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00:00:0220 years ago, the Great Awakening changed everything.
00:00:075% of population awakened powers.
00:00:11They became the new Elite.
00:00:16Everyone's life is determined by the Power Test.
00:00:20It separates people into two classes, the Ordinary and the Elite.
00:00:26Power response confirmed.
00:00:27Beat track. Notify the Academy.
00:00:30High compatibility.
00:00:31Pass. You rise.
00:00:46Did he get nothing?
00:00:47Not even a spark.
00:00:48Next.
00:00:49Fail. It forgets you.
00:00:56Your parents were ability users, and what did it get them?
00:00:59They were failures.
00:01:01Disappeared 10 years ago, left nothing behind.
00:01:05And now look at you.
00:01:06No ability, no future.
00:01:10Just like them.
00:01:22Their world is so far from mine.
00:01:26Dad, Mom, where did you go?
00:01:46Level 3 alert.
00:01:47Level 3 alert.
00:01:55Level 3 alert.
00:01:58Evacuate.
00:02:00RIP collapse on 5th 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.
00:02:47I can't outrun this!
00:03:11Mom. Dad. Please. Help me.
00:03:36How long was I out?
00:03:44What did you do to me?
00:03:48Card draw system activated.
00:03:50Activated.
00:03:51What the? Who's talking?
00:04:09A system? What-what is this?
00:04:12Defeat monsters. Draw cards. Grow stronger.
00:04:16I can get abilities? Me?
00:04:19I'm an ordinary. This doesn't-
00:04:21Warning. Hostile entity detected. 20 meters.
00:04:26That's the same one?
00:04:28First awakening protocol.
00:04:30Wait! Right now?
00:04:31Beginning card draw.
00:04:33Come on! Whatever you are, come on!
00:04:38Ability acquired. Flame control.
00:04:41Basic tier. Equip to slot 1 or 2.
00:04:44What is this?
00:04:51It's coming.
00:05:00Back off!
00:05:11I...
00:05:11I...
00:05:13I have an ability?
00:05:20Kill confirmed. Initiating card draw.
00:05:23Defeating monsters?
00:05:25Triggers a draw?
00:05:33Ability acquired. Shockwave. Basic tier. Slot 2 of 2. Equipped.
00:05:41Full.
00:05:51You're alive.
00:05:53You're alive?
00:05:53That mark. Are you an ability user?
00:05:58I don't know.
00:06:03Move.
00:06:23Owen, run!
00:06:31That's D-level ability user. Trained, coordinated, practiced. If that's the baseline, where am I trying to go?
00:06:50More abilities. More range. More.
00:06:56More.
00:07:08More.
00:07:09More and more.
00:07:12More.
00:07:14More.
00:07:22Let's go.
00:07:46Kill confirmed.
00:07:48Card draw.
00:07:49Ice shot.
00:07:50Basic tier.
00:07:52Current collection.
00:07:52Three abilities.
00:07:53Slots.
00:07:54Two of two.
00:07:55Three abilities.
00:07:56Two slots.
00:08:11Director Reynolds, you should see this.
00:08:18This young man.
00:08:20Pull his file.
00:08:22The test says nothing.
00:08:26The footage says three.
00:08:28Which one do we trust?
00:08:35A civilian demonstrating ability?
00:08:38That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
00:08:41The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
00:08:45Three independent scans, Hargrave.
00:08:47Then the scans confirmed it.
00:08:48He has no ability.
00:08:49If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next
00:08:55time the rift opens in a populated area?
00:08:58Merit is our standard.
00:09:00Not bloodline.
00:09:02Not test scores.
00:09:04Find him.
00:09:12What are you?
00:09:21Cole Brennan?
00:09:23Who are you?
00:09:29Pinnacle Academy.
00:09:30Admissions office.
00:09:33The Chancellor wants to meet you.
00:09:34Tomorrow.
00:09:36Tomorrow.
00:09:44Pinnacle Academy.
00:09:46You think they don't screen their applications?
00:09:50No ability.
00:09:51Not low.
00:09:53Zero.
00:09:55That's what's on your file.
00:09:57They're not going to make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a
00:10:02rift.
00:10:03Stop staring at it.
00:10:05Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
00:10:08Food gets cold.
00:10:19Not to prove anything.
00:10:21Not to them.
00:10:24Not to him.
00:10:26Pinnacle has Class D rift acts.
00:10:29Restricted zones.
00:10:31Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
00:10:33But in those rifts, something happened in there.
00:10:36That envelope is an invitation.
00:10:38It's a door.
00:10:44I'll go.
00:11:09No badge.
