"Today is your final test," Makoto says after our long hours of training. He takes me in his arms and snaps his fingers to transport us to an open desert where we have been training for weeks. "Let's see, can you use lightning rush .01 percent for 10 seconds?" I twitch my fingers quickly and tiny amounts of lightning rush through my body. "Now, run to those flags 100 yards and back down the desert. In 10 seconds." "Go." Ahh, I hate running through the sand it makes me slow down SOO much. I reach the flag and sprint back, quicker this time. I'm low on time. "9.8 seconds," he says, "not bad, your test has concluded, that is all I need to know. Let's go to dinner, you're ready for the plan. "What plan, I say," " I dont know" "WHAT PLAN" "can't tell you" "WHY" " we aren't at dinner yet. He warps us back to where we've been staying undercover. Still, nobody knows that Makoto is alive or that I have his powers. "Your master plan is being discussed at a McDonald's," I exclaim. "Oh shut up," Makoto responds. We sit down with Makoto's black hood up, and I order 60 nuggets; he orders nothing. "Oh, I am so hungry," I said as the food came in, I already eaten 15 when Makoto said, "You're ready," he said. "For me to tell you everything I know about this world, I have been hiding everything from you to keep you safe until you could get .01%."Unleash," Makoto says, and then a vein pops up on my forearm in black ink in a small manner, the vein now reads number 9,999. "That is your vein number; it can be hidden with various techniques like the one I have been using on you. It's a measure of how dangerous you are to the system, with 1 being the lowest. "What's the system?" I say. "The world government. They don't give us these ranks, and not even they know who does." "Another thing we dont know about is that the lower your rank, for example, 200 and below, get awarded. With money, perks, and multiple amenities to enjoy, which provoked one of the 4 world powers, the emperor hunters. "What are the world powers?" I say."The 4 organizations capable of destroying the world if they want to. 1st, the emperor hunters, not entirely true to name, but they live their lives trying to get the lowest rank possible to get rich and famous. The absolute strongest are in the apex fleet, which consists of the most dangerous emperor hunters. The 2nd world power is the hero organization, which consists of ranks 10-1 and then hero pillars, which are the pinnacle of their power. The 3rd world power is the 4 empires, ruled by kings in each kingdom and an emperor in each capital. The 4th and strongest world power is the world government; they win in raw numbers. Now I dont want to overwhelm you with information for now, so that is all I will tell you." "But Makoto, what's your vein number?" He looks at me as if he's almost embarrassed, furrowing his eyes. He lifts his sleeves and reveals the number 2 on his vein. "To answer your question from earlier, I lost to number 1 on the day I died and came back to life." "But I thought you were the strongest." "I am, he has allies I dont, therefore beating me in that fight when I fought alone. I don't know If I believe his confidence, the ranking system sounds like its based on individual threat. "And the person I lost to was the government head, vein 1. He told me of his plans for the future before he intended to kill me, but I stayed alive, and as long as he doesn't know that, we are multiple steps ahead of him."
The next day
"Who are you 4 people. Oh, Makoto, it's you. "These will be the 4 members on your team, you 5 will be infiltrating the government from the inside. Our objective will be to get Kano as high a rank as possible so he has access to the government's secret plan. It is also important that you keep your lightning hidden, Kano. You all will take the exam tomorrow.