"It was just simple divination."

  "Divination?"

  Sonoko hadn't expected this to be reted to divination.

  But sidering Ren's abilities, it wasirely surprising.

  "Wait, divination—as in, the kind I'm thinking of?"

  "Yes, the exact kind you're thinking of."

  Ren nodded slightly.

  "Predig good and bad luck, disasters, wealth, and fate."

  "It might sound like some kind of scam, but it's real."

  "Divination is one of my abilities."

  "Aside from divination, I also open doors and steal things."

  "Those are the abilities I currently have access to."

  Sonoko blinked.

  "Hold on, fortuelling, breaking into pces, and theft?"

  "Amamiya, that sounds… really shady."

  It did sound shady.

  But what could he do about it?

  The powers associated with Seer, Apprentice, and Marauder were bound to have a dubious nature.

  Seers were often seen as frauds.

  Apprentice specialized in sneaking around and pig locks.

  And Marauder… well, they were thieves.

  The three paths of the Lord of Mysteries were fually tied to deception and trickery.

  Sneaky and unventional.

  Ren didn't argue.

  "Yeah, my abilities are a bit strange."

  "But if you master them, they open up a lot of possibilities."

  Sonoko thought about it for a moment.

  That actually made sense.

  Ren had mao locate the Italian robbers' stolen maple leaf gold s before anyone else, using divination alone.

  No clues, no leads, just divination.

  That in itself proved how useful his abilities were.

  Most people wouldn't even sider someone using divination to find hidden treasure.

  "I get the divination part, but what exactly is this 'door-opening' ability?"

  Sonoko could guess based on the name.

  But givehing else, she had a feeling it wasn't that simple.

  "It's exactly what it sounds like."

  "Basically, I open any locked door."

  It was a straightforward description.

  An ability that unlocked doors.

  On the surface, it didn't sound too extraordinary.

  But iy, an ability like that ractically unstoppable in the modern world.

  "It works on any non-special locks."

  "Even if there's a wall in pstead of a door, I still gh it."

  "Wait, you phase through walls too?"

  Sonoko was genuinely surprised.

  Now she uood.

  These abilities weren't just useful.

  They were ridiculously powerful.

  Not only could he unlock doors, he could bypass physical barriers altogether.

  In a sense, his lock-pig ability was on a pletely different level.

  "You're saying any door?"

  "Any door."

  "No matter how plex the lock is?"

  "Doesn't matter."

  Sonoko fell silent for a moment.

  The out a long exhale.

  "This ability is basically the natural enemy of every locked door ience."

  After taking that in, she focused o ability.

  "And what about stealing? Is it the same kind of thing?"

  "No."

  Ren shook his head.

  "Stealing is just… regur theft, for now."

  "It's slightly more refihan normal, but nothing too special yet."

  "Wait, just normal theft?"

  Sonoko was momentarily taken aback.

  But she didn't dwell on it too much.

  Even if it was just 'regur' stealing, the fact that it was cssified as a supernatural ability meant it was already beyond normal means.

  At this point, all she could clude was.

  Mystical abilities were nothing like what ordinary people could imagine.

  "Amamiya, is all supernatural power this strong?"

  "Because from what I've seen… Ran's ability doesn't seem that impressive."

  They still didn't know the exact details of the abilities the other two had received.

  For now, the only parison Sonoko could make was between Amamiya's power and Ran's.

  "Ran's ability is already quite strong."

  "The traits of an enhanced metabolism and high digestion efficy have fually altered her body."

  "As long as she eats enough, her body verts that food intth, speed, explosive power, and muscle density."

  "She has a natural talent for raw strength. Given time, her physical power will surpass four or five well-trained men bined."

  "If she learns how to fight properly, it wouldn't be surprising if she could take someone down in a single punch."

  After entering the 'Imperial Sakura Fang,' Ren had firmed that Ran had immeential.

  She was naturally suited for strength-based growth.

  The only real issue was trol.

  If she wasn't careful… what he said earlier might actually happen.

  She could literally kill someoh a single punch.

  "Holy, what's going to trouble Ran more is weight gain."

  "Eh? That's something to worry about?"

  "Probably."

  "Muscles weigh more than fat."

  "The more she eats, the denser her muscles will bee. At some point, gaini will be unavoidable."

  Sonoko's mouth twitched.

  She suddenly felt that maybe getting supernatural powers wasn't as great as it sounded.

  Pure physical enhas came with their ow of issues.

  Ran had already been athletic before, thanks to her karate training.

  Now, she might bee even bulkier over time.

  "The more I think about it… the more it sounds like a muscle freak's power-up."

  Shaking that thought away, Sonoko turo Ren.

  "By the way, do you think I should tell my parents about this?"

  She wasirely sure.

  So she wanted his opinion.

  "It's not impossible to tell them."

  "But I think you should wait until you get the diary first."

  "It'll make expining everything a lot easier."

  "Without proof, ving your parents won't be simple."

  The supernatural was difficult to prehend.

  Especially in a world where sce dictated on sense.

  If you wao make a rational person believe in the existence of the supernatural, you needed undeniable evidence.

  Otherwise, Ren could already imagihe headache Sonoko would have trying to expin.

  Sonoko sidered it for a moment.

  Then immediately discarded the idea.

  "Yeah, you're right."

  Evehought it sounded ridiculous.

  She only believed it because she trusted Ran.

  Otherwise, she might have thought Ran was just dreaming.