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They Called Me Worthless Until My Cards Destroyed Their Academy New 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.
00:02:10Uhmph objetos.
00:02:13Umph coined
00:02:13Wait wait, I'm still in here.
00:02:18Oh microorganism.
00:02:35Oh, no.
00:02:47I can't outrun this.
00:03:11Mom, Dad, please, help me.
00:03:20Mom, 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.
00:03:51What 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?
00:04:19I'm an ordinary. This doesn't...
00:04:21Hostile 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!
00:04:43What is this?
00:04:50It's coming.
00:05:00Back off!
00:05:10I...
00:05:12I...
00:05:13I...
00:05:13I have an ability?
00:05:15No!
00:05:20Kill confirmed. Initiating card draw.
00:05:23Defeating monsters? Triggers a draw?
00:05:33Ability acquired. Shockwave. Basic tier. Slot 2 of 2. Equipped.
00:05:40Full.
00:05:51You're alive?
00:05:53That mark...
00:05:54Are you an ability user?
00:05:58I don't know.
00:06:21I don't know.
00:06:22Move.
00:06:23Owen, run!
00:06:31That's D-level ability user. Trained. Coordinated. Practiced.
00:06:36If that's the baseline...
00:06:38Where am I trying to go?
00:06:50More abilities. More range. More.
00:06:57No.
00:06:58No.
00:07:13I didn't feel it.
00:07:15Don't.
00:07:15It's a pain...
00:07:16You're a bad listener...
00:07:16So...
00:07:16I'm working.
00:07:17I'm working.
00:07:20You're moving today.
00:07:21All being able to do the time.
00:07:21You're a bad listener.
00:07:23The Dark Knight is the first attack...
00:07:23It's the same way.
00:07:24I don't know.
00:07:24You're a bad listener.
00:07:24You're a bad listener.
00:07:25You're a bad listener.
00:07:46Kill confirmed, card draw, ice shot, basic tier, current collection, 3 abilities, slots,
00:07:542 of 2, 3 abilities, 2 slots.
00:08:11Director Reynolds, you should see this.
00:08:18This young man. Pull his file. The test says nothing. The footage says 3. Which one do we trust?
00:08:35A civilian demonstrating ability? That contradicts a century of awakening biology. The instruments are the reliable variable here, not some
00:08:43rift zone anomaly.
00:08:45Three independent scans, Hargrave. Then the scans confirmed it. He has no ability.
00:08:49If 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. Find him.
00:09:13What 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? No ability. Not low. Zero. That'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. Stop staring at
00:10:04it. 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.
00:10:33But in those rifts, something happened in there. That envelope is an invitation. It's a door.
00:10:43I'll go.
00:10:54I'll go.
00:11:09No badge. No uniform either.
00:11:12Is he ordinary?
00:11:17No badge. No uniform. What are you doing in here?
00:11:21Meeting with Director Reynolds. I'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.
00:11:44Every 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. I 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. The 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. Literally zero.
00:12:33He's not even wearing a uniform.
00:12:38Ladies and gentlemen, he actually showed up.
00:12:41I told you yesterday. I told all of you.
00:12:43Reynolds let a civilian walk through the front gate.
00:12:46And here he is. Ready for his assessment.
00:12:50Every single one of you earned your spot.
00:12:53Tests, certifications, years of training.
00:12:55And Reynolds just hands this guy a pass.
00:12:59So I asked Reynolds to let me go first today.
00:13:01Set the bar.
00:13:03Remind everyone what this place is actually for.
00:13:14That's D-rank fire. Top of the class. I've been doing this since I was 14.
00:13:19Your turn, Brennan. Show us what Reynolds risked her reputation for.
00:13:25The big throw. Biggest he's got.
00:13:28You can see it coming from across the room.
00:13:30His whole body loads up before he lets go.
00:13:33One shot, he's already winded.
00:13:36That was his best. And he wasted it on a practice dummy.
00:13:43That was your best shot?
00:13:45Excuse me?
00:13:47You asked to go first.
00:13:49You picked the biggest dummy on the floor.
00:13:51Held the fireball an extra second.
00:13:53So everyone could see it.
00:13:56So...
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.
00:14:13And you're in the way.
00:14:20Cole Brennan.
00:14:21It's your turn.
00:14:23Demonstrate your ability.
00:14:26Forget him.
00:14:27Forget the crowd.
00:14:28None of them matter right now.
00:14:31Reynolds knows something about mom and dad.
00:14:33She has to.
00:14:35And Pinnacle has D-rank rift access.
00:14:37That's where they were last seen.
