Chapter 329: Innate Technique [Demolition]

Because she had been hung out to dry since childhood, combined with the side effects of taking medication for a long time, something had gone wrong with Xiyuji’s brain. It automatically filtered out people with terrible grades and no value, making the world she saw completely different from the one normal people saw.

But at this very moment, her artificial eye suddenly recognized that white-haired girl. It was as if someone had appeared out of thin air, like a strip of greenery by the roadside suddenly turning into a person and jumping out at her. Of course she couldn’t help being startled.

Xiyuji couldn’t help falling into thought.

She couldn’t remember even the slightest thing about this girl. Just how bad were her grades normally? Her condition had improved recently, after all. She even had a bit of an impression of the 0.3 magical-girl-candidate candidate…

The girl furrowed her brow and looked at the level-ten weapon in her hands.

She wasn’t incapable of using level ten, but she could only do so when going all-out and using her trump card, or very carefully during practice. Under normal circumstances, she could still only use level nine.

Someone her age who could wield a level-ten weapon so skillfully was an exceptional anomaly in some respect. No matter how low her magic power was, Xiyuji’s brain should have remembered her.

“Oh, I get it.”

Watching Vivi walk away from the crowd with her head held high and tail perked up, limping slightly, a look of realization flashed in Xiyuji’s eyes. Then a trace of helplessness crossed her face.

“If only my moms had tried harder and gotten me into Third Middle School. This Fourth Middle School’s scoring system really does have some serious problems.”

Standing at the edge of the field, Tian Zhiya also stared wide-eyed in surprise.

This pauper had a talent like that? How had she never noticed before?

She’d improved so much. Could it be that she’d rather secretly buy medicine from outside than come to her for it?

Where was the trust between people?

As her teacher, would she really do anything to hurt her?

She then fell into thought.

Still, this could indeed let her…

…………

Ten minutes later, in the school infirmary.

In the silver-colored room, the white-haired girl sat on a pristine treatment bed. She took off the pants of her red-and-black skintight combat suit and draped them casually over the chair beside her, left wearing only a pair of slightly faded black underwear.

Her long, slender, fair legs, their lines well-proportioned, were displayed without reserve.

Years of constant travel and exercise had left not an ounce of excess flesh on her legs. They radiated a healthy beauty, wild and full of vitality. But at the moment, her right foot was slightly swollen and even a little scraped.

It was from that kick earlier.

Her magic power, which had suddenly displayed a special property, was extremely volatile. Its power had exceeded expectations. It had been able to overpower Renee’s level-six magic power head-on despite being only level four, so it was only natural that she’d been hurt too.

Before long, the school doctor, a rather bulky tracked robot, glided over. A nozzle extended from the end of its mechanical arm, and it began spreading a pale green, gel-like ointment on Vivi’s injury.

Pfft—

The ointment stung a little when it first went on, but soon turned cool as it seeped into her skin, easing the aching soreness and sharp pain in her muscles.

Of course, this free medical service wasn’t going to provide anything fancy enough to heal her instantly, but at least she got to enjoy a little of the school’s benefits.

It would probably heal by this afternoon.

As Vivi let the robot school doctor tend to her injured leg, she looked at the pink-haired girl sitting beside her and tried to speak.

But the other girl’s gentle voice came before she could ask anything.

“Your Innate Technique has awakened.”

“…Mm. I could feel it.”

Vivi looked at her hands, her tail drooping onto the bed. “It seems to have something to do with explosions.”

Lin Guang glanced at the [Demolition (E+)] that had been shared with her through Vivi’s contract and nodded.

An Innate Technique could essentially be understood as a supernatural ability inscribed in some people’s blood and souls.

Simply put, it was a talent.

Some people didn’t need to study or have anything implanted from outside. They only needed to awaken their own spell.

Actually, when Vivi had undergone her entrance examination, she’d already been told that she might awaken an Innate Technique. Her magic power had also shown a similar property before, enhancing the power of explosives. So her awakening today was only to be expected.

“But… it doesn’t make sense at all.”

Vivi spoke softly. “My magic power is too volatile, so I’ve always been terrible at controlling it. I can’t even use weapons at my own level properly.”

“Teresa, my magic power was so obedient just now… Did you secretly help me?”

After thinking it over, the white-haired girl seemed a little apprehensive.

Winning made her really happy, and the feeling of being able to handle everything with ease during the battle had been intoxicating.

But… if she hadn’t actually done all that herself, then it didn’t seem worth celebrating after all. That was different from the money she’d earned last night. That had really gone into her own pocket.

But if it wasn’t really her who’d gotten stronger, and Teresa had been the one to act, then she still wouldn’t have gotten any closer to being a true magical girl.

The pink-haired girl beside her replied languidly, “It was connected to me.”

Vivi pressed her lips together.

“But I didn’t do anything.”

“Huh?!”

The white-haired girl looked up in surprise at the other girl.

Lin Guang tilted her head. “The resonance of a contract lets both parties share some of each other’s abilities, so you shared some of my talent too.”

“You did that yourself just now.”

Vivi froze.

Then she blinked, and a smile appeared on her face before she could hold it back.

That meant she really had beaten that bitch Renee just now on her own?!

But the next moment, she suddenly realized something and sucked in a sharp breath.

Could just a portion of someone’s talent provide such an absurd boost? With magic power that had only just reached E rank, she could easily use a level-ten weapon?!

“Teresa, how strong were you before? A D-rank superhuman?”

Vivi swallowed.

D rank, even D-, was already an incredibly powerful position in the eyes of Neon City’s underclass. Most E-rank superhumans never managed to break through that barrier in their entire lives. In the outskirts, someone at that level could be the leader of a small gang, control one or two blocks, and fear neither dangerous-species-class demon beasts nor the prospect of hunting them in the wilderness for a reward.

Even within the Company, D rank was enough to be a team leader, with a generous annual salary.

Wasn’t the reason that E+-rank woman from the Cat Claw Gang could swagger around guarding the landfill and collecting admission fees that she had a D-rank boss backing her?

Teresa had really been someone that powerful?!

But thinking about it carefully, the abilities she’d displayed before really were at that level!

And then…

Vivi saw an unusually subtle expression appear on the other girl’s angelic face.

“I don’t remember, but I should have been a little stronger than that.”

“…!!”

The white-haired girl’s orange-yellow eyes shone brightly. “You weren’t at the peak of D+ rank, were you?!”