Don't Own One Piece, Only The Oc, and this story was heavily inspired by Ligoya's story 'Accelerator Junior Getting Thrown Around in Gensokyo' you should really check it out!
'thought'
"Speech"
System
"Speech through transponder Snails, and Text via book or newspaper... when those are around..."
(Mid Chapter Authors Notes)
You guys wanted these apparently... please note that on the next two stories, the first 2500 or so words have been copy pasted because i only really intended to post one of these if any at all... but this one is the 'original' so the first part has been tailored to this one so it should be more cohesive than the others.
'Is this... for real?'
I am currently sitting cross-legged on the floor of my room, as when I had tried to stand up moments ago, I was jump-scared ruthlessly.
I tilt my head slightly as I gaze at a blue floating screen in front of me, the first word at the top of the screen glowing like gold with small sparkles radiating from it.
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have been selected via our monthly lottery system to be placed into another world!
"…"
"What?"
Every month, we pick ten lucky humans to be sent to another world! Some with fun abilities and overpower items, while some are just granted a new body to start fresh! And you, sir- your name is unimportant because it is going to be changed shortly- have won the JACKPOT!
"What?"
Every human who is unsatisfied with their life is entered into a world-wide lottery to see if they can change their fate, and you, soul number 2938588 (Of unsatisfied souls) have won the GRAND PRIZE of this month's lottery!
I stare at the screen with narrowed eyes and get up, ignoring the screen as I walk to the kitchen of my shitty apartment and get a glass of tap water.
Hello? Are you... ignoring this?
I rub my eyes slightly, 'ugh... is there a gas leak or something?'
You don't think this is real? Understandable! So, we have taken the time to grant you some proof of our legitimacy.
I raise an eyebrow at this.
Look in your glass of water!
I look down to see a crystal eight-sided dice made of some black onyx with gold numbering.
"What the fuck?"
So, you believe us now?
"…"
"Sure." I sigh as I reach into the glass and pull out the dice, then I take a simple drink of water.
If you do not wish to be transported to another world, you will simply forget about all of this... you have a day to decide
"No," I let out a small sigh and set down my glass on the table as I take a seat in one of the chairs, waving my hand towards the screen in a shoo-shoo manner. "Do the thing then, I am tired of this world."
Grand! Please present your dice!
I look down at the table where I had placed the dice and slowly pick it up, the screen morphing to show a small black diamond slot that I wordlessly insert the d8 into.
I blink once as nothing seems to happen, but when I re-open my eyes, I am in a dark void, surrounded by small galaxies that are slowly spinning around me.
As the grand prize winner, you get to pick, the world you are being sent to, an item, and a skill/ability to help you on your way!
Now, what item to you wish to have?
"…"
"Wouldn't it be better to decide the world first? That way I can have an item and skill that fits nicely with the world so I am not too much of an oddball?"
Hm, sure, sounds nice! So, where do you wish to go?
'Hm, let's compile a short list of tv shows, games, movies, and anime that I have seen or played...'
'Tv shows and movies elude me... so let's do games! Touhou? Mn... I know literally nothing about that world, I haven't even really played it so all I know is that Yukari can kill you with bullshit... so maybe not there... Borderlands? Hm... probably not... I never played one and while I know a little bit about the plot of two, I am no-where close to memorizing it.'
'Skyrim? Tempting... it is definitely tempting.'
'Spyro, Crash, and Ratchet and Clank are out, I'm not a furry. and I had the Hyperdimension Neptunia games on my steam account because of a sale and me swearing I was going to eventually play them, but I barely played even the first one... so that's out... shame, I never did get to play them, did I?'
I tap my chin.
'might as well move onto animes... My Hero Academia? No. Quirk law, All For One, and Bad Touch Man is a mega turn off. Dragon Ball? Pfft- it sounds cool, but when planet busting becomes a meager feat and power suction goat appears- which is a dumb fucking villain by the way-... I'm fucking out!... Roshi blew up the moon in dragon ball when his power level was like two-hundred! POWER SCALING IS TOTAL BULLSHIT!'
'Toriko? I only saw up to like the end of the English dub... but the food... though, the bird-anteater-robot-plague-mask-monsters scared me as a child'
'…'
'putting it under a 'maybe'.'
'One piece? I am up to date with the manga and remember most of the storyline... and I mean... the anime is like nearing like nine-hundred episodes! So I would have a lot of time to muck around... maybe meet with the main cast... there are also tons of cool techniques and treasures to collect, such as the grade swords, dials, the six powers and haki... I wonder what an armament haki infused iron body would look like- so this one has been the most plausible so far.'
'Jojo's? Mn... stando-powah is tempting... but four seasons take place over like one hundred and fifty years so that's a big 'no' unless I want to waste my ability or item on immortality... Fairytail? The time skip would give me a lot of time to myself... and I do sort of want to figure out why the hell Draco, Hydrus, and the Pheonix aren't important celestial spirit keys... but no, Immortal foes who can kill people by loving too hard and the damn EVERYTHING DRAGON SLAYER of Acnologia is a big no for me.'
'That time I got reincarnated as a slime? Fitting, but no...'
'Konosuba?'
'…'
'PFFAHAHAHAHHA!'
'One Punch Man? A cool world in theory, but probably poor in execution... a place where monsters literally show up everywhere is sort of bad... though having to work my way up through the ranks to S rank would be pretty cool... but Saitama... a gimmick character...'
'if I want waifus, I could always go to Dxd~! mn... fighting gods is a little eck though.'
'Pokemon or digimon? They could be swapped fairly easily, and seem cool, but no, I think I will pass on this one, there isn't really any way to empower humans in those worlds and I really don't want to rely on my partner.'
