One Piece: A Guide for Ordinary Players

Robert felt a wave of dizziness. He had a strong premonition that the tycoon was Ah San, his loyal little brother, who had died without a word!

How do I get to the recycling area?

The operator stretched out her arm, trembling, and pointed to a map on the wall.

Robert jerked the iron rod in his hand, and the operator clutched his throat, dying with his eyes wide open.

Chapter 22 Is this a good road?

Robert was burning with rage. It wasn't that he intended to use this emotion to unleash his Conqueror's Haki; he simply couldn't suppress it.

The obsession with revenge is not a positive spiritual core. Awakening Conqueror's Haki requires the belief in reaching the pinnacle forever, not passive revenge.

He carried the long iron rod and walked all the way to the dismantling room.

The map shows that the so-called recycling area is actually a dump below the dismantling room, with no access to the outside world except for the disposal pipes. It is the lowest level of the toy graveyard in Dressrosa.

Below the bullfighting arena, there is also an area for discarded toys. Although the toys there are damaged to varying degrees, most of them are still alive.

The toys that have been disassembled in the disassembly room have basically lost their original shape. Even if Sugar is defeated in the future, these toys will die the moment they revert to human form because their limbs are torn to pieces.

A man was running towards him, and just as he spotted Robert, a steel bar pierced his throat, leaving him no time to utter a sound.

Robert had learned combat skills from Redfield and the naval system. Once he put aside all other thoughts and focused solely on killing, he could be incredibly efficient even in his current toy-like body.

When the door to the dismantling room was pushed open, Robert was completely covered in blood. However, apart from the sound of corpses falling to the ground, no one had uttered a single warning.

In the dismantling room, there was only a thin man with gray hair, dressed in a long robe that looked like that of a craftsman, who casually glanced at Robert.

"You've killed quite a few people, little toy. Looks like Sugar has created another uncontrollable defective product. I'll have to take matters into my own hands... and dismantle you."

The steel bar was thrown by Robert, and it pierced the old man's forehead like a javelin. The old man died on the spot before he could finish speaking.

Even Robert, who was in a fit of rage, was a little taken aback. "You're such a useless piece of trash, what kind of nonsense are you spouting?"

On the dismantling table in front of the old man were several toys of various shapes, but none of them were intact. Some were missing arms or legs, and some even had their eyes and ears removed.

When Robert defeated the old man who was dismantling the toys with a single move, the toys cheered.

Robert tried to keep his voice steady: "Where is the millionaire?"

All the toys fell silent for a moment, but a few glanced back unconsciously, which Robert keenly noticed.

In the distance, several boxes contained various parts and debris, clearly disassembled and ready to be disposed of in the recycling area. One of the large boxes had the words "Monopoly" crookedly written on it.

Robert felt a chill run through him. He carefully walked over and opened the box. Inside were pieces of smashed wood and cut pieces of sheet metal. From the color, he could vaguely make out that it should have originally been the image of a tall robot.

Robert was overcome with grief. Ever since leaving Jaya Island, he had been kicking the Indian around like a football, and to put it bluntly, he felt deep down that the Indian was a burden.

He preferred to bring along Karina, who had only recently joined but was very shrewd and resourceful, because although she wasn't particularly strong in combat, Karina had proven herself in the original storyline to be someone who could accomplish great things solely through intelligence.

Ah San is actually quite clever. He was able to rise from a slave to a highly valued purchasing agent for a restaurant owner in the harsh environment of Jaya, which shows he has real ability.

He carried out everything I entrusted to him well, except for the time when he was deceived by Karina due to his lack of experience.

But how could I be so heartless? With a new beautiful female subordinate, I immediately abandoned Ah San.

Although it seemed like he had paved the way for him and made contact with the logistics manager of the White Group, he had actually let him go again.

If it weren't for Ah San's ability to earn a sum of money in a few months and become a sponsor of Karina and Uta's concert, he wouldn't know when he would have remembered that he had a subordinate who was exiled to the New World to fend for himself.

Indians are so smart, they must be able to see that I don't value them, right?

Even after he was turned into a toy, he still firmly believed that he would come to save him.

Robert hated that the toy couldn't shed tears; if he didn't cry, all the regret in his heart would turn into internal injury.

"Ah San, you're usually so thin and small, but I never imagined you'd turn into such a big lump as a toy."

