Victor got up from bed, looked beside him, and there was his sleeping beauty, "Elizabeth wake up, we're running late." After that, he got up to prepare breakfast.

Elizabeth got up and started helping him, packing their bags as they were moving out of the city to another place, close to the university and far enough from the hustle and bustle.

After breakfast and having everything ready, they got into the car and drove to the place where they would be staying for the next two years, as they had just turned 18 and graduated, with less than a month's difference in their birthdays.

Victor behind the wheel asked, "Elizabeth, are we almost there? Do you want something?"

"Yes, I was starving, I thought you wouldn't ask. Who would've thought several hours on the road would be so exhausting?"

"Yes, luckily we were able to buy this used car at a cheap price, or else we would have to come by plane,"

" Victor admired the Toyota Corolla he bought. "Haha, it was a steal, although I think there were problems when they sold it to me at that price and how we bought it. Well, who would've thought we'd win the lottery, those $200,000 came in handy, I knew I wasn't wasting my time playing the lottery.'

Victor continued driving, making occasional stops at convenience stores to buy food.

Late at night, they arrived at the place, having been accepted into Columbia University along with the scholarship that turned out to be unnecessary in the end, as they won that small sum in the lottery. They rented a house in the neighborhood nearby, a bit expensive but enough to live there for 2 years in preparation for what's to come.

"Phew, we finally made it."

"Yes, finally," exclaimed Elizabeth, quite exhausted from the journey. They took their suitcases out of the trunk, entered the house which was only 3 km from the university and away from enough people, and settled in.

Victor started cooking, "Elizabeth, what do you want to eat?" he asked.

"Let's make a stew, it's been a while since we had it,"Elizabeth replied, going behind him and wrapping her arms around him, smelling his hair and the scent of the perfume she had given him, thinking, 'What a good life this is. Mom, dad, I hope you're watching from beyond, your daughter is in good hands.'

"Okay, whatever you want," Victor said.

Elizabeth went to set the table, quite satisfied with the house they rented, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, kitchen, garage, and a basement.

They ate the stew, cleaned the table, and then went to the couch to watch television. Elizabeth was in Victor's arms on the couch, and after a while, she asked,"Victor, what do you think will happen when the countdown ends?"

"I don't know, but I've made some guesses. Wait, I'll bring something,"

Victor got up and fetched a coin. "Haha, let's play something. I'll flip the coin. If it's tails, I'll talk, if it's heads, you talk, and each of us says our own idea of what will happen."

"Yes, haha, you always find a way to make things fun. I'll start. A zombie apocalypse," Elizabeth replied, quite satisfied with the answer.

"Yes, I also thought of that. I think it will be some kind of awakening, have you seen it? There's an energy statistic in my state that indicates that perhaps it's the awakening of that energy since right now it shows 0 points."

"Hmm, yes, well, it could also be both? How about dungeons, aliens, it could be anything."

"Yes, haha, but what I'm sure of is that there will be the awakening of this energy since I have it present in my state. Maybe there will also be an awakening of abilities like the ones I have, because you know what I say, 'Never think you're special or the only one, if there's a precedent for it, there will be more."

"Yes, yes, yes, you're starting again, haha. I already know, we shouldn't be too confident. Anyway, all we can do is wait. It's lucky that it's late September, classes start in August."

"Yes, let's go to bed, we need to sleep," Victor replied, climbing into bed, they lay down and slept. Days passed and university classes began.

And so the classes began, Victor went to campus and to the class with Elizabeth on his back, they chose architecture, simply because he had already studied this career in his previous life, and encouraged Elizabeth to choose it too.

And the days passed with them going to university and then to the house, training since they hadn't abandoned training, and so they continued until Victor's birthday came, November 11th, and Elizabeth's on December 2nd.

"Happy birthday to you" said Elizabeth bringing a cake and placing it on the table. Victor leaned in and blew out the candles "thanks, love, I can't believe I'm already 19, time flies, doesn't it? And you'll be too in a few days."

"Yes, time waits for no one."

After that, they continued with their lives, days passed, seasons changed, and the time came, with a month left for the countdown to end.

"This damn countdown is stressing me out," Victor said angrily. "I know, love, but what can we do? Speaking of which, have you finished what you started in the basement?"

"No, the materials are already at hand, it's just that I'm doing it alone and it takes a bit, haha," Elizabeth was talking about the secret chamber that I'm building in the basement in preparation for what's to come. I'm making it 10x10m, along with a thick wooden door and 20cm thick concrete.

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"Of course, love, at least the walls are already there, we've already stored provisions there and we have enough for a week or more, and assuming that the abilities you have are as the name implies, we won't have to worry about food and other things."

"Well, I hope so too, since the descriptions are ambiguous. What if I can only replicate something a limited number of times or they come out damaged, I still don't know anything."

"Well, don't worry, let's leave that for when your abilities are activated."

"Yes," replied Victor and went back to finish the final touches on the secret chamber.

×~×

Days passed and 20 days before November 11, 2025, on October 23rd, something transcendent happened that changed life on Earth as it was known. The first thing that happened was a slight tremor all over the planet, and then boom the impossible happened, the Earth began to expand in diameter, along with the existing continents that grew massively, all the scientists in the world went crazy because everything happened without complications, there were no earthquakes, the tectonic plates didn't move, it was as if a mysterious power was holding everything, in the end the governments estimated that the Earth expanded to 30,000 km in diameter with the help of satellites.

