1. Uh, what?

I woke up to a game like ding noise. For some reason I was laying down in the middle of a field. I put a hand on my head trying to clear my head to think.

For some reason I can't seem to remember any memory that is associated with myself. I mean I know my likes and stuff but personal history like my family, first love anything truly personal seems to be missing. I know about pop culture, normal life, science and all sorts of topics. I can even remember teachers names but if I think of my best friend or if I have siblings its a blank.

Opening my eyes for the first time, "Aahhh" I scream as before my face I see a semi-transparent blue screen in front of me saying

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You have just slept on the ground:

50% of your HP

50% of your SP

50% of your WP

Has been restored.

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Holy Shit. I am the Gamer. Capital g for a reason. Ok, I need to calm down. I know what to do now. "Status." The first screen disappears in an instant and a new one takes its place.

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Name: (Insert Here)

HP: 200/200 (Str×20=HP)

SP: 200/200 (End×20=SP)

WP: 200/200 (Wil×20=WP)

Str: 10

End:10

Dex: 10

Spe: 10

Wil: 10

Perks:

Gamer's Mind: [ You are immune to all attempts of mental coercion. Will suppress fear and other negative psychological effects.]

Gamer's Body: [ You possess the body of a game character. All damage against you will be converted to damage against your HP including the loss of limbs.]

Skills:

Observe: Lvl:MAX [ You can see the name HP, SP, and WP of people. You can see the Rarity and stats of any item.]

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Ok, so I don't have a name and my gamer interface is different from what I can remember. Like I have no MP and instead have WP which stands for Will Points. Looking over myself I appear to be about 5'10" and I'm wearing a black shirt, jeans, and steel toe boots. I don't know what my face or hair looks like but I'll worry about that later first I should think about my safety.

I look around the field and see monstrous trees. I don't think this is a forest I have been in a forest before this feels thicker and wilder. I think I'm in a clearing in a jungle. Oh, shit I need to find civilization. There could be tigers, pythons or hundreds of things that could kill me out here. Looking towards where the sun is rising I decide that direction must be west so I decide to head east, I figure I can walk with the sun at my back then walk in the direction of the sun after it passes overhead.

Since I choose a direction I decided to look around for a solid stick to defend my self finding one I check it out with observe.

[ A Solid Stick: An ordinary stick from a tree.

Str×2=Dmg

Crafting material: Common]

[ Beginner's Quest: Find Civilization

Find a town.

Find out where you are.

Rewards: Access to Inventory, Access to Shop, Access to the Map, Beginners Box, a tent, a sleeping bag, a machete, fire starter kit

Failure conditions: Dying before finding a town]

Cool my first quest for something I was planning to do anyway. Now that I have a direction I decide to move out. While jogging through the forest I start thinking of what name I should choose to go by. After maybe four hours the trees start to thin out and I can hear the ocean. Walking out of the trees I see a cliff and what could only be an ocean. The salty mist sprays me as I look out to see if I see any boats not seeing any I start jogging along the coast.

I end up jogging for another two hours and the sun has already passed over head so it must be sometime past noon now. eventually see some windmills in the distance so I start to speed up my steps. I come upon a road and continue running. Until finally I see a town but something is weird the whole town is wooden and looks like it might fit in the 1600's. I Keep sprinting until I'm out of breath but even then I keep jogging to the town.

* +1 End for pushing your limits and keep moving*

Awesome I can gain stat points through training and not just leveling up. Near the edge of the town not far from some docks I see a sign 'Party's Bar'. That's a weird name but whatever these people might be able to help me. Calming myself down I walk into the bar to see it looking like an old saloon in a movie.

"Hello, is anyone here?" I enquire.

"Just a second I'll be right with you." I here a woman say from the back.

Looking around I spot a mirror in the bar and get the first real look at myself since I woke up. I look like I could be around 16. I still have some of my baby fat in my cheeks. I have a pretty handsome face with almond shaped eyes and a good jawline. My hair is black and I have green eyes. I'm skinny but I'm not really in shape. I look like I weigh like 165 Lbs.

