Philip saw the Headmaster overlooking the whole place behind the protective clear glass window in the VIP lounge. He looked at him with dead eyes as he was questioning him why he didn't tell them about this Mystical Test earlier
It was the same for Yuze, even though she already knew that when there's a transfer student, a Mystical Test will be held. It just passed her mind and the Headmaster didn't remind them
Chihaya led the Genesis Class to the right observation deck, across the VIP lounge where the arena is in between. The observation deck has an open space and has a lower elevation that the VIP lounge, which is covered by protective glass and high quality couches and a bar
The students took a seat of their own, not minding who they sat by. Of course, Philip's group was isolated at the right side with one or two seats spaced in between the rest. Nana and Alex chose to stay with the group and they sat in between the spaces, as well as Yashida and Anne and the girls
At this point, Aoyuki and the ten Guardians has entered the building and casually took their seats at the observation deck, next to the VIP lounge
Chihaya then told them the contents of the Mystical Test that will be conducted
"First of all, Yuze. Go down the arena and we will start the test with you since you already know the contents of the Mystical Test."
Yuze nodded and stood up. She waved to the group as she jumped down in the arena and went ti the center
Even though that every arrival of a tranfer student, a Mystical Test will be conducted for the sole purpose of finding out the true ability of the transfer student, the Mystical Test is change everytime and the students are clueless of the contents of the test
Since Yuze is the daughter of the Headmaster, she would already know the contents of the Mystical Test and therefore, she is more prepared than the others. This is also a demonstration for the others
"Alright, in this Mystical Test, you all will be graded in eight different categories"
***
This version of the Mystical Test is completely revamped and instead of only testing through combat, it was divided in eight categories
The first category is Proficiency. The competence to use one's ability is measured in this test
"In this category, you will be placed in a random disaster scenario through a simulation. The judges, particularly the other professors and the Mystical Masters, will be the ones who will be observing and grading each category." Chihaya explained to the Genesis Class
"Now, Yuze my dear, if you will." Chihaya gave the permission to Yuze to which she nodded
Yuze clenched her fists and closed her eyes. After a while, sparks of light can be occasionally seen around her and crackling sounds can be heard
Her dark navy blue short hair, above her head, started to rise on the left on the right. After the hair rose up, it looked like a drooped down cat ears. Yuze looked like a cat girl
She then opened her eyes and there was a bright glint in the middle of her pupil as a constantly waving zigzag, resembling lightning, is flowing across her retina with the glint in between it
The Proficiency Test began after the arena detected energy fluctuations from Yuze. Holographic projectors started to fill the arena as a disaster scenario was being built
These holographic projectors already exists even before the Mystical Age, the scientists and the government decided to hide this technology and waited for the correct time to make it public. In the meantime, they used this technology to important facilities around the world, like the Mystical Academy
The disaster scenario was revealed. It was a harsh one
There was a bustling city filled with skyscrapers and establishments. Hundreds or thousands of people can be seen walking around the sidewalk and inside the buildings while working. In the distance, there was a Bomber Plane that just dropped a bomb, and that bomb looked like an atomic bomb that will wipe out the entire city if it exploded. Yuze was in the middle of a wide road while she has a full view of the falling bomb
Time was ticking, Yuze needs to make a decision. Save every people in the city or save herself
Yuze chose none of the options. She stepped her right foot backwards in a huge leap. Sparks coursed through her right lef and into the ground with a crackling sounds
She then opened her arms wide horizontally while pointing two fingers in each direction. She revolved her arms vertically around her body with the right arm going up and left arm going down
As her arms revolve around her body, the two opposite fingers met each other in a point in front of her chest. She then closed her eyes as sparkles started to gather on the connected fingers
She then pulled her right foot and stomped forward in another huge leap as she instantly flicked her right arm and pointed at the falling atomic bomb
Sparks and lightning bursted from the tip of her right fingers and circled her arm in an orbit and straight to her body. A deafening boom was heard as yellow lightning exploded from where she just was
Only yellow sparks and crackling sound were left as a streak of yellow light elongated towards the falling atomic bomb
In an instant, she reached the atomic bomb and hugged it. As she hugged it, the atomic bomb was also swept away from her momentum as both the bomb and Yuze was covered in a kaleidoscopic yellow light
She thought quickly and flicked her arm upwards and aimed her left fingers towards space
The streak of yellow light abruptly changed directions and shot upwards towards space along with Yuze and the bomb
As Yuze reached the stratosphere and beyond, she heard a clicking and clunking sound inside the atomic bomb
"Tsk." She furrowed her eyebrows and immediately let go of the bomb. She then flicked both her arms downwards towards Earth
The streak of yellow light that was shooting upwards abruptly changed direction downwards and it was faster than before. The bomb was left as it still has the momentum from Shift and flew further in space
After a few seconds, the bomb exploded in space and a bright light filled the city
A streak of yellow light landed on the ground and the yellow light dissipated as the momentum was abruptly stopped
As the yellow light and sparkles dissipated, Yuze was seen standing in the middle of it with her eyes closed and sparks of yellow lightning flowing around her before dissipating
The cat ears hair drooped down and blended with her hair once more
The disaster scenario was concluded. The holographic projectors removed the scenery and what was left is the white arena and Yuze, who was powering down
Everyone who was watching was amazed by the demonstration. Philip was truly amazed as his eyes were glued to Yuze, particularly with the use of her ability. Others were also became immersed because seeing Yuze's ability is a sight to see
Cedric, who was sitting way back at the audience seat, was looking at Yuze with longing and lustful eyes, 'Incredible! As always!'
