One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Her expression suddenly changed, and Karina was so shocked that she covered her mouth. Paddy in her arms even forgot to pretend to be a silent little pet and couldn't help but cry out, "Robert!"

Padong's mouth was covered by Karina, and Monet was also brought back to his senses by the exclamation: "Miss Karina, I'm sorry, we didn't mean to restrict your freedom, but now we can only ask you to stay here and not go anywhere."

She stood up and walked towards the main gate, gave a few instructions to the security personnel on duty outside, and then turned and left.

Karina smiled, showing no sign of panic: "Padong, remember what Robert told you? You have to protect me!"

Uta acted as if nothing had happened, her hands still busy packing. Her memories of Robert merged with his image in the song world, and her mind kept replaying the words Robert had said as he was about to leave the song world:

"From now on, we're comrades!"

On the eaves outside, a bat toy has a smiling face, with faint red and black lightning appearing on its body.

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Zefa stood on the gunwale, his expression calm and collected, which drew glares and a huff from the old man on the small boat below.

"You old codger, I retired and came to keep you company for a few days, and now that I'm leaving, aren't you going to say anything?"

Zefa couldn't help but smile, but quickly suppressed it: "You're doing nothing, but I still have to train new recruits. I don't have time to play around with your nonsense. Get lost!"

Just as Sengoku was about to exchange another few words with Zephyr, their expressions suddenly changed simultaneously.

Sengoku, who was about to leave the recruit camp and go to his old friend Garp's ship to freeload for a while, suddenly picked up his little lamb and jumped back onto the ship:

"Let's go, call He!"

The two old men rushed back to their office and immediately dialed the phone of Vice Admiral Tsuru, who was on duty at the Naval Headquarters Staff Office.

"Crane! Something terrible has happened! There seems to be a problem with the people we sent to Dressrosa!"

Lieutenant General Tsuru's voice was serious: "I understand. You only realized the problem because you suddenly remembered Corporal Robert De Niro's existence, right?"

Sengoku reverted from his jovial, comedic old man persona to his former Fleet Admiral demeanor: "That's right, and I checked when I called you. There are only five naval personnel sent on this investigation mission, and Robert isn't even part of the main force!"

Vice Admiral Tsuru said in a deep voice, "My information is more complete and I have more information than you, a retired old man without any real position. Over the years, we have sent more than a hundred naval personnel to Dressrosa, but who have disappeared from everyone's memory!"

Sengoku gasped. It was impossible that all of these hundred-plus naval personnel had been sent there in the last year. In other words, during his tenure as admiral, a full hundred naval personnel had been forgotten!

"We must contact Robert as soon as possible! So many people's memories haven't been recovered, so why is it that only his have reappeared? Figuring this out is the key to finding everyone else!"

Zefa gritted his teeth and said, "These bastards should be wiped out by sending troops over there!"

Sengoku frowned: "He is a Shichibukai, and also the king of a member state of the World Government. We cannot..."

Zephyr got even angrier: "What Seven Warlords of the Sea! They're just a bunch of pirates! This ridiculous system should be abolished!"

Warring States was also furious: "Do you think I don't want to kill him! That little brat..."

Upon hearing Sengoku mention millet, Zefa, his longtime friend, knew how heartbroken Sengoku was about losing his adopted son, and his momentum immediately weakened.

"This is a good opportunity. Rosinante died under mysterious circumstances. We all want to get rid of Doflamingo, but all we lack is evidence of his crimes!"

Lieutenant General Tsuru made the final decision: "No matter what happened in Dressrosa, I think we should send someone over to check it out. Corporal Robert will definitely send word. He's a smart kid, and we must land in Dressrosa as soon as he sends his message!"

Sengoku glanced at Zephyr and said to Vice Admiral Tsuru on the phone, "Go to Kuzan and apply for Borsalino to go this time!"

"Isn't Robert one of his science unit members?"

Chapter 30 General

All the Don Quixote family executives gathered in the royal palace area in the center of the kingdom, because a memory of another person had suddenly appeared in their minds.

