One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Unexpectedly, he miscalculated today. The unreliable guy he summoned as a surprise weapon was killed by the opponent as soon as he showed his face.

Piet Saint even made a swallowing motion, clearly having completely swallowed Caesar Cullen. At this point, even cutting off its head wouldn't save him, unless the giant sandworm's intestines and stomach were completely ripped out.

The giant sandworm that Pittor Saint was incarnate actually showed a human-like expression, looking at Robert with what seemed like smug satisfaction.

Robert sighed: "You child, I know Mary Geoise is short of food, after all, I was the one who made it happen, but you can't just eat anything you can find when you're starving, can you? Didn't your parents teach you when you were little that there's a high chance that the things you pick up outside are poisonous?"

"Oh, by the way, you don't have a father or mother."

"sorry."

Robert's words were extremely insulting, and Pitt was so angry that smoke seemed to be billowing from his seven orifices. This was not a figure of speech, but a real expression of that smoke coming out of his face. He was furious.

The sandworm's enormous body began to rot as if it were melting, then suddenly exploded from the inside, turning into black mist that was sucked back into the magic circle. Only the purple smoke that had just emerged from its body remained, which then coalesced into the shape of Caesar Cullen!

"My lord! I did it! I did it!"

"Gene editing is really feasible!"

Caesar Courland's expression twisted with excitement as he danced wildly in mid-air, venting his frustration.

Despite being a high-tech island, Eghardt was actually a place where most of the researchers had long been moved elsewhere by the World Government. The few remaining scientists who were assessed by the CP department as die-hard Vegapunk fans and included in the list of those to be executed were also secretly moved by Robert.

With all of Vegapunk's clones dead, the average education level of everyone on this island, which now boasts the world's highest scientific achievements, is only junior high school level. This is all thanks to the two super scientists, Vegapunk and Caesar Courland, who significantly raised the average.

Given the academic performance of the remaining incompetent pirates and thugs, they couldn't possibly understand what Caesar Clown meant by gene editing. They didn't even understand genes or editing.

Only Vegapunk initially looked solemn, but then cast a relieved glance at Caesar Courland.

Caesar Clown seemed to be so excited he was practically dizzy, but all his attention was focused on Vegapunk, trying to see some shock and admiration on his face.

Upon seeing the look in his eyes, Caesar Courland instantly flew into a rage.

"Vegapunk! What's with that look? You still think of me as your research lab assistant?!"

His rage manifested as gas, charging towards Vegapunk riding on the back of a dragon.

The purple mist instantly enveloped the giant dragon. The dragon inhaled a large amount of gas and began to feel dizzy and nauseous due to insufficient blood supply. It could no longer maintain its flight posture in the sky and crashed headfirst to the ground.

Caesar Clown, hovering in mid-air, laughed maniacally, "Vegapunk! You really thought I was here to save you?"

"I would save an old bastard who's spent his whole life riding on my head and make him my boss? Hahahaha! Die! Die under my latest masterpiece!"

"This poison is incurable! No one can save you today!"

"From this day forward, I will be the greatest scientist in the world!"

"I am the chief researcher of the Thunder Department!"

Amid Caesar Clown's frenzied roar, the dragon crashed headfirst into the ground. Fortunately, Luffy was using his Nika form to assimilate the ground into rubber, preventing the dragon from breaking its bones due to the hard landing.

Even so, it was thrown around in a daze due to gas poisoning, and Vegapunk on its back was thrown off, but before it could land, it was caught in Kizaru's arms at the speed of light.

Robert's eyes were bloodshot. He had planned so much, but he hadn't considered Caesar Clown's jealousy. He actually expected him to do something to save Vegapunk!

Lightning surged from Robert's body and struck Caesar Clown fiercely, but he seemed to have been prepared, screaming as he fled into the distance: "My lord! You can't kill me! If Vegapunk dies, I'll be the smartest person in the world!"

"I have a great use for you if you keep me here! I'm doing this for the sake of our Thunder Division!"

"That old bastard Vegapunk won't listen to me! But I'm different. I'll research whatever you tell me to research!"

Robert gritted his teeth, seemingly swayed by Caesar Courland's words. Indeed, without Vegapunk, Raibu couldn't very well kill him, the current chief scientist.

Caesar Clown appeared in a hurry and then fled in a hurry, instantly killing one of the Five Elders and poisoning Vegapunk to the point of being unsure of his fate.

In his short time on the field, he delivered an absolutely brilliant performance, completely stunning both sides.

Kizaru held Vegapunk's lifeless body, trembling all over and even forgetting that he was on the battlefield.

He had worked with Vegapunk for many years, and although he didn't say it, no one in the entire Navy had a deeper bond with him than Vegapunk.

