Whew.
He had finally sold a Devil Fruit.
The beginner mission was complete at last.
Watching Deadpool's figure disappear into the distance, Rorschach could barely suppress the excitement surging through him. He immediately opened the system panel, unable to wait even a second longer.
What reward would the system give him this time?
"System, settle the beginner mission."
With anticipation boiling in his chest, Rorschach gave the command in his mind.
[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully sold one Devil Fruit and completed the beginner mission!]
The familiar synthesized voice rang out in his head at once.
[The Host may choose one lottery draw, or receive 500 Origin Points. Please make your selection.]
"System, what are Origin Points used for?"
Rorschach forcibly resisted the urge to pick the lottery immediately and asked first.
What if Origin Points were something amazing too?
[Answer: Origin Points can be used to accelerate Devil Fruit development.]
[Using the Slip-Slip Fruit the Host just sold as an example, only 100 Origin Points are needed to develop it to the level of its template character.]
"Template character?"
Rorschach raised a brow.
[This system uses the corresponding characters from the One Piece world as reference templates.]
Now he understood.
So that was what Origin Points were.
And honestly, they were definitely a good thing.
The same Devil Fruit could produce completely different results in different hands. The deciding factor was always the user's level of development.
With Origin Points, even someone with no talent wouldn't need to worry.
But right now, Rorschach clearly had no use for them.
After all, to spend Origin Points, he first needed a Devil Fruit of his own.
"I choose the lottery."
He made his decision immediately.
[The Host has one lottery opportunity. Would you like to draw now?]
Was there even anything to hesitate about?
"Draw."
Rorschach answered without a second thought.
[Drawing reward…]
As the system prompt sounded, line after line of text began flashing before his eyes:
Dice-Dice Fruit, Bomb-Bomb Fruit, Sickle-Sickle Fruit, Bubble-Bubble Fruit, Shadow-Shadow Fruit, Tremor-Tremor Fruit…
So the system reward was actually a Devil Fruit.
Rorschach was both excited and nervous.
There was a saying in One Piece: there were no useless Devil Fruits, only useless users. A fruit's true strength depended on how well its user developed it.
But if he were being completely honest, Rorschach still believed Devil Fruits had clear ranks.
Could an ordinary Zoan fruit like the Ox-Ox Fruit or Dog-Dog Fruit really compare to a Logia?
Especially in the Marvel world, where Haki didn't exist.
A Logia user was naturally immune to almost all physical damage here.
That was just plain broken.
Rorschach was genuinely afraid he might draw some ordinary Zoan fruit.
If that happened, it would be a massive scam.
[Draw complete!]
After the names flashed for a while, the system suddenly stopped.
The rapidly changing text froze on a single result.
Rorschach only needed one look before his heart started pounding wildly.
The Glint-Glint Fruit!
[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained one Glint-Glint Fruit!]
As the system delivered the reward, a golden fruit covered in strange spiral patterns appeared right in front of him.
There was no doubt about it.
It was the Glint-Glint Fruit.
"The Glint-Glint Fruit… Even among Logias, this one ranks in the top three. I struck gold. No—I hit the jackpot!"
Staring at the fruit in front of him, Rorschach was so excited he was practically trembling.
Just thinking about Admiral Kizaru's overwhelming strength…
Just thinking about those absurdly cool techniques…
There was no way he could stay calm.
"The only question is whether Kizaru became that annoyingly sleazy because he ate the Glint-Glint Fruit."
His mood was so good he couldn't help joking a little. Then, without any hesitation, he picked up the fruit and bit down hard.
"Holy shit!"
"This is disgusting. Seriously fucking disgusting!"
Even though he already knew Devil Fruits tasted awful, Rorschach still hadn't expected it to be this bad.
The flavor was beyond words.
Even with mental preparation, he still nearly spat it out on the spot.
Thinking back to Deadpool eating an entire Slip-Slip Fruit whole, Rorschach couldn't help feeling genuine admiration.
Deadpool really was a warrior.
Gulp.
Grinding his teeth, he forced the revolting pulp down his throat.
And the moment he swallowed it, he felt a strange transformation ripple through his entire body.
An indescribable change.
He had become light.
Rorschach could feel it with absolute clarity.
"So this is what the Glint-Glint Fruit feels like…"
His face was filled with astonishment.
It was an experience unlike anything he had ever known before.
Then he slowly raised his right hand and extended a finger.
With a single thought, dazzling golden light gathered at his fingertip.
Then his mind moved again.
Chi!
A streak of golden light shot outward in an instant.
It blasted a hole straight into the road outside the shop.
"What the hell?!"
"What just happened?"
Several pedestrians nearby noticed something strange and started looking around in confusion.
But light moved too fast.
An ordinary person couldn't possibly catch a photon streaking past their eyes.
All they felt was a brief flash.
That was it.
They had no idea what had actually happened.
With another thought, Rorschach's entire body began transforming into a glowing golden figure as he entered elemental form.
In that state, all physical attacks became meaningless against him.
They might as well have been coming from another dimension.
They couldn't harm him in the slightest.
As for energy attacks…
That would depend on elemental compatibility. Only another natural force capable of countering photons could actually injure him.
Of course, things like magic and Infinity Stones were in a different category altogether.
But what era was Marvel in right now?
Iron Man hadn't even been born yet.
At this stage, there were basically no one who could truly threaten Rorschach.
Unfortunately, there was one problem.
He had only just eaten the Glint-Glint Fruit.
He hadn't had time to train with it yet.
He hadn't developed it yet.
His strength was still at a very basic level.
At the moment, all he could really do was fire simple light bullets and turn himself into light.
As for techniques like Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo Sword, Yata Mirror, or Yasakani no Magatama…
Rorschach still had a long road ahead of him.
[Next stage mission unlocked: Sell five Devil Fruits.]
[Stage reward: One lottery draw, or 1000 Origin Points.]
At that moment, the system prompt echoed through his mind once again.
"Five Devil Fruits… I've got a long way to go."
Just thinking about how hard it had already been to sell even one, Rorschach couldn't help sighing out loud.