A Gamer in One Piece Chapter 1: CH1 - Customization, an one piece fanfic

[Author Note: Please note that this is a Gamer story with an undetermined route as of now. Probably will follow the plot. If you don't like that, then feel free to read another story on this site.

I personally think that the way I've nerfed the gamer makes it more conducive towards writing a fun gamer story, without having a ridiculously fast power creep, or annoying me with lots of numbers and notifications, which is the problem in most gamer stories.

If you want a story with an OP protagonist from the start, and can somehow take on and rule the entire world in a few months of grinding, this may not be the story for you. There are dozens of gamer stories where the MC gets strong super-fast. Please read those instead.

This is also a multi-crossover story with different people from other anime/manga/video games and other stories showing up. If that bothers anyone, sorry in advance. If there's any anime/manga that you feel would be interesting to add in, let me know who and how you would do it. Maybe if it peaks my interest, I'll put it in.

This is also a slow burn sort of story. Plot progresses slowly. Strawhats probably won't appear for a while.

I would say that I'm sorry about all the changes that I'm continuously making, but I'm really not. I'm enjoying doing these changes. Will there be more in the future? Maybe. Sorry, not sorry.

The Tutorial is all caps. Get over it. I'm not rewriting it all]

Chapter 1

I have no idea what happened. Yesterday, I went to sleep in my bed, and when I woke up the next morning, I was in an unknown place in a white room with a blue screen in front of my eyes.

HELLO MR. KRISHNA KHANNA! CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR A TRANSMIGRATION EXPERIENCE TO THE ONE PIECE WORLD! TO HELP IMPROVE SURVIVAL ODDS, YOU HAVE BEEN GIFTED WITH A SYSTEM. WOULD YOU LIKE TO START THE TUTORIAL? YES/NO?

"Hello? Anyone there?" I shouted. No one responded. "If anyone is out there, please help me! I don't know what's going on!"

I yelled for help for a little while but nothing happened. I don't understand why this is happening, nor was I given any choice in the matter. No ROB or God appeared to explain anything to me. Only the appearance of a blue screen in a freakishly clean white room. I banged against the walls for a while too, but nothing happened. I have been effectively kidnapped and I didn't know why. I was ordinary, but was living an ordinary, happy life. I didn't want this.

I stared at the screen for a while to process that I was now going to the One Piece world. ALthough I disliked what was happening, I really liked that story.

While I go to live in the One Piece world, filled with happiness and tragedy, and most importantly mayhem? Does that mean I have a chance of joining the Straw Hat Pirates? Wait, do I even want to be a part of the main story? Those guys used to constantly do crazy things. Survival would be hard. Do I even want to be a pirate? Should I remain a normal independent person? Should I join the marines? No, the marines have some weird shit going on, with corruption, leadership problems, human experimentation, and other problems. I don't want to be a part of that cesspool.

I looked at the blue screen again. I was a gamer now. I can get stronger and do whatever I want, if I put my mind to it. I have all of the options in the world. Anyways, I don't have to make that decision now, but I definitely should start the tutorial. It's not like I have anywhere else to be or anyone that'll be coming to rescue me. So, I pressed yes.

YOU HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE TUTORIAL. INITIALIZING TUTORIAL…THE USER'S PATIENCE IS APPRECIATED…ACCESS GRANTED.

PLEASE CHOOSE USER GENDER? (MALE/FEMALE)

"Male." I wasn't about to change that. This ain't no gender bender.

ACKNOWLEDGED. THE NEXT STEP OF THE TUTORIAL IS DETERMINATION OF THE USER'S RACE. PEOPLE COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES IN THE ONE PIECE WORLD. SELECTION MAY DETERMINE WHERE IN THE WORLD THE USER BEGINS, WHEN THE USER ENTERS THE ONE PIECE WORLD, AND PERSONAL HISTORY OR BACKSTORY.

PLEASE NOTE THAT TRAIT SELECTION MAY BE RESTRICTED DUE TO RACE. PLEASE SELECT USER'S RACE FROM THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS:

Humans - The dominant race in the world, as they outnumber most other races, and are usually among the most technologically advanced and organized of the races. Most islands are inhabited by humans, even in the Grand Line, where most of the stronger races such as the fish-men and giants are found. Well rounded with no obvious deficits. Start out weak, but have potential.

No Positive Traits or Negative Traits

Able to select seven traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits faster than other races

Giants - Beings that vastly overshadow the other known races of the world in size. Generally unmatched strength and possess longer lifespans.

Giant's Strength - Possess the Massive strength of a Giant

Giant's Constitution - Can withstand damage and illnesses that would normally kill another race

Giant's Unity: Your fellow giants have your back, and you are part of a tightly knit community.

Giant's Charisma: You are very liked by all races

Giant's Agility - You move slower than normal due to your size and weight.

Giant's Weight - Require special transportation to travel the seas.

Giant's Size – Easy target for attacks, May cause collateral damage to allies. Much higher than normal Food intake.

Special Weapon and Armor Requirements – Require special size weapons and armor for use.

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits much slower than other races

Dwarves – An extremely small sentient race, possess great strength and speed, and are able to grow any plant. Also possess natural stealth and rarely seen when they don't want to be. Unfortunately to be extremely gullible and trusting, easily convinced to believe anyone, even if they are obviously lying.

Dwarves' Strength - Possess the incredible strength of a Dwarf

Dwarves' Agility - You move with the incredible speed of a dwarf

Dwarves' Stealth - Move unseen among the people

Dwarves' Size - You are tiny, and therefore require less space. You are a difficult target to hit.

