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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy
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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.
00:00:23The ordinary and the elite.
00:00:26Power response confirmed.
00:00:28Elite track.
00:00:29Notify the academy.
00:00:30High compatibility.
00:00:31Pass.
00:00:32You rise.
00:00:46Did he get nothing?
00:00:48Not even a spark.
00:00:49Next.
00:00:49Fail.
00:00:50It 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.
00:01:03Left nothing behind.
00:01:04And now look at you.
00:01:07No ability.
00:01:08No future.
00:01:10Just like them.
00:01:23They're world is so far from mine.
00:01:26Dad.
00:01:27Mom.
00:01:28Where did you go?
00:01:29lucky with you.
00:01:34You're on purpose.
00:01:35How many will are you?
00:01:39We are.
00:01:46It's about two kids.
00:01:47Made alone, help us.
00:01:53We're hopeless, that's our skill.
00:01:57Love.
00:01:57O3 alert. Evacuate immediately.
00:02:00Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian. Ceiling tube inbound.
00:02:09Cope roll to hear the extracting.
00:02:13Wait, wait, I'm still in here!
00:02:34Oh no.
00:02:48I can't outrun this!
00:02:57Oh no.
00:03:12Mom. Dad.
00:03:15Please, help me.
00:03:36How long was I up?
00:03:45What did you do to me?
00:03:49Card draw system activated. Activated.
00:03:52What 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-
00:04:22Warning. Hostile entity detected.
00:04:2420 meters.
00:04:26That's the same one?
00:04:29First awakening protocol.
00:04:31Wait! Right now?
00:04:32Beginning card draw.
00:04:34Come on!
00:04:35Whatever you are, come on!
00:04:38Ability acquired. Flame control.
00:04:42Basic tiered. Equip to slot 1 or 2.
00:04:45What is this?
00:04:51It's coming.
00:05:01Back off!
00:05:03Back off!
00:05:11I... I... I have an ability?
00:05:15No!
00:05:21Kill confirmed. Initiating card draw.
00:05:24Defeating monsters?
00:05:26Triggers a draw?
00:05:33Ability acquired. Shockwave. Basic tier.
00:05:37Slot 2 of 2. Equipped.
00:05:41Full.
00:05:45Up!
00:05:47Up!
00:05:52You're alive?
00:05:54That mark, are you an ability user?
00:05:59I don't know.
00:06:04Move.
00:06:05Up!
00:06:09Up!
00:06:10Up!
00:06:11Up!
00:06:12Up!
00:06:12Up!
00:06:13Up!
00:06:14Up! Up! Up! Up! Up!
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. More range. More.
00:07:22More range. More range.
00:07:27Very range.
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?
00:08:36A civilian demonstrating ability? That contradicts a century of awakening biology. The instruments
00:08:43are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
00:08:46Three independent scans, Hargrave.
00:08:47Then 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 time
00:08:56the 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?
00:09:51No ability. Not low. Zero.
00:09:56That's what's on your file.
00:09:58They're not going to make an exception for a delivery boy because he got lucky near a rift.
00:10:04Stop staring at it.
00:10:06Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes.
00:10:09Food gets cold.
00:10:20Not to prove anything.
00:10:22Not to them.
00:10:25Not to him.
00:10:28Pinnacle has Class D rift acts.
00:10:31Restricted zones.
00:10:32Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
00:10:35But in those rifts, something happened in there.
00:10:37That 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.
00:11:21What are you doing in here?
00:11:22Meeting with Director Reynolds.
00:11:24I'm here to see the director.
00:11:26Reynolds?
00:11:32What? Did a rift open near your house?
00:11:35You 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.
00:11:56Your file says no ability.
00:11:58But surveillance caught you using Flame and Shockwave during the E3 rift incident.
00:12:02I 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.
00:12:43I told you yesterday.
00:12:44I told all of you.
00:12:45Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
00:12:47And here he is.
00:12:48Ready 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.
00:13:19I'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.
00:13:39And 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.
00:13:57So, is that it?
00:14:01You 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.
00:14:15And you're in the way.
00:14:21Cole Brennan.
00:14:23It's your turn.
00:14:24Demonstrate your ability.
00:14:27Forget him.
00:14:29Forget 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-Rig 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.
00:15:07Everyone watch.
00:15:07If I win this, nobody gets back on the line.
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 windup.
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?
00:16:22At the same time?
00:16:24Not at the same time.
00:16:26One amplifies the other.
00:16:53Winner, Cole Brennan.
00:17:00Two abilities combined.