I pause as I think back over my many choices. 'damn... I am such a weeb...'
I let out another sigh. 'I guess I can sate my lust for hoarding powerful mystical objects in this new life I being granted... so it is either One Piece... or Skyrim... each have their own number of shinies, but compared to Skyrim, the One-Piece world just seems... bigger.'
"I have made my decision!" I exclaim into the milky darkness of space.
The screen appears once more.
GRAND! What location did you choose?
"I choose to go to the world of One Piece, where the pirate Monkey D. Luffy quests to find the One Piece- which is probably the power of friendship if I am going to be honest, or a 'The true treasure is the adventure to get here' sort of thing- but said adventure is totally kickass!"
Sweet! We have been meaning to send someone there! Now, what sort of power or skill do you wish to have? I hear Haki or the Six-Powers-Mastery is pretty good!
I smile. "I know exactly what I want, a power that is so stupidly strong that it will most likely shake the world of One Piece to its very core... I want *Pause for dramatic effect* the power to overcome all of the devil-fruit weaknesses.
…
That's it? Easily done!
"No, you misunderstand." I smirk "ALL of the devil fruit weaknesses... no weakness to water... no weakness to sea prism stone... no one-devil-fruit-limit~"
...
Fuck.
"Is that too much for you?" I ask with a small frown. "Because if you can't do that, I could always pick something else."
Mn... no... and I supooose I said you could already have it... *Sigh* this is why your d&d friends didn't like you, you munchkin-y little shit.
Now for your item?
"Rumble Rumble fruit... otherwise known as the Goro Goro no mi." I state.
…
"…"
...
"…"
Fine, take it.
A yellow swirly pumpkin appears within my grasp.
'and now... infinite power is mine!'
You will still be able to be hurt by Sea-Prism-stone and Haki I hope you know... you just wont be 'weakened' by Seastone bullets, swords, or handcuffs meaning you will still be able to use your power, just maybe not as effectively because of the handcuff which you can't phase through.
"Fair enough." I shrug. "What happens to Eneru now that I took his fruit?"
You'll find out when you get to that arc, hurry up and eat your damn broken fruit so we can put you down there.
I take a closer look at the large pumpkin in my hand, the stem on the top being shaped like a lightning bolt and the bright yellow skin and swirls feeling nice under my touch, it seemingly has a bit of static electricity as well, seeing as I shocked myself slightly a moment ago.
"Do you like... have a knife... or like... maybe a fork?" I ask the void.
My fruit flashes once and it is replaced with a yellow smoothie.
"Oh wow... thanks."
Whatever gets you to speed it up so I can go to the other winners... I have to be finished by the end of the day I hope you know! some of them take a while to decide if they actually want to be Isekai'd! You are kind of an outlier if I am going to be honest, but I respect you for it.
I take a small sip of the yellow concoction and it. Is. RANK!
I gag immediately and try not to throw up, my body fighting hard against my decision to gain power.
I the taste, it physically hurts me. Badly.
I finally manage to get a single gulp down and the rest of the smoothie seems to lose its electrified yellow color, changing to a dull and mushy orange like a pumpkin normally would.
'EWWWW! AND I CHOSE A POWER THAT FORCES ME TO EAT MORE THAN ONE OF THOSE?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO I TAKE IT BACK! I WANT HAKI NOW! ULTRA INSTINCT?! KAIOKEN!?'
Well, now that you have your power- and my higherups have decided a drop location- I can finally place you into the world~ I will give you one last bit of infor- wait... what do you mean I have to go with this prick?
"…" I glance to the left and right awkwardly.
I need to set up the automated system and give him a tutorial on how to use it? Whaaat? Why do *I* need to do that...
Do it or I'm fired? what about the other nine winners?
…
An Intern will do it? That is fucking retarded!
…
Right, sorry sir, no more back-sass.
"…"
*Sigh* looks like I will be sticking around for slightly longer then~ damn interns... couldn't even install the automated system.
With a flash I find myself... on top of a hill overlooking a small path below leading towards a large walled city.
A screen appears in front of me with the text 'Please Select Your New Name.'
'uuuuuh... it has to be something that I would be willing to say a lot, so it cant be something like 'bob'… hmmmm... it has to be some sort of pun on electric- no wait... that is fucking stupid, I cant just go around calling myself 'Zapp Brannigan' or something like that.
'Alex? Alex is pretty good and for a last name... Grey?'
'Alex Grey?'
I quickly type in my new name.
"I don't like them putting stuff in the water that turns the friggin frogs gay." I deadpan.
'obligatory Alex Jones reference... check... now I don't need to do that anymore.'
WELL, I am finished setting up the automated system and you have even picked a name! Grand! Now we move onto something else!
Level 1, Alex Grey
Skill Points: 0.000
Shop Points: 0.000
"I have the gamer system?" I mutter with a questioning frown.
Incorrect! You have our own system... but yes, we did take a couple of these assets from elsewhere, let's take a quick look at your 'skill list' for a moment.
Skill List:
Devil Fruit Weakness Immunity: Lv 1
Rumble Rumble Fruit: Lv 1
"o...kay? So I can increase their levels by training them?"
No- Well, I mean, technically you can, but I don't see why you would, you can't generate skills by doing certain things, you can only purchase them, and while you COUUULD technically get better at a thing through use, an example being if you got the shave skill you would probably run into walls for a while till you get the hang of it, the skill level will not increase, meaning you wont get that significant of a boost. Say 'I want to upgrade my Rumble Rumble Fruit powers!'
"I want to upgrade my rumble rumble fruit powers?"
Insufficient Skill Points! Skill points required: 8.000
"I assume that shop points allow me to buy or upgrade items? And I get these through leveling up?"