00:11:11No uniform either.
00:11:12Is he ordinary?
00:11:17No badge?
00:11:18No uniform?
00:11:19What are you doing in here?
00:11:21Meeting with Director Reynolds.
00:11:22I'm here to see the director.
00:11:25Reynolds?
00:11:30What?
00:11:31Did a rift open near your house?
00:11:33You looking for someone to come deal with it?
00:11:36Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
00:11:38My grandfather helped build this program.
00:11:41My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
00:11:45Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
00:11:47You looked me up.
00:11:54Your file says no ability.
00:11:56But surveillance caught you using Flame and Shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
00:12:00I didn't know what was happening to me.
00:12:03I still don't fully understand it.
00:12:05The Brennan name is in this building's founding records.
00:12:08I need to verify your abilities.
00:12:10Not because I doubt what I saw on the footage.
00:12:13Because this academy has to see it for itself.
00:12:16Tomorrow.
00:12:17The entrance exam.
00:12:19Prove your worth.
00:12:21I will.
00:12:27That's the one Reynolds let in?
00:12:29Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
00:12:31Literally zero.
00:12:33He's not even wearing a uniform.
00:12:38Ladies and gentlemen.
00:12:40He actually showed up.
00:12:41I told you yesterday.
00:12:42I told all of you.
00:12:43Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
00:12:46And here he is.
00:12:47Ready for his assessment.
00:12:50Every single one of you earned your spot.
00:12:53Tests.
00:12:53Certifications.
00:12:54Years of training.
00:12:55And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
00:12:59So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
00:13:02Set the bar.
00:13:03Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
00:13:14That's D-rank fire.
00:13:16Top of the class.
00:13:17I've been doing this since I was 14.
00:13:19Your turn, Brennan.
00:13:20Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
00:13:25Big throw.
00:13:27Biggest he's got.
00:13:28You can see it coming from across the room.
00:13:30His whole body loads up before he lets go.
00:13:33One shot, he's already winded.
00:13:36That was his best.
00:13:37And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
00:13:43That was your best shot?
00:13:45Excuse me?
00:13:47You asked to go first.
00:13:49You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
00:13:51Held the fireball an extra second.
00:13:53So everyone could see it.
00:13:55So, was that it?
00:13:59You have no idea what you're walking into.
00:14:02People with real training walk into D-rank rifts and don't come back.
00:14:05You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us.
00:14:09I don't think I'm one of you.
00:14:11I think I'm here to take a test.
00:14:13And you're in the way.
00:14:19Cole Brennan, it's your turn.
00:14:23Demonstrate your ability.
00:14:26Forget him.
00:14:27Forget the crowd.
00:14:28None of them matter right now.
00:14:31Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
00:14:34She has to.
00:14:35And Pinnacle has D-rank rift access.
00:14:38That's where they were last seen.
00:14:40That's why I'm here.
00:14:42This is the only shot I've got.
00:14:43Don't blow it.
00:14:52My academy fire record was set at 14.
00:14:54My father held the school record before that?
00:14:57And you're showing me that?
00:14:59Guess we'll see.
00:15:00Standard duel.
00:15:02Begin.
00:15:03Good.
00:15:04A public fight.
00:15:05Everyone watch.
00:15:06If I win this, nobody will say I don't belong.
00:15:25D-rank fire at that output?
00:15:28This needs to be called.
00:15:29Watch.
00:15:32Every throw, same windup, same angle.
00:15:35He can't steer it once it's out.
00:15:36And between shots, his hands drop.
00:15:39He has to reload.
00:15:40That's all I need.
00:15:45I need.
00:16:00You got lucky.
00:16:02That's all that was.
00:16:03You're still doing the same thing.
00:16:07All just power, no adjustment.
00:16:08He throws the same way every time and never learns mid-fight.
00:16:18Two offensive abilities?
00:16:20At the same time?
00:16:22Not at the same time.
00:16:24One amplifies the other.
00:16:51Winner, Cole Brennan.
00:16:58Two abilities combined.
00:17:00Interesting.
00:17:01Pure force with no control is useless.
00:17:04Derek fought for his pride, his ranking, his name.
00:17:07I'm not here for any of that.
00:17:10Cole Brennan enrolled.
00:17:12This is not an outcome this institution can accept.
00:17:16We have thresholds, ability requirements that exist for a reason.
00:17:21An unregistered, ordinary person in a live combat curriculum is a liability to every student in this building.
00:17:26He demonstrated two distinct offensive abilities combined under active combat conditions.
00:17:30He has no rank, no ability history, no institutional record.
00:17:33Neither did Holt when he enrolled.
