One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

His opponent has been Blackbeard from beginning to end! The main characters right now are Enel and Luffy, but the moment their battle ends, it will be his turn to step in!

Blackbeard kept pressing Robert for his plans, so Robert simply became a charlatan:

"Captain, rest assured, I have made thorough preparations. In this battle, we have three victories, while the enemy has three defeats!"

Blackbeard was completely stunned. He couldn't understand how someone as weak as Robert, who could seriously injure him with a single blow, dared to claim that he was certain of victory.

Little did Robert know that he was also laughing at Blackbeard's foolishness. He was simply stunned by Enel's attack from beyond the line of sight. If the two of them fought a real battle, Enel might not be able to defeat Blackbeard.

"I won because I anticipated Enel's attack but he was unprepared; this is my victory."

"I know myself and my enemy, while Enel is unaware of my plans; this is my second victory."

"With the Straw Hat crew wearing us down in front, and Captain, your decisive move will finish the job, while Enel is isolated and helpless. This is a triple victory!"

Blackbeard felt that Robert's words seemed to make sense, but upon closer inspection, he felt that every single one of them was nonsense.

"Are you lying to me! You want to wait until Enel wins everything, then hand me over and join him, right!"

Robert snapped out of his reverie and quickly explained, "How could that be, Captain? Enel is a madman. I don't even know where that 'Infinite Land' he wants to go is. Why would I join him?"

Just as Blackbeard was about to say something more, the Ark Maxim suddenly began to shake violently, followed by a feeling of weightlessness.

Robert's breath hitched: "The time has come! Captain! Await news of my victory!"

Blackbeard had initially suspected Robert of some kind of conspiracy, but the joy in his words at this moment was absolutely genuine, making one believe that he had indeed been prepared all along!

Robert opened the hatch, started the engine, and jumped out.

Sure enough, the entire Ark Maxim was falling straight down at a 90° angle, and falling with them was the giant golden bell, as well as Enel, who had lost consciousness not far away!

Robert struggled to climb to the control panel of the Ark Maxim, adjusted the angle of the Maxim according to Enel's instructions, forcefully straightened the ship, and then pressed the switch of the Wind-Blowing Shell hard.

The ship crashed heavily onto the white sea, and only thanks to the buoyancy of the clouds and the combined force of the wind-blown shells did the Ark Proverb barely manage to avoid sinking into the sea of ​​clouds.

Before the ship could land safely, Robert had already launched himself forward with force, lunging towards Enel in mid-air.

The two landed in the white sea one after the other. Robert had prepared goggles in his prop space, and soon he grabbed Enel's arm.

Swimming vigorously to the surface, the Ark's Proverbs were floating not far away.

Robert activated the Wind Shell beneath his feet and dragged the unconscious Enel back to the ship.

Enel is now extremely weak. Even someone as trash as Robert could easily kill him with a single shot to the head from his flintlock pistol.

Most Devil Fruit abilities in the One Piece world become ineffective after losing consciousness, such as Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit and Uta's Song-Song Fruit.

The elemental transformation of Logia-type Devil Fruits is unlikely to work when the user is exhausted, unconscious, or in a coma, not to mention that Robert has Seastone bullets.

But instead of taking action, he first shut down the Wind Shell, causing Proverb to lose all power and float above the sea of ​​clouds.

"Captain! I did it!"

Blackbeard's voice rang out from the backpack: "Tsk, hahaha! Good, good, good!"

The iron ball rapidly expanded, and before Robert could even remove his backpack, Blackbeard had already transformed into darkness and emerged from the crack.

Robert stood respectfully to the side, waiting quietly for Blackbeard to make a decision.

"Is this Enel? Tsk, hahaha, I thought he was some kind of three-headed, six-armed being, but he's just a stray dog ​​who dares to call himself a god!"

Robert sneered and chimed in, "Yeah, he's just a country bumpkin from Sky Island who ate a Devil Fruit. He thinks he's invincible. It's a real waste of his lightning power. If we could get it, we could take this airship away!"

Blackbeard grinned maliciously: "No pity, Robert. I'll show you a magic trick."

Robert's heart skipped a beat. His biggest gamble wasn't actually joining the Blackbeard Pirates, nor was it going to Skypiea with Luffy's crew.

What he feared most was that Blackbeard had not yet developed the ability to steal Devil Fruits!

However, Robert had previously calculated that if the timeline is started from the Skypiea arc, it hasn't actually been long since the Marineford War.

After landing in Jaya, the Straw Hat crew spent a day and a half reaching Skypiea, another day and a half defeating Enel, and then held a banquet that lasted for five days.

