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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy - The Powerless Boy They Underestimated
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00:0520 years ago, the Great Awakening changed everything.
00:105% of population awakened powers.
00:14They became the new elite.
00:19Everyone's life is determined by the power test.
00:23It separates people into two classes, the ordinary and the elite.
00:29Power response confirmed.
00:30Elite track. Notify the academy.
00:33High compatibility.
00:34Pass. You rise.
00:49Did he get nothing?
00:50Not even a spark.
00:51Next.
00:52Fail. It forgets you.
00:58Your parents were ability users, and what did it get them?
01:02They were failures.
01:04Disappeared 10 years ago, left nothing behind.
01:08And now look at you.
01:10No ability, no future.
01:12Just like them.
01:25Their world is so far from mine.
01:29Dad, Mom, where did you go?
01:59Level 3 alert.
02:01Evacuate immediately.
02:03Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian.
02:05Ceiling tube inbound.
02:11Go throw the here at extracting.
02:16Wait, wait, I'm still in here!
02:38Oh, no.
02:39Oh, no.
02:50I can't outrun this!
02:52I can't outrun this!
03:14Mom, Dad, please help me.
03:39How long was I out?
03:47What did you do to me?
03:51Card draw system activated.
03:53Activated.
03:54What the?
03:54Who's talking?
04:12A system?
04:13What is this?
04:15Defeat monsters.
04:16Draw cards.
04:18Grow stronger.
04:19I can get abilities?
04:20Me?
04:22I'm an ordinary.
04:23This doesn't...
04:24Warning.
04:25Hostile entity detected.
04:2720 meters.
04:28That's the same one?
04:31First awakening protocol.
04:33Wait, right now?
04:34Beginning card draw.
04:36Come on!
04:37Whatever you are, come on!
04:40Ability acquired.
04:42Flame control.
04:44Basic tier.
04:45Equip to slot 1 or 2.
04:47What is this?
04:53It's coming.
05:02Back off!
05:05Back off!
05:13I...
05:14I have an ability?
05:17No!
05:23Kill confirmed.
05:25Initiating card draw.
05:26Defeating monsters?
05:28Triggers a draw?
05:35Ability acquired.
05:37Shockwave.
05:38Basic tier.
05:39Slot 2 of 2.
05:40Equipped.
05:43Full.
05:54You're alive?
05:56That mark.
05:57Are you an ability user?
06:01I don't know.
06:06Move.
06:34That's D-level ability user.
06:37Trained.
06:37Coordinated.
06:38Practiced.
06:39If that's the baseline,
06:41where am I trying to go?
06:52More abilities.
06:54More range.
06:56More.
06:57More.
06:59More.
07:49Kill confirmed.
07:51Card draw, ice shot, basic tier, current collection, three abilities, slots, two of two.
07:58Three abilities, two slots.
08:14Director Reynolds, you should see this.
08:21This young man. Pull his file.
08:25The test says nothing.
08:29The footage says three.
08:31Which one do we trust?
08:37A civilian demonstrating ability?
08:40That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
08:44The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
08:48Three independent scans, Hargrave.
08:49Then the scans confirmed it. He has no ability.
08:52If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
08:59a populated area?
09:01Merit is our standard.
09:03Not bloodline. Not test scores.
09:07Find him.
09:15What are you?
09:24Cole Brennan?
09:26Who are you?
09:32Pinnacle Academy.
09:33Admissions office.
09:35The Chancellor wants to meet you.
09:37Tomorrow.
09:39Tomorrow.
09:47Pinnacle Academy.
09:49You think they don't screen their applications?
09:53No ability.
09:54Not low.
09:56Zero.
09:58That's what's on your file.
10:00They're not going to make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
10:05Stop staring at it.
10:07Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
10:10Food gets cold.
10:22Not to prove anything.
10:24Not to them.
10:26Not to him.
10:29Pinnacle has Class D rift acts.
10:32Restricted zones.
10:34Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
10:36We're in those rifts.
10:38Something happened in there.
10:39That envelope is an invitation.
10:41It's a door.
