Choices

Climent: How about Naruto?

Jeff: No. Pick another.

Climent: I thought you said I had a choice!

Jeff: You do, just not Naruto. Out of the 174 editor souls we have, 37 of them are in Naruto. It does not need any more editing. We are prohibiting you from going there.

Climent: So no Naruto?

Jeff: NO!

Climent: Fine, are there any others I shouldn't go to?

Jeff: Not really, the runner up is Fairy Tail at 17 editors, but while we would prefer you don't go there, we will not prevent you from doing so.

Climent: Oh yeah! Do I get any cheats? Some wishes, a system, instant mastery, anything like that?

Jeff: Depends on what world you choose, some worlds are extremely harsh, we wouldn't want to reincarnate you 20 odd times before you get lucky enough to not get killed before learning to walk. Some worlds have better environments, while others have bad ones. We usually have recommendations for worlds based on our analysis from the tutorial world, but you are surprisingly neutral. You would be a good fit for around half the available worlds, most people only are good for 5-6.

Climent: Any examples?

Jeff: You are pretty loyal, so a world like Highschool DxD wouldn't work, as those almost always involve harems that grow to a ludicrous size.

Climent: How do you know this?

Jeff: In the tutorial world we evaluate you and come out with numbers that match your whole life. We get them from things like your IQ, your record when gambling and what percent of your wealth you donated to charity.

Climent: I guess that makes sense, so can I get a list?

Jeff: Sure, here are some that are in need of editing and would be a good fit.

Jeff hands Climent a packet of 3 sheets of paper, full with names. Climent recognises some, while other are completely unknown to him.

Climent: Any personal recommendations?

Jeff: I'd like it if you did the MCEU, that needs some work, it's had some interactions in its 'file folder' between universes, and its original backup copy has been changed, also you should be familiar with Earth, so it would be good for you to get used to this.

Climent: Sure, let's go with the MCEU. But before finalizing my decision, can I know what cheats I can get?

Jeff: There's always the option of a system, but that's kinda bullshit. I mean what kind of status can be depicted in terms of 3 stats? An accurate system would be talking about the tensile strength of your right femur, and the reaction time of your thoracic nerve, putting everything together in some stat call 'strength'.

Climent: You seem to dislike systems...

Jeff: Yes, yes I do. I'm the person who does most of the matinence on them, so when you read that someone had a 'system update' it means I had to screw with time, and take a few years to update the algorithms, do you have any idea how long I've spent on 'updating' these systems? In the end, I'll still have to update it about a year later, because they meet some guy that the system cannot properly judge. The only positive to any system is how we can assign missions, most of the missions from a system come from either the will of the system, or the host's subconscious, but we can also use them to chase down plot holes. Why else do you think some of the missions assigned are so random and arbitrary?

Climent: Damn, that's harsh. Is there any way to get the mission system without the rest?

Jeff: Yes, but without some 'Shop' or 'Gatcha' function we couldn't reward people who do boring missions like 'fix the economy of New York', or 'Explore the Azure Dragon Mountain Range'. They should be done to remove plot holes, but without a reward there's quite a lot of better things to do, like get a girlfriend, or go to an amusement park.

Climent: Then could I get a system that rewards me with objects? Such as in the MCEU, after I go and 'catalogue 500 different species of grass' I could be rewarded with a kilo of uru ore? Hell, you could screw with spacetime and give me a sharingan.

Jeff: That would work, but there's a fairly harsh power curve early on, ever since a guy decided his cheat would be to be born as the third son of the sage of six paths we've banned picking who you're parents are. Some people struggle getting started, so we generally like to give people something that will protect them early on, even if they were born into a pit of fire.

Climent: Then that's why you give people a 'starter pack'?

Jeff: Pretty much, if we didn't then we would have no clue how many times we would have to reincarnate someone, every time we send a person through the cycle we need permission from God, so even the smoothest reincarnations are a ton of paperwork. We also need to get any cheats approved alongside the reincarnation, so anything too overboard and you'll get nothing.

Climent: Well, am I allowed to put down, 'A mission system, and then improve my intelligence as much as possible'?

Jeff: You could, but just like almost everything else, there is a hard cap on thinking speed, we can only speed up the neurons so much, they already send signals pretty fast, the most we can do is increase it by around 2 magnitudes, after that a humans thinking speed cannot be improved.

Climent: Do you think 'as much as possible' will be more than 100 times faster?

Jeff: Fair enough, you'll get at max 70 times. Is that what you actually want me to put down?

Climent: Yes, I've talked about this enough, and I'm kinda looking forward to rebirth.

Jeff: Any last questions?

Climent: Nope, I think I've taken up more than enough of your time.

Jeff: Well, Good luck!

Climent begins disintegrating into a white light that gets channeled upwards, he could faintly make out a man collecting the light in one hand, before he lost any form of consciousness.