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"The media preparations are complete, we can begin."

……

“We have arrived, Mr. Haramura.”

Waking up from a light sleep, looking at the scenery outside the car, Makoto Haramura, who had already traveled to all the school districts in Academy City, knew very well.

"As expected, it's the 18th school district."

Within the entire Academy City, the school district with a concentration of schools related to ability development is the biggest competitor of 'Garden of Schools'.

Many research institutes specializing in superpowers are also located here.

Research institutes like Talent Workshop, located in the Second School District, are actually a minority.

A woman who appeared to be in her early twenties stepped out of the car. She was tall and voluptuous, wearing a dark blue women's suit, with long, brown hair reaching her waist, and silver-rimmed glasses.

Judging from her appearance, she is a very kind older sister type, with a friendly smile on her face.

"Hello, Makoto Haramura, I'm Therista. I'm the researcher who was just assigned to oversee your superpower research this morning. I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration in the days to come."

As the woman spoke, she extended her hand.

"Hello, Makoto Haramura."

Makoto Haramura also extended his hand and shook hands with Theristina.

It doesn't look very good.

This was Makoto Haramura's first impression of this woman.

Despite the woman's pleasant smile and demeanor, Haramura Makoto felt a physical aversion to her.

In fact, at a level of life like Makoto Haramura's.

Although his physical strength may not be that great, his essence of life is far superior to that of ordinary humans.

Therefore, his premonitions were basically accurate.

If he has a physical aversion to this woman, then there are only two possibilities.

This woman has ill intentions towards me, or she is a bad person.

really……

Theistina, who had been all smiles when she was with Haramura Makoto, completely changed when she saw the driver who brought Haramura Makoto.

She went from being gentle and approachable to being arrogant and domineering.

"You can leave now."

"Yes, Dean."

The driver wasn't angry at all. He seemed used to such rude remarks, nodded, and drove off.

"Then let's go in now."

The speed at which his expression changed was like that of a face-changing master in Peking Opera.

Theristina, beaming, stepped aside and extended her hand in an inviting gesture.

The place his fingertips were pointing at was a research institute that looked quite impressive.

Researchers in Academy City generally hold very high positions.

The status of senior researchers is especially high, and the status of someone like Theristina, who is the head of an institute, is probably even higher.

But that's probably not all.

She must have other identities, otherwise it would be difficult for her to be in charge of the research institute.

"It's very difficult to get into a research institute like ours, so we need to register your fingerprints and iris first."

As Theristina spoke, she pointed to the hidden compartments on the walls on both sides.

"If someone who is not registered enters this place, a hundred MP K5s will fire at once."

"It is indeed a very tight defense."

Makoto Haramura nodded slightly.

An attack of this scale would be fatal to most ability users; even spatial ability users would perish under such an instantaneous attack.

Only an ability like Kinuhata's beloved "Nitrogen Armor" could leave one unscathed from such an attack.

Are we heading straight to the testing grounds?

Makoto Haramura squinted his eyes.

From the outside, the research institute appears to have three floors, but since they entered, they have been heading downwards.

"That's how it is. After all, you're a 'Original Stone' ability user, so there's no point in testing you on the same tests as other ability users."

"All we need to do is test the true nature, scale, and strength of your abilities."

Theristina seemed quite excited.

Indeed, just as Makoto Haramura had predicted, when it was time for the Lv5 level Originium users to take their tests in the morning, the senior researchers were practically fighting like mad.

After all, compared to the ability users that can be seen everywhere on the street, the original stone ability users are a precious research resource with only fifty people in the world.

Such a precious resource has reached level 5.

When the researchers were scrambling to research the ability to cut through the plate, they were fighting tooth and nail, but in the end, it was snatched up by someone with connections.

Now, Haramura Makoto and his team will naturally do everything in their power to compete.

"Really."

Makoto Haramura replied casually.

Even when the woman was very enthusiastic, he remained indifferent.

Anyway, he only came here because of the deal with Aleister, and he'll only be here once a day at most.

After rating his abilities, this woman was no longer relevant to him.

"cut……"

Theristina spat inwardly, her expression turning warm.

