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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy RS
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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. Elite track.
00:00:29Notify the Academy. High compatibility.
00:00:31Pass. You rise.
00:00:46Did he get nothing? Not even a spark.
00:00:48Next. Fail. It forgets you.
00:00:56Your parents were ability users, and what did it get them?
00:00:59They were failures. Disappeared 10 years ago, left nothing behind.
00:01:04And now look at you. No ability. No future. Just like them.
00:01:22Their world is so far from mine.
00:01:26Dad. Mom. Where did you go?
00:01:56Level 3 alert. Evacuate.
00:01:59Level 3 alert. Evacuate.
00:01:59Level 3 alert.
00:02:00Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian. Ceiling tube inbound.
00:02:08Co-throw to hear the extracting.
00:02:10Explained up.
00:02:10Explained up.
00:02:12Wait. Wait. I'm still in here.
00:02:18Next.
00:02:19Staring at 2 or 3...
00:02:29Ultæ•—.
00:02:34Brub HP.
00:02:35Asthail him at 15...
00:02:37Inact.
00:02:38Ten.
00:02:48I can't outrun this.
00:03:12Mom. Dad. Please. Help me.
00:03:35How 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 is this?
00:04:12Defeat monsters. Draw cards. Grow stronger.
00:04:15I can get abilities? Me? I'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!
00:04:34Whatever you are, come on!
00:04:38Ability acquired. Flame control.
00:04:41Basic tier. Equip to slot one or two.
00:04:44What is this?
00:04:45What is this?
00:04:51It's coming.
00:05:00Back off!
00:05:11I... I... I have an ability?
00:05:20Kill confirmed. Initiating card draw.
00:05:23Defeating monsters? Triggers a draw?
00:05:33Ability acquired. Shockwave. Basic tier. Slot two of two. Equipped.
00:05:41Full.
00:05:51You're alive?
00:05:53That mark. Are you an ability user?
00:05:58I don't know.
00:06:03Move.
00:06:31That's D level ability user. Trained. Coordinated. Practiced. If that's the baseline,
00:06:38Where am I trying to go?
00:06:49More abilities. More range. More.
00:07:08What do you want to do with the velocidad unit?
00:07:11Six of those.
00:07:13Very ominous.
00:07:31Five in unconditioning.
00:07:32Good game.
00:07:35You were able to break piss.
00:07:46Kill confirmed, card draw, ice shot, basic tier, current collection, three abilities, slots, two of two, three abilities, two slots.
00:08:11Director Reynolds, you should see this.
00:08:18This young man. Pull his file. The test says nothing. The footage says three. Which one do we trust?
00:08:35A civilian demonstrating ability? That 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. Then the scans confirmed it. He has no ability.
00:08:50If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
00:08:56a populated area?
00:08:57Merit is our standard.
00:09:00Not bloodline. Not test scores.
00:09:04Find him.
00:09:12What are you?
00:09:21Cole Brennan?
00:09:23Who are you?
00:09:29Pinnacle Academy. Admission's office. The Chancellor wants to meet you, tomorrow.
00:09:44Pinnacle Academy. You think they don't screen their applications?
00:09:50No ability. No ability. Not low. Zero.
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 rift.
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.
00:10:23Not 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.
00:10:43I'll go.
00:10:54I'll go.
00:11:09No badge.
00:11:11No uniform either.
00:11:12Is he ordinary?
00:11:17No badge.
00:11:18No uniform.
00:11:20What 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?
00:11:35Nobody 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.
00:11:48You 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.
00:12:20I will.
00:12:26That'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.
00:12:39He 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.
00:13:21Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
00:13:25Big throw.
00:13:26Biggest 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, is 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.
00:14:20Cole Brennan.
00:14:21It'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.
00:14:33She has to.
00:14:35And Pinnacle has D-rank rift access.
00:14:37That's where they were last seen.
00:14:40That's why I'm here.
00:14:42This is the only shot I've got.
00:14:44Don't blow it.
00:14:51My 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.
00:15:03A 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.
00:15:33Same wind-up.