10:47I'll go.
11:12No badge.
11:14No uniform either.
11:15Is he ordinary?
11:20No badge?
11:21No uniform?
11:22What are you doing in here?
11:24Meeting with Director Reynolds.
11:25I'm here to see the director.
11:28Reynolds?
11:33What?
11:34Did a rift open near your house?
11:36You looking for someone to come deal with it?
11:38Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
11:41My grandfather helped build this program.
11:44My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
11:47Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
11:51You looked me up.
11:57Your file says no ability, but surveillance caught you using flame and shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
12:03I didn't know what was happening to me.
12:05I still don't fully understand it.
12:07The Brennan name is in this building's founding records.
12:10I need to verify your abilities.
12:12Not because I doubt what I saw on the footage.
12:16Because this academy has to see it for itself.
12:19Tomorrow.
12:20The entrance exam.
12:22Prove your worth.
12:24I will.
12:30That's the one Reynolds let in?
12:32Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
12:34Literally zero.
12:36He's not even wearing a uniform.
12:41Ladies and gentlemen, he actually showed up.
12:44I told you yesterday.
12:45I told all of you.
12:46Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
12:49And here he is, ready for his assessment.
12:53Every single one of you earned your spot.
12:55Tests, certifications, years of training.
12:58And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
13:02So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
13:04Set the bar.
13:06Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
13:17That's D-rank fire.
13:19Top of the class.
13:20I've been doing this since I was 14.
13:22Your turn, Brennan.
13:23Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
13:28Big throw.
13:29Biggest he's got.
13:31You can see it coming from across the room.
13:33His whole body loads up before he lets go.
13:36One shot, he's already winded.
13:39That was his best.
13:40And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
13:45That was your best shot?
13:48Excuse me?
13:50You asked to go first.
13:51You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
13:54Held the fireball an extra second.
13:56So everyone could see.
13:58So, is that it?
14:02You have no idea what you're walking into.
14:05People with real training walk into D-rank rifts and don't come back.
14:08You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us.
14:12I don't think I'm one of you.
14:14I think I'm here to take a test.
14:16And you're in the way.
14:22Cole Brennan.
14:23It's your turn.
14:26Demonstrate your ability.
14:29Forget him.
14:30Forget the crowd.
14:31None of them matter right now.
14:34Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
14:36She has to.
14:38And Pinnacle has D-rank rift access.
14:40That's where they were last seen.
14:43That's why I'm here.
14:44This is the only shot I've got.
14:47Don't blow it.
15:0620 years ago, the Great Awakening changed everything.
15:115% of population awakened powers.
15:15They became the new elite.
15:20Everyone's life is determined by
15:22the power test.
15:24It separates people into two classes.
15:27The ordinary and the elite.
15:30Power response confirmed.
15:32Elite track.
15:33Notify the academy.
15:34High compatibility.
15:35Pass.
15:36You rise.
15:50Did he get nothing?
15:51Not even a spark.
15:52Next.
15:53Fail.
15:54It forgets you.
15:59Your parents were ability users.
16:02And what did it get them?
16:03They were failures.
16:05Disappeared 10 years ago.
16:07Left nothing behind.
16:09And now look at you.
16:11No ability.
16:12No future.
16:14Just like them.
16:26Their world is so far from mine.
16:30Dad.
16:31Mom.
16:32Where did you go?
16:36No.
16:37No.
16:38No.
16:38No.
16:40No.
16:40No.
16:44No.
16:45No.
16:45No.
16:45No.
16:48No.
16:58No.
17:02No.
17:03No.
17:03No.
17:03No.
17:04No.
17:04No.
17:05No.
17:05Meridian ceiling tube inbound go throw the here the extracting
17:38Oh, no
17:51I can't outrun this
18:15Mom, Dad, please help me
18:40How long was I out?
18:48What did you do to me?
18:52Card draw system activated activated
18:55What the? Who's talking?
19:13A system? What is this?
19:16Defeat monsters, draw cards, grow stronger
19:20I can get abilities? Me?
