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I look at Amy with a nervous heart.

Perhaps sensing my gaze, she simply smiled and reached out to stroke my head.

After laughing for a while, she stopped laughing and got up from her seat.

“That’s it?”

“Yeah.”

Victor nodded to Amy’s question and began setting up the machine on the floor.

It looks like a large battery.

“What is that?”

“To check the limits of your abilities.”

It was a machine that seemed quite different from the tools used in the laboratory.

No, it didn’t really look like a machine made to check the limits of a person’s abilities in the first place.

No matter where you look at this, it looks like a battery.

“Isn’t this a battery?”

Victor seemed unwilling to answer my questions, and simply proceeded to quickly install the machine.

Several lines begin to stretch out and connect to other machines.

The battery connected to the computer placed on the small table begins to glow blue.

Shine hovers around, fiddling with the surface of the glowing blue battery, wondering what it was all about.

“Who should start?”

Victor holds out two small sticks.

The stick connected to the black wire was connected to a battery that emitted blue light.

“I’ll go first.”

I reached out and took the stick.

A faint vibration was felt on the stick.

“Hold on tight and don’t let go.”

I put strength into both hands as Victor instructed.

“Okay. Then try using your power with the stick.”

Victor’s instructions were not difficult.

I started to run current through the stick as he said.

A blue current begins to flow around the back of the hand.

Ppachik-

A small light burst out and all the current I had emitted was sucked into the rod.

“A little stronger.”

I continued to pump out current as he requested.

The abilities that were suppressed greatly are released at a rapid pace as I guide them.

Although the narrow entrance felt uncomfortable, my abilities never went out of control.

“That’s it?”

I nod.

You can’t pour out much ability through such a narrow gap.

The graph on the screen Victor was looking at was recording a constant number.

“Okay. Then let’s take a break.”

I disable the use of my powers as he says.

The graph on the screen goes down in an instant.

The blue electric field that had formed on the back of the hand soon dispersed.

“It’s too stable?”

Victor says, stroking his chin.

He puts on the glasses he had taken off and starts checking the graph.

“How much?”

“If you just polish it up a little, you’ll be good enough to play as an active player.”

Amy’s expression crumpled at Victor’s words.

She said, patting Victor’s head.

“I won’t let them do anything dangerous.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

The conversation between the two continues for a long time.

I put the stick down on the floor and shook my hands.

Maybe it’s because I used all my might on my ability, but my skin feels tingly.

Shine, who had been looking at the machine, seemed to have lost interest and sat down on a nearby chair and began to yawn.

“Shall we take it to another level?”

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

“Well, I don’t see any signs of instability like when I first used my ability.”

“That’s true, though.”

“Let’s just wait and see for now.”

Listening to the conversation between the two, it seems like they won’t be able to take off the bracelet today.

“Then it’s Shine’s turn.”

I go and sit down next to where Shine is sitting.

Everyone’s eyes are turned to Shine.

She looks around, then gets up from her seat and heads towards where I was standing.

“Did you see what Jeff did earlier? You can do the same thing.”

Shine picks up the stick she had placed on the floor.

“Victor. Amy. Jeff.”

Three names are called out from Shine’s mouth.

My vision is blurry.

A hazy fog that settles on the mind.

A small noise crossing over it.

The ringing in my ears grows louder.

When the radio’s frequency is not constant, the resulting noise fills the surroundings.

The sensation in your fingertips becomes blurred.

I raise my hand dumbly.

Blurry vision, the image of Shine beyond it is distorted.

“Jeff… .”

Shine’s voice is heard in my ear.

A distance that has become too close.

Her soft breath, scattered along with her voice, stimulates the back of my neck.

The body naturally shrinks.

“It’s okay.”

The voice that came out as a whisper relieved the tension in my body.

Blurry vision begins to spin.

It feels like walking through a dream.

But I couldn’t do anything.

Shine smiled faintly as she looked at me like that.

A smile behind a tired-looking face guides my movements.

“Jeff, let’s do the same thing as before.”

I nod blankly at her words.

A sleeping body reacts slowly.

Before I knew it, I had a stick in my hand.

I shift my gaze slowly to examine Victor and Amy’s expressions.

Both of them just stare blankly straight ahead.

“Shine… .”

I can barely move my numb tongue.

The dull sensation in my body is slowly returning.

Shine’s body, which was looking at me, staggered.

“Jeff-”

The noise is heard again.

Two noises overlap over my hazy mind.

I open my mouth in a daze.

All sensation in the body disappears.

All the faint memories have subsided and I can’t recall anything.

“Start.”

I move as she wants.

The blue current flowing slowly flows into the rod.

Dismissal-

Dismissal-

A small noise is heard several times.

