One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert once again displayed his prowess, this time using his ghostly speed to weave through the pirates and slit their necks with a stolen knife.

The captain of the reinforcements is most likely a Devil Fruit user as well, as he can emit a yellow mist with a shake of his body. Of course, it could also be dust or spores, but Robert wasn't foolish enough to go up and take a sniff.

The squad leader snapped his fingers, and the yellow mist burst into flames. Robert had already dodged away in disgust when the squad leader unleashed his power, and his attack ended up burning many of his own men.

Robert curled his lip. Sure enough, even dogs wouldn't eat the Flame-Flame Fruit. It's as if any random, marginal character has the ability to set things on fire.

This guy's abilities are truly disgusting. Robert frowned and pulled out a bullet, a combination of strong control and headshot. Another batch of pirates on the ship were caught in a dilemma.

Chaos erupted on Beehive Island, and instead of passively seeking refuge, Luo took the initiative to attack.

A stable and powerful Beehive Island would hardly inspire lone pirates to set foot there, even if there were clues to a huge treasure on the island, it would also be heavily guarded.

Only by creating chaos on the island can we attract more pirates looking to take advantage, thus creating a vicious cycle.

An ammunition depot was set on fire, sending flames and smoke billowing into the sky. A quick-thinking pirate suddenly shouted, "These people are not important, hurry back to the island to reinforce the Pope!"

Everyone was suddenly enlightened and fled off the ship like madmen.

Robert sat weakly on the deck, as if his previous display of power was just an act for the pirates. However, the way he killed people was so swift and decisive that the tourists he was protecting behind him dared not come forward to comfort him.

Pirates who broke through the encirclement during the chaotic sea battles began to land on the island. Basically, one group would arrive and be driven away by Robert, and the deck was gradually covered with the corpses of pirates.

Soon after, Luo left Rocky Harbor, but news spread that a powerful person was protecting the safety of the tourists on board.

The pirates came here to plunder the treasure, and none of them wanted to fight a powerful opponent without any benefit. So they simply bypassed the Rocky Port and began searching for Law on the island.

The Rocky Harbor, a ship that had been the focus of the world's attention just hours before, has now become strangely deserted, with even newly arrived pirates no longer landing there.

Robert ate a lot to replenish his strength, stood by the ship and prepared to disembark. There was no longer much attention here, and he needed to maintain a high profile throughout this battle.

Those who had hesitated to approach him when he feigned weakness before now mustered their courage and asked, "Where are you going?"

Robert declared righteously, "No one dares to come here, but there are still many civilians on the island, and I cannot watch them be harmed."

A member of the royal family shouted, "You're not allowed to leave! What if more pirates come if you leave! You must stay and protect us!"

Just as Robert was about to raise his hand to kill this piece of trash, a figure leaped onto the deck: "Protecting civilians is not his job. Our navy will take over the security of the USS Rocky Harbor from now on."

Robert smiled slightly, not rushing to thank the beautiful female navy woman in front of him, but instead casually fired the bullet he was holding. The royal member who had just ordered Robert to stay immediately had a sudden burst of inspiration.

The female navy woman flew into a rage: "What do you mean! I already helped you out of that situation! Why did you kill him!"

Robert pointed to the civilian tourists on the nail plate: "The tourists on the ship were all deceived by them. They were told that they could take a boat tour, so they bought tickets and boarded the ship. But just now, those pirates said that all the women and children are their cargo."

The female navy woman looked on incredulously: "You mean, they're... trafficking people to pirates!"

Robert shrugged: "I'm not sure either, but that's what the pirates said earlier."

"I killed him simply because he morally blackmailed me."

"I acted in self-defense."

Chapter 29 My network is pretty good, I know people everywhere.

The female naval officer was furious, but before she could make a move, Robert had already leaped off the ship's side.

Robert's body floated in mid-air toward the center of Beehive Island. The female marine frowned. She had observed Robert's strength from afar before and suspected that he possessed Devil Fruit abilities, could control the enemy's body, was proficient in both types of Haki, and had first-class physical skills.

Now he has demonstrated the ability to float and fly. Among all the Devil Fruit users, anyone who can fly has their strength increased by one level. Groudon is the most qualified to speak on the strategic value of levitation.

Several navy officers who had followed approached asked, "Vice Admiral, should we arrest him?"

The female naval officer shook her head: "The navy is at its weakest right now. Rather than making more powerful enemies, we should try to recruit him. Judging from his previous behavior, he is not a bad person at heart."

