As Karina approached Philip with slow steps and wariness, the arena walls and floor has already repaired itself from Philip's slashes and cuts. It took a while because the cuts were deep and the Mana connection were severed
Everyone also calmed down, especially the three swords that are mentioned; Muramasame, Bloodlust, and Asuramaru Ryūichi. The owner of the sword has succesfully tamed the swords, but in reality, the swords stopped the moment Philip was not holding a sword anymore
Karina has approached Philip and looked at his eyes, Philip returned the gesture. As they stood near each other, their heights are recognizable with Karina shorter than Philip at around 6 inches when Philip's height is 5 foot 9 inches. Philip also looked deeper at Karina's eyes which are fuchsia pink in color
Karina broke the silence between them and asked, "Are you ready?"
"I am." Philip answered back to which Karina nodded to
She then walked around Philip and place her right hand on his back as usual like from the others
She collected Mana in the air and fed his ability with Mystical Energy and released it on her right hand onto Philip, overloading his abilities
As Karina overloaded his abilities, something was happening from the observation decks and VIP lounge
"Hnnggh!!" Yozu gruntled as he stomped his right foot to the side
"G-guys!!!" Yashida leaped backwards
"!!!" Aoyuki jumped and dashed towards Karina and Philip's location
With the three making a move, they suddenly stopped as Yashida and Aoyuki was frozen in mid air. The three were not the only ones who seemed to stop in place, even the students, Chihaya, Philip's group, the Mystical Masters, and the professors were frozen in place, unmoving. Karina was fazed as she was also frozen in place
The world seemed to have come to a halt or time has stopped. Philip, who is at the center, should have seen everyone but his eyes were hazy
A black and white aura emanated from Philip and covered him. Blackness that originated from him expanded and covered the venue. Everything was black and outlines of white can be seen shaping all objects and people inside the blackness
Then, a voice was heard in the stillness of the world, "Where am I?"
It was Philip when he realized that he was in a world of darkness. He looked forward and a measurement of light appeared in his vision, Lumen = 0. This means that the area is completely black, there was no light anywhere
A measurement of distance also appeared in front of him that measured his distance to the closest matter in front of him, Distance = ???
Since it registered in his mind that it was pitch black, he looked down on his arms and saw his skin being broken as molten cracks were forming. The skin is measured at 6,500°C and the molten cracks are measured at 13,268°C and it's still going up. The lumen value on his skin is 3
He then saw occasional appearances of frozen spikes travelling on his arm and leaves frozen trails that quickly melt or evaporate. These frozen spikes is measured to be at -273.15°C
With these high amounts of temperature and absolute zero temperature that he can see because his Supreme Sense of Measurement was overloaded, Philip doesn't feel anything from his Bipolar Body being overloaded because his Pain Denial is also being overloaded to the point he became numb and doesn't feel any external and physical pain
As Philip's eyes became hazier, blood came out from his eyes because all of the contained collected mix of condensed positive and negative emotions deep inside him, has bursted out uncontrollably
His Emotion Manipulation did not only mean that he can supress his emotions, it can also mean that he can amplify his emotions and let it run wild
Since Philip's mind could not process his innate abilities being overloaded, he can't control most of them. He could not use the overloaded Emotion Manipulation properly and that's the reason that the dam has bursted open and released everything
As the Evaluation Center was engulfed in a dome of blackness and caused everything inside it to stop and freeze in place, the torrential rain outside became even more severe. Thunder kept rolling and roaring, lightning kept striking the ground, thick blue lightning often cracks the sky and travels through the air
Intense winds blew the trees and uprooted them into the sky. With torrential rain, comes also torrential hail as small ice rocks started to fall from the dark clouds
Philip's Weather Manipulation was also overloaded and affected the weather outside. The capable Mystical Users took action and protected the Mystical Academy from lightning strikes and the torrential hail that can cause destruction on the buildings
At this point, Philip realized what was happening since his Extreme Self-awareness was overloaded this time. He looked around and saw darkness around him with white lines outlining everything and everyone around him. He also saw everyone frozen in place
As he was about to take a step forward, his bloody eyes shook and glowed ethereal white. He subconsciously closed his eyes and reopened them
The plane inside his consciousness when using Future Vision has manifested in the real world. White lines appeared not only in front of him, not only around him in a two dimensional orientation, but literally around him in a three dimensional orientation. The lines stretched in front of him, behind him, to his left, to his right, above him, below him, and every diagonal direction
The lines extended and branched out from him like cracked and broken tempered glass and it was too many to count. It extended up to the observation deck