00:17:34Neither did Price.
00:17:35This academy has one standard.
00:17:37Can they perform?
00:17:38F rank access.
00:17:40That's the first door.
00:17:41Behind that, E rank.
00:17:43Then D.
00:17:43D rank is where mom and dad disappeared.
00:17:46I just got one step closer.
00:17:47So we're giving a permanent seat to someone whose file reads zero.
00:17:51This isn't enrollment.
00:17:52It's charity.
00:18:03No reading at all.
00:18:05Not even a trace.
00:18:07Next.
00:18:07Zero.
00:18:08Not low.
00:18:09Zero.
00:18:10You know what that means, right?
00:18:11It means the machine didn't even bother trying.
00:18:14Your parents scored the same tests when they were your age.
00:18:17Top marks.
00:18:18And look where that got me.
00:18:25Their world is so far from mine.
00:18:29Eighteen years of being told I'm nothing.
00:18:32And now I'm holding this.
00:18:39Come on.
00:18:41You just fought a D rank.
00:18:42And now your hands won't stop.
00:18:44I still don't know what you are.
00:18:47But whatever this is, thank you.
00:18:56You're in now, Brennan.
00:18:58Don't screw it up.
00:19:03Third day in.
00:19:05Still feel like I'm trespassing.
00:19:12Hey.
00:19:13You lost?
00:19:15Cafeterio staff entrance is on the south side.
00:19:17You think he cheated?
00:19:18Has to be.
00:19:19No way a zero beats a D rank legit.
00:19:23They don't have to like me.
00:19:25They just have to see what happens next.
00:19:36Cole.
00:19:37Solo drills.
00:19:38Far lane.
00:19:39Fine by me.
00:19:48He's stacking them.
00:19:50Shockwave opens the lane.
00:19:51Flame follows through.
00:20:06Two abilities.
00:20:07That's what I've got right now.
00:20:09Have to make them work until I can get more.
00:20:10You're burning through the practice surface.
00:20:12Sorry.
00:20:13I'll move to the far end.
00:20:15Six days to the expedition.
00:20:17Every rep is one less thing I have to figure out in the field.
00:20:40Team up with your classmates.
00:20:43Your score will be calculated by your team's kill counts.
00:20:49Alex.
00:20:50Fire support.
00:20:51Marcus.
00:20:52Shield coverage.
00:20:54Jenny.
00:20:55Speed.
00:20:55Lily.
00:20:56You're in.
00:20:59My family's remote analysts have already pushed the Ash Flats modeling to your terminals.
00:21:03Spawn rates.
00:21:04Weaknesses.
00:21:05Safe routes.
00:21:05Follow the algorithm.
00:21:07We clear the field.
00:21:09Wow.
00:21:10Whole outsourced team playing the game for you?
00:21:12Hardcore Derek?
00:21:14Should I clap for your analysts?
00:21:31Solo operation is permittable.
00:21:34All students must participate.
00:21:36Going in alone?
00:21:37Good luck out there.
00:21:39Ordinary.
00:21:41I was going in alone either way.
00:21:43That's so.
00:21:50Northeast corner.
00:21:51Higher concentration.
00:21:52Right move.
00:21:54Two abilities.
00:21:56One weak.
00:21:57I really hope that's enough.
00:21:58You do have to get one.
00:22:02One more time.
00:22:04Home.
00:22:05Two.
00:22:09Two.
00:22:11Two.
00:22:13Two.
00:22:13Two.
00:22:14Two.
00:22:16Two.
00:22:22Two.
00:22:23Two.
00:22:24Two.
00:22:33Good. Less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:22:59The killing is a killing.
00:23:04I can't do that.
00:23:05I can't do that.
00:23:07I can't do that.
00:23:24Kill confirmed, card draw initiating.
00:23:28Windblade, shockwave opens it, flame closes it, not the other way around.
00:23:43Kill confirmed, kill 14 confirmed.
00:24:02Current collection, 5 abilities, slots, 2 of 2.
00:24:075.
00:24:08First time I'm choosing my own fight.
00:24:10Not reacting.
00:24:12Choosing.
00:24:135 cards, 2 hands.
00:24:16That's the game.
00:24:29Yeah, I know, right?
00:24:32Dude, I got this new gun, it's sick.
00:24:34I can't believe we did that.
00:24:3610 confirmed.
00:24:37Sector 2, northeast quarter, clean sweep.
00:24:54Alpha team, Derek Ashford, 10 confirmed kills.
00:24:57Derek Ashford team, 10 confirmed.
00:25:00All teams, report to the command center.
00:25:09Northeast sector, right?