Your first assumption is correct! But you only gain points through doing quests which the system will give you! As stated earlier, you can level up your skills, but what does that do? Well, why don't we take a look at the descriptions of some of your skills.
Devil Fruit Weakness Immunity: Lv 1:
You are immune to most of the weaknesses of eating a devil fruit, you can swim and Sea-Prism-Stone doesn't weaken you, but it is still more effective against you than regular steel or iron, additionally, you may eat up to 1 additional devil fruit without dying.
Rumble Rumble Fruit: Lv 1
One of the more powerful Logia Devil Fruits that give you the ability to become and control lightning. Your current maximum power output is: 5000 Volts
"Isn't... Eneru's maximum output two-hundred-million?"
It's level 1... and to be fair, you still have the logia's immunity.
"El Thor?"
No.
"Can I turn into lightning and travel long distances in the blink of an eye?"
Not yet? But definitely closer than El Thor or his Island Buster.
"Can I shoot lightning bolts?"
...
"…"
"Am I just a damn taser?"
At this point? Yes. Buuut you can't be hurt by people without haki, so that's a plus.
I frown as I hold up a hand. 'how do I even use my powers?'
Now, take a moment, look around, realize we placed you in a new body, freak out, realize you are in the East Blue, freak out some more, then go fight something.
"WHAT THE FU-"
'I'm a fucking child! Why did they put me in the body of a child?!'
One sentence. Ease for the User.
You think your OTHER body could hold up to this world? Humans in that world break their arms from falling wrong... do you think one of them could EVER keep up in a world where getting stabbed repeatedly and having your organs crushed is commonplace?! Also they are fairly ugly compared to this world's definition of 'humans', so you wont be able to woo all those sweet babes n stuff~
"I just wanted to collect shiny shit... maybe make a massive gold mech like that one guy from that one movie... maybe kick him in the teeth and steal his devilfruit power... simple desires, y'know."
That's pretty sad. You literally have infinite power here as long as you gain enough skillpoints...
"What are one of the items- that just so happen to be a fruit- that you think I am going to try super hard to collect?"
Ah.
"You said East Blue, correct? Then that means... nah I don't fucking know where I am."
Well, I'm off, I have other things to do, your automated system- now that it is installed- has mental controls, or verbal if you want, but it's on you if everyone thinks you are fucking bonkers and talking to yourself.
*Sigh*… those damn interns installed the wrong anti-virus system... that's why it took so long... I mean really? Who uses fucking MCAFEE?! Annnyway, I fixed the issue, downloaded the appropriate anti-virus software and fixed it.
"Your job sounds pretty dull and annoying..."
You have no clue. You are actually one of the more bearable people we have isekai'd, at least you aren't a creepy bastard who chose 'mind domination of the opposite sex' as their first power... you just seem sort of selfish and power hungry, but good-hearted down deep inside. So, I wish you luck~
The screen fizzles out of existence slowly leaving me with my simple status page open... I don't appear to have any 'stats' per say, just a level, 'Skill-points', 'Store-point' and a skill list, but I don't even have an inventory, so If I want to buy anything, I would just have to carry it around with me until I purchased a bag of holding or something.
I look down at my body revealing... that I am maybe twelve, or thirteen at most, and I have been given a simple black t-shirt and some shorts, around my shoulders they have given me a tattered grey hooded cloak that trails down to about my shins, on my waist, is a small bag containing several small coins with the numbering of '100' on them, I assume these are 'Beri'… and they have about the same echange rate as Japanese yen, where one hundred beri is about a single US dollar.
I let out a quiet yawn and slowly walk down the hill towards the road, pulling my hood up to keep the burning sun off my skin.
'System, how much would it cost to upgrade 'Devilfruit Weakness Immunity' to level two?'
Skill points required: 50.000
'Fuck. Ah well, I really don't have to worry about that yet, I haven't even found a second devil fruit let alone a third.'
I look down at my hand. 'how do I even trigger my power?'
'do I get really mad? Try to find a hidden power somewhere deep within myself?'
*Bzzt-bzzrt*
A few small blue sparks of electricity arc around my hand.
"Oh? So it was the latter?"
I hold out my hand in front of me and attempt to fire it out of my hand like a laser beam.
*Bzzt*
I frown as it doesn't even go an inch away from my palm.
"Shame. That'd be pretty cool."
I spend the next five minutes or so walking to the walled off city, an open... I wouldn't call it a gate persay, more like an entrance than designed to keep me out, and at the very top, there appears to be a plank of wood with writing on it.
"Loguetown"
"Huh..." I hum as I look up at the large sign, ignoring most of the people around me walking in and out of the main city with carts and boxes, they probably are farmers who live out somewhere behind me if I am going to be honest.
'I wonder when I am in canon?'
I simply yawn and walk forwards into the city, taking every single opportunity to walk through alleyways.
A Quest Has Been Received:
Combat Test: [0 Star Difficulty].
You are getting mugged! What horror! Defeat the mugger!
A knife is pressed to my throat-
Just what I was waiting for. Why do you think I was walking through so many damn alleyways?
I simply grab the wrist of the mugger or slaver or generic thug and activate my power, my hand emitting a small zap as they drop the knife and wince in pain, I simply place my hand on his lower stomach, then zap him again, causing him to twitch slightly, screaming as ability shocks his system, and back into a wall which he slides down till he is in a sitting position.
"AAAGH-"
I quickly grab the knife off the floor and point it at his throat. "This is now a mugging. Give me all of your money."
'I am kind of surprised five thousand volts was so effective... though I suppose, it was a sustained shock... and don't most shock collars have about four hundred to six thousand volts?'
