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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy ENGSUB EP The Chosen One, Drama Series ARS
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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 complete track notify the academy
00:00:30pass you rise did he get nothing not even a spark next fail it forgets you
00:00:55your parents were ability users and what did it get them they were failures disappeared 10 years ago
00:01:02left 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
00:02:09go throw the here the extracting
00:02:13wait wait i'm still in here
00:02:34oh no
00:02:46i can't outrun this
00:03:11mom dad please help me
00:03:36how long was i out
00:03:48card draw system activated activated what the who's talking
00:04:09a system what what is this
00:04:12defeat monsters draw cards grow stronger i can get abilities me i'm an ordinary this doesn't warning hostile entity detected
00:04:2420 meters that's the same one
00:04:29first awakening protocol
00:04:30wait right now beginning card draw
00:04:33come on whatever you are come on
00:04:38ability acquired flame control
00:04:41basic team equipped to slot one or two
00:04:44what is this
00:04:51it's coming
00:04:55it's coming
00:05:00back off
00:05:11i have an ability
00:05:20kill confirmed
00:05:22defeating monsters triggers a draw
00:05:33ability ability acquired shockwave basic tier slot two of two
00:05:38equipped
00:05:41full
00:05:52you're alive
00:05:53you're alive that mark are you an ability user
00:06:00you're alive that mark are you an ability duper
00:06:00you're alive that mark are you an ability to grab your body
00:06:32That's D-Level Ability User.
00:06:35Trained, coordinated, practiced.
00:06:37If that's the baseline, where am I trying to go?
00:06:50More abilities.
00:06:52More range.
00:06:54More.
00:06:57More.
00:07:47Kill confirmed, card draw, ice shot, basic tier, current collection, 3 abilities, slots,
00:07:552 of 2, 3 abilities, 2 slots, director Reynolds, you should see this, this young man, pull his
00:08:21file, the test says nothing, the footage says 3, which one do we trust?
00:08:35A civilian demonstrating ability? That contradicts a century of awakening biology. The instruments
00:08:43are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
00:08:45Three independent scans, Hargraath, then the scans confirmed it, he has no ability.
00:08:51If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next
00:08:56time the rift opens in a populated area? Merit is our standard, not bloodline, not test scores.
00:09:05Find him.
00:09:13What are you?
00:09:22Cole Brennan?
00:09:24Who are you?
00:09:30Pinnacle Academy. Admissions office. The Chancellor wants to meet you, tomorrow.
00:09:45Pinnacle Academy. You think they don't screen their applications? No ability. Not low. Zero.
00:09:56That's what's on your file. They're not going to make an exception for a delivery boy because
00:10:02he got lucky near a rift. Stop staring at it. Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
00:10:09Food gets cold.
00:10:20Not to prove anything. Not to them. Not to him.
00:10:27Pinnacle has Class D rift acts. Restricted zones. Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
00:10:34But in those rifts, something happened in there. That envelope is an invitation. It's a door.
00:10:45I'll go.
00:11:11No badge. No uniform either.
00:11:13Is he ordinary?
00:11:18No badge? No uniform? What are you doing in here? Meeting with Director Reynolds.
00:11:23I'm here to see the director.
00:11:26Reynolds?
00:11:31What? Did a rift open near your house? You 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.
00:12:09I 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.
00:12:22I 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, he actually showed up.
00:12:42I told you yesterday.
00:12:43I told all of you.
00:12:45Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
00:12:47And here he is, ready for his assessment.
00:12:52Every single one of you earned your spot.
00:12:54Tests, certifications, years 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.
00:13:18I'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.
00:13:29You can see it coming from across the room.
00:13:32His whole body loads up before he lets go.
00:13:35One shot, he's 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, is 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.
00:14:14And you're in the way.
00:14:21Cole Brennan.
00:14:22It's your turn.
00:14:24Demonstrate your ability.
00:14:27Forget him.
00:14:28Forget the crowd.
00:14:30None of them matter right now.
00:14:33Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
00:14:35She has to.
00:14:36And Pinnacle has D-rank rift access.
00:14:39That's where they were last seen.
00:14:42That's why I'm here.
00:14:43This is the only shot I've got.
00:14:45Don't blow it.
00:14:53My academy fire record was set at 14.
00:14:56My father held the school record before that?
00:14:59And you're showing me that?
00:15:01Guess we'll see.
00:15:02Standard duel.
00:15:03Begin.
00:15:04Good.
00:15:05A public fight.
00:15:06Everyone watch.
00:15:07If I win this, nobody gets it.
00:15:10I don't belong.
00:15:27D-rank fire at that output?