Green Thumb - The innate ability to grow and cultivate plants

Gullible - easily convinced to believe anyone, even if they are obviously lying

Wanted: Dwarves are wanted by many as slaves for labor.

Special Weapon and Armor Requirements – Require special size weapons and armor for use.

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits slower than other races

Longarm Tribe – possess two elbow joints on each arm, which results in them having abnormally long arms and arm strength.

Long Arms - Extra long arms with an addition joint for greater strength and speed in the arms

Unusual Combat Method - Possess an unusual fighting style that others are not used to

Special Weapon and Armor Requirements – May require special size weapons and armor for use.

Longleg Antagonism – Unable to stop from attacking members of the Longleg race

Able to select three traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits at a normal speed

Longleg Tribe - race of very long-legged individuals and because of this, they are very tall and outsize the average human greatly. Possess extraordinary leg strength.

Long Legs- Extra long legs for greater strength and speed in the legs

Unusual Combat Method - Possess an unusual fighting style that others are not used to

Special Weapon and Armor Requirements – May Require special size weapons and armor for use.

Negative Trait: Longarm Antagonism - Unable to stop from attacking members of the Longarm race

Able to select three traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits at a normal speed

Snakeneck Tribe - humanoid individuals primarily distinguished by their extremely long necks that are longer than a normal human's, making them much taller than most humans. Most snake neck hybrids that have been shown have had very slender bodies that make them more closely resemble snakes.

Enhanced reflexes - Your reflexes and reaction speeds are faster than normal

Able to select six traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits faster than other races

Three-Eye Tribe - humanoid beings with three eyes and possess the ability to hear the Voice of all Things. Otherwise similar to humans. Desired by all powers on the continent.

True Awakening - Able to hear the Voice of all Things

Wanted – 1000 times more likely to be kidnapped and enslaved.

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits at a normal speed

Mink Tribe - humanoids with animal features (any animal). Far superior in strength to the ordinary human, and specific traits depend on the animal mix. Capable of channeling Electro. Possess their Sulong transformation on nights of the full moon. Strong stealth abilities.

Mink's Strength - Possess the enhanced strength of a Mink

Mink's Agility - You move with the enhanced speed and reflexes of a Mink

Mink's Stealth - Move unseen among the people

Mink's Constitution - Strong bodies with enhanced self-recovery abilities

Mink's Unity: Your fellow Minks are willing to die for their fellow people and country, and your instinct is to do the same.

Innate Electro - The ability to discharge electric shocks from the body

Sulong Transformation - Transformation that occurs when looking at the moon. Increased strength and speed. May lose your mind during transformation, and requires a lot of training suppress feral urges. After transforming, you are unable to move for two days and loss of some progress in all skills. Forcibly maintaining the transformation can lead to death.

Animal Instincts – Animal instincts are useful combat and other various things. On the other hand, what may help you, can also harm you. May listen to Instincts at inopportune times.

Socially Awkward – Your customs do not conform to a majority of the rest of the world. Leads to many embarrassing situations.

Heat Susceptibility - Much weaker in all aspects in warm climates. (Unable to generate Heat Resistance Skill)

Picky Diet – Does not eat any meat of animals with Fur

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits slower than other races

Fish-Men - More fish-like than merfolk, usually looking like a combination between a man and a fish or other aquatic creature, such as an octopus, manta ray, or sawshark; however, they still have legs. They also have gills between their shoulders and necks, sometimes covered by their clothing, as well as often having webbed hands. Depending on species, they may have multiple limbs. Noted to be ten times stronger than humans, and the ability to swim agilely through water and breathe underwater. Stronger in the water.

Fish-men's Innate Strength - Ten times stronger than the average human from birth

Sea Advantage - Strength and agility are greatly magnified when underwater

Amphibious - Able to live on land or breathe underwater. Possess both Gills and Lungs.

Fish-men's Fish Communication - Able talk to large sea creatures and obtain their help. Able to induce their primal fury. Does not include Sea Kings.

Fish-men Discrimination - Seen as an inferior race by Humans and not treated with equality.

Hunted – 100 times more likely to be hunted and sold into slavery

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits much slower than other races

Merfolk - upper half is that of a human while the lower half is that of a fish or other undersea creature. While mermen keep their tails intact their whole lives, mermaids' tails split when they turn 30, allowing them to walk on land more easily. Like the fish-men, they are based on the different fish of the sea. Possess the ability to talk to all sea creatures. Are much faster swimmers than Fish-men and also possess the ability to breathe underwater. Stronger in the water.

Merfolk's Innate Strength - Ten times stronger than the average human from birth

Sea Advantage - Strength and agility are greatly magnified when underwater. Merman are considered the fastest race underwater.

Amphibious - Able to live on land or breathe underwater. Possess both Gills and Lungs.

Sea Dwelling - Mermen, or Male Mermaids, are not able to split their tails. Therefore, they are unable to travel on land.

Merfolk Fish Communication - Able talk to fish and other larger sea creatures and obtain their help. Does not include Sea Kings.

Merfolk Discrimination - Seen as an inferior race by Humans and not treated with equality.

Hunted – 500 times more likely to be hunted and sold into slavery

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits slower than other races

Wotans - hybrid species between a giant and a fish-man. In comparison to full-blooded giants, Wotans are not as big, but they are still considered big by human standards. The Wotan's fish-man genes are also passed on to them. These genes grant them incredible strength and the ability to perform amazing feats underwater. They seem to have far fewer visible fish features than a full-blooded fish-man, such as gills and webbed hands.