00:17:02Interesting.
00:17:03Pure force with no control is useless.
00:17:06Derek fought for his fight.
00:17:07His ranking.
00:17:08His name.
00:17:09I'm not here for any of that.
00:17:12Cole Brennan enrolled.
00:17:14This is not an outcome this institution can accept.
00:17:18We have thresholds.
00:17:20Ability requirements that exist for a reason.
00:17:23An 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, no ability history, no 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.
00:18:07Not 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 me.
00:18:27Their world is so far from mine.
00:18:31Eighteen years of being told I'm nothing.
00:18:34And now I'm holding this.
00:18:41Come on.
00:18:43You 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.
00:19:15Hey.
00:19:16You 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.
00:19:38Cole.
00:19:39Solo drills.
00:19:40Far lane.
00:19:41Fine by me.
00:19:50He's stacking it.
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.
00:20:11Have to make them work until I can get more.
00:20:13You're burning through the practice surface.
00:20:15Sorry.
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.
00:20:45Your score will be calculated by your team's kill counts.
00:20:51Alex.
00:20:52Fire support.
00:20:54Marcus.
00:20:54Shield coverage.
00:20:56Jenny.
00:20:57Speed.
00:20:58Lily.
00:20:58You're in.
00:21:01My family's remote analysts have already pushed the Ash Flats model into your terminals.
00:21:05Spawn rates.
00:21:06Weaknesses.
00:21:07Safe routes.
00:21:08Follow the algorithm.
00:21:09We clear the field.
00:21:11Wow.
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.
00:21:36All students must participate.
00:21:38Going in alone?
00:21:40Good luck out there.
00:21:41Ordinary.
00:21:43I was going in alone either way.
00:21:45That's so.
00:21:52Northeast corner.
00:21:53Higher concentration.
00:21:55Right move.
00:21:56Two abilities.
00:21:58One weak.
00:21:59I really hope that's enough.
00:22:09Fantastic.abis.
00:22:09folks. How does
00:22:09it do? Thanks.
00:22:17Electively.
00:22:27I really hope
00:22:27that we can also be able to change the uncertainty. You can play
00:22:28the system which finally uses thousands, thousands, thousands, thousands, thousands, thousands, thousands.
00:22:35Good. Less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:23:26Kill confirmed. Card draw initiating.
00:23:31Windblade. Shockwave opens it. Flame closes it. Not the other way around.
00:23:45Kill 14 confirmed.
00:24:05Current collection. Five abilities. Slots. Two of two. Five. First time I'm choosing my own fight. Not reacting. Choose it.
00:24:15Five cards. Two hands. That's the game.
00:24:32Yeah, I know, right?
00:24:34Dude, I got this new gun. It's sick.
00:24:37I can't believe we did that.
00:24:38Ten confirmed. Sector 2. Northeast Quarter. Clean sweep.
00:24:56Alpha Team. Derek Ashford. Ten confirmed kills.
00:25:00Derek Ashford Team. Ten confirmed. All teams, report to the command center.
00:25:11Northeast Sector, right?
00:25:13Yeah.
00:25:14Tags registered at 41 separate positions. That's... a lot of ground.
00:25:19That can't... that can't be right.
00:25:22Cole Brannan. Solo operation. 30 confirmed kills.
00:25:37That's... not possible.
00:25:39Our family AI calculated the physical ceiling. 22 kills. Maximum. 30. Solo alone? That breaks the model.
00:25:48Wow. Just enough. So that multi-million supercomputer of yours can't keep up with a delivery guy's muscle memory? System
00:25:56glitch, Prince?
00:26:10Well done.
00:26:21The surveillance feed for the Northeast Sector. Covers 40 minutes of active expedition time.
00:26:28We are requesting a full review under Chapter 7.
00:26:391 kills. 7 kills. 15 kills. 22 kills. 30 kills.
00:26:48Feed is clean. No manipulation. 30 solo kills confirmed.
00:26:53The Northeast Sector. That zone is outside the optimal rooting parameters. He couldn't have known the creature density without...
00:26:59The Northeast Boundary Zone's density is in the Terrain Briefing. Page 4.
00:27:10What was that route?
00:27:11He mapped it beforehand. From the briefing.
00:27:15Rank 20. E-Rank Access is next. E-Rank Access. 5 kills in Tomorrow Clears.
00:27:23Okay. 5 more.
00:27:30Rank 20. E-Rank Access. 5 kills in Tomorrow Clears.
00:27:43Hey, sit here. I mean, I just have questions.
