Recovery

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[Name: Bruce Banner

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Condition: dying, now in self-recovery.

Classes: Mage

Subclass: Nen Fighter

Ability: Shapeshifted Kiriko (E+), Regeneration Lizard (F), Night Vision Owl (G)]

"Bob, if we rely on the regeneration ability of this grade, how long will it take to heal me like before?" Bruce, who was leaning against the window, asked in a tired tone.

He tilted his head to the side, just in the direction his right shoulder was, because there was a humanoid projection very similar to him sitting casually.

While sitting, he swings his legs back and forth, just like a child in kindergarten.

[Sorry if this doesn't make you happy, boss, but if you rely on the lizard's regeneration ability, we'll need a pretty long time]

[A lizard can only grow a little meat on the tip of its tail within six days, isn't it natural that our recovery time would take longer than a lizard's? Who have bigger bodies and more complicated organs]

Mini Bruce, who has now resigned himself to his new name, answered seriously. He does not use the words of ridicule and jokes that are usually very often used by him because he knows that his boss is not in the mood to joke.

So, instead of looking for unnecessary problems and wasting time, Bob dutifully explained the conditions they were in at the moment. Do not exaggerate, and do not reduce the information contained therein.

Bob explains what is needed briefly, concisely, and clearly.

"Huh! Fucking lizard!"

"Now I hope she takes my request seriously because I need the abilities of the animal now," Bruce complained, reflexively hitting the wall beside where he was leaning.

*Bump*

Immediately, small cobweb-like cracks appeared on the wall, exactly where his fist landed.

Bruce pulled his hand back from inside the damaged wall, then turned his gaze on the floating screen in front of his face.

He put on a tired expression, exhaling deeply over and over again like an elderly man in his nineties. Frustration was very evident on his face as he pursed his lips discontentedly.

It's been three days, and all the time he lived a day of feeling full of frustration.

His health is slowly improving thanks to his incredible natural regeneration, coupled with his transformation into Hulk form, further increasing the speed of his physical recovery many times faster than normal humans. In just a few hours, all the wounds on his body healed without remaining, even the severe wounds on his legs.

But…

Even after relying on his inhuman regeneration, his legs, which had been crushed into dust, did not regenerate and grow back.

At that time, Bruce had mocked himself as having a disability, he dared to make fun of his fate because, at that time, he had not yet discovered this sad fact.

The insane regenerative abilities he boasted about did not work as well as he had hoped.

Now, after feeling what it's like to be a disabled person, his desire to collect unique and rare abilities is getting stronger and stronger over time.

When he was about to create his Hatsu, a statement came from within his mind: A powerful ability is an ability that allows its user to do what?

Maybe some people will answer simply, like controlling a fire or something. But not with him, controlling fire does sound amazing and awesome, might have had the potential to become a god, a god of fire.

However, every ability will have a weakness, right?

Fire will excel and dominate against something dry, like wood or other objects. But do not forget about the natural weakness of the fire element, which is water.

This weakness will follow any ability, even the strongest ones such as dark, light, space, time, and so on.

Therefore, he thought about the matter of Hatsu's creation very seriously. Bruce tried his best to find a way out of this problem until one day he found enlightenment.

One day, on a tiring and boring day, he was lazing like a cat. He was very bored because he did not have an exciting job to do, so he was looking for an activity that might entertain him.

While looking around for fun and reading some novels, he suddenly thought of a certain genre of novels from his former world, long before he transmigrated into Bruce Banner and started this chaos.

At that time, he was addicted to novels, often reading on websites that posted free novels. And among some of his favorite novels, there is one genre that he quite likes.

The genre is...

The Jack of all Trades.

A person who has no expertise in any one but rather has mastered all the fields that exist.

A Jack of all Trades will usually be weaker at the beginning of the story and suffer from some bullying if we take the reference to the novel. After going through such difficult and exhausting times, someone who has this title will soar high into the sky. It is difficult for others to understand, let alone defeat him.

The owners of such abilities are not experts in one area but rather in all available areas. These fields are very varied and diverse, ranging from magical to non-magical skills as well as doing things that are impossible for others to do.