00:15:29This needs to be called.
00:15:31Watch.
00:15:33Every throw.
00:15:34Same wind-up.
00:15:35Same angle.
00:15:36He can't steer it once it's out.
00:15:38And between shots, his hands drop.
00:15:40He has to reload.
00:15:41That's all I need.
00:16:02You got lucky.
00:16:04That's all that was.
00:16:05You're still doing the same thing.
00:16:08All just power, no adjustment.
00:16:11He throws the same way every time and never learns mid-fight.
00:16:20Two offensive abilities at the same time?
00:16:23Not at the same time.
00:16:25One amplifies the other.
00:16:53Winner, Cole Brennan.
00:16:59Two abilities combined.
00:17:02Interesting.
00:17:03Pure force with no control is useless.
00:17:05Derek fought for his pride.
00:17:07His rank.
00:17:08His name.
00:17:09I'm not here for any of that.
00:17:12Cole Brennan.
00:17:13Enrolled.
00:17:14This is not an outcome this institution can accept.
00:17:18We have thresholds.
00:17:21Ability requirements that exist for a reason.
00:17:24An unregistered ordinary person in a live combat curriculum is a liability to every student in this building.
00:17:28He demonstrated two distinct offensive abilities combined under active combat conditions.
00:17:32He has no rank.
00:17:33No ability history.
00:17:34No institutional record.
00:17:35Neither did Holt when he enrolled.
00:17:36Neither did Price.
00:17:37This academy has one standard.
00:17:39Can they perform?
00:17:40F rank access.
00:17:42That's the first door.
00:17:43Behind that, E rank.
00:17:44Then D.
00:17:45D rank is where mom and dad disappeared.
00:17:47I just got one step closer.
00:17:49So we're giving a permanent seat to someone whose file reads zero.
00:17:53This isn't enrollment.
00:17:54It's charity.
00:18:05No reading at all.
00:18:06Not even a trace.
00:18:08Next.
00:18:09Zero.
00:18:10Not low.
00:18:11Zero.
00:18:12You know what that means, right?
00:18:13It means the machine didn't even bother trying.
00:18:16Your parents scored the same tests when they were your age.
00:18:19Top marks.
00:18:20And look where that got them.
00:18:27Their world is so far from mine.
00:18:31Eighteen years of being told I'm nothing.
00:18:33And now I'm holding this.
00:18:41Come on.
00:18:42You just fought a D rank.
00:18:44And now your hands won't stop.
00:18:46I still don't know what you are.
00:18:49But whatever this is, thank you.
00:18:58You're in now, Brennan.
00:19:00Don't screw it up.
00:19:05Third day in.
00:19:07Still feel like I'm trespassing.
00:19:14Hey.
00:19:15You 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.
00:19:29They just have to see what happens next.
00:19:37Coal.
00:19:39Solo drills.
00:19:40Far lane.
00:19:41Fine by me.
00:19:50He's stacking them.
00:19:52Shockwave 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.
00:20:15I'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.
00:20:56Jenny.
00:20:57Speed.
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.
00:21:07Safe routes.
00:21:07Follow the algorithm.
00:21:09We clear the field.
00:21:10Wow.
00:21:12Whole outsourced team playing the game for you.
00:21:15Hardcore Derek.
00:21:16Should I clap for your analysts?
00:21:33Solo operation is permitted.
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.
00:21:51Northeast corner.
00:21:53Higher concentration.
00:21:54Right move.
00:21:56Two abilities.
00:21:58One weak.
00:21:59I really hope that's enough.
00:22:02Oh.
00:22:03This is a joke.
00:22:04Oh.
00:22:17Oh.
00:22:18Oh.
00:22:35Good, less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:23:01I can't believe it.
00:23:26Kill confirmed.
00:23:28Card draw initiating.
00:23:31Windblade.
00:23:32Shockwave opens it.
00:23:33Flame closes it.
00:23:34Not the other way around.
00:23:44Kill confirmed.
00:24:04Current collection, five abilities.
00:24:07Slots, two of two.
00:24:09Five.
00:24:10First time I'm choosing my own fight.
00:24:12Not reacting.
00:24:14Choosing.
00:24:15Five cards.
00:24:16Two hands.
00:24:18That's the game.
00:24:31Yeah, I know, right?
00:24:34Dude, I got this new gun.
00:24:36It's sick.
00:24:36I can't believe we did that.
00:24:38Ten confirmed.
00:24:40Sector two, northeast quarter.
00:24:43Clean sweep.
00:24:56Alpha team.
00:24:57Derek Ashford.
00:24:58Ten confirmed kills.
00:25:00Derek Ashford team.
