"How can it be possible that there isn't a single picture of her, especially considering how extraordinary she looks?"
Arlay asked skeptically. He did not believe that with facial recognition technology that existed today, some trace of this girl had not been captured on some surveillance camera.
"Perhaps the problem is that she is not from this continent. Try to search for any trace of her in the database of the other headquarters on the other continents."
Daphie immediately obeyed Arlay's orders.
But even after searching the databases of every Star Master association headquarters on Earth, it couldn't find anything about Lanaery.
As if she had appeared out of nowhere.
Arlay, knowing this, remained silent, trying to find an answer to what was happening.
"...The only option I have is to wait and ask her myself."
Without being able to do anything else. Arlay looks back at the holographic screen where Lanaery was dodging these black birds.
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Woosh! Woosh! Woosh!
Ten minutes had already passed since the speed test began.
At this point, Lanaery was already starting to have a hard time dodging anymore. Even so, she continued to dodge each bird, always bordering on the limit.
From a third-person view, Lanaery could be seen moving so fast that she had become just a blur of how fast she was moving.
The same could be said of black birds. Its flight movements were so fast that literally only black spots were visible around Lanaery.
"Maximum speed reached. Congratulations, your score is one thousand points. The test is over."
Lanaery finally stopped moving when she saw that all the black birds had disappeared. Surprisingly, her appearance was still just as beautiful as if she hadn't been moving at an unprecedented speed for a whole ten minutes!
Her long black hair did not have a drop of sweat and much less her beautiful face.
She looked at the holographic screen that appeared in front of her curiously. In the place where her score was. There was a text saying she had broken all previous records.
The highest record was someone named 'Rida' with a score of four hundred points. Which means this person was dodging for four minutes.
Since Lanaery lasted the full ten minutes, she had a perfect score.
"It was not that bad."
Lanaery paid a sincere compliment to this speed test.
According to what she believed.
Since the test was ten minutes long, that meant a lot of people must have completed this test. Lanaery was convinced that ten minutes was the best time someone who was not yet a Star Master could have.
Unfortunately, Lanaery couldn't have been more wrong.
In reality, every minute a person endured in this trial meant that their Star Master level matched the length of time they lasted.
If a person lasted a minute, it meant that he had what it took to become a Star Master.
So if a Star Master lasted two minutes; he had the speed and reactions to go to level two.
All this continued until reaching level ten...
This could only mean that even if Lanaery had lost all of her divine power and progress as a saintess. Her body was still among the best of her entire race!
Although there were also human geniuses like the person with the name of Rida. Even without being a Star Master, its speed score was at the level of a level four Star Master!
With all the tests finished. Lanaery walked out of room 'L'.
She walked directly to the place where the holographic woman instructed her to go as soon as she finished.
Lanaery went through dozens of test rooms. She saw that some were busy and that she could see what was going on inside these places.
Activating the spectator mode on a small holographic screen next to the door of one of the rooms with the letter 'H'.
Lanaery looked at a young man with black hair with red tips who was fighting against a bear-shaped Kryon just like the one she had previously destroyed in less than a second.
This young man with a serious expression was controlling a Kryon that looked like a small wolf compared to the large size of the bear.
Lanaery just watched for a moment until she quickly grew bored as she saw that even after half a minute, the battle was still in a state of not knowing who might win.
She continued on her way without bothering to look any further.
Lanaery thought that this young man was just a talentless kid who relied on those metal toys to pass such an easy test.
Finally, Lanaery came to a room with the letter 'Z'.
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Upon entering, she saw a group of people in assorted holographic outfits talking to some employees of the association.
"Wait your turn in an orderly fashion to complete the basic registration. We just need your ID number and full name."
One of the employees in a white holographic uniform told these people upon seeing that they were not waiting their turn properly.
After finally, everyone made an organized line. Lanaery stood at the back of the line without saying anything.
Which caused none of those in line to notice her arrival.
The only ones who saw Lanaery were the employees of the association. Some of them struggled to tear their gazes away from Lanaery.
"Next."
A minute later, it was the turn of a tough-looking man. This man, with a proud tone, said, "My name is Dodan, my identification number is..."
The association employee nodded and looked up this person's test result.
"Not bad at all. You defeated the Kryon of the combat test thirty seconds before the minute was up. Which makes a total gain of forty points."
"You have a great future controlling Kryons."
Dodan just smiled as if this result was something he easily obtained.
"Let's see, in the speed and reflexes test, you lasted one minute and five seconds, which means you got one hundred and five points. Congratulations on completing the basic registration successfully. You can now go to the seventh floor to finish the process to become a Star Master."
With a smile full of himself. Dodan just stood to the side strutting to see the other people's results.
This was viewed with contempt by the other people, but no one could say anything to him if he wanted to stand there as long as he didn't bother anyone.
Fifteen minutes later, almost everyone in line had finished register in.
Some had results that were close to Dodan's, while others even failed.
The funny thing was that no one had left since a few minutes ago they witnessed Lanaery standing in line and noticed how incredibly beautiful she was. So they decided to wait to see what her test results were.
"This young lady completely changed my perspective on beauty. I'm sure no high-level female Star Master or actress can compare to her."
