With their deal made, Billy gave Klaus the first gun he wanted, upgraded the Fenrir submachine gun, and a lower-caliber gun that gave him the chance to fry a person's cyberware with electroshock bullets—basically, malestrom's worst nightmare.
Taking the gun, Klaus left the underground market and made his way to an abandoned warehouse. Looking around for a bit to make sure no one followed him, he scanned the gun.
[Fenrir: Sub Machine Gun]
[Damage: 34]
[Shock Damage: 5]
[Magazine: 30]
[Recoil: 9]
[Warning Hidden Tracker added]
[Upgrade cost: 1]
"I thought as much of a tracker," Klaus sighed.
Waiting for a while, he decided to hide the gun in a broken-down car surrounded by a few others.
Leaving the warehouse, Klaus went to a nearby ripperdoc that was known for his good work. Stepping inside, he grinned as he saw it was empty.
"What can I do for you?" asked the middle-aged man with a well-built body and bald head
"Simple, I would like your most basic gorilla hands and the scarab."
"Alright, that will be 7500," the man said with a nod.
Send the money that man pointed to his chair.
"Take a seat, this will take a few hours, but you won't feel a thing," he said as he washed his hands before putting on his gear.
Sitting on his chai,r Klaus let the oddly professional man do his magic. As if he had taken a nap, he woke up a few hours later as the sun was setting.
"Alright, it's all done. Make sure to take two puffs of this morning and night for a week. Help your body adjust faster to the new chrome," the man explained as he handed Klaus a blue inhaler.
Taking a two-puff, Klaus spoke.
"Tell me you seem good, professional, and the cleanest ripper doc in dogtown. Why stay in this shithole?"
"It's quiet. I get to take my time with each customer, and the little guys who need a start got people like me to come to," he replied
"I see...Well, Doc, see you next time," Klaus said after a moment.
Leaving the building, he made his way back home as the sun was beginning to set. As he reached his apartment building, he was about to walk up the stairs when he saw Mike and a few of his friends staring him down while whispering to each other, with Mike having the widest grin on his face.
Looking over at the store, he saw Alicia, who had her head down and a new bruise on her arms. Turning back to Mike, Klaus took a deep breath to control himself. Walking inside, he sat on his bed and took off his trench coat.
"Hey, system?"
[Yes, Host]
"Can I take a loan of upgrade points?" Klaus asked
[A Loan...Why?] The system was confused by the request
"Just going to need it. Is it possible?" Klaus continued
[Yes, but not recommended]
"That's fine, I will take a loan of twenty points," Klaus requested without hesitation.
[Host, are you sure? You won't gain any upgrade points for the next ten days if you do so.
"That's fine, I have a plan, but I also have worries, so I will take the chance," Klaus replied with unwavering confidence.
[Very well]
[Loaning the host 20 Upgrade Points]
[Because of this, the host won't earn any upgrade points until the loan is paid off in full]
"Show me the stats for my Chrome."
[Basic Kiroshi Optics: -20% Camera Detection Speed/4x Vision Zoom]
[Upgrade Cost: 1 Upgrade Point]
[Basic Gorrila Arms: +1 to body/+50% Blunt force Damage]
[Upgrade Cost: 1 Upgrade Point]
[Basic Scarab: +30 Armor/-20% Movement speed]
[Upgrade Cost: 1 Upgrade Point]
"Upgrade all of them," Klaus ordered
[Improved Kiroshi Optics: -60% Camera Detection Speed/5x Vision Zoom/Highlights all cameras within 20-meter range]
[Upgrade Cost: 2 Upgrade Point]
[Improved Gorrila Arms: +2 to body/+150% Blunt force Damage]
[Upgrade Cost: 2 Upgrade Point]
[Improved Scarab: +90 Armor/-10% Movement speed]
[Upgrade Cost: 2 Upgrade Point]
"Upgrade all of them again."
