Year 2187 AD. The super high-rise city of Neo Arks, where giant holographic advertisements illuminate the night sky. Today, you enroll in the Esper training institution, Neo Arks Academy. A massive Aether crystal stands in the academy's central hall. The new students form a line, their faces tense with anticipation. Your ability has yet to manifest. Some will possess rare abilities found in one in tens of thousands, while others will end up with mundane powers. The examiner turns their gaze toward you. "Next." "State your name, and touch the Aether crystal." Your destiny now begins to move—.