One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Although he hadn't been able to complete the mission to unlock Armament Haki before, causing the mission progress to be reset twice, Robert had a premonition that he would definitely succeed within this period.

"Have you finished today's tasks?"

Redfield seemed to be in a good mood today, and Robert was no longer as mentally disoriented as he had been at the beginning, after being beaten every day.

Upon seeing the group return, he smiled and raised the wooden bucket in his hand: "Two pounds of soft-shell crab, a 12-centimeter-long eel, and an octopus with a broken leg that hasn't grown back yet. Today's mission is complete."

Redfield is setting increasingly demanding fishing conditions, but Robert is doing them with more ease than ever before.

Padong excitedly leaned over the wooden tub and peered inside: "I want to eat fried soft-shell crab!"

Robert smiled, picked up the small bucket, and walked towards the kitchen. Although the training was tough, the atmosphere of this life was truly captivating.

Without urgent tasks, life now feels like a family trip.

Redfield, who was no longer so harsh in his speech, was like a slightly old-fashioned parent. Karina shed her image as a con artist and returned to the liveliness of a girl her age. With the addition of the innocent Padon, Robert even had more energy to cook.

Disassemble the soft-shell crab and remove the inedible gills, lungs, heart, and digestive cavity. Coat the crab with a thin layer of batter made of egg and flour. While waiting for the oil temperature to rise, prepare a simple dipping sauce with lemon vinegar and sweet soy sauce.

Padong stared longingly at the crabs tumbling in the oil pan, his mouth watering.

When the second frying was finished, Robert placed the crabs on a plate. Paddy couldn't wait to reach out and pick up the crab shells, and even though they were burning his teeth, he didn't hesitate to take a bite.

Just as Padong was beaming with happiness, Robert suddenly felt a jolt of realization:

[You independently prepared a dish rated C. Your secondary profession: Chef level has been upgraded to Intermediate.]

The food storage space has been upgraded to the intermediate level, with a size of 3m³. It can store cooking-related items, including but not limited to meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, and seasonings. Prepared dishes can also be placed inside for easy access.

[Level 17 (246200/6553600)]

These Heavenly Net experience points actually increase very quickly; he has already roughly figured out some of the patterns in gaining experience.

It's not necessarily about fighting against incredibly powerful opponents. As long as you can learn something new, your experience will grow. So, Redfield gained more experience from teaching himself than from fighting famous but completely countered by his Devil Fruit ability.

Robert had completely forgotten that he had a side job. Ever since he heard Sanji's twisted logic about cooking with care on Skypiea, he had thought that he might never be able to advance as a chef in his lifetime.

But in this rented courtyard, living a warm life like being with family, Robert unknowingly broke through to the chef level.

Padong had already eaten half of the crab on the plate. It looked hesitant, wanting to eat it all but also wanting to share it with everyone.

Robert laughed and picked off a crab leg: "I'll just have a little bit, you can divide the rest among yourselves."

Padong smiled and nodded, then ran out with the plate, while Robert stuffed a crab leg into his mouth.

[You consumed a Grade C delicacy: Fried Soft-Shell Crab. Your resistance to negative status effects will increase by 10% for 6 hours.]

Full of joy, Robert cooked a few more dishes and then left the kitchen.

Redfield was sternly trying to scare Padong: "That kid calls himself a chef, but after cooking for so many days, this crab is the only one that's somewhat interesting, and you even ate most of it."

Padong sat down next to Karina, rubbing his hands together, like a child who had made a mistake.

Robert placed the fish he was holding on the table: "My skills were indeed limited before, but I suddenly had a breakthrough just now. Try this braised eel."

Redfield didn't really want to blame Padon. Seeing Robert walk out of the kitchen, he went back into the room and took out a wooden box the size of a bedside table and handed it to him.

"You've mastered the basics of Observation Haki, so you don't need to fish anymore. Fishing won't be a problem for you now anyway."

