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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.
00:02:13Wait. Wait. Wait. I'm still in here.
00:02:29Wait. Wait. I'm still in here.
00:02:34Oh, no.
00:02:47I can't outrun this.
00:03:11Mom, Dad, please, help me.
00:03:36How long was I out?
00:03:44What did you do to me?
00:03:48Card draw system activated.
00:03:50Activated.
00:03:51What the? Who's talking?
00:04:09A system?
00:04:10What is this?
00:04:12Defeat monsters.
00:04:13Draw cards.
00:04:15Grow stronger.
00:04:16I can get abilities?
00:04:17Me?
00:04:19I'm an ordinary.
00:04:20This doesn't...
00:04:21Warning. Hostile entity detected.
00:04:2420 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?
00:04:51It's coming.
00:05:00Back off!
00:05:11I...
00:05:11I...
00:05:13I...
00:05:13I have an ability?
00:05:20Kill confirmed.
00:05:22Initiating card draw.
00:05:23Defeating monsters?
00:05:25Triggers a draw?
00:05:33Ability acquired.
00:05:34Shockwave.
00:05:35Basic tier.
00:05:36Slot two of two.
00:05:37Equipped.
00:05:41Full.
00:05:51You're alive?
00:05:53That mark.
00:05:54Are you an ability user?
00:05:58I don't know.
00:06:03Move.
00:06:31That's D-level ability user.
00:06:34Trained.
00:06:35Coordinated.
00:06:35Practiced.
00:06:36If that's the baseline, where am I trying to go?
00:06:49More abilities.
00:06:52More range.
00:06:53More.
00:07:07Outro music.
00:07:11Let's go.
00:08:01Let's go.
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?
00:08:34A civilian demonstrating ability?
00:08:38That contradicts a century of awakening biology. The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some rift zone anomaly.
00:08:44Three independent scans, Hargraath. 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?
00:08:58Merit is our standard. Not bloodline. Not test scores.
00:09:03Merit is our standard. Find him.
00:09:12What are you?
00:09:21Cole Brennan?
00:09:23Who are you?
00:09:29Pinnacle Academy. Admissions office. The Chancellor wants to meet you. Tomorrow.
00:09:44Pinnacle Academy. You think they don't screen their applications?
00:09:49No 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.
00:10:02Stop staring at it.
00:10:05Stop staring at it. Your bag's been sitting there for 20 minutes. Food gets cold.
00:10:19Not to prove anything. Not to them. Not to him.
00:10:26Pinnacle has class D rift acts. Restricted zones. Places that don't show up in any civilian database.
00:10:33In those rifts, something happened in there. That envelope is an invitation. It's a door.
00:10:44I'll go.
00:11:09No badge. No uniform either.
00:11:12Is he ordinary?
00:11:17No badge. No 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? Did 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.
00:11:39My 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.
00:11:54Your 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.
00:12:04The 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.
00:13:31His whole body loads up before he lets go.
00:13:33One shot and 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.
00:13:56Is 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 and you're in the way.
00:14:19Cole Brennan.
00:14:20Col 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.
00:14:34And Pinnacle has D-Rag Rift access. That's where they were last seen.
00:14:40That's why I'm here. This is the only shot I've got. Don't blow it.
00:14:52My Academy Fire record was set at 14. My father held the school record before that? And you're showing me
00:14:58that?
00:14:59Guess we'll see.
00:15:00Standard duel. Begin.
00:15:02Good. A public fight. Everyone watch. If I win this, nobody can say I don't belong here.
00:15:25D-Rank fire at that output? This needs to be called.
00:15:29Watch.
00:15:32Every throw. Same wind-up. Same angle. He can't steer it once it's out. And between shots, his hands drop.
00:15:39He has to reload. That's all I need.
00:16:00You got lucky. That's all that was.
00:16:03You're still doing the same thing.
00:16:07All just power, no adjustment. He throws the same way every time and never learns mid-fight.
00:16:18Two offensive abilities? At the same time?
00:16:22Not at the same time. One amplifies the other.
00:16:51Winner, Cole Brennan.
00:16:58Two abilities combined. Interesting.
