"Why are you back so soon?!"
"You didn't just bring back so useless junk, did you?"
"A single trip cost 2,000 euros! Don't disappoint , little guy!"
A flood of thoughts raced through David's mind.
In the dimly lit room, he could hear nothing but his own breathing and the faint hum of the city outside. His heartbeat quickened as anticipation mixed with unease.
Taking a deep breath, he summoned the ga interface in his mind.
The familiar "Traveling Frog" screen appeared before him. His little frog cub, having just returned from its trip, was calmly reading a book at its desk.
At the sa ti, David noticed an exclamation mark flashing in the [Travel Specialties] section.
With nervous excitent, he clicked on it.
A new item icon appeared in the once-empty [Specialties] grid. It looked like so kind of fruit.
"Is this...?"
David's pulse raced as he focused on the item's details. A description box popped up:
[Magnetic Fruit]
Origin:One Piece world
Type: Superhuman (Paracia) Devil Fruit
Abilities: Grants control over magnetism, electricity, and tallic objects. Allows the creation of a magnetic field, enabling tal manipulation.
Awakening Potential: Power scales with the user's strength and creativity.
System Adjustnt: So original drawbacks have been eliminated.
"No way! It's Eustass Kid's Magnet-Magnet Fruit!"
David almost leaped off the bed in excitent.
As a die-hard ani fan, he knew exactly what this ant.
Eustass Kid—one of the infamous Worst Generation captains in One Piece, alongside Luffy and Law—possessed this very fruit. When fully awakened, it allowed him to magnetize anything and form giant tal constructs.
And now, this power belonged to him.
In Night City, a place dominated by cyberware and high-tech weaponry... wouldn't this ability make him unstoppable?!
The system notification appeared again:
[Extract Specialty: Magnetic Fruit?]
David didn't hesitate for even a second.
"YES!"
The next mont, as if a 3D hologram had materialized in real life, a strange fruit ford in his hands.
It was covered in gray spiral patterns, resembling crackling lightning streaks, while a yellow vine curled around its surface like a magnetic coil.
David swallowed hard.
This wasn't just any fruit—it was the key to his survival in this brutal cyberpunk world.
He exhaled sharply.
Even if Devil Fruits were said to taste horrible, he didn't care. If it ant gaining power, he'd eat it in a heartbeat.
With no further hesitation, David took a huge bite.
...
"...Huh? It's actually... delicious?"
David blinked in confusion.
Wasn't a Devil Fruit supposed to taste like pure garbage?
Did the system remove that drawback too?
Shrugging, he finished the rest of the fruit.
The mont he swallowed the last bite, a powerful shockwave pulsed through his body.
His nerves tingled, a strange energy surged through his bloodstream, and an invisible force field seed to ripple from within him.
David could feel it—an unseen magnetic aura now surrounded his body.
He clenched his fists, feeling his senses heighten.
This power... It's real!
Suddenly, as if responding to his thoughts, his body lifted off the bed—floating weightlessly in the air like a piece of tal caught in a magnetic field.
"Holy shit! I can levitate?!"
Excitent surged through him. If he could control magnetism with precision, could he actually fly?
But before he could celebrate, a sudden wave of exhaustion hit him.
BOOM!
His body crashed back onto the bed.
"...Damn, I overdid it."
Clearly, using this power drained a lot of energy. His stomach, which had felt full from eating the fruit, suddenly growled with hunger.
"Looks like I still need food. The system didn't completely remove all drawbacks."
Even so, David wasn't discouraged.
If he could master this power, he would no longer be just a helpless native struggling to survive in Night City.
In fact, he started thinking of ways to fully develop the fruit's potential.
He grabbed a notebook and pen, then scribbled down ideas:
Electromagnetic Flight: Control magnetic fields to fly, just like Magneto.
Railgun Shots: Use magnetism to launch tal objects at supersonic speeds.
Force Field Creation: Generate an impenetrable magnetic barrier.
tal Manipulation: Shape tallic objects into weapons, armor, or even giant chs.
Electromagnetic Cloaking: Bend light around himself to beco invisible.
By the ti he finished, David had basically turned Magneto into a god-tier character in his notes.
He laughed at himself.
"Okay, maybe creating black holes and wormholes is a bit much... but hey, gotta dream big!"
Just then, his stomach growled again.
Right. Food.
He glanced at the vending machine near the door.
Every rental unit in this building had one, but they required credits to use. A glowing red ssage on the screen read: [Please insert paynt].
But David smirked.
"Electromagnetic locks, huh?"
He stretched out his hand and tapped the machine's screen.
Zzzzt!
A faint crackling sound filled the air as a blue spark jumped from his fingertip.
The red [Insert Paynt] ssage flickered. Then—
Ding!
It changed to [Transaction Approved].
"Success!"
He grabbed the food that popped out and ate it eagerly.
After finishing his al, David sat back, feeling more energized.
With his powers now awakened, he turned his attention back to the system interface.
He wanted to send his frog cub on another trip as soon as possible.
But when he checked the travel fee—
"WHAT?! 40,000 EUROS?!"
His jaw dropped.
The cost had increased twentyfold since the first trip!
He groaned.
"Of course! This system is just as greedy as the corporations in Night City!"
If he continued doing low-paying part-ti jobs, he'd never save up 40,000 euros.
He needed real money—and fast.
As he pondered his next move, his gaze drifted to the corner of the room.
A few small tallic chips lay scattered on the floor.
David picked one up and recognized it imdiately.
"These are cyberware chips from the gang prosthetics I stole last ti!"
Back then, he'd barely had the nerve to scavenge the bodies after a gang shootout. In his panic, he must have overlooked these chips when he sold the prosthetics.
Now, though...
A slow grin spread across his face.
"These should be worth a decent amount."
Pocketing the chips, he grabbed his jacket.
Ti to make so money.
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