Chapter 8 Ism a Mad Scientist, Sunnavabich! (1/2)
Clint continued to talk to Alex as he answered all of Alex's question, especially the questions related to the Espers.
According to Clint, the power of the Espers were ranked based on the amount of their Range and their Mental Power.
Once an Esper's Range was around 1 meter in radius, they will be considered to be a Tier 1 Esper.
Subsequent increase of the Range by 1 meter will increase the number of tiers by 1.
That means that an Esper with a Range of 10 kilometers will be declared as a Tier 10 Esper.
Alex, at his current state, could be considered to be a Tier 10 Esper.
The only way for Espers to increase their Tiers was by increasing their Mental Power, as this is the only way to increase their Range.
However, Clint noted that once the Range of an Esper reaches 1 kilometer, their designation will change.
Instead of Tiers, Espers with at least a kilometer in their Range will be ranked with Stars.
An Esper with a Range of 1 kilometer will be called a 1 Star Esper, while an Esper with a Range of 10 kilometers will be called a 10 Star Esper, and so on and so forth.
According to Clint, the amount of Star Espers in the world could be counted by hand. That just shows the difficulty of becoming a Star Esper.
Tier Espers like Alex and the majority of the population will have to train arduously if they want to reach that level.
”Hey, is it possible for a Star Esper to be defeated by a Tier Esper?” Alex asked as he looked at Clint intently.
”It is possible. It happened a few times before already.” Clint said as he let out a deep breath.
”Eh really? I thought Star Espers will have their advantage because of their superior Range and power?” Alex tilted his head as he drank the bottle of water beside him.
”Range and power are only parts that can make an Esper powerful.” Clint said as he stood up from his seat.
”You must know that even the type of the Esper Ability is also important!”
”Oh, I see your point.” Alex said as he digested what Clint had told him. ”So you mean that some of the Tier Espers have very powerful Esper Abilities that allowed them to win against some Star Espers?”
”That's right.” Clint nodded as he gave Alex some examples.
”For example, there was a Tier Esper whose power is Cryokinesis(Manipulating cold). He fought against a Star Esper whose power is Hydrokinesis(Water manipulation). It is pretty obvious who won amongst the two, right?”
”It's definitely the Cryokinetic Tier Esper.” Alex said as he tapped his fingers against the table. ”Even if the Star Esper has far superior Range and power, his Hydrokinesiswas unfortunately weak against Cryokinesis.”
”That's exactly what happened.” Clint said as he rubbed his hands excitedly.
”Even if your mental power is weaker than your opponent, as long as you use your power ingeniously, you will still have a chance to win!”
”Ilike this kind of battles…” Alex thought to himself as he let out an excited smile.
When Alex came to this world earlier, he thought that he had to reachthe peak of his power if he wanted to survive here.
But it looks like Alex has to rely more on his wits!
Of course Alex will still have to increase his Mental Power, but he knew that his more important priority right now was to perfect his EM Manipulation.
”Oh, it seems like you are wanting to fight…” Clint mumbled to himself as he sized Alex up. ”Alex, I recommend that you research ways on how to use your Esper Ability. That is the best way for you to improve your abilities.”
”Agreed.”
But before Clint and Alex could talk more, the door of the lab suddenly opened, and in came a short-haired woman wearing a labcoat.
Her features were comparable to that of a person living at a cold place.
Pale, white skin, light blonde hair, blue eyes, and rosy lips. This woman was a definition of ice-cold beauty, and the indifferent look in her eyes just exemplified that look.
”Clint, it seems like you are having some fun talking with that guy.” The woman said as she slowly approached the terrified Clint. ”You told me that you will follow me to our house after a minute. But 30 minutes have already passed by!”
”Ah Natasha, just like what I told you earlier, this friend of mine had awakened his Esper Ability earlier.” Clint hurriedly said, as if he was afraid of his wife. ”I just got held up because I had to explain some things to him.”
”Oh?” Natasha raised her eyebrows towards her husband before she looked at Alex by herself.
Her bright blue eyes seemed to be boring right into Alex's mind as she just stared at him intently.
”So you got electrocuted huh. You're lucky that you are still alive.” Natasha said as she suddenly started roving her hands all over Alex's body.
”He-hey!” Alex started to panic as he gave Clint an apologetic look, but Clint did not look angry at all. It was as if what Natasha was doing was just the norm.
”Hmm… None of your muscles have atrophied because of the electric shock. And from the way you looked right now, you seem to have no internal injuries too.” Natasha mumbled to herself as she finished her 'inspection'.
”All in all, your Esper Awakening had zero side effects.” Natasha declared as she let go of Alex. ”Congratulations, you are the first one to awaken through electrocution without any negative side-effects.”
”….” This statement of Natasha made Alex realize that he successfully averted a possible tragic fate with the helmet.
”Can I know how the WEO awakens their Esper?” Alex asked as he looked at the helmet with twitching eyes. ”I reckon its way different from electrocution.”
”From what I know, their Espers will be awakened by exposing those Espers to some kind of signal that will light up the portions of their brain related to Esper power.” Natasha said as she idly played with the helmet on her hands.
”I am trying to mimic that phenomenon, but instead of using that signal, I am using electrical current.”