The Long Chain Island storyline ended in one day, Water 7 took a total of seven days, and Enies Lobby took one day from start to finish.

Thriller Bark took one day to defeat Moria Moonlight, but the banquet took three days.

The trip to the Sabaody Archipelago ended in one day, and then we spent another seven days on Amazon Lily.

Then, after a day of chaos at Impel Down, the Marineford War began.

Although this only considers the main storyline, we definitely need to factor in things like travel, special episodes, and theatrical releases.

Even if all of these are taken into account, the Skypiea storyline is only about a month away from the Marineford War!

Surely Blackbeard didn't develop the ability to steal Devil Fruits within the last month!

Blackbeard laughed heartily, "Robert, how about you use your power to conjure up a fruit for me?"

Robert had already stored a cantaloupe in his food storage space. It was Robert's worst-case scenario preparation. If Blackbeard really hadn't developed the ability to steal Devil Fruits, he could only gamble on the nonsense from the forum users that Devil Fruits would be reborn on the latest fruit.

Blackbeard glanced at Robert with a half-smile, took the cantaloupe from his hand, and then shadows began to emanate from beneath his feet.

The shadow slowly dragged the heavily injured and unconscious Enel into it. Enel suddenly woke up and was about to struggle when he found that he had lost the ability to escape by transforming into an element!

Darkness engulfed Enel, and Blackbeard laughed as he shrank the shadows around him and condensed them in his hand, then slammed them onto the melon!

Robert stared intently at the cantaloupe, watching as the once ordinary fruit began to crackle with lightning, its patterns twisting and spiraling, until it finally transformed into a glittering, lightning-filled Devil Fruit!

Blackbeard looked at Robert, whose gaze was burning with intensity: "So, this was your goal from the very beginning, Robert!"

Chapter 19 Is this a Devil Fruit? This is the fruit of victory!

When Blackbeard exposed his scheme at the very moment when he was closest to victory, Robert remained calm and even played right into Blackbeard's hands.

Robert doesn't consider himself a smart man, but Blackbeard could endure for over 20 years, deceiving everyone on Whitebeard's ship, just to steal a Devil Fruit he wanted. He definitely couldn't be a fool.

Because he was afraid of pain, Robert was taught the lesson of not lying by his parents with sticks when he was in sixth grade.

So aside from lying about the contents of the Skypiea Poneglyphs, he was completely sincere towards Blackbeard at other times!

Even some of his seemingly superfluous actions were deliberate slips by Robert.

"Captain, what are you saying? I do envy such powerful abilities, but unfortunately I have already eaten a Devil Fruit, otherwise I would definitely beg you to give it to me."

Blackbeard burst into laughter: "Tsk, hahaha! Robert! It's fine if you have ambition, but I want you to know that what I give you is yours, and what I don't give you, you can't take!"

Robert was even a little dazed. What? Old Black, you're from another time too?

But he showed no emotion on the surface, remaining meek and submissive.

"I will give this fruit to Bages. Do you have any objections?"

Robert shook his head with a smile: "Of course not, my captain. You decide."

Blackbeard squinted at Robert, as if trying to see through him: "Then let's set sail. Didn't you learn how to start this ship? Use those shells as power, and we'll go back to Qinghai."

Robert smiled and took two steps forward, saying in the most natural tone, "Yes, Captain, let me help you with that."

This was a move Robert had made countless times; Blackbeard seemed to subconsciously place the Devil Fruit in his hand into Robert's.

Just as he was about to succeed, Blackbeard's arm suddenly stopped, and the two were so close that they could touch each other.

"Robert, you're really patient. Did you think I'd habitually hand it over to you? You think I don't know? You've never even eaten a Devil Fruit!"

Robert's hand froze on the spot as he stared at Blackbeard in disbelief.

Blackbeard seemed to thoroughly enjoy the thrill of filling people with hope only to shatter it at the very moment they were closest to victory:

"Tsk, hahaha! The ability you described sounds just like an old friend of mine, and there can never be two identical fruits in this world!"

Blackbeard leaned even closer, staring into Robert's eyes, and said, "Inside that giant snake's belly! I grabbed your arm, and you were still able to materialize flesh, which means you weren't using a Devil Fruit ability at all. You don't know that the Dark-Dark Fruit can nullify all Devil Fruit abilities, do you?"

Robert suddenly smiled: "I know~"

Blackbeard's smile was still on his face when the bow of the Ark Proverb was suddenly slammed into the sea by a tremendous force.