The lines that went across Karina made her image distorted like she was shattered glass, the same situation as the people in the observation decks and VIP lounge
Philip held his left eye with his molten right hand as he can feel pain from his eyes even though Pain Denial is being overloaded. His molten hand and arm suddenly bursted blood and it doused the molten cracks as the blood began to evaporate, coagulate, and freeze at the same time
Despite these millions and billions of branching white lines, the golden line could still be seen clearly. Philip tried to focus on that line but to no avail as the blood gushing out from his eyes just intensified
Few minutes has passed, Philip was in the middle of this mess as his body kept making molten cracks and frozen spikes traveled around his body like worms. Blood kept gushing out from his eyes as he panted and caught his breath. He could feel his existence become exhausted as he began to lean on the branches of possible futures
Finally, Fate Control was overloaded. Philip could feel Fate Control being overloaded as relief started filling his existence. He slowly raised his left hand with struggle and tried to snap his fingers. He didn't manage to snap it and only grazed the breaking skin. It was enough
The manifested plane of Future Vision was wiped in the real world and dissipated. Ripples in space-time wobbled everything around him as the white lines shattered like glass and shards of time was blown away. His molten body and frozen worm also disappeared and his body returned back to normal. His Supreme Sense of Measurement was lessened as his mind became clear after thousands of mathematical formulas, numbers, letter variable, greek and unknown symbols, and mathematical figures disappeared from his vision
The weather outside also became calmer but it still has torrential rain, rolling thunder, and lightning strikes
Most of his overloaded abilities has been controlled and stabilized, particularly Supreme Sense of Measurement, Future Vision, Weather Manipulation, and Bipolar Body. Fate Control did not stabilize Pain Denial because Philip needed it, as well as Extreme Self-awareness
Philip stood up straight as his body is not undergoing any more stress but his eyes is constantly crying blood and dripping on the ground. The blackness was still present and the aura of condensed emotions were still running rampant around him
Philip looked at everyone and everything with emotionless eyes and snapped his left fingers once again. The sound reverberated throughout the blackness and tried to wipe the escaped emotions
Some emotions disappeared, some emotions were unfazed particularly anger, sadness, depression, despair, and excitement
Philip did not think twice and moved forward, Karina's hand was released from his back. He then proceeded to eat the essences of the emotions that was left behind and planned to contain them once again. With overloaded Emotion Manipulation and Extreme Self-awareness still present, he manipulated all of the emotions and condensed it into singularity inside his brain
He stood back up and looked at the frozen Karina that was outlined by white lines. He closed his eyes and felt sleepy
"Are we done?" Philip asked towards no one
Since Fate Control is still overloaded, it detected Philip's desire of finishing this test, so it decided to act
It wiped the weather outside and it became clear skies. It also dispersed the remaining emotions that are running rampant around him. It then fixed his body and brain as it slowly returns the feeling of pain. It was almost over fixing everything and finishing his test
But then, it jolted Philip awake
Philip felt an overbearing pressure and clenched his whole body to prepare for the worst. He became wide awake as the blood dripping in his eyes has stopped. He looked above him and saw stars around him as he was being pulled away from the ground into the sky. Planets, stars, galaxies are seen as he drifts across what seemed to be space
"What's happening?!" Philip asked as his vision began to stretch out and reached hyperspeed through space
After a few seconds, he abruptly stopped at space where there are less stars and a few galaxies. He then felt an intense rumble in his existence and around him
He turned his body around and saw a gold rock that is drifting across space that leaves a golden trail behind while it sparkles and glitters
"What was that?" It was odd for Philip to see this vision because he has no context as to what this is. He also doesn't know where he is
Then, Philip was pulled down from the abyss and darkness filled his vision once more. He could not see anything. He strained his eyes and he can see that he was back at the arena, where the blackness is still there with everything and everyone are outlined with white lines
He stood tall and breathed deeply. Whatever this blackness is, he wanted it to disappear. Fate Control heard him and shattered the blackness like it was glass
Everyone that was frozen started moving. Yashida, who was leaping backwards, succesfully jumped back with his classmates looking at him with confusion. Aoyuki, who jumped and dashed towards Karina and Philip, realized that something happened and stopped his dash mid air and arrived near the center of the arena. Yozu, who stomped his right foot to the side, teleported next to Philip and Karina
As all of this happened at the same time, Karina lost consciousness and fell to the floor. Philip could be seen standing several steps away from Karina with blood marks across his cheeks from the blood dripping from his eyes
The Headmaster looked at Philip and asked, "What happened?"