00:14:40That's why I'm here.
00:14:42This is the only shot I've got.
00:14:44Don't blow it.
00:14:51My academy fire record was set at 14.
00:14:54My father held the school record before that?
00:14:57And you're showing me that?
00:14:59Guess we'll see.
00:15:00Standard duel. Begin.
00:15:02Good.
00:15:03A public fight.
00:15:05Everyone watch.
00:15:06If I win this, nobody can say I don't belong here.
00:15:25D-rank fire at that output?
00:15:27This needs to be called.
00:15:29Watch.
00:15:32Every throw.
00:15:33Same wind-up.
00:15:34Same angle.
00:15:35He can't steer it once it's out.
00:15:36And between shots, his hands drop.
00:15:39He has to reload.
00:15:40That's all I need.
00:16:00You got lucky.
00:16:02That's all that was.
00:16:03You're still doing the same thing.
00:16:07All just power, no adjustment.
00:16:09He throws the same way every time and never learns mid-fight.
00:16:18Two offensive abilities?
00:16:20At the same time?
00:16:22Not at the same time.
00:16:24One amplifies the other.
00:16:47MainICA
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, his ranking, his name. I'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.
00:17:21An unregistered ordinary person in a live combat curriculum is a liability to every student in this building.
00:17:26He demonstrated two distinct offensive abilities combined under active combat conditions.
00:17:30He has no rank, no ability history, no institutional record.
00:17:33Neither did Holt when he enrolled. Neither did Price.
00:17:35This 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.
00:17:51This isn't enrollment. It's charity.
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.
00:18:31And 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. Don't screw it up.
00:19:03Third day in.
00:19:05Still feel like I'm trespassing.
00:19:13Hey. 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.
00:19:35Coal. 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.
00:20:07That'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, weaknesses, safe 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.
00:22:27Transcription by CastingWords
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, 5 abilities. Slots, 2 of 2.
00:24:075. First time I'm choosing my own fight. Not reacting. Choosing. Five cards. 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.
00:24:3610 confirmed. Sector 2. Northeast quarter. Clean sweep.
00:24:54Alpha team. Derek Ashford. 10 confirmed kills.
00:24:57Derek Ashford team. 10 confirmed.
00:25:00All 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.
00:25:35That's... not possible.
00:25:37Our family AI calculated the physical ceiling.
00:25:3922 kills. Maximum. 30.
00:25:42Solo alone? That breaks the model.
00:25:46Wow. Just enough.
00:25:48So 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.
00:26:46Feet is clean. No manipulation. 30 solo kills confirmed.
00:26:51The Northeast sector. That zone is outside the optimal routing parameters.
00:26:55He couldn't have known the creature density without...
00:26:57The Northeast boundary zone's density is in the Terrain Briefing. Page 4.
00:27:07What 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.
00:27:185 kills and tomorrow clears it.
00:27:21Okay. 5 more.
00:27:40Hey, sit here.
00:27:41I mean, I just have questions.
00:27:46Questions.
00:27:47Yeah, 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.
00:28:23That'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.
00:29:05I want to see what you 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.
00:29:26Three?
00:29:28I've got three now.
00:29:32Jake, get 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.
00:29:51Hmm.
00:29:52Hmm.
00:29:57Hmm.
00:30:01Is that a third one?
00:30:03It unlocked this morning.
00:30:05Okay.
00:30:06We are absolutely skipping warm-up.
00:30:14Oh.
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 this.
00:30:28If this hits something that can dodge fire but not ice, or the other way around, it can't
00:30:33dodge both.
00:30:34You need to be on my team for every expedition from now on.
00:30:39Take this!
00:30:54This morning I had a ceiling.
00:30:56Two slots, eight combinations.
00:30:59I knew every angle.
00:31:00Now I don't know what this can do yet.
00:31:03That's different.
00:31:04You ever stop calculating?
00:31:08Not really.
00:31:09Must be exhausting.
00:31:12It's useful.
00:31:13Fair.
00:31:19There's a fourth slot ahead.
00:31:21I'm going to need it.
00:31:31E-rank rift access granted.
00:31:34Let's go.
00:31:36You sure?
00:31:37E-rank...
00:31:38E-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.
00:32:23That would have killed three F-rakes.
00:32:25It's E-rank.
00:32:27E-rank.
00:32:28You're F-rakes.
00:33:10Jake!
00:33:26That's different.
00:33:29That was...
00:33:30Yeah.
00:33:31We come back with a better plan.
00:33:33Maybe a third person?
00:33:37I need to go deeper.