00:27:49Questions.
00:27:50Yeah, sit down.
00:27:52My team pulled 8 total.
00:27:53I got 4, which is fine for E-Rank.
00:27:55Earth Tremors don't stack kills fast.
00:27:58But you were solo.
00:27:59And you got 30.
00:28:01What 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.
00:28:20When 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.
00:28:33The ordinary thing?
00:28:34I don't care.
00:28:35You'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.
00:28:56That's not...
00:28:57Completely like a robot.
00:29:02Training tomorrow.
00:29:03You want to run drills?
00:29:05I want to see what you actually do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:07I want to see what you actually do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:11Sure.
00:29:12I've spent every day here running the math on every conversation.
00:29:16What they want.
00:29:17What it costs me.
00:29:19But 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, get 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.
00:29:47Show me the combo.
00:29:48You haven't even warmed up.
00:29:50I warmed up thinking about this.
00:29:53Show me.
00:29:54Hm.
00:30:04Is that a third one?
00:30:06It unlocked this morning.
00:30:08Okay.
00:30:09We are absolutely skipping warm-up.
00:30:23I 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.
00:31:02I knew every angle.
00:31:03Now I don't know what this can do yet.
00:31:06That's...
00:31:07different.
00:31:08You ever stop calculating?
00:31:10Not 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...
00:31:41E-Rank Earth.
00:31:42I'm literally named for this.
00:31:43You're F-Rank Earth that does E-Rank damage sometimes.
00:31:46Same thing.
00:32:01I'm going.
00:32:03Three slots.
00:32:05First time I've had them all loaded going into something real.
00:32:08Something's tracking us.
00:32:09Picked us up about 30 meters back.
00:32:26That would have killed three F-Rakes.
00:32:28It's E-Rank.
00:32:31E-Rank.
00:32:32You're 한번 way to try.
00:32:34Nope.
00:32:51I can't believe in theM терrus.
00:33:12Jake!
00:33:29That's different.
00:33:32That was... yeah.
00:33:34We come back with a better plan.
00:33:36Maybe a third person?
00:33:40I need to go deeper.
00:33:43Solo again?
00:33:44You can't sustain tremors at that depth.
00:33:47And what I've got right now, it's not enough.
00:33:50I need what's deeper in there.
00:33:52I'll be here when you get back.
00:33:55Three abilities.
00:33:56All three in a real fight.
00:33:59Not a drill.
00:34:02Yesterday with Jake, the fog just...
00:34:05sat there.
00:34:06Now it's moving.
00:34:08Jake said he'd be here when I got back.
00:34:48不能lappido.
00:34:48No!
00:34:48Come on.
00:34:49You can't go through it!
00:34:51I'm leaving.
00:34:51Let's go.
00:34:51Let's go.
00:34:53What's going on?
00:34:54I'm leaving.
00:34:55I'm leaving.
00:35:01KILLS CONFIRMED. CARD DRAWS INITIATING. SUPPORT ABILITY ACQUIRED.
00:35:07COMMON DRAW. NOT WHAT I NEED. KEEP GOING.
00:35:27That's the boss.
00:35:36Look around it. I don't know if flame cuts through that or just... disappears into it.
00:35:47Mom, I'm coming.
00:35:57I can't.
00:36:06Mom, I'm coming.
00:36:08Mom, I'm coming.
00:36:12Mom.
00:36:33I've hit it so many times, yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:37Not yet. No.
00:36:57Elite Creature Defeated. Card Draw Initiated.
00:37:10Ability Acquired. Lightning Storm. Advanced Teal. Slot Configuration Available.
00:37:19Partial Match Detected. Name, Brennan.
00:37:22Brennan. That is my name. That is my family's name.
00:37:28They were here. Not nearby. Here. In this rift. Ten years ago.
00:37:35I'm not looking for them anymore. I know where to look.
00:37:39What happened?
00:37:40I got Lightning Storm.
00:37:43Lightning 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. No family legacy. No registered ability rank. No documented training history. No!
00:38:17How does rank 12 make sense?
00:38:25Everything okay?
00:38:26Yeah.
00:38:30The family has been tracking the anomaly. An unregistered ordinary at rank 12. After four months, using abilities with no
00:38:36documented training history and no ability rec on file.
00:38:39This is not a student. This is unquantifiable data in a system built on quantifiable outcomes.
00:38:46Unquantifiable data disrupts capital allocation. When investors cannot model the variable, they remove the variable.
00:38:52Unquantifiable data. This is not personal, Derek. This is how the system protects itself.