Wotan's Strength - Possess the Massive strength of a Wotan

Wotan's Constitution - Can withstand damage and illnesses that would normally kill another race

Wotan's Charisma: You are very liked by all races

Wotan's Agility - You move slower than normal due to your size and weight.

Wotan's Weight - Require special transportation to travel the seas.

Wotan's Size – Easy target for attacks, May cause collateral damage to allies. Much higher than normal Food intake.

Special Weapon and Armor Requirements – Require special size weapons and armor for use.

Sea Advantage - Strength and agility are greatly magnified when underwater

Amphibious - Able to live on land or breathe underwater. Possess both Gills and Lungs.

Wotan's Fish Communication - Able talk to large sea creatures and obtain their help. Does not include Sea Kings.

Hunted – 800 times more likely to be hunted and sold into slavery

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Unable to earn Traits in the Future

Cyborgs - human or other life form that has been modified with machinery and metal for better functioning. These mechanical enhancements can include cybernetic replacements for missing organs or body parts, metal skin for extra protection, and weapons installed somewhere in the body.

Non-Human Parts – Tougher than the normal human body. Need to replace damaged parts. May be difficult to fix and replace parts alone. Gamer's Body skill will not regenerate non-biological parts.

Able to select five traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits at a normal speed

Modified Humans - Modified humans are normal humans with artificial enhancements made at a genetic level. Their external appearances remain identical to that of normal humans. Unfortunately, has the side effect of taking away all emotions.

Superhuman Strength - Enhanced Strength

Master Combatants - Born to be the perfect human warriors and are able to calculate the best route of action

Healing Factor - Increased regeneration from injuries and wounds

Exoskeleton - Secondary Hardened Skeleton for increased durability. If broken, requires a counter force to fix area.

Fearless - You are unable to feel any fear of injury or death

Emotionless – Unable to form Emotional Connections

Random Devil Fruit-like ability - Genetics were modified the same way a devil fruit works to provide an ability

Unable to select additional traits during the tutorial

Acquire Traits slower than other races

PLEASE CHOOSE USER PREFERENCE AT THIS TIME.

Wow! There are 13 races to choose from, and they are vastly different. I didn't expect to be able to choose what race I want to be. I look through them all and I try to think of everything I can remember about these races from what I remember from the story.

Right off the bat, I can cross stuff off my list.

I don't want to be a Cyborg, because I don't want to be part robot. Plus, parts will probably be an issue in terms of finding them and affording them. It's also probably difficult to obtain worthwhile technology with significant strength. I don't know much about it, and gamer's body wouldn't be able to heal the no-biological parts. That's one of the Gamer's most advantageous traits. Regeneration over time is super important. That would cripple one of my powers.

Modified human has a lot of cool things, but it also has a lot of bad things. The master combatant trait seems extremely useful for fighting. The Exoskeleton would be cool, but it doesn't fix itself. That random devil fruit ability is also pretty awesome. I remember the original Vinsmoke siblings also had some cool devil fruit like powers. On the other hand, the emotionless trait was pretty bad. I didn't want to be like those guys. It would make it into a problem to join a good crew like the Straw Hats. I'd only be able to join up with vicious crews, and I don't think I want that. Also, I think I would be forced to start as part of the Vinsmoke family or the World Government since they are among the few that are known to be able to manipulate the lineage factor. Those aren't people I would like to be with.

I'm taking giants off the list for one major reason. I would require a special ship if I want to travel. I wouldn't be able to travel with the strawhats or other crews easily. Probably couldn't even travel easily with the Marines. Might start in Elbaf, which is cool, but still. Life would probably be less adventurous than I would like, since giants are known to be the greatest protectors. Also, getting armor and weapons would be a bitch.

The Snakeneck clan doesn't have anything special over humans except the enhanced reflexes. Why would I choose this over human then? Also, that long neck seems like a huge weak point. This one is rejected.

Longarm and Longleg tribes seem kind of lame. They just don't interest me. I also don't want to be involved in that weird war of hate between races.

The Three-eyed tribe doesn't have anything useful except for the Voice of all Things, which is interesting as it is something the Pirate King Gol D. Roger had. On the other hand, I don't think it is necessary at all. Most people survive without it. Being a prime capture target for slavery and other unspeakable things isn't worth it, especially because all gamers start out weak. If I get caught right away, I'll be screwed. I also have no idea what my starting point will be. The description also says that I won't be able to get any additional traits at the tutorial. That's probably because of the Voice of all Things is an extremely useful ability. I don't know what traits are available, but they might be more useful.

Dwarves would have been decent if they didn't have that gullible trait. Their Strength, Speed and Dexterity are amazing. They are a powerful race. On top of which, they have natural stealth and are great at growing all plants. Their negative trait of gullible is a deal breaker though. I wouldn't want to fall for something that my enemies say, even when it's clear obvious it isn't true. I'm sure the system would force me to fall for stupid lies that no one would fall for. It would make it easy for people to control my actions. I'd probably end up believing everything Ussop says, which would be messed up. I cannot allow myself to be that trusting to random people, so that's rejected.

Merfolk is rejected because I would be limited to the sea. Mermen don't ever develop legs to travel on land. Wouldn't be a huge deal, but still. I don't want to be limited like that. They are pretty good otherwise.

