Reborn as the Genius Son of the Richest Family

Chapter 1224 Explosive talents

Michael's eyes widened. This was so sudden that he immediately had his Mini Drones released and surveyed the entire area around the Mining Estate.Did a powerful talent just happen to pass by?

However, that was quickly disproved by the fact that the Golden Nose triggered not just once, not twice, not thrice… but a total of ten times!

This wasn't just a coincidence. This was a pattern!

Michael immediately asked ChatJK6 to start cataloging the talent that she assessed around him.

Most of them were in the A-class. A few were in the S-class. And there was a single stand-out who was in the SSS-class!

This was a huge find! Amongst the hundred of thousands of people that he encountered and searched, there had only been two other people who had SSS-class talent aside from his own.

One was his first ally, Fudge. The mischievous ninja slime was a SSS-class talent that became the foundation of the Shadows of Reborn.

It was through Fudge's hard work, his antics, and his propensity to never be found out, that allowed Reborn to be so well-versed in espionage.

Fudge could spy against a Nascent Spirit cultivator, and Michael was sure that he wouldn't be found out! That's how talented the slime was.

The next SSS-class talent was the youngest Dragonborn, Zion. The red-scaled youngster manifested his immense talent with the fact that before his siblings became Maugnetics, he was probably the strongest fighter amongst all of them.

Michael was pretty sure that if Zion had become a Maugnetic like the others, he would have been able to beat Sheina, Jaku, and Umisu altogether.

Even he himself wouldn't be sure if he could beat Zion in a one-on-one fight.

And even if Zion didn't look impressive now, he was sure that the young Dragonborn was just a late bloomer.

Once Zion was able to master his new Dragon form, Michael had no doubt that he'd be able to dominate the skies, even more than the Draconian youngsters who were considered to be the strongest race in the entire world.

And now, the next SSS-class talent has appeared. Out of nowhere too.

Michael closed his eyes, letting ChatJK6 change his perception of reality.

Once he opened his eyes, everything looked pale. Black and white. The only thing that had any hint of color was the golden threads that led out and into the talents that ChatJK6 inspected.

Ignoring Sheina's questions, he walked forward and began to follow the golden threads.

It wasn't that long until he found the first prospect. An S-class talent.

He was a young man, just a few years older than Michael. He seemed to be one of the miners of the estate in charge of gathering the crude minerals from the mineshaft.

Michael couldn't believe it. Not at the talents, nor the surprising quantity of them, but their location.

They were all from the Mining Estate!

He didn't discriminate against them. However, if they were talented, then he should have been able to sense them the moment he arrived at this place. His Golden Nose would have activated immediately, as soon as he stepped foot in this place.

Except, it didn't. It was somehow delayed.

Of course, he didn't attribute this to ChatJK6. She was a machine, in all senses of the term. She didn't make mistakes. She didn't get lazy. Something happened that allowed her to sense these talented individuals, where previously, she couldn't.

And as if to defend herself, ChatJK6 immediately analyzed the young man in front of him and gave him the details.

[Talent: S-class]

[Radiative Excavator]

Michael's eyes widened at the description.

It was then that he realized. He was what happened. He was what triggered this sudden change.

He spread his Nascent Influence, changing the very nature of radiation itself. He had made it safe. The people of the Mining Estate were no longer in danger of being near them.

And it was then, when their lives were no longer cut short, did their talents fully manifest.

These people, due to having experienced radiation throughout their entire lives, had now somehow evolved to let it become their source of power.

The man in front of him, the Radiative Excavator, became more powerful if he was nearer a radioactive material.

Michael then rounded up the rest of the talented individuals in the Mining Estate, and all of them were basically the same.

Radiation became their power. They had evolved.

This was amazing!

Usually, these people didn't live long enough to manifest their true talent. They were deprived of the sustenance they needed to truly fill out their bodies, and therefore, they remained weak and gaunt and sickly.

So, they were dead before they could realize their true potential. They were gone before they could truly evolve.

But Michael changed that. He gave them a new lease in life, and because of that, they were able to truly evolve.

Michael looked around the Mining Estate. And he realized. Everyone had evolved. Everyone had, one way or another, become stronger because of the radiation they experienced their whole lives.

Most of them didn't have that good of a talent, ranging from the D-class to the C-class. But they had evolved. They had now gained the ability to use radioactive materials as an added firepower!

This was a revelation! Michael couldn't have expected that this would happen when he first helped these people.

But as it turned out, it was one of the greatest decisions he ever made.

Not only did he learn the true power of his Nascent Influence, evolution, but he also gained more powerful allies and friends because of it.

The SSS-class talent was a young woman with short hair. She was sickly. Just bones and skin. But Michael could already see the hint of power in her eyes.

[SSS-class talent: Radiation Bomb.]

"Do you want to become stronger?" he asked the girl.

She looked up at him. There was fire in those eyes. And he didn't have to hear what she said to know her answer.