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00:00:0220 years ago the great awakening changed everything 5% of population awakened powers
00:00:10they became the new elite everyone's life is determined by the power test it separates
00:00:21people into two classes the ordinary and the elite power response confirmed elite track
00:00:28notify the academy high compatibility pass you rise did he get nothing not even a spark next fail it
00:00:50forgets you your parents were ability users and what did it get them they were failures
00:01:00disappeared 10 years ago left nothing behind and now look at you no ability no future just like them
00:01:22their world is so far from mine dad mom where did you go
00:01:56level 3 alert
00:02:00collapse on fifth and meridian ceiling tube inbound
00:02:08go throw the here the extracting
00:02:13wait wait i'm still in here
00:02:34oh no
00:02:35oh no
00:02:47i can't outrun this
00:03:11mom dad please help me
00:03:36how long was i out
00:03:39how long was i out
00:03:48card draw system activated activated what the who's talking
00:04:09a system what what is this defeat monsters draw cards grow stronger i can get abilities me i'm an ordinary
00:04:20this doesn't warn you
00:04:22hostile entity detected
00:04:24hostile entity detected 20 meters
00:04:25that's the same one
00:04:29first awakening protocol
00:04:30wait right now
00:04:31beginning card draw
00:04:34come on whatever you are come on
00:04:42what is this
00:04:46what is this
00:04:51it's coming
00:05:01back
00:05:01back off
00:05:12i have an ability
00:05:21kill confirmed
00:05:22kill confirmed initiating card draw
00:05:23defeating monsters
00:05:25triggers a draw
00:05:33ability acquired shockwave basic tier slot two of two equipped
00:05:41full
00:05:42full
00:05:52you're alive
00:05:53that mark
00:05:55are you an ability user
00:05:58i don't know
00:06:00i don't know
00:06:05i don't know
00:06:23move
00:06:24owing
00:06:24run
00:06:32that's d-level ability user
00:06:34trained coordinated practiced
00:06:36if that's the baseline
00:06:38where am i trying to go
00:06:50more
00:06:51abilities
00:06:52more range
00:06:54more
00:06:55more
00:06:55in
00:06:57what's going on
00:07:04the
00:07:04that's the la santa
00:07:07the
00:07:09it's
00:07:24come on
00:07:25all
00:07:47Kill confirmed, card draw, ice shot, basic tier.
00:07:52Current collection, three abilities. Slots, two of two.
00:07:56Three abilities, two slots.
00:08:12Director Reynolds, you should see this.
00:08:19This young man. Pull his file.
00:08:23The test says nothing.
00:08:27The footage says three.
00:08:29Which one do we trust?
00:08:35A civilian demonstrating ability?
00:08:38That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
00:08:42The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
00:08:46Three independent scans, Hargrave.
00:08:47Then the scans confirmed it.
00:08:49He has no ability.
00:08:51If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
00:08:57a populated area?
00:08:59Merit is our standard.
00:09:01Not bloodline.
00:09:02Not test scores.
00:09:05Find him.
00:09:13What are you?
00:09:22Cole Brennan?
00:09:24Who are you?
00:09:30Pinnacle Academy.
00:09:32Admissions office.
00:09:33The Chancellor wants to meet you, tomorrow.
00:09:45Pinnacle Academy.
00:09:47You think they don't screen their applications?
00:09:51No ability.
00:09:52Not low.
00:09:54Zero.
00:09:56That's what's on your file.
00:09:58They're not going to make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
00:10:04Stop staring at it.
00:10:05Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
00:10:09Food gets cold.
00:10:20Not to prove anything.
00:10:22Not to them.
00:10:24Not to him.
00:10:27Pinnacle has class D rift acts.
00:10:30Restricted zones.
00:10:32Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
00:10:35But in those rifts, something happened in there.
00:10:37That envelope is an invitation.
00:10:39It's a door.
00:10:45I'll go.
00:11:11No badge.
00:11:12No uniform either.
00:11:13Is he ordinary?
00:11:18No badge.
00:11:19No uniform.
00:11:21What are you doing in here?
00:11:22Meeting with Director Reynolds.