I'm really mainly considering the Fish-men, Mink People, Wotans, and Humans.

I'm considering the Fish-men because they possess great survival abilities in the ocean. Their ability to breathe underwater perhaps being the most important. You know you won't drown. Escape is possible on the seas even if your ship is destroyed. Plus, they are stronger than humans. Additionally, gamer's body won't let me have a devil fruit anyways, so this is a decent second. On the other hand, fish-men are discriminated against the most out of all races. I'm not really sure why, because there are many different races that are different in the One Piece world. I believe this discrimination is also used to keep that race in check and prevent them from completely ruling the seas. Being wanted by slavers is another annoying thing. Also, they also apparently earn traits much slower than normal. I don't know what they are for, but I'm guessing they are something I would want.

Minks are also pretty awesome. They have strength, speed, strong bodies with a healing factor, awesome stealth, can generate electricity for use in combat, and have a powerful transformation. Minks are also a super united race, with strong bonds that extremely good care of each other. That sounds amazing. But, they have a number of annoying negative traits. They have a picky diet, are socially awkward, and animal instincts seem like a 50/50 thing. None of them are horrible, but they feel very inconvenient when put together. Additionally, the Mink race has a major weakness of heat susceptibility. There are ways to cover a weakness, but still. The powerful transformation also leads to a decrease in skill progress and a 2 day weakness. Of course, there's that decrease in trait acquisition.

Wotans are an amazing hybrid. You get the best of both worlds of giant and Fish-men. They have all of the strength of giants to a lesser degree with the underwater abilities of Fish-men. They were like a super power on the seas. They could travel on bigger ships too. The only thing that was stopping me from choosing this right away was that this race could never never earn traits. I'm not sure how useful they are, but based on the balancing of the races, traits must be very important.

Lastly, there is human which are the weakest, but have the option of choosing seven traits and are much faster gaining traits. As a result, it kind of feels like traits are equal to potential. Or something that can increase potential. Because all the races are "probably" balanced.

Honestly, knowing that I am a Gamer, I don't feel the need to choose any other race, because the system itself will make me stronger no matter what as long as I work hard. Rather than choose a race that might lead to a larger disadvantage with my when, where, and backstory, and permanently cripple me with negative traits, it's probably better to choose human. Low power initially for high growth potential later versus high power initially for decreased growth potential. I'm going to take that gamble. It doesn't hurt that humans basically rule the world, and it's easier to fit in.

"I choose Human."

ACKNOWLEDGED. HUMAN RACE SELECTED. PLEASE SELECT ORIGIN FROM THE FOLLOWING:

East Blue Dweller – Basic East Blue occupant with random background and location. Peaceful starting point. Associated starting bonuses provided.

North Blue Dweller – Basic North Blue occupant with random background and location. Wartorn starting point. Associated starting bonuses provided.

South Blue Dweller – Basic South Blue occupant with random background and location. Underworld starting point. Associated starting bonuses provided.

West Blue Dweller – Basic West Blue occupant with random background and location. Kingdom starting point. Associated starting bonuses provided.

Grand Line Dweller – Basic Grand Line occupant with random background and location. You have adapted to the unusual environment of the Grand Line and become tougher. Associated starting bonuses provided.

World Nobles (Celestial Dragons) – Human Royalty that commands the world. Possess influence and tremendous wealth to do as they please. Decrease in all skill gain by three times.

PLEASE STATE USER CHOICE AT THIS TIME.

So am I starting around the same at the Straw Hat Pirates? It doesn't say. If I do, I'll have more knowledge to decide things because I'll know general events.

I wouldn't want to be dropped off randomly on some island in the New World in the Grand Line. I'm not insane. It isn't worth jeopardizing my survival for a starting bonus.

The World Nobles sound like a bad place to be. Like it might be all fun and games in the beginning, but they've made an enemy out of basically everyone in existence. I don't want to have to worry about dying all the time in the future. The general trend seems to be towards deposing them. I suppose I could try to change that, but I don't want to be the crazy evil overlord that ruins everyone's life. Also that decrease in skill gain is crazy harsh.

I think if I'm in the East Blue, I'll have a greater chance of getting in contact with the Straw Hat Pirates sooner, unless it throws me into a different time period. I could also choose other routes, but this gave more options. Most importantly, East Blue was the weakest and safest of all the seas, and I have relative knowledge about what's around. The others have too many unknowns.

"East Blue Dweller, please."

A screen appeared with my current appearance.

ACKNOWLEDGED. OPTION TO CUSTOMIZE USER APPEARANCE AS YOU LIKE.

My height had been adjusted automatically by the system so it was more towards the average range of One Piece world's people. I tried to change it so I wasn't overweight anymore, but it wouldn't allow me to. I guess it was only going to allow cosmetic changes. I decided to tweak my facial structure a bit to make it more symmetrical and attractive. Other than that, I left everything else the same. No tattoos or weird gnarly scars for me.

ACKNOWLEDGED. INITIALIZING…COMPLETED. USER IS NOW ABLE TO ACCESS THE MENU. TO ACCESS, PLEASE STATE OR THINK "MENU".

When I thought "Menu", a blue screen came up.

MENU:

STATUS

TRAIT SHOP

INVENTORY

MISSIONS

THE TUTORIAL WILL FOCUS ON THE DIFFERENT PART OF THE MENU. THE USER MAY NOW ACCESS HIS CHARACTER SHEET. TO OPEN, PLEASE STATE OR THINK "STATUS".