"I'll kill that Sugar, and then I'll make the whole of Dressrosa pay for it!"

From inside the cardboard box in front of him, a small megaphone-like speaker suddenly spoke up: "Who's the Indian? Big brother, don't kill that Sugar yet, what if I can be pieced back together?"

Robert's sadness vanished in an instant: "You're a millionaire?"

The robot speaker inside the box said, "So what if I'm a millionaire?"

Robert frowned and said, "But you're not Indian?"

Before the robot could answer, a loud shout suddenly came from the dismantling platform not far away: "Sir! It's me, Ah San! I'm right here!"

Robert was instantly filled with immense joy at having his lost item back. He quickly climbed onto the dismantling platform, stepping on the boxes. A lucky cat toy with one eye gouged out and its left arm cut off was looking at him with great excitement.

"Ah San?"

The lucky cat's voice was choked with emotion: "My lord! I knew you would come to save me!"

Robert quickly untied the leather straps binding it: "Where are your arms and eyes? If we find them and put them back together, everything will be fine."

Ah San looked a little awkward, but quickly recovered: "Sir, let's run! You made such a commotion, someone will be here soon."

Robert's voice was firm: "Where are your arms and eyes?"

While untying the other toys, Ah San said, "Boss, stop looking. That old man smashed all the parts we took apart in front of everyone. Let's go... let's go..."

Robert felt a surge of anger and gritted his teeth as he worked with Ah San to untie all the toys tied up there.

Shouts came from the corridor. Robert had killed his way in without disposing of the bodies. Five or six minutes had passed, and they should have been discovered by now.

Robert frowned and stood in front of all the toys. He could handle one or two enemies, but judging from the commotion outside, there were probably at least a dozen. In his current state, even with his superior skills, he probably wouldn't be able to deal with them.

Ah San tugged at Robert's clothes with his one arm: "Sir, hurry up, come this way!"

Robert was taken aback when he saw the toy that had just been rescued standing in front of a huge pipe opening, carrying a cardboard box full of Monopoly parts.

Robert was overjoyed. It was perfectly normal for the Indians to know the detailed layout of the place since they had arrived much earlier than him.

He had been so brainwashed by Redfield that he didn't consider the consequences when faced with problems and only thought about how to rush in recklessly.

Turning around to the toys, a one-legged toy with arms like springs suddenly pressed a switch not far away. A powerful suction force came, and everyone was sucked into the pipe in front of them.

Robert held onto Ah San with all his might, afraid that Ah San, who only had one arm, would be thrown off: "Ah San, where is this place?"

Indian: "Sir! This is the recycling area!"

Robert: I told you we weren't completely without options, but there's still the path of death!

Chapter 23 Who is the real tycoon?

"Tell me what happened on your end..."

Sitting atop a massive pile of junk made of spare parts, Robert asked the Indian man helplessly.

Now that things have come to this, even though I was led into this dead end by those unreliable people, blaming them is useless.

In that emergency, the choices made hastily by the Indians couldn't be called wrong; at least everyone survived.

"My lord, where should I begin..."

Robert was in a hurry because he had been turned into a toy, because everyone had forgotten about him, and because Redfield said that if he didn't awaken his Conqueror's Haki soon, he would fall behind everyone else.

But after mistakenly believing that Ah San was dead and then finding him again, Robert suddenly stopped being in a hurry. Instead of scheming and plotting all day long to get what he had not yet obtained, he decided to hold on tightly to what already belonged to him.

"Let's start from when we parted ways. Tell me about your business, tell me about Da Luo and Xiao Luo. I'm sorry, I just dumped you like a hands-off manager and then ignored you..."

Ah San quickly interrupted Robert: "Sir, what are you saying? We are all very grateful to you. You are a man who does great things, and you can't always protect us. We all understand."

Robert felt even more guilty, but the Indian man found a topic and began to talk at length about their business.

He still had a lot of influence within the Whitebeard Pirates. In their eyes, he was the last adopted son of Whitebeard, and he had accomplished so much in Marineford that he had saved many people who were destined to die in battle.

Therefore, when he assigned three subordinates to do business in the White Group's territory, they received almost unreserved resource allocation.

"Ronaldo showed great talent when he was running a food stall. He decided to go on to run a restaurant. When I came to Dressrosa, he had already opened more than a hundred stores."