Black smoke rises from the stick he holds in his hand.

The computer’s graph begins to show abnormally high numbers.

“Stop it!”

I stumble and fall to the floor.

Consciousness was slowly returning.

My blurry vision returns and I blink as if waking up from a dream.

“Shine?”

Shine held a stick in both hands.

Black smoke disperses.

The smell of coal dispersing into the air stimulates the sense of smell.

Shine’s expression looks strained, and she speaks to Amy and Victor with a distorted face.

“I’m done.”

All the noise disappears in an instant.

I stand up from my seat without even knowing English.

I was clearly sitting on a chair, but at what point did I start sitting on the floor?

After a moment of confusion, Victor and Amy slowly blinked.

Their blurred gaze gradually becomes clearer.

“Huh? You’re done? Already?”

Victor rubs his eyes and checks the graph on his computer.

“Yeah. Is this normal? Most kids this age are like this.”

He nods and talks while looking at the jagged graph.

The range of heights was extremely wide.

“Now would be perfect. I don’t know about Jeff, but Shine is so anxious.”

Amy also nods at Victor’s words.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah, it’s finished.”

“Can we play ball now?”

“Of course.”

As soon as Amy gives permission, Shine puts the sticks down in both hands.

The stick rolling on the floor left black soot marks.

“Let’s go Jeff.”

Shine approached me and held out her hand.

I absentmindedly hold her hand.

My hands are numb and I can’t move them properly.

Shine said, stroking my trembling hand.

“Sorry Jeff.”

“Huh?”

An apple whose name I don’t understand.

I stood up and asked Shine.

“Why? What are you sorry about?”

“No.”

Shine shook her head weakly.

I looked at her, who seemed to have no energy for some reason, and followed her lead to a corner of the gym.

She picks up the ball that fell on the floor.

A look of anticipation and faint excitement on his face.

Sparkling eyes turn towards me.

“Shine you look tired.”

“It’s okay.”

Despite my worried words, Shine shakes her head and says she’s okay.

I look at Amy and Victor.

The conversation between the two didn’t seem like it would end quickly.

There was also a soft mat nearby, so it seemed like a good idea for Shine to lie down on it and rest if she said she was tired.

Shine and I’s ball game begins.

The bouncing movement of the ball naturally captures the gaze.

Shine’s tired-looking face begins to show signs of life.

He catches the bouncing ball and laughs.

The pain in my numb skin had long since disappeared.

I throw the ball to Shine again.

The ball flies with all its might, falls to the ground, and bounces again.

As she began to feel out of breath, Shine sat down on the floor.

Startled, I threw down the ball in my hand and ran to her.

Shine was sitting on the floor, gasping for breath, holding her head.

“Shine. What’s wrong? Does your head hurt?”

“No. It’s okay. I’m just a little tired.”

Let’s reach out to Shine with a worried look.

Her arms moved gently, climbing up mine.

The arm is instantly grabbed with a snake-like movement.

As I blinked at the strange movement, my body slowly began to tilt.

The arms that are held tightly don’t think about letting go.

I slump down next to her.

“Just stay like this for a moment.”

Shine said that as she dug into my arms.

Shine’s silver hair is distracting.

A fragrant and sweet body scent wafts through the air.

Shine closed her eyes gently.

After a moment of slight confusion, I lifted the hand opposite the one Shine was holding and stroked her head.

Her slightly distorted expression relaxes into a pleasant one.

“Add more.”

Shine dug deeper into my embrace, feeling good under my touch.

My body begins to tilt slightly with her movements.

A body that fell over with a thud.

Shine and I collapse on the gym floor.

“Shine?”

Wouldn’t a soft mat be better than a hard floor?

Thinking that way, I called out to Shine, but she didn’t answer.

Right now, this moment seemed better, and she kept her eyes closed, refusing to let go of my arm.

“You should go back and sleep.”

Amy approached him, as if her conversation with Victor was over.

“I’m not sleeping, Amy.”

I spoke, waving my hand so that Shine wouldn’t catch me.

I couldn’t move because Shine was sleeping, breathing hard.

Amy came up to me, looked down at the sleeping Shine, then reached out and picked Shine up in her arms.

The warmth that had been wrapped in my arms disappears.

With that subtle sense of loss, Shine touched the arm that was holding her.

“Let’s go Jeff.”

Amy held Shine in one hand and extended her other hand to me.

I grab her hand and get up.

“Shine must be tired.”

Shine didn’t seem to have any intention of getting up.

She didn’t get up until they reached the room, still in Amy’s arms.

Amy arrived at the room and laid Shine down on the bed.

The silver hair spreads out in all directions and sparkles with a splendid light.