Eventually I hear a door swing open from my right looking over I'm pretty shocked as women dressed in an orange long sleeve shirt, yellow skirt and white apron comes out. The shocking thing though is the fact that her hair color is dark green. Looking around again it hits me Party's Bar is famous where I'm from it's where Luffy got his devil fruit. I'm in One Piece and I'm in Foosha Village.

*Ding Quest Complete*

*Rewards have been placed in the inventory*

"Hi, what can I help you with?" she asks with a smile on her face.

"Sorry, I was wondering if you could tell me what town I'm in? Or the date for that matter? I was shipwrecked and lost in the jungle for a few days before I found this city."

"Makinoooo! I want meat!" I hear an excited almost childlike male voice. before the swinging doors are slammed open. And in burst the main character him self Monkey D. Luffy. Before coming to stop on a seat one over from mine.

"Alright Luffy calm down. Just let me help this guy first he was shipwrecked and lost in the jungle for a while."

"Oh wow! You were really shipwrecked? That's got to suck. Shishishi." Luffy asks while leaning over to look at my face.

"Yeah it was crazy. A storm came out of nowhere and sunk the ship I was traveling on. I was recently orphaned, when my parents caught the pneumonia and passed away. So I decided to make everyday of my life an adventure. Now it looks like all my savings are gone. Now I'll just have to save up start over hahaha"

"Shishishi. Your a funny guy. I like you what's your name?" Luffy asked.

" Oh sorry. I'm Jonny D. Mercury." I decided on after thinking earlier.

* Ding Perk Acquired 'Will of D.' *

" Nice to meet you Jonny. And to answer your earlier questions with is Foosha Village of the Goa Kingdom and today is May 4th a day before Luffy here's Birthday." Makino replies pinching his cheeks.

"Yeah nice to meet you Jonny. I'm Luffy I'm gonna be King of the Pirates! Shishishi!" Luffy says with a huge smile

"The king of the pirates, huh? I bet that would be a pretty fun adventure. Hahaha." I laugh back at him.

"Hey are you laughing at my dream? Just cause your a bit older doesn't mean I can't beat you up." he says a bit seriously.

"No Luffy I wasn't laughing at your dream. I was laughing cause I was imagining how amazing your adventure to be pirate king would be. Actually Luffy how long until you set out to sea?"

"As soon as I turn 17." He says the smile back on his face.

"So two years and one day. How about I get you a meal Jonny? On the house." Makino asks.

"I wouldn't want to impose." I mutter

"Its no problem. You must be starving after your ordeal. It will be my welcome to town gift." She says with a smile.

"Luffy I have a proposition for you." I tell him.

"Uh propitisition?" He asks scratching his straw hat.

"No, Luffy it means a deal. You help me train when you can and when you head out sea I'll buy us a small ship with the money I save from working in the village. And I'll take the place as First Mate on your crew. It would be a dream come true to go on the greatest adventure in the world."

"Shishishi, I like you. Even though you look pretty wimpy your dream is pretty amazing. Alright I decided. I'll help you train sometimes and then when I turn 17 we will head out to sea to be pirates."Luffy says with a smile.

"Thanks Makino." Luffy and I say as she brings is plates of food out. Eating the delicious food I do a quick observe noticing that the food can heal my HP and SP depending on the quality of the material and the skill of the chef. As these are common materials made by an adept chef they will heal a few points of health with every dish on average giving +5 HP and SP. Then I do a quick observe of Luffy and Makino I see that she has 500 HP, so a Str of 25, where as Luffy has around 120,000 Hp which would mean he has 6000 Str if his HP is calculated the same as mine. It might be his devil fruit or maybe his weird body but his Str to HP modifier must be crazy to have so much health.

After a delicious meal I ask Makino about any Job openings she knows of so that I can make a living. She tells me that in the mayor's office/ Town Hall has a bulletin board with help wanted and also solo jobs for those willing. She tells me since it's already getting late that tonight I can sleep in the back room and she will introduce me to Mayor Wood Slap tomorrow.

