One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Haku gasped. "There are places like that? How many...people are there?"

Robert sighed: "I estimate there are tens of thousands of people, and there's more than one such place, so I need your help. Otherwise, even if we want to overthrow the Don Quixote family's dark rule, we'll have to hold our heads high."

Haku also found the situation very difficult. The revolutionary army wanted to liberate the oppressed people, but if they had to save one group of people, they would have to kill another group of civilians at the same time. They were really torn between saving one group and killing another.

This is the limitation of good people: bad people have no scruples, while good people are bound hand and foot.

"If all goes well, Law will find the Tontatta tribe tomorrow and then contact you. I hope that you can take him to the place where the toy parts are discarded and let him use the power of the Op-Op Fruit to piece all the toy bodies together first."

"In that case, even if we remove Sugar's power, no one will die from regaining human form but with missing limbs."

Haku narrowed his eyes. If what Robert said was true, then the Revolutionary Army really had to do this.

"Where is the underground factory? And where is that recycling room you mentioned?"

Robert said, "The underground factory is underground, of course. The entire underground area of ​​Dressrosa has been hollowed out. Don't worry about which part of the underground it is; the factory is all over the island."

"I need you to take Luo to the losers' treatment room in the arena. There's a secret passage under the operating table there. I hope you won't be too shocked to speak when you see what kind of hell it is."

Haku's eyes widened: "You mean all these years, all the people they defeated in the arena have been turned into toys?"

Robert shrugged: "So, are you going to help me with this?"

Haku, panting heavily, said, "Underground? How come we've been searching for so long but never thought of digging underground?"

"Give us three days. As long as you're not lying, we'll definitely take that Luo to the recycling room beneath the arena to rescue you in three days!"

Robert nodded and said, “Okay, three days it will be. But the problem is, I’m not there. To be honest, I don’t know exactly how many places there are to discard disabled toys in Dressrosa. The recycling room I’m in and the place under the arena are just the tip of the iceberg that I’ve explored.”

Haku gritted his teeth and said, "Leave it to us. Once we have a target, we'll rescue everyone underground!"

Robert turned to Uta and said, "Send me out, Uta. I need to begin my battle."

Haku quickly asked, "What are you going to do?"

Robert smiled confidently: "Once Robert makes his move, the Don Quixote family will inevitably launch a bloody crackdown. I need to recover enough strength to contend with them before that happens!"

Haku was intimidated by his strong confidence, and even the Revolutionary Army dared not say that they would fight the Don Quixote family in their stronghold.

"who are you?"

Robert laughed and said, "You wouldn't remember even if I told you, but you can go back and look through the newspapers. I'm the culprit who turned Marineford into a rubble!"

Haku's eyes widened in an instant: "What! It's you!"

"You're not dead!"

"White beard!"

Chapter 28 is about falling in love~

As consciousness returned, the toy cowboy's body suddenly sat up, surrounded by several pairs of eager eyes.

After a long silence, Robert finally spoke first, asking, "Is the Peninsula Iron Box alright?"

Ah San forced a smile onto his beckoning cat face: "The injury isn't serious, it's just that I can't do it again."

Robert's face was serious: "Indian, has anyone ever told you that your lies are very fake?"

Ah San gave a wry smile: "It's really fine, except that the horn was damaged when it fell, and now it can't make a sound."

Several toys moved aside, revealing a broken radio. Its surface was blackened by the explosion of the thruster, but fortunately, the overall structure was still intact, and Robert breathed a sigh of relief.

The Indian man asked the question that all the toys were concerned about: "Sir, did it work?"

Robert nodded vigorously: "Of course, I have found someone who can save everyone. He will arrive here in three days at most. His Devil Fruit ability can temporarily put everyone together. Even if the Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability fails, no one will die. After defeating the Donquixote Family, I will help everyone recover as much as possible!"

The mountain of parts erupted in cheers. Whether Robert was telling the truth or not, after all these years, everyone had finally found a glimmer of hope.

Even if this hope is false, at least everyone died with hope the moment the Fun Fruit stopped working.

Ah San, chin held high, felt a sense of pride and couldn't help but ask, "Then, sir, what do you need us to do these next few days? Just wait?"

Robert sensed the cheerful atmosphere around him and tried to recall a certain feeling from before.

Whether it's Law or the Revolutionary Army, they can at most temporarily save the lives of these toys underground, but they cannot truly save them.

The world of One Piece is a supernatural world. Once an individual human develops superhuman strength, many things will fundamentally change.

Without the ability to defeat the entire Don Quixote family in a short time, it's useless to keep any number of toys.

So when Robert connected with the outsiders, he was essentially burning his bridges, forcing himself into a situation where there was no turning back!

If I can't awaken Conqueror's Haki within three days and become the main force to defeat Doflamingo, then everyone else can just wait to die.

More than a year later, Luffy and his crew reunited. With Usopp's incredible luck, they scared Sugar into fainting, and then all the scattered toys on the ground instantly lost their lives.

Robert has taken on the responsibility of handling the fate of countless toys that have been dismantled and discarded underground over the past ten years in the Kingdom of Dressrosa.

Didn't Redfield say this was a rare opportunity? Robert also felt it was incredibly rare; he had never before shouldered the fate of so many people in his life.

"I'd like to hear everyone's stories."

Ah San was somewhat puzzled by Robert's irrelevant answer, wondering how telling stories could help him save himself. But as a supporter of Robert, he felt he had to be the first to respond no matter what Robert said.

"That's true, it's no fun just waiting around. I'll start things off!"

