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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy New
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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?
00:01:31No.
00:01:41No.
00:01:45No.
00:01:56Level 3 alert. Evacuate immediately.
00:02:00Rift collapse on 5th and Meridian. Ceiling tube inbound.
00:02:08Go throw the hearing 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.
00:03:20Mom.
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 is this?
00:04:12Defeat monsters. Draw cards. Grow stronger.
00:04:16I 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! Whatever you are, come on!
00:04:37Ability acquired. Flame control.
00:04:41Basic tier. Equip to slot one or two.
00:04:44What 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.
00:05:55Are you an ability user?
00:05:58I don't know.
00:06:03Move.
00:06:05Move.
00:06:06Move.
00:06:07Move.
00:06:09Move.
00:06:10Move.
00:06:10Move.
00:06:32That's D-Level Ability User.
00:06:34Trained, coordinated, practiced.
00:06:36If that's the baseline, where am I trying to go?
00:06:49More abilities, more range, more.
00:07:13That's D-Level Ability User.
00:07:15That's D-Level Ability User.
00:07:20That's D-Level Ability User.
00:07:38That's D-Level Ability User.
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.
00:08:07Three Abilities.
00:08:12Director Reynolds, you should see this.
00:08:18This young man.
00:08:19Pull 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.
00:09:13What are you?
00:09:21Cole Brennan?
00:09:23Who are you?
00:09:29Pinnacle Academy.
00:09:31Admissions Office.
00:09:32The Chancellor wants to meet you.
00:09:34Tomorrow.
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 gonna 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.
00:10:35Something 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.
00:11:20What 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?
00:11:36Nobody said I needed a uniform to walk down a hallway.
00:11:39My 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.
00:12:00I 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.
00:12:17Zero.
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.
00:13:21Show 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.
00:13:36One 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.
00:13:54So everyone could see it.
00:13:55So.
00:13:56Was 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.
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.
00:14:34She has to.
00:14:35And Pinnacle has D-Rig 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.
00:14:44Don'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.
00:15:03A public fight.
00:15:05Everyone watch it.
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.
00:16:01You 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?
00:16:21Not at the same time.
00:16:24One amplifies the other.
00:16:27One.
00:16:37Two.
00:16:41Two.
00:16:44One.
00:16:52Winner, Cole Brennan!
00:16:58Two abilities combined. Interesting.
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.
00:17:14This institution can accept.
00:17:16We have thresholds, ability requirements that exist for a reason.
00:17:22An 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.
00:17:42Then D. D rank is where mom and dad disappeared.
00:17:45I just got one step closer.
00:17:48So 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.
00:19:35Cold.
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.
00:20:42Your 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.
00:21:13Hardcore Derek.
00:21:14Should 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.
00:21:49Northeast 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.
00:21:58One weak.
00:22:03One weak.
00:22:09One weak.
00:22:10One weak.
00:22:15One weak.
00:22:16One weak.
00:22:17One weak.
00:22:19One weak.
00:22:21One weak.
00:22:22One weak.
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00:22:25One weak.
00:22:26One weak.
00:22:27One weak.
00:22:28One weak.
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00:22:28One weak.
00:22:28One weak.
00:22:28One weak.
00:22:28One weak.
00:22:28One weak.
00:22:33Good. Less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:23:24Kill confirmed. Card draw initiating.
00:23:28Windblade. Shockwave opens it. Flame closes it. Not 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. Not reacting. Choosing. Five
00:24:13cards. Two hands. That'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.
00:24:36Ten confirmed. Sector 2. Northeast quarter. Clean sweep.
00:24:54Alpha team. Derek Ashford. Ten confirmed kills.
00:24:57Derek Ashford team. Ten confirmed. All teams, report to the command center.
00:25:09Northeast sector, right?
00:25:11Yeah.
00:25:11Tags registered at 41 separate positions. That's... a lot of ground.
00:25:17That can't... that can't be right.
00:25:19Cole Brannon. Solo operation. 30 confirmed kills.
00:25:35That's... not possible.
00:25:37Our family AI calculated the physical ceiling. 22 kills. Maximum. 30. Solo alone? That breaks the model.
00:25:46Wow. Just enough. So that multi-million super computer 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.
00:26:45Feed is clean. No manipulation. 30 solo kills confirmed.
00:26:51The Northeast sector. That zone is outside the optimal rooting parameters. He couldn't have known the creature density without...