The ship tilted, catching Blackbeard completely off guard!

Almost simultaneously, Robert, who had been frozen in place because he hadn't caught the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, instantly conjured a magnificent flintlock pistol in his hand. With a flick of his finger, he fired a bullet from point-blank range into the unsuspecting Blackbeard's abdomen!

Blackbeard cried out in pain, just as he was about to gather shadows to kill Robert, but he was surprised to find that he could not exert any strength, and even his instinctive shadow power had disappeared without a trace!

Robert activated the slingshot beneath his feet, launching himself forward like an arrow and grabbing the Devil Fruit from Blackbeard's hand tightly.

Blackbeard was caught off guard by this combination of techniques. In less than a second, from the ship beneath his feet capsizing to Robert firing his gun, and then Blackbeard launching himself out to steal the Devil Fruit, it was all done in one smooth motion.

But Blackbeard was, after all, a future Yonko-level expert. Even though he was completely powerless, he was still far superior to Robert. He stumbled and steadied himself before lunging at Robert with all his might. His speed was no less than that of Shobei!

Robert gritted his teeth and stored the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his spatial storage. He seemed to receive a fleeting notification, but he had no time to look at it. He simply struggled to adjust his balance and swung his left palm to meet the Blackbeard who was chasing him from mid-air.

Blackbeard chuckled and threw a punch at Robert, as if he wanted to smash him to pieces. His height of over three meters was in stark contrast to Robert's height of only 1.8 meters.

As their fists clashed, a bizarre scene unfolded: Blackbeard's punch, which seemed to tear the air apart, was actually blocked by Robert with a single arm!

Robert smiled with triumph, looking at the incredulous Blackbeard, and slowly uttered a few words: "Goodbye, Captain."

The upward momentum eventually dissipated, and the two fell into the sea of ​​clouds together. The vortex formed by Ark's Proverb as it plunged headlong carried them downwards.

Having eaten a Devil Fruit, Blackbeard was utterly powerless to resist the sea of ​​clouds, forced to fall until he crossed the White Sea and began his descent from 7000 meters into the Blue Sea.

Robert burst out of the clouds, his feet activating the wind-blown shells, and he grabbed the Ark Proverb that was emerging from the clouds, pulling hard on the control stick.

With the combined force of 200 wind-blown shells, the Proverb was stabilized below the clouds. Robert walked to the bow of the ship and touched the mechanism he had placed there long ago.

Blackbeard's laughter echoed throughout the land: "Tsk, hahaha! Robert! You've got some nerve! You'd better live well! Wait for the day I find you! Tsk, hahahaha!"

Robert lay exhausted on the deck of the Ark of Truth, breathing heavily, unfazed by Blackbeard's threats.

"I dared to scheme against you when I had nothing, but now that I have the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the tables have turned, Captain!"

This victory utilized virtually every resource Robert had at his disposal.

His goal from the beginning was not to obtain the Rumble-Rumble Fruit through Blackbeard's charity, so Blackbeard's teasing of him and even exposing his lies at the last moment were all part of his plan!

While Enel was repairing the machinery in the cabin, Robert not only put on all his equipment at the bow of the ship, but also installed his first gadget: the wind-breathing shell he took from the Going Merry's storeroom!

The mouth of this wind-blown clam faces skyward. The switch is a simple remote control that Robert bought on Jaya Island. With just a light press, the clam will release a strong wind, which will forcefully press down the bow of the Ark of Proverbs, which is completely buoyed and resting on the surface of the White Sea. It will also activate the 200 wind-blown clams that originally belonged to Proverbs, pushing it into the deeper sea of ​​clouds.

Next came the bullets fired from the musket—Seastone bullets that Robert had captured. Even if he hadn't been able to get these bullets from the box, Robert would have found a way to get the Indian to buy them for him. Robert's approach to the Devil Fruit wasn't to get it, but to make Blackbeard think he had seen through his little trick, so that Robert could get as close to him as possible.

Finally, there was the thing that saved Robert's life from Blackbeard's furious attack: the Mortar Shell, an extinct mollusk that was looted from the Shandian warrior Wapa!

The power of Mortar is ten times that of Impact Bead. It takes Robert more than four strikes with all his might to fully charge Impact Bead. So as long as Blackbeard's hasty attack does not exceed forty times his full-force attack, Mortar Bead can be used as a charge and he can easily consume it!

As for things like wearing a helmet to prevent Enel from sensing him, using skateboards made from Shells and Wind Shells to steal the Devil Fruit, and some other minor arrangements, they are not worth mentioning at all.