19:23I'm an ordinary, this doesn't
19:25Warning, hostile entity detected, 20 meters
19:29That's the same one?
19:32First awakening protocol
19:34Wait, right now?
19:35Beginning card draw
19:37Come on
19:38Whatever you are, come on
19:42Ability acquired, flame control
19:45Basic team, equipped to slot one or two
19:48What is this?
19:55It's coming
20:04Back off
20:05Back off
20:15I...
20:16I...
20:17I have an ability?
20:24Kill confirmed, initiating card draw
20:27Defeating monsters?
20:29Defeating monsters?
20:30Triggers a draw?
20:37Ability acquired, shockwave, basic tier, slot two of two, equipped
20:45Full
20:55No
20:56You're alive?
20:57That mark
20:58Are you an ability user?
21:02I don't know
21:07Move
21:08Move
21:11Move
21:26Owen, run
21:36That's D-level ability user
21:38Trained, coordinated, practiced
21:40If that's the baseline
21:42Where am I trying to go?
21:53More
21:54More abilities
21:55More range
21:57More
21:58More
22:26To be continued
22:50Kill confirmed, card draw, ice shot, basic tier, current collection, three abilities, slots,
22:58two of two, three abilities, two slots.
23:15Director Reynolds, you should see this.
23:22This young man, pull his file.
23:26The test says nothing.
23:30The footage says three.
23:32Which one do we trust?
23:39A civilian demonstrating ability?
23:42That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
23:45The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
23:49Three independent scans, Hargrave.
23:51Then the scans confirmed it, he has no ability.
23:54If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
24:00a populated area?
24:02Merit is our standard.
24:04Not bloodline.
24:06Not test scores.
24:08Find him.
24:16What are you?
24:25Cole Brennan?
24:27Who are you?
24:33Pinnacle Academy.
24:34Admissions office.
24:36The Chancellor wants to meet you.
24:38Tomorrow.
24:48Pinnacle Academy.
24:50You think they don't screen their applications?
24:54No ability.
24:55Not low.
24:57Zero.
24:59That's what's on your file.
25:01They're not going to make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
25:07Stop staring at it.
25:08Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
25:12Food gets cold.
25:23Not to prove anything.
25:25Not to them.
25:27Not to him.
25:30Pinnacle has class D rift acts.
25:33Restricted zones.
25:35Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
25:37But in those rifts, something happened in there.
25:40That envelope is an invitation.
25:42It's a door.
25:48I'll go.
26:13No badge.
26:15No uniform either.
26:16Is he ordinary?
26:21No badge.
26:22No uniform.
26:24What are you doing in here?
26:25Meeting with Director Reynolds.
26:26I'm here to see the Director.
26:29Reynolds?
26:34What?
26:35Did a rift open near your house?
26:37You looking for someone to come deal with it?
26:40Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
26:43My grandfather helped build this program.
26:45My dad held the school fire record until two years ago.
26:49Every Ashford who walked these halls earned their spot.
26:52You looked me up.
26:58Your file says no ability.
27:00But surveillance caught you using flame and shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
27:04I didn't know what was happening to me.
27:07I still don't fully understand it.
27:09The Brennan name is in this building's founding records.
27:12I need to verify your abilities.
27:14Not because I doubt what I saw on the footage.
27:16Because this academy has to see it for itself.
27:20Tomorrow.
27:21The entrance exam.
27:23Prove your worth.
27:24I will.
27:31That's the one Reynolds let in?
27:33Zero on the F-Greed assessment.
27:35Literally zero.
27:36He's not even wearing a uniform.
27:42Ladies and gentlemen.
27:44He actually showed up.
27:45I told you yesterday.
27:46I told all of you.
27:47Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
27:50And here he is.
27:51Ready for his assessment.
27:54Every single one of you earned your spot.
27:57Tests.
27:57Certifications.
27:58Years of training.
27:59And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
28:03So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
28:06Set the bar.
28:07Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
28:18That's D rank fire.
28:20Top of the class.
28:21I've been doing this since I was 14.
28:23Your turn Brennan.