One of the men around said admiringly.
"I agree, but it's just her looks that make her special. I don't think her score is very good."
This was said by a woman who looked at Lanaery with some jealousy, although she also had a touch of admiration like the rest of the people in room 'Z'.
"Next."
Lanaery who ignored the conversation of these people. She was in front of one of the association's male employees.
"Your name and ID number please."
Upon hearing what this man from the association requested, she said, "Lanaery Oissa Ivu Suries."
The man quickly looked up Lanaery's name in the association's database. Seeing Lanaery's strange names and surnames, he said, "It's the first time I've heard these names and surnames, although I like them because they have an air of nobility."
"Your battle test score is... One hundred points!" The man looked at Lanaery in surprise.
"Hundred points!? Is she from some high-ranking family?"
"It must be. No wonder her appearance is unparalleled. her genes must have been passed down from a pair of high-level Stars Masters."
"What envy..."
The association employee looked at the speed and reflex test with his eyes almost popping out of their sockets!
"T-thousand points on the speed and reflexes test!"
"Did I hear wrong?"
"I think he said a thousand points. How can that even be possible?"
"Maybe it's a system error, and it's actually a hundred points."
"It's very possible that's what happened."
They all said calmly thinking that it was a system error.
The association employee took a deep breath and not wanting to waste any more time said, "Now please tell me her identification number, Miss Lanaery."
Lanaery was silent for a second and said without flinching.
"I don't have an ID number."
"?"
An imaginary question mark appeared above the head of the association employee and all the people who were looking at her.
"She said she doesn't have an ID number?"
"How can such a thing happen in this century?"
"Maybe she forgot her ID number and excuses herself saying she doesn't have..."
A quiet discussion breaks out in the room upon hearing what Lanaery said.
The association employee looked at Lanaery and, with a slightly awkward smile, said, "It shouldn't be possible for you not to have an ID number since it is something that is acquired before birth."
"Well, I don't have it," Lanaery said again without caring at all about the thoughts of the others.
"I see..."
The association employee was thinking about what to do. Suddenly, with his eyes shining, he took out from a drawer in his desk a small black rectangular device.
"This is used to check the basic data of a person, be it age, nationality, and ID number. If we use this, we will surely know your ID number."
"Are you okay with us using this?" asks the association employee.
"Okay." Lanaery didn't give it much thought and agreed since she knew very well that this device was going to do no good.
"Ok, you just have to sit still, and the device will do the rest of the work."
With the black rectangular device in his hand, the man activated it.
"Analyzing. Please don't move." A robotic voice came out of this device.
A yellow light ran through Lanaery's body from head to toe several times until the light disappeared.
"Analysis complete."
The man looked at a small holographic screen that the device was projecting and in disbelief; he checked the information several times, but he still couldn't find what he was looking for.
"Th-this says you're seventeen years old, but the rest of the information is blank."
Seventeen years? Was it because of her divine power regenerating her body to its best condition that it seemed that even the inside of her body was so young? This thought was going through Lanaery's head.
Not knowing what to do, the man looked up Lanaery's name in the database again.
"Eh?"
Curiously, this time the image of Lanaery appeared, with her age, name, and ID number.
"She really did show up in the database..." The man said in disbelief. He no longer understood what was going on and was even beginning to think like the other people that the system was failing today.
"Registration is complete. Please proceed to the seventh floor to get the level one Sensil Battle injection."
This man, with an aura of confusion, said without wanting to annoy Lanaery further.
"It was expected that the system was failing. Most likely, the same will happen with the thousand-point score."
"I agree, although one thing for sure is that this young lady had a perfect score on both tests."
"Unrivaled talent with unrivaled looks. Truly amazing."
"Maybe I didn't pass the test because the system was having bugs!"
"Stop talking nonsense. Everyone were looking earlier and saw that you failed the speed and reaction test after five seconds."
"..."
Lanaery left this room and headed to the seventh floor with the group of people following her. Since they also had to go to the seventh floor.
It's not like they were stalkers or anything.
On the way, Lanaery was thinking about what had just happened. She was not stupid or ignorant; she knew very well that someone had helped her. Now the problem was to know what that person wanted to achieve by helping her.
In-room 'Z' there were only the employees and Dodan who had lost his proud smile for quite some time.
The association employees were avoiding looking at him for fear of hurting his feelings even more.
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"Why did you decide to help that girl?"
Daphie asked curiously. A moment ago, they were watching what was happening in room 'Z' from the surveillance cameras.
Suddenly, Arlay ordered it to create a fake ID with Lanaery's name and information that they had obtained by listening to what was happening in room 'Z'.
"I don't know why she doesn't have an ID number, and add that to the fact that we can't find a trace of her anywhere on Earth..."
"It can only mean that this young lady is someone truly special."
"I don't know how strong she'll become once she becomes a Star Master. But owing me a favor when she still needs my help is a gamble that only the passage of time will tell if it was a successful investment."
Daphie nodded understandingly and said, "I see! It's a really smart plan and no loss in case she doesn't turn out as strong as you'd expect!"
"Yes..."
Arlay said while still looking at the holographic screen.