Yuze felt a chill as she rubbed her arms together and went back to the center of the arena
"Excellent job, Yuze! You will see the results after the test is over." Chihaya did not only tell Yuze but to the class as well
***
The second category is Expertise. The skill of use and knowledge of the ability is measured in this test
"In this category, you are required to constantly use your ability with a given amount of time. The longer you use your ability, the better the grade is." Chihaya explained the second test to the class
Chihaya then looked at Yuze and Yuze nodded back. She powered up once again and her droppy cat ear hair rose once again with sparks surrounding her
A countdown started ticking down above the arena. Then, a buzzer was heard and Yuze started flicking her arms and hand around as she began to Shift around the arena
The timer on the machine is displayed as 1 minute. Streaks of yellow light started to zigzag and change directions around the arena. The Evaluation Center was filled with yellow light as more and more streaks of yellow light filled the arena
"Incredible!" Philip was filled with amazement and excitement as he is witnessing what could have been impossible 5 years ago
The timer ticked down and reached thr 1 minute mark but Yuze showed no signs of stopping
10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds, time ticked by and Yuze is still going
Inside the streaks of light where no one can see from the outside, Yuze can be seen while smiling and the glint in her eyes were intensifying and getting bigger
In the middle of the timer, she thought of Philip and remembered the sensation when he touched her left shoulder. She couldn't forget the feeling because it already happed twice
With this, her Shift ability became greater, which in turn, made her go on for longer. Eventually, she stopped at 3 minutes and 24 seconds mark as she landed straight and stopped in the middle of the arena. She stood there while not deactivating ger ability. The intense glint on her eyes stayed and she didn't want it to disappear
The Headmaster, who saw this, looked at Yuze with worried eyes. The other Mystical Masters were intrigued because Yuze didn't show this much expertise before. They deduced that perhaps, it was Philip's influence. They then shifted their gazes towards Philip, who was looking at Yuze with sparkling eyes
"Next." Yuze surprisingly said with a challenging tone as she motioned to Chihaya to move on to the next test
Chihaya was surprised but she ignored it, "Alright then"
***
The third category is Mastery. Effectiveness of control is measured in this test
"In this category, the requirement is simple... You only need to show the full extent of your ability as you show 100% of your ability just by powering up and maintaining it for a few seconds. You'll be graded better if you held your full power for a longer timr" Chihaya said with a serious tone. She then looked a Yuze and said, "Go"
Yuze's cat ears hair propped up as she heard Chihaya. She then powered up as thicker yellow lightning circled and flowed around her
Glitters and biggers sparks sparkled around her as rising yellow streaks of light started to emerge from the ground around her. A yellow aura filled the space around her
Nana, who had her arms at the back of her head while watching Yuze, propped up and slammed her hands on the backrest of the seat in front of her. She can clearly see the yellow aura around her and she deemed it dangerous
Alex and the others noticed this. Philip asked Nana, "Is there something wrong?"
