Alt title:S-Ranks Break Records. Deadpool Breaks Machines.
Scene:Hunter Association Training & Evaluation Facility.
A reinforced chamber meant to test the limits of high-rank Hunters. Walls layered in mana-absorbing alloy. Sensors calibrated to handle S-Rank stats without frying. The place is built to endure.
Woo Jin-Chul and Go Gunhee stand behind thick glass, watching.
Deadpool's inside, doing warm-up stretches.
"Okay, Nexus, don't embarrass me. I'm about to flex in front of anime Nick Fury and Korean Gandalf."
Technician at console:
"Activating evaluation sequence... now."
[BEEP]
[WHIRR]
The sensors scan Deadpool head to toe.
And immediately—
[ERROR]
[ERROR]
[INCOMPATIBLE DATA STREAM]
[REBOOTING SYSTEM...]
Woo: "That's... not normal."
Technician: "That's never happened. Not even when we scanned Chairman Go Gunhee. Or Sung Jin-Woo pre-awakening."
Inside, Deadpool raises a hand.
"Uh, question. Why does the ceiling look like it's glitching in low-res?"
[WARNING: DATA CORRUPTION][SUBJECT PROFILE: UNKNOWN]
[LUK: -100 — THRESHOLD BREACHED]
SPARKS. SCREEN FLASHES.
BOOM.
The entire diagnostics console explodes in smoke. The lights flicker. The floor shakes slightly.
Technician: "What the hell kind of stat breaks the scanner?!"
Deadpool wipes some soot off his mask.
"Okay, first of all, not my fault. Second of all—"
He turns to the fourth wall.
"—dear author, WHY did you give me -100 Luck? What am I, the cursed gacha pull of this fanfic?! Even the lootbox gave me a toothbrush. I'd get better drops robbing a 7-Eleven."
Gunhee stares through the glass.
"The machine never failed. Not once."
Woo Jin-Chul mutters, baffled.
"We need a new category. We don't even have a rank for this."
Deadpool shrugs, walking out of the smoke casually.
"So… did I pass? Or am I getting detention?"