She shows me the small room with a little bed and window in it telling me I can go ahead and go to sleep. Laying on the bed first thing I do is open my inventory. Rows of boxes pop up with only 4 boxes being filled one a tent, one a fire starting kit, one being a machete and the last being the Beginners box. Clicking the box it says

[ Would you like to open the Beginners Box?

Yes or No]

Clicking yes the text changes to say

[ Beginners Box opened you obtain:

1 Rare Sword Coupon

1 Rare Gun Coupon

Rokushiki Training Manual

Gravity Belt (×1-20g's)

1,000,000 Bellies]

All of these things were added to my inventory Clicking on the rare sword coupon it takes me to a page with every Grade sword In one piece the lowest level of sword that is still a meito(graded sword). Seeing all the different type of melee weapons I decided on a cool looking black bastard sword that was just jet black with a simple hand guard. Clicking on it I saw its stats

[ Ebony (Rare): A black bastard sword used by a knight during a great war. It is said to never dull or rust

(Str+Dex+Spd)×50=Base Attack * Damage varies depending on stance positioning, aim placement, target's strength and target's awareness of the attack. 0-100% of HP. *

Next I decided to look over the guns. Since I had a melee weapon I decided to choose a rifle with my gun coupon. looking over the rifles I eventually find one that I like an M1 Garand the only differences was that is had an under the barrel grip, each magazine could hold 60 bullets and it had a side switch from semi-auto to full auto. It came with 3 extra magazines and 3000 rounds of ammunition.

[ M1 Special (Rare): A rare rifle developed by Vegapunk himself. Due to cost of materials not many were made. Those found go for a higandh price on the black market. It can accurately shoot for up to a kilometer. *Damage varies depending on ammo, aim, shot placement, target's strength and target's awareness of the bullet. 0-100% of HP. *

Now that I did everything that I needed to I decided to try and get some sleep. After all I had to figure out how I'm going to live for the next two years.

After waking up I saw that is was 7 a.m. I took a quick shower in the bathroom after leaving the room Makino called me over. Telling me that we would meet the Mayor after breakfast. After eating she led me towards the center of the town located in the two main cross streets. One leading to the dock, holding anything dealing with ships and the local fishmart, it also happens to be along the road that Makino's Bar is on. The other holding the other major businesses of the town and the Mayor's office.

Walking into the office I saw an old short tan man wearing a bright yellow shirt, green shorts, sandals and a candy cane pinstripe hat.

"Hello, Makino, young man." He smiles at Makino and politely nods in my direction.

"Mayor, this young man, Jon was shipwrecked and lost in the jungle for a few weeks. He was hoping he could collect some of the tasks the villagers need done or anyone that needs a worker." Makino informed the mayor.

"Hmm, that is a disaster young man. we have a few tasks on the board and a few people have told me they were looking for some part time workers a bit ago. If you are interested I could tell you who asked what after you look over the tasks." He helpfully asked me.

" That would be amazing thank you. " I replied as I walked towards the bulletin board. I saw a few interesting requests. Like to kill a boar that is bothering a nearby farm for 100,000 bellies, to help fell 50 trees 5000 bellies for each tree felled, or finally an assortment of gathering missions for various plants medicinal and just rare inside the jungle they seemed like they would be useful to help me train to get stronger.

Turning to Wood Slap I asked who was looking for part time work. Of who he told me I was interested in was a restaurant was looking for someone to help the chef cook Monday and Tuesday day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for 1000 bellies an hour, a blacksmith looking for an assistant Wednesday and Thursday from 6 a.m. to noon for 1500 bellies an hour and I would help Makino Friday and Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight and Makino said she would provide me food for my stay on the island. He let me know that that he would talk with them and I could start next monday. Makino agreed I should take a week to get myself ready. Thanking them both I let them know I planned to camp near the jungle by the edge of town. I saw it was 8 a.m. as I left the office.

Leaving the town at a quick pace I eventually arrive at the edge of the jungle. I walk a bit closer towards the inlet and eventually I found a small pond about 3 kilometers away from the edge of the town. After taking all my stuff out of my inventory I decided to set my camp up. my tent was in between three trees facing the pond then. I gathered rocks to make a firepit. I placed them in a circle and gathered enough wood to feed a fire for a day with my machete.