00:25:10Yeah.
00:25:11Tags registered at 41 separate positions.
00:25:14That's a lot of ground.
00:25:17That can't, that can't be right.
00:25:19Cole Brannon, solo operation.
00:25:2230 confirmed kills.
00:25:34That's not possible.
00:25:37Our family AI calculated the physical ceiling.
00:25:3922 kills.
00:25:41Maximum.
00:25:4130.
00:25:42Solo alone?
00:25:43That breaks the model.
00:25:46Wow.
00:25:47Just enough.
00:25:48So that multi-million supercomputer of yours can't keep up with a delivery guy's muscle memory?
00:25:53System glitch, Prince?
00:26:08Well done.
00:26:19The surveillance feed for the northeast sector, covers 40 minutes of active expedition time.
00:26:25We are requesting a full review under chapter 7.
00:26:371 kills, 7 kills, 15 kills, 22 kills, 30 kills.
00:26:46Feed is clean, no manipulation, 30 solo kills confirmed.
00:26:51The northeast sector, that zone is outside the optimal routing parameters.
00:26:55He couldn't have known the creature density without it.
00:26:57The northeast boundary zone's density is in the terrain briefing.
00:27:00Page 4.
00:27:07What was that route?
00:27:09He mapped it beforehand.
00:27:10From the briefing.
00:27:13Rank 20.
00:27:14E-rank access is next.
00:27:16E-rank accessed.
00:27:185 kills in tomorrow, Thursday.
00:27:20Okay.
00:27:225 more.
00:27:40Hey, sit here.
00:27:41I mean, I just have questions.
00:27:47Questions.
00:27:48Yeah, sit down.
00:27:49My team pulled 8 total.
00:27:50I got 4, which is fine for E-rank.
00:27:52Earth Tremors don't stack kills fast, but you were solo, and you got 30.
00:27:58What route did you run?
00:28:00Northeast sector.
00:28:02Boundary zone.
00:28:03The boundary zone?
00:28:04Most teams avoid it because...
00:28:07Wait.
00:28:08That's exactly why you went there.
00:28:13You drew out a kill route, didn't you?
00:28:16After the briefing, when everyone left, sat there and mapped it.
00:28:21Yeah.
00:28:22That's insane.
00:28:24That's also kind of brilliant.
00:28:28Also, I'm just gonna say this.
00:28:30The ordinary thing?
00:28:31I don't care.
00:28:32You've got abilities, you're in the school.
00:28:34What's the argument?
00:28:35Apparently several.
00:28:37Derek can argue with the ranking board.
00:28:40There it is.
00:28:41Knew you weren't a robot.
00:28:44I'm not a robot.
00:28:45You walk like one.
00:28:46I'm just saying.
00:28:47You know what?
00:28:49Exact foot placement.
00:28:51Every step.
00:28:53That's not...
00:28:54Completely like a robot.
00:29:00Training tomorrow.
00:29:01You want to run drills?
00:29:02I want to see what you actually do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:05I want to see what you do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:08I want to see what you do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:09I've spent every day here running the math on every conversation.
00:29:13What they want.
00:29:14What it costs me.
00:29:16But I think I've just made my first friend here.
00:29:24Wait.
00:29:27Three?
00:29:28I've got three now.
00:29:32Jake, get there early.
00:29:37Okay.
00:29:38I've been thinking about this since yesterday.
00:29:40Show me the combo.
00:29:41Good morning.
00:29:43Morning.
00:29:44Show me the combo.
00:29:45You haven't even warmed up.
00:29:47I warmed up thinking about this.
00:29:50Show me.
00:29:51Hmph.
00:30:01Is that a third one?
00:30:03It unlocked this morning.
00:30:05Okay.
00:30:06We are absolutely skipping warm up.
00:30:20I didn't know it would do that.
00:30:22You didn't plan that?
00:30:24I planned fire and ice.
00:30:26Not this.
00:30:28This hits something that can dodge fire but not ice.
00:30:30Or the other way around.
00:30:32It can't dodge both.
00:30:34You need to be on my team.
00:30:36For every expedition from now on.
00:30:39Take this.
00:30:54This morning I had a ceiling.
00:30:56Two slots.
00:30:58Eight combinations.
00:30:59I knew every angle.
00:31:00Now I don't know what this can do yet.
00:31:03That's...
00:31:04different.
00:31:05You ever stop calculating?
00:31:08Not really.
00:31:09Must be exhausting.
00:31:12It's useful.
00:31:13Fair.
00:31:19There's a fourth slot ahead.
00:31:21I'm going to need it.