28:25Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
28:29Big throw.
28:31Biggest he's got.
28:32You can see it coming from across the room.
28:34His whole body loads up before he lets go.
28:37One shot and he's already winded.
28:40That was his best.
28:41And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
28:47That was your best shot?
28:49Excuse me?
28:51You asked to go first.
28:53You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
28:55Held the fireball an extra second.
28:58So everyone could see.
28:59So, is that it?
29:03You have no idea what you're walking into.
29:06People with real training walk into D-rank rifts and don't come back.
29:09You got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us?
29:13I don't think I'm one of you.
29:15I think I'm here to take a test.
29:17And you're in the way.
29:24Cole Brennan, it's your turn.
29:27Demonstrate your ability.
29:30Forget him. Forget the crowd. None of them matter right now.
29:35Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
29:38She has to.
29:39And Pinnacle has D-rank rift access.
29:42That's where they were last seen.
29:44That's why I'm here.
29:46This is the only shot I've got.
29:48Don't blow it.
30:07The Great Awakening
30:08Twenty years ago, the Great Awakening changed everything.
30:12Five percent of population awakened powers.
30:16They became the new elite.
30:21Everyone's life is determined by
30:23The power test
30:25It separates people into two classes
30:27The ordinary and the elite
30:31Power response confirmed
30:34Notify the academy
30:35Pass, you rise
30:51Did he get nothing?
30:52Not even a spark
30:53Next, fail
30:55It forgets you
31:01Your parents were ability users
31:03And what did it get them?
31:04They were failures
31:06Disappeared ten years ago
31:07Left nothing behind
31:10And now look at you
31:12No ability, no future
31:15Just like them
31:27Their world is so far from mine
31:31Dad, Mom, where did you go?
32:01Level 3 alert
32:04Evacuate immediately
32:05Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian
32:07Ceiling tube inbound
32:13Go throw the here the extracting
32:18Wait, wait, I'm still in here
32:40Oh no
32:52I can't outrun this
33:16Mom, Dad
33:19Mom, Dad
33:19Please, help me
33:41How long was I out?
33:50What did you do to me?
33:53Card draw system activated
33:55Activated
33:56What the?
33:57Who's talking?
34:14A system?
34:15What is this?
34:16Defeat monsters
34:18Draw cards
34:19Draw stronger
34:21I can get abilities?
34:22Me?
34:24I'm an ordinary
34:25This doesn't
34:26Warning
34:27Hostile entity detected
34:2820 meters
34:30That's the same one?
34:33First awakening protocol
34:35Wait, right now?
34:36Beginning card draw
34:37Come on
34:39Whatever you are, come on!
34:43Ability acquired
34:44Flame control
34:46Basic team
34:47Equip to slot 1 or 2
34:49What is this?
34:56It's coming
35:05Back off!
35:17I have an ability?
35:19I have an ability?
35:25Kill confirmed
35:27Initiating card draw
35:28Defeating monsters
35:30Triggers a draw?
35:37Ability acquired
35:39Shockwave
35:40Basic tier
35:41Slot 2 of 2
35:42Equipped
35:45Full
35:56You're alive?
35:58That mark
35:59Are you an ability user?
36:03I don't know
36:08Move
36:27Always
36:28Run
36:36That's D-level ability user
36:39Trained
36:39Coordinated
36:40Practiced
36:41If that's the baseline
36:43Where am I trying to go?
36:54More abilities
36:56More range
36:58More
37:11They're
37:12Where am I trying to go?
37:13Come on
37:15Runjoy
37:16That
37:16mark Was
37:16How
37:16Has
37:16Been
37:24Un魔
37:25Way Evan
37:25Glad
37:25Ag
37:51Kill confirmed.
37:53Card draw.
37:55Ice shot.
37:56Basic tier.
37:57Current collection.
37:58Three abilities.
37:59Slots.
37:59Two of two.
38:00Three abilities.
38:01Two slots.
38:17Director Reynolds, you should see this.
38:23This young man.
38:25Pull his file.
38:27The test says nothing.
38:31The footage says three.
