1 Beware the heat
(MC POV)
What is the coolest thing you can think of right now? Are you thinking about it? Well, this is not that. I never thought this would be possible, but here we are. I can't imagine that abducting me from my reality and sending me here is legal. Isn't there some form of Isekai Police or something? I want a refund!
"Hello? I would like to report a crime. I was abducted from my mediocre, boring, joyless, monotone life. FBI? Isekai Police? ROB? Anyone? Is there nothing that I can get from this affront?"
What will I do in this life? I am but a lowly ... what am I? Hmm, I'm wearing some sort of Japanese clothing, I guess? I'm not sure. It looks like I'm a child. I would say about 5 years old. Maybe a bit more, 6 or 7 maximum. I have nothing in this life. Who is to say that I'll even make it past the day? Please help me. I am but a weak child right now. I might have the mind of an adult, but I was stupid in my last life.
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It would seem my pathetic whining worked, because a small pitch-black crack opened before me and something came flying and hit me on the head, knocking me out.
- 15 min later -
"Urgh, what the f*ck was that?! Come on! Like seriously is that how you treat your victims? Am I but entertainment for you? I feel ... so used."
After another few minutes of being melodramatic, I look at the thing that hit my head. I feel something in my hand and open my palm. There I see a small ... potion? What is this? Harry Potter? Is this a Felix Felicis potion? Or is this ...
I lose myself in my dreams without even looking at the small sticker on the glass. When I come down from my delusions I finally notice the small note. There I can read a few letters. It says: 'S/P Creation'. Aha. Well, at least that's something. Now what could that mean? SCP? I think there is something like that. I was always more of an anime/manga type of guy.
Should I drink this? I mean it has to be good right? Why else did it hit me in the head? Eh, whatever.
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I take the cap off and drink the potion. Soon afterwards, I can feel a warm feeling in my stomach. It goes away after a few minutes. And as soon as the feeling goes, I understand what this was. It was one of the Meta Essences. This one in particular is the Skill/Power Creation Essence. Oh my, what a score! I can't believe this. I finally got something that excites me in my life and I had to die first to get it. Although I'm not sure whether I did die. I assume I did, otherwise it was indeed an abduction.
This wonderful Essence grants me some truly special abilities. Well, it's only one ability in general but abilities in the infinite sense would also make sense. Why? Because just like the name says, this Essence allows me to create skills or powers in exchange for Skill Points or (SP) for short. How this works is like this:
By consuming this essence you gain 1 skill point (SP) every second that I exist. This means since it has been 1 minute and 29 seconds, which is 89 seconds since I consumed the potion, I now have 89 Skill Points. These Skill points can be exchanged for different skills. The cool thing is that I don't only gain Skill Points passively, I also gain more by performing actions like combat, satisfying actions like eating, fulfilling my lusts, or feelings of any sort.
I can already see the amount of Skill Points increasing faster by the massive amounts of excitement I am feeling right now. How wonderful is that? I mean just imagine what I can do with this. The possibilities are limitless.
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Skills rank from D to C to B to A to S. The D-ranked skills are kind of useful in certain situations but still weak and the S-rank being an isekai- or essence-level cheat and the creation of such skills is priced accordingly. Just let that sink in for a moment. I mean if I collect enough Skill Points, I could create a skill that is equally as powerful as the Essence which I just consumed. I could get more Essences that way. But let's not get ahead of ourselves here. The price for an S-ranked skill is exorbitant, to say the least.
All created skills and powers will start at rank D. Using SP I can create, modify, upgrade, or merge skills and powers. I can let my imagination run free as long as I have enough SP for it. Now, I have to be clever here. I should first find out where I am. I mean in what world am I right now? Am I in an alternate version of Earth? Or am I in a fictional world, like the comics or anime/manga?
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I started to walk around the area to find out more about my situation. It was strange walking through such abandoned areas. I can see run-down buildings that need repairing, and homeless people that have an aura of danger around them. I can see the poverty that makes my stomach turn. There is a sense of hopelessness in the air and I am a bit intimidated. But I don't let this affect me. No matter what, even if I am in ancient Japan, I will still manage due to the Essence I got.
I can see an old man sitting on the porch of his small house. I approach him and then ask him the million-dollar question.
"Excuse me, sir. Would you mind telling me where we are?"
"Hm? You must be a new soul then. This, boy is the Rukongai district of Soul Society. Do you understand? You're dead boy. You died and are now in the Soul Society. That's where most souls go after they die."
"Rukongai? Oh no."
"That's right. This is the most dangerous place for a young soul to be, boy. So you either toughen up or leave here. Your choice."