Robert took the box and was about to open it when he was stopped by someone:

"Don't open it. Your training in Armament Haki is almost complete. Now you just need the final push. Relying on those soulless clones to attack is no longer effective."

"After you finish eating, take this box to the capital of the Kingdom of Luoxiuwang and deliver it to the largest church there."

Robert frowned: "And then? Could they have something in there that would make them attack me?"

Redfield smiled mysteriously: "Anyway, you're not allowed to open it and look. If you really want to know what it is, use your Observation Haki to find out."

Hearing Redfield say that, Robert really gave up the idea of ​​opening it to take a look. Training was for himself, and cheating would be pointless.

The island was enormous; Robert and his crew only stopped at a small coastal town, still a long way from the kingdom's capital.

Currently, Robert cannot use his Devil Fruit powers to travel, and this country is not known for its technology, so he can only choose some inefficient means of transportation. It takes three or four days to travel to the capital and back.

After finishing his meal, Redfield went back to his room, seemingly having given Robert a very simple task, without any intention of seeing him off.

Karina seemed distracted during the meal, and before Robert left, he finally seemed unable to resist speaking up and giving her some instructions:

"The teacher said that you can take off the bracelet once you master Armament Haki, so don't let it all go to waste."

Robert was puzzled and didn't understand what she meant. He was about to ask when Karina pushed him out the door.

Once seated on a vehicle carried by a massive six-legged beast, Robert's attention was entirely focused on the wooden box before him.

This box has no mechanisms or latches; it can be opened by gently pushing the latch.

Robert's Observation Haki is strong enough to penetrate liquid media like seawater, so seeing through the wooden box is a bit of a stretch.

He spent a whole day and night struggling with the wooden box, but even after arriving at his destination, he still couldn't guess what was inside.

Robert didn't waste time on internal conflicts and simply headed straight for the grand cathedral in the city center.

The country has a strong religious atmosphere; in small towns, churches are the most luxurious buildings, and in the capital, churches are even more luxurious than palaces.

From the moment he entered the capital, Robert noticed that the atmosphere in the city was very abnormal, and the soldiers' checks on people leaving the city were extremely strict.

The closer you get to the church, the more solemn it feels.

A squad of neatly armed soldiers stopped Robert: "Halt! What are you doing here?"

Robert raised the wooden box in his hand: "Someone asked me to deliver this to the church."

The soldier suspiciously took the heavy box, opened it, glanced at it, and then shouted:

"Arrest this blasphemous heretic!"

Robert nodded calmly. It was normal for accidents to happen. It would have been truly surprising if Redfield had simply asked him to run an errand.

He raised his hands above his head and said, "I'm just a gofer, I don't know anything."

A graceful female knight, hearing the shouts, rode up and stopped just in front of Robert, the tip of her lance pointing at his throat.

The female knight slowly lifted her helmet visor, revealing an old, ugly, pockmarked face: "Tell me honestly how you committed the crime, and who your accomplices are. Forget it, just take him back to the jail. I want to interrogate him myself!"

Robert had initially admired the beautiful female knight, but he was surprised by the stark contrast when she removed her mask.

Then I heard that she actually wanted to take me back for interrogation. Who knows what kind of unhealthy torture might be inflicted during the interrogation?

"I'll confess! I'll confess everything! If you need me, I can even falsely accuse two people!"

Chapter 11 I am an atheist, not a cultist

Given the strength of these soldiers, Robert could easily defeat them using the fighting skills he had learned recently.

If he were to remove the restrictions of the Seastone bracelet, he could fight his way in and out of this country seven times over.

Confident in his strength, Robert did not act immediately, but cooperated by having the soldiers put iron handcuffs on him.

The female knight rode ahead on horseback, while several soldiers held long spears behind Robert, escorting him along the way.

As for the wooden box that Robert brought, it was delivered to the cathedral by soldiers running. From a distance, the statue of God above the main entrance of the cathedral, which should have been looking down at the ground with outstretched hands, was now headless.