00:17:01Pure force with no control is useless.
00:17:04Derek fought for his pride.
00:17:05His ranking. His name.
00:17:07I'm not here for any of that.
00:17:10Cole Brennan. Enrolled.
00:17:12This is not an outcome this institution can accept.
00:17:16We have thresholds, ability requirements that exist for a reason.
00:17:22An 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. Neither did Price. This academy has one standard. Can they perform?
00:17:38F rank access. That's the first door. Behind that, E rank, then D.
00:17:43D rank is where mom and dad disappeared. I just got one step closer.
00:17:47So we're giving a permanent seat to someone whose file reads zero.
00:18:03No reading at all. Not even a trace.
00:18:06Next. Zero. Not low. Zero.
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. And look where that got them.
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-grank, and 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. Don't screw it up.
00:19:03Third day in. Still feel like I'm trespassing.
00:19:12Hey. You 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.
00:19:35Cole. Solo drills. Far 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.
00:20:07Two abilities. That'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. I'll move to the far end.
00:20:15Six days to the expedition.
00:20:17Every rep is one less thing I have to figure out in the field.
00:20:40Team up with your classmates.
00:20:43Your score will be calculated by your team's kill counts.
00:20:49Alex.
00:20:50Fire support.
00:20:51Marcus.
00:20:52Shield coverage.
00:20:54Jenny.
00:20:55Speed.
00:20:55Lily. You're in.
00:20:59My family's remote analysts have already pushed the Ash Flats modeling to your terminals.
00:21:03Spawn rates.
00:21:04Weaknesses.
00:21:05Safe routes.
00:21:05Follow the algorithm.
00:21:07We clear the field.
00:21:09Wow.
00:21:10Whole outsourced team playing the game for you.
00:21:12Hardcore Derek.
00:21:14Should I clap for your analysts?
00:21:31Solo operation is 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.
00:22:01Two Thoughtubner.
00:22:06Yankees. One��
00:22:09Two things. There
00:22:11we go. One of Kir's. One of
00:22:12Kir's. One's
00:22:15One of Kir's.
00:22:16Two years. One.
00:22:16One of Kir's.
00:22:18Two years.
00:22:18One of Kir's.
00:22:28Two years. Moon Otom.
00:22:29nicknive. One
00:22:29Two years.
00:22:33Good. Less noise. I can finally focus on the killing.
00:23:24Kill confirmed. Card draw initiating. Windblade.
00:23:29Windblade. Shockwave opens it. Flame closes it. Not the other way around.
00:23:43Kill 14 confirmed.
00:24:02Current collection, 5 abilities. Slots, 2 of 2.
00:24:075. First time I'm choosing my own fight. Not reacting. Choosing.
00:24:12Five cards. Two hands. That's the game.
00:24:29Yeah, I know, right? Dude, I got this new gun. It's sick.
00:24:34I can't believe we did that.
00:24:3510 confirmed. Sector 2, Northeast Quarter. Clean sweep.
00:24:53Alpha Team. Derek Ashford. 10 confirmed kills.
00:24:57Derek Ashford team. 10 confirmed. All teams, report to the command center.
00:25:09Northeast Sector, right? Yeah.
00:25:11Tags 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.
00:25:3922 kills. Maximum. 30. Solo alone? That breaks the model.
00:25:46Wow. Just enough. So that multi-million supercomputer of yours can't keep up with a delivery guy's muscle memory?
00:25:53System glitch, Prince?
00:26:08Well done.
00:26:19The surveillance feed for the Northeast Sector, covers 40 minutes of active expedition time.
00:26:25We are requesting a full review under Chapter 7.
00:26:371 kills. 7 kills. 15 kills. 22 kills. 30 kills.
00:26:45Feed is clean. No manipulation. 30 solo kills confirmed.
00:26:50The Northeast Sector. That zone is outside the optimal routing parameters.
00:26:55He couldn't have known the creature density without it.
00:26:57The Northeast Boundary Zone's density is in the terrain briefing. Page 4.
00:27:07What was that route?
00:27:09He mapped it beforehand. From the briefing.
00:27:12Rank 20. E-Rank access is next.
