The head of the Killers' Association was seated on his chair. Doing some paperwork as always. He then heard a knock on his door. And just as always, he said "Come in."
The vice president of the killer's Association came in hurriedly. His perplexing steps gave the feeling of a cheetah at its full speed.
"Sir, you have to check this!"
A surprised expression was etched on his face, which looked like he hadn't slept for months!
The head wondered, what might have caused the vice president of the Killer's Association to freak out like this. The head took some of the papers thrown by the V.P. on the table.
The eyes of the head widened, it seemed that his eyeball would come out of his eyes.
The head clenched his fist, the piece of paper in his hand got wrapped up in itself to form a paper ball.
"Is it for real?" He asked.
The vice president nodded.
"But why would he?"
Asked the head and threw away the paper in his hands. Due to the force from the head's hands, the paper got unfurled to reveal the application form Arman had submitted.
The vice president shook his head to side to side while shrugging at the front, meaning that he didn't have any idea about this.
This didn't make any sense. Why would Arman, who (according to the Killer's Association) is affiliated with aliens, has come here, to take the tests?
Both of them had the same thoughts. Then, they came to a conclusion.
"Perhaps, is he acting as a spy for the aliens and is spying on the Killer's Association?"
That would be the only reason he would be here.
"Arman, right?"
"Yes sir."
"Where is he?" Asked the head.
"About 1061 Kilometres from here, in a branch of ours in Tokyo, Japan.
A woman at the reception desk recognised him and is stalling for time and is asking what to do?"
"Tell her to just test him normally and do all the procedures as usual. He shouldn't even get the slightest suspicion that we know about him."
And so happened in the city of Vladivostok, Russia.
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Arman was getting ready for the tests. He saw that there were many more examinees in here. Did all these guys have powers or were they just trying to their luck?
Arman asked the Flame King about this.
"They do have powers. Didn't I say that there are some rare geniuses who are born with a mana organ. These people are the examples."
Arman's jaw was dropped.
He said rare geniuses. Yet so many of them had gathered in here.
The Flame King then explained.
"They aren't as rare as you think, it's a one in a ten thousand probability."
"What?" This was too common, as there were seven billion people in the world. Meaning that there were millions of such people in the world.
"So, let's start the tests." Ayano then said to all the examineesincluding Arman.
Jacob, who was still weeping, was healed by a healer from the infirmary.
Everyone was laughing at him. He wished that he was a little more decent.
"First, speed test. Everybody, start running when I say 'go'. For every second taken to complete each lap, five points will be deduced from the max score. So, Go!"
Everyone started running. A thought was in the mind of everyone.
"Five points deducted for every second?" Wasn't this what we called 'too strict'?
No wonder the minimum passing grade was five.
Each guy had to complete ten laps of the three hundred meters long track. Arman's final score was eighteen. Whereas Jacob and Dan had their scores in negative, as it took them too long to complete the running. Infact, they couldn't even complete ten laps. They fell to the ground after six.
And the next was about ATK damage. They had to attack on a few targets to destroy them. The targets were shaped exactly like a human and had some kind of machinery which enabled them to measure the damage received.
in this test, none could destroy the target. But still were given marks for dealing some damage to them. Arman gained a whopping thirty seven points in this test. But the scores were same for Jacob and Dan as their previous scores. Then it was about mana reserves, which gained Arman thirteen points.
Next came dexterity, for which Arman was given ten points. After that was a written exam, which tested Arman's brains. He got a little low on it, but it was good when compared to Jacob and Dan - that is eight points. And then was the ability to heal using mana. Jacob and Dan couldn't even participate in this one, as they didn't have any mana.
And Arman managed to get five points.
As the tests progressed, Jacob and Dan realised that they shouldn't have come here.
They just dropped out in between.
And soon, Arman was given his scoreboard. His scores were as follows.
Eighteen
Thirty seven
Thirteen
Ten
Twelve
Twelve
Fifteen
Twelve
Seventeen.
Eight
Nine
Twenty
At the end, all of them were called in a room, which resembled that of a class room.
Arman sat on a bench. Jacob and Dan had left already, as they were confident that they wouldn't pass.
Then, the woman called Ayano came in.
"I will now announce a few names. And if your name is one of them, please leave. Is that understood?"
"Yes." Said all in union.
She then started announcing the names
"Mr. Jacob, Mr. Dan, Ms. Hoshiko Fujiha..."
Names were announced one by one and people left one by one.
And after reading out all the names written in a piece of paper in her hand, she found less than ten people remaining.
"Congratulations to you all, for you have passed the exam. From today onwards, you will be employed by the Killer's Association. Please come here to generate your ID and to receive the ID cards."
And the remaining people came one by one to complete the remaining procedures.
And at his turn, Arman came forward.
"Please tell me your mobile phone number."
Said Ayano while shifting her gaze from the computer to Arman.
"Okay XXXXXXXYYZZ."
"There's a link sent via a text message, please click on it to register yourself."
And Arman did so. He filled in the required information and put his smartphone back in his pockets.
Then the printer on the desk started and printed something. Ayano took it and gave it to Arman.
"Here you go sir."
Arman took a look at the print out. Arman's details were written on it. One thing intrigued Arman.
On the paper, there was written 'Rank: Overturner'
Arman asked what it was.
"It is your ranking class sir."
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Outside the Killer's Association.
"What happened Arman?"
Asked Jacob and Dan.
"What else? I passed!"
Arman replied.
A wide and deep smile involuntarily floated on Jacob's and Dan's faces.
"They say I'm an Overturner."
"What is that?"
"Killers are divided into nine grades. For average scores 5-12.5, you get ranked as a Skirmisher. For average scores 12.5-25, you get ranked as an Overturner. For average scores 25-37.5, you get ranked as a Destroyer. For average scores 37.5-50, you get ranked as a Exterminator.
For average scores 50-62.5, you get ranked as a Devastator. For average scores 62.5-75, you get ranked as a Reaper. For average scores 75-87.5, you get ranked as a Deathbringer. For average scores 87.5-99, you get ranked as a Deathmaster. And, for a total score of 100 in every single test, you get ranked as an ABSOLUTE EMPEROR, which is the highest rank. As my average score was 15.5, I was ranked as an Overturner."