When I pulled up my status, this is what came up.

Khanna Krishna

Race: Human

Title: East Blue Dweller

Traits:

None

Skills:

Gamer's Body (Level Max)

Grants a body that allows the Gamer to live life as like a game. Grants Regeneration of Health and Mana over time. All status effects are temporary. The Gamer is unable to gain any abilities from Devil Fruits.

"WHAT? I can't have any devil fruits? WHY?"

PROCESSING QUERY…GAMER'S BODY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DEVIL FRUITS. GAMER'S BODY TAKES PRECEDENCE.

Dammit. No wait, calm down. Even though I can't get any devil fruit powers, I'm still a gamer. I won't be weak if I work at it.

"Aren't I also supposed to have Gamer's Mind?"

PROCESSING QUERY…USER DOES NOT POSSESS THAT SKILL. USER ONLY RECEIVED A GAMER'S BODY.

Shit. This just keeps on getting worse. Gamer's Mind is a strong skill that kept Han Ji-Han sane throughout his adventures in the Abyss and prevented all mind altering effects. I'm not sure I have the ability to get through everything without it. Calm down, breathe, and move forward. No gamer's mind, devil fruits. I can still handle this.

I was quite surprised. This didn't look like how Han Ji-Han's screen looked like. It was very different. I already knew most of that already since I was in the middle of my character creation. Strangely enough, something very important seemed to be missing.

"Hey System? Where does it show my level and stats?"

PROCESSING QUERY…PLEASE NOTE THAT USER DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO LEVEL UP. USER ALSO DOES NOT HAVE STATS. THE SYSTEM IS BASED ON SKILLS.

"WHAT? Then how am I supposed to get stronger?"

PROCESSING QUERY…USER MUST USE HIS OWN EFFORT OBTAINING AND IMPROVING SKILLS TO INCREASE CHARACTER ABILITY OR ACQUIRE TRAITS THAT DO SO. QUEST REWARDS MAY ALSO AFFECT THE USER'S CHARACTER SHEET.

Son of a B-! Okay, things just became a lot more difficult without being able to level up or train/grind stats. Not sure if this can get any worse.

Dammit, nothing to do but to keep moving forward.

"Is there anything else that I can't do that I should know about right now?" Mind you, I was being sarcastic, but…

PROCESSING QUERY…LIST ESTABLISHED.

USER DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO "LEVEL UP".

THERE ARE NO STATS TO TRAIN.

USER IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH DEVIL FRUITS.

THERE IS NO "GAMER'S MIND" ABILITY.

ALL STAT GAINS ARE ACQUIRED THROUGH OBTAINING AND IMPROVING SKILLS.

THE WORLD DOES NOT WORK ON GAME MECHANICS LIKE THE USER

NO "OBSERVE ABILITY" EXISTS FOR USER TO PERUSE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD.

ENEMIES DO NOT DROP "LOOT".

ITEMS, ARMOR AND WEAPONS DO NOT HAVE STRENGTH OR SKILL MODIFIERS ON SYSTEM.

THERE IS NO EQUIP SYSTEM.

USER DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO "PARTY" WITH ANYONE TO EXPOSE THEM TO THE SYSTEM.

THERE IS NO "ID CREATE" SKILL TO FIGHT AND FARM ENEMIES.

THERE IS NO "REPUTATION SYSTEM" THAT INFLUENCES THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU.

THERE ARE NO "SKILL BOOKS" AVAILABLE TO LEARN SKILLS INSTANTLY. USER MUST LEARN THEM MANUALLY.

USER DOES NOT HAVE AN "OPTIONS MENU" TO CHANGE ANY SETTINGS SUCH AS DIFFICULTY.

USER DOES NOT HAVE A SYSTEM MARKETPLACE TO PURCHASE ANY ITEMS, SKILLS, OR BLOODLINES WITH MONEY.

DEATH IS PERMANENT

No party system, no observation skill, no loot, and no marketplace. Any one of those other races would have provided a significant power boost, in exchange for some of my future potential. If I had known the negatives of the system, like no level ups or loot, before I had to choose my race, I probably wouldn't have gone with Human. Like a Fish-men or Wotan would have allowed me to live comfortably and explore without any problems in exchange for some future potential.

"System, can I change my race to something else?"

PROCESSING QUERY...DENIED. PREVIOUS SELECTIONS ARE UNABLE TO BE CHANGED.

Damn. This system is much weaker compared to the original version of the system that Han Ji-Han had. Basically, the One Piece World will be like real life, except I can see my own skill progress.

CONTINUING TUTORIAL… PLEASE STATE OR THINK "INVENTORY".

Oh thank god. I opened my inventory to see that there appeared to be a large number of empty boxes.

USER HAS ONE HUNDRED INVENTORY SLOTS THAT CAN BE STACKED INDEFINITELY WITH THE SAME OBJECT.

Finally, something that can be helpful on this journey.

CONTINUING TUTORIAL… PLEASE STATE OR THINK "MISSIONS".

I opened up the missions tab, and there is a mission to complete the tutorial.

MISSIONS MAY APPEAR AT ANY TIME. MISSIONS MAY BE ISSUED AT ANY TIME AND MAY PROVIDE LUCRATIVE REWARDS. ALL MISSIONS ARE OPTIONAL, USEFUL TO THE USER, POSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH, AND THERE ARE NO PENALTIES FOR FAILURE.