00:27:16E-Rank accessed. 5 kills and tomorrow clears it.
00:27:21Okay. 5 more.
00:27:27Rank 21.
00:27:28Rank 21.
00:27:28Rank 21.
00:27:37Rank 21.
00:27:41Hey, sit here.
00:27:41I mean, I just have questions.
00:27:46Questions.
00:27:47Yeah.
00:27:48Sit down.
00:27:49My team pulled eight total.
00:27:50I got four, which is fine for E-Rank.
00:27:52Earth 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?
00:28:15After the briefing, when everyone left, sat there and mapped it.
00:28:20Yeah.
00:28:22That's insane.
00:28:23That'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.
00:28:33You'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.
00:28:43I'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.
00:28:50Every step.
00:28:53That's not...
00:28:54Completely like a robot.
00:28:59Training tomorrow.
00:29:01You want to run drills?
00:29:02I want to see what you actually do with the flame shockwave combo.
00:29:07Sure.
00:29:09I've spent every day here running the math on every conversation.
00:29:13What they want.
00:29:14What it costs me.
00:29:16But 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.
00:29:38I've been thinking about this since yesterday.
00:29:40Show me the combo.
00:29:41Good morning.
00:29:43Morning.
00:29:44Show me the combo.
00:29:45You haven't even warmed up.
00:29:47I warmed up thinking about this.
00:29:50Show me.
00:30:00Is that a third one?
00:30:03It unlocked this morning.
00:30:05Okay.
00:30:06We are absolutely skipping warm up.
00:30:20I didn't know it would do that.
00:30:22You didn't plan that?
00:30:23I planned fire and ice.
00:30:26Not...
00:30:27this.
00:30:27If 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.
00:30:58Eight combinations.
00:30:59I knew every angle.
00:31:00Now I don't know what this can do yet.
00:31:03That's...
00:31:04different.
00:31:04You ever stop calculating?
00:31:08Not really.
00:31:09Must be exhausting.
00:31:12It's useful.
00:31:13Fair.
00:31:15There.
00:31:19There's a fourth slot ahead.
00:31:21I'm going to need it.
00:31:31E-Rank Rift access granted.
00:31:34Let's go.
00:31:36You sure?
00:31:37E-Rank...
00:31:38E-Rank Earth.
00:31:39I'm literally named for this.
00:31:40You're F-Rank Earth that does E-Rank damage sometimes.
00:31:43Same thing.
00:32:00Three slots.
00:32:02First time I've had them all loaded going into something real.
00:32:05Something's tracking us.
00:32:06Picked us up about 30 meters back.
00:32:18What's is it?
00:32:23A работает.
00:32:24That would have killed three F-Rakes.
00:32:25D-Rank, no.
00:32:28D-Rank, no.
00:32:30D-Rank, no.
00:32:32D-Rank.
00:32:42That would have killed three F-Rakes.
00:33:09Jake!
00:33:26that's different that was yeah we come back with a better plan maybe a third person
00:33:37i need to go deeper solo again you can't sustain tremors at that depth and what i've got right
00:33:45now it's not enough i need what's deeper in there i'll be here when you get back three abilities
00:33:54all three in a real fight not a drill
00:33:58yesterday with jake the fog just sat there now it's moving jake said he'd be here when i got back
00:34:35so
00:34:36so
00:34:40so
00:34:41so
00:34:41so
00:34:58Kills confirmed. Card draws initiating. Support ability acquired.
00:35:04Common draw. Not what I need. Keep going.
00:35:23That's the boss.
00:35:33Look around it. I don't know if flame cuts through that or just disappears into it.
00:35:44Mom, I'm coming.
00:36:02Mom and Annoying
00:36:02M.I.S.
00:36:16Episode 31
00:36:30I've hit it so many times, yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:34Not yet.
00:36:35No.
00:36:54Elite Creature Defeated, Card Draw Initiated, Ability Acquired, Lightning Storm, Advanced Teal, Slot Configuration Available.
00:37:16Partial match detected. Name, Brennan.
00:37:19Brennan? That is my name. That is my family's name.