Now, watching him die right before his eyes, Kizaru's Devil Fruit ability is showing signs of going berserk, with light spots constantly emanating from his body.

Luffy floated beside Robert, gazing at Vegapunk's motionless body from afar: "That strange old man..."

Both sides tacitly stopped fighting, and Satan moved his eight spider legs to come behind Kizaru.

Everyone assumed he was trying to confirm Vegapunk's life or death, but then Satan suddenly sprang up, a spider leg piercing out like a spear and brutally piercing Vegapunk's corpse!

Robert instinctively cried out, "No!"

Satan laughed maniacally as he used his spider legs to lift Vegapunk's corpse: "Robert! What a great actor!"

"Are you planning to stage a fake death to rescue them?"

"Do they really think we Five Elders are all fools?!"

Chapter 25 Closing the Net!

Robert's eyes widened in horror, for as Satan Saint's spider legs continued to twitch, Dr. Vegapunk's body, which should have died from the poison, actually began to move again.

Blood continued to flow from the wound, appearing a purplish-black color clearly indicative of severe poisoning, and even made a hissing sound as it fell to the ground.

Satan continued his reasoning: "I remember who that guy was earlier, Caesar Courland, a lowly assistant researcher during the MADS era, one of the many second-rate scientists he dismissed when we captured Vegapunk."

"The gene editing he mentioned is very interesting. It seems that this term has been mentioned in the list of papers submitted by Vegapunk over the years. It should be some kind of reverse genetic engineering research that can only be effective in specific populations. I rejected it because it was too inefficient."

"The kind of poison that Caesar Clown used just now was indeed astonishing, even capable of incapacitating Pit Santos, but as long as it doesn't pair with Vegapunk's genetic key, it's no different from injecting water into his body!"

"This is just a smokescreen you're using with your so-called gene editing!"

"That Caesar Courland is too arrogant! He actually tried to pull this stunt right under our noses, with the answer to the riddle right there on the surface, and even shouted out about gene editing in public. Is he taking advantage of the fact that we can't understand it?"

"Hahahaha! But no matter how much you planned, you never expected that I, the God of Scientific Defense, actually understand science!"

"How about we have a contest: will your Thunder Department's poison kill Vegapunk first, or will my spider venom succeed faster?"

Robert transformed into lightning and charged madly toward Satan, only to hear him say in a mocking tone, "Ah, the battle is over. That old man Vegapunk has already been poisoned to death by me."

Robert's attack, brimming with lightning and Conqueror's Haki, struck only air. Satan Saint's enormous spider demon body transformed into thick black smoke and shrank back into the demon array inscribed on the ground.

As his figure disappeared, Nasujuro, who had transformed into a giant horse skeleton, exploded into a plume of smoke, leaving only his command echoing across the island: "The Buster Call must not stop! Raze this entire island to the ground, and completely destroy Vegapunk's so-called equipment that he wanted to broadcast live to the whole world!"

Robert's body vanished in mid-air as he charged madly toward the last of the Five Elders, but as Gungnir made contact with Vauchiri, his massive boar body turned into unharmed black smoke: "Kizaru, kill all the pirates on the island, leave no one alive!"

Even though Kizaru was grieving for his colleagues and friends, he couldn't help but feel speechless at the Five Elders' typical bureaucratic style.

You five old fogies came in person and couldn't even take down the Straw Hat crew. When Robert showed up, one of you was instantly killed. Later, you even managed to kill one of their researchers.

Now you guys have killed people, drawn aggro, and run away, then you order your men to kill all the enemies? Is that reasonable?

Fortunately, Robert seemed to be completely consumed by self-blame for the failed rescue of Vegapunk, and he didn't look at the marines on the island again, but simply sat quietly beside Vegapunk's body.

Those present were all experts, and even from a great distance, they could see clearly that Vegapunk's chest cavity had been ripped open by Satan's spider legs, leaving a huge hole that was completely transparent from front to back, with only a layer of skin and flesh connecting the two sides of his waist.

Most of the organs in his chest cavity had been shattered into pieces by Satan Saint. His heart was nowhere to be found. Only a small part of his lung tissue and large intestine were still recognizable. But even these organs that were not shattered by Satan Saint were being corroded by the spider demon's venom and were visibly melting.

Let alone Vegapunk, an elderly scientist who has only eaten the Brain-Brain Fruit, even some young and strong Logia-type pirates would probably not survive if they had a hole in their chest that was much smaller than this.

Even though the Five Elders had given orders for Kizaru to lead his team to wipe out all the pirates on the island, in this tense atmosphere, not a single person dared to make a move against Robert, who seemed completely unguarded.