I decided to put on my gravity belt and activate it to 1.2 and immediately felt my movements become a lot harder. I sat down and started looking through the Rokushiki manual it was mostly about different work outs that are used to train the necessary muscles to perform the moves. The ability that interested me most was only mentioned in passing but seimen kaisen was most useful thing mentioned by CP9. It is the starting point for tekkai, but it's true abilities far surpass the capabilities of tekkai and kami-e. It is the ability to free control everything about your body from its metabolism to controling your heart rate and blood pressure. you can do almost anything with this.

After reading through the book I decided to start working out as I wanted to start by raising my stats I started by sprinting around the pond. and when I was completely gassed I would jog for a little while till I got my second wind then I would sprint again. I ignorded every ding while I kept this up for 2 hours before falling down in front of my tent. Then I started on situps and when my stomach hurt I would roll over and do push ups. I managed to keep switching back and forth before my my body hurt too much and I had to turn off the gravity belt. I immediately felt better. Now that I'm exhausted beyond my usual limits I decided to try and meditate until I got a ding. I sat there in silence not thinking until

*Ding*

That's when I finally looked over my notifications and stat page.

[ +3 Spd for training sprinting

+6 End for pushing your body past its limits

+4 Str for training your body

+ 4 Wil for pushing your limits

New Skill Learned: Meditation ]

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Name: Jonathon D. Mercury

HP: 260/260 (Str×20=HP) 1% | per minute rec.

SP: 204/340 (End×20=SP) 1% | only while not

WP: 168/280 (Wil×20=WP) 1% | in combat

Str: 13

End:17

Dex: 10

Spe: 13

Wil: 14

Perks:

Gamer's Mind: [ You are immune to all attempts of mental coercion. Will suppress fear and other negative psychological effects. ]

Gamer's Body: [ You possess the body of a game character. All damage against you will be converted to damage against your HP including the loss of limbs. ]

Will of D: [ Those who possess a strong will can conquer all things, even gods. ]

Skills:

Observe: Lvl:MAX [ You can see the name, level. HP, SP, and WP of people. You can see the Rarity and stats of any item. ]

Meditation: Lvl:1 (16%) [ While meditating recover HP, SP and WP level% faster. ]

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Even though if it is around lunch time I noticed I wasn't hunger or thirsty so it is good to know I don't have to eat or drink.I should check sleep tonight. Turning my gravity belt to 1.05 I decided to meditate until my SP and WP were full it would only take about thirty minutes. After that was over I decided to take out my sword and try to gain a skill.

Walking up to a tree I got into a stance to perform a downward chops with my sword, then horizontal strikes, and finishing with diagonal strikes.

* Ding new skill learned Novice Swordmanship*

I ignore the sounds of the dings as focus on hitting the same spot, trying to keep my body in good form, all while regulating my breathing. After two hours my arms were tired and I was sweating. I took a break and caught my breath meditating. I stored my sword away and decided to increase my gravity to ×1.1. I got back to running for the next two hours. Before calling it a day with training I decide to try shooting. First I check my gun and see that it comes with a magazine full but a round not chambered. I load, make sure it's on semi-auto, and take off the safety. Aiming at a tree about 25 meters away. I look down the sights and aim at a specific branch.

*Bang*

I hit near where I was aiming but barely withing half a meter. Aiming again.

*Bang*

I hit much closer that time atleast.

*Bang*

* Ding New skill learned Novice Markmanship*

I decide to spend the next 20-30 minutes working through this magazine. It seemedThe dings are annoying but worth it.I finally looked over my gains and status page.

[ +5 Str

+ 4 End

+ 7 Dex

+ 4 Spd

+ 3 Wil

+3 Lvl Novice Swordsmanship

,+32 Lvl Novice Markmanship ]

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Name: Jonathon D. Mercury

HP: 360/360 (Str×20=HP) 1% | per minute rec.