00:25:01Ten 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.
00:25:16That's a lot of ground.
00:25:19That can't...
00:25:20That can't be right.
00:25:22Cole Brannan.
00:25:22Solo operation.
00:25:2430 confirmed kills.
00:25:36That'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?
00:25:45That 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?
00:26:21The surveillance feed for the northeast sector covers 40 minutes of active expedition.
00:26:28We are requesting a full review under chapter 7.
00:26:52The 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.
00:27:21Five kills and tomorrow clears it.
00:27:23Okay.
00:27:24Five more.
00:27:43Hey, sit here.
00:27:44I mean, I just have questions.
00:27:49Questions.
00:27:50Yeah, sit down.
00:27:52My team pulled eight total.
00:27:53I got four, which is fine for E-rank.
00:27:55Earth Tremors don't stack kills fast, but you were solo, and you got 30.
00:28:00What route did you run?
00:28:02Northeast sector.
00:28:04Boundary zone.
00:28:05The boundary zone?
00:28:07Most teams avoid it because...
00:28:10Wait.
00:28:11That's exactly why you went there.
00:28:16You drew out a kill route, didn't you?
00:28:18After the briefing, when everyone left, sat there and mapped it.
00:28:23Yeah.
00:28:25That's insane.
00:28:26That's also kind of brilliant.
00:28:31Also, I'm just gonna say this.
00:28:32The ordinary thing?
00:28:33I don't care.
00:28:34You've got abilities.
00:28:36You're in the school.
00:28:36What's the argument?
00:28:38Apparently several.
00:28:39Derek can argue with the ranking board.
00:28:43There it is.
00:28:44Knew you weren't a robot.
00:28:46I'm not a robot.
00:28:47You walk like one.
00:28:49I'm just saying.
00:28:50You know what?
00:28:51Exact foot placement.
00:28:53Every step.
00:28:55That's not...
00:28:57Completely like a robot.
00:29:02Training tomorrow.
00:29:03You want to run drills?
00:29:04I want to see what you actually do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:10Sure.
00:29:12I've spent every day here running the math on every conversation.
00:29:16What they want.
00:29:17What it costs.
00:29:18But I think I've just made my first friend here.
00:29:27Wait.
00:29:29Three?
00:29:30I've got three now.
00:29:35Jake.
00:29:36Get there early.
00:29:40Okay.
00:29:41I've been thinking about this since yesterday.
00:29:43Show me the combo.
00:29:44Good morning.
00:29:45Morning.
00:29:46Show me the combo.
00:29:48You haven't even warmed up.
00:29:50I warmed up thinking about this.
00:29:52Show me.
00:29:54Hm.
00:30:03Is that a third one?
00:30:06It unlocked this morning.
00:30:08Okay.
00:30:08We are absolutely skipping warm up.
00:30:22I didn't know it would do that.
00:30:25You didn't plan that?
00:30:26I planned fire and ice.
00:30:29Not this.
00:30:30If this hits something that can dodge fire but not ice.
00:30:33Or the other way around.
00:30:35It can't dodge both.
00:30:37You need to be on my team.
00:30:39For every expedition from now on.
00:30:42Take this!
00:30:57This morning I had a ceiling.
00:30:59Two slots.
00:31:00Eight combinations.
00:31:01I knew every angle.
00:31:03Now I don't know what this can do yet.
00:31:06That's...
00:31:06different.
00:31:08You ever stop calculating?
00:31:09Not really.
00:31:12Must be exhausting.
00:31:14It's useful.
00:31:16Fair.
00:31:22There's a fourth slot ahead.
00:31:24I'm going to need it.
00:31:34E-Rank Rift Access Granted.
00:31:37Let's go.
00:31:39You sure?
00:31:40E-Rank...
00:31:40E-Rank Earth.
00:31:41I'm literally named for this.
00:31:43You're F-Rank Earth that does E-Rank damage sometimes.
00:31:46Same thing.
00:31:47Same thing.
00:32:03Three slots.
00:32:05First time I've had them all loaded going into something real.
00:32:07Something's tracking us.
00:32:09Picked us up about 30 meters back.
00:32:26That would have killed three F-Ranks.
00:32:28It's E-Rank.
00:32:2910.
00:32:302.
00:32:371.
00:32:402.
00:32:552.
00:32:563.
00:32:563.
00:32:574.
00:32:574.
00:32:587.
00:32:587.
00:32:598.
00:32:596.
00:32:59Keep it!
00:33:13Jake!
