The rainbow glow faded, and I was back in my room. Everything looked exactly as I'd left it during my "short" absence.
I grabbed the stopwatch from my desk—barely five minutes had passed in this world.
I smelled like a mix of swamp water, ozone, and pure adrenaline. I desperately needed a shower, followed by a mountain of food and a sleep so deep I'd forget my own name.
I grabbed a change of clothes and headed to the bathroom, but the mirror stopped me in my tracks.
I stared at my reflection. I looked like I'd been through a meat grinder—bruises, a massive lump on my forehead—but that wasn't the problem.
My hair. It used to be medium-brown. Now? It was dark, almost raven-black.
And my eyes... the blue tint was gone. They were a cold, stony steel-gray now. Even the shape looked a bit more... refined? Sharp?
I looked down at "Miguel Junior." Still the same size, thank god, but the shape had... "updated."
"What the hell?" I sat on the edge of the tub, realized what was happening.
I opened the stats. Fusion Progress: 31.7%.
So, the System doesn't just give me a "split personality"—it's literally rewriting my DNA to match the card.
Rule number one: No female fusions. Ever. I am not waking up with a C-cup and a midlife crisis.
Michelle's voice called from the hall, "Michael, I'm ordering lunch! Pizza, burgers, or sushi?"
"Sushi!" I yelled back, clutching my towel.
I dressed quickly and went back to the Gacha. I had crystals to burn and an "Independence Day" event to exploit.
[ Independence Day Multi-Roll Results: ]
StarCraft World Ticket (1 Month).A month with Zerg? Maybe later.
Daphne Blake's Outfit (Scooby-Doo).Gacha, you're doing this on purpose. Who am I going to sell this to?
Purgatory (Chaos! Universe).A red-skinned demoness in a bikini. Classic edgelord material.
Vulture (Battletoads).A literal spaceship. Finally, some real hardware.
Shadow Orb (WarCraft).Jackpot.+10 Attack, +3 Armor, and health regen. Ilidan would be jealous.
Silicon Control (The Qwaser of Stigmata).Powerful, but I'm not drinking 'Soma' from anyone's chest. Into the 'Maybe' pile.
Gawain (Rosen Garten Saga).An idol boy in a dress who wants to be a swordsman. This world is getting weirder.
Top-Down View (Mechanic).Tactical vision up to 100 yards. This is actually genius.
Luxia (WhoreCraft).A 2B parody from a porn-game. Questionable, but effective.
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi (Bleach).MEGA Jackpot.The man who refused the Zero Division because he just wanted to fight. Pure power.
I activated the Top-Down View. My brain immediately hit a wall of vertigo. Seeing myself from the ceiling while trying to move my own hands was a nightmare. That's going to take practice.
Then I summoned the Shadow Orb. A black sphere of pure darkness materialized and began orbiting my wrist, radiating a cold, powerful aura.
Michelle and I sat down for the sushi. She kept glancing at me over her rolls.
"Something wrong?" I asked, dipping a roll in soy sauce.
"I don't know... You look... different. Did you change your hair?"
"Just didn't sleep well," I deflected. She didn't look convinced.
She reached for a roll, and a bit of sauce got on her lip. She licked it off slowly.
My teenage hormones, boosted by that cursed Sex Mastery Level 20 talent tree, went into overdrive.
This System is going to be the death of me.
[ Level: 14 ]
[ Experience: 11430/11900 ]
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