The man in front of me raises his hands in surrender, he seems pretty average all things considered, not too thin, fat or muscly, just normal. Probably in a small gang or something that forced him to do this, but normal. "A-Alright man. J-Just chill out! M-My beri is in my front pocket."
"Bring it out. Any funny moves and I jab this knife into your chest and shock directly." I growl.
He slowly and shakily pulls his wallet out of his pocket and hands it to my waiting hand.
"You get to live." I smile, then quickly turn and run down the alleyway.
A Quest Has Been Completed:
Combat Test: [0 Star Difficulty].
You are getting mugged! What horror! Defeat the mugger!
Rewards: 1.000 Skill Point, 1.000 Shop Point.
After I run some more, taking shelter in ANOTHER alleyway, I look into the wallet to check my spoils, and it is... 4000 beri?! What luck! That is EASILY enough to buy me a meal, maybe even a room if I use my own money!
For one night probably...
Level updated.
'eh?'
Level 5, Alex Grey
'why did my level go up? Did I get stronger?'
'Level' itself has no effect on your- or your foes- strength, speed, or durability, but it does calculate just how strong you/they are, meaning if you were to learn a skill or ability that increases your combat ability by a large margin, your level will also reflect this, sometimes gaining 5, 10, or even 20 levels in the process.
With your invulnerability, and ability to shock people, you have been deemed stronger than the starting level 1.
'…'
'neat.'
I look down at my hand. 'hmm... I need some more points...'
Would you like to take a daily quest?
'daily quest?'
Correct, you have 4 daily quests currently available, more may be unlocked temporarily or permanently depending on current events, but you may only take one. Each has a different reward based on the difficulty of the task.
'uhh, yeah, a daily quest sounds pretty good.'
A new screen pops up in front of me with a small list.
Defeat Thugs: [0.3 Star Difficulty].
You must defeat 4 people of negative alignment before the day is up.
Walk 1 Mile: [0.1 Star Difficulty].
Walk 1 Mile before the day is up.
Greetings~: [0.4 Star Difficulty].
Greet 6 people of mild importance before the day is up.
Wanted Dead Or Alive: [1 Star Difficulty].
Turn in 1 bounty before the day is up.
'why is the last rated so low?'
You will most likely gain a separate quest for the bounty, the 1-star difficulty quest is just a one-a-day bonus for turning in a bounty.
'nice! Give me the thugs one.'
A Quest Has Been Received:
Defeat-
'Yes, yes, I get it, minimize.'
The screen shrinks before my eyes and I walk out of the alleyway I was taking shelter in with my hands in my pockets.
'now... where am I going to find three thugs?'
I duck under a haymaker and gently slash my new knife against the side of my attacker as I slip past, the blade crackling with electricity that causes the man to twitch slightly.
I chop the back of the knee of a second opponent with the side of my hand as I crouch low and in between his legs, this one is slightly bigger than an average human, but the electrical current in pulsing through his leg forcing him down onto his hands and knees, and the weak slap on his back laying him flat against the brick road.
It's not my fault that these four idiots were making a scene as they tried to shoplift.
A knife wizzes past my cheek as I get up, tilting my head to the side, and I take a split second to note that my reflexes are much sharper than they would normally be, perks of being lightning, I guess?
I touch his wrist with my offhand and jab my knife right into his knee and unleash a small pulse of electricity from it, dropping him like the last, then, as I take a quick glance to the thug clutching the wound on his side, I hear a "DIE!" From behind me.
I quickly lean forward as not even a second later, an explosion happens, sending a small round pellet right into a wooden post across the street.
I quickly roll forwards and back onto my feet, avoiding the cutlass slash that would normally cleave me in two from the wounded thug, who simply gets an electric backhand for his trouble, causing him to fall prone like his other two friends while the last seems to be retrieving a second flintlock from his coat.
He doesn't get the chance to as my knife finds itself lodged in his hand.
He lets out a high-pitched squeal and falls to the floor as he receives an electrified kick to the groin.
I let out a quick sigh of relief, then shake off a bit of blood from my knife, wiping whatever I couldn't get off with the end of my cloak, then I simply return it to the pouch on my waste and walk away, the crowd that had surrounded us- at a safe distance of course- to watch the fight splitting down the middle as I walk through.
A Quest Has Been Completed:
Defeat Thugs: [0.3 Star Difficulty].
You must defeat 4 people of negative alignment before the day is up.
Rewards: 4.000 Skill Point, 4.000 Shop Point.
'Each one of those dudes were below level five, so I supoooose this is a reasonable reward.'
Achievement(s) unlocked:
Impress Captain Smoker
Reward: 10.000 Skill Point, 10.000 Shop Point.
Impress Chief Petty Officer Tashigi
Reward: 10.000 Skill Point, 10.000 Shop Point.
'mn. That's nice. System, put all those points I just got into my rumble rumble fruit powers.'
Affirmative. Increasing 'Rumble Rumble Fruit' to level 3.
'three?'
The world around me slows down to about half of what it was, then returns to normal speed as I nearly bump into someone.
Level updated.
Level 18, Alex Grey
'neat.'
"Hey, kid."
"Hm?" I hum as I look over my shoulder.
Level 54, Smoker
'you fucking what-'
Level 16, Tashigi
"Need something?" I ask.
"I saw you fight." The man with TWO cigars in his mouth states.
"Ok." I shrug.
"You have eaten a devil fruit, correct?" He asks after a couple seconds of processing my blunt response.
"Sure." I state.
"…"
"Alright, I'm gonna head out." I deadpan after about five seconds of silence.
I nod to smoker. "Cancer-mage." Then to Tashigi. "Sword Girl."