No one knew Sugar's Devil Fruit ability better than them. This situation of restoring someone's memories on their own had never happened before, and they couldn't even figure out how it had happened.

However, no amount of fanfare is too much when it comes to matters concerning the Sugar-Sugar Fruit's abilities, because all members of the Donquixote Family know that the entire rule of Dressrosa is actually maintained by the abilities of the Hobby-Hobby Fruit.

All of them can be replaced, except for Sugar. If Sugar's Devil Fruit ability malfunctions, the entire Donquixote Family will collapse like an avalanche.

Doflamingo's face was sinister: "Where is that Robert De Niro?"

All the cadres looked at each other, unsure how to answer; none of them had any idea what this guy was up to.

Finally, Torebour, who was in charge of protecting Sugar and also overseeing the operation of the entire underground factory, spoke up: "That guy was just turned into a toy when he was rescued by another toy. Sugar didn't have time to give him any orders."

Doflamingo roared, "Why wasn't this reported to me?! Hasn't that one-legged soldier caused us enough trouble over the years?! How could Sugar make the same mistake again?! And twice in a row this time!"

Trebol, the eldest of the four original supporters of Doflamingo, had no choice but to continue, gritting his teeth:

"Sugar is influenced by the fruit, and has always been relatively..."

Doflamingo actually knew that Sugar's body stopped growing after eating the Devil Fruit, and her mind remained that of a child.

He didn't really want to punish Sugar; he simply knew that if this matter wasn't handled properly, it could have a devastating impact on the family's decades-long business. So, he was seething with anger and didn't know where to direct it.

"Alright! I'm only giving you half a day. You must catch that Robert De Niro before nightfall, no matter what!"

As if remembering something, Doflamingo shouted, "Isn't he Karina's boyfriend! Pica! Go with Monet and arrest Karina! I don't believe he won't come out!"

Before Monet and Pica could leave, the conference room door was pushed open from the outside: "Something's wrong! Mansherry is missing!"

Doflamingo, who was about to fly into a rage because his subordinates had barged into the executive meeting without permission, disregarded such trivial matters upon hearing this news and immediately addressed all his subordinates:

"There's no way that's a coincidence in the world. Robert De Niro breaking free from Sugar's control and Mansherry's sudden disappearance are definitely closely related!"

"Robert De Niro has a special identity; he's a Navy officer! The Navy has never given up on bringing us down all these years. Now, let's not harbor any illusions! This is a life-or-death crisis!"

All the officers looked solemn, and they did not question Doflamingo's judgment in the slightest.

"Now, seal off the entire country and turn the land upside down! Anyone who doesn't cooperate, kill them!"

All the cadres dispersed and began operations in their respective areas of responsibility.

Trebol stayed behind with Sugar. This incident happened because of a blunder on their end, so Doflamingo naturally had to give them a few more instructions.

Suddenly, Sugar's eyes rolled back, her body went limp, and she fainted.

Trebol and Doflamingo were caught off guard and watched helplessly as Sugar collapsed onto the floor.

Trebol rushed to save Sugar, while Doflamingo leaped into the air, wielding his threads as he charged towards the roof beams.

With a flash of lightning, Robert landed before Doflamingo arrived and took his seat in his comfortable place.

Doflamingo stared intently at him: "Robert D. Neru? You weren't dead? No, your memories also suddenly returned. You are Robert De Niro!"

Robert denied it without changing his expression, saying, "What are you talking about? I don't understand at all."

Actually, Robert noticed this bug as early as when Fishman Haku misinterpreted his high-class self-introduction as Whitebeard.

Robert De Niro's identity is destined to disappear and reappear at the same time as Robert D. Nelo, making it hard for anyone with a modicum of intelligence not to suspect the relationship between the two.

But Robert had no better option than to knock Sugar unconscious as quickly as possible and have more people's memories restored in order to dilute the connection between his two identities as much as possible.