Robert stood beside Vegapunk's corpse for over a minute, watching as the toxins began to corrode and dissolve his limbs and head, before slowly raising his head.

"Luffy, I'm leaving this place to you guys."

Even while maintaining his Nikka form, Luffy knew he couldn't laugh out loud under these circumstances, so he nodded solemnly: "Go do what you need to do, leave this to us!"

Robert nodded: "I'll go avenge the Doctor!"

Kizaru shook his head and said nothing, but as a veteran high-ranking officer in the Navy, he had some understanding of the Five Elders' strange abilities. They could travel thousands of miles to this place through an unknown magic circle, and naturally they could also use the magic circle to return to their original place.

Now that the goal of executing Vegapunk has been achieved, the Five Elders have long since retreated to Mary Geoise. Unless Robert stubbornly rushes to Pangaea, where else can he seek revenge?

Robert's body transformed into lightning and vanished from the spot, instantly shifting the immense pressure on the island from the Navy to the Straw Hat crew.

However, the Straw Hat crew consisted of Robert's old friends, and none of them were angry that he had abandoned them. On the contrary, they seemed to share a common hatred for him. Even the most timid Usopp and Chopper were furious and wanted to have a good fight with the Navy to help Robert get revenge.

Of course, Robert didn't go to Mary Geoise. Others might not know how the Five Elders came to be, but surely he did.

The four who came later were summoned by a demonic magic circle, but you, Satan Saint, were not!

At this moment, Satan Saint was sitting on a warship, his face full of a sense of complete control.

Suddenly, Satan Saint's Observation Haki issued a frantic warning. Without even considering whether the cabin he was in could accommodate his body after transforming into the Spider Demon form, he quickly revealed the Beast Form unique to Zoan-type Devil Fruits!

A giant sword resembling the tip of a massive spear descended from the sky, its blade crackling with blue-purple and black-red lightning. Like divine punishment, it struck the middle of the warship, its immense kinetic energy splitting the vessel in two.

Satan Saint's spider demon body leaped out of the broken opening and landed on the mainmast.

The navy personnel on the ship were all stunned by the Conqueror's Haki carried by the previous attack, and no one noticed Satan Saint's disheveled appearance.

One of his spider legs had been severed at the root in the previous attack, but black smoke was billowing from the cut, and it was regenerating at an astonishing speed.

Robert and Satan exchanged a glance in mid-air, then without a word, Robert summoned back Gungnir, who had plunged into the deep sea due to inertia, and charged once again toward the spider demon perched on the mast.

"Activating the demonic teleportation array takes one minute, right?"

"I've already calculated everything!"

"I'll kill you before you can escape!"

Chapter 26 A diver needs a leg, right?

Satan Saint's face was full of astonishment. He was genuinely panicked because Robert had indeed used Maz Saint to prove himself, demonstrating that he had the strength to kill the Five Elders within two moves.

Moreover, he truly couldn't understand how Robert could clearly explain the pre-teleportation time, even though they hadn't used this method of remote teleportation using demonic arrays for decades.

Satan Saint's mind raced, and in the end, he could only come to the most likely conclusion: "Those bastards from the Knights of God have misled me!"

In his mind, it must be because the Knights of God used the Demon Teleportation technique too many times to travel, and someone with ulterior motives collected the information, which is why Robert knew so much about it.

He did indeed send a signal to the other five elders who had already been teleported back to Mary Geoise the moment he saw Robert, urging them to summon him back in reverse as soon as possible.

Back in Egerhard, all four of them were summoned by their own teleportation array. Whether they were killed or actively canceled the teleportation, they would naturally be sent back to their previous positions by the array.

But he had initiated the teleportation from a warship only a few nautical miles away from Egherd, and now Robert had caught up in just two steps. Where could he run?

However, as Robert said, this teleportation array cannot instantly pull people thousands of miles away. Its biggest problem is that it has a casting delay!

What Satan Saint didn't know was that the exact activation time of this teleportation array wasn't something Robert figured out by analyzing the Knights of God. He had indeed seen the Knights of God use demonic teleportation, and even vividly remembered how the Mafi Palace used this trick to kidnap Uta right in front of him.

However, the teleportation was extremely abrupt. Maffei Palace and Ziringom Saint must have contacted the teleportation summons in advance. By the time Robert and the others realized what was happening, they had already been teleported away. Robert didn't even think about the teleportation array at the time. How could he possibly deduce any pattern from a single event?

The reason Robert was so certain that the pre-cast time of their demonic teleportation was one minute was because back when the Navy and the Big Mom Pirates were fighting that encounter, Karina had disguised herself as an injured Navy soldier and boarded Kizaru's warship!