"We could sell him to some rich merchant for a few gold coins, once we reach a island."
Over the few days of travelling to a nearby auction site, Hydro gained a little bit weight and most of his injuries recovered, except for his unshaped broken nose and facial bones.
That was a permanent damage to his face.
Hydro was given a few days to rest and be in good shape for his auction, nobody would buy a slave who is malnurished and sick. Hence, he was given some time to recover.
Hydro layed flat out on his bumpy rag, staring towards the wooden ceiling. He was undergoing a thinking-state, he was surely not happy at the outcome of events.
He was reeking of a negative feeling and his facial expressions became bland, clearly showing signs of sadness. And suddenly!
[Trrringggg....]
[Conditions met, strong feelings of survival sensed....]
[One piece system activated]
[Hello there, Hydro, I am an AI system developed specifically for you and to help you survive]
At first, Hydro was shocked at the sudden appearance of a transparent screen. He looked around the small cabinet for any projector in place, he searched under his so called *mattress*, the creaks on the wall and even the oak ceiling, still no projector.
Hydro was bewildered at this but soon realised the situation. It was his long awaited reincarnation cheat system, one every reincarnator in a novel is presented with.
He even let out a uprubt smile, a smile that would be gorgeous if not for his swollen face.
"Yes!!!!" Hydro internally cried.
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[Your first obligation is to open the following gifts]
[1. A devil fruit specifically suited for you]
[2. A blood vial]
[3.Haki talent] The AI spoke in a... well robotic voice.
.....
As the AI continued to speak, it only added to Hydro's excitement, "A devil fruit?! and Haki talent?!!" He thought.
Hydro continued to open his gifts from the bottom up, starting from the haki talent.
Hydro thought of the third gift to present itself and it obeyed his intentions. A white light appeared out of the transparent screen, transforming into a rainbow coloured light injecting itself into Hydro's body.
As this process was going on, Hydro felt no change on his body. It was still battered with black marks across his body.
It would be weird if he suddenly gained power without any prior training.
Hydro went ahead and thought of the second gift unveiling itself, a similar white flash shone but this time appeared a blood vial.
Hydro continued to empty the vial into his dry mouth and as soon as he did a message popped up:
[Trrrinnng.... Blood vial comsumed]
[Bloodline changed from Hydro liquid to Hydro. D. liquid]
Hydro who wasn't expecting much from the blood vial became excited and overjoyed.
The D family were a group of special indivisuals who shared a connection with eachother even after they passed away. The concept wasn't even fully revealed when he was alive on Earth. Although those possessing the D name were a few special indivisuals.
And finally the last one, Hydro once again did the same process, but this time he was met with a problem.
[Alert, if you continue to eat the devil fruit, you will die]
Hydro was disturbed at this messsage, he wanted immense power, and that devil fruit could provide him with one. Seeing himself get declined from a devil fruit saddened him.
[Your stats are too low to consume the devil fruit, your body will not be able to handle the side effects and will perish]
Name: Hydro.D.Water
Age: 15
Race: Human
Agility: 2
Strength: 1.5
Defence: 1
Speed: 1
Haki: none
Devil fruit: none
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Hydro clicked his tongue in dissapointment but quickly got over this incident. He thought he just needed to train for a few months to be able to acquire the devil fruit.
"It's fine.... I can wait. In the mean time I can train my body."
With that Hydro turned his attention to working out. Although a day's worth of excercising would bring little to no physical improvement, over time it would be beneficial. And Hydro was going for the long run.
Hydro continued to do push ups, planks, pull up, jogging on the spot- all normal excercises. He continued this endevour till his mind and body gave out, and finally collapses on the floor.
He didn't mind sleeping on the rough floor, even if it meant getting a splinter stuck in his skin. His bed and the wooden floor weren't drastically different in quality- both being equally uncomfortable with the mattress lacking dirtmarks in comparison to the floor.
With that Hydro slept soundly, using the floor as a recharging mechanism, altough not a sanitary one, a recharging mechanism nonetheless.
Hydro continued his endevour of excercising for a couple of days, only stopping because they crew reached their location. This meant Hydro was going to be sold. Hydro was neither scared or happy, his new buyer might turn out to be more evil and menacing then the pirates but frankly Hydro didn't care. The past few days Hydro experienced more brutality than anyone would their entire life, although sad, this made Hydro stronger....Atleast mentally.