Chapter 33: Changes

Third Person's PoV:

Two hours later,

On a small caravel ship that had a sheep for it's figurehead, the atmosphere was kind of weird.

[Wake up, Host.]

A slightly less mechanical voice rang out inside the head of a certain sleeping man. Slowly, the man's eyelids twitched and soon, he abruptly sat up straight on the bed.

"Oww...my head...doesn't hurt?" Josh muttered to himself as his memory was slightly foggy.

Scratching the back of his head, Josh looked at his surrounding to find that he was in his room and on his bed.

'When did I...?'

"What happened?" He finally settled on the most important question.

[After the Host passed out from exhaustion, the rest of the crew carried Host back to the Merry Go where the Host slept for two hours.]

"Oh...so that's what happened. Say..what happe—wait! Who's there!?" Just as Josh was about to ask another question, he snapped out of his sleepy state and fiercely questioned.

He remembered that there was nobody around him when he checked his surrounding. So where did that voice come from?

[The Host's words truly hurt my feelings. Not only once, but the Host did not recognize the System twice!]

The feminine voice rang out again.

After calming himself down from the slight shock he received, Josh finally understood that it was just the System.

"Aw, sorry about that. I didn't recognize you because you stopped doing that annoying 'Ding!' thing. Besides, when have you ever spoke up on your own?" Josh said, his expression morphed into a sheepish one. The embarrassed smile turned into an indignant one as he thought, 'isn't that why I forgot you existed?'

[Thank you for noticing. The System was previously not allowed to speak up unless spoken to. Now, the System has finally leveled up!]

The System said excitedly. The fact that he could feel the emotions that came from the previously monotone voice of the System kind of freaked Josh out. If the System was previously just a robotic assistant, now it's comparable to a human with feelings.

"Wait..level up? Wouldn't that kind of thing usually be for the Host? Well whatever, what are the changes anyway? Aside from the obvious ones I mean." Josh asked with a straight face. Although his face didn't show any emotions, his heart felt slight elation from the news. Improvements in the System meant he can become even stronger.

[Previously, the System was restricted severely by this world, thus the system was only able to do a few things.

The changes implemented are as follows....the Status module has been upgraded, the restrictions of being unable to purchase the specialties of other worlds has been lifted slightly, and most importantly, the new module, Immunity, has been added.]

"Hmm? What's this immunity?" Josh asked in confusion and excitement. He obviously knew what the word means, but if it was really the way Josh imagines it to be, it'd be ridiculous even for an all powerful system. Josh just had to find out.

[If the Host will remember, the System's creator granted the Host with the ability to "adapt" to anything. This is the materialization of that ability.

Currently, the Host has gained two new immunities.

Immunity:

Poison: 0.00%

Disease: 0.00%

As the system levels up further in the future, more types of immunities will be implemented at random by the System.]

The slight feeling of hope that arose in Josh's heart exploded! Being able to be immune to poisons and diseases are tremendously insane abilities. He could even be immune to more things in the future!?

'Calm down...calm down...' Josh told himself repeatedly in his mind. His breathing became a bit erratic. After finally calming himself down once again, he inquired about the rest of the changes to which the system answered.

[Previously, the Host was restricted to purchasing things only from the world of One Piece and any other worlds he had been to. The only things the host could purchase are items that are deemed "normal" in that world.

The restriction has been lifted by 1 level. With a total of 10 levels, should the Host ever reach that stage, the Host would be able to purchase anything from any world without any restrictions with system points.

With the lifting of the restrictions at level 1, the Host is able to purchase Low level technology from any world. The standards for the purchase is set to be the Host's origin world.]

"I see...so that's how it is. I get all of that but what I don't understand is how the system leveled up." Josh said. This was the only thing that he couldn't figure out. Of course, that was due to the system notification coming after Josh passed out.

[Checking Host's completed missions. Processing...processing...processing...found!

Ding! The Host has completed a Hidden Mission.

Hidden Mission: Find out the Host's current limits in terms of power.

Rewards: System level up, 10,000,000 system points.]

"Oh! So that's what happened. Thank you, System. Can you show me the final change?" Josh's expression brighten and a genuine smile of happiness was pasted on his face.

[Sure. Showing the Host's current Status.

Status:

System Level: 1

Name: Josh ****

Age: 21

Vitality: 2,234

Strength: 1,786

Speed: 1,966

Dexterity: 1,256

Intelligence: 94

Luck: 8

Spirit: 5,440

Devil Fruit: Goro Goro no Mi

Skills:

Haki: Advanced

Cooking: Advanced

Melee Combat: Normal

Gunsmanship: Low

Immunity:

Water: 50.00% (A/N: Just means water won't affect him anymore as a devil fruit user. Not something like breathing underwater. If he reaches 100% he can breathe underwater.)

Poison: 0.00%

Disease: 0.00%

Equipment: Cloak of Levitation

System Points: 10,000,000

The system's ranking are as follows: Low, Normal, Intermediate, Advanced, Mastery, Godly, Divine.]

"You weren't kidding when you said there was a change...you even wiped the points I previously had..." Josh said helplessly. He didn't dwell on it too much as he still had a lot of points left.

With all of these new information now known to him, the journey for Josh just began.