00:26:57The Northeast boundary zone's density is in the Terrain Briefing. Page 4.
00:27:08What was that route?
00:27:09He mapped it beforehand. From the briefing.
00:27:13Rank 20. E-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.
00:27:53Earth Tremors don't stack kills fast.
00:27:55But you were solo.
00:27:56And you got 30.
00:27:58What route did you run?
00:27:59Northeast 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.
00:29:08Sure.
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, I've been thinking about this since yesterday show me the combo good morning morning
00:29:44Show me the combo you haven't even warmed up. I warmed up thinking about this show me
00:30:01Is that a third one it unlocked this morning, okay, we are absolutely skipping warm-up
00:30:20I didn't know it would do that
00:30:21You didn't plan that I planned fire and ice not
00:30:27This this hit something that can dodge fire, but not ice or the other way around
00:30:32It can't dodge both you need to be on my team for every expedition from now on
00:30:39Take this
00:30:54This morning I had a ceiling two slots eight combinations. I knew every angle now
00:31:00Now I don't know what this can do yet. That's
00:31:04Different you ever stop calculating?
00:31:08Not really must be exhausting
00:31:12It's useful fair
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 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
00:32:05Something'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
00:32:46Fun!
00:32:47Fun!
00:32:48Fun!
00:32:49Fun!
00:32:52Fun!
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
00:33:53all three in a real fight not a drill
00:33:59yesterday with jake the fog just sat there now it's moving jake said he'd be here when i got back
00:34:27so
00:34:35Let's go.
00:34:37Let's go.
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00:39:30Monster eliminated.
00:39:33Card draw available.
00:39:46You took rank 12 from me.
00:39:49You've taken everything.
00:39:51this ends here same slot same sector this was planned
00:40:00derek
00:40:10every time you win it's luck a trick you're ordinary you want to fight fine
00:40:25he's read it good
00:40:34what that's you have lightning storm i earned it
00:41:03don't follow me into rifts again
00:41:07how how do you get that power i'm not here for you derek i never was
00:41:30top ten cole you're in the top ten i saw it rank ten i also saw rank eight who's at
00:41:37eight
00:41:37madison frost they call her the ice queen she's been rank eight since she enrolled
00:41:43nobody's touched her nobody challenges madison rank 10 i've been watching your ascent
00:41:48you're systematic that's unusual for someone without an ability history
00:41:52monthly ranking challenge is permitted above rank 15 you could challenge rank eight
00:41:57when tomorrow arena three she didn't come to rattle me she came to schedule me that's the
00:42:05difference she approached you she's rank eight why would she bother she wants to know what i am
00:42:12that's creepy also terrifying okay what are you actually going to do she's frost type
00:42:18she controls the whole arena frost abilities lockdown mobility she'll expect me to run flame
00:42:22into her domain she'll have counters ready so don't run flame i didn't say that how many
00:42:29hidden cards do you have you're going to be fine also you're a little scary
00:42:45she doesn't look angry that's the problem
00:42:57this is my range everything inside it is ice
00:43:06she's reading my loadout in real time smart
00:43:21you have strong combinetics but fire doesn't function well at this temperature the base tier
00:43:26can't keep pace with the regeneration rate your fire is base tier advanced lightning storm genuinely
00:43:32impressive for an ordinary but i've fought three slot users before the math doesn't change
00:43:37more combinations same ceiling
00:43:43she's right about the ceiling time to move it that's enough
00:43:54what are you that heat level that is an upgraded fire plasma tier you've had this the entire fight
00:44:01i had it i hadn't needed it
00:44:07winner cole brannan
00:44:08plasma storm where did you get that same place i got the rest
00:44:12fought for it rank eight is yours
00:44:17dude what was that
00:44:21it's not fire anymore
00:44:23it's something else
00:44:25inter academy championship pinnacle fields five public bracket individual rank points on the line
00:44:33cole brannan
00:44:34derrick ashford
00:44:36sophia vile
00:44:37madison frost
00:44:38jake rider
00:44:43i've been thinking about this moment for months
00:44:45now that it's here it just feels
00:44:47real
00:44:48system upgrade
00:44:50ability slot four unlocked
00:44:55there it is
00:45:05the fourth slot changes the timing windows the combinations multiply
00:45:27you look like someone doing math homework except the homework explodes how many abilities do you actually have now a
00:45:37lot then
00:45:47central academy two-time defending champions
00:45:56pinnacle's bracket must be thin this year
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
00:46:14i'll try not to end it too fast
00:46:18that was either very smart or very dumb
00:46:20probably both
00:46:50i'll try not to end it
00:46:51since there was more of a hora
00:46:51over it
00:46:51so
00:46:51Sunday
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?