"From your clothing you are homeless correct? With no family on the island?" Tashigi asks.
"That just about sums me up, yes." I state.
"You should be a marine!"
"Pfft- no." I scoff at her overbearing excitement. "You see, I don't really like to follow orders, I won't be able to travel around anymore, and paperwork is a pain in the ass."
Smoker snorts at that last statement.
"Don't go around causing trouble, kid." He grunts as he turns around and walks back the way he came, towards the four prone men I defeated. "Come on Tashigi."
"Y-Yes sir!"
After meeting those two, I sort of just wondered off into the forest for the rest of the day, testing out my new fruit powers.
Just two levels... brought it up from five thousand... to FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND!
I hold out my arms in front of me with my palms facing inwards, a large gap in between them.
Suddenly two thin bolts of lightning spring out of my hands and collide in the gap, creating a small orb of plasma that slowly disappears as I stop channeling lightning into my hands.
I smile brightly as I clap my hands together and face both of my palms forwards.
"FINAL FLASH!"
With a small thunderclap a large bolt of electricity shoots from my hands and collides with a nearby tree, utterly shredding it.
"Eheheh! That's fucking KICKASS!"
I turn into lightning and warp twenty feet across the clearing in a fraction of a second.
'what can I buy with twenty-six shop points? Hmmm... maybe a weapon that I can use to extend my reach? Silver conducts electricity better than copper, correct?'
'System can I purchase a silver katana with ridiculous durability and sharpness?'
Sword Made Of Pure Silver: 5.000 Shop Points.
Sharpness EX+: 5,000.000 Shop Points
Durability EX+: 5,000.000 Shop Points
Total: 10,005.000 Shop Points.
Insufficient Funds.
'mn... maybe I asked too much... get me a katana made of silver- with a regular sheath, but with increased sharpness and durability? Is that possible?'
Sword Made Of Pure Silver: 5.000 Shop Points.
Sharpness +: 10.000 Shop Points
Durability +: 10.000 Shop Points
Total: 25.000 Shop Points.
Would you like to purchase this item?
(Yes) (No)
'Yes.'
Confirmed. Creating Blade.
With a flash a sheathed katana appears at my waist.
The hilt has black ribbons wrapped around it in a crisscross pattern, allowing gleaming diamond shaped pieces of silver to peer through the gaps, the handguard- Tsuba- has a simple diamond shape, made of nice polished silver while the sheath appears to be made out of polished, dark purpleheart wood, so dark that it nearly appears black, with a simple silver endcap at the very tip of the sheath.
I unsheathe the katana revealing a bright and polished blade with a jagged Hamon, much like a bolt of lightning.
I re-sheath the blade.
'this is pretty freaking sweet. System, how does this compare to the Grade swords?'
Your blade is slightly below the average 'Grade' sword.
'well, I guess I can't name it yet... it is still below the worst grade of named blades... I wonder if I could even make this a supreme grade... make it the 'Thirteen Supreme Grade Swords' instead of twelve.
'system? How much is armament haki?'
Armament Haki Level 1 costs 25.000 Skill Points.
Observation?
Observation Haki Level 1 costs 30.000 Skill Points
'Conqueror's Haki?'
Conqueror's Haki Level 1 costs 100.000 Skill Points
'how much does it cost to level up my rumble fruit again?
Rumble Rumble Fruit Level 3 - 4 Costs 32.000 Skill Points.
'…'
I look over to my skill points.
Level 18, Alex Grey
Skill Points: 1.000
Shop Points: 0.000
'didn't I have... like twenty five? And the first upgrade cost eight... that means the second cost sixteen- DAMNIT! Every time I level up a skill the cost LITERALLY doubles, so even if I HAD conqueror's haki unlocked, I would need two hundred skill points to get it from level two to three, and FOUR HUNDRED SKILL POINTS to get it to level four. That is fucking INSANE.'
'what does basic sword mastery cost?'
Sword Mastery Level 1 costs 10.000 Skill Points
'saving up for this... I want to learn how to swing a sword beyond 'hit them with the sharp end'.'
'or I could save up for observation haki... I don't know which one is more important to me right now... But I coooould always take up bounty hunting and get both...'
I place my hand on my chin in thought and slowly nod. 'yes... that could work.'
It has been about a week since I have appeared in this world... I have begun living solely on cabbages for my meal every single day. Frankly, it is fucking hell, but a head of cabbage costs like two-hundred beri, so it's like one of the cheapest cost-to-food ratios I could find.
'I want to eat some damn meat.'
I have also become a total menace to society, kicking the shit out of random baddos n stuff.
I flick through my stack of bounty papers. 'Can one of these pricks just walk into Loguetown already?!'
I look to a ship steadily making its way to port.
'can I be lucky this time?'
I look through a cheap telescope I bought recently, starting up towards the flag, a skull and crossbones that is wearing a big ol samurai helmet with a golden crescent moon on the front, and it seems to be getting taken down by one of the crew members. Smart. Considering that Smoker is here.
'you know... I don't even know what I look like after the time I have spent here...'
I hop off my crate and stretch slightly, quickly shuffling through my bounties as I take a good look around their crew. 'those helmets...'
I quickly pull out a certain paper. "Big Helmet Mikazuki eh?"
On the page is a man with- as his Epithet suggests- a big helmet with a large crescent moon on it, he has long white hair that goes down to just below his shoulders and a large underbite with two large canine teeth poking out.
"Half a Million Beri." I grin, folding up the piece of paper and slipping it into my pocket, then I roll up the rest of the papers and place them in my money pouch.
The wait for them to arrive and dock is a dull and boring process, but when my target leaves, flanked by five dudes, I simply grin from the end of the pier.