00:33:29that's different that was yeah we come back with a better plan maybe a third
00:33:37person I need to go deeper solo again you can't sustain tremors at that depth
00:33:46and what I've got right now it's not enough I need what's deeper in there
00:33:52I'll be here when you get back three abilities all three in a real fight not
00:33:59a drill yesterday with Jake the fog just sat there now it's moving Jake said
00:34:09he'd be here when I got back
00:34:36so
00:35:00kills confirmed card draws initiating support ability acquired
00:35:07common draw not what I need keep going
00:35:27that's the boss
00:35:38I don't know if flame cuts through that or just disappears into it
00:35:46mom I'm coming
00:35:54so
00:36:05so
00:36:08so
00:36:33I've hit it so many times, yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:37Not yet.
00:36:38No.
00:36:57Elite creature defeated.
00:36:59Card draw initiated.
00:37:10Ability acquired.
00:37:12Lightning storm.
00:37:13Advanced skill.
00:37:14Slot configuration available.
00:37:19Partial match detected.
00:37:21Name, Brennan.
00:37:22Brennan.
00:37:23That is my name.
00:37:26That is my family's name.
00:37:28They were here.
00:37:29Not nearby.
00:37:31Here.
00:37:32In this rift.
00:37:33Ten years ago.
00:37:34No.
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, he 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.
00:38:13No documented training history.
00:38:14No!
00:38:16How does rank 12 make sense?
00:38:24Everything okay?
00:38:26Yeah.
00:38:55The family has been tracking the anomaly.
00:38:57I understand.
00:39:07Three slots.
00:39:08It's still weird having three.
00:39:10No.
00:39:11No.
00:39:28Zeroization.
00:39:29It's still weird having four walls.
00:39:29What happened that also has been called complete?
00:39:34levaon picking monster eliminated.
00:39:38prender drawn patINA.
00:39:50You took rank 12 for me.
00:39:53You've taken everything.
00:39:55This ends here.
00:39:57Same slot.
00:39:58Same sector.
00:40:00This was planned.
00:40:04Derek.
00:40:13Every time you win, it's luck.
00:40:17A trick.
00:40:20You're ordinary.
00:40:21You want to fight?
00:40:22Fine.
00:40:28He's read it.
00:40:30Good.
00:40:37What?
00:40:38What?
00:40:39That's...
00:40:40You have lightning storm?
00:40:43I earned it.
00:40:56What?
00:41:06Don't follow me into rifts again.
00:41:09How?
00:41:10How do you get that power?
00:41:12I'm not here for you, Derek.
00:41:14I never was.
00:41:33Top 10.
00:41:34Cole, you're in the top 10!
00:41:35I saw it.
00:41:36Rank 10.
00:41:38I also saw rank 8.
00:41:40Who's at 8?
00:41:40Madison Frost.
00:41:42They call her the Ice Queen.
00:41:44She's been rank 8 since she enrolled.
00:41:46Nobody's touched her.
00:41:48Nobody challenges Madison.
00:41:50Rank 10.
00:41:50I've been watching your ascent.
00:41:52You're systematic.
00:41:53That's unusual for someone without an ability history.
00:41:56Monthly ranking challenge is permitted above rank 15.
00:41:59You could challenge rank 8.
00:42:01When?
00:42:02Tomorrow.
00:42:02Arena 3.
00:42:05She didn't come to rattle me.
00:42:06She came to schedule me.
00:42:08That's the difference.
00:42:09She approached you?
00:42:11She's rank 8.
00:42:12Why would she bother?
00:42:14She wants to know what I am.
00:42:16That's creepy.
00:42:17Also terrifying.
00:42:18Okay.
00:42:19What are you actually going to do?
00:42:20She's frost type.
00:42:21She controls the whole arena.
00:42:23Frost abilities lock down mobility.
00:42:25She'll expect me to run flame into her domain.
00:42:27She'll have counters ready.
00:42:28So don't run flame.
00:42:31I didn't say that.
00:42:33How many hidden cards do you have?
00:42:36You're going to be fine.
00:42:38Also, you're a little scary.
00:42:49She doesn't look angry.
00:42:52That's the problem.
00:43:01This is my range.
00:43:02Everything inside it is ice.
00:43:10She's reading my loadout in real time.
00:43:13Smart.
00:43:25You have strong combinetics, but fire doesn't function well at this temperature.
00:43:29The base tier can't keep pace with the regeneration rate.
00:43:32Your fire is base tier.
00:43:34Advanced lightning storm genuinely impressive for an ordinary.
00:43:37But I've fought three slot users before.
00:43:39The math doesn't change.
00:43:40More combinations, same ceiling.
00:43:46She's right about the ceiling.
00:43:48Time to move it.