Well, at least that is something. If missions were going to be mandatory and failure conditions, I might as well shoot myself in the head now and save others the trouble. Thankfully, I wasn't completely backed into a corner.

CONTINUING TUTORIAL… PLEASE STATE OR THINK "TRAITS".

When the shop appeared, it gave me a long list that I could scroll through.

IN GENERAL, TRAITS CAN IMPROVE THE USER'S POWER OR INCREASE THE USER'S POTENTIAL IN A SPECIFIC AREA. TRAITS MAY HAVE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS THAT CAN AFFECT THE USER. TRAITS MAY BE ACQUIRED BY COMPLETING MISSIONS. PLEASE CHOOSE WISELY, AS TRAITS ARE PERMANENT ONCE IN EFFECT AND UNABLE TO BE REMOVED.

So any traits that I choose are permanent? I definitely need to be very careful when selecting things.

USER SELECTED HUMAN RACE…PROCESSING…USER HAS COMPLETE ACCESS TO ALL TRAITS OTHER THAN RACE SPECIFIC ONES. USER IS ALLOWED TO CHOOSE ANY SEVEN TRAITS DUE TO CHOOSING HUMAN RACE. PLEASE SCROLL THROUGH THE TRAIT LIST AND SELECT YOUR CHOICES.

Wow, at least I'm not completely screwed here by choosing the human race. A menu popped up in front of me. There were many Traits up for selection. Some of them were upgradeable attribute based traits.

Powerful (Level 1) – User's Strength is increased by 5%

Resilient (Level 1) – User's Constitution is increased by 5%

Swift (Level 1) – User's Agility is increased by 5%

Nimble (Level 1) – User's Dexterity is increased by 5%

Intellectual (Level 1) – User's Intelligence is increased by 5%

Sagacious (Level 1) – User's Wisdom is increased by 5%

Charming (Level 1) – User's Charisma is increased by 5%

Intuitive (Level 1) – User's Perception is increased by 5%

Resolve (Level 1) – User's Willpower is increased by 5%

It appeared that I'd be able to get more traits in the future and upgrade them over time. Eventually maxing all of these would be useful.

There was also a section of traits that were similar to the Straw Hat's professions.

Brawler – All Free Style Fighting skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Swordsman – All Sword based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Navigator – All Navigation based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Thief – All Thief based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Cook – All Cooking based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Sniper – All Shooting based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Doctor – All Healing based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Archeologist – Understanding of History and Lore grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Carpenter – All Carpentry based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Mechanic – All Mechanic based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Musician – All Music based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Although they weren't upgradeable, they were powerful. It was possible to pick more than one profession trait, but the decreased skill growth for all other skills would stack, quickly making it impossible to learn any skills at all. There were also many other profession based traits as well. These are just a few of them.

Pirate – All Pirate based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Marine – All Marine based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Bounty Hunter – All Bounty Hunter based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Martial Artist – All martial arts based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

Assassin – All Assassination based skills grow five times faster. All other skills grow three times slower.

All Rounder – All skills grow twice as fast, all physical ability is halved.

…

It was interesting to know that there were a lot of different professions out there. I don't plan on choosing any profession based traits. I don't know which direction my overall build is going to go towards. I don't know what interests me and what direction I wish to go. Maybe I won't even take any sort of general path, but be an all-rounder like most gamers. I also don't want to take on any negative modifiers for all skills for just a single set of skills. The system refuses to allow any changes to prior selections, so now that I'm stuck with being human, making choices that reduce my potential in any way doesn't feel like the smart choice. One of the advantages of being a gamer is the ability to do almost anything. I'm skipping these for now.

There were another couple of interesting traits.

Genius - Greatly reduces requirements to learn new skills. Unable to coexist with certain special abilities.

Haki Prodigy – All Haki based skills grow faster when seriously battling against another Haki User. Unable to coexist with certain special abilities.

Resistance Body – Allows for the generation of Damage Mitigation Skills. Unable to coexist with certain special abilities.

Martial Talent - Able to learn new Martial Arts easily. Martial Arts Skills improve quickly. Unable to coexist with special abilities.

Magical Talent - Possess the ability to Cast Magic. Allow for the generation of magic skills. Unable to coexist with special abilities.

Demon Touched - Connection forged to the Hell Plane and allows for the generation of Demonic Skills. Unable to Coexist with Touched by an Angel.

Touched by an Angel - Connection forged to the Divine Plane and allows for the generation of Holy Skills. Unable to Coexist with Demon Touched.

Crafter - All production based skills improve at a rapid pace

Healing Factor (Special Ability) - High Speed regeneration and upkeep of Good Health. Unable to coexist with Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Super Strength (Special Ability) - Strength of a Giant. Unable to coexist with Genius, Haki Prodigy, Resistance Body, Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Energy based abilities will become impossible. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Super Speed (Special Ability) - High speed movement. Unable to coexist with Genius, Haki Prodigy, Resistance Body, Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Energy based abilities will become Gamer ability as a result.