00:47:42You'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.
00:47:56Have 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.
00:48:25Move.
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.
00:49:25Unwin, 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-
00:50:37In their pattern.
00:50:39That was the break point.
00:50:40Yes.
00:50:41You saw that.
00:50:42In the footage.
00:50:44Third 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.
00:50:55Don'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.
00:51:25Derek, hold fire until you see the left relay break.
00:51:29Not before.
00:51:30I know.
00:51:30What 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!
00:51:45Now!
00:52:09Jake, now!
00:52:21There it is.
00:52:23Two 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, yeah.
00:52:30We got it.
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.
00:52:47Semi-finals.
00:52:48See you there.
00:52:50B rank fire.
00:52:51Fire domain.
00:52:5316 tournament fights.
00:52:5415 wins.
00:52:55The one loss was a draw.
00:52:56Technical.
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.
00:53:12Okay.
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.
00:53:43Brandon.
00:53:45Brandon.
00:53:46Brandon.
00:53:47Brandon.
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.
00:53:55Versus 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.
00:54:31But 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.
00:54:50Come on, Cole.
00:55:02Five.
00:55:25Legendary tier.
00:55:31Brandon Chase unable to continue.
00:55:33Winner, Cole Brennan.
00:55:35Legendary tier.
00:55:36Five splots.
00:55:38How are you ordinary?
00:55:39I'm not sure ordinary was ever the right word.
00:55:42No.
00:55:43I 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.
00:56:14Sophia will have an answer.
00:56:15That's the problem.
00:56:16Then figure out answers to her answers.
00:56:18First time Derek's giving me something that wasn't a fight.
00:56:21I don't know what to do with that.
00:56:30I forfeit.
00:56:31I forfeit.
00:56:38Okay then.
00:56:40D-rank access.
00:56:41That's what's on the other side of tomorrow.
00:56:45Not the trophy.
00:56:47Not 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.
00:57:02Telekinesis 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.
00:57:34The environment control is earlier than I can counter with sequencing alone.
00:57:37Is that a problem?
00:57:38I'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.
00:58:01Don't hold back tomorrow.
00:58:06Cole Brerner, Pinnacle Academy Special Recruit, entered this tournament unranked.
00:58:11Zero rank to the championship round.
00:58:12And Sophia Vale, Pinnacle's first seed.
00:58:14C-rank telekinesis, five-year undefeated record.
00:58:17Full ability use is permitted.
00:58:19Ready?
00:58:20Ready.
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.
00:58:47Some of them.
00:58:47Let me show you the ones you didn't.
00:58:53In here, I move everything.
00:58:56You move yourself.
00:59:03She's faster than I thought.
00:59:05Every time I clear a path, she'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.
00:59:12I mean that.
00:59:14But I'm not done.
00:59:16Stop.
00:59:17You can't break this.
00:59:22Dad.
00:59:23Mom.
00:59:24Not yet.
00:59:26Everything.
00:59:27Now.
00:59:28Not enough.
00:59:45Then let's finish it.
00:59:52Yeah.
01:00:02I can't.
01:00:03I'm done.
01:00:04Winner.
01:00:05Cole 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, it chose you.
01:00:29D-rank rift access.
01:00:31Effective immediate.
01:00:32Champion.
01:00:33Okay.
01:00:34But that's not why I'm here.
01:00:36D-rank opens tomorrow.
01:00:38That's what matters.
01:00:39Whoa!
01:00:40Whoa!
01:00:43Whoa!
01:00:49You earned it.
01:00:51So did you.
01:00:51This season.
01:00:57I was stuck in a cage for so long.
01:01:01Cole, you ripped the door off the hinges and showed me the possibilities.
01:01:04In D-rank rifts, nobody wins.
01:01:06It might be a one-way trip.
01:01:10Then at least we'll have the best view.
01:01:15Yo!
01:01:16If the plan is save the world or get expelled, can 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.
01:01:33Good.
01:01:33We'll be waiting.
01:01:38We'll be waiting.
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