They walk towards me as I rest my hand on the katana that's at my waist.
A quest has been received:
Big Hat Mikazuki: [0.6 Star Difficulty].
Defeat the wanted pirate 'Big Hat Mikazuki' and turn in his bounty for rewards.
'like I needed any more incentive.'
"HEY YOU!" I shout and point forwards.
Several people in the area look over to me.
"You have a bounty on your head. And I am going to claim it!" I exclaim.
One of the mooks look over to their captain with a confused expression on his face. "Is he for real?"
"Tch- just quiet him before that marine gets wind of us." He growls.
I walk forwards with a savage grin. 'meaaat! if I turn in his bounty, I will be able to eat something other than cabbages! Maybe some bacon, fish, chicken, or beef! I kind of want a stew if I am going to be honest... yeah... some stew sounds pretty good.'
One of the mooks pulls out a cutlass and races forwards-
*Slash*
And falls prone behind me as I step around him, drawing my sword and cutting him across the chest and I continue forwards, staring at my target.
Level 13, Mikazuki
Easy modo.
They seem slightly spooked at the ease I defeated someone probably twice my age and nearing double my muscle mass.
"Don't just stand there, men! LET'S AVENGE JERRY!" Mikazucchini roars as he draws his own cutlass and dashes forwards.
I wordlessly slash the second mook, then I brush my hand against the arm of the third as I duck past his slash, kicking the fourth in the back of the knee, each screaming in pain and falling to the wooden dock, steaming slightly.
I parry Mikazuki's slash with my own as my blade lights up with sparks, causing him to let out a little shout and drop his weapon as I abruptly swing the katana to the side and hit his last remaining mook with the side of the electrified blade, then I bring the pommel up and hit Mikazuki in the nose with it, sending him falling backwards to the ground, clutching his nose.
I gaze at their ship as several more men leap off of it.
I stomp on Mikazuki's chest and motion to myself. "Come on then!"
A literal wave of dudes pours out of the ship, armed with flintlocks, swords, spears, hammers, and other assorted weaponry, and I take a moment to realize that all of 'innocents' have peaced the fuck out and dove into the sea or rushed past me.
I hold out a hand. "Half a million volts... Thundercall."
*CRACK*
A fairly large bolt of electricity leaps forth from my hands and blurs towards the front line and mows down several of them.
*CRACK*
*CRACK*
*CRACK*
Followed shortly by three more that pretty much wipes out all of them, a pile of slightly blackened- and smoking- people covering the far side of the dock and the two or three remaining raise their hands in surrender and lay down.
I walk over to one of them and check their pulse. "If you get up and try to run, Mikazuki, you are getting zapped like your friends."
"Annnd... he's fine... damn son." I mutter.
'people in one piece are durable as fuck.'
I simply shrug and walk back to the original group of six and sit on a nearby post at the edge of the dock, watching as the least injured- the captain himself- sits up and tries to fix his broken nose.
'system, give me the bounty quest~'
Wanted Dead Or Alive: [1 Star Difficulty].
Turn in 1 bounty before the day is up.
'nice.'
I look to my blade and start wiping any remaining dust or blood off of it with the end of my cloak... which is steadily getting red around the tattered end. 'I made a bit of a commotion... so the marines should be on their way here... hopefully... I can't capture all of these guys.'
The captain suddenly stands up and reaches into his coat.
"Thundercall."
*CRACK*
But falls back to the floor.
'mn... this is good enough for now.' I mentally sigh as I sheathe my blade. 'ill sharpen it when I- one: get enough money to by all the items required to sharpen it- and two: actually learn how... or I could just spend a couple shop points to make it auto-repairing and auto-sharpening... I'll probably do that.'
I walk over to him and grab him by the back of his coat. "Alley-oop!"
And pick him up fairly easily and place him over my shoulder due to a new perk I have.
Body Enhancement: Lv 2
You are a lot faster and stronger than you should normally be.
To actually purchase that and level it up, it cost about fifteen skill points, so next level is going to be like twenty... which I am probably going to get for turning this guy in now that I think about it...
I walk down to the entrance of town and blink at the small platoon of marines rushing towards the docks. "Oh hey... it's sword girl..."
She pauses right before she was going to rush past me. "You?! What are you doing here?!"
"Pirates." I hum as I point to the pier that they docked their ship at. "I need to go turn in this bounty. You can search their ship or whatever... claim their canons n gunpowder for the marines or whatever you do."
"Bye~" I hum.
I look into the sack of cash they gave me.
'YEEES FOOOOOD! A PLAY TO STAY THAT ISN'T OUT IN THE FOREST! A NICE BED AND BATH!'
It was fairly simple to get it as well.
*Thunk* a window is kicked open
"Hey smokey guy! I got this bounty! How the hell do I turn it in?!"
"Wait wh- kid?! How did you even get in here?! We are on the fifth floor?! Did you CLIMB up here with him?!"
"Mnnn sure!"
"You can't just break into people's offices, kid!"
"But I brought a peace offering in the form of a horribly burned unconscious guy! Gimmie money!"
"Wh- You need to fill out a form!"
"BITCH! I HAVE BEEN EATING NOTHING BUT RAW CABAGES FOR THE PAST SEVEN DAYS! IF I DON'T GET SOME GOD DAMN MEAT SOON, I AM GOING TO GO FUCKING CRAZY! I SWEAR TO GOD I'll START FUCKING LOITERING!"
"Fine, Fine, ill walk you through the process if you NEVER bother me again like this. And stop screaming, please. You are giving me a god damned headache."
"no."
"W-What?"
"I said 'No'."
"Why?!"
"Why not?! It staves off the boring monotony of daily life!"
Good times... good times... now for more important things...