00:15:34Same 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.
00:16:00You 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.
00:16:09He 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.
00:17:05His ranking.
00:17:06His name.
00:17:07I'm not here for any of that.
00:17:10Cole Brennan.
00:17:11Enrolled.
00:17:12This is not an outcome this institution can accept.
00:17:16This is not an outcome this institution can accept.
00:17:16We have thresholds.
00:17:18Ability 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.
00:17:31No ability history.
00:17:32No 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.
00:17:45I 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.
00:18:06Next.
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.
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.
00:19:36Coal.
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.
00:19:56Okay.
00:19:59Okay.
00:20:02Okay.
00:20:06Two abilities.
00:20:07That's what I've got right now.
00:20:08Have 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.
00:20:42Your 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.
00:21:13Should I clap for your analysts?
00:21:31Solo operation is permitted.
00:21:33All students must participate.
00:21:36Going in alone?
00:21:37Good luck out there.
00:21:39Ordinary.
00:21:40I 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 say it.
00:22:11Last year.
00:22:14Bye.
00:22:15Bye.
00:22:16We are all.
00:22:18Bye.
00:22:20Bye.
00:22:21Bye.
00:22:22Bye.
00:22:22Bye.
00:22:33Good. Less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:23:14Good. Less noise.
00:23:24kill confirmed card draw initiating wind blade shockwave opens it flame closes it
00:23:32not the other way around
00:23:43kill 14 confirmed
00:24:02current collection five abilities slots two of two five first time i'm choosing my own fight
00:24:10not reacting choosing five cards two hands that's the game
00:24:29yeah i know right dude i got this new gun it's sick i can't believe we did that
00:24:3510 confirmed sector 2 northeast quarter clean sweep
00:24:53alpha team derrick ashford 10 confirmed kills
00:24:57derrick ashford team 10 confirmed all teams report to the command center
00:25:09northeast sector right yeah tags registered at 41 separate positions that's a lot of ground
00:25:16that can't that can't be right cole brannan solo operation 30 confirmed kills
00:25:34that's not possible our family ai calculated the physical ceiling 22 kills maximum 30 solo
00:25:43alone that breaks the model wow just enough so that multi-million super computer of yours
00:25:51can't keep up with a delivery guy's muscle memory system glitch prince
00:26:07well 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
00:26:37one kills seven kills
00:26:3915 kills
00:26:4122 kills
00:26:4330 kills
00:26:45feed is clean no manipulation 30 solo kills confirmed the northeast sector that zone is
00:26:53outside the optimal routing parameters he couldn't have known the creature density without the
00:26:57northeast boundary zone's density is in the terrain briefing page four
00:27:08he mapped it beforehand from the briefing rank 20 e-rank accesses next e-rank accessed five kills in tomorrow
00:27:19okay five more
00:27:40hey sit here i mean i just have questions
00:27:46questions
00:27:47yeah sit down my team pulled eight total i got four which is fine for e-rank
00:27:52earth tremors don't stack kills fast but you were solo and you got 30
00:27:57what route did you run northeast sector
00:28:01boundary zone the boundary zone most teams avoid it because
00:28:08wait that's exactly why you went there
00:28:13you drew out a kill route didn't you after the briefing when everyone left sat there and mapped
00:28:21yeah that's insane that's also kind of brilliant
00:28:28also i'm just gonna say this the ordinary thing i don't care you've got abilities you're in the school
00:28:34what's the argument apparently several
00:28:37derek can argue with the ranking board
00:28:38thank you there it is knew you weren't a robot
00:28:43i'm not a robot you walk like one i'm just saying you know what exact foot placement
00:28:50every step that's not completely like a robot
00:28:59training tomorrow you want to run drills
00:29:01i want to see what you actually do with the flame shockwave combo
00:29:07sure
00:29:09i've spent every day here running the math on every conversation
00:29:13what they want
00:29:14what it costs
00:29:15but i think i've just made my first friend here
00:29:24wait
00:29:26three
00:29:27i've got three now
00:29:32jake
00:29:33get there early
00:29:37okay
00:29:37i've been thinking about this since yesterday
00:29:40show me the combo
00:29:41good morning
00:29:42morning
00:29:44show me the combo
00:29:45you haven't even warmed up
00:29:47i warmed up thinking about this
00:29:49show me
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
00:30:21you didn't plan that
00:30:23i planned fire and ice
00:30:26not
00:30:26this
00:30:28if this 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
00:30:57eight combinations
00:30:58i knew every angle
00:31:00now i don't know what this can do yet
00:31:02that's
00:31:04different
00:31:04you 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
00:31:37e-rank earth
00:31:38i'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
00:32:01first time i've had them all loaded going into something real
00:32:04something'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
00:32:47and if that's why i can't putoyo
00:32:56you're going to need one that's what i did
00:32:56so
00:32:56no
00:33:09Jake!
