[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 atiny, 12-square-meter apartment—a glorifiedmetal boxin 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.

Theonlything connecting this suffocating space to the outside world was a smallventilation shaftin 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 theoverwhelming pressure of survival—an invisible weightcrushing him.

A Month Ago...

David was just an ordinaryotaku—a hardcoreanime and gaming fanfrom the real world.

Butone fateful night, while playing a game, he was suddenlydragged 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 wherecorporate overlords treated human lives like disposable trash.

Here,the rich lived like gods, whilethe poor were crushed like ants.

And worst of all?

David was just a powerless nobody.

Unlike the cyber-enhanced warriors prowling the city, he hadzeroimplants,zerocombat skills, andzerosurvival experience.

Aregular, squishy humanin a world whereflesh was weaker than metal.

"Shit... I'm gonna get my head blown off, aren't I?"

That was hisfirst thoughtupon realizing his situation.

The System Awakens

But just asdespair set in, a voice rang in his head:

[Ding! System activation complete!]

When David checked, he was stunned.

Hisgolden finger—his cheat system—wasn't a combat simulator, a hacking module, or anything remotely useful for survival.

Instead...

It was agame systemfrom an old mobile app he used to play.

"Traveling Frog."

At first, he nearlyscreamedin frustration.

"Are you kidding me?!"

"I got isekai'd into Night City, and the best you can give me is a damn FROG?!"

But afterclosely inspectingthe system, he found severalhidden featuresthat changed everything.

1. The Frog Travels to Different Anime/Game Worlds

Instead of hopping around anormalcountryside, the frog nowtraveled to different dimensions.

2. The Frog Brings Back Special Items

Whateversouvenirsthe frog brought back weren't just for show. They werereal, usable objects from those worlds.

3. The More the Frog Travels, the More It Costs

Eachtrip required payment, and the cost increased with every journey.

Hope in Despair

David'smind racedwith 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 thefirst time, he felthope.

Maybe he wouldn't have to rot away at the bottom of Night City after all.

The Cost of Survival

But there wasone problem—

The first trip cost 2,000 eurodollars.

For anordinary, powerless humanlike him, that wasa fortune.

Over the nextmonth, Davidstruggledto gather the money.

He workedtwo jobs—bartending at night and doing odd gigs during the day.

Eventually, afterstumbling into a gang shootout, hetook a risk—lootinga few cybernetic implantsfrom dead bodies and selling them on the black market.

Finally, afterweeks of grinding, hebarelyscraped together enough.

The Frog Departs

[Ding! The Frog Cub has set off on its journey.]

Davidcollapsed onto his bed, exhausted yet relieved.

"Now... all I can do is wait."

As he drifted intoa half-sleep, he whispered:

"Please, go somewhere useful, little buddy..."

"I need something that'll help me survive."

A Harsh Reality

Ding!

Hisphone vibrated.

Since he had no cyberware, he still used acheap, 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?"

Hescrolled downto 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, hefocused on the interface only he could see.

Despite theendless dangersof Night City, this was thefirst time in a month he felt a sliver of hope.

"Still, if the frog doesn't bring back anything useful..."

Helifted his hand, staring at his pale, flesh-and-blood fingers.

"Then I might have no choice but to get cyberware installed..."

Unlike thehardcore Edgerunnerswho craved cybernetics, David stillpreferred to stay human.

But ina city where raw flesh meant weakness, could he really afford that mindset?

Heclosed his eyes, murmuring:

"Little frog... my fate is in your hands."

Within moments,exhaustion overtook him, and he drifted intoa 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 eyessnapped open.

Like aspring-loaded mechanism, heshot upfrom his bed.

"ALREADY?! It came back in one night?!"

Withshaky hands, he opened the system interface—

To Be Continued...

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