And that wasn't the most surprising thing, they couldn't explain a new continent apparently out of nowhere, a supercontinent similar to Pangea and along with it happened what would mark a beginning and an end of an era "The Awakening", all humans on the planet woke up an ability and after that there was.

Chaos

Victor and Elizabeth were in front of the television watching the news. Of course!

[News theme playing in the background]

Presenter: Good evening! Welcome to our news channel. Today we bring a shocking report that is shaking the whole world. It seems that planet Earth has experienced a phenomenon never seen before. According to reports from scientists around the world, the planet has increased in size and even a new continent has appeared, a supercontinent at that, in the Pacific Ocean or well what was known as such.

[Images of scientists and measurement graphics appear on the screen]

Field reporter: We are here at the research center where scientists are trying to understand this extraordinary phenomenon. According to experts, this sudden growth has brought about drastic changes in nature and in humans.

Presenter: and that's not all, humanity has awakened abilities, according to surveys all humans, or well those who have the use of reason, have seen a floating screen in front of them with a roulette wheel, everyone who has spun it has obtained supernatural abilities, I even have one and can confirm that truth also comes with a time limit of 2 days to spin it and we still don't know exactly what happens if they don't spin it.

[Images of people performing supernatural acts in different parts of the world]

Presenter: This event could be a turning point in human history. We are facing the possibility of a new chapter in human evolution, where our capabilities expand beyond what we imagined.

[Images of people being interviewed about their new abilities]

Presenter: World leaders are calling emergency meetings to discuss how to handle this unprecedented situation. Meanwhile, ordinary people are facing the daunting task of adapting to these new powers and understanding their impact on society.

[Images of streets filled with people surprised and confused]

Presenter: We will continue to report on this amazing development as more details unfold. Stay tuned for the latest updates on this event that is changing the course of history.

[Closing image of the news channel]

Victor turned off the television and looked at Elizabeth "do you also have the roulette?"

"Yes, I also have it, but it doesn't make sense, everything we thought would happen when the countdown ends happened before? Or is there something else coming?"

"I don't know, but time is still running, well let's go back to what I asked you"

Elizabeth looked at Victor and then at what she had in front of her, a translucent blue screen similar to the one Victor has, only this one has a roulette with intricate details with 9 sections each with a letter that are: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F. With a "Spin" below she commented to Victor about everything "and that's what I see, do you also have the roulette?"

", No, I don't have it, I suppose because I already have abilities maybe?"

"Could be, did you try if you can use your abilities already?

"No, but first spin the roulette, from what I saw browsing the internet it can be any ability and what the letters are range of abilities, with this there will be pure inequality, and dangerous people."

"We can't do anything about that" after saying that Elizabeth spun the roulette, she saw as the letters passed until it touched the letter A.

"Congratulations you obtained an A rank ability:

Water control:

Able to control water. Control limit: 10 tons."

Elizabeth looked surprised at what she read although she didn't know if the A rank was good or bad and Victor's abilities had the rank No rank so it doesn't have much to know if it's good or not "I obtained an ability related to water with A rank I can control 10 Tons of water which is quite considerable and I also have a status" saying that she mentally said 'Status'.

『Status:

Name: Elizabeth Sinclair

Race: Human

Age: 19

Level: 0

Exp: 0/10

Strength: 8

Constitution: 10

Agility: 9

Energy: 100/100

Unique abilities:

▪︎Water control: Level: 1

Non-exclusive abilities: None』

That's what Elizabeth saw and she also got a kind of feeling that was always there or not, she looked at the glass of water in the distance she extended her hand and wanted the water in the container to move.

Victor looked as the water came out of the glass and floated over Elizabeth's palm, she started giving it shapes, a rabbit, deer as if she had always had it and not just awakened the ability just now "how do you do it, didn't you just get the ability?"

"I don't know, it's like I was born with it, I feel it like an extension of me, like it's my finger or foot, I just want it to move and it moves as I want."

"Yes, if that's the case then assuming everyone has this kind of mastery at the beginning or comes as an advantage from the ability rank?"

"Maybe, we don't have much data, if everyone is like that we are in trouble."

"Yes, what they overlooked on television was the chaos that is happening" Victor said showing the laptop along with other news showing videos of prisons being destroyed and buildings collapsed.

"It will be a damn chaos, the thing that gave abilities doesn't distinguish moral, did you notice any change in your status too?"

Listening to Elizabeth he checked his status, and it's the same as Elizabeth's "my abilities also have levels the only additional thing I have is the title and assuming you don't suspect you already know that I'm someone who reincarnated"

"Well I knew it since you showed me your status, besides you were too mature for your age and behaved like an old man haha, but none of that matters I love you anyway"

"Afterwards I'll tell you what it was in my previous life now I'll try my abilities and see their descriptions"

"Yes, from what I read your abilities are too broken"

"Well, I also hope to be sure of that, when they gave me to choose, I chose those 3 for my kleptomaniac desires haha and also tried to choose other abilities that time but something attracted me to those 3, whatever the being or thing that chose me I don't think it was out of kindness or some triviality, as they say there's no free lunch."

"Let's hope that being doesn't want tragedy for us"

"I won't let anyone do anything to you and I also hope that"

"being tough again"

"Pfff, well let's try my abilities"