Philip looked at the Headmaster with empty eyes and pointed at the wall of the arena, "That"
The whole arena floor and walls were suddenly obliterated and exploded. The observation decks were also blown away as several of the students saved some of their classmates and others save their own selves. Yuze mostly caught everyone, including the professors. Alex tried to hold the observation deck to the ground but to no avail as he was also blown away into the air
The VIP lounge was also blown away and the Mystical Masters gracefully avoided the debris coming their way and escaped the vicinity. Yozu only floated in front of Philip, not minding the debris that was flying at him or stabbing him
Aoyuki quickly moved and grabbed the unconscious Karina and dashed back to the Guardians which were also blown away into the air
The debris flew out and towards the center before being blow away once again like it was pulsating. This time, obliterating the walls and the roof of the Evaluation Center. The destruction was mysteriously contained that the debris did not fly out far away, it was like the destruction was contained in a globe as everyone, except for Yozu and Philip has escaped the premises, several meters away from the obliterating Evaluation Center
Yozu looked at Philip with a discerning eye and Philip looked back with hazy empty eyes as debris fly around them as it gets blown into pieces like a tornado
What happened was the delayed reaction of his overloaded Sword Potential when he pointed his finger that acted like a sword. It destroyed the whole arena and the expensive Evaluation Center along with the Weapons Room. The weapons in the Weapons Room wasn't obliterated, they were just blown away and scattered everywhere
Another reason for the obliteration of the Evaluation Center is because of the collection of the overloaded abilities in one point, especially the reaction between an extreme high temperature and extreme low temperature that can cause a massive reaction. Add the manifestation of the plane of Future Vision, its dispersion from the real world, and the ripples in space-time continuum, as well as the collected energy from the weather, the released condensed emotions, and the mysterious blackness
The Evaluation couldn't handle the collection of immense energies and was obliterated
Philip closed his eyes as he felt tiredness, "I'm tired"
He then started to lose balance and fall over. Yozu caught him by holding the back collar of his shirt. He then floated out of the still obliterating Evaluation Center as debris and scrap are still getting blown apart and sliced into pieces
Everyone inside the Evaluation Center escaped and gathered afar in one place. Yuze carefully shifted everyone into place, the Guardians each had their own landings, Aoyuki quickly came dashing in the place and gently placed the unconscious Karina down, and the Mystical Masters also had their own entrances
The sun sets as the Evaluation Center is still being obliterated like it was some kind of contained tornado or sphere of destruction. Yozu can be seen hovering in the air while holding a person in the back collar on his right hand
Philip can feel everything as he was being carried in the air. He felt comfort directed at him from Yuze, Lyre, Alex, Nana, Yashida, Chihaya, Aoyuki, Akayuki, and Yozu
He then let his consciousness disappear and his mind went blank
***
"Why did you take my money without my permission?"
"I'm just borrowing it, I'll pay it back when I get paid"
"There you go again! That was my self earned money and allowance from my scholarship! Why are you using it for yourself!
"I'm telling you, I will pay it back!!"
"Why do you have to be the first one to expend it?! There was nothing left! I haven't even got to buy my wants and desires!"
"..."
"That's the reason why father left you! You have no sense of saving money and kept on buying worthless things when you still have useful and usable objects!"
"Shut up"
"You keep on buying expensive ingredients for food when you know we should have been saving! I had to eat less food to save for something that I wanted to buy but can't because my money kept disappearing!"
"Shut up!!!"
"No! You shut up! You know what? Since you haven't learn your lesson, you haven't realize your wrongdoings, you act the victim, you are being self-centered, and you keep acting like a child... I will leave this house and leave you alone! Let's see how far you'll go with only you alone! I'll destroy my life even of I have to"
"No, wait!"
"I'm sick of living with you and you controlling me like I'm some kind of a pet or a robot! You don't even know me as your son! I would rather die than to be with you! I've been wishing to die since I was with you"
"Wait! Don't go!"
"Goodbye! I wonder if you'll change when I'm gone. I will be never coming back"
~~~
"The education system in this country is so stupid that it really doesn't teach anymore. Students doesn't learn anything if this education system is kept! There's competition between students when it's supposed to be equally treated based on their proficiencies in certain fields"
"That's right! One person can't be the same with the other after all! Student A is good at Math while student B is only good at Science. If student A passed both Math and Science and student B passed Science and failed Math, then student B will be left behind to develop his Math and waste his time. Why not just make student B advance in the Science route rather than mastering all fields of education?"
"Who are you?!"
"I'm glad you have noticed me finally. I'm Edward, a senior researcher from Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in United States and you've caught my eye"
"Why me? I'm just a poor person living in the streets trying to die naturally?"
"Oh? Interesting... Well, I'm interested in your way of thinking and I'm pretty sure you have more perspective about the world, or even the universe, inside your brain"
"What's this card for?"
"For you to contact me if you're interested"
"Interested in what?"
