Chapter 147: Not Bad At All!
This boy was Henry Ford, and he was a C Rank awakener and one of the most promising students to ever graduate from Core City! Since most of the people who awakened Gifts were still young teenagers, they were always taken to Core City to learn how to properly use their Gifts before they would then go back into society and decide if they wanted to continue on as superhumans or go back to school and finish their education.
Every teenager that was coming for the assessment had gone to Core City, and they had all decided that they weren’t going to go back to school. Instead, they would join a guild and start diving into Gates immediately. After making that decision, they were mandated to go through the assessments so that both the government, as well as other guilds, would know their true power level. It was the results of this assessment that would either make or break your dream to dive into Gates. If you did poorly here, then it was unlikely that any guild would come to recruit you, but if you did well, then you would be sought out like a precious diamond!
And Henry was determined to stand out today. Henry came from a family of overachievers. His brother was one of the scientists who discovered how to extract energy from Magical Crystals. His sister was the first non-superhuman to enter a Gate with a team of researchers. His mother was a model who had featured in every major beauty and fashion magazine, and his father was the chief financial officer of a Fortune 500 company on Wall Street.
The family always took care of Henry and made sure he never lacked anything. They bought Henry every toy, car, phone, or vacation ticket that he wanted just to make him happy, but Henry always felt like something was missing from his perfect life. He wanted more! Something that he could brag about accomplishing all on his own! Who cares if he already had everything money could buy!? He deserved more than that!
And now that he was a superhuman, Henry was determined to finally get everything he wanted. He wasn’t just going to stand out in this assessment, he was going to absolutely dominate everyone else! After passing the assessment, he would work his way up into the Enforcers before finally becoming the Director of the SMD! He was determined to be the very best! Nothing else would be enough as far as he’s concerned!
’I’m going to overshadow that Jason no matter what!’
Henry’s eyes narrowed as he thought about Jason. There was no way he was going to allow that bastard to take the spotlight away from him. When Henry heard about Jason awakening as an A Rank, he had been stunned into silence! It made no sense at all for a superhuman to awaken at such a level. But there was no doubt that it was true! Henry immediately knew that the reporters and guild recruiters would flock toward Jason once they saw him, but Henry didn’t care. All Henry had to do was show that he had more potential than Jason. Jason might have awakened as an A Rank, but it didn’t matter if Jason’s growth was slow.
If Henry worked hard enough, he was sure he could surpass Jason eventually!
Vroom!