"Ahahah, you wouldn't have something to eat now, would you? Or where I could get some food?"
"Food? You must be a promising soul if you can feel hunger. I don't have anything to eat, boy. But if you are looking for food, I guess you could always look for some fruits in the woods, but I wouldn't recommend it. The woods are often visited by Hollows and dangerous criminals. It's lawless out here."
"I see. Well thank you then.", I say and then leave the man. What a bundle of joy that was. I should do something about this hunger I am feeling right now. And also about the situation I find myself in. He said Soul Society and Rukongai District. That can only mean that I am in the world of Bleach. A dangerous world filled with Hollows, criminal Shinigami, Quincy that are led by a walking cheat and of course a monk that calls the bullshit.
Haaah, how troublesome. What to do, what to do?
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I make my way away from the few houses and sit under a tree to make some plans. I have no memories about who this body is. I can only assume that I reincarnated into a body that grew up here or I a my original soul that passed over and this is what I look like. I wonder. But no matter what, I will need to address the problem of this world right now.
Problem #1: Hunger
- Yes hunger will be a problem soon. I am obviously a stronger soul than normal and can feel hunger. This will be a problem because I am not yet strong enough or desperate enough to steal or kill for food. And I also don't ever want to do that. So the solution to this problem is my Essence. I could create a skill that helps me with my hunger. I was thinking about a self-sustenance skill.
- Right now it has been a bit more than two hours since I got the Essence. I have 7'848 SP and counting. The D-rank self-sustenance skill costs a whopping 20'000 SP. So in about 3 and a half hours, I can create that skill. If I had to create a scale where 0 is not hungry or thirsty in the slightest, and 10 is starving or dying of thirst, then I am at a 5 right now. So I still have some time left.
Problem #2: Strength
- I am not yet strong enough to really do anything. I am weak and that won't change unless I begin to train. I have the first skill in mind that I'll create as soon as all the other necessities are taken care of. And that skill is Haki.
- Why would I pick Haki as my first skill? Because Haki works very well together with another skill I have in mind. Not only that, but it also works well with the Essence I have. Remember that I also gain more by performing actions like combat, satisfying actions like eating, and fulfilling my lusts, or feelings of any sort. And Haki also grows through similar acts.
- That means that I can use Haki to fight powerful enemies, which in turn strengthens my Haki and gives me more Skill Points. The feeling of growing stronger through Haki will help me raise my SP much faster and I will also grow more powerful in this world.
- Another skill that I will buy right after Haki, is the ID-create/ID-escape from the webtoon 'The Gamer'. There is nothing quite like it. Why does this skill work well together with Haki? Because I will be able to fight monsters and other enemies for as long as I want. There is no need to kill other souls here in the Rukongai.
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I also have other plans to grow stronger. Especially concerning my limits. I am interested in creating a skill that allows me to push past or break my limits. A good skill is the 'Zenkai boost' from the Saiyens from Dragon Ball. Another idea is the adaptation of Mahoraga from JJK. Both of those are good and potential picks.
If I create the Zenkai skill, I will also have to create a healing/regeneration skill. Well, I should probably create that as soon as possible anyway. Regeneration is useful no matter what.
Apart from that, I will definitely create a few resistances in the future. Resistance to time manipulation and resistance to illusions. Those two will help me tremendously against the two big bad villains of the Bleach story. I might add more resistances in the future but that comes later.
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Problem #3: Orientation
- I have no idea where I am or when in the story I am. Maybe the story is already finished, or maybe I am thousands of years before the story even starts. So to change that I will create a skill called Watch and a Map skill. These two will help me orient myself, not only in the Soul Society but also in Hueco Mundo and the World of the Living.
Problem #4: Fighting prowess
- Even if I create the skill Haki and the Instant dungeon skill, it won't change the fact, that I have absolutely no idea how to fight. I will have to change that. I will first make sure whether the Shin'o Academy already exists, which would then give me a time frame, or whether I will have to learn everything by myself.
- And should I have to learn things by myself, I have two swordsmen in mind who will help me grow stronger. Since I will get Haki first, I will get the fighting experience of Gol D. Roger and Dracule Mihawk. I chose these two because they both have powerful Haki and are swordsmen. I will have to be specific and only use SP for their experience and not their powers, otherwise that would shoot the price into the millions or higher.
Well then, let me get to work.
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In case you haven't realised. The MC doesn't know he is Shigekuni Yamamoto yet. He has no family and no one knows him because he is a new soul. He will find out when he gets his Zanpakuto in the future.
