Talent Code Novels & Stories

Lyle tested his talent and smiled smugly because he knew he would win the bet. The talent testing device was very advanced. It could test a practitioner’s talent by pouring some energy into it, while an ordinary person had to do it with a drop of blood. The best talent would be indicated by a golden light, which was the highest it could go. The first batch of troublemakers had very poor talents, and their results were almost embarrassing to look at. Some of them even displayed a black light, which was simply a disgrace.

As for talent, it depended on how much one was able to gain after taking the potion, and how much they could improve. If someone took the potion and gained 50% increase in speed, making them an Agility Type, that would mean that person was moderately talented. Anything less than that would be talent of the low grade. Anything above 60% was high grade talent and when one surpassed the 80% mark he/she would be regarded as a genius.

As I was lost in thought, a notification from the system suddenly popped out. [Player has earned the approval of fifty ghouls with her cooking. Would you like to spend 500 points to upgrade your talent items?] I happily swallowed the bite of pierogi still in my mouth and hit Confirm. [Talent items: A set of D-Rank kitchen utensils (upgradeable), able to create culinary concoctions that even ghouls can taste. Taste factor +10%. Cleansing probability +10%] The new boost confused me. Cleansing? What was that?

“I told you exactly what the client wanted, and you bring me what? Party girls and Youtube wannabees? One of the men, Raul, shifted uncomfortably. “They were clean, boss. Young, no ties. We thought-” “You thought?” Andrew leaned forward, palms flat on the desk. “You don’t get paid to think. You get paid to deliver. I said discreet, not desperate. Blonde. Eastern European, early twenties, no traceable family. But you brought me a girl with TikTok followers and has been on a reality show in Brazil. You think that’s clean?

I know the big sappy smile on my face gave the answer away before I could open my mouth but I couldn't help it. "With everything that I am." "Then believe it or not that's all that matters. I'm sure you know by now that Talon is a very take charge kind of guy, he likes things done a certain way, usually his." "It's best when he gets like this to just stay out of his way, but know that you will never in all your life together have to doubt his love for you. He'll always put you first, no matter what."

Delivery: Sector 9. I scroll down the list, the sheer volume of the coded requests making my vision swim. I’m a hacker. I don't know how to read the black-market menu of a global human trafficking ring. "What the fuck is an Orchid?" I mutter, rubbing the heels of my hands against my burning eyes. "These aren't financial codes. I can trace a wire transfer through six different dummy corporations, but this is a dead end. I don't know what these aliases mean." A chair scrapes against the concrete to my right.

Talia nodded without hesitation, lifting her chin proudly, “We went to computer camp together four years ago. She was only thirteen, but she coded like she’d been born with it in her blood. We all knew she was something different.” She paused, letting her words sink in before continuing, “And yes, she’s a student of HM Institute. A real student. Not some visitor, not a scholarship tag-along. She was admitted through the internal tier system and selected for the Advanced Programming Initiative. They called her the invisible gem. That’s how I remembered her. I’ve wanted to challenge her properly ever since.” Gasps broke out across the auditorium, louder this time, shocked voices from students,

She needed all the help and information she could get and felt grateful to be given such attention by a high profile woman. " First, Evolve." She began like a teacher introducing the topic of the day. " Evolve talent management International is the leading talent management company in New York. As the name entails, we manage the talents and creative gifts of people and groom them into world class stars from a young age. Every year we recruit people with credible achievements and abilities and help push their craft into the world's view where every creative belongs. Be it musicians, writers, artists, actors, you name it. There's a place for you." " Wow.. it's like another Royal Arts Academy.

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