I never thought I'd actually get Pleasure Life.
I did consider just restoring the world, but when I thought about it calmly, restoring it alone would just repeat everything—war, starvation, nothing changing.
Yeah. I can't go through that hell again…
So I chose Pleasure Life. With its power, I could restore the world eventually. More importantly, my thinking was: If I get stronger and gain abilities, I can stop anything that happens.
And after spending so long in the bunker killing time, I'd binged every movie, drama, anime, manga, and novel I could get my hands on. I really wanted to visit those fascinating worlds.
And meet the beautiful heroines from those creations too~
After living as a virgin for 48 years, I was desperate to experience romance, even if just to spite that fact.
"Kuh~ I've been wanting to shout this~"
"Status Window."
[Park Tae-jin]
Strength: 4 Stamina: 5 Agility: 2 Intelligence: 2 Mana: 352
Abilities Held
[(EX) Pleasure Life][(EX) Kill Steal]
Status Effects
[Poisoned]
"That's a lot of mana."
Aqua said she'd convert the remaining power to mana, so that must be why.
"But poisoned?"
I clicked on Poisoned.
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(Radiation: 100% chance of death within 10 years)[Poisoned]
"Ah~ radiation…"
I'd been so happy about Aqua appearing and awakening Pleasure Life that I'd completely forgotten—the bunker was full of contaminated air.
"This is bad. If I stay here, the radiation will just keep building up."
I quickly clicked Pleasure Life.
[Pleasure Life]
-Work List-
-Random Draw-
-Body Enhancement-
-Ability Enhancement-
-Shop (Locked)-
(Points Held: 100)
(Awakening Event Gift)
[Top-tier Random Draw Free Coupon x10], [(SSS) Infinite Inventory] Granted
"Oh~ free draws, inventory! This is insane!"
"Then let's do the draws first."
I need to roll well here. Right now, aside from 'mana,' my physical stats are average, and I don't even have a way to attack. Without that, I can't properly use [EX Kill Steal].
I have to kill people with abilities to steal them, right?
And those kinds of people aren't weak…
So this draw decides my future. Whether I struggle like hell to get stronger, or get strong the easy way.
With trembling hands, I clicked the coupon.
-Random Devil Fruit (One Piece)
A random Devil Fruit appears.
-Delicious Pepperoni Pizza x100
Delicious.
-[(A) Pain Tolerance]
You can endure pain.
-[(S) Appraisal]
You can appraise targets.
-[Appearance Change Ticket] x1
You can change your appearance.
-A Certain Sorcerer's Hammer (Jujutsu Kaisen)
If the owner catches you, you might get hit in the head.
-[(B) Strong Mind]
Resists mental attacks.
-Delicious Cheeseburger x100
Delicious.
-[Penalty Removal Ticket] x1
Removes an item's penalty.
-[(A) Enma (Permanent Black Blade)] (One Piece)
Absorbs the user's power to increase cutting ability. Permanent black blade increases durability.
[Acquired items are automatically stored in inventory.]
"Did I roll well? Pizza and burgers feel like duds, and why did that hammer show up? Can I even use Enma? I don't have Armament Haki or Conqueror's Haki."
I pulled Enma from the inventory and debated whether to draw it from the sheath.
"If I mess up, am I just going to wither and die here?"
I fiddled with it, hesitated, then gave up on drawing it. I put it back in the inventory and took out the Random Devil Fruit.
"I need this one to be good…"
[Would you like to use the Random Devil Fruit?]
"Yeah."
The round fruit in my hand started to change.
"Please be a Logia~ Please be a Logia~ Please be a Logia~"
"..."
"Wait! This shape… no way…"
I felt the fruit, then hurriedly found a lighter and lit it.
It was pink and cylindrical. I know this fruit.
"Damn it! Kilo Kilo!"
"Hah… life really… Other Pleasure Life stories start with at least one Logia fruit, and I get this trash…"
The Kilo Kilo Fruit is used by the female villain Miss Valentine early in One Piece. Eating it lets you freely change your weight from 1kg to 10,000kg. All she did was reduce weight to ride the wind and fly, or increase weight midair for drop attacks. The superior version is the Ton Ton Fruit.