Foodfoodfoodfoodfoodfoodfoodfood-
Oh yeah, I completed those quests as well... but nobody cares about those... all I care about right now is food.
Wanted Dead Or Alive: [1 Star Difficulty].
Turn in 1 bounty before the day is up.
Rewards: 10.000 Skill Point, 10.000 Shop Point.
Big Hat Mikazuki: [0.6 Star Difficulty].
Defeat the wanted pirate 'Big Hat Mikazuki' and turn in his bounty for rewards.
Rewards: 15.000 Skill Point, 15.000 Shop Point.
It has been a month since I have come to this world, and life is good! I found myself a little apartment I can live in and it is fairly nice- for the cost of about one hundred thousand beri a month- which is really reasonable if I am going to be honest, seeing as how that is about one thousand dollars per month in USD, so now I have a roof over my head! And if I really wanted to, I could say here for five months EASILY because of my last payday... if I wanted to eat only cabages again that is... and I will NEVER go back to only raw cabbage... I would sooner end my new life than eat another damn cabbage! I hate them now!
At least I know what I actually look like now! I am like thirteen, probably going to be like sixteen to eighteen during canon, I have short, messy, black hair, dark circles under my eyes- well, I did, now they have sort of gone after I started sleeping indoors- and an electric blue eye color! Ironic, right?
I faceplant into my pillow.
I am going to be honest, kicking the shit out of four dudes, sometimes more, a day for about three weeks has sort of crippled crime in this city... now I am actually FORCED to walk a mile to get even ANY points on some days, and to be frank, I am hording the points I DO have sort of like a dragon... a mildly miffed dragon who is definitely going to spend the absolute shit out of his treasure now in a blind haze.
Level 24, Alex Grey
Skill Points: 120.000
Shop Points: 144.000
'hey system, what sort of devil fruits can I buy for one hundred shop points?'
Devil Fruits cost a lot more than normal items because they grant you skills just by eating them, normally, that really wouldn't matter because you can only eat one, but for you, to have even slight balance, devil fruits have had their cost raised, the same for increasing your devil fruit abilities you have gained past your first one.
'Dragon Dragon Fruit model: Western?'
4,000.000 Sp.
'fair... that is a mythical zoan... what about Velociraptor?'
1,500.000 Sp.
'hmm... what about a second logia?'
Logia Fruits are typically worth more than Zoan and Paramecia.
'damn.'
I pause and roll over and look at the ceiling as a thought crosses my mind.
'wait a minute...'
'system, how much does a 'devil fruit locator' skill cost?'
100.000 Skill points.
'buy the fuck out of that for me please.'
Affirmative.
Devil Fruit Sense: Lv 1
You have an innate ability to sense un-eaten devil fruits in a 100 foot radius, allowing you to sense the direction they are and how far away they are in that area.
'now, how much would a skill to identify devil fruits be?'
40.000 Skill Points.
'saving up for that...'
'system, can I purchase a small waist pouch bag that functions like a bag of holding with a large space inside that only I can access, then can I make it so nothing ever spoils inside.'
Bag of holding: 50.000 Shop Points.
Soul-Bound: 25.000 Shop Points
Anti-Rot: 20.000 Shop Points
Total: 95.000 Shop Points.
Would you like to purchase this item?
(Yes) (No)
I tap yes and a small bag appears in my hands.
Bag Of Holding:
(Soul Bound)
Can hold 10 Cubic Feet worth of items in an extra dimensional space that only you can access, in anyone else's hands, it is just a simple bag, but you can call it to your person no matter where it is. Items within the dimensional space never rot, meaning you can store meat, vegetables, and other perishable items inside without having to worry.
'and with my final shop points, I would like to enchant my katana with 'auto repairing'.'
Would you like to add 'Auto Repairing' to your 'Silver Katana'
Cost: 40.000 Shop Points.
(Yes) (No)
I tap yes, and end my little shopping spree, leaving me with twenty Skill Points and nine Shop Points.
Now, the next part of my plan is to buy one of every fruit I can find and toss them into my bag, maybe walk straight towards a devil-fruit and buy it if I sense one.
Ugh, I didn't find a devil-fruit in the city, sadly, but I do have one of every single fruit I could come across now, bananas, oranges, apples, watermelons, pumpkins, mangos, cherries, blue berries, frankly I could make the most badass fruit salad the east blue has ever seen if I wanted to waste them all on that.
But anyway, now I can hunt people with devil fruits and not worry about their fruits warping off into the world, and considering I will probably figure out their ability mid-fight, it is a win-win!
I stretch let out a small yawn. 'I wonder how many points I would get for turning in Arlong and his crew's bounty... I mean, I got fifteen for a simple half a million guy, Arlong is worth more than forty times that~'
I frown lightly as I think back to my fight with good ol big hat. 'I took them out fairly easily, but I really don't think ill be able to take out all of those fishmen, Arlong was a part of a grand line crew, so he might have haki... but he didn't use it on Luffy. But maybe his attacks using water will still get through my logia immunity... I really don't want to fall into the Eneru trap of thinking I am immortal, that is an easy way to die.'
'but on the other hand, the fastest way I can get skill and shop points is through turning in bounties... so I should totally go for Arlong.'
'hnn... but I have to be smart about it.'
I look down at the small transponder snail in my grasp, then to the four bounty posters.
'am I really ready to fuck canon up?'
It was fairly simple to get to the Conomi Islands, I just had to bribe the captain of a ship that was heading nearby, to swing slightly closer to the island so I could hop off and fly over to it, and with my remaining days in Loguetown, I spent as much time as possible scrounging up bounties for points... I decided to get the devil fruit identification ability after this, but I got enough points to purchase two really fun abilities along with upgrading other ones.