SP: 231/420 (End×20=SP) 1% | only while not

WP: 184/340 (Wil×20=WP) 1% | in combat

Str: 18

End:21

Dex: 17

Spe: 17

Wil: 17

Perks:

Gamer's Mind: [ You are immune to all attempts of mental coercion. Will suppress fear and other negative psychological effects.]

Gamer's Body: [ You possess the body of a game character. All damage against you will be converted to damage against your HP including the loss of limbs.]

Will of D: [ Those who possess a strong will can conquer all things, even gods.]

Skills:

Observe: Lvl:MAX [ You can see the name, level. HP, SP, and WP of people. You can see the Rarity and stats of any item.]

Meditation: Lvl:1 (45%) [ While meditating recover HP, SP and WP level% faster.]

Novice Swordmanship: Lvl: 4 (72%) [ When you use a sword you gain Lvl/8% boost to Str, Dex,and Spd ]

Novice Markmanship: Lvl: 33 (21) [ When using a projectile weapon within 10m of you are Lvl% more likely to be able to track targets ]

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After that I ran back into town to enjoy a meal from Makino. That's when I noticed a barely patched whole next the door of Party's Bar.

" Makino are you alright? I noticed the hole in the wall." I callled. As I walked into the bar.

" Oh, Its nothing Luffy's Grandpa stopped by today to wish him a happy birthday and take with away for training. It looks like you won't be seeing him for a month."

After a delicious meal I thanked her and let her know exactly where I was camped in case she needed me.

After that all I did was grind including working the three jobs, taking on the various townspeople's requests, visit the town library, borrow books, learn to navigate, fixing the hole in the bar, pracricing hand to hand combat and working out all the time I could. While continuously increasing the the gravity slowly but surely until I managed to hit ×1.5 the normal gravity. I also bought a pair of revolvers for 2,000,00 bellies from the shop. They each were uncommon items.

[ 6 Shooter Revolver (Uncommon): It is a pretty uncommon handgun that can shoot accurately within 35 meters ]

Thanks to my hard work and dedication I managed to save up 820,450 bellies so adding to my Beginners Box money I now had 1,820,450 bellies. I also managed to learn a few skills that should prove useful. Tomorrow Luffy and his Grandpa should be back.

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Name: Jonathon D. Mercury

HP: 960/960 (Str×20=HP) 1% | per minute rec.

SP: 1040/1040 (End×20=SP) 1% | only while not

WP: 1100/1100 (Wil×20=WP) 1% | in combat

Str: 48

End: 52

Dex: 50

Spe: 49

Wil: 55

Perks:

Gamer's Mind: [ You are immune to all attempts of mental coercion. Will suppress fear and other negative psychological effects.]

Gamer's Body: [ You possess the body of a game character. All damage against you will be converted to damage a

gainst your HP including the loss of limbs.]

Will of D: [ Those who possess a strong will can conquer all things, even gods.]

Skills:

Observe: Lvl:MAX [ You can see the name, level. HP, SP, and WP of people. You can see the Rarity and stats of any item.]

Meditation: Lvl: 9 (98%) [ While meditating recover HP, SP and WP level% faster.]

Novice fighter: Lvl: 59 (42%) [ When fighting you gain Lvl/8% boost to Str, Dex and Spd]

Novice Swordmanship: Lvl: 92 (7%) [ When you use a sword you gain Lvl/8% boost to Str, Dex, and Spd ]

Adept Markmanship: Lvl: 6 (6%) [ When using a projectile weapon within 100m of you are Lvl% more likely to be able to track targets visually. Able to track targets visually within 10m 100%]

Apprentice Carpentry: Lvl 44 (68%) [ When using carpentry skills you work lvl/2% more efficiently. ]

Navigation: Lvl 78 (11%) [ Using the stars and other astrological events you can tell where you are and which direction you need to head. Lvl% likelihood to be able to accurately read a map with the proper tools]

Apprentice Cook: Lvl 39 (23%) [ When cooking you are able to extract nutrients and refine flavors lvl/2% more efficiently.

Apprentice Blacksmith Lvl 52 (7%) ] When using blacksmithing skills you work lvl/2% more efficiently. ]

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