00:11:23I'm here to see the Director.
00:11:26Reynolds?
00:11:31What?
00:11:32Did a rift open near your house?
00:11:34You looking for someone to come deal with it?
00:11:37Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
00:11:40My grandfather helped build this program.
00:11:42My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
00:11:46Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
00:11:49You looked me up.
00:11:55Your file says no ability.
00:11:57But surveillance caught you using flame and shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
00:12:01I didn't know what was happening to me.
00:12:04I still don't fully understand it.
00:12:06The Brennan name is in this building's founding records.
00:12:08I need to verify your abilities.
00:12:11Not because I doubt what I saw on the footage.
00:12:14Because this academy has to see it for itself.
00:12:17Tomorrow.
00:12:18The entrance exam.
00:12:20Prove your worth.
00:12:21I will.
00:12:28That's the one Reynolds let in?
00:12:30Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
00:12:33Literally zero.
00:12:34He's not even wearing a uniform.
00:12:40Ladies and gentlemen.
00:12:41He actually showed up.
00:12:42I told you yesterday.
00:12:44I told all of you.
00:12:45Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
00:12:47And here he is.
00:12:48Ready for his assessment.
00:12:52Every single one of you earned your spot.
00:12:54Tests.
00:12:55Certifications.
00:12:55Years of training.
00:12:57And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
00:13:00So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
00:13:03Set the bar.
00:13:04Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
00:13:16That's D-rank fire.
00:13:17Top of the class.
00:13:19I've been doing this since I was 14.
00:13:21Your turn, Brennan.
00:13:22Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
00:13:27Big throw.
00:13:28Biggest he's got.
00:13:30You can see it coming from across the room.
00:13:32His whole body loads up before he lets go.
00:13:35One shot is already winded.
00:13:37That was his best.
00:13:38And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
00:13:44That was your best shot?
00:13:47Excuse me?
00:13:48You asked to go first.
00:13:50You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
00:13:53Held the fireball an extra second.
00:13:55So everyone could see it.
00:13:56So.
00:13:58Was that it?
00:14:00You have no idea what you're walking into.
00:14:04People with real training walk into D-rank rifts and don't come back.
00:14:07You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us.
00:14:10I don't think I'm one of you.
00:14:12I think I'm here to take a test.
00:14:14I think I'm here to take a test.
00:14:14And you're in the way.
00:14:25I'm here to take a test.
00:14:45Don't blow it
00:14:53My Academy fire record was set at 14 my father held the school record before that and you're showing me
00:15:00that
00:15:00Guess we'll see standard duel begin
00:15:27D rank fire at that output this needs to be called watch
00:15:33Every throw same wind-up same angle. He can't steer it once it's out and between shots his hands drop.
00:15:40He has to reload. That's all I need
00:15:46Oh
00:16:02You got lucky that's all that was you're still doing the same thing
00:16:08All just power no adjustment he throws the same way every time and never learns mid fight
00:16:15I
00:16:20Do offensive abilities at the same time not at the same time one amplifies the other
00:16:45I
00:16:56I
00:17:14Winner
00:17:15Outcome this institution can accept
00:17:18We have thresholds
00:17:20Ability requirements that exist for a reason an unregistered ordinary person in a live combat curriculum is a liability to
00:17:27every student in this building
00:17:28He demonstrated two distinct offensive abilities combined under active combat conditions
00:17:32He has no rank no ability history no institutional record neither did hold when he enrolled
00:17:36Neither did price this academy has one standard can they perform?
00:17:41F rank access that's the first door behind that E rank then D D rank is where mom and dad
00:17:46disappeared
00:17:47I just got one step closer
00:17:49So we're giving a permanent seat to someone whose file reads zero this isn't enrollment its charity
00:18:05No reading at all not even a trace
00:18:08Next zero not low zero you know what that means right?
00:18:13It means the machine didn't even bother trying your parents scored the same tests when they were your age top
00:18:19marks look where that got
00:18:26Their world is so far from mine 18 years of being told I'm nothing
00:18:33And now I'm holding this
00:18:41Come on you just fought a D rank and now your hands won't stop I still don't know what you
00:18:48are but whatever this is thank you
00:18:58You're in now Brennan don't screw it up
00:19:05Third day in still feel like I'm trespassing
00:19:15Hey you lost?
