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Super Powers School
A place where individuals with strong superhuman abilities in society go to learn how to control their powers. If you have a weak superpower, you cannot enter this school; or if you do, you can only be placed in the lowest rank, D class.
Of course, even with a weak ability, if you are creative or skilled in control, it is possible to rise to higher ranks. This school provides additional support for your future university and career opportunities.
There are rankings from D class up to S class.
In a square arena stood a beautiful woman with brown hair. She was holding a holographic list in her hand and waiting.
She handed the list to another teacher and began speaking.
"Congratulations to all of you for coming here. Being here is a sign of your courage and determination. Now the placement exams will begin. The exam is simple.
Attack me with the intent to kill."
Among the students, most let out shocked exclamations. Many of them were not good at using their powers properly and did not want to attack a teacher. They were worried about what would happen if they failed to control their strength or accidentally killed her.
"Now I will read from the list.
Elisa Rose."
A red-haired girl stepped out from among the students.
Many male students looked at her with admiration. Even the female students had to admit she was beautiful, and could do nothing but feel envious.
"Alright, you may begin."
Elisa Rose – Super Body (strength, speed, durability, flight; if all are present, it is called a super body)
The girl took her position in the arena. Then she frowned and fixed her eyes on the teacher.
And she appeared on the teacher's right side without leaving a trace.
She kicked the teacher in the face.
Just when she thought she had almost succeeded, the teacher blocked it with the back of her arm.
As Elisa brought the kick down toward the ground, she followed with a spinning kick, but the teacher defended again.
At that moment, Elisa moved behind the teacher with determination in her eyes, clenched her hand, pulled back.
Then she struck the teacher with all her strength.
But something unexpected happened. The punch aimed at the teacher's back suddenly became meaningless as the teacher disappeared.
But not even a second passed before her punch was caught by the woman teacher with her left hand. Then she locked her arm and slammed her to the ground.
"Student Elisa Rose, S class."
Many students let out shocked exclamations. Some criticized how low the criteria for S class seemed.
But the criteria was not low. On the contrary, between two powerful individuals, this fight was made so effortless by Teacher Zenith's strength and experience.
Zenith had enrolled as a teacher to find Void. He was not inexperienced in training students. As someone who had lived for 500 years, he had trained the current leader of the heroes' union, the school principal, and many important figures.
Even so, the girl in front of him was not inferior to those he had trained before. What she lacked was development of her power and combat experience. Even though she seemed to fight with full strength, she constantly hesitated when facing a human opponent. If properly trained, there was no doubt she would become a nightmare for villains one day. On the contrary, if she turned to the dark side, only the top 20 in the heroes' union could stop her.
Noah watched the whole scene and stared at the teacher. He had seen the student before when she dropped her placement paper. He had even considered making a sarcastic comment like, "Why are you still using paper in this technology?" but had let it go.
Now, when he looked at the teacher, there was a slight change in his expressionless face. Then his lips curved in a way that even covering his mouth with his hand could not hide.
Yes, Noah had recognized this person. This was Light. He was sure of it because he had seen his face before. Of course, no matter how much he wore a wig or used face-altering technology, he could tell. Moreover, as someone who had been fighting for almost 4 years, he knew his movements. Noah had rarely engaged in close combat with Light, but although Light was a monster in close combat, Noah was superior in cunning and creativity. Still, the main reason he recognized him was his unmatched presence and the brightness he radiated, something no one else had.
Because of this, although their battles never fully concluded, Noah had studied Light many times.
"Student Noah Valier, please come forward."
Ah, he was being called.
As Noah slowly walked toward the arena, he showed a slight tremor. His emotions were mixed. On one hand, he felt excitement about being discovered, but he had already prepared for this. Noah's ability was to take the powers of those he killed. Of course, this did not work on everyone. Luck was required to obtain abilities. If he gained a bad ability, he could erase it from himself. Yes, although it was an extremely overpowered ability, he could actively use only 5 abilities at a time. There was no passive limit, but using many abilities made it difficult to remember them and mentally exhausting.
But returning to the present, he had already made plans to avoid being discovered. After all, if some abilities in the school caught his interest, it would be a shame not to take them.
"Alright student, please attack me however you wish."
Noah drew his sword and took a battle stance.
If students wanted, they could use melee weapons or any equipment they had developed themselves.
"Shadow Step."
As Noah rushed toward Zenith, he suddenly disappeared. Zenith extended his hand to the right, but Noah appeared on his left.
"Interesting, you disrupted my perception."
But when he extended his hand to the left, he was surprised to find no sword.
Then, with his sixth sense, he quickly turned around.
Noah had emerged from the shadow, attempting to attack him.
At that moment, even Noah was surprised. He had disrupted his perception twice, and yet Zenith had detected him in less than a second.
Noah's lips curled, and he attacked from a position that seemed impossible to defend.