Before Nana answered Philip, Nana narrowed her eyes at the powering Yuze, "No, it's nothing"
Nana sat back once again and crossed her arms as she looked at Yuze with serious eyes, 'Let's wait and see what's going to happen for now'
"Hm, okay then." Philip didn't believe Nana but he chose not to pry further and continued to watch Yuze. However, Alex didn't let this pass and also observed Yuze
Yuze's sailor uniform started to flutter as gusts of wind bursts around her as lightning crackled, and then, the unexpected happened
Yuze smiled sadistically behind the torrential energy output around her as her blue eyes with an intense white glint in the middle and waving yellow zigzags across it, started to turn red and the tips of her deep navy blue hair started to shift its color to bright dandelion yellow
The students of the Genesis Class exclaimed in awe after seeing Yuze's transformation. However, Nana and Alex saw something different
"Wait a minute... Something's wrong." Philip also started to notice Yuze's change in behavior as he saw her smiling sadistically
As Yuze smiles, her front upper teeth started to shift and sharpen into smaller fangs
Chihaya, who is witnessing this couldn't help but look a Yozu. As she looked at Yozu, she can see a shocked and confused expression
At the VIP lounge, the Headmaster has his eyes narrowed as she saw the changes in Yuze. He placed his hands against the clesr glass window with a face full of confusion and surprise
The other Mystical Masters were also troubled with this show of power as they looked at the measurements in front of them
The results in this Mystical Test is compared to the results of the previous tests and they have calculated Yuze's full power. But the readings that the machine is displaying as it measured Yuze's full power, in comparison to the previous result, is 198% and it's still going up
Aoyuki and the ten Guardians just watched the spectacle with empty expressions. Aoyuki then closed his eyes as he deemed that the spectacle will be over soon
Yuze has almost become, or at least has become, twice as powerful from the previous test. The Mystical Masters contemplated if Yuze trained or something else happened. Then, all of them thought of one person, Philip
They looked once more at Philip, who was gazing at Yuze with serious eyes
Yellow lightning started to leak out upwards from Yuze's eyes as it flowed from the corner of her eyes. Yellow lightning also formed from the tips of her fingers and her droopy cat ear hair started to straighten and began to shift its color to bright dandelion yellow
At this point, Philip stood up and went closer to the edge of the observation deck. As he held the railings, Chihaya stopped him, "What are you doing?"
"I'm stopping her." Philip answered with ridicule in his voice. It was obvious that Yuze must be stopped at this point. Who knows what will happen if this was left alone
Chihaya understood Philip's intention and let him do his thing, "Go ahead"
Philip leaned forwards from the railing and lifted his left hand. He snapped his left fingers and an audible sound reverberated throughout the Evaluation Center, despite the noise from the crackles of lightning and sparks coming from Yuze
All of the Mystical Masters abruptly stood up after hearing the snap and looked at Philip. Aoyuki, who has his eyes closed, abruptly opened his eyes and his pupils has slit vertically in a straight line, he then looked for the source of the snap and saw Philip
The Headmaster ignored Philip because he already know why Philip snaps his fingers occasionally. What he didn't know is that the Mystical Masters and the others felt something different from the snap
Nana and Alex abruptly turned their heads towards Philip, who just snapped his left fingers. Lyre unconsciously looked at Philip's left hand
Chihaya glared at Philip from his side with expressionless face as she heard the snap. She's still contemplating whether what he said about his true abilities is true
Philip then said in an audible voice, "Yuze"
Silence filled the entire building, as well as the crackling noise and sparks coming from Yuze
Yuze's smile disappeared and her yellow cat ears hair propped up, her eyes also widened as the yellow lightning flowing from the corner of her eyes became calm. She then turned her head towards the person who called her name with an empty face
As Philip saw Yuze's face, she couldn't escape at the fact that her eyes are filled with shock and pain, he saw everything in her unique eyes. He then said a sentence that made Yuze calm down,
"It's okay, I understand your pain. Come back and we'll talk later"
After Philip stated those words, the torrential energy around Yuze disappeared and the giant sparks and yellow lightning calmed down. The glint on her eyes lessened bit the flowing yellow lightning on her fingers and at the corner of her eyes hasn't disappeared yet. Her bright dandelion yellow hair faded to deep navy blue hasn't also turned to normal