38:33Which one do we trust?
38:40A civilian demonstrating ability?
38:43That contradicts a century of awakening biology.
38:46The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
38:50Three independent scans, Hargrave.
38:52Then the scans confirmed it.
38:53He has no ability.
38:54If he genuinely has these abilities and we leave him unmonitored, what happens the next time the rift opens in
39:01a populated area?
39:03Merit is our standard.
39:05Not bloodline.
39:07Not test scores.
39:09Find him.
39:17What are you?
39:26Cole Brennan?
39:28Who are you?
39:34Pinnacle Academy.
39:36Admissions office.
39:37The Chancellor wants to meet you.
39:39Tomorrow.
39:41Pinnacle Academy.
39:49Pinnacle Academy.
39:51You think they don't screen their applications?
39:55No ability.
39:57Not low.
39:58Zero.
40:00that's what's on your file they're not gonna make an exception for a delivery boy because
40:06he got lucky near a rift stop staring at it your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes
40:12food gets cold
40:24not to prove anything not to them
40:29not to him
40:32pinnacle has class-d rift axe
40:35restricted zones
40:36places that don't show up in any civilian database but in those rifts
40:40something happened in there
40:41that envelope is an invitation
40:43it's a door
40:49i'll go
41:14no badge no uniform either is he ordinary
41:22no badge no uniform what are you doing in here meeting with director reynolds i'm here to see the director
41:30reynolds
41:35what did a rift open near your house
41:38you looking for someone to come deal with it nobody said i needed a uniform to walk down a hallway
41:44my grandfather helped build this program my dad held the school fire record until two years ago
41:49every ashford who walked these halls earned their spot
41:53you looked me up
41:59your file says no ability but surveillance caught you using flame and shockwave during the e3 rift incident
42:05i didn't know what was happening to me
42:08i still don't fully understand it
42:10the brennan name is in this building's founding records
42:12i need to verify your abilities
42:15not because i doubt what i saw on the footage
42:18because this academy has to see it for itself
42:21tomorrow
42:22the entrance exam
42:23prove your worth
42:26i will
42:32that's the one reynolds let in
42:34zero on the f greed assessment
42:36literally zero
42:38he's not even wearing a uniform
42:43ladies and gentlemen
42:44he actually showed up
42:46i told you yesterday
42:47i told all of you
42:48reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate
42:51and here he is
42:52ready for his assessment
42:55every single one of you earned your spot
42:58tests
42:58certifications
42:59years of training
43:00and reynolds just
43:01hands this guy a pass
43:04so i asked reynolds to let me go first today
43:06set the bar
43:08remind everyone
43:09what this place is actually for
43:19that's d rank fire
43:21top of the class
43:22i've been doing this since i was 14
43:24your turn brennan
43:25show us what reynolds risked her reputation for
43:30big throw
43:31biggest he's got
43:33you can see it coming from across the room
43:35his whole body loads up before he lets go
43:38one shot he's already winded
43:40that was his best
43:42and he wasted it on a practice dummy
43:48that was your best shot
43:50excuse me
43:51you asked to go first
43:54you picked the biggest dummy on the floor
43:56held the fireball an extra second
43:58so everyone could see
44:00so
44:01was that it
44:04you have no idea what you're walking into
44:07people with real training walk into d rank riffs and don't come back
44:11you got lucky once in some alley and you think that makes you one of us
44:14i don't think i'm one of you
44:16i think i'm here to take a test
44:18and you're in the way
44:24cole brennan
44:26it's your turn
44:27demonstrate your ability
44:31forget him
44:32forget him
44:32forget the crowd
44:33none of them matter right now
44:36reynolds knows something about mom and dad
44:38she has to
44:39and pinnacle has d-rag rift access
44:42that's where they were last seen
44:45that's why i'm here
44:46this is the only shot i've got
44:49don't blow it
44:59that's why i thought i was like
45:00i didn't know
45:01he was a week
45:02that was he
45:02had to go
45:02and then
45:03to go
45:03the
45:03and
45:03the
45:03You
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