00:33:40Solo again?
00:33:41You can't sustain tremors at that depth.
00:33:44And what I've got right now, it's not enough.
00:33:47I need what's deeper in there.
00:33:49I'll be here when you get back.
00:33:52Three abilities.
00:33:53All three in a real fight.
00:33:55Not a drill.
00:33:59Yesterday with Jake, the fog just...
00:34:02Sat there.
00:34:03Now it's moving.
00:34:05Jake said he'd be here when I got back.
00:34:09You can't move.
00:34:13See?
00:34:14No!
00:34:14journey.
00:34:15No!
00:34:16No!
00:34:21Thank you, we're right!
00:34:25No!
00:34:26No!
00:34:27No!
00:34:28No!
00:34:58Kills confirmed.
00:35:00Card draws initiating.
00:35:02Support ability acquired.
00:35:04Common draw.
00:35:06Not what I need.
00:35:07Keep going.
00:35:24That's the boss.
00:35:35I don't know if flame cuts through that or just disappears into it.
00:35:43Mom.
00:35:45I'm coming.
00:36:10I'm coming.
00:36:30I've hit it so many times, yet he's not hurt at all.
00:36:33Not yet.
00:36:35No.
00:36:54Elite creature defeated.
00:36:56Card draw initiated.
00:37:06Ability acquired.
00:37:08Lightning storm.
00:37:10Advanced tier.
00:37:12Slot configuration available.
00:37:16Partial match detected.
00:37:18Name.
00:37:18Brennan.
00:37:20That is my name.
00:37:23That is my family's name.
00:37:25They were here.
00:37:26Not nearby.
00:37:28Here.
00:37:29In this rift.
00:37:30Ten years ago.
00:37:32I'm not looking for them anymore.
00:37:34I know where to look.
00:37:35What happened?
00:37:37I got lightning storm.
00:37:40Lightning storm.
00:38:00It's just rankings, Derek.
00:38:01One month.
00:38:02He scored zero on the ability test.
00:38:05He delivered food for a living.
00:38:06No family legacy.
00:38:08No registered ability rank.
00:38:09No documented training history.
00:38:11No!
00:38:13How does rank 12 make sense?
00:38:21Everything okay?
00:38:23Yeah.
00:38:26The family has been tracking the anomaly.
00:38:29An unregistered ordinary at rank 12.
00:38:31After four months, using abilities with no documented training history and no ability rec on file.
00:38:36This is not a student.
00:38:37This is unquantifiable data in a system built on quantifiable outcomes.
00:38:42Unquantifiable data disrupts capital allocation.
00:38:45When investors cannot model the variable, they remove the variable.
00:38:49This is not personal, Derek.
00:38:51This is how the system protects itself.
00:38:53I understand.
00:39:03Three slots.
00:39:05It's still weird having three.
00:39:07you
00:39:31Monster eliminated
00:39:34Card draw available
00:39:46you took rank 12 from me
00:39:49you've taken everything
00:39:52this ends here
00:39:54same slot
00:39:55same sector
00:39:56this was planned
00:40:00Derek
00:40:09every time you win
00:40:12it's luck
00:40:14a trick
00:40:15you're ordinary
00:40:17you want to fight?
00:40:19fine
00:40:24he's read it
00:40:26good
00:40:34what?
00:40:35that's
00:40:37you have lightning storm?
00:40:39I earned it
00:40:53what?
00:40:54what?
00:41:03don't follow me
00:41:03into rifts again
00:41:06how?
00:41:07how do you get that power?
00:41:08I'm not here for you
00:41:09Derek
00:41:10I never was
00:41:29top 10
00:41:30Cole you're in the top 10
00:41:32I saw it
00:41:32rank 10
00:41:34I also saw rank 8
00:41:36who's at 8?
00:41:37Madison Frost
00:41:38they call her the ice queen
00:41:41she's been rank 8
00:41:42since she enrolled
00:41:43nobody's touched her
00:41:44nobody challenges Madison
00:41:46rank 10
00:41:47I've been watching your ascent
00:41:48you're systematic
00:41:49that's unusual for someone
00:41:51without an ability history
00:41:52monthly ranking challenge
00:41:54is permitted above rank 15
00:41:55you could challenge rank 8
00:41:57when?
00:41:58tomorrow
00:41:58arena 3
00:42:01she didn't come to rattle me
00:42:03she came to schedule me
00:42:04that's the difference
00:42:05she approached you?
00:42:07she's rank 8
00:42:08why would she bother?