"Coming with me to Harvard and study there! I'll be in charge of your expenses until graduation!"
"Wait! If I took this opportunity, will there be a chance for me to live happily?"
"That depends on your effort and will to live!"
"..."
"..."
"Then take me!"
"Very well then"
~~~
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⟨There you are!!⟩
"Wha--"
***
Philip was abruptly awoken from his sleep as his body just jolted from an instantaneous painful moment in a dream. His eyes are wide opened and he saw an unfamiliar ceiling
He felt his muscle were sore and tried to flex all of them to restart them. How tired was he for this to happen? He then felt a very electrifying good sensation throughout his body as he tried clench his muscles
He looked downward towards his feet. He didn't see a pink haired maid and a blue haired maid but he saw no one. He could only see an empty wall with two potted plants at the corners
He looked to his right and saw two open windows as green curtians fluttered from the wind
He looked further to the right and saw Yuze sitting beside his bed. She has her eyes closed and she is probably taking a nap
Her appearance from the aftermath of the Mystical Test had changed as she seems to have reverted back to normal. Short deep dark blue hair, no more cat hair ears, and the solid yellow lightning wrapped around her head from her eyes has disappeared
He looked downward and saw a yellow book resting on her chest with her right arm wrapped around it. She wears another navy blue sailor uniform with a red tie and a skirt
He looked further downward and saw her left hand holding his right hand
Philip appreciated the gesture but he did not feel anything. It was a weird feeling for since he knows that he should have felt something in his heart. But he realized that his heart was destroyed and he could not feel any love
He was actually glad that he won't feel any love now, it was regrettable since he couldn't return her feelings. Maybe in his mind, he could recreate the feeling of love without the heart, but he'll think about it
He squeezed the hand that was holding his and tried to feel it. He did this for several seconds and he felt that Yuze's hand was smooth and soft. This was the first time, as far as he can remember, that he held a girl's hand. He somehow felt happy and excited
After a while, he looked at Yuze and he saw her awake and blushing to the point that her face is beet red
"Ah! You're awake!" Philip said with a slight surprise
"I'm supposed to be the one telling you that." Yuze said in a low tone
They then both giggled quietly
"What happened?" Philip started the conversation
"You fainted after your Control Test"
"Did I pass?"
"The records show that you passed, but others said that you shouldn't have passed when you destroyed the Evaluation Center"
"Oh yeah, I remember that. So, what happened after?"
"Since the Evaluation Center was destroyed, the Mystical Test has been cancelled, as well as the Combat Test, Specialty Test, and Potential Test that was supposed to be conducted after everyone has completed the first five tests"
"Oh, I see... I'm sorry haha!"
"You don't need to be sorry! The Mystical Test was conducted in order to test only you. Since you have completed the first primary tests, there's no point in continuing the Mystical Test anymore, especially after the Evaluation Center was destroyed." An old man's voice was heard from the left side of Philip
Philip turned his head to his left and saw the Headmaster as he was leaning his back on the door frame, "What the heck?! How long have you been there?!"
"Since you have been groping and squeezing daughter's hand"
"What? You were there all along?! And Yuze is your daughter?! No wonder..."
"What do you mean 'no wonder'?"
"No wonder Yuze is strong! She must have got it from her father"
There was a silence for a few seconds as Yuze and Yozu was blushing from flattery. Yuze's heart was pounding however
"You and your flattery! Now, when are you going to take your hand off of Yuze??"
Philip realized that he has been holding Yuze's hand this entire time. He was about to take his hand off only to notice something
He opened his hand and gesture to remove it. He waited a few seconds and closed it again
"Well, seems that Yuze has no plans on removing it?" Philip said with a smug face to Yozu. Yuze's blush intensified as her intent was revealed
"Whatever! Young kids these days..." Yozu shrugged at the display of affection between the two. He was slightly jealous but he placed Yuze's happiness first before himself
"So, how long was I asleep?" Philip asked Yozu while still lying on the bed
"How did you know?" Yozu asked shile slightly surprised
"I just felt it... And the weather outside feels different"
"I see, then you having the ability of Weather Manipulation is also true?"
"Yes, what else have you found out form my tests?"
"We think that you have some kind of time stopping ability or Space Manipulation." Yozu said with nervousness. Yuze felt surprised upon hearing this because it was her first time
"Nah... You're ways off"
"I knew it! Well anyway, we won't have any way confirming it than just asking you. So, are you going to tell us?" Yozu tried to pry for information, only to be shut down
"Nope"
"Darn it, worth a shot! Anyways, you have been asleep for at least 3 days"
"Whoa, that's not too long"
"Well, a lot of things happened..."