"Writing" Talk
'Writing' Thought
[Writing] System
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Since I have memories, I've always had moderate luck.
In gambling, I can't say I always won, but I never lost money like other people do; I never won the lottery, because from my perspective it was too much money and my luck wouldn't allow it.
And why do I tell you this?
It's because now I'm in a life-or-death situation.
"AAAAHHHHHH!"
I was falling through a giant hole where everything around me was only darkness.
I thought I would crash at any moment, but minutes passed and I still hadn't hit anything.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
After what felt like 30 minutes, my fear passed, and I was bored with falling.
"Where am I falling that it's taking me so long to hit?"
And then I hit the ground.
I was about to scream from the pain of the impact, but I felt nothing when I touched the surface, so I got up.
"Where am I?" I looked around, but there was only darkness.
[Compatible user detected]
"What?"
[Analyzing user]
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[Oliver Williams detected]
[Integrating system]
[25%]
[50%]
[75%]
[100%]
[System integrated]
"W-what is this?" I said, seeing all the things that appeared in front of me.
The strange screen didn't answer me, and only the words remained before me.
[Welcome to the Gacha system]
[Press Start to begin]
Seeing that I had no response, I was about to press it when I realized I didn't have a hand.
"My hands!"
I checked my body and I didn't have them; instead I was a strange glowing orb.
"But what happened?"
[Would you like an answer?]
"Of course I do! What happened? What is this place?"
[Allow me to explain]
[Approximately at 21:00 a fault occurred in the reality near you, which caused a space between realities to open, destroying your physical body and leaving only your soul]
[Upon discovering what happened to you, higher beings decided to give you the Gacha System and also send you to a new world with a new body]
[But for that to happen, you must press Start]
"So I died..."
I stayed silent for a few moments, trying to digest what it told me.
"And how do I press that button now that I don't have hands?" I asked, having already accepted my new situation.
[You can press the button using only your mind]
I obeyed and imagined pressing it, which worked.
[Welcome, this is the Gacha system, an exclusive system for you. Please use the gacha machine]
"Gacha machine? Wher...?"
I heard a sound and, looking up, a giant gacha machine was falling down so I had to jump aside before it crushed me.
"Th-almost crushed me!" I shouted angrily.
[We apologize. Next time we will calculate better]
[Please turn the wheel to choose the world where you will be sent]
"When you say 'a world' do you mean those isekai where you die and are reborn in a world of fantasy, magic, or space?"
[Such worlds will be included, but also worlds from anime, manga, games, and many more]
"That's amazing!"
I looked at the gacha machine, where inside there were many spheres of different colors.
"So I just have to turn this, right?"
[That's right. You will be given a token for your world]
A token fell from the sky, so I thought to move it and it responded.
It looked like a normal token, but of an intense golden color. I inserted it into the machine and spun the wheel.
A loud noise began to be heard, and a giant sphere fell in front of me where it opened, illuminating almost everything around me.
[Congratulations!]
[The world obtained is One Piece]
"One Piece! I got a good world!"
[Integrating One Piece concepts into the system]
[Integrated]
"One Piece, I'll be able to enjoy all the adventures there... Although I hope I don't appear right in a place with the Celestial Dragons"
[You are given a token for your race]
"Race?" I wondered until I remembered. "Right! In One Piece, there are different races — could I even get to be a Lunarian?!"
[As long as it comes up, yes, you can]
"Then let's go!" I placed the token and spun the wheel.
"Come on, I want to be a Lunarian!…"
I saw that the spheres were different colors, and I remembered something.
"One second, I could also get Fishman or a Tontatta"
The sphere came out so I closed my eyes and prayed not to be a Fishman or a Tontatta.
I opened my eyes again and the message was already there.
[Congratulations!]
[You have been very lucky, and you are a Mink-Human hybrid, also called a Beastkin]
"Ohhhhh, I'm a Hybrid!... Wait, a Mink hybrid? Is that even possible?"
I thought for a moment and remembered that Wotans exist, so it made sense that this kind of hybrid could exist.
[We wish you a good journey]
[You don't have a body yet so you won't vomit]
"What?"
A white hole opened below me and I fell again into what seemed like an immense slide.
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I started to wake up a little dizzy and with the urge to vomit because of that slide.
"Whoever sent me like this must really hate me."
I stood up and looked around where there were a few trees.
I touched my head and felt two ears that seemed to be like a dog's, my face was the same as a human's, and my hands were also human.
Doubtful, I checked behind me and found a rather fluffy tail.
"So I really am a Beastkin, I even feel stronger."
I looked more closely around me and there were only trees, so I must be in the middle of a forest.
"I have to find out where I am, but first… how do I use the Gacha System?"
[Would you like a short tutorial?]
"Of course."
[First, you must open your Status]
[To open your Status, you must say Status]
"Status"
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Status
Name: Oliver Williams
Age: 24 years
Race: Beastkin
Height: 1.95m
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Inventory
-Fighting Styles Gacha Token
-Talent Gacha Token
-Money: 0
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Fighting Styles
-Electro Mastery (0%)
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Talents
-Adaptive Body
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"With this, I can confirm it. I'm a Beastkin."