Robert was flying in mid-air, his attention never wavering as he kept a close eye on the navy's movements. He was delighted to hear this.

"Those young people have already secretly landed on the island. Let Peacock make contact with them. Remind Peacock to make sure he finds out the person's Devil Fruit ability. I have absolutely no clue."

Robert's eyes lit up when he heard the name Peacock. The granddaughter of Vice Admiral Crane, a naval staff officer. If he could latch onto her, he would have to work hard for at least 20 years.

Especially her Devil Fruit ability—what pervert could resist a beautiful girl who loves playing with whips? Besides, she's wearing a uniform.

As for his ability to fly, he controls the flow of electrical currents within his body to generate an upward Ambe force with the Earth's magnetic field, thus supporting his free movement in the air.

Since mastering the ability to control micro-electrons, Robert felt increasingly adept at developing his Devil Fruit powers, and he was brimming with confidence in his plan to disguise himself as a different Devil Fruit user and join the Navy.

Although Beehive Island is the main base of pirates, in essence, it is no different from Jaya Island, where Robert first arrived. Although it is an important gathering place for pirates, there are also many civilians living here.

These civilians may not all be law-abiding citizens, but at least they have no criminal record with the government. Some of them have lived on this island their whole lives, providing basic material services to the pirates.

Local pirates rarely oppressed them, after all, they didn't want to harm their own neighbors, but it was different for foreign pirate forces.

When they usually visit the island in small groups, they abide by the rules set by the local pirates. But now their purpose is to rob, so the wealth of these civilians is more practical than the elusive treasure of Captain John.

When Robert arrived on the island, the living areas were in complete chaos, with countless mobs looting, arson, and vandalism. Robert wasn't even sure if these people were all pirates from outside the island.

However, Robert felt no qualms about killing those who committed robbery and murder, and soon a hundred or so civilians gathered behind him.

Robert led the charge, taking down the thugs, while they rescued others from behind, and the group grew larger and larger.

A sweet, charming voice came from the intersection: "Oh dear, everyone else is robbing people for money and food, but here there are even human traffickers who take advantage of the chaos to snatch people."

Robert had noticed her long ago. She was wearing a brightly colored short dress, a bowler hat, and holding a long whip. Having read no less than a hundred One Piece manga, Robert recognized the blonde beauty at a glance.

It is unknown whether Lieutenant General Crane's granddaughter has joined the Blade organization led by X. Drake. She pretended to bump into Robert by chance, unaware that her whereabouts had been firmly tracked by him from several kilometers away.

"I'm not a human trafficker, I'm here to rescue people."

The peacock giggled, "What a coincidence! I'm here to rescue people too. Want to come along?"

Robert knew that dealing with women required playing hard to get, using a strategy of feigning reluctance before acknowledging their advances, and playing hard to get, so he politely declined on the spot.

“Girl, it’s dangerous here. I advise you to change into some less conspicuous clothes and stay in the middle of the group.”

Robert casually flicked out a metal bullet, killing a pirate who was committing violence in the distance. The middle-aged woman he had robbed was reluctant to leave her home and refused to go, no matter how the others in the group tried to persuade her.

Robert said with great distress, "If you save people but lose land, you can save both people and land; if you save land but lose people, you can lose both people and land. As long as people are alive, you can earn back your material possessions sooner or later. But what's the use of having a lot of money if you lose your life?"

Peacock's eyes lit up, and she looked at Robert with even more interest. Seeing that the middle-aged woman was still throwing a tantrum, she pulled out her whip and lashed out at her.

Those around her were shocked to see her commit the crime, and then they heard her shout, "Put down your things and come with us right now!"

The woman who had been throwing a tantrum just moments before actually stood up and joined the group. Robert pretended to be surprised, then tacitly agreed to cooperate with Peacock.

One of them cleared away the soldiers in front, while the other gathered people behind them. They quickly pulled up most of the civilians on the island.

With a large number of people, it is inevitable that some will be neglected. Some pirates, in order to retaliate against Robert for killing their companions, will even deliberately flank and attack the civilians they are protecting.

If Robert were to unleash his full power, a single Thousand Rays could plow through the entire surface of Beehive Island, but what he needs now is a disguise.

It's hard to gain people's trust by constantly showing off your strengths; it's actually a sign of intelligence to appropriately expose your weaknesses.

