Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

"The preparation of the medium is complete, we can begin."

...

"We have arrived, Mr. Haramura."

Waking from a light sleep, Haramura Makoto, who had traveled through all the school districts of Academy City, looked at the scenery outside the car and understood.

"As expected, it's District 18."

In the entire Academy City, the school district where ability development-related schools are concentrated is the biggest competitor to 'School Garden'.

Many research institutes related to superpowers are also located here.

Research institutes like Artificial Workshop, located in District 2, are actually in the minority.

Getting out of the car, a woman who appeared to be in her twenties, tall and voluptuous, wearing a dark blue women's suit, with brown waist-length hair and silver-rimmed glasses.

From her appearance, she was a kind and gentle older sister type, with a friendly smile on her face.

"Hello, Haramura Makoto-kun, I am Terestina. I am the researcher who was just assigned this morning to be in charge of your superpower research. I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration in the days to come."

The woman said, extending her hand.

"Hello, Haramura Makoto."

Haramura Makoto also extended his hand and shook Terestina's hand.

The impression wasn't good.

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

Even though the woman's smile and demeanor gave off a very good feeling, Haramura Makoto felt a physiological aversion to this woman.

In fact, Haramura Makoto had reached this level of life.

Although his strength might not be that great, he was essentially far superior to these ordinary humans.

So his premonitions were basically accurate.

If he had a physiological aversion to this woman, there were only two possibilities.

Either this woman had malicious intentions towards him, or this woman was an evil person.

Indeed...

Terestina, who had been smiling at Haramura Makoto just now, changed completely when facing the driver who brought Haramura Makoto here.

She went directly from gentle and amiable to overbearing.

"You can leave now."

"Yes, Director."

The driver didn't get angry at all. Facing this impolite statement, he looked accustomed to it, nodded, and left directly.

"Then let's go inside now."

The speed of her facial changes was like a face-changing master in Peking opera.

Terestina once again opened her body with a spring breeze on her face and extended her hand in an inviting gesture.

The place her fingertips pointed to was a rather impressive-looking research institute.

The status of researchers in Academy City is generally very high.

Especially the status of those senior researchers is even higher. Someone like Terestina, the head of a research institute, is probably even higher.

But it's probably not just that.

She should also have other identities, otherwise, it would probably be difficult for her to be in charge of her own research institute.

"Entering research institutes like ours is very troublesome, so we need to record your fingerprints and irises first."

Terestina said, pointing to the hidden compartments on both sides of the wall with her finger.

"Once an unrecorded person breaks in here, a hundred MP k5s will appear and fire simultaneously."

"Indeed, it's a very tight defense."

Haramura Makoto nodded lightly.

An attack of this scale would be fatal to most ability users. Even space ability users would die under such an instantaneous attack.

Only abilities like Kinuhata Saiai's 'Nitrogen Armor' could remain unscathed under such an attack.

"Are we going directly to the testing field?"

Haramura Makoto narrowed his eyes.

From the outside, this research institute seemed to have three floors, but from the time they entered until now, they had been going downwards.

"That's right. After all, you are a 'Gemstone' ability user, and testing the same items as other ability users is meaningless."

"We just need to test the essence, scale, and power of your ability."

Terestina looked somewhat excited.

That's right, just like Haramura Makoto thought, when there was a possibility that a Lv5 level Gemstone ability user was going to be tested in the morning, those senior researchers almost went crazy fighting over it.

After all, compared to the ability users that can be seen everywhere on the street, Gemstone ability users are precious research resources, of which there are only fifty in the world.

Such precious resources had also reached the Lv5 level.

Back then, when they were fighting over the ability research of Shokuhou Misaki, those researchers had already broken their heads, and it was ultimately snatched by someone with connections.

Now, of course, Haramura Makoto, they have to do their best to fight for it.

"Is that so."

Haramura Makoto replied faintly.

Even if this woman behaved enthusiastically, he still looked indifferent.