00:33:11Jake!
00:33:26That's different.
00:33:29That was... yeah.
00:33:31We come back with a better plan.
00:33:33Maybe a third person?
00:33:37I need to go deeper.
00:33:40Solo again?
00:33:41You can't sustain tremors at that depth.
00:33:43And what I've got right now?
00:33:45It's not enough.
00:33:47I need what's deeper in there.
00:33:49I'll be here when you get back.
00:33:52Three abilities.
00:33:53All three in a real fight.
00:33:56Not a drill.
00:33:59Yesterday with Jake, the fog just...
00:34:02sat there.
00:34:03Now it's moving.
00:34:05Jake said he'd be here when I got back.
00:34:33Let's go.
00:34:37What if tas we taken out?
00:34:40That road exists.
00:34:41Why not?
00:34:41Alright.
00:34:41What's the last time?
00:34:41We're gonna have to find them a long time.
00:34:42Thank you, Trent.
00:34:42No.
00:34:58KILLS CONFIRMED, CARD DRAWS INITIATING, SUPPORT ABILITY ACQUIRED, COMMON DRAW, NOT WHAT I NEED, KEEP 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.
00:36:30I've hit it so many times, yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:33Not yet.
00:36:35No.
00:36:52Who knows?
00:36:54Elite Creature Defeated, CARD DRAW INITIATED, ABILITY ACQUIRED, LIGHTNING STORM, ADVANCED TEAR, SLOT 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.
00:37:30Ten 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.
00:38:00It's just rankings, Derek.
00:38:01One month.
00:38:02He scored zero on the ability test.
00:38:05He delivered food for a living.
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, after four months, using abilities with no documented
00:38:33training 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.
00:38:52Well, I understand.
00:39:03Three slots.
00:39:05It's still weird having three.
00:39:30Monster eliminated.
00:39:34Card draw available.
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.
00:40:24He's reddit.
00:40:27Good.
00:40:34What?
00:40:35That's...
00:40:37You have lightning storm?
00:40:39I earned it.
00:41:03Don't follow me into rifts again.
00:41:06How?
00:41:07How...
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.
00:41:30Cole, 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?
00:41:37Madison 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.
00:43:25The 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, but 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.
00:43:47That'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.
00:44:06Winner, Cole Brannan.
00:44:09Plasma Storm, where 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, what 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.
00:45:07The combinations multiply.
00:45:27You 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.
00:45:47Central Academy, two-time defending champions.
00:45:56Pinnacle's bracket must be thin this year.
00:45:59Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:46:03You've been champion for two years.
00:46:05That'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.
00:46:17That was either very smart or very dumb.
00:46:20Probably both.
00:46:50You'll get your shot.
00:47:16The floater, 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?
00:47:41You're not the captain.
00:47:43We don't have a designated captain.
00:47:46Then I'm captain.
00:47:52I've watched all three of tomorrow's opponent's bracket footage.
00:47:56Have you?
00:47:57You've never done team combat.
00:47:59Why should your formation work?
