I was invisible.
Not literally—but in a way that mattered.
At Kuroshi Academy, power decided everything. If you couldn't manifest an Ability, you were nothing more than background noise.
And me?
I was sixteen… and powerless.
Or so everyone thought.
That morning, rain fell without clouds. Students whispered. Teachers looked nervous. I stood alone on the rooftop, hands in my pockets, staring at the sky.
Then—
The sky cracked.
A voice echoed inside my head.
"Candidate confirmed."
Pain exploded through my body. I collapsed, gasping for air. Blue lightning wrapped around my arms like chains.
I screamed.
And the sky answered.