The Mystical Masters that stood up, went closer and overlooked the arena from the edge of the VIP lounge, where the Headmaster is currently in. The faces of the Mystical Masters can be seen up this close. Their goal is to glue their eyes and observe Philip and Philip only because that finger snap was no ordinary snap
Aoyuki also stood up and went closer at the edge of the observation deck and leaned on to the railings. His eyes are vertically slit while his eyes throb and pulsates every so often. Akayuki found Aoyuki's movements strange but she let him be
Nana, Alex, and Lyre kept narrowing their eyes
What Philip did was avoiding the future to where Yuze lost her control over his rising full power. He saw this fleeting future a few minutes ago and decided to act even though the future was unclear. He took a chance a stopped Yuze from powering up which in turn avoided the possible fleeting future
While Philip did this, he saw the pain from Yuze's eyes and he immediately knew that this was from the high expectations of the people around her. He decided to comfort her and calm her down. He knew that he obtained a clue regarding Yuze
"Are you okay, Yuze? Should we postpone your test?" Chihaya, who was beside Philip, asked Yuze
Yuze took a deep breath and answered, "I'm okay now thanks to Philip. Let's continue the test"
Chihaya nodded as she gestured Philip to sit down. Philip smiled from Yuze thanks as he went back to his seat
He then noticed several gazes from his right and turned his head. He saw all of his classmates was staring at him
"What?" Philip asked with an annoyed tone
The students that was staring at him did not say anything and turned their heads back to Chihaya, who will start to explain the next category of test
Philip can also feel Nana, Alex, and Lyre's gazes but he decided to ignore it
"Alright! Next on the Mystical Test!" Chihaya moved on from the spectacle that Yuze has shown. They'll have to look at the results later to know what happened
***
The fourth category is Ability. The activation of the ability based on the efficiency is measured in this test
"In this category, test dummies will be projected and you just need to destroy or somehow take them down with your own ability." Chihaya explained to the class and turned his body towards Yuze
In a few moments, thr holographic projectors has projected test dummies around her. Some are standing still, some are moving, some are dashing around, and some are flying about randomly
Yuze stood in the middle of hundreds of dummies and she maintained her odd form of deep navy blue hair faded to bright dandelion yellow at the tips of her hair as yellow lightning flows out at the corner of her eyes and at the tip of her fingers. Her yellow cat ears hair are also propped up higher resembling a fox
She extended both her arms and aimed her two fingers in her left and right hands and aimed at two stationary test dummies
She flicked her arms together into an X-shape and the stationary dummies were shifted and flew to other moving dummies and exploded
Yuze felt that the process of the shift was way too efficient and too fast to be executed. She looked at her hands saw the yellow lightning flowing out of her fingers. She flexed her fingers and more yellow lightning came out. She also closed her fingers and the yellow lightning converged into one spot
She had an idea at what her new powers can give
Instead of pointing two fingers towards a target, she pointed all of her five fingers towards five targets. At first, she was not expecting anything by doing this but, she felt that she connected to the five targets with only her fingers. She then pointed her other five fingers to another five targets and it connected
Yuze smiled sinisterly and flicked her arms and fingers
The dummies were shifted throughout the arena as tens and hundreds of dummies were crashed and exploded as Yuze dances gracefully in the middle of the arena. As Yuze dances, her arms and fingers were being thrown everywhere like some kind of odd ritual, but to the people who watched her, they saw Yuze's dancing as graceful and beautiful
After a few minutes, the test dummies were obliterated and there are no more holographic dummies being projected
Yuze was not exhausted at all as she was smiling under the shade of her bangs with her eyes closed as her eyelashes were glittering with yellow sparks
The Headmaster looked at Yuze with proud yet worried eyes, Aoyuki stared at Yuze with examining eyes, and Chihaya nodded with Yuze's demonstration of power
They were surprised at first when Yuze managed to use Shift on multiple target instead of one or two but they didn't mind it since maybe she can already do it due to training or because of her form right now
"Excellent work, Yuze." Chihaya complimented Yuze from the observation deck. Yuze didn't mind it and kept her eyes closed, preparing for the next test
"Alright, in this next test, you will be in a treat!"
