Chapter 1

One evening, you finished work and you decided to go hunting to improve your hunting abilities.You was very happy because you could get two rabbits.It was mesmerizing, with its pulsating life pulling you toward it with an irresistible force. As you touched the stone you felt your entire body burning, with the energy of the stone rushing into you.

You screamed out, experiencing a pain more intense than any other you had felt before. This probably only lasted a few seconds, though you felt that the moment went on forever, as you jumped around in the air, trying to cool down [air-based powers].

Gradually the pain subsided, and you soon realized that your life had changed forever.

Your newly gained powers changed you, and have completely set you aside from other normal human beings. At the time you were unaware that the same fate had fallen onto many other people around the planet.

Up to that moment you had been a relatively average person, although it is true that your friends always commented that you were very strong

Aside from that, your parents also noted how when you were a kid you were agile.

However, you also had your weak points, and people have mentioned how you are a bit stupid.

Your newly gained powers changed you, and have completely set you aside from other normal human beings. At the time you were unaware that the same fate had fallen onto many other people around the planet.

A few weeks after you touched the stone the first reports about enhanced humans started arriving from Japan and Korea, and it was the Japanese who first proposed a classification of the different power levels that had been conferred to people by touching the stones. Essentially, it seems that there is some correlation between the size of the stone and the degree of enhancements that are made to human DNA.

The Japanese thus described a yon-kyu (fourth level) as somebody with powers barely greater than those of a typical human. Whoever is attempting to rob the supermarket probably falls into this category, as you guess that otherwise he would have tried to rob a bank.

A san-kyu (third level) is far more powerful, with powers that can easily defeat a handful of normal humans, even if armed. The prospect that the supermarket robber could be a san-kyu fills you with dread, as it would make it a pretty close fight, though you reckon you should still prevail.

Your own powers are probably equivalent to those of a i-kyu, though you have never really had the chance to fully test them.At the very top of the categories, the i-kyu (first level) and ni-kyu (second level) enhanced humans can really pack quite a punch,a fight between a superhero known as Shiroi Yuki and the evil Karasu-Tengu left a large area of central Tokyo in ruins.

Ultimately, Shiroi Yuki managed to prevail, and she has since consolidated herself as the protector of Japan. Considered to be the strongest superhero, her name derives from the snow that falls whenever she uses her powers, blanketing the land white. She appears to have complete control over ice, though she is also super-strong and can fly. Her beautiful crystalline-armored figure has long since become the most recognizable amongst heroes.

It would be interesting to find out if your powers are actually as strong as hers, given that you are both classified as i-kyu.

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