I looked at my status, and it was all there—my name, age, height, race, money.
"I'm taller than I was before."
I saw that in my inventory there were tokens and money.
"Why does money appear here?"
[The money from the One Piece world can be stored in your inventory and is used to buy different types of tokens]
"I see. And what is a fighting style?"
[Fighting styles are the way you fight, whether with swords, bare fists, a mace, and more. For example, if you have a devil fruit or Haki]
"And what are talents?"
[Talents are additional benefits for the user. For example, Talent: Mind grants the user an iron mental fortitude, or Talent: Steel Body grants the user a body as resistant as steel]
"So they work like passive abilities."
I saw that I had Electro as my fighting style, which must have been from being half mink, so I tried to use it, since I had a small idea of how to do it despite never having it before.
As soon as I did, my hand was covered in electricity.
"That's pretty fascinating," I said, fascinated.
"Why are there different Tokens?"
[That is because there are different Gacha Machines]
[There is the Fighting Style Gacha, Weapon Gacha, Talent Gacha, and Devil Fruit Gacha]
[Each Gacha has a different price]
[To summon a Gacha Machine, you must choose one by saying Gacha Machine]
I obeyed what it said and in front of me appeared a gigantic gacha machine with 4 screens.
[Fighting Style Gacha]
[Weapon Gacha]
[Talent Gacha]
[Devil Fruit Gacha]
"Okay, okay, so I have 4 different gachas for 4 different things."
I touched one to see how it worked.
[Devil Fruit Gacha]
[You do not have the required tokens. Buy Token: 2,000,000 Belly]
I closed my eyes and opened them again, thinking maybe it was a mistake, but the message was still there, saying a token cost 2 million.
"THAT'S TOO MUCH! How do you expect me to get that much money?!"
[The Gacha System can sometimes give you missions so you can get money or tokens]
"So the system also gives me money?"
[Yes]
I sat down for a moment to think.
"Although now that I remember, devil fruits could be sold for 100,000,000 Belly, so 2 million isn't that much."
I looked at the two tokens I had in my inventory, so I took out the Fighting Style token, then summoned the Gacha Machine, and it fell in front of me.
[Gacha Machine drop regulated]
"Come on, baby, you've got to give me a good fighting style!"
As soon as I grabbed it, I pressed the Fighting Style Gacha button, inserted the token, and spun the wheel.
A black sphere came out of the machine and when it opened, I saw what I got.
[Fighting Style: Boxing]
The moment I obtained it, the information on how to use it flooded my head.
"Boxing. That works pretty well since I have Electro as a base."
I took the Talent token and now pressed the Talent option where I inserted the token, though this time a black-and-silver sphere came out.
[Talent: Poison Resistance]
"That's really useful. Who knows what I'll fight against in this world."
I heard a growl behind me, so I turned around and there was a wolf.
"Calm down, wolfy, I'm half-animal too."
The wolf came straight at me without listening.
"I'm crazy for trying to talk to an animal."
I ran in the opposite direction trying to escape, but when I looked back I saw it was falling behind, so I stopped abruptly.
"Right, now I'm not the same as before."
When the wolf got close, I punched it in the head along with Electro, which sent it flying into a tree.
"Wow… this really is incredible."
I approached to check the wolf, which was knocked out. Looking closer, it had a collar around its neck.
"Was it a domesticated wolf?" I said, confused.
"Where did that wolf go?"
I looked in the direction of the voice, where I saw a man.
[Mission: Defeat a group of bandits]
[Reward: Weapon Gacha Token]
"Did you find it?" Another man arrived.
Before they could do anything, I rushed at them, punching one in the nose making him fall back, and grabbing the other by the face to give him an electric shock.
"Hey, get up."
I grabbed the bandit I hadn't knocked out by the neck.
"Tell me, where is your camp?"
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And this was the first chapter.
I finally made the changes to the first chapter and I'm already finishing the fourth chapter.
I have a question, which is about how long the Straw Hats have been sailing. I've seen some people say 100 days, but others say almost a year, because Luffy turned 17 on May 5th and the Thousand Sunny was completed on March 15th, so they should have been sailing for quite a while.
If anyone knows about this, I'd like you to tell me, since that way I'll know whether to add more islands with small stories or continue with the same journey as in the manga.
Also, here are the results of the votes:
Races
-Beastkin: 22
-Oni: 4
-Skypiea: 1
-Human: 3
Fighting Style
-Hand-to-hand: 23
-Sword: 0
-Axe: 2
-Spear: 1
Romantic Interest
-Vivi: 6
-Nojiko: 4
-Nami: 17
-Mana: 2
Devil Fruit
-Garm: 7
-Nergigante: 20
-Gashadokuro: 2
So he will be a Beastkin, fight hand-to-hand, have Nami as his romantic interest, and his Devil Fruit will be Nergigante.