The Extraordinary Life of a Certain American Comic...

New York is big, and living here is not easy.

Especially houses in Manhattan, which are not something someone like him, who graduated from college only two years ago and is still burdened with student loans, can afford.

Even though his annual salary is now $120,000.

But compared to the housing prices in Manhattan, this amount of money isn't exactly insignificant; it's more like it can't even buy a toilet.

The apartment is currently rented by Locke.

The rent was originally $2,000 a year, but starting six months ago, it became $2,000 a month.

Even though the rent has increased, it is still relatively cheap compared to other apartments of the same type.

After Locke opened the door and returned home, he put the car keys in the candy bowl next to him, then took out a box of frozen pizza from the refrigerator and put it in the microwave to heat it up. At the same time, he opened the wine cabinet next to him and took out a bottle of bourbon that was more than half full.

After downing a glass of wine, I immediately felt all the fatigue of the day disappear.

Locke downed the bourbon in his glass in one gulp, thought for a moment, and then, with a sudden thought, brought up his cheat interface again, looking at the E-level vampire ability that could be copied, which was still displayed on it.

He was considering whether to accept the negative effect of having four lines of text, or to wait until he had a better ability to copy it.

Both options have their advantages and disadvantages.

Copy it early, enjoy it early.

If you copy later, you can naturally enjoy the discount.

Then, you can simply copy a high-level vampire ability, saving the extraordinary points needed to go from E-level to D-level, or even B-level or A-level.

After all, this E-rank vampire ability has too many negative effects.

but……

These negative effects can all be exempted after the upgrade.

But that's not where Locke hesitated.

His hesitation stemmed from one point.

Starting this year, there has been an increase in mutant attacks targeting the Sentinel Special Service.

It is said that an organization called "Mutant Freedom" has emerged within the mutant community.

The predecessor of this organization is speculated to be the "Hellfire Club".

This mutant organization, known as "Mutant Supremacy," has been attacking Sentinel and Special Service agencies across the country since the beginning of this year.

And they succeeded quite a few times.

New York City is no exception.

Last month, Ralph, the leader of Sentinel Team Two and a fellow senior agent of Locke, was killed by mutants in the parking lot of a shopping mall.

A name card from the "Mutant Freedom" organization was left next to Ralph's body.

About two weeks ago, a member of Group 5 also said that he was attacked by mutants when he was going home at night.

and so……

Yes or no?

Locke gripped his wine glass, his mind a raging storm.

after awhile.

Ding!

The sound of the microwave oven finishing heating woke Locke up and made him make up his mind.

want.

What if the mutants from "Mutant Freedom" come and attack him tomorrow?

In these kinds of situations, it's better to be safe than sorry.

To be honest, he has never been very confident about his luck.

You can tell by looking at his cheat code, which was 22 years late.

What if we give up this opportunity and fail to find other vampires by following this one, and at that moment the mutants happen to come and ambush us?

What?

No.

Safety first.

Locke has made a decision!

Even though this D-class vampire gene has many weaknesses right now, it's always better to be prepared than to try to fix things after they've gone wrong.

As long as I'm alive, my dreams will remain!

As for the weakness of this E-rank vampire gene, which is four lines long, just upgrade it.

Having made up his mind, Locke suddenly had an idea.

next second.

Ding!

The cheat responded the moment Locke made his choice.

With a ding, the interface displaying "Vampire Abilities" in the cheat interface instantly began to shrink towards the center, and then quickly shrank into a gem.

Copy successful!

"Ding! 』

First card slot: "Vampire Gene"

Ability Level: "E"

Ability Effect: "Immortality, eternal youth, slight increase to own attack, defense, and speed..."

Side effects of the ability: "Blood thirst (requires daily blood consumption), objects (holy water and wooden stakes can kill you), sunlight is your natural enemy (exposure to sunlight will slow you down and cause discomfort), ultraviolet rays are your Achilles' heel (exposure to ultraviolet rays will completely kill you)..."

"Skill Enhancement: 10 points!"

As the vampire genes, transformed into power gems, were fully embedded in the first card slot, Locke immediately felt the changes occurring in his body.

His body seemed to be undergoing an irreversible change at this moment.

An aura of deathly stillness quietly emanated from his body.

Locke could even feel his heart slowing down at that moment.

Slowly, slowly, until it stops beating completely.

next second.

A strange longing began to slowly emerge from the depths of his heart.

Even his skin turned pale the moment his heart stopped beating.

However, Locke was already fair-skinned, and now he's just even fairer.

after awhile.

Sitting on the bar stool, looking like a statue, Locke suddenly opened his eyes.

Her originally azure eyes turned completely crimson at this moment.

E-grade vampire genes successfully fused.

Locke looked at his arm.

pale.

but!

powerful.

Boom!

Locke clenched his fist, and suddenly, a sound as if the air was being squeezed and burst out at the moment his fist was clenched.

Not only their strength, but even their sense of smell and hearing have been enhanced to some extent.

He could smell the pizza from the apartment next door, and even hear the sounds of lovemaking coming from the apartment upstairs.

That woman's screams sounded too fake.

Locke looked up at the ceiling above him.

Just then, as I caught a whiff of a certain scent, as if I had triggered some kind of mechanism, a feeling of hunger and thirst arose instantly.

This is the taste of blood.

Locke looked toward the apartment door.

The female tenant in the next apartment was frowning as she clutched the bleeding wound she had accidentally cut herself while cutting a pizza.

Almost instinctively, Locke walked to the apartment door, but then suddenly realized something and stopped.

This damn side effect.

upgrade.

An upgrade is necessary!

"Ding! 』

"Ability upgrades require resources..."

"promote!"

After half an hour.

Locke stood in the bathroom, looking at himself in the bathroom mirror, and at the system interface that seemed to appear in the mirror.

"Transcendence, Godhood"

Superb Card Slot: "1"

Extraordinary Points: "1"

First card slot: "Vampire Gene"

Ability Level: "B"

"Ability Effects: 'Immortality (conventional weapons cannot strip you of your life), Immortality (your appearance is frozen for this moment), and a certain degree of enhancement to your strength, defense, speed, and senses.'"

Negative Abilities: "Blood Thirst (Blood is the source of your vitality; you will continuously weaken if you don't consume it for a week), Night Stalker (Cold you, cold night; you have become the darling of the night. When you are in the darkness, your strength will be enhanced to a certain extent, but as a price, your abilities will be weakened when you go out during the day. Although not fatal, it is still uncomfortable)."

Note: "This ability can be further improved by consuming 200 Extraordinary Points."

Locke looked at himself in the mirror and grinned.

into the eye.

Two newly grown vampire fangs gleamed.

Locke looked at his reflection in the mirror—his face was somewhat pale, and his eyes were blood red and azure blue—and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

You know what, he seems to have gotten even more handsome.

……