"Can't be helped. I don't have any attack methods, so I'll eat it for now. At least I can ride the wind to escape if I need to."
I attached the Penalty Removal Ticket to the Kilo Kilo Fruit and took a huge bite.
"Urgh… what is this taste…"
I forced it down as it tried to come back up my throat. My friends and I once jokingly bought surströmming online. The Devil Fruit was worse than that.
[(A) Kilo Kilo Fruit]
You can freely change your weight from 1kg to 10,000kg. You do not take impact damage from abilities of the Kilo Kilo Fruit.
"Ah~ so that's why Miss Valentine was fine after falling from so high!"
It was a shame I couldn't test the ability in the bunker, but since I was done with draws, I clicked the Appearance Change Ticket.
[Would you like to create it yourself? Or receive system assistance?]
I'm terrible at this, so I chose assistance.
"I'll take help."
[Please state your requirements.]
"Hmm… dark silver hair and gold eyes. Around 20 years old, decadent handsome look dripping with charm. Body should be 190cm tall, great proportions, fashion-model muscle, flawless skin, slightly paler than average."
[Understood. Would you like to preview?]
"Yeah."
A transparent blue screen appeared in front of me, showing a perfect nude male that exceeded my requests. No actor from any country or era could compare—overwhelming beauty.
"Whoa~ insane! Even as a guy, I'd fall for him? But…"
[Would you like to make changes?]
"Uh… make it bigger~"
The image's manhood got larger.
[Is this sufficient?]
"A bit more~ more~ more~ Perfect!"
Now I don't envy the sizes I only saw in Western porn.
[Would you like to apply?]
"Yes!"
My body grew taller. The loose jersey I was wearing tightened against me, and my pants rode up to my calves as my legs lengthened. It's pitch black right now so I can't see, but I must look ridiculous.
Now that I'm done, it's time to pick a work.
"Where should I go?"
First, I need to deal with the radiation problem. And since I still don't have attack methods, I should find a world where I can get stronger safely.
Work List
-Night Run
-Solo Leveling
-MCU
-Star Wars
-One Punch Man
-Beauty and the Beast
-KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!
-Return of the Blazing Blade
-Dragon Ball
-Tower of God
-Naruto
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"Night Run and One Punch Man are suicide runs, and Dragon Ball might be survivable early on, but later it's hopeless…"
I scanned the list, but there weren't many worlds that looked easy given my current situation. Even if I use the Kilo Kilo Fruit to drop from the sky, there are tons of worlds where they'd just go 'What?' and dodge it or counterattack. On the other hand, going to Snow White or The Little Mermaid wouldn't get me anything except points.
"Sigh~ can't be helped? Let's go to KonoSuba and grow safely."
In KonoSuba, the starting town Axel where the protagonist Kazuma arrives with Aqua is relatively peaceful and the townspeople are decent. And the biggest thing—Aqua lets you choose one cheat ability or weapon before you start. Of course, a demon general shows up later, or some weird machine fortress attacks, but well~ the protagonists will handle it, I figure.
"Ah~ right! I should bring stuff I can sell for money."
I went to the warehouse, grabbed a backpack, and stuffed it with clothes. I added the gold rings and necklaces I'd saved for emergencies. Just in case, I also packed toiletries like toothpaste and toothbrushes and stored them in the inventory.
In KonoSuba, fabric-weaving technology isn't developed, so modern clothes can sell for a high price. I plan to use that for startup funds. I'm not doing manual labor like Kazuma.
Then I clicked KonoSuba.
[Avatar will be created.]
1. Satou Kazuma
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Trait: All stats are low, but strangely only luck is high.
Start Point: Heaven's Room at the original story's start
2. Megumin
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Trait: Explosion magic addict
Start Point: Crimson Demon Village, 1 year before original story
3. Go directly.
Setting: Death by overwork
Start Point: Heaven's Room at the original story's start
(Point payment allows start point change)
"Why is option 2 even there? Anyway, 3! Go directly."