"Moreover, the restaurant has taken on the job of delivering meals to the Whitebeard Pirates stationed in various places. Everyone knows that our restaurant is backed by the Whitebeard Pirates, so no one dares to cause trouble anymore. Business is booming."

Robert was inexplicably gratified to hear that Ronaldinho had also grown.

“Da Luo and I had a deep talk. He felt that we had suffered because we were unable to protect our industries. If you hadn’t personally rescued them, they would have been sold into slavery and made to cook for some big shot.”

"So he said he wanted to be everyone's support and volunteered to join the New Whitebeard Pirates. He's currently working in accounting and finance with their logistics team."

Robert felt a little guilty. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho didn't know that their kidnapping was actually an undeserved misfortune. It was all because they had casually spread that nursery rhyme that they were targeted by Redfield.

He quickly changed the subject: "And what about you? You gave the restaurant business to Xiao Luo, what are you doing now?"

Ah San, now transformed into a lucky cat, wore a proud expression: "I was actually still shaken by the last kidnapping. Any business that grows big and makes money will attract jealousy from others."

"If your ability to protect yourself doesn't match the scale of your business, no matter how much money you make, it's all for others to earn. So I thought, what kind of business can't be taken away by others?"

"You know what I used to do on Jaya Island. I made a living by moving among various merchants and building relationships. So I wanted to sell things that others couldn't take away, like intelligence."

Robert frowned: "Intelligence is more dangerous than business. It's best to avoid it if you can. I've obtained a very powerful Devil Fruit. Once this crisis is over, you can use it to accumulate a lot of wealth. There's no need to continue doing such dangerous things."

Ah San said firmly, "Sir, after leaving Gaya, I realized just how vast this world is. Every team must be thoroughly familiar with everything at sea, otherwise they'll be like blind men, passively waiting for danger to come to them."

“I don’t have any other skills, except that I’m quite sensitive to all kinds of information. So since we’re going to develop our own informants sooner or later, I might as well do it now.”

Robert wanted to persuade the Indian man that he knew a lot of things and that he could lead the team to develop steadily even without developing an intelligence department. However, when he saw the near-dead situation the two of them were in, he felt that he could not be relied on at all.

"My lord, I can tell that you will not rely on others for development forever. Even the Whitebeard Pirates cannot be relied on. Recently, a guy who calls himself Whitebeard Jr. has been attacking the Whitebeard Pirates' territories. He is very strong, and they are in a lot of trouble."

Robert sighed. Whitebeard Jr. had still appeared. Even though the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates were still united with Ace at their core, Ace's strength was nowhere near the intimidating presence of Whitebeard, who was like a pillar of strength.

Even though the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red-Haired Pirates claimed to be allied for a year, as time went on, Miss Bakkin finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Ah San probably sensed the heavy atmosphere, so he quickly changed the subject, saying, "We've all done quite well individually. I've been using Xiao Luo's rapidly expanding restaurant to gather intelligence and then provide it to the White Group, which has made me a lot of money."

"I heard that Karina is going to hold a concert. As you know, I'm a fan of Uta, so I begged Karina to take me with her and be a sponsor for them."

Robert had guessed this. The Indians were fooled because Karina claimed she could hold a Uta concert. Now that the lie has come true, the Indians can't possibly stay out of it.

"The concert venue was arranged by Karina. She said she had planned with you what to do here, so she came to scout out the location first, taking advantage of the concert."

“I was the one handling all the contact with Dressrosa. I had no idea what you were planning to do here. It was impossible for me to expose myself when negotiating with them. But once everything was settled, Karina and Uta arrived in Dressrosa, and they suddenly attacked me.”

"That Sugar claimed to be the princess of Dressrosa. She appeared at the formal welcoming banquet. We were all caught off guard. After shaking hands with her, I suddenly turned into a toy."

"The most terrifying thing is that I found out that Karina and the others don't remember me, and Sugar even gave me an order in my ear not to tell anyone about my past, and told me to go to the Toy House immediately and never leave again. I couldn't resist at all."

Robert comforted him, "Don't blame yourself. If you didn't know about Sugar's ability beforehand, most people would have fallen victim to it."

Looking at the toys not far away, Robert smiled wryly and said, "You know, after hearing that a millionaire suddenly appeared in the underground factory two months ago, I always thought you were the millionaire."