[Why do you love gacha games?]
Why do you like a lottery, why do you collect rare cards? My reason is quite similar. However, sometimes I'm in it for the hot girls, and maybe the story.
[Why do you hate them?]
Because my luck is shit, I can't ever get any of the good stuff. Also, I rarely ever spend money on gacha because I don't have money to spare.
I'm broke.
[If you could have one ability within all gacha games, what would it be?]
Hmm... The ability to merge compatible low-tier drops for something better. In a way to counter my shitty luck and have some decent stuff late game.
[A clever desire, as fate is against you. It will be as you wish. Good luck, and try to stay alive longer this time, Jonathan, and have "fun"...]
What?!
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A massive headache assaults me as a blue screen pops up in front of his face. My sleep last night had randomly awakened most of his memories of my past life.
This scrambled sense of self as my memories conflicted with themselves causing my current persona to become a fusion between Jonathan and Harry, my current name. However, because the me now is the one that is the most familiar with this world, that became the more pronounced identity. Nevertheless, the difference is rather minimal, similar to the difference between Gogeta and Vegito, two well-known fictional fusions.
As such, I was the perma-fusion between Harry and Jonathan, Harrythan? Naw I'll just stick with what I already have. After laying in my bed and staring at the blue screen for 30 minutes, I finally stabilized my mind. Still, I had no idea how I died in my past life, which left me rather pissed.
A Gacha Summoning System was given to me for some reason. A power that popped in quite a bit later than you would expect in such a cliche scenario like this. I had already adapted and was living quite the generic life in this new world, but now generic is not good enough. I need to figure out how to use what I have so I could survive in the shit storm that is the Marvel world.
Yeah, I was reborn in marvel. Not my first choice, heck it isn't even my last choice. I would rather be reborn in the world of a hentai series as a side character and I was only half-joking. Ignorance is truly bliss, without my past memories, I would probably just live out my life as a normal civilian or die as an "unfortunate" casualty in the unending conflict between the "light" and "darkness" of this world.
Well, what has happened, has happened. I need to take whatever shit life has given me and try to survive, and boy did I get a lot of shit from life.
I am a; 5 ft 6in (168cm), Asian-American (75% American), 20-year-old orphan, who barely passed Highschool with a 2.4 GPA, and is working full time (and then some) at a gas station in New York for a living. My full name is Harrison Ulysses Greyhound, a name I had given myself when I was a little kid. Cringe, right?
"It seems that I'm nothing special in another life either... all though, I did manage to see Peter Parker running around here and there. The 17-year-old was already Spider-Man, and he visits this gas station a lot. Probably has a favorite spot to change into his hero identity nearby." I contemplate aloud, as I sift through the System to learn about its functions and abilities.
Thankfully, I had remembered my past and had awakened the system on a Sunday. Conveniently, it was the one day I didn't have to go to work. So, I had time to learn about my new power.
There were some key things about this System. It wasn't a leveling system. I can't just go around killing people, aliens, or monsters and gain levels to become a god. No this is a pure gacha style game. Which is complete bullshit for your information.
Anyways, the primary power of my ability is to summon and contract with an endless number of beings or obtain powerful items throughout the multiverse, but it comes with some side perks too. Those being:
-A Status screen that looks like this;
[Name - Harrison Ulysses Greyhound
Title - Merging Summoner
Physical Condition
⁃Barely Healthy
Perks
⁃None
Powers
⁃None
Skills
⁃None]
-An infinite storage space called Inventory that can store anything that I can lift up and manually put in, initially at least. I need to be able to lift it and put it in my inventory at least once, then later, I can take it out and put it away with just physical contact.
-The ability to Analyze anything within my Inventory however I want, or obtain basic summarized information of people or objects outside the Inventory.
-A Quest function to earn tickets for summons, though it was blank right now. Thankfully, I awakened with some tickets anyways.
-The ability to Gift a summons to someone else (people besides me can only contract with one summon from me though). Not that he would ever Gift anyone anything.
-The ability to merge compatible low rarity items and objects or non-contracted summons. Once you made a contract with a summon, you can't merge them. Also, even if you get something better from merging stuff, it doesn't mean it's good enough to get a rarity upgrade.
That's right, the summons' have rarities, ranging from 1-Star to 7-Star. 7-Stars are mostly anything that can destroy the universe or some omnipotent bullshit. Combined with the fact that all contracted beings are inherently absolutely loyal to me makes 7-Star characters one hell of a bodyguard. Which is cool and all, but the chances of me pulling one are as good as zero.
