One Pice: A Game Blue System.

"Marie is doing just fine! Doctor was worried about nuthin'!" the farmer replies with giddiness. "I'm finally a daaaaaadddyyy!" he bellows to the world before sprinting back into town, presumably to his newly expanded family.

It's not too much longer that I've truly made it back to civilization myself. The whole town is abuzz with the news and many folks are out and about celebrating. A new birth seems to be the only exciting thing that can happen in this usually sleepy village and the people are always happy to commemorate the occasion. All I did was stroll down the main street on my way home and everyone was eager to greet me with a smile.

Rika, Baker's Daughter, Lv. 4

"Morning Jack! Isn't today just lovely?" A chestnut haired woman in an apron greets from an open window.

A roguish grin worms it's way onto my face. "Any day's lovely when you're smiling Rika."

The woman laughs off the weak flirtation with a warm smirk. "Careful Jack. A girl might actually think you're interested if you always carry on like that."

Saul, Retired Marine, Lv. 11

"Jack." A sour old man grunts from the rocking chair posted in front of his house.

"Saul." I reply with a simple head nod.

"Pleasant day." he mutters.

"Yes it is." I agree. The interesting thing I found about Saul was that even though he looked to be quite literally as old as dirt he was shockingly the third highest level on the island. In fact, when I first got here I'm pretty sure the old timer was actually Lv. 13. It's somewhat sad to see someones body slowly fall apart on them due to age but that thought is overshadowed by the realization that in his youth he was probably a terrifying figure.

I should probably ask him for some sea stories sometime before he leaves us for good.

Barker, Teenage Punk, Lv. 5

An annoyed sigh escapes me as I spot the town delinquent spray painting his personal symbol on the side of someones house. I know that later the mayors inevitably going to grab him by his ear and force him to clean it up like always but I can't stop myself from speaking out. "Barker! You know what I told you about marking other people's property! It's just rude. Plain and simple. This is strike two. I catch you again and there's going to be real consequences."

"Aw hell Jack. Ease up a little." The teenager whines, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly at being caught. "Besides. It's an improvement! This town is so dull! It needs a little more color."

I rolled my eyes and continued on my way despite the fact that internally I agreed. This town was kinda dull -current celebration notwithstanding-. But I don't consider that a bad thing! Dull was good. I like dull! Dull means stability. Dull means safety. And safety is paramount considering that when I first arrived in this world I was about as durable as the foil around a baked potato. Thankfully my stats had increased by leaps and bounds since then.

"[Status]." I murmur to the air.

Jack Parker, The Gamer, Lv. 15 Health: 580/580 Exp: 1360/1500 Money: 122,470 Beri STR: 86 VIT: 58 DEX: 43 INT: 28 WIS: 25 LUK: 14 Points to spend: 0 Click here to see list of [Skills]

-Current number of [Skills]: 34 Click here to see list of [Perks]

-Current number of [Perks]: 0

I sported a small grin at the now increased INT and WIS scores from the earlier consolation prize. I hadn't originally meant to neglect the mental traits in favor of the physical ones but it is what I eventually landed on. Maybe if I had been dropped in a different world I would have chosen otherwise. Perhaps a world with mana and spellcasting or possibly even chakra. But alas, this was 'One Piece'. And here the main forms of strength were mostly limited to either eating a magical fruit or asking yourself the question 'how hard can I hit things?'. Once again, I'm not complaining. I mean. Who doesn't like hitting things?

My gaze scrolls upward and I can't hide the proud satisfaction that gleams in my eye as I look again at my physical scores. Would you believe that I had to start with every stat but the last at a measly two? A two for gods sake! Honestly. I could have been killed from someone patting me on the back too hard.

In fact, I blame that last stat for how it was I somehow managed to avoid dying in a horribly comedic way early on. LUK. A 14 may not seem like much, but when taking into account that most everyone else on Kivuruk was running around with 3's or 4's in the stat then..well..14 begins to look like quite a bit. Incidentally, this was the only stat that I had found no way of improving. I had tried allocating points into it after my tenth level up but I received an error message saying that a persons luck may only be changed through special events or encounters.

An unfortunate downside of being in such a small community was that I didn't have a good way of measuring my own growth. My highest stat was STR at 86. And I am damn proud of that 86. It was a stat that I'd put considerable effort into increasing.

But is 86 good?

For Kivuruk island it certainly was. The strongest here besides myself was a burly man who ran the town saloon that sported a respectable 32 in the category. But what is an 86 compared to the truly dangerous people out there? Are they in the hundreds? The thousands? The ten thousands? Are Kaido and Big Mom in the hundreds of thousands? Or perhaps the [Game] would just crap out and give an error message if it tried to calculate the power of those seemingly immortal titans. There was simply no way for me to know.