But after dealing with the scattered toys underground, Robert discovered that Sugar wasn't in her own amusement park in the underground factory.

Robert activated his Observation Haki, covering almost the entire Dressrosa area. His brain was practically burning up before he finally found Sugar's trail amidst the massive amount of information.

If Robert hadn't been so poorly developed with his Devil Fruit abilities, wasting so much time piecing together all those toys underground, he could have arrived much faster.

"And I think you shouldn't be worrying about whether I'm dead or not right now. What you should be thinking about is how you're going to explain to the world government now that the fact that you turned more than half the nation's population into toys has been exposed!"

Doflamingo grinned and said, "If I can take down half the people, I can take down the rest. I just need to kill you and then pin the blame on you. After all, I am both the King of Dressrosa and a Shichibukai, while you are just a pirate who faked your death to avoid being wanted by the Navy!"

With a flick of his silken thread, the entire space around Robert was sealed off:

"Trebol! Take Sugar away immediately! Wake her up as soon as possible and turn those guys underground back into toys!"

Torrepol knew this was the highest priority, and without any hesitation, he picked up Sugar and rushed out.

Robert made no attempt to stop them, seemingly unconcerned about their remedial measures.

Although Doflamingo was caught off guard, he regained his composure when Robert openly appeared:

"I'm actually quite surprised. There shouldn't be any irreconcilable hatred between us, right? We can definitely cooperate."

Robert shook his head: "You won't cooperate with the weak, so if we want to cooperate with you, we'll have to hurt you first."

Doflamingo wasn't angry at all: "You seem to know me quite well, so now I can give you another chance to sit down and have a proper talk."

Robert couldn't help but laugh out loud: "But now that I've clearly hurt you, why should I cooperate with you?"

Doflamingo's face darkened: "So you're playing me?"

Robert continued shaking his head:

"No, I'm just stalling for time."

Chapter 31 Strategic Planning

Redfield sat elegantly on the balcony drinking coffee, while Padong nestled in its arms, whimpering.

Although Redfield always pretended to be indifferent to everyone, he actually enjoyed the reliance others had on him.

Paddon felt extremely guilty, wondering how she could forget two such important people as Robert and Redfield, and now she couldn't stop crying.

Redfield suddenly looked into the distance: "Kalina, come and hug Padong for a while. There are a few clueless guys coming over. I'll go take care of them."

Karina stood up: "Teacher, I want to try this time."

Redfield paused for a moment, then chuckled and said, "I don't know where you guys got your guilt from. Didn't I just explain? Robert and I both have the ability to deal with that fruit. We just went with the flow and were turned into toys by her."

Seeing Karina's determined look, Redfield hesitated to say what he was going to say next: "Alright, then I'll watch your performance."

Uta stood excitedly beside Karina: "I want to take one on too!"

Redfield, holding Padon, picked up the coffee again. At the end of his line of sight, Pica and Monet were walking briskly towards him.

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Trebol first treated Sugar in the palace's medical room, then used his Devil Fruit powers to quickly head towards the underground factory.

There was a tunnel in the palace that led directly to the underground world. Torrepol pushed open the door at the end of the corridor and heard that the outside was in complete chaos.

He shouted orders as he walked out: "Men! Kill all the troublemakers! Don't hold back!"

But the underground factory had tens of thousands of toys, while the number of supervisors was less than a thousand. Normally, the Fun Fruits were enough to keep these supervisors in check, but now that there were no constraints, the toys routed the supervisors immediately.

Just as Torrebol was about to rush out of the Red Command Center and use his powerful strength to bloodily suppress the enemy, the scenery suddenly changed, and he was strangely back in Sugar's amusement park.

"Where are you rushing off to, Torrebol?"

Luo leaned against the wall, carrying his large sword, while Torrebol's body gushed with slime: "I told you before, keeping you alive would only be a menace. We should have put in more effort to wipe you out."

Luo revealed a cruel smile: "Coincidentally, I also want to wipe you all out!"