00:38:57I understand.
00:39:07Three slots. It's still weird having three.
00:39:31Unquantifiable data. This is not personal, Derek. This is not personal.
00:39:35Monster eliminated.
00:39:37Card draw available.
00:39:50you took rank 12 from me you've taken everything this ends here same slot same sector this was
00:40:03planned Derek every time you win it's luck a trick you're ordinary you want to fight fine
00:40:28it's reddit good
00:40:37what that's you have lightning storm I earned it
00:41:06don't follow me into rifts again how how do you get that power I'm not here for you Derek I
00:41:14never was
00:41:33top 10 Cole you're in the top 10 I saw it rank 10 I also saw rank 8 who's at
00:41:408 Madison Frost
00:41:42they call her the ice queen she's been rank 8 since she enrolled nobody's touched her nobody
00:41:49challenges Madison rank 10 I've been watching your ascent you're systematic that's unusual for
00:41:55someone without an ability history monthly ranking challenge is permitted above rank 15 you could
00:42:00challenge rank 8 when tomorrow arena 3 she didn't come to rattle me she came to schedule me that's
00:42:09the difference she approached you she's rank 8 why would she bother she wants to know what I am
00:42:16that's creepy also terrifying okay what are you actually going to do she's frost type she controls
00:42:22the whole arena frost abilities lockdown mobility she'll expect me to run flame into her domain she'll
00:42:27have counters ready so don't run flame I didn't say that how many hidden cards do you have
00:42:36you're going to be fine also you're a little scary
00:42:49she doesn't look angry that's the problem
00:43:01this is my range everything inside it is ice
00:43:10she's reading my loadout in real time smart
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 advanced lightning storm genuinely impressive for an ordinary
00:43:37but I've fought three slot users before the math doesn't change more combinations same ceiling
00:43:46she's right about the ceiling time to move it
00:43:57what are you that heat level that is an upgraded fire plasma tier you've had this the entire fight
00:44:05I had it I hadn't needed it
00:44:10like in the last minute
00:44:11cold ran
00:44:12plasma storm where did you get that same place I got the rest
00:44:16fought for it rank 8 is yours
00:44:21dude
00:44:21what was that
00:44:25it's not fire anymore
00:44:27it'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
00:45:09The 4th 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?
00:45:41A lot then
00:45:51Central Academy
00:45:52Two time defending champions
00:46:00Pinnacle's bracket must be thin this year
00:46:07You've been champion for two years
00:46:09That's right
00:46:10Then 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
00:47:20The floater he's not filling gaps he's threading them
00:47:23Look at the sequence
00:47:27We advanced in three fights
00:47:28Nobody on this team had a real conversation about it
00:47:31Sophia anchors center
00:47:32She controls the most space
00:47:33Put her where the fight comes to her
00:47:34Not where she has to chase it
00:47:36Derek
00:47:36Left side suppression
00:47:37Madison
00:47:38Right side defense
00:47:39Jake flanks when they overcommit
00:47:44Why are you calling positions?
00:47:46You're not the captain
00:47:47We 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
00:47:59Have you?
00:48:01You've never done team combat
00:48:02Why should your formation work?
00:48:05I'm not taking orders from an ordinary
00:48:07Then take suggestions from someone who did the homework
00:48:10Or we improvise tomorrow and see how that goes
00:48:26I had it
00:48:28Move
00:48:51We won
00:48:52We got lucky
00:48:54Next round that won't be enough
00:48:55He's not listening
00:48:56Every time I call a direction he goes the opposite
00:48:59Just to show me he doesn't have to
00:49:01We cannot go into a Central Academy team fight like this
00:49:12Same as last time
00:49:14We adjust as we go
00:49:15They run a rotating cover pattern
00:49:17Their two shield fusers cycle with their ranged attackers
00:49:19If we let them set up we're playing defense the whole match
00:49:27I'll handle
00:49:27You can't handle both shield rotations solo
00:49:29Unwee none of us can
00:49:30That's the point
00:49:31I'll improvise
00:49:32I'll improvise
00:49:49I'm out
00:50:03One more loss and we're out
00:50:05Third match is Central Academy
00:50:07Brandon's team
00:50:10Cole's formation had answers for what Western just did
00:50:12We didn't use it
00:50:14She's right
00:50:15Cole, how did you clock the shield rotation three days ago?