"Oi, Kid, we are close as I am willing to go."
"You have been a big help, thank you." I simply smile and get off the bunk I had been resting on, placing the snail in my bag of holding where it is put in a stasis.
"S'what I do." The bearded man grunts.
I walk out to the deck and roll my shoulders. "It's what, several miles away?"
"About five, yes." He grumbles. "You are lucky we have a smaller trade ship than most, otherwise you would have to swim ten miles."
"Swim?" I ask with a smirk. "Nah, I don't do that..."
"Then how do you expect to get over there, I refuse to sail any closer than this."
"Watch and learn, old man." I exclaim and then...
*Crack*
I am gone, flying towards the island at high speeds.
I land on the shore of the island on my hands and knees, panting heavily. "Damnit, it is like a one-hundred-meter dash... but so much worse."
After maybe five minutes of resting I stand and let out a quick yawn, then walk forwards as I brush the sand off my hands and the legs of my pants.
I close my eyes and let out a long breath, then when I re-open them I walk deeper into the island. 'this is going to be fucking SWEET!'
After about thirty minutes of walking, I finally find a road. "WHERE THE HELL AM I?!"
I let out a breath. "Calm down, Alex, it's fine, just a simple decision, left or right."
I look to the left, then to the right.
"Right is always right?"
"Sure, why not~" I shrug as I turn and walk down the path... to the left... "The real question I should be asking is 'Am I even on the right fucking island?'."
I'm on the right island.
I blink at the massive stone gate in front of me, it is elaborately carved and painted with what looks to be shrimp on it, and the aesthetic of teeth running down the middle.
Also. DEVILFRUIT! I can freaking smell one somewhere past these walls.
'ah well, open says me~'
My fist makes contact with the door. *BOOM*
'it didn't break?'
I punch it again, but I am still not completely through the door.
'you fucking asked for it, door.'
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
The door flies off the hinges and shatters inwards and I strut inside.
"What?" A voice growls.
"Yo! I'm here for your bounties~" I grin.
"Who the hell are you?" A tall fishman with large boney plates on his elbows asks.
"I am Alex Grey, a bounty hunter... and you all should just kiss your asses goodbye."
"Shashashasha! A bounty hunter? You?"
I glance to where to voice comes from to see Arlong himself sitting around in a pool-side chair.
A fishman with light pink skin and two large dark blue fins on the sides of his head steps forwards, he wears an orange, open shirt revealing a large red tattoo on his chest that looks similar to the one on his forehead, at his waist is a single katana which he slowly draws and rushes forwards. "Stand still and I'll make this as painless as I can, kid!"
He reaches me and slides to a halt, swinging his blade horizontally at my neck in order to decapitate me, but I quickly bring up my sword and slam it into the flat of his blade, causing it to soar over my head and for him to over-extend.
"One sword style... Brutal Pierce."
My blade is just a blur as I repeatedly stab the tip into his body, then as I step past, several shallow inch-long wounds open up on his arms, legs, and lower torso.
"If you all want to come at me one at a time, that would make things easier on me~" I hum as the fishman collapses behind me.
"Hn. So, you do have some skill..." Arlong glances around to I would say... like over thirty fishman and growls. "Well, don't just stand there, Kill him already!"
They let out a cheer and raise their fists or whatever weapon they have in their hands.
A quest has been received:
Big Debut: [2.5 Star Difficulty]
After having your first taste of bounty hunting, you decide to go for the big fish in the East Blue (yes, that was a pun) Now you must defeat Arlong and his crew of merry manfish!
The closest fishmen charge at me, wielding clubs, swords, flintlocks, their bare hands, and that one in the back even has a fucking cannon!
I cut through the wooden club of the first and leave a large gash on his chest, then slide on my knees through the legs of another tapping the back of his leg and pumping my maximum charge through him, causing him to fall prone, screaming, then I quickly jump upwards and re-direct a cannonball that was flying towards my torso with my blade, the redirected cannonball flying down and impacting a large group of five, sending them flying in random directions.
I widen my eyes and quickly move my sword, blocking a beam of water aimed at my chest with the flat of the blade, then I turn to look down at the one who had fired it, a blue fishman with blond? I think that's blond... maybe a sickly yellow-ish green- hair with BIG OL lips and a permanent blush on his face.
"Wait your turn lips guy." I scoff.
*Crack*
I warp downwards and crash into the ground, launching a wave of lightning outwards and sending even MORE fishmen flying, then I simply point a hand towards the stragglers and roast them with a couple bolts of lightning.
"So, now that the rabble is out of commission, which one of you four do I fight first?" I hum.
I move my blade to intercept another blast of water.
"You?" I ask.
"You have gone far enough human. Chu." Lips guy himself- otherwise know as Chew, steps forwards.
"Hn. Shame, I wanted to fight the martial arts guy." I sigh. "I have this cool new move I wanted to try out, but I guess I'll just have to destroy you first~"
I dive out of the way as my place is peppered with a hail of water bullets.
"mn... this gimmick is annoying."
I raise my hand and simply hit him with a dozen lightning bolts, he does well enough to avoid the first two, but the other ten take him out of commission quite quickly.
"You... ate a devilfruit?" Arlong scoffs.
"It took you this long to figure it out?" I taunt. "You must be preeeetty dumb~"
[This is where I stopped writing]
I actually have 2 versions of the one piece version, this one where I got sad right around... three lines above because I realized that with a logia how brutally op Alex would be, then I tried making a re-write but only got like 500 words in... this is still by far the one where I did the system the best... I'm going to post the Rwby one after this... give me like... 10-30 minutes to edit it, and it will be up as well.
