Reborn in America: I Have an Equipment Slot

Holy crap, it's dead?

At first, Irving didn't realize what was happening.

After regaining his senses, he immediately chose the equipment!

The moment that thought crossed his mind, the old boxing gloves in Irving's hand vanished in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, a semi-transparent panel slowly appeared in front of him.

The panel only shows one character and one equipment slot, which displays a boxing glove icon.

Click the icon and the equipment information will automatically pop up.

Equipped items: Worn-out boxing gloves

Rank: ★.

Equipment effect: Grants Fighting Proficiency.

Note: These are boxing gloves used by professional boxer and heavyweight rising star Daniel Perrault in his youth. They boast an impressive track record, having defeated 94 people, including 53 by knockout, among whom were 3 female boxers! When equipped, proficiency is doubled. After equipping them for one day, you will permanently gain the additional effects.

"Should I remove my equipment?"

Upon seeing the notes displayed on the panel, Irving refused to remove his equipment.

Just kidding, if you wear these gloves for just one day, you can master skills that others need to practice for a year or even several years. Where else can you find something this good?

Moreover, the fighting skill is different from other skills.

In Miami, where crime rates are high, having this skill at least provides some protection when facing certain dangers.

Overjoyed at the sudden appearance of his cheat code, Owen waited all day and finally succeeded in mastering the fighting skills (proficiency 0/1000).

Contrary to his expectations, when he took the worn-out boxing gloves off the equipment rack...

Not only did countless pieces of knowledge about fighting flood into Owen's mind, but his body also seemed to have acquired memories.

He mastered straight punches, footwork, defensive techniques, distance control, and combinations of punches in the blink of an eye.

Irving instinctively took two leaps and swung his fists alternately.

Feeling his steps become inexplicably lighter, Irving was overjoyed and immediately found an old black man to practice with.

But after exchanging blows with his opponent for dozens of rounds and beating him until he was crying for his mother, Irving realized that his skill proficiency had only increased by 1 point.

In other words, to upgrade the fighting skill to the next level, you need to defeat at least a thousand targets!

What's the difference between this level of difficulty and practicing on your own?

However, Irving then thought that for others to master a skill, they not only need to put in a lot of effort to learn it, but also need to spend a lot of time practicing it.

It's already quite remarkable that he mastered a proficient level of combat in just one day.

Once Irving calmed down, he suddenly realized that he had some additional information about the equipment slots in his mind.

There is only one empty slot in the equipment inventory, which can be removed and equipped at any time.

No matter how much equipment you collect, you can only equip one item at a time.

Furthermore, not everything can be put into the equipment slot; certain conditions must be met.

Otherwise, he would have searched through the entire garbage dump and looked for so many things, but still couldn't find a second piece of equipment.

Equipment has five levels, from one star to five stars.

The skills that come with the equipment also come in five levels: Beginner, Proficient, Expert, Perfect, and Master.

The higher the skill level, the more demanding the acquisition conditions.

Fortunately, the skills he had already mastered could be upgraded by increasing his proficiency, which reassured Irving a lot.

Just as Irving was stunned, a black head appeared at the corner of the alley leading to the club.

"Oh shit!!"

Seeing that his two companions at the alley entrance had been knocked down, the black homeless man immediately raised his hands to indicate his surrender.

He also left behind the supermarket shopping cart next to him, which he had stolen from somewhere and was piled with all sorts of junk.

After watching the other person help their companion and the three of them limp away, Owen finally felt relieved and walked into the alley.

Of course, he also confiscated the supermarket shopping cart left behind by the homeless black man.

After throwing away some useless junk, Irving went to a row of trash cans.

There were more than a dozen trash cans in front of me, but they were divided into three colors.

The blue trash cans represent recyclables, and they mostly contain plastic bottles, paper, glass bottles, metal cans, and so on.

Green trash cans are the favorite of homeless people and are mainly for biodegradable waste, such as food scraps, fruit peels, and vegetables.

As for the final black trash can, it contains everything; anything could possibly be inside.

Irving completely ignored the black and green trash cans and directly opened the lids of the blue trash cans one by one.

To his surprise, the blue trash can was spotless despite being called a trash can.

Inside were mostly various kinds of wine bottles, as if they had been cleaned.

However, it was obvious that these blue trash cans had been deliberately swept away, and most of the remaining items inside were broken bottles, with only a few shrunken aluminum cans.

Irving didn't mind; instead, he cheerfully picked up the cans and walked toward the next blue trash can.

"Ding! Proficiency +1!"

"Ding! Proficiency +1!"

……

Hearing the pleasant notification sound, Irving became even more excited.

The feeling of reaping the rewards of your efforts and receiving feedback from your actions is simply wonderful.

It's even more intoxicating than leaves.

What's even better is that these cans and bottles not only provide him with experience, but can also be sold for money!

With that in mind, Irving's hands moved even faster.

A few minutes later, all the blue trash cans were emptied.

My skill proficiency in scavenging also increased by a full 100 points.

Irving looked at his bulging backpack and his overflowing shopping cart with satisfaction.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly noticed something strange in a black trash can not far away.

Owen initially wanted to leave, but then he remembered that this was the "Diamond King" club's private dumpster area, and there might be something good inside. After hesitating for a moment, he went forward anyway.

Upon opening the lid, a gleaming leather whip came into view.

The material appears to be composed of nine woven cowhide ropes, with a shimmering blue gemstone inlaid at the end of the whip. It is quite resilient and feels smooth and shiny to the touch.

The only odd thing was that there were some bloodstains left at the end of the whip.

Irving picked up the whip, about to express his feelings, when the familiar sound resurfaced in his mind again.

"Special equipment detected: [Slave Master's Nine-Tailed Whip], equip?"