[Advanced Kiroshi Optics: -180% Camera Detection Speed/8x Vision Zoom/Highlights all cameras within 30-meter range/ Highlights all people within a 15-meter range]
[Upgrade Cost: 4 Upgrade Point]
[Advanced Gorilla Arms: +3 to body/+250% Blunt force Damage]
[Upgrade Cost: 4 Upgrade Point]
[Advanced Scarab: +150 Armor/+50 HP/-5% Movement speed]
[Upgrade Cost: 4 Upgrade Point]
Name: Klaus Hargraves
Age: 20 (Estimated Lifespan: 65 years)
Race: 90%-Human/10% Robotics
Class: None
LV: 1/50 [000/500 Exp]
HP: 535/535: 270 HP +265 Armor
Ram: 5/5 [2 per minute]
Upgrade Points: 11
Eurodollars: 1,396
Body: 9
Reflexes: 5
Technical Ability: 5
Intelligence: 5
Charisma: 5
Active Skill: None
Quick Hacks: Ping[Lv.1: Cost: 2 Ram/Radius 5 Meters]
Passive Skills: Shooting[Lv.5] Driving[Lv.7]
Cyberware: [Neural Port] [Advanced Kiroshi Optics] [Advanced Gorrila Arms] [Advanced Scarab]
"Good, much better, I feel more prepared with this," Klaus grinned.
"Now, one more question, can I upgrade skills and stat points?"
[Yes]
"Good, add three points to reflexes, technical abilities, and intelligence."
[Completed]
[Max Ram: 8/8]
With that, Klaus walked back into his closet and pulled out the katana he received over three years ago from a mission.
[Katana]
[Damage: 142]
[Armor Penetration: 25]
[Upgrade Cost: 1 Upgrade Point]
[Plasma Katana]
[Damage: 300]
[Armor Penetration: 125]
[Upgrade Cost: 2 Upgrade Point]
Looking down at the new blade made from pure red energy, Klaus pressed the trigger to retract it. Placing the blade on his hilt, he reached for his last item, a glove with a roll of nano wire on the back side.
[Nanowire Glove]
[Wire Durability: 500/500]
[Damage: 20]
[Penetration: 50]
[Upgrade cost: 1]
[Heated Nanowire Glove]
[Wire Durability: 1500/1500]
[Damage: 50]
[Penetration: 100]
[Upgrade cost: 2]
Putting on the glove, Klaus looked outside to see that the sun had set. With all his new gear and weapons, he but on his trench coat and a black balaclava he had. Opening his bedroom window, he carefully left his room.
Peeking over to the store owned by Mike and Alicia, he saw that Mike was sitting on the counter, staring at his apartment with a beer in hand, while on the phone.
Ignoring him for now, Klaus walked back to the warehouse where he stored the weapon. Hugging the wall, he peeked inside and scanned the dark room.
Like he expected, five people were inside looking for the weapon he had stored.
"Hurry up, Billy said we could sell this weapon for at least 60k," Eddie. That's ten each after," one of the men said.
"Marking each of the men, Klaus pulled his nano wire and suck inside. Ducking behind different cars, he walked up to the man furthest away, who was also the only dumbass without a light. Grabbing his neck with the wire, Klaus pulled him down and slith his throat with it without much effort.
[You have Killed A Low-Rank Mercenary: +20 exp/+1 upgrade point]
"Hey Del...yo del you find..."
Before the man could ask his teammate anything, his neck was turned 180 degrees as he fell to the ground.
[You have Killed A Low-Rank Mercenary: +20 exp/+1 upgrade point]
This time, realizing the other three had turned around to see a man dressed in all black standing over the body of their dead friend.
"What the fuck...Kill him!" one of the men said pulling out his gun but before he coudl fire off a shot a bullet penertted his head and blew it up dropping him.
[You have Killed A Low-Rank Mercenary: +20 exp/+1 upgrade point]
Walking forward with his gun still pointed at the remaining two, Klaus's eyes began glowing a dim red.
Seeing this, the other two only looked at each other in fear and anger at the situation.
"Tell me, where is Billy?" Klaus asked
"W-who are you?" one of the men asked.
Shooting the man who asked the question, Klaus pressed the gun to the last man's head.
[You have Killed A Low-Rank Mercenary: +20 exp/+1 upgrade point]
"Shit shit shit man...fuck don't shoot I will fucking tell you," the man begged
"Where is Billy?"
"The Capo getting drunk, he was getting ready to celebrate us getting a..."
BANG
[You have Killed A Low-Rank Mercenary: +20 exp/+1 upgrade point]
Before the man could finish, he dropped to the floor with a giant bullet hole in his head. Walking up to each body, Klaus placed each of them in his inventory and picked up the gun he had hidden.
"Looks like he fell for the trap just like I expected...Billy, you foolish, foolish kid," Klaus grinned in laughter as he walked out of the warehouse.