Super Intelligence (Special Ability) - Greatly enhanced intelligence. Unable to coexist with Genius, Haki Prodigy, Resistance Body, Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Energy based abilities will become impossible. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Duplicator (Special Ability) - Able to generate Identical Duplicates of yourself that have their own independent thoughts and feelings. Reabsorbing clones and their memories may cause memory problems. Unable to coexist with Genius, Haki Prodigy, Resistance Body, Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Energy based abilities will become impossible. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Mind Reading (Special Ability) - Able to read other people's thoughts and communicate through thoughts at will with no energy cost. Unable to coexist with Genius, Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Flight (Special Ability) - Able to fly freely without using any energy or stamina. Unable to coexist with Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Life Absorption (Special Ability) - Able to absorb Life energy from others by touch to supplement your own life force, and temporarily copy all of the opponent's abilities. Unable to coexist with Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Phasing (Special Ability) - Able to move through solid matter at no energy cost. Unable to coexist with Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

Shapeshifter (Special Ability) - Able to shapeshift into other people at no energy cost. Unable to coexist with Magical Talent, Martial Talent, or other special abilities. Loses Gamer ability as a result.

...

There were a plethora of unique abilities on the list. Many were already high on my list to obtain. The only problem was that taking certain abilities would remove the ability to have many others. I had to choose between them all to get the best combination.

There was another section of interesting traits that I didn't notice before. They were Special traits, and only available during the Tutorial. If was impossible to obtain them through any means later.

Pathfinder (Special) – Many Missions will be made available in each area without having to stumble upon them first.

Plot Seeking (Special) – You are drawn towards the main plot of the story. Missions related to the characters of the story tend to have higher rewards.

Early Riser (Special) – Your abilities increase much faster in the first six months.

Otherworldly Attraction (Special) – Your presence causes distortions to occur across the multiverse.

Helpful (Special) - You are twice as likely to uncover hidden missions.

Pacifist (Special) - Maintains an amicable relationship with all groups, if you don't take action against them.

Starting Island (Special) - Choose whatever island you would like to start at in the world

Nepotism (Special) - Born into a higher position in society. Starts out with a certain level of power and influence.

Mixed Blood (Special) - Able to be part human, part "another race"

….

These traits seemed to be pretty useful, and this was the only time I would ever be able to get them easily.

Firstly, professions were out. The negative modifiers were not worth it. Why waste a free trait on a weak trait?

I had to take Magical Talent so I could be more versatile. Magic was one of the gamer's ultimate strengths. Probably. It wasn't exactly natural in One Piece either, so I'm not sure I would be able to use and learn magic without the trait. Better safe than sorry with this system.

Of course, Martial talent was also pretty good, and in my opinion, necessary. Although it doesn't provide any immediate power ups like the special abilities, it made learning to fight and learn martial arts a lot easier.

Genius was a must to learn all sorts of skills. As the Gamer, Skills are the most important thing for improving my strength.

The Resistance Body trait was also incredibly important and would help me develop skills to mitigate damage.

Not connecting myself to angels or demons. I'm a Gamer. I don't need them.

When you look at the special abilities, they are reminiscent of Marvel Mutants. In exchange for immediate power of a single special ability, I would be cut off from having Magical Talent and the Gamer Ability! One is the only Trait that allows me to use magic skills. The Gamer ability was the strongest thing in my arsenal, however nerfed it might be. A skill system is still better than no system. I'm not sure what would be required for me to give that up willingly.

Healing factor seemed like another good one, as everyone wanted to be like Wolverine. However, as a gamer, I also had a certain level of regeneration of my own that would probably grow stronger as I grew stronger. Even if I lost a limb, it will come back eventually because I had a gamer's body. There was no need to go out of my way for that, and lose the Gamer ability.

Duplicator was actually a great ability. I had a hard time not choosing this ability. As a duplicator, I could have trained the same way Naruto did to make up for the lack of talent. It would have been a more potent shadow clone skill. It would have allowed me to train up different skills at the same time, and be everywhere at once. All I can say is that I didn't want to lose my Gamer system, and I really wanted to use magic, so I didn't choose this. It didn't help that I also wouldn't be able to take the Martial Talent, Genius, Haki Prodigy, or Resistance Body traits in the future. On one side, i would focus all my potential and power into one body. The other way was to make a large clone army to learn different skills like a normal person without a system. If I completely focused on offensive skills on top of that, I could probably use clones to take down my enemies, even if it required a kamikaze effort. At the end of the day, I chose to focus all of my strength into one place instead of using clones. After all, the duplicator ability has the main body as the weakness. If it goes down, all of the clones go down with it. All it takes is one lucky shot, or an intelligent and well-informed opponent.

Super strength or super speed were also great abilities for anyone who has watched Superman or the Flash. However, without the Resistance Body Trait, I could still be taken out using poison, logia type fruits, mental attacks, acid, or other unconventional methods. They weren't invincible.

Flight seemed like an ability that could be eventually reproduced with magic so I didn't bother with it.

Mind Reading was another great ability, that I had trouble not choosing. If you are able to pluck information as you please out of people's minds without them realizing a thing or you know all of your enemy's movements in advance, then you have a great advantage over people. Coupling that with Haki, and you have a powerful combo. I ended up not taking this because I feel like anyone who could read minds would be on the Marines must-obtain human list to be used to obtain information for them forever. They might even experiment on me, especially since it isn't a devil fruit ability like the Giro Giro No Mi. Also, I would lose the Gamer abilities, which didn't seem like it was worth it. Maybe I could learn it on my own later as a Gamer Skill. Who knows.

Phasing didn't seem like a necessary thing at all and Shapeshifting could probably be replaced by illusion magic in the future.

Life Absorption was just sucking the life out of people by touch. Even if it was to the level of Rogue's ability, and I could temporarily gain other people's strength, this ability was not worth the demerits. It would only provide me a temporary power up, which isn't good enough for me. Plus, if it was like Rogue's, I didn't want to go crazy from absorbing other people's memories. There were other abilities, but I wouldn't take any of them. And losing the Gamer ability for this was dumb.