After all that self-discovery (of one's abilities), I decide now is the time to pull the gacha Enough suspense, time for some rolls.
[Starter ticket set:
1x Guaranteed 3-Star C-Ticket (A unique Character Summoning Ticket)
10x I-Ticket (Normal Item Summoning Tickets)
Would you like to roll 10 I-tickets at once? Doing so will grant an extra Item summon for a total (this is only true for I-Tickets).]
"Yes, please," I was glad to know that there were perks to doing a 10x summon in my system, though not for any characters. Yeah, more nerfs, but it was still something to keep in mind for later.
A floating holographic video screen with a button that said 101 on it. I tapped the button and a cut scene of several galaxies with a star falling out of their system towards a portal that swallows the falling lights and closes up. The first star then appears with a simple white glow, until it transforms into a [1-Star Titanium Bar]. Sure enough, a quick check-in of the Inventory showed the metal bar was stored in there directly.
Then, with a bronze glow, the star turns into a [2-Star Longsword] appeared. On that seemed to have been forged by a master blacksmith with some special steel that makes it regenerate its sharp edge. Though still an "ordinary" sword by marvel standards.
Then a [1-Gold Bar, which was nice.
Another [1-Gold Bar]. It was not nice enough to say it twice... fuck I just did.
A [1-Star Pile of Shit, no joke, there was a mysterious pile of questionable crap in my Inventory. Fuck you too gacha system.
[1-Star Gold Bar, god fucking damn it.
Then with a silver glow along with some confetti, a 3-Star. The star transforms into a small round red and white ball with a black ring and a white button.
"No fucking way! Is that what I think it is?" Sure enough, I could see a [3-Star Poke-Ball] (Pokemon) resting in my inventory. By using Analysis, I learned that I could use it to have a small chance at capturing whatever I want and turn them into a contract crystal.
All that hype was somewhat ruined by a [1-Star Bicycle, though still very much appreciated because it wasn't a fucking gold bar!
A [1-Star Premium Sushi Platter, I guess that's breakfast?
Miraculously a 5-Star item, the platinum-colored star transforms into a stone tablet with arcane inscriptions. It was a [5-Star Equivalent Exchange Tablet] (Inspired by a Minecraft mod). It allows you to put in any form of matter for Alchemic Energy then exchange the energy for a matter of another type.
I pulled out the bar of titanium and shoved it in the tablet, which swallowed it up and turned it into alchemy points. I can then create a bar of titanium for the exact same alchemic cost. I immediately shoved all my Items into it. Then pulled out four Poke-Balls. Fuck, with this I could practically enslave anyone with enough time and resources. Hell, I just need to go over to the nearest junkyard if I need a refill on Alchemic Energy. Of course, this is merely a fraction of what I can do with this
I need to set a line for myself, for the sake of not turning into an absolute dick, and prevent my transformation into a villain. While I definitely don't want to be a hero or a goody-two-shoes. I also don't want to be like Killgrave.
I will keep my enslavement of people to scum, I will only go for the worst people, such as serial killers and rapists. I will be a scum skimmer... that sounded better in my head.
I let out a sigh after I set myself a basic moral parameter, then continued watching my results. The last one was a [1-Star Baseball Bat] into the tablet that goes.
Now onto the good shit. I used the 3 Guaranteed C-Ticket. Let's see what we get. The same stuff with a star falling from a distant galaxy only to appear before me, this time in a golden light.
"Oooo! 4-Star!" I question out loud. The star turned into a golden portal, from which vines started to grow out as an evil-ish feminine melodic voice laughs in the holographic video. Soon enough, a drop-dead gorgeous woman with a beautiful head of bright red hair with emerald green eyes saunters out with thin clothes made from leaves that begs the mind to wander.
"How about I give you a kiss to die for." The woman winked as she blew a kiss at the screen. Poison Ivy was my drop from the character summons.
"Sure enough, there was the contract crystal in my inventory, all I would need to do was eat the crystal, and BAM, I can summon... Ivy. While I really shouldn't be waiting any longer, let me analyze her crystal just to see what she can do." Using Analysis, I was happy with the abilities listed.
[Name - Poison Ivy
Perks:
-Genius
-Drop Dead Gorgeous
-Flexible
Powers:
-Toxic-kinesis
-Toxic Immunity
-Photosynthesis
-Flora-kinesis
-Create Plant Golems
-Pheromone Secretion
Skills:
-Botany & Toxicology
-Seduction
-Combat Adept]
Then popped the crystal in my mouth.
A/N This is an alternate and darker timeline of the original story "The Good Gacha Summoner with Merge" check it out.
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