***
The fifth category is Control. In this test, endurance and influence on the ability is measured
"In this category, a Guardian from our Mystical Academy will come down and overload your abilities. As she overloads your ability, your goal is to either hold on for the given time or take control of your overloading ability and stabilize it. Don't worry, the Guardian won't be affected because she becomes invulnerable to your ability only when she overloads it." Chihaya carefully explained to the class as a Guardian from the observation deck, next to the VIP lounge, jumped down in the arena
"Hello, nice to meet you all! My name is Karina, the second Guardian, and I will be the one who will be overloading your abilities!" A girl introduced herself with a smile and a peace sign
The girl has a blue one piece dress with black shoulder straps and black frills. She has a long dark blue hair that reaches to her waist and bangs that are uniformly alligned across her eyebrows. She has a black ribbon wrapped around her waist and a blue lace tied to the right side of her hair. She has pink red eyes and red lipstick on. She also wears a black 4-inch high heels and white opera gloves that reaches her elbows
"You may proceed with the test." Chihaya gave the permission and Karina walked over to Yuze
"Are you sure you want to proceed?" Karina whispered to Yuze first as she went closer. She saw Yuze's condition earlier and she was worried
"I'm sure." Yuze softly said to Karina
"Alright, I will place my hand on your back." Yuze raised her right arm and placed it on her back. Yuze nodded at the affirmation
Karina looked at Chihaya to receive comfirmation to start. Chihaya nodded
The Headmaster's heart was pounding from nervousness at what will happen next. Same as to Aoyuki since he knows what Karina is capable of, and seeing Yuze's show of power earlier, this test may become bad
Karina channeled her ability on her left hand and into Yuze's back, which spread to her whole body
There was moment where nothing happened, but suddenly, thick yellow lightning came out of Yuze's body. The yellow lightning surged through the arena floor electrocuting the floor, along with Karina, who is unfazed
Her half colored hair became bright dandelion yellow all the way and her hair slightly glowed
Yellow lightning started to course all over her arms that it almost formed yello gauntlets and yellow lightning began to swirl on her legs that it almost formed yellow boots
The yellow lightning at the corner of her eyes began to solidify and extend outwards across the side of her hair, abive her ears
Yellow sparks began to crackle intensely to the point that it became firecrackers that filled the arena. Deafening sounds was heard in the middle of the arena. Karina, who is at point black to Yuze, is still unfazed
Yellow light began rise in the arena from the floor upwards. The whole Evaluation Center glowed yellow. Her aura spread through the arena and began to thicken that it's almost suffocating. Karina remains unfazed
Then, Yuze's eyes opened and her red eyes swirled into black, including her pupils and retina, as the thick white glint on her eyes became red
Her eyes widened as she screamed in pain from overloading his ability. She opened her mouth and her upper fangs became longer
Yellow lightning started to come out from the glint on her eyes and flowed above her head
The Evaluation Center was filled with a chaotic surge of energy while Yuze tried to resist the pain as she flexed her arms and bent her knees
The Headmaster was clutching the railings on the edge of the VIP lounge as he is incredibly worried about Yuze. He believed on Yuze that she will pass this test
Aoyuki was covering her face with his right arm as surges of energy and wind swept up the observation decks. He smiles sinisterly as he watches the spectacle with his vertically slit eyes, "This is incredible!"
However, Philip was almost standing and clutched the backrest of the seat in front of him. He was worried at Yuze but he believed that she will pass this test
Then, a realization struck Philip. He calmed down and relaxedly sat back as he breathed a sigh of relief. Nana, Alex, and Lyre noticed Philip's actions and they were confused
He just has a glimpse of the future that Yuze will be fine
As Yuze screamed in pain, she almost got used to the pain. She clenched her fists and her calves and began resisting the overpowering energy and power
A few streaks of yellow light and lightning disappeared and the energy was being contained. She then placed her hands together, like holding an invisible ball, in front of her chest
The yellow light and lightning started to converge in the middle of her hands. The chaotic energy around the arena began to lessen and her overloaded ability is starting to stabilize
The yellow orb of energy condensed in the middle of her hands and it disappeared. Her ability has been stabilized as Karina removed her hand of Yuze's back
Everything became normal but her hair and her eyes are the same and hasn't changed its appearance. No more yellow lightning and no sparks are coming out of her body anymore as her overloaded ability has been stabilized
"Excellent!" Chihaya clapped her hands to get the attention of everyone since they are absorbed at Yuze's power, "She will eventually turn back to normal after a few hours or so. The next category test are simpler and easy to do"
Chihaya assured everyone of Yuze's condition and made them move on
"Alright Yuze, the test is done for now. The last two tests will be conducted after everyone is finished with the first five categories." Chihaya called Yuze and gestured her to come back the observation desk
"Thank you for your participation, Karina." Chihaya thanked Karina to which she nodded,
"It's fine! Anything that I could help with!"
"Alright, next to person to be conducted for the Mystical Test is..." Chihaya looked at her clipboard, "Alex! Since you're the second strongest"
Chihaya said as Alex nodded and stood up. He jumped down the arena with grace while his hands is inside the side pockets of his beige coat
He stood in the middle of the arena and readied himself for the tests