Jack was excited to hear that, but he knew that despite being able to become stronger, it was complicated that he didn't know how the system worked, after all he could imagine all the powers of other superheroes from Marvel and DC and even other novels he read, but he didn't know how much it would cost.
[As a gift from the creators of the system, you get 1 million Fate Points and a big discount of Fate Points for the first powers you want to choose, you can choose a stronger power, or several more useful ones.]
"Can I summon other people or monsters from my imagination with fate points?"
[No, you cannot summon anyone using fate points, you can acquire the powers of whoever you want, but you cannot summon other characters or monsters, nor can you create a power that summons characters or monsters.]
Jack was saddened to learn this, if he could, he wanted to summon Superman or Saitama to help him defeat anyone who might attack this universe, but he couldn't do that.
"How much does it cost to have the power to go back in time?"
[I cannot say how much any power you can imagine costs, I can only say that it is much more than what you currently have.]
Jack was dismayed to hear this, he expected to say several powers that he knew would be impossible to have right now, but at the very least he wanted to know how much it would cost him so he could know how many fate points he would need to gain those powers.
At least he could have known that most of the strong powers he envisioned must be much more expensive than the rewind power that was even common in the Marvel universe.
"I wanted to have the power of Superman."
[You don't have enough Fate Points for this power.]
"I want to have super speed."
[This power is possible, but you will gain super speed only compatible with 1 million fate points, this may be several times slower than you are imagining.]
"What's the difference between the super speed I can have with 1 million points and the super speed the Flash has?"
[It can't be compared, with 1 million fate points you won't be able to surpass the speed of light.]
This left Jack discouraged, he couldn't even imagine how many billions of points he would need to have the maximum speed of the flash, so he could travel through several universes and even go back in time.
So he understood that it was no use having super strength either, after all, he would be much weaker than most of the heroes in this world with the super strength of 1 million points of fate.
Jack didn't even think about the teleportation skill, after all, he could learn it in the future when he went to Kamar-Taj, other useful skills that he imagined he could get in the future when he started to earn a lot of fate points.
Jack just got a little upset, but he knew that only with some training he could earn a lot of destiny points even without superpowers, after all, Black Widow and Hawkeye didn't have superpowers, and with training, they managed to join the avengers.
"Do you have any tips for me on how I can use my current fate points to have some power to protect myself?"
[Yes, this is a world where magic and superheroes exist in many places, mutants get their powers just by altering natural genes.]
[So I suggest you trade the powers you can receive with 1 million points for potential, if you unlock your body's potential, you can with training gain super speed and super strength and even learn magic.]
Jack felt happy for having the idea of asking for help from the system, just like the system said, this world was a place where with several factors a person could become a superhero, even without any superpower.
So if he had a great talent, he could become super strong just with basic training, so Jack decided to stop hesitating, after getting strong and having more fate points he could buy a useful stronger power.
"I want to buy with my Fate Points the unlimited potential to become a God with just physical training."
[You can buy unlimited physical potential for 700,000 Fate Points, but this potential is only related to physical, not related to magical potential, and not related to the potential of psychic powers.]
Jack understood what the system meant, he would become super talented in improving strength and speed, and stamina, but he wouldn't have the same talent for magic or other skills, but he was satisfied, he could buy unlimited potential for magic and other skills. things when I had more fate points.
"I want to buy unlimited potential for 700,000 Fate Points."
So Jack's body shone again in the dark alley where he was, Jack could feel that something in his body had changed, he didn't get stronger or faster, but he knew he had the potential to do so.
[You have successfully purchased unlimited potential, you can by doing physical exercises become stronger without limit, but whenever you become stronger, the training required to increase your strength and skill will increase.]
Jack was disheartened upon hearing this, he understood what it meant, when he became as strong as the Hulk, he would need to start lifting buildings a thousand times a day to get any strength boosts.
But that was good, Jack knew that when he became as strong as the Hulk, he wouldn't have many opponents that he needed to fear in this universe.
After getting this skill and spending almost all of the fate points, Jack started to think about what he could do, he had to start training to become stronger before he got involved with other heroes or villains.
Jack was happy that he currently lived in Boston, he didn't remember many stories where villains attacked Boston normally, he would just have to run away from thieves, assassins, and mutants that could attack him.