[Your frog cub is going on a trip!]
[Frog Cub will send back travel albums from time to time. Please check them carefully!]
[The return of the Frog Cub will bring back world-specific gifts and special commemorative items. Please remember to check them, Host!]
Lying on his cramped bed, David listened to the system prompt in his head and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Finally! It's going on a trip!"
Taking a deep breath, he rolled over and glanced around his dimly lit surroundings.
This was a
tiny, 12-square-meter apartment
—a glorified
metal box
in the depths of Night City. The high-tech gadgets in the room flickered with neon prompts:
[Please insert coins.]
There were no windows, only four cold steel walls enclosing him like a prison.
The
only
thing connecting this suffocating space to the outside world was a small
ventilation shaft
in the corner. Even in the dead of night, the muffled sounds of blaring music and rowdy laughter leaked in from the city beyond.
But inside this claustrophobic room, none of that mattered.
All David could feel was the
overwhelming pressure of survival
—an invisible weight
crushing him
.
A Month Ago...
David was just an ordinary
otaku
—a hardcore
anime and gaming fan
from the real world.
But
one fateful night
, while playing a game, he was suddenly
dragged into another reality
.
After gathering his bearings, he discovered something terrifying—
This was Night City.
The brutal, dystopian world of Cyberpunk 2077.
A lawless city where cyber-psychos roamed the streets, where gangs ruled with bloody violence, and where
corporate overlords treated human lives like disposable trash
.
Here,
the rich lived like gods
, while
the poor were crushed like ants
.
And worst of all?
David was just a powerless nobody.
Unlike the cyber-enhanced warriors prowling the city, he had
zero
implants,
zero
combat skills, and
zero
survival experience.
A
regular, squishy human
in a world where
flesh was weaker than metal
.
"Shit... I'm gonna get my head blown off, aren't I?"
That was his
first thought
upon realizing his situation.
The System Awakens
But just as
despair set in
, a voice rang in his head:
[Ding! System activation complete!]
When David checked, he was stunned.
His
golden finger
—his cheat system—wasn't a combat simulator, a hacking module, or anything remotely useful for survival.
Instead...
It was a
game system
from an old mobile app he used to play.
"Traveling Frog."
At first, he nearly
screamed
in frustration.
"Are you kidding me?!"
"I got isekai'd into Night City, and the best you can give me is a damn FROG?!"
But after
closely inspecting
the system, he found several
hidden features
that changed everything.
1. The Frog Travels to Different Anime/Game Worlds
Instead of hopping around a
normal
countryside, the frog now
traveled to different dimensions
.
2. The Frog Brings Back Special Items
Whatever
souvenirs
the frog brought back weren't just for show. They were
real
, usable objects from those worlds.
3. The More the Frog Travels, the More It Costs
Each
trip required payment
, and the cost increased with every journey.
Hope in Despair
David's
mind raced
with possibilities.
"Wait... If my frog goes to a cultivation world and brings back an immortal pill... I could literally become a god!"
"Or what if it visits a high-tech world? I could get futuristic weapons or cybernetic enhancements!"
For the
first time
, he felt
hope
.
Maybe he wouldn't have to rot away at the bottom of Night City after all.
The Cost of Survival
But there was
one problem
The first trip cost 2,000 eurodollars.
For an
ordinary, powerless human
like him, that was
a fortune
.
Over the next
month
, David
struggled
to gather the money.
He worked
two jobs
—bartending at night and doing odd gigs during the day.
Eventually, after
stumbling into a gang shootout
, he
took a risk
—looting
a few cybernetic implants
from dead bodies and selling them on the black market.
Finally, after
weeks of grinding
, he
barely
scraped together enough.
The Frog Departs
[Ding! The Frog Cub has set off on its journey.]
David
collapsed onto his bed
, exhausted yet relieved.
"Now... all I can do is wait."
As he drifted into
a half-sleep
, he whispered:
"Please, go somewhere useful, little buddy..."
"I need something that'll help me survive."
A Harsh Reality
Ding!
His
phone vibrated
.
Since he had no cyberware, he still used a
cheap, outdated smartphone
.
Half-asleep, he squinted at the screen.
[Arasaka Bank Notice: €2,000 has been deducted from your account at 00:00. Your remaining balance is €10.2. Please maintain a minimum deposit or risk account termination.]
David groaned.
"Even the banks in this world will abandon you if you're broke, huh?"
He
scrolled down
to check another message.
[Bartender at Afterlife: Greer]
[Kid, come to work early tomorrow. Big party. Need extra hands.]
David sighed and texted back.
[Got it.]
Tossing the phone aside, he stretched out on his bed.
"Which world will my frog visit first?"
"Hopefully, somewhere with advanced tech or powerful abilities."
Staring at the ceiling, he
focused on the interface only he could see
.
Despite the
endless dangers
of Night City, this was the
first time in a month he felt a sliver of hope
.
"Still, if the frog doesn't bring back anything useful..."
He
lifted his hand
, staring at his pale, flesh-and-blood fingers.
"Then I might have no choice but to get cyberware installed..."
Unlike the
hardcore Edgerunners
who craved cybernetics, David still
preferred to stay human
.
But in
a city where raw flesh meant weakness
, could he really afford that mindset?
He
closed his eyes
, murmuring:
"Little frog... my fate is in your hands."
Within moments,
exhaustion overtook him
, and he drifted into
a restless sleep
.
The Frog Returns!
The next morning—
[Ding! The Frog Cub has returned from its journey!]
[The Frog Cub has brought back special travel souvenirs! Please check them carefully!]
!!!
David's eyes
snapped open
.
Like a
spring-loaded mechanism
, he
shot up
from his bed.
"ALREADY?! It came back in one night?!"
With
shaky hands
, he opened the system interface—
To Be Continued...