00:48:00I'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 we got lucky next round that won't be enough he's not listening every time i call a
00:48:54direction he goes the opposite just to show me he doesn't have to we cannot go into a central academy
00:48:59team fight like this same as last time we adjust as we go they run a rotating cover pattern their
00:49:13two shield fuser cycle with their ranged attackers if we let them set up we're playing defense the
00:49:17whole match i'll handle you can't handle both shield rotation solo and we none of us can
00:49:26that's the point i'll improvise
00:49:58one more loss and we're out third match is central academy brandon's team
00:50:06cole's formation had answers for what western just did we didn't use
00:50:10she's right cole how did you clock the shield rotation three days ago before we'd even seen
00:50:16their footage i cross-referenced their last four matches the second shoulder always comes in on
00:50:22a four second delay it's drilled not reactive cole had it he had it three days ago he covered my
00:50:28retreat he saw their targeting pattern before i did i don't like it you don't have to like it
00:50:35the relay runner in their pattern that was the break point yes you saw that in the footage
00:50:43third match northern region qualifier what's the formation for central academy five person rotation
00:50:51sophia anchors center you pressure their left from distance don't close madison holds the right
00:50:57corridor jake runs interference on their relay runner i connect the zones he's not convinced i'm right
00:51:03he just ran out of ways to prove i'm wrong that's enough we can work with that
00:51:17central academy's secondary squad three of last year's semi-finalists pinnacle hasn't won a
00:51:23against roll in six years derrick hold fire until you see the left relay break not before i know what
00:51:31about me you're fastest chase the relay runner don't let them anchor their rotations easy nothing about
00:51:38this is easy already planned
00:51:44now
00:51:48so
00:52:10jake
00:52:15jake now
00:52:17pinnacle academy team victory
00:52:21there it is two seconds that's your limit i'll take it
00:52:26good call on the relay runner we actually yeah we got it that's i didn't know it would feel like
00:52:33that
00:52:33decent team win but team fights are formations solo is different
00:52:39i watched the footage so did my coaching staff they didn't see what you saw
00:52:46semi-finals see you there
00:52:50b rank fire fire domain 16 tournament fights 15 wins the one loss was a draw technical he's never been
00:52:57stopped i need something he has no footage on i need all four slots in a sequence that doesn't exist
00:53:02in
00:53:02any match record i need to invent it before thursday
00:53:12okay i looked him up b rank fire that means his output's at what three four times what madison had
00:53:19about three so your ice thing won't reach him gone before it gets there which version do you think
00:53:24he'll use the one that looks like he's going easy on me every ability he has is built to end
00:53:30a fight
00:53:30fast he doesn't play defense because he's never needed to
00:53:37i think there's a seam i just don't know what it looks like yet
00:53:48i'll try not to end it too fast semi-final special recruit cole brandon no registered rank
00:53:55versus two-time champion brandon chase b rank fire specialist
00:54:06good combinations you're actually trying
00:54:24you've got one slot left that you haven't shown me i've been counting
00:54:28whatever it is it's not going to be enough but i'm genuinely curious what you pull out
00:54:34one slot left make it count
00:54:45whatever the last slot is i'd like to see it come on cole
00:55:01one slot left
00:55:02five
00:55:24Legendary Tear
00:55:35Legendary Tear
00:55:36Five Splots
00:55:37How are you ordinary?
00:55:39I'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!
00:56:03Crazy!
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
00:56:43Not the trophy
00:56:46Not the title
00:56:48The door
00:56:52You okay?
00:56:54Yeah
00:56:54Yeah
00:56:55Liar
00:56:59She finished her semi-final in 90 seconds
00:57:02Telekinesis 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
00:58:37She'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
00:59:04Every time I clear a path
00:59:06She's already built the next wall
00:59:07Too many vectors
00:59:09Need to change the equation
00:59:10You're the strongest person I've fought
00:59:12I mean that
00:59:14But I'm not done
00:59:15Stop
00:59:17You can't break this
00:59:22Dad
00:59:22Mom
00:59:24Not yet
00:59:26Everything
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'm done
01:00:04Winner
01:00:04Cole Brennanen
01:00:06Champion
01:00:12You 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
01:01:00You 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
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