00:31:31E-Rank Rift Access granted.
00:31:34Let's go.
00:31:36You sure?
00:31:37E-Rank...
00:31:38E-Rank Earth.
00:31:39I'm literally named for this.
00:31:40You're F-Rank Earth that does E-Rank damage sometimes.
00:31:43Same thing.
00:32:00Three slots.
00:32:02First time I've had them all loaded going into something real.
00:32:05Something's tracking us.
00:32:06Picked us up about 30 meters back.
00:32:23That would have killed three F-Rakes.
00:32:25It's E-Rank.
00:32:26glass.
00:32:28No.
00:32:32I need it.
00:32:34Ew.
00:32:36Ah.
00:32:39No.
00:32:46Don't care.
00:33:09Jake!
00:33:27that's different that was yeah we come back with a better plan maybe a third person I need to go
00:33:38deeper
00:33:40solo again you can't sustain tremors at that depth and what I've got right now it's not enough
00:33:47I need what's deeper in there I'll be here when you get back three abilities all three in a real
00:33:55fight
00:33:55not a drill yesterday with Jake the fog just sat there now it's moving Jake said he'd be here when
00:34:06I got back
00:34:57kills confirmed card draws initiating support ability acquired common draw not what I need
00:35:06keep going
00:35:24that's the boss
00:35:35I don't know if flame cuts through that or just disappears into it
00:35:43mom I'm coming
00:35:56you
00:36:00you
00:36:01you
00:36:01you
00:36:01you
00:36:01you
00:36:30I've hit it so many times.
00:36:32Yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:34Not yet.
00:36:35No.
00:36:54Elite creature defeated.
00:36:56Card draw initiated.
00:37:07Ability acquired.
00:37:09Lightning storm.
00:37:10Advanced tier.
00:37:12Slot configuration available.
00:37:16Partial match detected.
00:37:18Name, Brennan.
00:37:19Brennan.
00:37:20That is my name.
00:37:23That is my family's name.
00:37:25They were here.
00:37:26Not nearby.
00:37:28Here.
00:37:29In this rift.
00:37:31Ten years ago.
00:37:32I'm not looking for them anymore.
00:37:34I know where to look.
00:37:36What happened?
00:37:37I got lightning storm.
00:37:39I got lightning storm.
00:38:07No family legacy.
00:38:08No registered ability rank.
00:38:09No documented training history.
00:38:11No!
00:38:13How does rank 12 make sense?
00:38:21Everything okay?
00:38:23Yeah.
00:38:26The family has been tracking the anomaly.
00:38:29An unregistered ordinary at rank 12.
00:38:31After four months using abilities with no documented training history and no ability rec on file.
00:38:36This is not a student.
00:38:37This is unquantifiable data in a system built on quantifiable outcomes.
00:38:43Unquantifiable data disrupts capital allocation.
00:38:45When investors cannot model the variable, they remove the variable.
00:38:49This is not personal, Derek.
00:38:51This is how the system protects itself.
00:38:53I understand.
00:39:03Three slots.
00:39:05It's still weird having three.
00:39:15The game is still weird.
00:39:17The game is still weird.
00:39:19The game is still weird.
00:39:26The game is still weird.
00:39:27The game is still weird.
00:39:28The game is still weird.
00:39:28The game is still weird.
00:39:28The game is still weird.
00:39:29The game is still weird.
00:39:29The game is still weird.
00:39:30The game is still weird.
00:39:32The game is still weird.
00:39:33The game is still weird.
00:39:34The game is still weird.
00:39:34The game is still weird.
00:39:35The game is still weird.
00:39:38The game is still weird.
00:39:46You took rank 12 from me.
00:39:49You've taken everything.
00:39:52This ends here.
00:39:54Same slot.
00:39:55Same sector.
00:39:56This was planned.
00:40:00Derek.
00:40:10Every time you win, it's luck.
00:40:14A trick.
00:40:16You're ordinary.
00:40:18You want to fight?
00:40:19Fine.
00:40:25He's reddit.
00:40:27Good.
00:40:34What?
00:40:35That's...
00:40:36You have lightning storm?
00:40:39I earned it.
00:41:02Don't follow me into rifts again.
00:41:06How?
00:41:07How do you get that power?
00:41:08I'm not here for you, Derek.
00:41:10I never was.
00:41:30Top 10!
00:41:31Cole, you're in the top 10!
00:41:32I saw it.
00:41:33Rank 10.
00:41:34I also saw rank 8.
00:41:36Who's at 8?
00:41:38Madison Frost.
00:41:39They call her the Ice Queen.
00:41:41She's been rank 8 since she enrolled.