00:37:25They were here. Not nearby. Here. In this rift, ten years ago.
00:37:32I'm not looking for them anymore. I know where to look.
00:37:36What happened?
00:37:37I got Lightning Storm.
00:38:00It's just rankings, Derek. One month, he scored zero on the ability test.
00:38:05He delivered food for a living. No family legacy. No registered ability rank. No documented training history. No!
00:38:13How does rank 12 make sense?
00:38:21Everything okay?
00:38:23Yeah.
00:38:26The family has been tracking the anomaly. An unregistered ordinary at rank 12, after four months, using abilities with no
00:38:33documented training history and no ability rec on file.
00:38:36This is not a student. This is unquantifiable data in a system built on quantifiable outcomes.
00:38:42Unquantifiable data disrupts capital allocation. When investors cannot model the variable, they remove the variable.
00:38:48This is not personal, Derek. This is how the system protects itself.
00:38:53I understand.
00:39:03Three slots. It's still weird having three.
00:39:18One of the rules.
00:39:31Monster eliminated.
00:39:34Card draw available.
00:39:47Monster eliminated.
00:39:48Monster eliminated.
00:39:49You've taken everything
00:39:52This ends here same slot the same sector this was planned
00:40:01Derek
00:40:10Every time you win
00:40:12It's luck a trick
00:40:16You're ordinary you want to fight fine
00:40:25He's read it
00:40:34What that you have lightning storm I earned it
00:40:46What's going on?
00:40:53What?
00:41:03Don't follow me into rifts again
00:41:06How?
00:41:07How do you get that power?
00:41:08I'm not here for you, Derek
00:41:10I never was
00:41:30Top ten, Cole you're in the top ten!
00:41:32I saw it, rank ten
00:41:34I also saw rank eight
00:41:36Who's at eight?
00:41:38Madison Frost
00:41:39They call her the Ice Queen
00:41:40She's been rank eight since she enrolled
00:41:43Nobody's touched her
00:41:44Nobody challenges Madison
00:41:46Rank ten
00:41:47I've been watching your ascent
00:41:48You're systematic
00:41:49That's unusual for someone without an ability history
00:41:52Monthly ranking challenge is permitted above rank fifteen
00:41:55You could challenge rank eight
00:41:57When?
00:41:58Tomorrow
00:41:58Arena three
00:42:01She didn't come to rattle me
00:42:03She came to schedule me
00:42:04That's the difference
00:42:05She approached you?
00:42:07She's rank eight?
00:42:08Why would she bother?
00:42:10She wants to know what I am
00:42:12That's creepy
00:42:13Also terrifying
00:42:14Okay
00:42:15What are you actually going to do?
00:42:17She's frost type
00:42:17She 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
00:42:58Everything inside it is ice
00:43:06She's reading my loadout in real time
00:43:08Smart
00:43:21You have strong combinetics
00:43:23But 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
00:43:29Advanced lightning storm genuinely impressive for an ordinary
00:43:33But I've fought three slot users before
00:43:35The math doesn't change
00:43:37More combinations, same ceiling
00:43:43She's right about the ceiling
00:43:44Time to move it
00:43:47That's enough
00:43:51That's enough
00:43:54What are you...
00:43:55That heat level
00:43:56That is an upgraded fire plasma tier
00:43:59You've had this the entire fight
00:44:01I had it
00:44:01I hadn't needed it
00:44:06Winner, Cole Brannan
00:44:08Plasma storm
00:44:09Where 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
00:44:22It's something else
00:44:24It's something else
00:44:25Winter Academy Championship
00:44:27Pinnacle Fields 5
00:44:29Public Bracket
00:44:30Individual rank points on the line
00:44:33Cole Brannan
00:44:34Derek Ashford
00:44:36Sophia Vile
00:44:37Madison Frost
00:44:38Jake Ryder
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
00:45:04The 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
00:45:45That's him
00:45:46Central Academy
00:45:48Two-time defending champions
00:45:56Pinnacle's bracket must be thin this year
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
00:46:14I'll try not to end it too fast
00:46:18That was either very smart or very dumb
00:46:20Probably both
00:46:30Take care not to end it
00:46:30Just lose
00:46:31J Tokyo
00:46:31Get out of front of my lanç
00:46:32To do
00:46:33I have a melee
00:46:37To do
00:46:42Nextiquer
00:46:42Sonicooth
00:46:43do To
00:46:43To
00:46:43do To
00:46:43To
00:46:43To
00:46:46To
00:46:46To
00:47:15The Floater
00:47:17He's not filling gaps, he's threading them. Look at the sequence.
