"You know...even though I knew some shit... cough...cough...like this would happen one day it still fucking caught me by surprise. I mean it's not like you can get ready to be shot," a young man with platinum white hair, deep ember eyes, and bronze tanned skin spoke as blood dripped down his mouth.
Looking up into the rain that chilled him even more, he couldn't help but sigh.
"Twenty years of living in Dog Town and now I get shot. I guess reincarnation isn't all it's made up to be. I never even received my golden finger," Klaus sighed in disappointment.
'Damn I really should have kept on walking,' Klaus thought to him self thinking back.
Usually, Klaus would mind his business. Unlike the people of this world, Klaus had lived a past life in a different world where the cities of Dog Town and Night City were part of a video game called Cyberpunk.
It was during his second playthrough of Cyberpunk, when a burglar killed him, that he realized it was all over for him. Thinking it was all over, Klaus resigned himself to his fate. But by some miracle, he was reborn into the world of Cyberpunk.
Born as an orphan of Dog Town, Klaus kept his head down while doing odd jobs to keep himself alive. With knowledge of the world and an already deep-seated distrust, Klaus was able to live a relatively decent life. Well, that was the case until he saw a woman, a young girl, getting robbed by two maelstrom boys.
Pulling out his Tamayura pistol, he was about to intervene when a third Maelstrom member he didn't see appeared behind him and shot him in the gut before he could fire a shot off.
Quickly turning around, Klaus took two more bullets before he was lucky enough to get a volley of shots off, one of them hitting the member in the head, killing him. Taking the chance, the woman and girl ran away while Klaus caught the attention of the other two. Running around the city in pain and with three bullet wounds, he was able to lose them, but also lost his strength and collapsed next to a dumpster.
"Fuck man cough cough...I not even pissed I got shot...I never even made a name for myself. I'm just about to die as a fucking nobody next to a dumpster," Klaus sighed.
As his vision got weaker and his breath grew lighter, Klaus began losing all control of his body as a dark, coldness enveloped him.
[Ultimate Upgrade System Activated]
[Requirements: reach the brink of death twice: Completed]
[Reward: Full body recovery/System activation]
[Would you like to use full-body recovery?: Y/N]
'Recovery...damn I'm halucination now...yeah if you can recover me go ahead" Klaud thought with a small laugh
[Beginning full body recovery]
[Host is not in a safe location]
[Master Override Used]
[Moving host to a safe zone]
[Temporary safe location found]
As the notification rang out in his head quieter and quieter, Klaus lost consciousness, entering the black abyss.
[Fully Body Recovery Completed]
[Host condition]
[Health: 100/100]
Slowly, Klaus opened his eyes. The sunlight caused him to flinch and cover his eye with his hand. Becoming adjusted to the light, Klaus began looking around. Instead of the dumpster that he was leaning against, he found himself in his rundown apartment, lying on his bed.
"W...Was that a dream?" Klaus asked himself as he pushed himself to sit up
[No, that was not a dream]
A voice replied, causing Klaus to look around his apartment for the source of the sound. As he did, he caught a glimpse of his shirt. Three bullet holes and dried blood are still visible. Lifting up his shirt, he saw that he still had three bullet scars.
Tracing his finger along them, he remembered the feeling of the hot metal piercing his flesh and the blood that covered him.
"So it wasn't a dream, I really got shot," Kalus sighed as he looked up at his ceiling.
"Wait, wait, if what happened last night was real, then that voice. Was there a system?" Klaus asked himself
[Correct]
The voice rang out again in his head, this time accompanied by a transparent blue screen.
"Ha, I finally got my system after almost dieing again, ha," Klaud laughed in anger and excitement.
Standing up, Klaus took off his blood-stained shirt and pants. Tossing them on the ground, he walked into the bathroom and took a cold shower, even though that was the only type of water he had.
Changing into some shorts and a white t-shirt, Klaus sat on his bed again.
"Alright, now that I'm calm, can you please tell me what you can do?" Klaus said
[Of Course]
[The Ultimate upgrade System allows the host to earn upgrade points that he can use on himself, weapons, armor, clothing, food, vehicles, buildings, and basically everything]
[Upgrade Points can be earned by completing missions, self-advancement, and creating things]
[Status: Status allows you to track your progress and your current abilities in an easy-to-understand numerical value]
[Missions: There are three types of missions: Daily missions, which focus on steady improvements to the host/ Main missions, which provide large amounts of upgrade points based on difficulty/ Emergency Mission will appear in a critical situation, which will give a random reward]
[Inventory: An infinite space that only the host can access, that can be used to store anything]
[More Functions: Currently Locked]
"Simple enough to understand..Thanks for finally showing up. This time, I will make a name for myself no matter what," Klaus said, clenching his fist in determination.
[A/N: Hello, hope you enjoy the story. The Mc will likely take a Corporate route, since I haven't seen much of that. Their will also be femboys in this novel only like one of two]