00:41:43Nobody's touched her.
00:41:44Nobody challenges Madison.
00:41:46Rank 10.
00:41:47I've been watching your ascent.
00:41:49You're systematic.
00:41:50That's unusual for someone without an ability history.
00:41:53Monthly ranking challenge is permitted above rank 15.
00:41:56You could challenge rank 8.
00:41:57When?
00:41:58Tomorrow.
00:41:59Arena 3.
00:42:01She didn't come to rattle me.
00:42:03She came to schedule me.
00:42:04That's the difference.
00:42:06She approached you?
00:42:07She's rank 8.
00:42:08Why would she bother?
00:42:10She wants to know what I am.
00:42:12That's creepy.
00:42:13Also terrifying.
00:42:15Okay.
00:42:15What are you actually going to do?
00:42:17She's Frost type.
00:42:18She controls the whole arena.
00:42:19Frost abilities lock down mobility.
00:42:21She'll expect me to run flame into her domain.
00:42:23She'll have counters ready.
00:42:24So don't run flame.
00:42:28I didn't say that.
00:42:29How many hidden cards do you have?
00:42:33You're going to be fine.
00:42:34Also, you're a little scary.
00:42:45She doesn't look angry.
00:42:48That's the problem.
00:42:57This is my range.
00:42:59Everything inside it is ice.
00:43:06She's reading my loadout in real time.
00:43:09Smart.
00:43:21You have strong combinetics, but fire doesn't function well at this temperature.
00:43:26The base tier can't keep pace with the regeneration rate.
00:43:28Your fire is base tier.
00:43:30Advanced lightning storm genuinely impressive for an ordinary.
00:43:33But I've fought three slot users before.
00:43:35The math doesn't change.
00:43:37More combinations, same ceiling.
00:43:43She's right about the ceiling.
00:43:45Time to move it.
00:43:48That's enough.
00:43:54What are you...
00:43:55That heat level.
00:43:57That is an upgraded fire plasma tier.
00:43:59You've had this the entire fight.
00:44:01I had it.
00:44:02I hadn't needed it.
00:44:02I had it.
00:44:07Winner!
00:44:07Cole Brannan!
00:44:09Plasma Storm.
00:44:10Where did you get that?
00:44:11Same place I got the rest.
00:44:12Fought for it.
00:44:13Rank 8 is yours.
00:44:17Dude!
00:44:18What was that?
00:44:21It's not fire anymore.
00:44:23It's something else.
00:44:43I've been thinking about this moment for months.
00:44:45Now that it's here, it just feels...
00:44:48Real.
00:44:49System upgrade.
00:44:50Ability slot 4 unlocked.
00:44:55There it is.
00:45:05The fourth slot changes the timing windows.
00:45:26You look like someone doing math homework.
00:45:29Except the homework explodes.
00:45:31How many abilities do you actually have now?
00:45:37A lot, then.
00:45:46That's him.
00:45:47Central Academy.
00:45:48Two-time defending champions.
00:45:57Pinnacle's bracket must be thin this year.
00:45:59Ha ha ha ha!
00:46:03You've been champion for two years.
00:46:06That's right.
00:46:07Then everyone here already knows how to fight you.
00:46:09I've been studying your footage for three days.
00:46:13You'll get your shot.
00:46:15I'll try not to end it too fast.
00:46:18That was either very smart or very dumb.
00:46:20Probably both.
00:46:51I'll try not to end it.
00:47:16Floater, he's not filling gaps, he's threading them.
00:47:19Look at the sequence.
00:47:23We advanced in three fights.
00:47:24Nobody on this team had a real conversation about it.
00:47:27Sophia anchors center.
00:47:28She controls the most space, put her where the fight comes to her, not where she has to
00:47:31chase it.
00:47:32Derek, left side suppression, Madison, right side defense.
00:47:35Jake flanks when they overcommit.
00:47:40Why are you calling positions?
00:47:42You're not the captain.
00:47:43We don't have a designated captain.
00:47:45Then I'm captain.
00:47:52I've watched all three of tomorrow's opponent's bracket footage.
00:47:55Have you?
00:47:56You've never done team combat.
00:47:59Why should your formation work?
00:48:01I'm not taking orders from an ordinary, then take suggestions from someone who did the
00:48:05homework.
00:48:06Or we improvise tomorrow and see how that goes.
00:48:23I had it.
00:48:24Move.
00:48:47We won.
00:48:48We got lucky.
00:48:50Next round, that won't be enough.
00:48:51He's not listening.
00:48:53Every time I call a direction, he goes the opposite just to show me he doesn't have to.