00:50:18Before we'd even seen their footage
00:50:21I cross-referenced their last four matches
00:50:23The second shoulder always comes in on a four second delay
00:50:27It's drilled, not reactive
00:50:29Cole had it
00:50:29He had it three days ago
00:50:31He covered my retreat
00:50:33He saw their targeting pattern before I did
00:50:35I don't like it
00:50:37You don't have to like it
00:50:39The relay runner
00:50:41In their pattern
00:50:42That was the break point
00:50:44Yes
00:50:45You saw that
00:50:46In the footage
00:50:47Third match
00:50:48Northern 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
00:50:59Madison holds the right corridor
00:51:01Jake 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 Gagantral 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
00:51:39Easy
00:51:41Nothing about this is easy
00:51:43Already planned
00:51:48Now
00:51:49Now
00:51:50Now
00:51:52Now
00:51:53Now
00:51:53Now
00:52:04Now
00:52:05Now
00:52:05Now
00:52:07Now
00:52:07Now
00:52:15Nowemary
00:52:15Nowcera
00:52:25There
00:52:25it
00:52:26is Two seconds
00:52:28That's
00:52:28your limit I'll
00:52:29take it Good call
00:52:31on the relay runner We actually
00:52:33Yeah We
00:52:34got
00:52:34it That's
00:52:35I didn't
00:52:36know it would feel like that
00:52:37decent team win but team fights are formations solo is different i watched the footage so did
00:52:46my coaching staff they didn't see what you saw semi-finals see you there
00:52:54b rank fire fire domain 16 tournament fights 15 wins the one loss was a draw technical he's never
00:53:01been stopped i need something he has no footage on i need all four slots in a sequence that
00:53:06doesn't exist in any match record i need to invent it before thursday
00:53:17okay i looked him up b rank fire that means his output's at what three four times what madison
00:53:23had about three so your ice thing won't reach him gone before it gets there which version do you
00:53:28think he'll use the one that looks like he's going easy on me every ability he has is built to
00:53:34end a
00:53:34fight fast he doesn't play defense because he's never needed to
00:53:41i think there's a seam i just don't know what it looks like yet
00:53:53i'll try not to end it too fast semi-final special recruit cole brandon no registered rank
00:54:00versus two-time champion brandon chase b rank fire specialist
00:54:10good combinations you're actually trying
00:54:28you've got one slot left that you haven't shown me i've been counting whatever it is
00:54:33it's not going to be enough but i'm genuinely curious what you pull out
00:54:38one slot left make it count
00:54:49whatever the last slot is i'd like to see it
00:54:53come on cole
00:55:05five
00:55:28legendary tear
00:55:36brandon chase unable to continue winner cole brennan legendary tear five splots
00:55:42how are you ordinary i'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 all of it at once tomorrow's a different problem
00:56:14brandon had no answer for the five ability sequence
00:56:17nobody's going to sophia will have an answer that'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
00:56:42okay then
00:56:43d rank access
00:56:46that's what's on the other side of tomorrow
00:56:50not the trophy
00:56:51not the title
00:56:53the door
00:56:57you okay
00:56:59yeah
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
00:57:19they 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 brernan
00:58:12pinnacle academy special recruit
00:58:14entered this tournament unranked
00:58:15zero rank to the championship round
00:58:17and sophia veil
00:58:18pinnacle's first seed
00:58:19c-rank telekinesis
00:58:20five-year undefeated record
00:58:22full ability use is permitted
00:58:24ready
00:58:25ready
00:58:25yes
00:58:42she's adjusting to his combinations in real time
00:58:45first 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
00:59:14need 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
00:59:21you can't break this
00:59:26dad
00:59:27mom
00:59:28not yet
00:59:30everything
00:59:31now
00:59:32not enough
00:59:49then let's finish it
00:59:56yeah
01:00:06i can't
01:00:08i'm done
01:00:09winner
01:00:09cole brennan
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
01:00:30power doesn't care where you come from
01:00:32but today
01:00:33it chose you
01:00:34d rank rift access
01:00:35effective immediate
01:00:37champion
01:00:38okay
01:00:38but that's not why i'm here
01:00:40d rank opens tomorrow
01:00:43that'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
01:01:03for so long
01:01:05cole
01:01:06you ripped the door
01:01:07off the hinges
01:01:08and showed me the possibilities
01:01:09in d rank rifts
01:01:10nobody wins
01:01:11it might be a one-way trip
01:01:15then at least
01:01:15we'll have the best view
01:01:20yo
01:01:20if the plan is save the world
01:01:22or get expelled
01:01:23can we start by getting me some help with these
01:01:25my 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
01:01:46you
01:01:47you
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