00:43:51That's enough.
00:43:58What are you...
00:43:59That heat level.
00:44:00That is an upgraded fire plasma tier.
00:44:03You've had this the entire fight.
00:44:05I had it.
00:44:05I hadn't needed it.
00:44:10Winner!
00:44:11Cole Brannan!
00:44:12Plasma storm.
00:44:13Where did you get that?
00:44:14Same place I got the rest.
00:44:16Fought for it.
00:44:17Rank 8 is yours.
00:44:20Dude, what was that?
00:44:24It's not fire anymore.
00:44:26It's something else.
00:44:47I've been thinking about this moment for months.
00:44:49Now that it's here, it just feels...
00:44:52Real.
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.
00:45:33Except the homework explodes.
00:45:35How many abilities do you actually have now?
00:45:40A lot, then.
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.
00:46:26You'll get a lot of fun.
00:46:36No.
00:46:38Let's go.
00:47:20Floater, he's not filling gaps. He's threading them. Look at the sequence.
00:47:27We 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.
00:47:35Derek, left side suppression. Madison, right side defense. Jake flanks when they overcommit.
00:47:44Why are you calling positions? You're not the captain. We 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. Then take suggestions from someone who did the homework.
00:48:09Or 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. Third match is Central Academy.
00:50:07Brandon's team.
00:50:10Cole's formation had answers for what Western just did. We 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-
00:50:41In their pattern.
00:50:43That was the break point.
00:50:44Yes.
00:50:45You saw that.
00:50:46In the footage.
00:50:47Third match, Northern Region Qualifier.
00:50:51What's the formation for Central Academy?
00:50:54Five-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?
00:51:36You'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.
00:52:14Jake, 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.
00:52:34We got it.
00:52:35That's, I didn't know it would feel like that.
00:52:38Decent 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-finals.
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.
00:53:59No registered rank.
00:54:00Versus two-time champion Brandon Chase.
00:54:03B-ranked.
00:54:04Fire 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.
00:54:54Come on, Cole.
00:54:57Come on, Cole.
00:55:04Five.
00:55:07Five.
00:55:15Five.
00:55:29Legendary Tear
00:55:35Brandon Chase unable to continue
00:55:38Winner Cole Brennan
00:55:39Legendary Tear
00:55:40Five Splots
00:55:42How are you ordinary?
00:55:44I'm not sure ordinary was ever the right word
00:55:46No, I don't think it was
00:55:57That's what five feels like
00:55:58All of it at once
00:56:01Tomorrow's a different problem
00:56:02You crazy!
00:56:07You crazy!
00:56:13Brandon had no answer
00:56:15For 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
00:56:23First 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
00:56:36I forfeit
00:56:41Okay then
00:56:43D-rank access
00:56:45That's what's on the other side of tomorrow
00:56:49Not the trophy
00:56:51Not the title
00:56:53The door
00:56:55The door
00:56:57You okay?
00:56:58Yeah
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
00:57:09Win
00:57:10Whatever it takes
00:57:12First place gets D-rank access
00:57:18My parents
00:57:18They 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
00:57:46If 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
00:58:11Cole Brerner
00:58:12Pinnacle Academy Special Recruit
00:58:14Entered this tournament unranked
00:58:15Zero rank to the championship round
00:58:17And Sophia Vale
00:58:18Pinnacle's first seed
00:58:19C-rank 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
00:58:44First 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
00:58:58In here
00:58:59I move everything
00:59:00You move yourself
00:59:08She's faster than I thought
00:59:09Every time I clear a path
00:59:11She's already built the next wall
00:59:12Too many vectors
00:59:13Need 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
00:59:28Not yet
00:59:29Everything
00:59:31Now
00:59:32Not enough
00:59:48Then let's finish it
00:59:56Yeah
00:59:57I can't
01:00:08I'm done
01:00:08Winner
01:00:09Cole Brennanen
01:00:11Champion
01:00:16You 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
01:00:32It chose you
01:00:34D-rank rift access
01:00:35Effective immediate
01:00:37Champion
01:00:37Okay
01:00:38But that's not why I'm here
01:00:40D-rank opens tomorrow
01:00:42That's what matters
01:00:44Whoa
01:00:54You earned it
01:00:55So did you
01:00:56This season
01:01:01I was stuck in a cage for so long
01:01:05Cole
01:01:06You ripped the door off the hinges
01:01:08And 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
01:01:23Can we start by getting me some help with these
01:01:24My 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
01:01:42You
01:01:44You
01:01:45You
01:01:46You
01:01:46You
01:01:47You
01:01:47You
01:01:47You
01:01:47You
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