But Zenith, besides being strong and durable, was also fast. If he wanted to mock Noah, he could have gone to drink a cup of tea, come back, and still block the attack.
No matter how impossible Noah's strike looked, Zenith caught the sword with two fingers.
Then Noah retreated and used Shadow Step again. This ability allowed him to move through surrounding shadows and disrupted perception for those watching.
Zenith turned again. Then he smiled and blocked the sword again with two fingers.
Noah tried to retreat to escape, but his arm was grabbed. Then, as with Elisa, Zenith threw him to the ground.
"Student Noah Valier, S class."
The students reacted less than before, but shock was still present. Noah's ability was simple, but the way he used it… was impressive. He had fought without repetition and even managed to momentarily surprise Zenith.
Zenith helped Noah up and sent him back.
But something felt off.
His sixth sense was uneasy. He could not fully understand why, but it was telling him to pay attention to Noah. However, Noah had not used cloning, teleportation, or telekinesis. Yet the records stated he possessed telekinesis, classified between D and C rank.
Still…
Zenith wrote this down in the back of his mind.
As Noah returned to his place, Sarah next to him gave him a sharp look.
"Heh, working with my mother wasn't wasted… pervert teenager."
Noah slightly raised an eyebrow.
"Sarah, I'm not a pervert. If you're the one saying this while looking at me, then you're the one thinking differently."
Sarah's face immediately turned red. She clenched her teeth.
"Disgusting… pervert… boomer."
Noah formed a slight smile on his expressionless face.
He leaned closer to Sarah's ear, as if he was about to say something…
But he only gently blew air.
Sarah flinched and stepped back. Her face turned even redder.
Just as she was about to shout, she noticed a few people looking at her and became even more embarrassed.
"Student Sarah Valier, please come to the arena for the placement exam."
Hearing the teacher's voice, Sarah quickly walked away.
"Student Sarah Valier, attack me however you wish."
Sarah took a deep breath. She cleared the previous chaos from her mind and drew her sword.
Her mother had taught both her and Noah swordsmanship. Coming from a family of former sword masters, Sarah found swords unnecessary, but she learned them so as not to fall behind Noah.
She stomped her foot.
Ice instantly spread across the ground.
She aimed to freeze Zenith's feet and launched her attack at the same time.
Her sword was made of a special metal resistant to flames.
In this era, carrying weapons was no longer a problem. Due to superpowers, traditional weapons had become nearly useless. New-generation weapons existed, but they were forbidden for civilians.
While Sarah controlled the area with ice, trying to freeze Zenith's feet, she attacked with her sword.
Zenith broke the ice with a single movement.
And as always… he stopped the sword with two fingers.
Sarah stepped back.
Using her left hand, she created flames to block vision. At the same time, she used ice to create spikes from behind Zenith.
Then she intensified the flames and launched her attack.
A smile appeared on her face.
"Heh… easy."
But—
She suddenly felt a touch from behind.
Sarah froze.
Slowly, she turned around.
Zenith… was there.
Her eyes widened.
She instinctively released flames, but Zenith walked through them. He grabbed her arm.
And with a single motion…
Slammed her to the ground.
Sarah was lying on the ground, still unable to understand what had happened.
"Student Sarah Valier, S class."
When Sarah returned to her place, she was still in shock.
The next student stepped into the arena nervously.
His ability was telekinesis.
But neither as controlled as Sarah, nor as strong as Elisa, nor as intelligent as Noah.
"Student Kael Bors, attack."
Kael summoned several knives.
He used telekinesis to lift two of them and threw them at Zenith.
But he completely missed.
The knives nearly hit another student.
Zenith frowned slightly.
"Try again."
This time Kael controlled a single knife.
He slowly sent it toward Zenith.
Zenith extended his hand to catch it…
But the knife fell to the ground.
A short silence followed.
Zenith blinked.
At that moment—
A knife suddenly flew toward him.
Zenith reflexively caught it.
He looked up at Kael.
Kael had a faint, mischievous smile on his face.
But he did not continue.
"That's enough."
"Student Kael Bors, C class."
Murmurs spread among the students. Some mocked Kael.
Soon, the placement exams ended.
"S and A class students, prepare to move into dormitories starting tomorrow. Everyone must be settled within one week."
Zenith was sitting at the teacher's desk, thinking.
He was paying special attention to telekinesis users.
But today…
Two people stood out.
Noah Valier.
Kael Bors.
Noah had not used telekinesis. Void was known as someone who displayed three abilities. A fourth ability was possible, but still extraordinary.
But Kael…
His control was terrible.
Yet that last thrown knife…
And that smile…
It was not ordinary.
Zenith narrowed his eyes.
"Void…"
If he really was here—
And started playing games…
This academy could become a very dangerous place.
Fortunately, S and A class students were required to stay in dormitories.
This way…
At least fewer people would get hurt.