12 Chapter 12 - Level up

Coming closer to the corpse, Marcus also noticed the device

-What do you think it is?

Brandon shrugged and answered.

- We'll find out now.

Picking up the device, the guy wiped the dust off the screen and began attaching it to his left hand.

Having done this, he pressed the power button.

The brothers heard the sound of a pip-boy loading, and green text began to run across the screen. A few seconds later, instead of text, a Vault-Boy appeared with his thumb up, then a system notification appeared in Brandon's field of view.

[The process of collecting and analyzing information from another system was successful]

[Access to modules such as V.A.T.S. , radar, dimensional storage, map, tasks, leveling up]

[Another system contains complete data on the possible paths of host development when increasing the level]

[Revised all host achievements so far]

[Congratulations on leveling up to 2]

[Congratulations on leveling up to 3]

[Host has 2 ability points]

Brandon was very happy, because now with the radar and V.A.T.S. he can be very deadly in combat. But the most useful thing is of course the inventory, now he will be able to carry the things he needs always with him.

After confirming the level increase, the guy felt like time had stopped, and a booklet appeared in front of his eyes, the same as in the game.

Thinking a bit, Brandon chose the Gun Nut ability first, he doesn't think it's a lot that will bring him now, but most likely a more advanced ability rank will add a lot of knowledge about weapons in the current world.

The second ability he chose was Toughness, the wasteland is a dangerous place, and such an excellent ability would obviously not be superfluous, considering that his armor only gives him 5 defense, and this ability is 10.

After confirming your choice, time was restored.

Brandon did not betray the special importance of the first ability, but suddenly a little information appeared in his head that he did not even know about, and also new bright ideas appeared in his fantasy world on how to make the weapon better.

After enjoying new ideas, the guy felt how his skin became more durable, it was strange. This feeling is compared to when you spend a lot of time doing some kind of work, and as a result you get rough, less sensitive calloused skin on the palms, in case of ability, all this multiplies several times, but the skin remains the same smooth , as it was before.

Satisfied Brandon began to inspect his new interface, a translucent green bar with directional indicators appeared from below in his vision, apparently this is a radar that also shows enemies, other creatures and their distance, but as far as he remembered, this function depended on the statistics of perception. And also on the left he saw the radiation indicator

Having dealt with this, Brandon turned his attention to his inventory, thinking about it, a menu appeared in front of him with different subsections: Weapons, clothes, help, etc.

And the maximum possible weight was shown on the top right, it depends on the statistics of strength.

Brandon also noticed that when he enters the inventory, the time around him completely stops, but since the menu is translucent, in principle he can use it during the fight.

Meanwhile, while the guy tried out the new features, Marcus looked at him strangely.

Still, after his younger brother picked up some strange thing, he began to touch himself on various parts of the body, and then began to spin around like a madman

-Brandon, are you okay?

Brandon, still floating in his reverie, replied.

- What? ahem, Marcus, everything is fine, I just checked myself, you never know what could happen to me.

- Mmhm, okay, what the hell is that?

Raising the pip boy screen to his face and clicking the button, he answered after a few seconds.

- Well, it says here that this is a personal computer. I guess such a thing is rare in the wasteland

- Cool, so you can sell her to Jerry and get a lot of caps?

After a little thought, Brandon regretfully replied

-Marcus, I want to keep it, I think it will be very useful to me.

Marcus surprised to say

-Why do you need her, it's better to shave off her and get a lot of caps, have you forgotten about our dream to move to diamond city?

-Brother, I understand your concern, but believe me, I'd better have this thing, there is a lot of technical information, with the help of it I can improve our life, maybe I will even start producing weapons that we can then sell. As for the caps for this run, we got a lot of valuable junk, as well as a few barrels, I'm sure we can get enough this time.

Sniffing, Marcus looked hungrily at the pip boy, then sighed and said.

- Okay, keep it, I hope you know what you're doing.

Brandon smiled at his brother's words and together they continued to search the station.

Remembering the game, Brandon walked away from the distribution platform into the woods and found a wagon equipped with a toilet and shower.

Coming closer, he noticed a couple of cockroaches. Deciding to try V.A.T.S. on them, he pulled out his pistol and gave the order to activate.

Suddenly, time slowed down and the cockroaches began to move very slowly, time did not stop completely, but this is more than enough in a fast battle.

By highlighting the heads of two cockroaches with a 50% hit chance, he confirmed the action.

Time restored its previous course, but Brandon began to move abruptly like a cold machine, making several shots at the cockroaches, he hit the first one immediately, and the second only with 2 attempts.

After that, Brandon's body was returned to his own control.

For him it was an interesting experience, during the action he did not feel anything, as if he was just watching a movie from the screen.

Thinking about the possible uses of this, he assumed that such cases would include battles in which he was wounded and it would be difficult for him to concentrate due to pain or other damage, but the body under the control of the machine would probably not matter.

Summing up, Brandon searched the toilet and found 5 boxes of cartridges, 2 of which are .38 Round just under his pipe gun, 1 box is 10mm cartridges, and the remaining cartridges were .308 Round, suitable for the Hunting rifle. Putting all the boxes in his inventory, leaving only 10mm rounds, Brandon headed towards Marcus.

After giving him the box, they organized everything they found here, had a light snack, and went back to their home.

[Congratulations, level 6 primitive shooting skill reached level 10 and evolved into level 11 Shooting novice]

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