00:19:17Cafeterio staff entrance is on the south side
00:19:19You think he cheated?
00:19:20Has to be
00:19:21No way a zero beats a D rank legit
00:19:25They don't have to like me
00:19:27They just have to see what happens next
00:19:37Coal
00:19:38Solo drills
00:19:39Far lane
00:19:40Fine by me
00:19:42Fine by me
00:19:50He's stacking it
00:19:51Shockwave opens the lane
00:19:53Flame follows through
00:20:08Two abilities
00:20:09That's what I've got right now
00:20:10Have to make them work until I can get more
00:20:12You're burning through the practice surface
00:20:14Sorry, I'll move to the far end
00:20:17Six days to the expedition
00:20:19Every rep is one less thing I have to figure out in the field
00:20:42Team up with your classmates
00:20:44Your score will be calculated by your team's kill counts
00:20:51Alex
00:20:52Fire support
00:20:53Marcus
00:20:54Shield coverage
00:20:55Jenny
00:20:56Speed
00:20:57Lily
00:20:58You're in
00:21:01My family's remote analysts have already pushed the ash flats modeling to your terminals
00:21:05Spawn rates
00:21:06Weaknesses
00:21:06Safe routes
00:21:07Follow the algorithm
00:21:08We clear the field
00:21:10Wow
00:21:11Whole outsourced team playing the game for you
00:21:14Hardcore Derek
00:21:15Should I clap for your analysts?
00:21:33Solo operation is permitted all
00:21:35All students must participate
00:21:38Going in alone?
00:21:39Good luck out there
00:21:41Ordinary
00:21:43I was going in alone either way
00:21:45That's so
00:21:52Northeast corner
00:21:53Higher concentration
00:21:54Right move
00:21:56Two abilities
00:21:57One weak
00:21:58I really hope that's enough
00:22:09That's great
00:22:09The
00:22:09Ocean
00:22:09Dying
00:22:09Who
00:22:10Who
00:22:10Who
00:22:10Who
00:22:10Who
00:22:11Who
00:22:11Who
00:22:11Who
00:22:19Who
00:22:35Good. Less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:23:04I can only focus on the killing.
00:23:06I can only focus on the killing.
00:23:10I can only focus on the killing.
00:23:26Kill confirmed, card draw initiating, Windblade, Shockwave opens it, Flame closes it, not the
00:23:35other way around.
00:23:45Kill 14 confirmed.
00:24:04Current collection, 5 abilities, slots, 2 of 2, 5, first time I'm choosing my own fight,
00:24:12not reacting, choosing, 5 cards, 2 hands, that's the game.
00:24:32Yeah, I know, right?
00:24:34Dude, I got this new gun, it's sick.
00:24:36I can't believe we did that.
00:24:3810 confirmed, sector 2, northeast quarter, clean sweep.
00:24:56Alpha team, Derek Ashford, 10 confirmed kills.
00:24:59Derek Ashford team, 10 confirmed.
00:25:02All teams, report to the command center.
00:25:11Northeast sector, right?
00:25:13Yeah.
00:25:14Tags registered at 41 separate positions, that's a lot of ground.
00:25:18That can't, that can't be right.
00:25:22Cole Brannan, solo operation, 30 confirmed kills.
00:25:37That's not possible.
00:25:39Our family AI calculated the physical ceiling.
00:25:4122 kills.
00:25:43Maximum.
00:25:4430.
00:25:44Solo alone?
00:25:46That breaks the model.
00:25:48Wow.
00:25:49Just enough.
00:25:50So that multi-million supercomputer of yours can't keep up with a delivery guy's muscle memory?
00:25:55System glitch, Prince?
00:26:10Well done.
00:26:21The surveillance feed for the Northeast sector, covers 40 minutes of active expedition time.
00:26:28We are requesting a full review under chapter 7.
00:26:391 kills, 7 kills, 15 kills, 22 kills, 30 kills.
00:26:48Feed is clean, no manipulation, 30 solo kills confirmed.
00:26:53The Northeast sector, that zone is outside the optimal routing parameters.
00:26:57He couldn't have known the creature density without it.
00:26:59The Northeast boundary zone's density is in the terrain briefing.
00:27:02Page 4.
00:27:10What was that route?
00:27:11He mapped it beforehand.
00:27:12From the briefing.
00:27:15Rank 20.
00:27:16E-rank access is next.
00:27:19E-rank accessed.
00:27:205 kills and tomorrow clears.
00:27:23Okay.
00:27:245 more.
00:27:43Hey, sit here.
00:27:44I mean...
00:27:45I just... have questions.
00:27:49Questions.
00:27:50Yeah, sit down.
00:27:52My team pulled 8 total.
00:27:53I got 4, which is fine for E-rank.
00:27:55Earth Tremors don't stack kills fast.
00:27:57But you were solo.
00:27:58and you got 30 what route did you run northeast sector boundary zone the
00:28:05boundary zone most teams avoid it because wait that's exactly why you went there
00:28:16you drew out a kill route didn't you after the briefing when everyone left
00:28:20sat there and mapped it yeah that's insane that's also kind of
00:28:27brilliant
00:28:30also I'm just gonna say this the ordinary thing I don't care you've got abilities
00:28:35you're in the school what's the argument apparently several Derek can argue with
00:28:40the ranking board thank you there it is knew you weren't a robot I'm not a robot
00:28:47you walk like one I'm just saying you know what exact foot placement every
00:28:54step that's not completely like a robot
00:29:02training tomorrow you want to run drills I want to see what you actually do with the
00:29:06flame shockwave combo sure I've spent every day here running the math and every conversation
00:29:16what they want what it costs but I think I've just made my first friend here
00:29:27wait three I've got three now
00:29:35Jake get there early
00:29:40okay I've been thinking about this since yesterday show me the combo good morning
00:29:45morning show me the combo you haven't even warmed up
00:29:49I warmed up thinking about this show me
00:30:03is that a third one it unlocked this morning okay we are absolutely skipping warm-up
00:30:23I didn't know it would do that you didn't plan that
00:30:26I planned fire and ice not this this hits something that can dodge fire but not ice
00:30:33or the other way around it can't dodge both
00:30:36you need to be on my team for every expedition from now on take this
00:30:57this morning I had a ceiling two slots eight combinations I knew every angle now
00:31:03I don't know what this can do yet that's different you ever stop calculating not
00:31:11really must be exhausting it's useful there's a fourth slot ahead I'm going to
00:31:25need it
00:31:34e-rank rift access granted
00:31:37let's go you sure e-rank e-rank earth I'm literally named for this your f-rank earth
00:31:44that does e-rank damage sometimes same thing
00:32:03three slots first time I've had them all loaded going into something real
00:32:07something's tracking us picked us up about 30 meters back
00:32:26that would have killed three f-rakes it's e-rank
00:32:33you
00:32:41you
00:32:42you
00:32:43you
00:32:44you
00:32:49you
00:32:58you
00:32:59you
00:33:12Jake!
00:33:14Jake!
00:33:29That's different.
00:33:31That was... yeah.
00:33:34We come back with a better plan.
00:33:36Maybe a third person?
00:33:39I need to go deeper.
00:33:43Solo again?
00:33:44You can't sustain tremors at that depth.
00:33:46And what I've got right now?
00:33:48It's not enough.
00:33:50I need what's deeper in there.
00:33:52I'll be here when you get back.
00:33:55Three abilities.
00:33:56All three in a real fight.
00:33:58Not a drill.
00:34:02Yesterday with Jake, the fog just...
00:34:05sat there.
00:34:06Now it's moving.
00:34:08Jake said he'd be here when I got back.
00:34:12No!
00:34:16No!
00:34:22No!
00:34:29No!
00:34:30No!
00:34:40It's impossible!
00:34:43No!
00:34:45No!
00:34:46No!
00:34:47No!
00:34:47No!
00:34:47No!
00:34:48No!
00:35:01Kills confirmed, card draws initiating, support ability acquired, common draw, not what I need, keep going.
00:35:27That's the boss.
00:35:36Walk around it.
00:35:39I don't know if flame cuts through that or just disappears into it.
00:35:46Mom, I'm coming.
00:36:33I've hit it so many times, yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:36Not yet.
00:36:38No.
00:36:57Elite creature defeated, card draw initiated.
00:37:10Ability acquired, lightning storm, advanced tier, slot configuration available.
00:37:19Partial match detected.
00:37:21Name, Brennan.
00:37:22Brennan.
00:37:23Th-that is my name.
00:37:26That is my family's name.
00:37:28They were here.
00:37:29Not nearby.
00:37:31Here.
00:37:31In this rift, ten years ago.
00:37:35I'm not looking for them anymore.
00:37:37I know where to look.
00:37:39What happened?
00:37:40I got lightning storm.
00:38:03It's just rankings, Derek.
00:38:05One month.
00:38:05He scored zero on the ability test.
00:38:08He delivered food for a living.
00:38:10No family legacy.
00:38:11No registered ability rank.
00:38:12No documented training history.
00:38:14No!
00:38:16How does rank 12 make sense?
00:38:24Everything okay?
00:38:25Yeah.
00:38:29The family has been tracking the anomaly.
00:38:32An unregistered ordinary at rank 12.
00:38:34After four months, using abilities with no documented training history and no ability
00:38:38rec on file.
00:38:39This is not a student.
00:38:40This is unquantifiable data in a system built on quantifiable outcomes.
00:38:46Unquantifiable data disrupts capital allocation.
00:38:48When investors cannot model the variable, they remove the variable.
00:38:52This is not personal, Derek.
00:38:54This is how the system protects itself.
00:38:56I understand.
00:39:07Three slots.
00:39:08It's still weird having three.
00:39:26There are some...
00:39:37It's probably not deduartable to withdraw.
00:39:50You took rank 12 from me. You've taken everything. This ends here. Same slot, same sector. This was planned.
00:40:12Derek. Every time you win, it's luck. A trick. You're ordinary. You want to fight? Fine.
00:40:28He's reddit. Good. What? That's... You have lightning storm? I earned it.
00:40:52What?
00:40:56What?
00:41:06Don't follow me into rifts again.
00:41:10How? How do you get that power?
00:41:12I'm not here for you, Derek. I never was.
00:41:33Top 10! Cole, you're in the top 10!
00:41:35I saw it. Rank 10. I also saw rank 8. Who's at 8? Madison Frost. They call her the Ice
00:41:44Queen.
00:41:44She's been rank 8 since she enrolled. Nobody's touched her. Nobody challenges Madison.
00:41:50Rank 10. I've been watching your ascent. You're systematic. That's unusual for someone without an ability history.
00:41:56Monthly ranking challenge is permitted above rank 15. You could challenge rank 8.
00:42:01When?
00:42:01Tomorrow. Arena 3.
00:42:05She didn't come to rattle me. She came to schedule me. That's the difference.
00:42:09She approached you? She's rank 8. Why would she bother?
00:42:14She wants to know what I am.
00:42:16That's creepy. Also terrifying. Okay. What are you actually going to do?
00:42:20She's frost type. She controls the whole arena.
00:42:23Frost abilities lock down mobility. She'll expect me to run flame into her domain. She'll have counters ready.
00:42:28So don't run flame. I didn't say that. How many hidden cards do you have?
00:42:36You're going to be fine. Also, you're a little scary.
00:42:49She doesn't look angry. That's the problem.
00:43:01This is my range. Everything inside it is ice.
00:43:10She's reading my loadout in real time. Smart.
00:43:25You have strong combinetics, but fire doesn't function well at this temperature. The base tier can't keep pace with the
00:43:31regeneration rate. Your fire is base tier.
00:43:34Advanced lightning storm genuinely impressive for an ordinary, but I've fought three slot users before. The math doesn't change. More
00:43:41combinations, same ceiling.
00:43:46She's right about the ceiling. Time to move it.
00:43:51That's enough.
00:43:58What are you... That heat level. That is an upgraded fire plasma tier. You've had this the entire fight.
00:44:04I had it. I hadn't needed it.
00:44:06I had it.
00:44:10Winner!
00:44:11Cole Brannan!
00:44:12Plasma Storm. Where did you get that?
00:44:14Same place I got the rest. Fought for it.
00:44:17Rank eight is yours.
00:44:20Dude, what was that?
00:44:24It's not fire anymore. It's something else.
00:44:29Center Academy Championship
00:44:31Pinnacle Fields 5
00:44:33Public Bracket
00:44:34Individual Rank Points on the Line
00:44:36Cole Brennan
00:44:38Derek Ashford
00:44:39Sophia Vile
00:44:41Madison Frost
00:44:42Jake Ryder
00:44:46I've been thinking about this moment for months.
00:44:49Now that it's here, it just feels...
00:44:51real.
00:44:53System Upgrade
00:44:54Ability Slot 4 Unlocked
00:44:59There it is.
00:45:08The fourth slot changes the timing windows.
00:45:11The combinations multiply.
00:45:31You look like someone doing math homework, except the homework explodes.
00:45:35How many abilities do you actually have now?
00:45:40A lot then.
00:45:49That's him.
00:45:51Central Academy.
00:45:52Two-time defending champions.
00:46:00Pinnacle's bracket must be thin this year.
00:46:07You've been champion for two years.
00:46:09That's right.
00:46:11Then everyone here already knows how to fight you.
00:46:13I've been studying your footage for three days.
00:46:17You'll get your shot.
00:46:18I'll try not to end it too fast.
00:46:21That was either very smart or very dumb.
00:46:24Probably both.
00:46:55You're always...
00:46:55I'll try not to end it.
00:47:19The Floater. He's not filling gaps. He's threading them. Look at the sequence.
00:47:26We advanced in three fights. Nobody on this team had a real conversation about it.
00:47:31Sophia anchors center. She controls the most space. Put her where the fight comes to her, not where she has
00:47:35to chase it.
00:47:36Derek, left side suppression. Madison, right side defense. Jake flanks when they overcommit.
00:47:44Why are you calling positions? You're not the captain.
00:47:47We don't have a designated captain.
00:47:49Then I'm captain.
00:47:56I've watched all three of tomorrow's opponent's bracket footage. Have you?
00:48:00You've never done team combat. Why should your formation work?
00:48:05I'm not taking orders from an ordinary.
00:48:07Then take suggestions from someone who did the homework.
00:48:10Or we improvise tomorrow and see how that goes.
00:48:26I had it. Move.
00:48:51We won.
00:48:52We got lucky. Next round, that won't be enough.
00:48:55He's not listening. Every time I call a direction, he goes the opposite just to show me he doesn't have
00:49:00to.
00:49:01We cannot go into a Central Academy team fight like this.
00:49:12Same as last time. We adjust as we go.
00:49:15They run a rotating cover pattern.
00:49:17Their two shield fuzers cycle with their ranged attackers.
00:49:19If we let them set up, we're playing defense the whole match.
00:49:26I'll handle-
00:49:27You can't handle both shield rotations solo.
00:49:29Unwin, none of us can. That's the point.
00:49:31I'll improvise.
00:49:49I'm out.
00:49:51I'm out.
00:50:03One more loss and we're out.
00:50:05Third match is Central Academy.
00:50:07Brandon's team.
00:50:10Cole's formation had answers for what Western just did.
00:50:12We didn't use it.
00:50:14She's right.
00:50:15Cole, how did you clock the shield rotation three days ago?
00:50:19Before we'd even seen their footage.
00:50:21I cross-referenced their last four matches.
00:50:24The second shoulder always comes in on a four-second delay.
00:50:27It's drilled, not reactive.
00:50:29Cole had it. He had it three days ago.
00:50:31He covered my retreat.
00:50:33He saw their targeting pattern before I did.
00:50:36I don't like it.
00:50:37You don't have to like it.
00:50:39The relay runner, in their pattern.
00:50:43That was the break point.
00:50:44Yes, you saw that.
00:50:46In the footage.
00:50:48Third match, Northern Region Qualifier.
00:50:51What's the formation for Central Academy?
00:50:53Five-person rotation.
00:50:55Sophia anchors center.
00:50:57You pressure their left from distance.
00:50:59Don't close.
00:51:00Madison holds the right corridor.
00:51:02Jake runs interference on their relay runner.
00:51:04I connect the zones.
00:51:05He's not convinced I'm right.
00:51:07He just ran out of ways to prove I'm wrong.
00:51:09That's enough.
00:51:10We can work with that.
00:51:21Central Academy's secondary squad.
00:51:24Three of last year's semi-finalists.
00:51:26Pinnacle hasn't won a Gaganzral in six years.
00:51:29Derek, hold fire until you see the left relay break.
00:51:33Not before.
00:51:34I know.
00:51:35What about me?
00:51:35You're fastest.
00:51:37Chase the relay runner.
00:51:38Don't let them anchor their rotations.
00:51:40Easy.
00:51:41Nothing about this is easy.
00:51:43Already planned.
00:51:48Now!
00:52:13Jake, now!
00:52:21Pinnacle Academy, team victory!
00:52:25There it is.
00:52:27Two seconds.
00:52:28That's your limit.
00:52:29I'll take it.
00:52:30Good call on the relay runner.
00:52:32We actually, yeah.
00:52:33We got it.
00:52:35I didn't know it would feel like that.
00:52:37Decent team win.
00:52:39But team fights are formations.
00:52:41Solo is different.
00:52:43I watched the footage.
00:52:45So did my coaching staff.
00:52:47They didn't see what you saw.
00:52:50Semi-finalists.
00:52:51See you there.
00:52:54B rank fire.
00:52:55Fire domain.
00:52:5716 tournament fights.
00:52:5815 wins.
00:52:59The one loss was a draw.
00:53:00Technical.
00:53:01He's never been stopped.
00:53:02I need something he has no footage on.
00:53:04I need all four slots in a sequence that doesn't exist in any match record.
00:53:07I need to invent it before Thursday.
00:53:16Okay.
00:53:17I looked him up.
00:53:18B rank fire.
00:53:20That means his output's at, what, three, four times what Madison had?
00:53:23About three.
00:53:24So your ice thing?
00:53:25Won't reach him.
00:53:26Gone before it gets there.
00:53:27Which version do you think he'll use?
00:53:30The one that looks like he's going easy on me.
00:53:32Every ability he has is built to end a fight fast.
00:53:35He doesn't play defense because he's never needed to.
00:53:41I think there's a seam.
00:53:43I just don't know what it looks like yet.
00:53:47Brandon!
00:53:49Brandon!
00:53:50Brandon!
00:53:51Brandon!
00:53:53I'll try not to end it too fast.
00:53:55Semi-final!
00:53:56Special recruit Cole Brannon.
00:53:58No registered rank.
00:54:00Versus two-time champion, Brandon Chase.
00:54:03B rank fire specialist.
00:54:10Good.
00:54:11Combinations.
00:54:12You're actually trying.
00:54:28You've got one slot left that you haven't shown me.
00:54:31I've been counting.
00:54:32Whatever it is, it's not going to be enough.
00:54:35But I'm genuinely curious what you pull out.
00:54:38One slot left.
00:54:40Make it count.
00:54:49Whatever the last slot is, I'd like to see it.
00:54:53Come on, Cole.
00:54:56Come on, Cole.
00:55:05Five.
00:55:29Legendary tier.
00:55:30Legendary tier.
00:55:41Five splots.
00:55:42How are you ordinary?
00:55:44I'm not sure ordinary was ever the right word.
00:55:46No.
00:55:47I don't think it was.
00:55:57That's what five feels like.
00:55:59All of it at once.
00:56:01Tomorrow's a different problem.
00:56:02You crazy!
00:56:08Crazy!
00:56:13Brandon had no answer for the five ability sequence.
00:56:17Nobody's going to.
00:56:18Sophia will have an answer.
00:56:19That's the problem.
00:56:20Then figure out answers to her answers.
00:56:22First time Derek's giving me something that wasn't a fight.
00:56:25I don't know what to do with that.
00:56:35I forfeit.
00:56:42Okay then.
00:56:44D-rank access.
00:56:46That's what's on the other side of tomorrow.
00:56:50Not the trophy.
00:56:51Not the title.
00:56:53The door.
00:56:57You okay?
00:56:59Yeah.
00:56:59Yeah.
00:57:01Liar.
00:57:03She finished her semi-final in 90 seconds.
00:57:06Telekinesis doesn't need range or formation.
00:57:09Cole.
00:57:10Win.
00:57:11Whatever it takes.
00:57:12First place gets D-rank access.
00:57:17My parents.
00:57:19They were last recorded in a D-rank rift.
00:57:24I know.
00:57:25Let's get them back.
00:57:31You watched my semi-final.
00:57:32I needed to know what I was facing.
00:57:36And?
00:57:36You're faster than I expected.
00:57:38The environment control is earlier than I can counter with sequencing alone.
00:57:42Is that a problem?
00:57:43I'm working on it.
00:57:45You promised if I win you tell me your secret.
00:57:48I said that.
00:57:51And if you win?
00:57:52I tell you anyway.
00:57:55Then one of us is telling the truth tomorrow.
00:58:04Don't hold back tomorrow.
00:58:05Dan prós to be there.
00:58:09And you won?
00:58:11Cole Brernan, Pinnacle Academy special recruit.
00:58:14Entered this tournament unranked.
00:58:15Zero rank to the championship round.
00:58:17And Sophia Vale, Pinnacles first seed.
00:58:19C-ranked telekinesis.
00:58:20Five year undefeated record.
00:58:21Full ability use is permitted.
00:58:24Ready?
00:58:25Ready.
00:58:25Yes.
00:58:42She's adjusting to his combinations in real time.
00:58:45First opponent all tournament who can do that to her.
00:58:48You really did figure out answers to my answers.
00:58:51Some of them.
00:58:52Let me show you the ones you didn't.
00:58:57In here, I move everything.
00:59:00You move yourself.
00:59:08She's faster than I thought.
00:59:09Every time I clear a path, she's already built the next wall.
00:59:12Too many vectors. Need to change the equation.
00:59:15You're the strongest person I've fought.
00:59:17I mean that.
00:59:19But I'm not done.
00:59:20Stop.
00:59:22You can't break this.
00:59:26Dad.
00:59:27Mom.
00:59:29Not yet.
00:59:30Everything.
00:59:32Now!
00:59:33Not enough!
00:59:34Stop!
00:59:49Then let's finish it.
00:59:56Yeah.
01:00:06I can't.
01:00:08I'm done.
01:00:09Winner.
01:00:09Cole Brennanen.
01:00:11Champion.
01:00:17You won.
01:00:20You're the strongest I've ever fought.
01:00:24Does the promise still stand?
01:00:26About the secret?
01:00:29Power doesn't care where you come from.
01:00:32But today, it chose you.
01:00:34D rank rift access.
01:00:36Effective immediate.
01:00:37Champion.
01:00:38Okay.
01:00:38Okay.
01:00:39But that's not why I'm here.
01:00:41D rank opens tomorrow.
01:00:43That's what matters.
01:00:44Whoa!
01:00:54You earned it.
01:00:55So did you, this season.
01:01:01I was stuck in a cage for so long.
01:01:05Cole, you ripped the door off the hinges and showed me the possibilities.
01:01:09In D rank rifts, nobody wins.
01:01:11It might be a one way trip.
01:01:14Then at least we'll have the best view.
01:01:20Yo!
01:01:20If the plan is save the world or get expelled, can we start by getting me some help with these?
01:01:25My back is literally screaming right now.
01:01:28Did you pack the entire cafeteria, Jake?
01:01:35He has D rank access now.
01:01:37Good.
01:01:38We'll be waiting.
01:01:42Good.
01:01:43Good.
01:01:45In the room though, all I have to see often in 3 weeks.
01:01:46I'm going to lock back here in 3 B.
01:01:47We have this 2
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