gaze was fixed on Stussy, and his aura began to rise.

Stussy's body began to tremble more violently. Even Satan, who was initially full of suspicion, noticed something was wrong. Stussy's current physical reaction did not seem like a weakness revealed after hearing about Vegapunk's death, but rather like a struggle with some kind of power for control of his body.

Robert appeared behind Stussy: "Do you know what you've done?"

"York is just one step away from being resurrected, so why are you all fixated on us?"

"Now that her last remaining consciousness storage device is destroyed, I will make you all pay with your lives!"

Robert's acting was really mediocre, and the lines he came up with on the spot were incredibly awkward, but with Stussy about to be exposed by Satan Saint, this was the only way he could think of to cover for Stussy.

Satan narrowed his eyes at Robert, who met his gaze without flinching.

“I remember you, the little navy boy who kidnapped York before.”

Robert's tone was icy: "You're this woman's boss? So, what she was doing down there just now was at your behest?"

"That's great! It saves me the trouble of searching later. Once I kill her, it'll be your turn!"

Armament Haki covered his fist, and he struck Stussy's head mercilessly.

Satan Saint unleashed a powerful burst of Conqueror's Haki. Only at this moment did he dispel his doubts about Stussy and use Conqueror's Haki to break Robert's control over her body.

Stussy tumbled awkwardly to avoid Robert's punch and stood between Robert and Satan Saint.

Satan stood up: "Go and complete the task I assigned you."

"I'll handle this."

Chapter 21 Now everyone's here.

Stussy was a smart man; he had only revealed some flaws because the news of Dr. Vegapunk's death was too abrupt.

Distracted by Robert, she immediately realized that even if Vegapunk was dead, she had to continue to hide her identity so that she could at least protect his six clones.

Robert tried his best to play his part, pretending that he had never seen Conqueror's Haki before, and acted as if his Devil Fruit ability was being suppressed by Satan.

Stussy dashed towards the outside, and Robert immediately tried to stop him, but was stopped by the cold snort from Satan Saint. Stussy took the opportunity to get past Robert and rush into the corridor behind him.

Robert gritted his teeth and looked at Saint Satan: "What kind of evil magic is this?"

Two horns sprouted from Satan Saint's head, his body grew taller and revealed an animalistic form, and he arrogantly did not answer Robert's question, but coldly said:

"Ants".

Robert really didn't want to continue acting with him, but even if he had to fight Satan Saint, he couldn't do it as Robert De Niro.

Robert pretended to use a lot of strength to resist Satan Saint's Conqueror's Haki suppression, deliberately revealing the mechanism in his hand first, and then pressing it down hard.

A huge explosion occurred, causing the house they were in to become unstable and tilt to one side.

Robert seized the opportunity to slip away, and by the time Satan regained his footing, he was long gone.

Eghead was in complete chaos, with explosions and towering flames everywhere. Robert was hoping that the explosions would destroy the walls that were blocking his detection, allowing his electromagnetic induction to find Vegapunk.

But when he opened his mental field, he was almost speechless with astonishment.

Rob Lucci has kept his promise and let Zoro, who was fuming from the Onigashima battle, have his fill of anger. Now, Zoro is being carried away by Kaku like a dead dog.

Nami and her group were carrying their valuables back to the evacuation point, especially the diamond jewelry-making machine that she had been longing for.

The only absurd thing is Luffy, who is actually riding the dragon that was used to get beaten up by Atlas, with Vegapunk, whom he has been searching for, sitting behind him!

Kizaru, who should have been chasing after Luffy, is now being entangled by Franky, who is controlling the giant robot Vegapunk 01.

Robert admitted that he was genuinely a little jealous. He had gone to great lengths to find Vegapunk, but Luffy could find it just by strolling around. The protagonist's treatment was truly exceptional.

But as long as he could see Vegapunk, he was relieved; he didn't care who found him.

It didn't matter how chaotic the island was. Robert only had a sliver of his attention on Vegapunk, making sure he didn't leave his sight because of the fighting. All his other energy was focused on the two CP0 members who were secretly drawing some kind of array.

Needless to say, there was another tall man named Guernica who was supposed to have died in the Battle of Ghost Island, but now he was here.

Robert watched with great interest as the two drew the magic circle, then gracefully withdrew, followed by the famous animation of the Five Elders gathering.

Satan Saint suddenly appeared in the magic circle, and then, with him as the center, the other four appeared one by one in the magic circle, and immediately revealed their respective Devil Fruits.

Robert belatedly pulled out a Den Den Mushi; he had been staying in Eghardt and had completely forgotten about Vegapunk's live stream.

The pre-broadcast hype had been repeated countless times by now, with all Den Den Mushi around the world being controlled to send out reminders that once Vegapunk died, the world would immediately hear the enormous secret he had discovered.

If Vegapunk hadn't used the powerful weapon of live streaming, theoretically the Five Elders wouldn't have rushed to Egerhard to deal with him.

Five gigantic mythical beasts appeared in Egherd, instantly disrupting the battlefield.

Vega's power 01 was cut in half at the waist, and Luffy's flying dragon was also knocked down from the clouds. Kizaru freed up his hands and feet and quickly rushed towards Luffy.

Luffy could only activate Gear 5 Gear again, and all the surrounding islands and buildings were assimilated, taking on a rubbery texture.

The Nika-ified Luffy really seems to be possessed by a war god. Although his expression is gradually becoming more Tang-like and he has to keep laughing, his fighting power is truly strong. He single-handedly suppressed Kizaru and Satan.

Zoro, Sanji, and Jinbe, the three strongest fighters, had only warmed up before, but now they have finally found worthy opponents.

While observing the situation on the field, Robert asked into his headset, "Where are the giants' ships?"

Vika's voice came through the earpiece: "Robert Lando, that super-large ship has reached the southern waters, but it is still entangled with the giant sea king."

Robert looked at him strangely: "York, aren't you going to pave the way for the reinforcements I called? Aren't those sea kings at your mercy?"

Lilith shouted, "We're all consciousnesses now, and all the signals on the island are blocked. How are we supposed to command the Sea Kings?!"

Robert looked sullen: "Vika, show me the way!"

Since Vegapunk's clones were unreliable, Robert chose to rely on his own team. Hela was quietly hovering above the clouds, which were even higher than the research and development level of Egghead Island. Her crew members on the ship were monitoring everything in the sea below using more primitive methods.

Robert quickly pinpointed the direction of the giant ship and appeared on the massive warship in a flash: "Need any help?"

The two captains of the Giant Warrior Pirates looked at Robert, who resembled an ant, and asked, "Are you friend or foe?"

Robert scratched his head: "If you're here to plunder Eghead, then we're the enemy."

"If you're here to rescue Vegapunk or Luffy and his crew, then I'm your friend."

Dongli frowned: "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before. Oh, right! You're that rogue lieutenant colonel who defected from the Navy and is on the wanted list!"

Robert slapped his forehead; he'd come in such a hurry he'd forgotten to change his face back.

A surge of electricity coursed through him, revealing his true appearance: "That was just a disguise I used. Now you know who I am?"

Dorry and Brogy actually raised their weapons and looked at Robert with serious expressions: "Why are you here!"

Robert looked puzzled: "Didn't I say I came to rescue Luffy and Vegapunk? Are you guys coming to the island or not?"

Dorry and Brogy still looked on as if facing a formidable enemy: "We heard you caused quite a stir in our country..."

Robert rolled his eyes. So it turned out Shanks had badmouthed him!