00:47:23We advanced in three fights. Nobody on this team had a real conversation about it.
00:47:27Sophia anchors center. She controls the most space. Put her where the fight comes to her, not where she has
00:47:31to chase it.
00:47:32Derek, left side suppression. Madison, right side defense. Jake flanks when they overcommit.
00:47:40Why are you calling positions? You're not the captain.
00:47:43We don't have a designated captain.
00:47:45Captain, then I'm captain.
00:47:52I've watched all three of tomorrow's opponent's bracket footage. Have you?
00:47:57You've never done team combat. Why should your formation work?
00:48:01I'm not taking orders from an ordinary, then take suggestions from someone who did the homework.
00:48:06Or we improvise tomorrow and see how that goes.
00:48:23I had it. Move.
00:48:47We won.
00:48:48We got lucky. Next round, that won't be enough.
00:48:51He's not listening. Every time I call a direction, he goes the opposite just to show me he doesn't have
00:48:56to.
00:48:57We cannot go into a Central Academy team fight like this.
00:49:08Same as last time. We adjust as we go.
00:49:11They run a rotating cover pattern.
00:49:13Their two shield fuzers 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.
00:49:25Unwi, none of us can. That's the point.
00:49:27I'll improvise.
00:49:45I'm out.
00:49:48I'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
00:50:16I cross-referenced their last four matches
00:50:19The 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
00:50:31I don't like it
00:50:33You don't have to like it
00:50:35The relay runner
00:50:37In their pattern
00:50:38That was the break point
00:50:40Yes, you saw that
00:50:42In the footage
00:50:43Third match, Northern Region Qualifier
00:50:47What's the formation for Central Academy?
00:50:50Five-person rotation
00:50:51Sophia anchors center
00:50:52You pressure their left from distance
00:50:54Don't close
00:50:55Madison holds the right corridor
00:50:57Jake 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
00:51:19Three 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
00:51:29I know
00:51:30What about me?
00:51:32You're fastest
00:51:32Chase 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
00:51:43Now
00:52:09Jake, now
00:52:11Jake, now
00:52:17Pinnacle Academy
00:52:18Team victory
00:52:21There it is
00:52:22Two seconds
00:52:24That's your limit
00:52:24I'll take it
00:52:26Good call on the relay runner
00:52:28We actually
00:52:29Yeah
00:52:29We got it
00:52:30That's
00:52:31I didn't know it would feel like that
00:52:33Decent team win
00:52:34But team fights are formations
00:52:36Solo is different
00:52:39I watched the footage
00:52:41So did my coaching staff
00:52:43They didn't see what you saw
00:52:46Semi-finals
00:52:47See you there
00:52:50B-rank fire
00:52:51Fire domain
00:52:5216 tournament fights
00:52:5415 wins
00:52:54The one loss was a draw
00:52:56Technical
00:52:56He's never been stopped
00:52:58I need something he has no footage on
00:52:59I need all four slots in a sequence
00:53:01That 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
00:53:17Three, 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
00:53:27Every ability he has is built to end a fight fast
00:53:30He doesn't play defense because he's never needed to
00:53:36I think there's a seam
00:53:38I just don't know what it looks like yet
00:53:43Brandon
00:53:45Brandon
00:53:46Brandon
00:53:47Brandon
00:53:48I'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
00:53:57Brandon Chase
00:53:59B-rank fire 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
00:54:29It's not going to be enough
00:54:30But I'm genuinely curious what you pull out
00:54:34One slot left
00:54:35Make it count
00:54:45Whatever the last slot is
00:54:46I'd like to see it
00:54:50Come on, Cole
00:55:01Five
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
01:01:34We'll be waiting
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