The last thought I had was about the guy who kneeled down next to me. I could just barely see a weird symbol he had on his shoulder, but it didn't matter.
I couldn't see anything anymore. The world around me has gone completely black, this must be what death is like. It doesn't seem all that bad if this is what death is, just a void full of nothingness.
Anybody can handle this if this is all that happens when it finally hits us.
The darkness slowly started to fade as the thoughts started to return to me in full. None of this made any sense, I died back on 5th street in the shootout.
Lights were bright all around me but I could see someone with a silver mask, glowing blue eyes, neon lights all around the suit, and a strange tool in his hand.
"He actually woke up, how lucky for us. We won't have to harvest you for parts. The human body can be sold to make quite a profit." The strange man said while twirling the tool.
It looked like some sort of modified drill, one that they usually used for the modifications on people.
"Doc, did you say he's awake?" A woman's voice asked from across the room.
"Precisely. He doesn't seem to be responding much yet." The Doctor answered.
I couldn't really understand what was happening right now since my vision was still adjusting. I originally could only see the doctor but now I'm able to see a bit more clearly.
A woman stood across the room with her arms crossed. She seemed to be wearing a black hoodie that cut off around her stomach, black pants, and has short white hair with streaks of pink mixed in.
She looked over at me with her sky blue eyes and seemed to be surprised by the fact that I was awake.
It took a moment but then I finally looked down at my body. My arm that was completely blown off was restored but it wasn't a normal arm anymore.
Completely replaced by a cybernetic one with bright blue light flowing throughout the arm. It wasn't the only thing I noticed about my treatment here.
The wound where my chest was opened up was completely sealed with some sort of blue orb there to replace it.
Why the hell would some random gang save me from death? I could never understand what the purpose of that is. I've never done anything worth being saved for before so it would be a waste.
The pain from before was also gone and I have no idea how long they've had me here either.
This is going to be some kind of forced labor kind of deal isn't it? Run some errands, make them some money for saving my life kind of shit.
There's no way that some kind of catch doesn't exist for this.
"He looks pretty lively. I'm sure he is curious about what's going on." She said with a small smile on her face.
The doctor looked towards me once again while sitting down the tool. "You have been given a refresh. You should be grateful, not everyone gets a chance to get something like this." The Doctor spoke with excitement.
"A refresh?" I questioned
"A chance to start again, duh." The girl chimed in with an annoyed tone.
A chance to start again, that's something I never really thought about before. Renji is still alive out there as well... I can't just leave him by alone by himself.
I'll need to figure out what needs to be done here so I can find him.
From there I'll begin my climb to the top of this damn city. Nobody will be able to stop me when I get everything sorted out, at least that's the optimistic side of me speaking.
"What do I owe you?" I asked with a serious tone.
"Nothing. We aren't going to force you to do anything you don't want to do." She answered without any hesitation.
"What kind of gang doesn't want something in return. Are you trying to use me as bait or something?" I asked with a bit of confusion in my voice.
"Nah, we just aren't like that. Karma.exe will never be like that." She responded with a bit of a disgusted look.
Karma.exe? The group that's notorious for taking care of issues like what happened on 5th street. It is a miracle that a gang like them can make it in a city like Kairox with the kind of generosity they offer.
Most would want your blood for being saved like this. I guess they aren't like that in the slightest so that makes for an interesting time.
They might be able to teach me some stuff about cybernetics, better guns, and maybe even some stuff about the gangs. It would mean working for them though.
Do I want to work for someone like this?
"Is that all?" She asked with an irritated tone.
"I want to join." I responded while still keeping a serious tone.
Looking around the room I could see blood all over the floors and some of the walls. This place must always be busy and I'm sure I wasn't a pretty clean up either.
The girl was pretty, the doctor was weird and kind of creepy but maybe this will help. Looking down at my arm kind of gave me a new reason to become stronger.
Something people don't think about a lot in this city could be the key to rising to the top of the food chain. Mana.
It'll be hard to find information on it but Karma might be able to help me for the time being until I'm ready. Renji is important to find but it'll be pointless if I just die.
Getting more power and better firepower is the best way to move forward for the time being.
"Are you a dumbass?" She asked, clearly annoyed.