00:48:57We cannot go into a central academy team fight like this.
00:49:08Same as last time.
00:49:10We adjust as we go.
00:49:11They run a rotating cover pattern.
00:49:13Their two shield fusers cycle with their ranged attackers.
00:49:15If we let them set up, we're playing defense the whole match.
00:49:22I'll handle-
00:49:23You can't handle both shield rotations solo, and we none of us can.
00:49:26That's the point.
00:49:27I'll improvise.
00:49:45I'm out.
00:49:59One more loss and we're out.
00:50:01Third match is central academy.
00:50:03Brandon's team.
00:50:06Cole's formation had answers for what Western just did.
00:50:08We didn't use it.
00:50:10She's right.
00:50:11Cole, how did you clock the shield rotation three days ago?
00:50:15Before we'd even seen their footage.
00:50:17I cross-referenced their last four matches.
00:50:20The second shoulder always comes in on a four second delay.
00:50:23It's drilled, not reactive.
00:50:25Cole had it.
00:50:25He had it three days ago.
00:50:27He covered my retreat.
00:50:29He saw their targeting pattern before I did.
00:50:32I don't like it.
00:50:33You don't have to like it.
00:50:35The relay runner, in their pattern.
00:50:39That was the break point.
00:50:40Yes.
00:50:41You saw that.
00:50:42In the footage.
00:50:43Third match, northern region qualifier.
00:50:47What's the formation for central academy?
00:50:49Five-person rotation.
00:50:51Sophia anchors center.
00:50:53You pressure their left from distance, don't close.
00:50:56Madison holds the right corridor.
00:50:58Jake runs interference on their relay runner.
00:51:00I connect the zones.
00:51:01He's not convinced I'm right.
00:51:03He just ran out of ways to prove I'm wrong.
00:51:05That's enough.
00:51:06We can work with that.
00:51:17Central academy's secondary squad.
00:51:20Three of last year's semi-finalists.
00:51:22Pinnacle hasn't won a Gaganzral in six years.
00:51:26Derek, hold fire until you see the left relay break.
00:51:29Not before.
00:51:30I know.
00:51:31What about me?
00:51:32You're fastest.
00:51:33Chase the relay runner.
00:51:34Don't let them anchor their rotations.
00:51:36Easy.
00:51:37Nothing about this is easy.
00:51:39Already planned.
00:51:44Now!
00:52:17Pinnacle Academy!
00:52:19Team victory!
00:52:21There it is.
00:52:22Two seconds.
00:52:24That's your limit.
00:52:25I'll take it.
00:52:26Good call on the relay runner.
00:52:28We actually...
00:52:29Yeah.
00:52:30We got it.
00:52:31That's...
00:52:31I didn't know it would feel like that.
00:52:33Decent team win.
00:52:35But team fights are formations.
00:52:37Solo is different.
00:52:39I watched the footage.
00:52:41So did my coaching staff.
00:52:43They didn't see what you saw.
00:52:46Semi-finals.
00:52:47See you there.
00:52:50B rank fire.
00:52:51B rank fire.
00:52:52Fire domain.
00:52:5316 tournament fights, 15 wins.
00:52:55The one loss was a draw, technical.
00:52:57He's never been stopped.
00:52:58I need something he has no footage on.
00:53:00I need all four slots in a sequence that doesn't exist in any match record.
00:53:03I need to invent it before Thursday.
00:53:10I need to invent it before Thursday.
00:53:12Okay.
00:53:13I looked him up.
00:53:14B rank fire.
00:53:15That means his output's at, what, three, four times what Madison had?
00:53:19About three.
00:53:20So your ice thing?
00:53:21Won't reach him.
00:53:22Gone before it gets there.
00:53:23Which version do you think he'll use?
00:53:25The one that looks like he's going easy on me.
00:53:28Every ability he has is built to end a fight fast.
00:53:31He doesn't play defense, because he's never needed to.
00:53:37I think there's a seam.
00:53:39I just don't know what it looks like yet.
00:53:49I'll try not to end it too fast.
00:53:51Semi-final.
00:53:52Special recruit Cole Brannon.
00:53:54No registered rank.
00:53:56Versus two-time champion Brandon Chase.
00:53:59B rank.
00:54:00Fire specialist.
00:54:06Good.
00:54:07Combinations.
00:54:08You're actually trying.
00:54:24You've got one slot left that you haven't shown me.
00:54:27I've been counting.
00:54:28Whatever it is, it's not going to be enough.
00:54:30But I'm genuinely curious what you pull out.
00:54:34One slot left.
00:54:35Make it count.