So when a Master Jack of all Trades is cornered by the enemy, thanks to relying on the various secret abilities he possesses, he will have the opportunity to escape the clutches of death and change the course of the ongoing game suddenly. Because his enemies would never have thought that someone they were dealing with had so many hidden abilities.

When his brain was nostalgic for the genre of the novel, he felt a strong desire from the bottom of his heart.

He desires to have the ability, an ability that can be used to forcibly steal other people's abilities. His alter ego, who also did not want to be left behind, also expressed his idea to Bruce.

Bob chose a method that was more gentle and humane when compared to Bruce's idea. Because, in his opinion, excessive bloodshed is not necessary if it is not important.

They, two minds but in one body, argue like selfish lawyers.

Each of them believes that it is their opinion that is the most correct. As the negotiations reached a climax and heated up, Bruce and Bob finally came to terms with their stupidity.

They instinctively glanced at each other before laughing out loud simultaneously.

Bob wants the ability to buy other people's skills through a deal defined by a contract.

Then Bruce wants to have the ability to snatch the ability or skill of his target forcibly through physical touch.

These two ideas are rough but have the same goal, which is to collect as many abilities and skills from other people as possible if we don't think about what methods they use.

Bruce and Bob negotiate seriously.

They both think about the way out and look for solutions to be able to combine both ideas into a single whole.

After an exhausting and sweaty struggle. Finally, they created...

EXCEPTION.

The Exception is a unique Hatsu that allows its users to conduct trade transactions in a variety of different dimensions.

The owner of this ability, Bruce Banner, can use all the merchandise he has obtained as he pleases when combined with the system.

A mistake, something that should never have been made. Exception born after successfully swallowing and assimilating an almighty system. (Note: Hatsu will unlock its full potential as the number of trades made by the user increases.)

A Hatsu that is directly connected to a broken system belongs to Bruce so that the owner of the ability can combine the ability or skill with the system itself. (Note: The first level of Hatsu can only accommodate five abilities and skills simultaneously and cannot exceed the specified capacity.)

• Available capabilities:

1. Contract: allows the user to make a trade transaction with a second party.

2. Merchant Fury (locked): if a customer refuses to trade with the merchant twice, Bruce, as a merchant, can steal one ability or skill forcibly from his target. As a reward for doing this sinful thing, the user will be penalized in the form of a ban on the use of abilities for a predetermined time. A cooldown will apply according to the grade or rarity of an ability or skill stolen by the user. (Special note: if the customer is deliberately silent for a minute without a definite answer, then his silence will be counted as a refusal.)

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Iron Grade

- G (5 minutes)

- F (10 minutes)

- E (15 minutes)

- D (20 minutes)

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• Conditions that Bruce must meet before trading:

1. Bruce should look at his status screen for ten seconds, if it is not done, then the trade cannot be executed.

2. Bruce is obliged to cast a special spell on his target; Do you want to trade with me?

3. Bruce must explain what abilities or skills he wants to buy from his target.

4. Bruce had to explain the rules and also the consequences that might arise if their trade continued.

5. The customer is not under the influence of mind control when trading, otherwise, the trade will fail.

• Restrictions applied to Hatsu:

1. Hatsu can only be used on living beings.

2. Cannot buy an ability or skill with limited time.

3. Can't buy or steal someone else's Hatsu.

4. Cannot give abilities or skills to others without the approval of the second party.

5. Abilities and skills that fail to combine will be destroyed and disappear forever. In certain unique cases, the ability will return to the world it originally came from.

• An oath that binds users:

1. Bruce vows not to return to the Ancient Earth forever. If this oath is violated, then he will die most painfully.

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Footnotes:

1. You may be wondering why his legs haven't regenerated as usual, right? Do you still remember the massive Nerf he mentioned when creating Hatsu?

2. For those who haven't watched the Hunter x Hunter anime, you might be confused by the boundaries and vows, but please note that it is very important to do so because of his Hatsu. Exceptions cannot be created without enforcing various restrictions that bind them. If he had not created certain limitations, would Hatsu's creation have failed? No, but Hatsu's potential won't be as strong as what Bruce is aiming for.

3. The more demanding an oath a Nen user takes, the more powerful Hatsu's potential will be.