The moment the wooden box was opened, Robert could see what was inside: a statue head meticulously carved from marble, chopped off with a sharp weapon, the cut as clean as if it had been carefully polished.

He finally understood why he was called a blasphemous heretic. The old man was really ruthless; knowing full well that this was a country with a strong religious atmosphere, he still dared to cut off the head of a statue.

The only thing that puzzled Robert was that the town where they landed was two days away from the capital of the kingdom, so when did Redfield come to commit the crime?

Robert had already made his plan: as long as the enemy didn't imprison him in Seastone Prison, he would continue to play the weakling.

If he saw that the situation was not right, he would never stubbornly insist on not interrupting his cultivation; he would definitely take off the bracelet and run away immediately.

Several children darted out of the alley, laughing and singing a nursery rhyme: "Heavenly dragons above, earthly flame gods below. The Red Emperor reigns supreme, calamities will not come knocking."

Robert was momentarily dazed. Had all the jingles he had casually made up back then been transmitted from the Sabaody Archipelago to the New World?

That said, it's been almost a month since the Marineford War, and I wonder if Sengoku has resigned yet.

After his series of moves, will Akainu be able to win the competition with Aokiji for the position of Fleet Admiral?

The soldiers rudely chased away the running children. Robert keenly sensed that these people were not disgusted by the children disturbing the escort; their emotions seemed more directed at the nursery rhyme they were reciting.

Upon hearing the nursery rhyme, the female knight leading the way spurred her horse hard, increasing its speed. Robert and the soldiers could only jog to keep up.

At a corner gate of a high courtyard wall, the female knight dismounted and gestured for the escorting soldiers to lead his horse away. She then took out a black strip of cloth, wrapped it around Robert's eyes, and led him into the courtyard.

Robert can now fish at night with perfect accuracy, so blindfolding him is useless.

His only worry was that this old lady might have some strange fetish. She might start by blindfolding him, and then gag him, handcuff him, whip him, lock him up, and so on. That would be terrible.

The female knight first led Robert around the courtyard a few times before they began their journey, taking many detours.

Although it wasn't as clear and intuitive as seeing the world with your eyes, Robert still gained some understanding of the building thanks to his Observation Haki.

From the outside, it looked like a small chapel, and the path I walked seemed to be on flat ground. In fact, without my knowledge, the female knight had led me down a very gentle slope.

After walking for a while, Robert estimated that he had been taken to a depth of more than ten meters underground.

With his arms tied behind his back and bound to a stone pillar, the black cloth covering Robert's eyes was finally removed.

This was a huge square stone chamber, and there were several other people tied to pillars like him.

Several huge chairs were placed directly opposite, and a tall man sitting in the middle asked with a frown:

"Why have they caught another one?"

The female knight frowned: "He just arrived this morning, and the box he brought contains the head of the statue of the Holy Father outside the Cathedral of St. Nerrod."

The man cursed fiercely, "Damn it! These heretics all deserve to die! They want to die, fine, but they have to drag us down with them!"

A gold-plated pistol was pointed at Robert: "Speak! How many accomplices do you have! What is your purpose!"

Robert even had the leisure to calculate the trajectory. In his observation, even if the man fired directly, the bullet would still fly past his head at a distance of half a meter.

"I'm just a cook. Someone hired me from Nanzhen yesterday to deliver something. I really don't know anything about it!"

A man dressed as a priest sitting to the side sneered, "Everyone else says that, but the facts prove that none of you are innocent."

He pointed to each of the people tied to the stone pillars: "Among you are traitors who attempt to overthrow the country, heretics who believe in evil gods, pirates who have wandered here, and wanted criminals who have stolen the Celestial Dragons' property."

"There's even a cook left!"

Robert couldn't help but roll his eyes. He felt rather innocent being among such a group of thugs.

The wanted criminal, accused of stealing from the Celestial Dragons, was a tall, beautiful woman with long blue hair. She spoke up to defend herself: