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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy - The Powerless Boy They Underestimated
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00:0520 years ago, the Great Awakening changed everything.
00:105% of population awakened powers.
00:14They became the new elite.
00:19Everyone's life is determined by the power test.
00:23It separates people into two classes, the ordinary and the elite.
00:29Power response confirmed.
00:30Elite track. Notify the academy.
00:33High compatibility.
00:34Pass. You rise.
00:49Did he get nothing?
00:50Not even a spark.
00:51Next.
00:52Fail. It forgets you.
00:58Your parents were ability users, and what did it get them?
01:02They were failures.
01:04Disappeared 10 years ago, left nothing behind.
01:08And now look at you.
01:10No ability, no future.
01:12Just like them.
01:25Their world is so far from mine.
01:29Dad, Mom, where did you go?
01:59Level 3 alert.
02:01Evacuate immediately.
02:03Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian.
02:05Ceiling tube inbound.
02:11Go throw the here at extracting.
02:16Wait, wait, I'm still in here!
02:38Oh, no.
02:39Oh, no.
02:50I can't outrun this!
02:52I can't outrun this!
03:14Mom, Dad, please help me.
03:39How long was I out?
03:47What did you do to me?
03:51Card draw system activated.
03:53Activated.
03:54What the?
03:54Who's talking?
04:12A system?
04:13What is this?
04:15Defeat monsters.
04:16Draw cards.
04:18Grow stronger.
04:19I can get abilities?
04:20Me?
04:22I'm an ordinary.
04:23This doesn't...
04:24Warning.
04:25Hostile entity detected.
04:2720 meters.
04:28That's the same one?
04:31First awakening protocol.
04:33Wait, right now?
04:34Beginning card draw.
04:36Come on!
04:37Whatever you are, come on!
04:40Ability acquired.
04:42Flame control.
04:44Basic tier.
04:45Equip to slot 1 or 2.
04:47What is this?
04:53It's coming.
05:02Back off!
05:05Back off!
05:13I...
05:14I have an ability?
05:17No!
05:23Kill confirmed.
05:25Initiating card draw.
05:26Defeating monsters?
05:28Triggers a draw?
05:35Ability acquired.
05:37Shockwave.
05:38Basic tier.
05:39Slot 2 of 2.
05:40Equipped.
05:43Full.
05:54You're alive?
05:56That mark.
05:57Are you an ability user?
06:01I don't know.
06:06Move.
06:34That's D-level ability user.
06:37Trained.
06:37Coordinated.
06:38Practiced.
06:39If that's the baseline,
06:41where am I trying to go?
06:52More abilities.
06:54More range.
06:56More.
06:57Edit.
07:07Winner.
07:09Moo.
07:10Cockpit.
07:14August 10 tomorrow.
07:23Let's go.
08:03Let's go.
08:15Reynolds, you should see this.
08:21This young man. Pull his file.
08:25The test says nothing.
08:29The footage says three.
08:31Which one do we trust?
08:37A civilian demonstrating ability?
08:40That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
08:44The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
08:47Three independent scans, Hargraath.
08:49Then the scans confirmed it. He has no ability.
08:53If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
08:59a populated area?
09:00Merit is our standard.
09:02Not bloodline.
09:04Not test scores.
09:06Find him.
09:15What are you?
09:24Cold Brennan?
09:26Who are you?
09:32Pinnacle Academy.
09:33Admissions office.
09:35The chancellor wants to meet you.
09:37Tomorrow.
09:47Pinnacle Academy.
09:49You think they don't screen their applications?
09:52No ability.
09:54No ability.
09:55Not low.
09:56Zero.
09:58That's what's on your file.
10:00They're not gonna make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
10:05Stop staring at it.
10:07Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
10:10Food gets cold.
10:22Not to prove anything.
10:24Not to them.
10:26Not to him.
10:29Pinnacle has class D rift acts.
10:32Restricted zones.
10:34Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
10:36We're in those rifts.
10:38Something happened in there.
10:39That envelope is an invitation.
10:41It's a door.
10:47I'll go.
11:12No badge.
11:13No uniform either.
11:15Is he ordinary?
11:20No badge.
11:21No uniform.
11:22What are you doing in here?
11:24Meeting with director Reynolds.
11:25I'm here to see the director.
11:28Reynolds?
11:33What?
11:34Did a rift open near your house?
11:36You looking for someone to come deal with it?
11:38Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
11:41My grandfather helped build this program.
11:44My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
11:47Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
11:50You looked me up.
11:57Your file says no ability.
11:59But surveillance caught you using flame and shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
12:03I didn't know what was happening to me.
12:05I still don't fully understand it.
12:07The Brennan name is in this building's founding records.
12:11I need to verify your abilities.
12:13Not because I doubt what I saw on the footage.
12:16Because this academy has to see it for itself.
12:19Tomorrow.
12:20The entrance exam.
12:22Prove your worth.
12:23I will.
12:29That's the one Reynolds let in?
12:32Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
12:34Literally zero.
12:36He's not even wearing a uniform.
12:41Ladies and gentlemen.
12:42He actually showed up.
12:44I told you yesterday.
12:45I told all of you.
12:46Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
12:49And here he is.
12:50Ready for his assessment.
12:53Every single one of you earned your spot.
12:56Tests.
12:56Certifications.
12:57Years of training.
12:58And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
13:02So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
13:04Set the bar.
13:05Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
13:17That's D rank fire.
13:19Top of the class.
13:20I've been doing this since I was 14.
13:22Your turn Brennan.
13:23Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
13:28Big throw.
13:29Big throw.
13:30Biggest he's got.
13:31You can see it coming from across the room.
13:33His whole body loads up before he lets go.
13:36One shot he's already winded.
13:39That was his best.
13:40And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
13:46That was your best shot.
13:48Excuse me.
13:50You asked to go first.
13:51You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
13:54Held the fireball an extra second.
13:56So everyone could see.
13:58So.
13:59Was that it?
14:02You have no idea what you're walking into.
14:05People with real training walk into D rank rifts and don't come back.
14:08You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us.
14:12I don't think I'm one of you.
14:14I think I'm here to take a test.
14:16And you're in the way.
14:22Cole Brennan.
14:24It's your turn.
14:26Demonstrate your ability.
14:29Forget him.
14:30Forget the crowd.
14:31None of them matter right now.
14:34Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
14:36She has to.
14:38And Pinnacle has D-Rig Rift access.
14:40That's where they were last seen.
14:43That's why I'm here.
14:44This is the only shot I've got.
14:47Don't blow it.
15:0620 years ago, the Great Awakening changed everything.
15:11Five percent of population awakened powers.
15:15They became the new elite.
15:20Everyone's life is determined by.
15:23The power test.
15:24It separates people into two classes.
15:27The ordinary and the elite.
15:30Power response confirmed.
15:32Elite track.
15:33Notify the academy.
15:34High compatibility.
15:35Pass.
15:36You rise.
15:50Did he get nothing?
15:51Not even a spark.
15:52Next.
15:53Fail.
15:54It forgets you.
16:00Your parents were ability users.
16:02And what did it get them?
16:03They were failures.
16:05Disappeared ten years ago.
16:07Left nothing behind.
16:09And now look at you.
16:11No ability.
16:12No future.
16:14Just like them.
16:26Their world is so far from mine.
16:30Dad.
16:31Mom.
16:32Where did you go?
16:34Thanks a lot.
16:36I hate you.
16:41If you go.
16:51The power.
17:00Level 3 alert. Evacuate immediately.
17:04Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian. Ceiling tube inbound.
17:12Go throw the hearth extracting.
17:17Wait, wait, I'm still in here!
17:38Oh no.
17:40Oh no.
17:51I can't outrun this.
17:53I can't outrun this.
18:15Mom. Dad.
18:18Please, help me.
18:24Mom!
18:40How long was I out?
18:48What did you do to me?
18:52Card draw system activated.
18:54Activated.
18:55What the?
18:56Who's talking?
19:13A system?
19:14What is this?
19:16Defeat monsters.
19:17Draw cards.
19:19Draw stronger.
19:20I can get abilities?
19:21Me?
19:23I'm an ordinary.
19:24This doesn't...
19:25Warning.
19:26Hostile entity detected.
19:2820 meters.
19:30That's the same one?
19:32First awakening protocol.
19:34Wait!
19:35Right now?
19:35Beginning card draw.
19:37Come on!
19:38Whatever you are, come on!
19:42Ability acquired.
19:43Flame control.
19:45Basic team.
19:46Equip to slot one or two.
19:48What is this?
19:55It's coming.
20:04Back off!
20:15I...
20:15I...
20:17I...
20:17I have an ability?
20:24Kill confirmed.
20:26Initiating card draw.
20:27Defeating monsters?
20:29Triggers a draw?
20:37Ability acquired.
20:38Shockwave.
20:39Basic tier.
20:40Slot two of two.
20:42Equipped.
20:45Full.
20:55You're alive?
20:57That mark.
20:59Are you an ability user?
21:02I don't know.
21:07Move.
21:36That's D-Level Ability User.
21:38Trained? Coordinated? Practiced?
21:40If that's the baseline, where am I trying to go?
21:54More Abilities. More Range. More.
22:09Eww.
22:12Let's go.
22:42Let's go.
22:50Kill confirmed.
22:52Card draw.
22:53Ice shot.
22:54Basic tier.
22:56Current collection.
22:56Three abilities.
22:57Slots.
22:58Two of two.
22:59Three abilities.
23:00Two slots.
23:23The test says nothing.
23:30The footage says three.
23:32Which one do we trust?
23:39A civilian demonstrating ability?
23:42That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
23:45The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
23:49Three independent scans, Hargraath.
23:51Then the scans confirmed it.
23:52He has no ability.
23:53If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next
23:59time the rift opens in a populated area?
24:02Merit is our standard.
24:04Not bloodline.
24:06Not test scores.
24:08Find him.
24:16What are you?
24:25Cole Brennan?
24:27Who are you?
24:33Pinnacle Academy.
24:35Admissions office.
24:36The Chancellor wants to meet you.
24:38Tomorrow.
24:48Pinnacle Academy.
24:50Admissions office.
24:51The Chancellor wants to meet you.
24:57Pinnacle Academy.
24:59That's what's on your fire.
25:01They're not gonna make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
25:07Stop staring at it.
25:09Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
25:12Food gets cold.
25:23Not to prove anything.
25:25Not to them.
25:27Not to him.
25:30Pinnacle has Class D rift acts.
25:33Restricted zones.
25:35Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
25:37But in those rifts, something happened in there.
25:40That envelope is an invitation.
25:42It's a door.
25:48I'll go.
26:13No badge.
26:15No uniform.
26:23What are you doing in here?
26:25Meeting with Director Reynolds.
26:26Reynolds.
26:26I'm here to see the director.
26:29Reynolds?
26:34What?
26:35Did a rift open near your house?
26:37You looking for someone to come deal with it?
26:39Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
26:43My grandfather helped build this program.
26:45My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
26:48Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
26:51You looked me up.
26:58You looked me up.
27:20Tomorrow.
27:21The entrance exam.
27:23Prove your worth.
27:25I will.
27:31That's the one Reynolds let in?
27:33Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
27:35Literally zero.
27:37He's not even wearing a uniform!
27:42Ladies and gentlemen.
27:44He actually showed up.
27:45I told you yesterday.
27:46I told all of you.
27:47Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
27:50And here he is.
27:51Ready for his assessment.
27:54Every single one of you earned your spot.
27:57Tests.
27:57Certifications.
27:58Years of training.
27:59And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
28:03So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
28:05Set the bar.
28:06Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
28:18That's D rank fire.
28:20Top of the class.
28:21I've been doing this since I was 14.
28:23Your turn Brennan.
28:25Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
28:29Big throw.
28:31Biggest he's got.
28:32You can see it coming from across the room.
28:34His whole body loads up before he lets go.
28:37One shot.
28:38He's already winded.
28:40That was his best.
28:41And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
28:47That was your best shot?
28:49Excuse me?
28:51You asked to go first.
28:53You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
28:55Held the fireball an extra second.
28:57So everyone could see.
28:59So.
29:00Is that it?
29:03You have no idea what you're walking into.
29:06People with real training walk into D rank rifts and don't come back.
29:09You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us.
29:13I don't think I'm one of you.
29:15I think I'm here to take a test.
29:17And you're in the way.
29:23Cole Brennan.
29:25It's your turn.
29:27Demonstrate your ability.
29:30Forget him.
29:31Forget the crowd.
29:32None of them matter right now.
29:35Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
29:37She has to.
29:38And pinnacle has D rank rift access.
29:42That's where they were last seen.
29:44That's why I'm here.
29:46This is the only shot I've got.
29:48Don't blow it.
30:0720 years ago, the great awakening changed everything.
30:125% of population awakened powers.
30:16They became the new elite.
30:21Everyone's life is determined by
30:23The power test
30:25It separates people into two classes
30:27The ordinary and the elite
30:31Power response confirmed
30:34Notify the academy
30:35Pass, you rise
30:51Did he get nothing?
30:52Not even a spark
30:53Next, fail
30:55It forgets you
31:01Your parents were ability users
31:03And what did it get them?
31:04They were failures
31:06Disappeared ten years ago
31:07Left nothing behind
31:10And now look at you
31:11No ability, no future
31:15Just like them
31:27Their world is so far from mine
31:31Dad, Mom, where did you go?
32:01Level 3 alert
32:04Evacuate immediately
32:05Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian
32:07Ceiling tube inbound
32:13Go throw the here that's tracking
32:18Wait, wait, I'm still in here
32:40Oh no
32:52I can't outrun this
32:54I can't outrun this
33:16Mom, Dad
33:19Please, help me
33:41How long was I out?
33:49What did you do to me?
33:53Card draw system activated
33:55Activated
33:56What the?
33:57Who's talking?
34:00Who's talking?
34:14A system?
34:15What is this?
34:17Defeat monsters
34:18Draw cards
34:19Draw stronger
34:21I can get abilities?
34:22Me?
34:24I'm an ordinary
34:25This doesn't
34:26Warning
34:27Hostile entity detected
34:2820 meters
34:30That's the same one?
34:33First awakening protocol
34:35Wait, right now?
34:36Beginning card draw
34:38Come on
34:39Whatever you are
34:40Come on
34:43Ability acquired
34:44Flame control
34:46Basic team
34:47Equip to slot 1 or 2
34:49What is this?
34:56It's coming
35:05Back off
35:25Kill confirmed
35:27Initiating card draw
35:28Defeating monsters
35:30Triggers a draw?
35:38Ability acquired
35:39Shockwave
35:40Basic tier
35:41Slot 2 of 2
35:42Equipped
35:46Full
35:56You're alive?
35:58That mark
35:59Are you an ability user?
36:03I don't know
36:09Move
36:28Owee, run
36:37That's D-level ability user
36:39Trained
36:39Coordinated
36:40Practiced
36:41If that's the baseline
36:43Where am I trying to go?
36:54More abilities
36:56More abilities
36:58More range
36:58More
37:12How many
37:14And
37:15You're back
37:28You're back
37:29Cl ressort
37:29Yours
37:52Kill confirmed, card draw, ice shot, basic tier.
37:56Current collection, three abilities. Slots, two of two.
38:00Three abilities, two slots.
38:17Director Reynolds, you should see this.
38:23This young man. Pull his file.
38:27The test says nothing.
38:31The footage says three.
38:33Which one do we trust?
38:40A civilian demonstrating ability?
38:43That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
38:46The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
38:50Three independent scans, Hargrave.
38:52Then the scans confirmed it.
38:53He has no ability.
38:55If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
39:01a populated area?
39:03Merit is our standard.
39:05Not bloodline.
39:07Not test scores.
39:08Find him.
39:17What are you?
39:26Cole Brennan?
39:27Cole Brennan?
39:28Who are you?
39:34Pinnacle Academy.
39:36Admission's office.
39:37The Chancellor wants to meet you.
39:39Tomorrow.
39:41Tomorrow.
39:49Pinnacle Academy.
39:50Pinnacle Academy.
39:51You think they don't screen their applications?
39:55No ability.
39:57Not low.
39:58Zero.
40:00That's what's on your file.
40:02They're not gonna make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
40:08Stop staring at it.
40:10Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
40:13Food gets cold.
40:24Not to prove anything.
40:26Not to them.
40:29Not to him.
40:32Pinnacle has Class D rift acts.
40:35Restricted zones.
40:36Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
40:39But in those rifts, something happened in there.
40:41That envelope is an invitation.
40:43It's a door.
40:49I'll go.
41:15No badge.
41:16No uniform either.
41:17Is he ordinary?
41:18Is he ordinary?
41:22No badge?
41:24No uniform?
41:25What are you doing in here?
41:26Meeting with Director Reynolds.
41:27I'm here to see the director.
41:30Reynolds?
41:35What?
41:36Did a rift open near your house?
41:39You looking for someone to come deal with it?
41:41Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
41:43My grandfather helped build this program.
41:46My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
41:50Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
41:53You looked me up.
41:59Your file says no ability.
42:01But surveillance caught you using Flame and Shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
42:05I didn't know what was happening to me.
42:08I still don't fully understand it.
42:10The Brennan name is in this building's founding records.
42:13I need to verify your abilities.
42:15Not because I doubt what I saw on the footage.
42:18Because this academy has to see it for itself.
42:21Tomorrow.
42:22The entrance exam.
42:24Prove your worth.
42:26I will.
42:32That's the one Reynolds let in?
42:34Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
42:36Literally zero.
42:38He's not even wearing a uniform.
42:43Ladies and gentlemen.
42:45He actually showed up.
42:46I told you yesterday.
42:47I told all of you.
42:49Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
42:51And here he is.
42:52Ready for his assessment.
42:56Every single one of you earned your spot.
42:58Tests.
42:59Certifications.
42:59Years of training.
43:00And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
43:04So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
43:07Set the bar.
43:08Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
43:19That's D-rank fire.
43:21Top of the class.
43:22I've been doing this since I was 14.
43:24Your turn, Brennan.
43:26Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
43:30Big throw.
43:32Biggest he's got.
43:33You can see it coming from across the room.
43:36His whole body loads up before he lets go.
43:39One shot, he's already winded.
43:41That was his best.
43:42And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
43:48That was your best shot?
43:51Excuse me?
43:52You asked to go first.
43:54You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
43:56Held the fireball an extra second.
43:58So everyone could see it.
44:00So, was that it?
44:04You have no idea what you're walking into.
44:07People with real training walk into D-rank rifts and don't come back.
44:11You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us.
44:14I don't think I'm one of you.
44:16I think I'm here to take a test.
44:18And you're in the way.
44:25Cole Brennan.
44:26It's your turn.
44:28Demonstrate your ability.
44:31Forget him.
44:32Forget the crowd.
44:33None of them matter right now.
44:36Reynolds knows something about Mom and Dad.
44:39She has to.
44:40And Pinnacle has D-Rag Rift access.
44:43That's where they were last seen.
44:46That's why I'm here.
44:47This is the only shot I've got.
44:49Don't blow it.
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