[Abnormal Titan Transformation Card – 5,000 points]
Type: Consumable
Description: Upon use, the player will transform into an Abnormal Titan, gaining powerful combat abilities.
Notes: Duration: 30 minutes. Usable 3/3 times.
"'Eren… Eren…'"
"Absolute garbage."
Nao skimmed the description, frowned, and dismissed it instantly. Something like that might be useful for an ordinary Earthling.
But for him? An Abnormal Titan? That's just a one-punch cleanup job.
Only someone completely out of their mind would voluntarily turn into one of those hideous, off-model freaks.
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[Unlimited Finger-Lickin' Fried Chicken]
Type: Permanent Item
Description: Each use grants one piece of fried chicken. After consuming the meat, the item can be used again. No cooldown, no usage limit.
Notes: According to the deity who created this item, in the otherwise bland and limited menu of Earth's K-brand fast food chain, only this and the Portuguese egg tart were barely worth anything.
Every serving will randomly produce a different cut—wing, breast, drumstick, rib, or thigh.
"From another world… savor the flavor!"
"Now that's a good one."
Nao couldn't help but admire it.
Sure, he already had unlimited luosifen, but eating that too often was bound to mess with his stomach. A new option was always welcome.
And at just 9,000 points? That wasn't expensive for him anymore.
Bought!
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[Height Enhancement Supplement]
Type: Consumable
Description: Doubles your natural rate of height growth.
Notes: This only accelerates natural development. It cannot exceed your body's potential maximum.
"L-Lord Frieza… this really won't help you…"
Do I even need this?
Nao stroked his chin, lost in thought.
He wasn't exactly short. His growth had been steadily progressing.
Back when he left the East Blue and arrived at Marineford, he'd been just over 180 cm. By the time he received the system, he was 195 cm.
Now, three months later, he'd shot up to 202 cm.
He didn't know what his cap was, but gaining 15 to 20 cm per year wasn't exactly slow.
Give it a few more years, and by 24 or 25, he might just hit the 3-meter mark—the benchmark height for an admiral.
Spending 3,000 points just to rush that process?
—You'd have to be an idiot to waste points like that.
So Nao bought it.
Ahem. Not because he was insecure about his height.
Mainly, he just couldn't stand making poor little Bunny stretch her neck and bend backward every time they kissed. As a caring and thoughtful man, he simply couldn't allow that.
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[Complete Boruto Manga Collection]
Type: Permanent Item
Description: A supposedly excellent shonen manga—followed by a train-wreck of a sequel.
Notes: Declared "non-flammable by universal law."
"Wait, they published this as a full set?" "No idea. Maybe for the fire department?"
"Non-flammable…?" Nao blinked, intrigued.
No wonder it cost a full thousand points for a manga. That had to be the reason.
He'd never even heard of this series and couldn't make sense of the bizarre description—but since it was listed as having such… unique effects, he figured it couldn't hurt to grab a copy and hold onto it.
Maybe someday it'd come in handy under the right conditions?
…
Only two items left:
—The Advanced Moonwalk Skill Scroll, and
—The Evasion Elixir.
Nao thought for a moment, then decided to buy the Moonwalk scroll.
He'd pushed himself to get Moonwalk up to the intermediate level through sheer grit, but after that, he'd focused on Haki and swordsmanship and hadn't touched the Rokushiki techniques much since.
Now, being able to instantly grasp advanced Moonwalk would save him a lot of time and energy.
Sure, 10,000 points was steep—but considering how useful Moonwalk was? Worth it.
As for the last one…
[Evasion Elixir]
Type: Consumable
Description: Once taken, enemy attacks will be unable to strike your vitals. They will be forcibly redirected. Duration: 1 minute.
Notes: Doesn't need to be equipped. Can be activated mentally from inventory.
The effect was incredibly powerful—well worth the hefty 20,000-point price tag.
"Shame it only lasts a minute… and you can only use it once."
Nao was a little disappointed, but not enough to pass it up. After a bit of thought, he made the purchase.
When it comes to survival tools, better to have too many than not enough. No one ever complains about being too prepared.
Summary:
Total: 44,000 points spent, leaving him with 112,000 points—still firmly in the "rich guy" tier.
His wealth came from:
The 100,000 points gifted by Gion (Peach Rabbit), still mostly untouched
And a 20,000-point monthly bonus from Shia, now that their relationship had passed the one-month mark
The 20,000 surprised him a bit.
After all, sign-in bonuses weren't one-time windfalls—they were passive income.
As long as he and Shia stayed together, kept their relationship going strong, that monthly stipend would keep coming.
Not to mention—at the end of the year, he'd even get a chance to open an A-rank loot chest.
No wonder he was starting to feel impatient to finally complete the final stage with Gion and officially enter a relationship.
"Yeah… what I need right now most of all… is to rack up combat merit!"
Brimming with motivation, Nao wrapped up training early—around 4 a.m.—and left the field for the harbor.
He didn't waste time on the way, either—chowing down on over a dozen pieces of fried chicken and five bowls of noodles.
By the time he reached the warship, he was full and back in peak form.
Have you ever seen a Marine harbor at 4:30 in the morning?
Nao looked up.
The port was still and silent, the lookout tower the only point of movement.
On the edge of the dark sea sat one brightly lit warship, ready to depart—like a giant beast crouched at the shoreline, its sheer presence casting a pressure that felt physical.
"Well, look who finally decided to show up."
A lazy but chilling voice drifted down from above.
Nao glanced up to find a towering figure—cloaked in white Justice—standing at the bow of the ship. Easily seven or eight meters tall and unmistakably feminine in silhouette.
Judging by her epaulettes, this had to be the ship's captain: Rear Admiral Buma.
"Dragging your feet, no sense of time or discipline at all."
Her eyes, narrow and piercing, looked down at Nao coldly.
"So this is how you HQ elites act? We've all been waiting on you, and you stroll in like you own the place?"
Her voice was like ice—less a greeting, more a scolding.
Nao frowned slightly and checked his watch.
5:13 AM.
—He wasn't late. In fact, he'd arrived 17 minutes early.
So the warning from the female staff officer had been right:
Rear Admiral Buma definitely had a bone to pick with elite recruits from HQ.
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