The third day of the exam. The place was a conference room in a hotel.

　Right now, the examiners for the rookie exams were gathered around the table, all sighing in distress as they looked at the materials and screen.

''It's still this boy that's the problem.......''

　Right now, it was the afternoon of the last day, and the examiners were all present.
　The rookie exams had already completed the entire process and were being finalized for rank certification.
　In truth, it wasn't that difficult a task. Since grading is done for each subject, the certification ranks have already been decided for 90% of the candidates.
　It's a good idea to find out which rank the examinee who is in between the ranks should settle into.
　But that too is finished, leaving one person........

''Du Du Yuto. Looking at today's morning's 'Judgment and Intuition' test.......Ela's ability to adapt to environmental changes due to her illusions and her judgment is astounding. But intuition, which relies on spiritual and magical power, is totally useless. I've never seen such an examinee... no, I've never had an ability before.

There's no doubt that the results of this exam are an historic year for new recruits, though.



　It is said that gifted people have a keener intuition than ordinary people.
　It is believed that this is because their perception of the world through spiritual and magical powers is broader than that of ordinary people.
　It is also known as the so-called sixth sense. Ordinary people are said to have used the five senses of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch since ancient times, in other words, to judge the situation.
　Nowadays, academics say that people have more than five senses, but institutions cite the ancient ones.　

　Since people with abilities have a strong sense of this sixth sense, this test is also a test that also aims to measure that sixth sense.
　For example, if an able-bodied person has two boxes and performs a simple experiment, such as asking which box contains the ball, he or she will get more than 90% of the answers correct. Other famous examples of the sixth sense include insect tidings, etc.
　This is the reason why this sixth sense is very useful for people with abilities to deal with other human beings and paranormal phenomena.
　Because, from the point of view of ordinary people, all the jobs that gifted people receive are unforeseen circumstances. It is often difficult to judge by what you can see.
　However, the grading method for this 'Judgment and intuition' test was to see if you make the best decision in the end, so even if this intuition was bad, if your judgment was good, you would get a high score as a score.

　In Yuto's case, if this sixth sense was measured, the result would be that he was no different from the average person with ability, which was well below the average of the average person. However, when it was actually measured as a test of judgment, it showed an astonishingly high percentage of correct answers.
　Could it be a coincidence?　And the test was redone, which was unusual only for Yuto.

'Why is it just me?　It's not fair!　What's the score on that one?　It worked!

　Yuto was reluctant to do so, but the examiner thought that he was right inwardly, but instructed him to redo the test.
　Once again, Ela activates Illusion and creates a labyrinth in which many traps are placed.
　The test is to escape from it as quickly as possible, but even in that redone test, Yuto got the best results possible.
　He could easily see through the traps and find an escape route without being caught by the decoys.
　Its clearing time was also far faster than the other candidates.
　The examiners were silent for a while.

''Ah, just to confirm......... The result of Dou Du Yuto's exam, the written test was a failing grade of 32 points, but the content needs to be examined. His physical skills were ranked A without question, and there is a possibility of higher than that. Basic Spiritual Power is an A if judged as it is, but since there is a possibility that he can't use it, it's out of the question. Her ability is ranked A based on the results of her mock battles, but I'm not sure if this is due to her ability or not. Judgment and intuition are A-ranked based on the results.

''However, even though I had good luck in the mock battle, I still defeated one B-class demonic beast by myself. Even if your intuition due to spiritual power is karaoke, it's the idea that it's a judgmental factor specific to an ability when making a final decision.... As a result, if your judgment is excellent, it shouldn't be a big problem if you have poor intuition due to spiritual power.......

　They all look down and up, feeling like they have a headache.

　The examiners who are here today are very busy.
　After this conference, most of them will not participate in the celebration party, but will return to their home countries. This time, many of them forced themselves into the schedule for this rookie exam.
　That's why they didn't expect it to take so much time in the final stages, and everyone is getting a little frustrated because they have another job to do.
　Then Dora and Ela, whose hair color is different from white and black, but they have the same face, start to speak out at the same time.

'Oh!　I don't know what's going on here!　I've never seen this guy before!

Isn't that enough?　Off the rank. Let's just settle for the place where he was just a physical arts idiot.

　All the examiners look at the organizer.
　Nissae, who had been quietly watching the discussion until now, decided that she'd run out of opinions and opened her mouth.

''Ela and Dora, it can't be that way, can it? It's true that based on the results of the exam, it's hard to say that this boy's rank recognition will be easy.... However, he does produce results. Think about it the other way around. For whatever reason, he has the ability to deal with a B-ranked class demonic beast. If he was moved as an ability outside of WIO certification........

"'Uh!　That certainly complicates things.

'He's young and has plenty of growth ahead of him. If that's the case, it's better to have some control from the agency. Besides.........

And?

'This is.........in my opinion. It's possible that we couldn't measure him with the content of this test....... Well, there's no problem with his humanity, and I'll use my organizing authority to reach a conclusion here. Is that alright?

　They all nodded. They all didn't have a solid answer to begin with. Besides, there was certainly a feeling of regret to leave that boy out of the ranks.

　Kenshou, who had been silent the whole time, gave a small smile as he looked at Nisasae.

''Natural ability........?''

　Once the meeting was over and the newcomer's exam, which was now only a rank announcement, Hisae felt a bit relieved, she headed to her room at the hotel. Beside her, the Swordsman Alfred Arkwright was also there.

''Hisae. Then I'll leave you here. Thank you for having me here, I enjoyed it very much.''

'How dare you. You didn't like it at first.... And if you don't do your job properly, you're going to be abandoned by the agency for good. They even told me he was missing.

　Kensei smiles bitterly. In response, Hisae looks at Ken Sei with a serious face.

''Al do you know anything about that girl?　Your obsession with that girl from the beginning was not normal.

　Kensei's expression is silent and unchanged. Ken Sage looks at his former lover, and Hisae looks back into his eyes as well.

''Sendo........''

What?

The boy could be a wielder of the Sacred Way.

No way!

'No, I don't know. There is a lot of unnaturalness for a Taoist. In fact, he also has spiritual powers. I've never heard of such a Daoist, and there's a good chance I'm wrong. In the first place, those of the Immortal Daoists aren't involved or interested in the institution at all.

''Oh no.... But.........then no wonder you can't measure it with a test like this.

'Nisae. I want you to keep a close eye on him. There's a good chance you're wrong. It's too different from what I'm hearing. It's no wonder that he's a natural gifted person in that sense. But if he's a Daoist he's a valuable sample. He's very important for us to know about the mysterious Daoist, even though he has the same ability.

"All right, fine. It's just ... it doesn't make the boy any different. It's still indeterminate, and most importantly, he was faithful to his rookie test. You can't treat a kid like that as a sample.

'Yes. That's it.

　With a wide smile, Ken Sei nodded. A staff member of the ability agency comes from behind the two of them at a short run to report to him.

''Kensei. Your car is ready to take you to the airport.

Okay, okay. I'll be right there.

　Kensei followed the staff without saying anything more.
　For a moment, Hisae tried to raise her voice, but she couldn't speak to him....

　Then, Hisae looked at Kensei's back and rubbed her own abdomen with her hand as if it were important.