Unfair Character Saving System [One Piece]

3.

A Jinbei, despite their large size, are extremely uncomfortable to ride on. 

The newly freed Flora, right after her cool introduction to the escape party, was whisked away by the aforementioned Fishman and unceremoniously dumped onto his shoulders. Rationally, she thought, he probably thinks that I'm weakened for not having eaten anything for the past few weeks. She would of told him that she was a different entity to him and did not need to consume food for nutrition, however that was before he decided to try to bruise her behind with his shoulder blades. As petty as it sounds, she didn't appreciate being treated like a leg of meat and hence kept her mouth shut. It got progressively worse once they reached stairs - one of Jinbei's hands grabbing onto both her legs as he, Luffy and another rather pompously dressed man raced up the stairs. She felt acceleration force herself backwards so she was really being carried like a leg of meat - occasionally the back of her head would smack against his back and earn a 'tch' from the Fishman.

The men, as they ran at an impossible speed, began to shout out words in between pants - maybe her time underneath the floor had dimmed her hearing but all she could make out was '3 o'clock' and 'Whitebeard'. If anything she was in awe that the three could hold a half-decent conversation with the velocity that they were running at - she'd be too busy trying not to open her mouth in fear of insects accidentally flying inside. They made a hard left, almost screeching to a halt in front of a large wooden door that was at the top of the staircase. The pompous man bit the cigarette in his mouth (which surprisingly hadn't gone out during the run), before planting his hand on the door's surface. Within seconds the grand door which was surely as thick as it was tall crumpled into particles, swirling around the man in thick waves of sand. A thick surge of heat escaped the room instantaneously, blowing a rather unneeded and unappreciated fiery wind in Flora's face. She immediately regretted sitting up, but she had no choice in the matter after Jinbei shifted her position on to more of a baby koala clinging onto its mother's back. Meanwhile the guards on the other side of the door began to panic, one pulling out a walkie-talkie to request backup from whatever guards would dare to fight.

"T-t-this is level four! Shichibukai Jinbei, Intruder Monkey D. Luffy and former Shichibukai Crocodile! All three men are here! Requesting backup!" Now, it would be rather untrue if Flora was able to recount what happened in the next few minutes - a whirlwind of sand, fists and water flying everywhere as the trio belted their way through the crowd of guards. Her grip on Jinbei's clothes were so tight that if she cracked open her eyes, she's be able to see the white of her bones. However, it wasnt all smooth sailing for her - once or twice she was rudely knocked off Jinbei's back and had to scramble back on whilst dodging bullets and miscellaneous attacks. After being knocked off the twelfth time and narrowly dodging a date with a lance she seriously considered actually participating in the fight, which was quickly put into action once she was staring down the muzzle of a shotgun. 

Now, her system was many things - crappy, old and buggy being the top three adjectives that would come to mind if anyone had to describe it. To other hoppers like herself, they would even consider it a waste and would have filed for a new one. However, there was a reason why she kept this system. Like vending machines, her system relied on a points being gathered in order for her to access certain things like abilities and weapons - and from her adventures in other worlds she had very wisely gathered around 300 points in total. This seemed like a large amount, and it was considering she could potentially summon a god with 250 points. However, points were hard to come by, and she was constantly paranoid that she would not be able to earn them. Just doing her quest only earn't her 20 points, and any side quests in that world was a measly 5 points. 

So... admittedly she 'cheats the system' whenever she gets an ability. 

Other systems would, upon purchase, retract the full amount from their user's account immediately - but the ability would be unlocked only for this world. It was a bit different for weapons where one could store it in one of their inventory slots and use it until it breaks. However, with Flora's system it wasn't instantaneous. If Flora cancelled her order directly after receiving her item or ability, she wouldn't be charged for it - the payment wouldn't process in time but she had already gained the ability or weapon. But this meant that on her account she wasn't seen to make any payments - meaning she always got mediocre missions. She always thought of it as never advancing from the starter village. Sure she can get stuff super easily, but it was always the weakest stuff that seemed like nothing in the long term. 

Anyways, back to the muzzle.

In that split second Flora opened her inventory, plunging her hand into one of its boxes - which to anyone else that wasn't Flora and couldn't see the inventory box, just looked like some of her hand disappeared into the void. The guard with the shotgun almost took a step back, but shakily persisted in moving his finger to press down on the trigger. Before he could open up a hole in her head she pulled her arm out of the void, slashing the gun sideways so that the half pointing towards her fell into thousands of feathery strands. The guard screeched, alerting Jinbei to realise that the weight that was supposed to be on his back was instead crumpled on the floor. Tightly grasped in her hand was a wooden katana - something akin to a training sword that he had seen some of the marines use for practice. Except Flora's sword had some writing engraved on its side in loopy cursive letters, almost like a scribble. At the time he thought nothing of it, but in a few minutes he would be wondering what in the hell it was. 

Grabbing Flora, Jinbei decided that he would now keep in mind that he had a passenger with him (which if Flora could read minds she would be highly offended that he didn't keep it in mind in the first place), causing him to considerably slow down when he was running and be more cautious when fighting in order to not throw the girl off. It was only when he burst out of the gates of Impel Down did he put her down and without a word, dove into the sea. She would of felt sad if she didn't see him hijacking a ship in the distance.

Staring at the waves that were lapping at beneath her feet she began to wonder if she would get sea-sick.