Chapter 4: Chapter 2: New Life. New World. New Power.
A flash of memories flashed through David's mind. Memories of that very hacker. "Have I been reborn?" he thought as he was about to walk out the door, "this world seems so similar!" Has his past mind been reborn in David's current body? So many questions and so few answers.
"Damn, my mom looks so tired working late, I have to do something about this to make more money, and school won't help," David thought as he stuffed his hands in the pockets of his black jeans and calmly walked out of his apartment in the metropolis building. He jumps off the railing of his apartment complex and lands perfectly on a pile of trash, but this time it was different, he landed with special precision, without any weakness in his legs. A perfect jump.
David was shocked, "That was a good jump." He continues walking out of the metropolis building. Other people were enjoying themselves sexually dancing in public, oblivious to everything. Another couple was fucking in a trash can nearby bake.
'I need to get out of this hell hole, buy myself and my mom a new house, a new car, Arasaka Academy won't teach me anything to make it happen, everyone there only thinks that I'm some fucking broke thug, fuck them all. School will never make me money fast, anyone who thinks that's the case is a complete idiot, big companies like Arasaka don't care about brats like me. They don't care about us, normal people,' David punched a nearby cement wall, and suddenly the wall shattered into pieces.
'Wait, what the hell? How the hell did I get so strong?' David looked at his knuckles, which weren't covered in blood. 'I don't remember getting implants,' he unbends his knuckles. He started walking towards the main streets of Night City, passing by luxurious expensive cars and motorcycles, such as the Rayfield Caliburn and the red motorcycle from the anime movie Akira.
"Damn, I would kill for that car and motorcycle," David kicked a beer can next to him. He soon reached Arasaka Academy to take the exam, when suddenly a message appeared in front of his eyes.
[Doc] : Did you receive the update I sent you at the academy?
David looks at it, and suddenly begins to realize that the code is not working and is faulty. 'How the hell?!' I can read code so fast and understand this program like I'm a Netrunner."
David writes back.
[David]: Yeah, I checked the update and it's garbage, what the hell are you trying to do? Trick me? I'll do it myself.
[Doc]: Fuck you, kid! You think you're smarter than me! Sewer rat!
[David]: Any person is smarter than you. Even a rock.
David hangs up on Doc and easily modifies the system he needed to get for Arasaka Academy, in a matter of seconds he fixed the code and made it even better. A quick hack.
"Damn, I like the new me, I'm so much smarter than before, maybe I should quit Arasaka and start hacking some big league shit, maybe even hack Arasaka itself." He cracked his knuckles with a smile and suddenly collided with Katsuo's chest and his punk friends.
"Well, well, David, how is your slut mom? It must be sad to know that she sells her hot sexy body and fucks for her dumb son just so he can get into Arasaka Academy, you shouldn't be here, you don't belong here! Haha!" Katsuo let out a derisive laugh. He had the ugliest face. A bully who only picked on poor kids like David.
"This is from the guy who sucks his daddy's dick for extra Academy credits and money, get out of my way, and this is from my mom!" David said, pushing Katsuo away and punching him right in the face, blood splattering on David's angry face.
"Don't ever talk about my mom again!" David spits on Katsuo's bloody face, who was barely kneeling on the ground, coughing up blood.
"You're a fucking brat! Do you even know who the fuck I am! I'll fucking kill you!" Katsuo stands up and holds his broken nose. "Hold it, guys!" Katsuo ordered his friends.
A fat boy walks behind David and a few other bigger students, they all crack their knuckles like bandits.
"I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Katsuo took off his uniform, showing off his strong arms with 400 implants, his metal knuckles jingling. Suddenly, he made a strange motion of a hundred punches towards David, he looked like a ninja on drugs. David just stands there and looks at him like he's an idiot, "What the fuck?"
Suddenly, David heard a loud robotic chime in his mind.
[Hacking System]
Level: 1
[Mission]: Hack and destroy Katsuo.
[Reward]: Level up and get hacker points depending on the type of hack and how much you stole from your opponent.
[With this new system implanted in your brain. You will be able to hack anyone by making contact].
David felt his mind, reflexes and whole body becoming stronger and more refined, he could see Katsuo and his every blow in slow motion also saw Katsuo's stats and all of his implants.
'Damn this is insane!? I can see his every move!' David thinks to himself with a dark smirk.
'What kind of power is this? Should I trust this system? Let's see if it even works, my life doesn't matter anyway, I'll do whatever it takes to reach the top of Night City! I'll become a legend!' David looks at Katsuo with his glowing red eyes. Will he be able to hack Katsuo without making contact with him and without connecting to his neural program?
[Scanning system...]
'Stop moving like a gay ninja,' David said to stop Katsuo from moving around and showing off his implants.
'What the fuck did you just say!?' Katsuo went for the attack.
Now a David goes to test out the full powers of his Hacker System!
David felt his mind, reflexes and whole body became stronger and more perfect, he could see Katsuo every moment in slow motion. He also saw Katsuo's stats and all his implants with his hacking system.
'What is this power? Should I trust this system? Let's see if it even works," David stared at Katsuo with his glowing red eyes. Will he be able to hack Katsuo without making contact?
David easily parries Katsuo's right hook, he can predict every punch and move quickly. David parries all the hundreds of punches, moving his head left and right and his body too. It was like he was in the Matrix, dodging all of Katsuo's punches.
"How the fuck is this possible!?" Katsuo screamed in shock.
"You've made a fool of yourself," David stared at him with his glowing red eyes.
"What kind of implants do you have in your eyes!? There's no way a sewer rat like you could afford high-tech cyber equipment!" Katsuo began to sweat and shake. "What are you doing, morons!? Take him and pin him to the ground!" Katsuo orders his friends and points at David, who is just laughing to himself like a psycho. Like the Joker.
[Scan Complete]
[Katsuo Tanaka's Neural Software Hacked]
Lines of code quickly passed through David's mind and eyes, as if he was seeing a simulation before his eyes, like Iron Man in his armored suit. In a matter of seconds, it was all over.
[Katsuo Hacked]
[Katsuo Tanaka]
[Level]: 0
[Rank]: Arasaka Student/Delinquent [Rank based on "social ranking" in Night City]
(Has no special traits or abilities. Basically a worthless, spoiled person who picks on the weak and poor.) David chuckles to himself, "This system has a sense of humor."
[Cyber Equipment]: Cyber Optics, Dermal Implants, Reflex Chips (Kung Fu Chip).
[Strong Arms 400 (Gorilla Arm Variation)]
[Possesses Zero Threat]
"That was a quick hack, damn, without even making contact with his cyberware, just looking at him, but do I always have to make eye contact to hack? I'm basically a walking netrunner with no limits other than myself, wow!" David quickly stopped Katsuo in his tracks, hacking into his legs and arms.
"Why can't I move!?" Katsuo screamed, looking like he was about to shit his pants, his face full of fear as David looked down at him.
"I think it's time to put you in your place, bitch." David looked at Katsuo's friends and hacked into all of their neural programs in a matter of seconds, if not faster, since they had no protection or firewall. They also stopped moving and focused their attention on Katsuo, when suddenly they all grabbed him and lifted him up.
"What are you guys doing!? Traitors! Do you know who I am!? All of you!? What the hell are you doing this David!?" Katsuo screamed so loudly that veins stood out on his forehead. He felt so powerless.
"I heard your daddy gives you a shit ton of eddies, I'm going to take it all from you. All of it, and then I'm going to pay you back in full," David grinned evilly, looking at Katsuo in a jojo pose. This was only the beginning of David's rampage. He was going to burn Night City to the ground and take everything from everyone.