A certain girl was sitting under her favourite spot under a tree next to a field of lilies. No one else knew that place except her…the spot which calmed her down the most. It was so cooling, so calm. It felt as no one could ruin it.
Renko Michiko, a 13 year-old-girl who lived in Academy City half of her life was now reading a newspaper. She had snatched it using her ESPer abilities from an unlucky stranger when she was walking to the field. The front paper had an interesting story "Level 5 Re-Positioning" . The 7 strongest ESPers in the city had a duel. It was a new, efficient way to distinguish the top ESPers's power level and rank them in terms of capability. First off was No.7 vs the Rumoured No.6 . No.6 won and proceeded to fight No.5. Renko was not familiar with all of them,No.6 was only a rumor and no one knows the name, power or even seen him\her. Nothing much changed to Renko's surprise, she had expected something awesome like No.1 just crashing in and killed all of them but (HIGHLY POSSIBLE) only No.2 and 3 were swapped. Last time, the Level 5s didn't even seen or fought each other before. They would be tested and Academy city's fastest computer "Tree Diagram" would rank them instead.
It would be very exciting and impressive to watch them fight and Renko was envious of whoever the spectators were. A single Level 5 could count as a one-man-army and could fight an army on equal terms. They were feared for their power, but all of them have gone through a lot of inhumane projects and experiments which Renko knew all too well. Those experiments are led by Academy City's top research facilities, scientists and the higher ups.
Renko had lived in the city for almost 7 years now. She was a Level 4 through sheer hard work, only two people in the city had her power. She was treated more than an Elite student at Tokiwadai,a prestigious school for rich girls but Renko was not rich nor did she even LOOK rich, she was born in a normal family, lived a normal childhood, only her powers allowed her to be enrolled in Tokiwadai. Tokiwadai's principal was also somewhat relative to her.
Renko stood up, standing still for a moment while her short, dark brown hair danced in the wind. She was admiring Academy City's view. It look like a bustling city filled with life. Little did they know about the dark side of it.
Renko returned to her dorm, she had no roommate due to her unconscious ability to make things levitate when she sleeps. She understood though and she was grateful for that. She heard horrible things about No.3's roommate. And she wasn't confident if she could cope sleeping with a stranger in the same room. She took a shower and went to bed, hugging her crocodile plushie as she snuggled under the warm covers of her blanket, completely oblivious to the miracle that would happen the following day of the System Scan.