00:42:11she 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
00:42:22into 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
00:42:34you're a little scary
00:42:45she doesn't look angry
00:42:48that's the problem
00:42:57this is my range
00:42:59everything inside it
00:43:00is ice
00:43:06she's reading my loadout
00:43:08in real time
00:43:08smart
00:43:21you have strong combinetics
00:43:23but fire doesn't function well
00:43:24at this temperature
00:43:25the base tier can't keep pace
00:43:27with the regeneration rate
00:43:28your fire is base tier
00:43:29advanced lightning storm
00:43:31genuinely impressive
00:43:32for an ordinary
00:43:33but I've fought
00:43:34three slot users before
00:43:35the math doesn't change
00:43:37more combinations
00:43:38same ceiling
00:43:43she's right about the ceiling
00:43:44time to move it
00:43:48that'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
00:44:07Cole 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
00:44:16dude
00:44:17what was that?
00:44:20it's not fire anymore
00:44:22it's something else
00:44:26Interacademy Championship
00:44:27Pinnacle Fields 5
00:44:29Public Bracket
00:44:30Individual Rank Points
00:44:32on the Line
00:44:33Cole Brennan
00:44:34Derek Ashford
00:44:36Sophia Vile
00:44:37Madison Frost
00:44:38Jake Ryder
00:44:43I've been thinking about
00:44:44this moment for months
00:44:45now that it's here
00:44:46it just feels
00:44:47real
00:44:48System Upgrade
00:44:50Ability Slot 4
00:44:51unlocked
00:44:55there it is
00:45:05the fourth slot
00:45:06changes the timing windows
00:45:07the combinations multiply
00:45:27you look like someone
00:45:28doing math homework
00:45:29except the homework explodes
00:45:31how many abilities
00:45:32do you actually have now?
00:45:37a lot then
00:45:47Central Academy
00:45:48two-time defending champions
00:45:56Pinnacle's bracket
00:45:57must be thin this year
00:46:03you've been champion
00:46:04for two years
00:46:05that's right
00:46:07then everyone here
00:46:08already knows how to fight you
00:46:09I've been studying your footage
00:46:10for 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
00:46:19or very dumb
00:46:20probably both
00:46:21the other way
00:46:35yeah
00:46:41I'll try to get some good
00:46:43but the next game
00:46:43you know
00:46:43but the next game
00:46:51what's going on
00:47:16The Floater, he's not filling gaps, he's threading them.
00:47:19Look at the sequence.
00:47:23We advanced in three fights.
00:47:24Nobody on this team had a real conversation about it.
00:47:27Sophia anchors center.
00:47:28She controls the most space, put her where the fight comes to her, not where she has to
00:47:31chase it.
00:47:32Derek, left side suppression, Madison, right side defense.
00:47:35Jake flanks when they overcommit.
00:47:40Why are you calling positions?
00:47:41You're not the captain.
00:47:43We don't have a designated captain.
00:47:45Captain, then I'm captain.
00:47:52I've watched all three of tomorrow's opponent's bracket footage.
00:47:56Have you?
00:47:57You've never done team combat.
00:47:59Why should your formation work?
00:48:00I'm not taking orders from an ordinary, then take suggestions from someone who did the
00:48:05homework.
00:48:06Or we improvise tomorrow and see how that goes.
00:48:23I had it.
00:48:23I had it.
00:48:26I had it.
00:48:34I had it.
00:48:38I had it.
00:48:46I had it.
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 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.
00:49:25Unwin, 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.
00:50:31I don't like it.
00:50:33You don't have to like it.
00:50:35The relay runner-
00:50:36In 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.
00:51:28Not before.
00:51:30I know.
00:51:30What about me?
00:51:32Your 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!
00:52:09Jake.
00:52:11Now!
00:52:17Pinnacle Academy!
00:52:19Team victory!
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...
00:52:29Yeah.
00:52:29We got it.
00:52:31That's...
00:52:31I didn't know it would feel like that.
00:52:33Decent team win.
00:52:34But team fights are formations.
00:52:37Solo 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.
00:52:47See you there.
00:52:50B rank fire.
00:52:51B rank fire.
00:52:52Fire 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.
00:52:59I 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?
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.
00:53:28Every 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.
00:53:38I just don't know what it looks like yet.
00:53:43Brandon!
00:53:44Brandon!
00:53:46Brandon!
00:53:47Brandon!
00:53:48Brandon!
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.
00:53:56Versus two-time champion Brandon 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, it'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, I'd like to see it.
00:54:50Come on, Cole.
00:55:01Five.
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
01:01:37Good
01:01:38You
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