The sight of Robert tirelessly protecting civilians was more moving to Peacock than his leisurely killing of pirates.

She no longer concealed her strength, and together with Robert, they protected the team from both ends. However, this inevitably slowed down their speed in rescuing people.

"Do you need any help?"

A short, pink-haired navy man peeked out from the rooftop. Peacock glanced at him and said irritably, "Is that even a question?"

Robert squinted at this legendary deserter king, a future naval hero who cried all day but seemed to possess Conqueror's Haki, and his inner emotions were stirred.

Robert admitted that he was jealous.

However, it must be said that this Marine, who has only trained for 0.2 years, is actually quite strong. Even without having eaten a Devil Fruit, he has demonstrated formidable strength through his physical skills alone.

Rob Lucci of CP9 is known as a genius who comes along only once every 800 years, but he was able to be defeated by Luffy, who had only been at sea for a few months, even though he had trained in various killing techniques since childhood.

Koby has only been in the Navy for less than half a year, not including the few months he spent doing odd jobs and training. He mastered the Six Powers in such a short time by only training with Garp. Isn't he a top genius that is hard to come by even once in 8000 years?

Robert, fueled by a surge of fighting spirit, sped up his attacks on the pirates and casually pulled a bullied girl into his party.

As the two passed each other, the girl teasingly whispered in Robert's ear:

"I didn't realize you were such a kind person, Robert De Niro!"

Chapter 30 Multiple Girlfriends, Multiple Paths

A battlefield surrounded by people is a bad thing; if you're not focused for a moment, you'll miss some information.

Haki is ultimately a resource generated by the body and is subject to consumption. Even if Robert's Observation Haki is combined with his Devil Fruit ability and becomes extremely powerful, it cannot be used indefinitely.

For example, when he conducted a full-scale search for information in the Kingdom of Luoxiuwang, the amount of information was so large that his brain could not process it, and it even caused physical discomfort.

In such a chaotic battlefield, once attention is diverted, even with a wide range of Observation Haki, it is easy to miss some information.

Take, for example, the woman in front of him, who was pretending to be a weak commoner. Robert only discovered the problem after he rescued her.

The girl held Robert's hand and thanked him profusely, her voice hushed as she spoke to him: "Don't you recognize me? We just met two months ago, and you left me alone in that dark basement!"

Observation Haki isn't makeup remover, but electromagnetic induction can remember everyone's bodily signals. So when Robert noticed something was wrong with her, he already recognized her as Alpha, the CP agent.

Seeing that Robert remembered him, and noticing that the peacock in the distance was also frowning and looking this way, Alpha consciously let go of Robert's hand.

"I'm here to investigate something, it has nothing to do with you, don't be nervous, just cooperate with me."

Robert smiled and said, "Aren't you in the Navy? Aren't you going to say hello to your colleagues?"

Alpha's expression hardened: "Oh, we're not from the same department. I'm an inspector, specifically to supervise their work. Don't let anyone find out."

Seeing the two chatting and laughing, Peacock said in a sarcastic tone, "So you're living your life on the streets now?"

Robert certainly wouldn't be so narcissistic as to think that Peacock was jealous; the two had only known each other for less than three hours.

However, I can't say that my attitude towards her was cold, but it certainly wasn't enthusiastic either. Now I'm chatting so enthusiastically with a girl I just met. Any woman would feel that her beauty has been overshadowed.

Alpha pretended to be scared and hid in the group, while Robert continued his search for the pirates.

The group marched to a huge square, where Kobi shouted, "This is the best assembly point; we can't go back into the alleyways!"

Although Robert didn't like Kobi, he had to admit that what Kobi said made sense. Just now, in the complicated alley, he had to keep his senses open at all times to prevent pirates from appearing out of nowhere, which was quite mentally taxing.

Now that the civilians have been gathered in this square, most situations can be observed directly with the naked eye.

With the civilians gathered here, the pirates also restrained their retaliatory attacks and instead went to plunder unattended houses and shops. Only then did Kabi have time to go up and greet Robert and Peacock.

"Peacock, what are you doing here? Which branch is this gentleman from?"

Peacock curled her lip: "Lieutenant General Cuckoo is patrolling the nearby waters. We came here to rescue the kidnapped Rocky Harbor after receiving a report. What are you doing here? I've never heard of Lieutenant General Garp being nearby."

As Robert listened, he analyzed that the concept of the Navy's Blade Squad was only introduced after the Wano Country arc.