When I enter the assembly hall, I see a lot of students all together.
Everyone is in their own clothes, without any uniforms. This makes sense because each class has its own uniform. For example, Class B's uniform is a mix of red and white.
No need to waste my mind on such trivial things.
While I was checking out the surroundings, a voice caught my attention towards the front of the hall.
Yes, it was the voice of the exam proctor, asking for our attention from behind the microphone.
After repeating "Please pay attention" several times, the students finally quieted down and looked toward the stage.
Once the proctor saw that the students were paying attention, he started speaking.
"Alright, dear students, in your first test, your initial potential will be determined by a device called the Amplifier."
He then looked to the side where a few people were bringing in a cylindrical object, about 3 meters tall.
The front part of the cylindrical object was completely glass, but it was a bit dark.
After they brought the object next to the proctor, he continued speaking and said,
"You need to enter this chamber so your initial potential can be determined."
Most of the students didn't know this, so after the proctor finished speaking, there was a buzz among the crowd.
Everyone was talking to the person next to them about the Amplifier.
But everyone quieted down with the proctor's voice.
"Quiet."
Then the proctor took a shallow breath and continued,
"Now, we will call your names one by one to come here and take the test."
He looked at a holographic screen that appeared in front of him and then said,
"Tom Jackson."
When he called the name, a boy with blond hair and green eyes, who looked quite handsome, stepped onto the stage and stood next to the device.
It seemed he was talking to the proctor, but we couldn't hear them clearly because the microphone was a bit far from them.
After a short while, he finally entered the device, and the glass door of the device closed, and steam filled the inside of the device.
A few moments later, a number 7 appeared in orange color on top of the device, where it looked like a monitor.
This was a very good level of initial potential, and it seemed he had good resources.
When the device opened, steam surrounded it, and the proctor gave him a black wristband.
Although I was far from him, if you looked closely, you could see that the number 7 was written on the wristband in orange.
The proctor announced,
"Tom Jackson with initial potential 7 and the element of fire, goes to Class A."
Then he started calling other names, but I wasn't paying attention until the crowd's sudden screams caught my attention.
The proctor, in disbelief, stared at the number on top of the device and said just a few short sentences,
"This.. can't.. be!!"
When I saw the number on the device, I was a bit shocked too, because after many years, I was going to see a familiar person again.
"Alyssa."
The number 10 in gold color was written on top of the monitor.
When she came out of the device, the proctor excitedly said to her,
"Congratulations, Lady Alyssa, you received an initial potential of 10, which means the maximum potential."
The girl who had just come out of the device had golden eyes and hair, and glowing skin, and hearing that she had received the maximum initial potential, she wasn't surprised at all and just smirked.
"Hmm, I knew it already because only potential 10 was worthy of me."
The proctor said excitedly,
"Yes, yes, you are right, well, with initial potential 10 and the holy element, you will go to Class S."
And then he respectfully guided her towards the other side of the stage where there was a door.
He then came back to the microphone, cleared his throat with a few coughs, and said,
"Akash Benimor."
When he called my name, I walked towards the stage. I think, considering what I did, I would probably score a potential of 5 so I could at least go to Class C.
When I got there, I entered the Amplifier device.
When I entered the device, steam filled around me, and I slowly became unconscious.
When I opened my eyes, I saw myself suspended in a vast darkness.
After a few moments, purple lights came towards me and surrounded my body.
At that moment, I heard voices in my ears saying,
"He's back again."
"Yeah, he's returned to us."
"Congratulations on your new life."
"We need to tell you something important, you..."
This surprised and slightly scared me because this had never happened in my previous experience.
A few moments later, everything went dark again, and with the sound of the device door opening, I opened my eyes.
I placed my hand on my head, feeling like I had forgotten something important.
But after a few seconds, I brushed it off and came out of the device.
When I exited the device, I heard laughter from everywhere. Seeing this, I looked questioningly at the exam proctor.
He sighed and said,
"Akash Benimor with initial potential 1 and the element of darkness goes to Class F."
What?
Did I hear that right?
He said potential 1? But I'm sure I got a potential of 3 in my previous life, something definitely has changed, but I can't figure it out yet.
He gave me a black wristband with the number 1 written in purple on it and said,
"Well, go quickly and don't waste my time."
Without paying attention to the laughter and the voices saying to me,
"Trash..."
"A new useless person is here."
And...
I walked to the end of the crowd.