00:54:45Whatever the last slot is, I'd like to see it.
00:54:49You won't have it.
00:54:50Come on, Cole.
00:55:02Five.
00:55:24Legendary Tear
00:55:35Legendary Tear
00:55:36The Five Splots
00:55:37How are you ordinary?
00:55:40I'm not sure ordinary was ever the right word
00:55:41No, I don't think it was
00:55:53That's what Five feels like
00:55:55All of it at once
00:55:57Tomorrow's a different problem
00:55:58You crazy!
00:56:03You crazy!
00:56:09Brandon had no answer for the five ability sequence
00:56:12Nobody's going to
00:56:13Sophia will have an answer, that's the problem
00:56:15Then figure out answers to her answers
00:56:18First time Derek's giving me something that wasn't a fight
00:56:20I don't know what to do with that
00:56:30I forfeit
00:56:37Okay then
00:56:39D rank access
00:56:41That's what's on the other side of tomorrow
00:56:45Not the trophy
00:56:46Not the title
00:56:49The door
00:56:52You okay?
00:56:54Yeah
00:56:55Yeah
00:56:57Liar
00:56:59She finished her semi-final in 90 seconds
00:57:01Telekinesis doesn't need range or formation
00:57:04Cole
00:57:05Win
00:57:06Whatever it takes
00:57:07First place gets D rank access
00:57:13My parents
00:57:14They were last recorded in a D rank rift
00:57:19I know
00:57:20Let's get them back
00:57:26You watched my semi-final
00:57:28I needed to know what I was facing
00:57:31And?
00:57:32You're faster than I expected
00:57:33The environment control is earlier than I can counter with sequencing alone
00:57:37Is that a problem?
00:57:39I'm working on it
00:57:40You promised
00:57:41If I win you tell me your secret
00:57:44I said that
00:57:46And if you win?
00:57:48I tell you anyway
00:57:50Then one of us is telling the truth tomorrow
00:57:59Don't hold back tomorrow
00:58:06Cole Brernan
00:58:07Pinnacle Academy special recruit
00:58:09Entered this tournament unranked
00:58:10Zero rank to the championship round
00:58:12And Sophia Vale
00:58:13Pinnacle's first seed
00:58:14C rank telekinesis
00:58:15Five year undefeated record
00:58:17Full ability use is permitted
00:58:19Ready?
00:58:20Ready
00:58:20Yes
00:58:21Yes
00:58:37She's adjusting to his combinations in real time
00:58:40First opponent all tournament who can do that to her
00:58:43You really did figure out answers to my answers
00:58:46Some of them
00:58:47Let me show you the ones you didn't
00:58:53In here
00:58:54I move everything
00:58:55You move yourself
00:59:03She's faster than I thought
00:59:05Every time I clear a path
00:59:06She's already built the next wall
00:59:08Too many vectors
00:59:09Need to change the equation
00:59:10You're the strongest person I've fought
00:59:12You're the strongest person I've fought
00:59:13I mean that
00:59:13But I'm not done
00:59:16Stop
00:59:16You can't break this
00:59:21Dad
00:59:22Mom
00:59:23Not yet
00:59:25Everything
00:59:26Now
00:59:27Not enough
00:59:44Then let's finish it
00:59:51Yeah
01:00:01I can't
01:00:03I can't
01:00:03I'm done
01:00:04Winner
01:00:04Cole Brennanen
01:00:06Champion
01:00:11You won
01:00:15You're the strongest I've ever fought
01:00:19Does the promise still stand
01:00:21About the secret
01:00:25Power doesn't care where you come from
01:00:27But today
01:00:28It chose you
01:00:29D rank rift access
01:00:30Effective immediate
01:00:32Champion
01:00:33Okay
01:00:33But that's not why I'm here
01:00:35D rank opens tomorrow
01:00:38That's what matters
01:00:39Whoa
01:00:49You earned it
01:00:50So did you
01:00:51This season
01:00:56I was stuck in a cage for so long
01:01:00Cole
01:01:01You ripped the door off the hinges
01:01:03And showed me the possibilities
01:01:04In D rank rifts
01:01:05Nobody wins
01:01:06It might be a one way trip
01:01:10Then at least we'll have the best view
01:01:15Yo
01:01:15If the plan is save the world
01:01:17Or get expelled
01:01:18Can we start by getting me some help with these
01:01:20My back is literally screaming right now
01:01:23Did you pack the entire cafeteria Jake?
01:01:30He has D rank access now
01:01:32Good
01:01:33We'll be waiting
01:01:36We'll be waiting
01:01:42We'll be waiting
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