“I was originally a slave who would not even be looked at after I died. I was sold from one place to another since I was a child. I was thin and small and could not do any heavy work. Fortunately, the price was relatively cheap.”

"Later, my slave owner was killed by pirates, and I was captured by them. I lied and said that I used to be a cook, and was bought back by a tavern owner at the dock."

Robert had no idea that the Indian had such a tacit understanding with him, having survived the slave traders using the same methods. Perhaps it was fate.

“But I don’t know how to cook. I was discovered that day. Fortunately, the boss was reluctant to spend the money he paid for me and didn’t kill me on the spot. I tried my best to prove my worth so that I wouldn’t be beaten to death. Later, because I was very good at bargaining when buying groceries, I stopped being beaten every day.”

"Later, the adults came, defeated the boss, and were willing to teach me how to cook and hand over the business of the shop to me."

As Robert listened to Ah San's vivid recounting of his time on Jaya Island, a smile involuntarily crept onto his face. What he considered the darkest moment of his life sounded like a divine intervention from another's perspective.

"My lord, do you know why I would rather die than leave your side?"

Robert was taken aback by the Indian's question. He had also been wondering why the Indian was so loyal to him when he hadn't treated him particularly well.

Before Robert could answer, the Indian man had already given his own answer:

“Only you treat me like a human being. From childhood to adulthood, some people have treated me like a dog, some like merchandise. Later, on Jaya Island, I used my boss's influence to bully others, and some people even bowed and scraped to me. But even then, they still didn't treat me like a human being.”

"I survived because I can read people's expressions. I know best who is sincere and who is fake. Even when you initially distrusted me, I still felt...respect from your attitude towards me..."

Robert never expected that simply treating others with an ordinary attitude in the real world would earn him such unwavering loyalty from the Indians.

Once the Indian guy started, the other toys also began to chatter about their past.

Some people talk about their family members, saying that when they were healthy, they could look at them as toys. But after they made a mistake while working because they were too tired, they were beaten and lost their ability to work. So they were taken apart and thrown away.

Some people talk about their girlfriends, saying they watched helplessly as she, having lost her memory, married the person who had tricked them into becoming his toys.

Robert would initially join in and chat for a bit, but gradually he stopped talking altogether.

In the underground world, there is no concept of time. Many toys fell asleep in a daze, only to find that some toys were still sharing their stories.

Whenever there was a lull in the conversation, Ah San would step in and urge everyone on: "Don't stop, everyone keep talking and share your stories!"

Robert sat cross-legged on the ground, motionless, entering some kind of mystical state.

The toys recount their suffering, and in this immersive exchange, the emotions of all participants are connected as one. When someone talks about something happy, everyone is happy too; when someone expresses their hatred, everyone grits their teeth in agreement.

Robert didn't know what beliefs others held that gave them Conqueror's Haki, but as a veteran party member who joined the party in college, Robert believed that Conqueror's Haki must be crimson red!

A chubby toy is still telling its tragic love story: "She's already showing her pregnancy, and I still haven't gotten over it!"

Suddenly, one of the toys asked in a puzzled whisper, "Did you hear anything?"

More people heard the strange noise after being alerted, and some began to whisper that the rescue Robert had mentioned had arrived.

Ah San was closest and heard the clearest; he looked at Robert with eager eyes:

It's a heartbeat!

Chapter 29 Robert is back!

Is this the last recycling area?

Luo followed behind the fishman Haku, walking unsteadily through a narrow underground tunnel.

"Yes, that's where Robert is too. As long as you save the lives of those broken toys, our revolutionary army will immediately launch an operation to take action against all the Don Quixote family's cadres!"

Luo gritted his teeth: "Who exactly is that Robert? He's just making a fool of himself. And you revolutionaries are following his foolish ways? You have no idea how powerful the Don Quixote family is. If they were so easily defeated, would I have gone to all this trouble to plan for so many years!"

Haku's expression was grave: "We know this is too hasty, and we don't even know who Robert is, but the information he provided is something we haven't been able to gather for so many years. He must have his own plans, right? Aren't you friends?"

Just as Luo was about to deny it, a shout came from ahead: "We've arrived!"

The one digging the tunnel at the front is the commander of the Western Army of the Revolutionary Army, a user of the Push-Push Fruit. Digging is his forte. Haku received information that all the dark deals in Dressrosa were hidden underground, so the Revolutionary Army specifically sent this commander, who is skilled in digging, to the front.

They had already visited five such recycling areas with mountains of parts before, all of which were discovered by the Revolutionary Army within three days.

It was precisely because of these personally verified reports that the revolutionary army believed the words of Robert, a man who appeared out of nowhere.

Several people leaped out of the passageway and immediately saw several relatively intact toys arranged in a circle.

In the center of the circle, a cowboy-shaped toy seemed to sense something and suddenly opened its eyes.

Luo's gaze met his, and he asked with some displeasure, "Are you the one who led us here? You're Robert?"

Faint red and black lightning bolts flickered on Robert's body.

"You guys are way too slow."

"I've been burning with passion all day!"

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"Miss Karina, what have you thought about our proposal?"

Karina, holding Padon, sat with Monet in front of the large French windows, drinking coffee, while Uta packed his luggage in the distance.

"Dresrosa is a beautiful city, and it would be a great place to settle down."

Monet's smile grew even brighter: "Rest assured, we have also considered the future concert plans. Our king has a partner, the famous King of Gold, Mr. Tezzolo. Your and Miss Uta's next concert can be arranged on his cruise ship."

Karina looked surprised and delighted: "Really? I've always dreamed of performing on the Golden Ship, oh my god!"

Monet smiled and said, "All you have to do is..."