3 A new life. A new world.

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A surge of memories went through David's mind. Memories of a hacker. "Was I reborn? He thinks to himself as goes to walk out of the door, this world seems so similar,"Was his past mind reborn into the current body of David? So many unanswered questions.

"Damn my mom looks so tired working late hours, I gotta to something to make more money, school aint gonna cut it,"David thinks to himself as he puts his hands in his black jean pockets and cooly walks out of his apartment from his mega building. He jumps down from the rail of his apartment complex and lands perfectly on a pile of trash, but this time it felt different he landed with extra precision without any slack on his feet. The perfect jump.

David was shocked, "That was a pretty good jump," He keeps walking out of the mega building and past some homeless people jerking off and doing drugs. Other people were having sexual pleasure [Brain dances] in public without giving a shit. A couple nearby was fucking in the trash.

'I have to get out of this shit hole, buy myself and mom a new house, a car, Arasaka Academy won't do any of that shit for me, everyone there just thinks I am some fucking poor as fuck gonk, screw them all. School won't ever get me any money fast, whoever thinks that is a dumbass, the big companies like Arasaka don't give a fuck about a punk like me. They don't care about us normies,' David punched in a nearby cement wall, and suddenly the wall exploded into chunks.

'Wait what the hell? How the hell did I get so strong?" David looks at his knuckles which weren't bleeding. 'I don't remember getting any implants,' he flexes his knuckles. He started walking towards the main streets of Night City, luxurious expensive cars and motorcycles passed by, like a Rayfield Caliburn and the red motorcycle from the anime movie Akira.

"Damn I would kill for that car and motorcycle," David kicked a nearby beer can. He soon made it to Arasaka Academy to take his exam, suddenly he got a message in front of his eyes.

[Doc]: Yo kid did you get the upgrade I sent you for your academy?

David takes a look at it, suddenly he starts to realize the code is all out of wack and faulty. 'How the hell?! I can read the code so fast and understand this program it's like I am a Netrunner,'

David texts back.

[David]: Yeah I did Doc and it's trash what the fuck are you trying to do? Scam me? I will fix this myself.

[Doc]: Fuck you kid! You think you are smarter than me! Gutter rat!

[David]: Anyone is smarter than you. Even a rock.

David hangs up on Doc and easily modifies the system he needed to take for Arasaka Academy in mere seconds he fixed the code and made it even better. Quick Hack.

'Damn I like the new me I am way smarter than before, maybe I should just drop out of Arasaka and start hacking some big league shit, maybe hack Arasaka itself,' He cracks his knuckles with a smile suddenly he bumps into Katsuo chest and his punk friends.

"Well well inst it, David, how is your whore mom doing? Must be sad knowing that she is selling her hot busty body and getting fucked for her dumbass son just to enroll in Arasaka academy, you shouldn't be here, you don't belong here! Haha!" Katsuo lets out a sniveling laugh. He had the ugliest face. A try hard bully who only picked on the poor kids like David.

"Coming from someone who sucks his daddy dick for extra points in the Academy and money, get the fuck out of my way, oh and this one is for my mom!" David said as he pushes aside Katsou and punches him right in the face, blood splattered all over David's angry face.

"Don't ever talk about my mom again! " David spits on Katsuo's bloody face as he was kneeling on the ground and coughing out blood.

"You fucking punk! Do you know who the fuck I am! I will fucking end you!" Katsou stands up and holds his broken nose. "Hold him down boys!" Katsou ordered his friends.

A fat boy goes behind David and some other bigger students they all crack their knuckles like gangsters.

"I am going to teach you a lesson!" Katsou takes off his uniform and shows off his Strong Arms 400 implants his metal knuckles clanked. He suddenly did a goofy motion of hundred punches towards David, he looked like a ninja on crack. David is just standing still looking at him maske a fool of himself, 'What the fuck?'

Suddenly David hears a loud robotic chime sound in his mind.

[Hacker System]

Level: 1

[Misson]: Hack and take down Katsuo.

[Reward]: Level up and gain Hacker Points based on the type of hack and how much you steal from your opponent.

[With this new System implanted inside of your brain. You will be able to hack anyone with making contact.]

David can feel that his mind, reflexes, and entire body getting stronger and more improved he could actually see Katsuo every moment in slow-motion. He also saw Katsou's stats and all of his implants with his Hacker System.

'Holy shit this broken!? I can see his every move!' David thinks to himself.

'What is this power? Should I trust this System? Whatever let's see if this even works, my life doesnt matter anyways, I will do whatever it takes to reach the top of Night City! Become a legend!' David stares down Katsou with his now glowing red eyes. Will he be able to hack Katsuo without making contact with him or porting into his neuralware?

[System Scanning...]

"Stop moving around like a gay ninja," David said to stall Katsuo.

"What the fuck did you just say!?" Katsuo went to attack him.

'What a dumbass, let's see if this works,' The new David was going to have some fun with his new hacking power.