Since I can remember, I've always had moderate luck. When it came to gambling, I can't say I always won, but I never lost money like other people. As for the lottery, I never won—probably because it involved too much money, and it felt like my luck was saying: "Not here, buddy."
Why am I telling you this?
Because now I'm in a very strange situation. I'm in the middle of complete darkness, and in front of me is a floating red screen.
[Welcome to the Gacha System]
The way I ended up here was absolutely bizarre. I was just walking peacefully down the street when I felt like I tripped on something, and suddenly, all I saw was darkness.
At first, I screamed because I thought I was going to die.
"AAAAHHHHHH!"
After a few minutes, my screaming got less intense.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!"
And after what felt like 30 minutes, my fear was gone, and I was just bored.
"Where the heck am I falling?"
Then, I hit something solid. I was about to scream from the pain, but I didn't feel anything when I landed, so I stood up.
"Where am I?" I looked around, but there was only darkness.
[A compatible user has been 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, looking at everything appearing in front of me, with "Gacha System" written on the screen.
The strange screen didn't respond, and the words just floated there in front of me.
[Welcome to the Gacha System]
[Press Start to begin]
Since I didn't get any response, I pressed Start.
[Welcome. This is the Gacha System, an exclusive system for you. Please use the Gacha machine.]
"Gacha machine? Where...?"
I heard a loud sound, and when I looked up, a giant Gacha machine was falling straight toward me. I had to jump out of the way before it crushed me.
"Y-you almost crushed me!" I shouted angrily.
[We apologize. Next time, we'll calculate better.]
[Please spin the wheel to select the world you will be sent to.]
"Sent? Wait a minute. What do you mean, 'sent to a world'?"
[Would you like an explanation?]
"Of course!" I said, still frustrated.
[Due to a reality malfunction, you fell into a void, and your body was torn apart, leaving only your soul. Since only your soul survived, it was decided to send you to another world.]
"Wait, wait! I died?" I said, looking at my hands—but there was nothing there. "I really don't have a body."
[No, your physical body was destroyed, but you didn't die.]
"I see. This is so weird."
I looked at the Gacha machine, which was filled with colorful spheres.
"So I just have to spin this, right?"
[Correct. You'll be given a token to select your world.]
A token appeared in my hand, so I inserted it into the machine, grabbed the wheel, and spun it. A giant sphere dropped in front of me.
It opened, shining so brightly that it nearly blinded me, and a message appeared.
[Congratulations!]
[The world you've obtained is: One Piece]
"One Piece! I got a good world!"
[Integrating One Piece concepts into the system.]
[Integrated.]
[You are now given a token to determine your race.]
"Race?" I wondered aloud before remembering. "Oh, right! In One Piece, there are different races. Could I even get a Lunarian?!"
[As long as you roll it, yes, it's possible.]
"Alright, here we go!" I inserted the token and spun the wheel.
"Please, let me be a Lunarian!..."
I noticed the spheres were all different colors and suddenly remembered something.
"Wait a second. I could also get Fishman..."
The sphere dropped, and I closed my eyes, praying not to end up as a Fishman or Tontatta.
When I opened my eyes, the message was already there.
[Congratulations!]
[You're incredibly lucky—you are a Mink-Human hybrid.]
"Ohhh, I'm a hybrid! Wait, a Mink hybrid? Is that even possible?"
[There are Giant-Fishman hybrids.]
"That's true."
[We wish you a pleasant journey.]
[Since you don't have a body yet, you won't vomit.]
"What?"
A white hole opened beneath me, and I started falling again, as if I were on a giant slide.
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I began to wake up, feeling dizzy and nauseous from that slide.
"Whoever sent me like this must really hate me."
I got up and looked around. There were a few trees nearby.
I touched my head and felt two ears that seemed like a dog's. My face still felt human, and my hands were human too.
With some hesitation, I checked my back—and there it was, a fluffy tail.
"So, I really am a Mink hybrid."
Looking more closely, I saw I was in the middle of a forest.
"I need to figure out where I am, but first... how do I use the Gacha System?"