She did indeed have to fight for it in the morning before she finally got the qualification to study Haramura Makoto.

However, after obtaining information about Makoto Haramura, her curiosity was aroused even more.

Because she had never seen such information before.

There was nothing on it, not even the place of birth or origin. I opened the page myself, and apart from the name and age, all the other files were top secret.

Even with her limited authority, she couldn't find out.

So she used her own channels to check, and since she couldn't get the information from the electronic files, she looked through her personal connections.

After all, Makoto Haramura has lived in this city since he was four years old.

Countless people know him or have met him.

And so, Theristina still managed to obtain a simple, incomplete set of information.

From that document, she learned that Makoto Haramura was a person without superpowers.

Even though she was very skilled at using firearms, there was nothing special about her in Theristina's eyes.

But that's definitely not right.

If that were all, how could his documents be labeled "top secret"?

“You annoying brat, wait until I dig out all your information.”

Theristina cursed inwardly, but her face remained bright with a smile as she reached out and opened the last door leading to the laboratory.

Makoto Haramura was the first to walk in.

How should I put it? It was a scene that was somewhat expected.

This is a square room, completely empty, with a ceiling height of about ten meters. On the south wall, about eight meters high, there is a huge glass wall.

Behind the glass, you can see many lab workers wearing white lab coats.

"In that case, let's begin the ability test right away."

Theristina followed Haramura Makoto in, blinking her sky-blue eyes. She then took out a candy tube from her pocket and poured out several candies of different colors into her palm.

"How about you have a piece of candy to ease your nervousness?"

"You're overthinking it. Why would I be nervous about something like this?"

"Let's get started already, stop dawdling, I have things to do this afternoon."

Makoto Haramura completely ignored Theristina's outstretched hand and coldly walked directly to the center of the room.

"cut……"

Theristina raised an eyebrow again, her face immediately darkening.

Even if she wanted to maintain a friendly facade, she couldn't keep it up any longer. With a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth, Theristina stopped talking, turned around, and walked straight back into the corridor, the door slowly closing behind her.

It took less than a minute.

Theristina appeared behind the large glass window, having changed into a white lab coat over her suit.

At the same time, her voice also spread throughout the room through the loudspeaker.

"Now, use your abilities."

"First, we need to determine the types of abilities."

This is a test that all 'Original Stone Users' must undergo when they are sent to Academy City.

After all, unlike abilities developed from Academy City, the abilities of 'Original Stone Users' are all innate.

When they received the information about Haramura Makoto in the morning, it only stated that it was a raw stone of a level Lv5.

It does not specifically state what Makoto Haramura's abilities are.

So the first item should naturally start here.

Makoto Haramura stared at Theristina for a couple of seconds, then turned and walked directly to the edge of the wall, putting one hand in his pocket.

"A target in the air, a dart."

He now claims to possess twelve different levels of power.

However, when it comes to the best application and the realm power he is most proficient in, it belongs to "The Moment of One: The Realm of Reality and Illusion".

Although he had never taken any tests related to his abilities before, he had at least seen how things work.

He had a general understanding of the tests; usually, ability tests assess the power, range, speed, and accuracy of the ability.

As for the power of other realms, because he had only awakened them a short time ago, he was not so adept at controlling them.

"understood."

Chapter 160 Therestina's Plans

The ceiling panel was pushed open, and a target resembling a dartboard slowly descended from it, stopping about five meters in the air.

Simultaneously.

The hidden compartment next to Haramura Makoto's hand also opened, and a dart was delivered directly to Haramura Makoto's hand.

"The first test begins."

"Five meters high and seventy meters long."

Although it is difficult to determine the rating of original gem users, the standard method of determining the ability of users is still useful.

Without wasting any words, Makoto Haramura grabbed the dart and casually tossed it out.

The dart flew rapidly through the air, covering the approximately eighteen-meter distance in the blink of an eye, but before it hit the bullseye on the target.

A black vortex suddenly appeared in the air, and the target was not pierced, but swallowed directly into the pitch-black hole.

"75 meters away, requires a medium to activate, speculative ability, 'spatial distortion'."