Chapter 3: Jack and System 2

[Shiva's Genes - Genes of the God of Destruction himself, also known as the God of Gods, this particular item shouldn't even be in the Shop, but a mere God wasn't enough to deter the supreme existence G. This item was supposed to be in its rightful place of SSR but since G was pissed off a little by him, he placed this item in the SR instead, just to spite him if he ever realizes. Also the rather informal way of gathering this gene caused certain abilities and the potency to dampen, so this doesn't really turn you into Shiva but rather a demi-god born from his genes]

"This is ridiculous, Shiva...as in THAT Shiva?! I'll take this! System!"

[SR Free Item Ticket used... obtained Shiva's Genes]

A golden potion appeared and replaced the silver tickets in my hands. It shone with brilliant luster, and it probably wasn't my imagination but it sparkles.

[Would you like to use Shiva's Genes?]

"Yes!"

[Performing gene fusion...using Shiva's Genes as the base...1%...2%...]

As the percentage slowly rose up, I felt my body feel woozy, it was the feeling of being slightly anemic. Due to the sudden dizziness, I sat back down at my head and to my surprise, I also started getting a fever much to my annoyance, I checked the clock quickly and saw the time was 7AM before I gave in to dizziness and closed my eyes.

*

[Gene fusion complete, race changed to Demi-God]

I slowly opened my eyes and groggily stood up, checking myself in the mirror for changes and to my surprise, there was none?

"Hey, I thought I have Shiva's Genes? Where's the waterfall hair?"

[The avatar is far more dominant in the side of physical appearance, resulting in no change aside from certain physical stats]

I licked my lips in excitement, contemplating on whether I should open the [General Information] screen or keep it a pleasant surprise later on.

Excitement won.

[Demi-God]

[Strength: 10]

[Agility: 10]

[Constitution: 10]

[Intelligence: 10]

"Uh... that's kind of lack luster"

I checked the blinking skill page and saw that a few skills were present.

[Chrono Burst - A subskill of Shiva's Kala form's Time Manipulation. Unlike the skill to literally control time indefinitely and freely, this skill allows the user to slow and accelerate time in short bursts, the skill can affect other things but usage on one's self is far more effective]

[Divine Body - Invulnerability to physical and magical damage that doesn't go past an equivalent to 30 Constitution, in other words attacks that aren't stronger than 30 constitution doesn't deal long lasting effects but it still hurts]

[Gaia's Blessings - Strengthens your link with the world itself due to having the blood of Shiva. Your natural regeneration in Earth increases and allows for understanding between you and anything that is within Gaia's grasp. Supernatural species of Earth such as Yokai and Mythical Beasts tend to like you more as a mother]

I stared at the skill Divine Body and an image of a man with red briefs outside and a large S in the chest shrugging off bullets came to mind. This made my mouth twitch a bit and I quietly promised myself to never be like that if I ever land on that man's universe.

"But still, how does the stats work? 30 Constitution doesn't seem all that good?"

At this point, I'm purposely asking myself so that the system will do it's Cortana equivalent of answering, I'm too shy to actually ask it.

[1 point in a stat is equal to x1 a normal humans capabilities. 30 Constitution would 30x tougher than a normal human, would you like a detailed explanation of stats?]

"Err, yes please?"

I glanced at the clock and saw that I passed out for 8 hours, making it 4PM and if I had classes then it was surely over by now.

"School won't do shit for me anyways..."

Soon, a screen appeared in front of me, it looks more like a terms and agreement page more than anything but I read it either way.

[Stats are the core of capabilities for the host aside from skills and weapons. Each stat corresponds to a certain aspect of being a being.

Strength - Rules over the power you have, this includes anything that requires power such as jumping high, punching power, slashing power, weightlifting power and anything associated with the word strength. A single stat point is equal to x1 a human's capabilities, at higher points, certain numbers of strength can grant additional skills.

Agility - Rules over the speed and dexterity you have, this includes flexibility, running speed, reflexes, reaction time, slashing speed, punching speed, accuracy and anything associated with the word agility plus more. A single point is equal to x1 a human's capabilities, at higher points, certain numbers of agility can grant additional skills.

Constitution - Rules over the endurance you have, this includes stamina, toughness, natural healing, defense, tenacity, resistance and anything associated with the word constitution plus more. A single point is equal to x1 a human's capabilities, at higher points, certain numbers of constitution can grant additional skills.

Intelligence - Rules over the mana and wisdom you have, this includes memory, magic, vision, wisdom, psychic abilities and anything associated with the word intelligence. A single point is equal to x1 a human's capabilities, at higher points, certain numbers of intelligence can grant additional skills.

Luck - Luck is a stat that is never modified nor seen. Luck is natural phenomenon that fate governs and only certain skills and certain items can affect it on the surface level. This stat affects countless factors and even G would not mindlessly edit true luck. The luck shown in many others games is an example of surface level luck because true luck breaches the territory of G and universal manipulation.]

"Huh, the Luck stat was a lie?! No! God, no! Please!"

My eyes went teary and I folded myself in between my bed and my sheets to cry. Luck being a lie is a big blow to my plans of walking and somehow coming across a Cthulhu ritual, how can I possibly meet a real life Vilgax if everything was a lie?!

"Uwaaaaaaaah! I can never see my tentacle brother! Doujinshi's are a lie! Tentacles don't exist!"

...

I stopped soon after. A lost cause isn't something to ponder upon, go pass the past and live the present...

"Boy, that 10 Intelligence is doing me wonders already in wisdom"

And then my attention was taken by a certain forgotten golden ticket bordering an actual gold bar. The SSR Random Item Ticket.

[Would you like to use the SSR Random Item Ticket?]

I gulped and with newfound confidence and nervousness, I said the words that would paint my journey...

"Boogey down"

A screen appeared in front of me, it was the shop but the window was in the SSR side, the difference between this ticket and the other was that an arrow appeared at a single item before going down, accelerating and looping, if any other players of a gacha games saw this, they would feel the shivers of having guranteed results and the feeling of knowing you'll get SOMETHING good either way.

Seconds became minutes, and minutes stayed into minutes as the quasi-gacha stopped and it showed me my results that stopped my lungs in–

[Gates of Babylon (Empty)]

Depression.