[Would you like a short tutorial?]
"Yes, please."
[First, access your Status. To do so, just say 'Status.']
"Status."
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Status
Name: Oliver Williams
Age: 24 years
Race: Mink-Human Hybrid
Height: 1.95m
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Inventory
-Combat Styles Gacha Token
-Talent Gacha Token
-Money: 0
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Combat Styles
-Electro Mastery (0%)
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Talents
-None
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"With this, I confirm it. I'm a Hybrid."
I looked at my status, and everything was there—my name, age, height, race, money.
"I'm taller than I was before."
I noticed there were tokens and money in my inventory.
"Why is money showing up?"
[Money from the One Piece world can be stored in your inventory and used to purchase different types of tokens.]
"I see. What is a combat style?"
[Combat styles are the ways in which you fight, whether with swords, bare fists, a mace, or other methods. For example, if you have a Devil Fruit or Haki.]
"And what are talents?"
[Talents are additional benefits for the user. For instance, the Mind Talent grants the user a steel-like mental fortitude.]
I saw that I had Electro, so I decided to try using it since I had a little knowledge of how it worked, even though I'd never had it before. As soon as I did, electricity enveloped my hand.
"It actually works."
I stopped using Electro and focused on something else.
"Why are there different tokens?"
[That's because there are different Gacha Machines. There's the Combat Styles Gacha, Weapons Gacha, Talents Gacha, and Devil Fruits Gacha.]
[Each Gacha has a different price.]
[To summon a Gacha Machine, you need to say the name of the machine.]
I followed the instructions, and in front of me appeared a gigantic Gacha Machine with four screens.
[Combat Styles Gacha]
[Weapons Gacha]
[Talents Gacha]
[Devil Fruits Gacha]
"Alright, alright, so there are four different Gachas for four different things."
I touched one to see how it worked.
[Devil Fruits Gacha]
[You do not have the required token. Buy Token: 2,000,000 Belly.]
I closed my eyes and opened them again, thinking it might be a mistake, but the message still said the token cost 2 million.
"THAT'S INSANE! How do you expect me to get that much money?!"
[The Gacha System can sometimes give you missions to earn money or tokens.]
[Mission: Defeat a group of bandits.]
[Reward: Weapon Gacha Token.]
"Very convenient, and it works to get some money from those bandits. But first..." I grabbed one of the tokens from my inventory.
"Alright, baby, you've got to give me a good combat style!"
I inserted the token into the Combat Styles Gacha and spun the wheel.
A black sphere appeared in front of me, and when it opened, I saw what I got.
[Combat Style: Boxing.]
The moment I obtained it, the knowledge of how to use it appeared in my mind.
"Boxing. It's quite useful, especially with Electro as a base."
I took the talent token and inserted it into the Talents Gacha this time.
This time, a black sphere with some silver appeared.
[Talent: Poison Resistance.]
"That's really useful. Now I need to complete that bandit mission and get my Weapon Gacha Token."
I began walking through the forest, trying to find the bandits' base.
"How do I find them? It would be so much easier if I had a map showing their exact location."
[Learn Kenbunshoku Haki to locate them faster.]
"Yeah, like I could just say I want to learn Haki and instantly know it."
I kept walking until I heard voices, so I moved carefully to see who they were.
"Can you believe that little village barely had anything of value?"
"Next time, we could force them to hand over a few women."
Two men were talking while carrying a sack.
'Guess I found them.'
I got ready to attack since they hadn't noticed me. With some nerves, I rushed at one of them, landing a punch to his face that sent him flying, crashing into several trees.
"That's right. I'm half Mink now, so I should be stronger and faster."
I turned to the other man, who was reaching for his sword, but I uppercut his chin, knocking him out.
"Alright, if these are the bandits, they must know where the rest are."
I looked at both bandits, who were unconscious.
"I should've left one awake."
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I'll place the first question right away:
Should I have a Devil Fruit? They can be fruits that do not exist normally. Example: Ryu Ryu No Mi, Model: Nergigante
-Yes
-No
What you decide will be important for the future.