Anyway, he came here because of a deal with Aleister, and he would only come once today at most.

After his ability was rated, this woman would have nothing to do with him.

"Tch..."

Terestina spat secretly and smiled warmly.

In the morning, she did fight for the qualification to study Haramura Makoto.

But after getting Haramura Makoto's information, she became even more curious.

Because she had never seen such information.

There was nothing on it, not even the place of birth or origin. When she opened the page, except for the name and age, all the remaining files were top secret.

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

So she used her own channels to investigate, unable to obtain information from electronic files, so she used connections.

After all, Haramura Makoto had lived in this city from the age of four until now.

There were countless people who knew him and had seen him.

Even so, Terestina still obtained a simple, incomplete set of information.

From that information, she learned that Haramura Makoto was an ability null.

Even though he was very skilled in the use of firearms, Terestina didn't see anything special about it.

But that was definitely wrong.

If that was all, how could the word 'top secret' be placed on his information?

"Annoying brat, wait until I dig out all your information."

Terestina cursed secretly, still maintaining a bright smile on her face, reached out her hand, and opened the last door leading to the laboratory.

Haramura Makoto also took the lead and walked in.

How should I put it, it was an expected scene.

This was a square room, with nothing inside, empty, about ten meters high. On the south wall, about eight meters high, there was a huge glass.

Behind the glass, many lab personnel in white coats could be seen.

"In that case, let's start the ability test immediately."

Terestina also followed Haramura Makoto in, blinking her sky-blue pupils, then took out a candy tube from her pocket and poured out a few different colored candies into her palm.

"How about eating a candy to ease your nervousness?"

"You're overthinking it. How could I be nervous about this kind of thing?"

"Start quickly, stop dawdling. I have things to do in the afternoon."

Haramura Makoto completely ignored Terestina's outstretched hand and walked indifferently to the center of the room.

"Tch..."

Terestina raised her eyebrows again, her face darkening directly.

At this time, even if she wanted to pretend to be kind, she couldn't hold it anymore. She twitched the corner of her mouth, Terestina stopped talking, turned around and walked back to the corridor, and the door slowly closed.

About a minute didn't pass.

Terestina appeared behind the large glass, and she also put on a white coat over her suit.

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

"Now use your ability first."

"First, determine the type of ability."

This is a test that all 'Gemstone ability users' must undergo when they are sent to Academy City.

After all, unlike the abilities developed in Academy City, the abilities of 'Gemstone ability users' are all innate.

When they received Haramura Makoto's information in the morning, it only said something like a Lv5 level Gemstone.

It didn't specifically state what Haramura Makoto's ability was.

So the first thing, of course, has to start here.

Haramura Makoto stared at Terestina for a few seconds, then turned around and walked directly to the edge of the wall, with one hand in his pocket.

"Airborne target, dart."

He now has a total of twelve different realms of power.

But in terms of the best application, the realm of power he is most familiar with is 'First Moment - Realm of Reality and Illusion'.

Although he had never done any ability tests before, he had seen pigs run even if he hadn't eaten pork.

He roughly understood that the general ability test was to look at the power, distance, speed, and accuracy of the ability.

As for the other realms of power, because he had only awakened them for a short time, he couldn't control them so easily.

"Understood."

Chapter 160 Terestina's Plan

The ceiling panel opened, and a target similar to a dartboard slowly fell from above, stopping at a height of about five meters in the air.

At the same time.

The hidden compartment beside Haramura Makoto also opened, and a dart was directly sent into Haramura Makoto's hand.

"The first test begins."

"Height five meters, length seventy meters."

Although the rating of Gemstone ability users is difficult to determine, the standard determination for ordinary ability users is still useful.

Haramura Makoto didn't waste any time, directly grabbed the dart and threw it out casually.

The dart flew rapidly in the air, crossing the distance of about eighteen meters 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 directly swallowed into the black hole.

"Distance seventy-five meters, requires a medium to activate, speculated ability, 'Space Distortion'."