Haki Prodigy was lower on the list because it was unnecessary at the moment compared to the others that I chose. Even in the Grand Line, Haki wasn't exactly a common thing. Only stronger people in the New World tended to have and use that power. This choice was a strategic one, based on my brains and not what I wanted. It wasn't necessary starting out. Also, I'm guessing that using Haki will have some sort of requirements on the body because I remember that a large amount of training was required to unlock it, especially with this system. Anything is possible, and I am more than willing to assume that the system will screw me over there too. On the other hand, taking Genius should be able to mitigate some of this. It's also likely that I would be able to learn haki, even without this trait. It would just be more difficult.

The last three choices seemed incredibly important as well. They were the Special traits of Pathfinder, Plot seeking, and Otherworldly Attraction. After I left the tutorial, I would never be able to gain these traits ever.

Pathfinder was an incredibly important skill. Having a list of missions that I could do in an area, without having to stumble upon them first saved a lot of time. In a world where strength is everything, time is more important than you would believe. Also, I might be able to shift things in my favor if I know the right people or learn the right information.

Plot seeking would put me into the thick of things and make it possible to rapidly improve my strength and gain better rewards. Also, it would make sure that it would put me near events I'm familiar with, instead of some random era in the past or future.

Otherworldly attraction...that one, I took a gamble on. It seemed like something that would shake things up in the original story, and possibly provide me with opportunities to improve my strength. Also, it's another trait that I wouldn't be able to get later.

Early riser was useless after a certain point. It only lasted six months.

Helpful was useful in discovering hidden missions, but only doubled my chance of stumbling on one. My original chances were probably already really low at around 1% to 5%, so a double chance wasn't worth using up a free trait.

Pacifist wasn't in the game, and I was likely to go against people after a certain point.

Nepotism wasn't necessary for someone with the gamer ability, and I didn't want to be placed automatically into a faction.

Mixed blood was interesting, and a chance to become half a race, but I went against it because I just didn't want to receive negative modifiers to my race, and reduce its potential.

Starting Island was interesting. I could just choose Raftel, or Laugh Tale. Not really sure what the actual name is of the final island. It would be worth it just to get the answer to the mystery that has been building up forever. But no, I wanted to enjoy the world too, and not be stuck on an island I probably wouldn't be able to escape after learning the truth. Who knows, I might just die the moment I step on that island. Regardless, this wasn't needed, since I chose the Plot Seeking Trait. I'm sure wherever I am placed, I'll encounter the main plot in east blue.

After going through everything. I chose Genius, Resistance Body, Martial Talent, Magical Talent, Path Finder, Plot Seeking, and Otherworldly attraction. I hope the Otherworldly Attraction Trait is just as useful as the Haki Prodigy trait, otherwise it'll be a complete waste.

TRAIT SELECTION IS COMPLETE. CONTINUING TUTORIAL…MENU TABS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. CONTINUING TUTORIAL…PLEASE CHOOSE YOUR CHOICE FOR NOTIFICATIONS: IMMEDIATE POP-UP MESSAGES, UNOBTRUSIVE POP-UP MESSAGES, OR POP-UP MESSAGES THAT CAN BE READ LATER IN A FOLDER.

I opted for the unobtrusive messages. I got to make sure to actually read those, otherwise I'll totally forget. If I do the immediate ones, it might obscure combat, and if I do the minimized ones, I might not notice important information until it's no longer useful. Better to keep the notifications coming to the side and peruse them at my own time.

UNOBTRUSIVE POP-UP MESSAGES SELECTED. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOTIFICATIONS WILL BE PAUSED DURING COMBAT, UNLESS THEY ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO MISSION INFORMATION AND UPDATES, IN WHICH CASE THEY WILL APPEAR IN THE CORNER OF YOUR VISION UNTIL YOU HAVE TIME TO VIEW THEM. PLEASE REVIEW YOUR CHARACTER SHEET.

My status popped up in front of me.

KHANNA KRISHNA

Race: Human

Titles: East Blue Dweller

TRAITS:

Genius - Greatly reduces requirements to learn new skills

Resistance Body – Allows for the generation of Damage Mitigation Skills.

Martial Talent - Born to do Martial Arts. Martial Arts Skills improve quickly.

Magical Talent - Born to Cast Magic. Allow for the generation of magic skills. Magic Skills improve quickly.

Pathfinder (Limited) – Many Missions will be made available in each area without having to stumble upon them first.

Plot Seeking (Limited) – You are drawn towards the main plot of the story. Missions related to the characters of the story tend to have higher rewards.

Otherworldly Attraction (Limited) – Your presence causes distortions to occur across the multiverse.

SKILLS:

Gamer's Body (Level Max)

Not bad! It feels like I made myself pretty awesome, regardless of how nerfed my system was.

TUTORIAL COMPLETE. MISSION COMPLETED…DISPENSING REWARD…TRANSPORTATION TO THE ONE PIECE WORLD. NOW ENDING TUTORIAL…A LAST REMINDER THAT THAT WHILE USER IS A GAMER, THE WORLD IS NOT A GAME. DEATH IS PERMANENT. SIGNING OUT AND TRANSPORTING USER TO THE ONE PIECE WORLD. 0%...10%...50%...100%. COMMENCING TRANSPORTATION IN 3, 2, 1.

'Oh Shit' was the only thing I could think of before I blacked out.