F-boy sat motionless on the recliner, expression blank as carved stone.
Jordan refused to concede. "It's clearly a weapon with physical form. Even if it's made of soul particles, why can't it be an item card?"
F-boy pointed skyward.
As the author decreed: even if the Heavenly King himself appeared, his Zanpakuto would still be an ability card.
Jordan's mouth opened. Closed. Whatever comeback he'd prepared died unspoken.
The debate ended in a landslide victory for the Stand.
"Fine." Jordan slumped back in his chair. "But if that's the case, we're just drawing a bigger circle around the same randomness. The probability of missing what I want is still astronomical."
This wasn't what he'd expected. Then again, gacha never was.
He sighed, accepting defeat. Having Divine Draw with its pseudo-targeting was better than pure RNG. Barely.
Time to burn his first pull and hope the luck bonus was real.
Though personally, Jordan had his doubts.
F-boy tilted his head, puzzled. Why wasn't this "luck bonus" mentioned in the official ability description?
"Shut up." Jordan's mental voice crackled with indignation through their link. "What do you know? You're just a Stand. Lucky pulls are a gacha player's faith."
Amid the psychic bickering, he abandoned his original Devil Fruit idea. Too risky. The "treasures of the sea" came with permanent drawbacks in their native world: weakness to seawater, vulnerability to seastone, the inability to swim. Most people could only eat one in their lifetime.
If Jordan were some weakling starting from zero, desperate for any power boost to defy the odds? Sure, he'd eat whatever fruit he pulled. But that wasn't his situation.
To put it poetically: having seen the view from one mountaintop, you naturally seek higher peaks.
In practical terms: he'd been hanging around Saitama too long. His standards were impossibly high. Second or third-tier fruits didn't excite him anymore.
Somewhere in Z City, Saitama sneezed. "Achoo! ...Am I going bald?"
Besides, top-tier Devil Fruit abilities weren't exactly common pulls. Jordan believed in luck to a point, but he didn't trust F-boy's RNG that much.
The kid had just tried to shake his faith, after all.
F-boy: It's random. What's it got to do with me?
When Jordan eventually visited the One Piece world, he'd find his own fruit. The old-fashioned way.
Decision made. Time to select the gacha pool.
"Designated card pool: Naruto world. Type: ability card."
That's right. The world of the Five Great Villages' legendary eye techniques, where flashy abilities reigned supreme.
Jordan clasped his hands together, bowing his head in mock prayer. "I offer Saitama's remaining hair as sacrifice to activate this special summon. Come forth, SSR!"
Across town, Saitama pushed his hot dog cart down the sidewalk. "Achoo! Hey, customers, wait! The sneeze didn't hit the cart—these hot dogs are perfectly clean and hygienic! Customers... oh no. Looks like I'm job hunting again..."
Back at the apartment, Jordan Evans straightened in his chair.
"Divine Draw. Activate."
F-boy extended his hand. Ten blank fantasy cards detached from the armor-like skirt behind him, floating in an arc like a rainbow bridge. Blue spiritual flames ignited across their surfaces.
Within the clear azure fire, the ten cards merged into a single stack. They burned, Phoenix-like, reforming into a single brilliant gold card.
Jordan blinked. "Wait—"
Golden Legend?
No, wrong game. Wrong terminology.
But did gold equal orange? Did that mean SSR?
F-boy's calm gaze met his.
This is the background color for activating Divine Draw.
Oh. Just special effects, then.
Jordan shrugged. "Continue."
F-boy held both hands over the golden card. This time, his blue spiritual flames took on a golden tinge, and the card blazed like a torch between his palms. The special effects intensified, light nearly blinding, then gradually faded.
The gold transformed.
Deep purple crystallized across the card's surface, freezing in place.
[Fantasy Card: Magnet Release Bloodline Limit]
Type: Ability Card • Rarity: SR
In the Naruto world, the Kazekage and select elite ninjas possess this rare bloodline limit.
Effect 1: Wind and Thunder
Magnet Release originates from the fusion of wind and lightning chakra. Magnet Release users naturally possess affinity for both elements.
Effect 2: Magnetic Control
Convert Magnet Release chakra into magnetic force. Magnetize objects, attract magnetic materials, manipulate them in combat.
"Magnet Release..."
Jordan turned the card over in his hands, examining the purple glow. His eyes gradually brightened.
Common knowledge: electromagnetic abilities were top-tier in any universe. The Third and Fourth Kazekage in Naruto. Thor and Magneto in Marvel. Misaka Mikoto in Academy City.
Every single one had flashy techniques and devastating combat power. Even Magneto—who'd somehow taken mastery over one of the universe's four fundamental forces and squandered it down to "melee bruiser" in the X-Men films—was still a major player.
Admittedly, the Naruto version of "Magnet Release" differed from Magneto's direct electromagnetic manipulation. It required extracting and converting specialized chakra into magnetic force, which meant inevitable energy loss and purity issues.
In Jordan's current arsenal, Kennen's abilities were plug-and-play. A character card he couldn't level or develop further.
But Miles Morales's "Spider Static Electricity" from the Spider Superpowers SSR? That was genuine electrical manipulation. It let him control bioelectric currents within his body and generate electricity. Weak intensity, limited to producing current, but it was a foundation.
Everything followed the same development pattern: first establish that something exists, then worry about whether it's good.
Basic physics showed that electricity and magnetism were inseparable.
"Spider Static Electricity" controlled electric charge. "Magnet Release" controlled magnetic force.
Combined, Jordan now possessed all the elements needed to manipulate electromagnetic fields.
He might not have the key to unlock the electromagnetic system's full potential, but he had a crowbar that could pry the door open. The basic conditions for developing electromagnetic abilities were his.
Finally, he wouldn't be stuck as a half-baked electric user who could only crudely discharge voltage.
This was a real opportunity.
Jordan grinned. "Okay, I'll admit it. Divine Draw might actually be useful."
Speaking of the Naruto world, it had always suffered from a particular power scaling problem. "Chakra" as an energy system originated from the Divine Tree's fruit, brought by the mother of the Sage of Six Paths. In later generations, anyone without Six Paths bloodline or mastery of higher-level Sage Chakra didn't even qualify to appear in the final battles.
Named characters with established identities became faceless cannon fodder among the hundred thousand White Zetsu army. Their faces practically screamed "expendable extra."
A mournful cry echoes: Brother-in-law, you died such a terrible death!
Of course, that didn't include Might Guy, who nearly kicked the entire finale out of the story.