Chapter 99 Ranking Battle
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
The air was punctuated by a sickening thud.
A boy with a buzz cut was sent spiraling, coughing up a spray of crimson as he tumbled across the dirt.
He rolled twice before coming to a dead stop, his body a limp heap.
Only the shallow, erratic hitching of his chest proved he was still clinging to life.
The Student Council members overseeing the matches scribbled a score into their ledgers with practiced indifference before signaling the logistics team to cart the body off to the infirmary.
”Not bad. Your control is getting better,” Uesugi Aki remarked.
He flexed his knuckles, his expression bored as he looked away from the carnage.
”Next.”
The moment the practical combat tests had kicked off, Aki had become a magnet for trouble.
He knew that if the rules hadn’t strictly enforced one-on-one duels, the entire crowd would have swarmed him like a pack of starving dogs.
This was already his fifth “sparring partner.” At the start of the day, he’d been cautious, sizing up the opposition with a wary eye, but he quickly realized he was just dealing with a school of bottom-feeding trash.
The “Naturals” ¹—the ones with actual backbone and talent—could see clear as day that Aki wasn’t just some fraud.
They weren’t about to step up and invite a disaster onto themselves.
”Is that it? Nobody else?” Aki taunted, his eyes narrowing as he scanned the perimeter. “I heard plenty of big talk earlier about ‘teaching me a lesson.’ Did everyone suddenly lose their balls?”
The boys caught in Aki’s predatory gaze immediately found their shoes fascinating.
A few of the more pathetic cowards actually tried to duck behind the girls in the crowd.
”Fine. If you won’t step up, I’ll just have to hand-pick my own entertainment.”
Aki had a very specific list in mind.
He wasn’t about to let the punks who had been harassing Sasaki Yukina and her friends slide.
If those bastards felt entitled to target him during the test, he was more than happy to return the favor.
”You. Yeah, you,” Aki barked, pointing a finger at a green-haired guy with a greasy middle part. “Stop looking around. I’m talking to you, Green-Haired Cuck.”
The boy’s face cycled through shades of pale white and furious red.
He loathed that nickname; normally, he would have charged forward to “correct” the insult with his fists.
Instead, he shuffled forward, his entire body stiff with dread.
”Ue… Uesugi… I’m not that strong. Please… go easy on me,” the boy pleaded.
”Don’t sweat it. You won’t die,” said Aki.
Aki didn’t give a damn if the kid was genuinely weak or just waiting for an opening to pull a hidden blade.
He exploded into motion.
A jab, a roundhouse, a stinging left hook, and finally a driving knee straight into the solar plexus.
The green-haired boy didn’t last three minutes. He was left a twitching, broken mess on the floor.
Thanks to Aki’s “special attention,” the boy’s face was a mosaic of black and blue, swelling into a literal pig’s mask.
Between the cracked ribs and the internal bruising, he wasn’t going to be leaving a hospital bed for at least two months without some high-tier healing magic.
”Alright, that’s the Green-Haired Cuck out of the way,” Aki said, clapping the dust off his hands.
He turned toward a massive, hulking student.
”You. Yeah, big man, you’re up. Let’s see if you’re actually tough enough for Sasaki to bother with.”
The hulking boy turned ghostly pale, his knees visibly knocking together.
”I… uh… I forfeit…”
”Forfeit? Are you kidding me? You think this is a game?” Aki’s voice dripped with irritation. “There’s no tapping out here. Get over here. I’ve got a schedule to keep.”
Fear or no fear, the big man was forced into the circle.
His ending was, if possible, even more pathetic.
By the time Aki was done, the only thing the guy could move was his eyelids.
”Yeah, you’re definitely not enough,” Aki muttered, kicking the unconscious heap out of his way before looking for his next target.
”Uesugi…” One of the Student Council girls hesitated, stepping forward to whisper a warning. “Try to dial it back. If the infirmary hits capacity, the Academy is going to have a hard time explaining this to the board.”
While death was strictly prohibited, there was usually a “quota” for how many students could be sent to the ICU before questions were asked.
This was an elite institution, after all; it wasn’t supposed to be as brutal as the real world.
”Got it, Senpai,” Aki said with a nod. “Just one more.”
The final target was the Yellow-haired Punk.
Of the three, his fate was the most agonizing.
Aki made a point of systematically dismantling the guy’s groin.
”Uesugi, are you actually going to enter the ranking tournament later?” Hamazaki Reina asked.
Her voice was tinged with a strange complexity as she watched the paramedics scrape the punk off the floor.
”I’ve heard there are a few other ‘thugs’ among the upperclassmen…”
”Might as well. I’m already here,” Aki said, shrugging. “Plus, I’m curious to see if the seniors have any actual teeth.”
The carnage Aki had caused hadn’t gone unnoticed.
Several high-year students were watching him with predatory glares, their jealousy and irritation finally boiling over.
”First-year trash,” one sneered. “He beats up a few nobodies and thinks he’s a god.”
”Heh, kid… don’t think your ties to the Gremory family will save you when we’re on the mat,” another warned.
”He’s just a pretty-boy gigolo. Someone needs to teach him what ‘respect’ sounds like,” a third jeered.
Aki glanced at the crowd.
The tournament used a random draw, so there was no guarantee he’d get to personally crush those specific mouths.
The brackets would run simultaneously, filtering out the weak until only the champion remained.
Aki didn’t bother with a verbal comeback.
Instead, he gave them a slow, deliberate middle finger.
”I’m not being arrogant,” Aki called out, his voice carrying across the field. “It’s just that you guys are legitimately garbage. I just hope you don’t grow a conscience and forfeit before you have to face me.”
Having finished his trash talk, he pulled Sasaki Yukina into his left arm and Shinomura Yuki into his right.
He planted a lingering kiss on Hamazaki Reina’s lips, then did the same to Kurumizaka Ruri, acting with a level of public intimacy that bordered on the obscene.
It was far more effective than any insult.
The upperclassmen’s eyes turned a hysterical shade of red.
They were reduced to impotent, foul-mouthed muttering as they watched him handle the school’s most desired girls like they were his personal property.
”Uesugi-kun? I’m Morita Hitomi from Class 1-C.”
A cute girl with a high ponytail and an impressively heavy chest approached the group.
She looked at the four of them entangled together, a deep blush creeping up her neck.
”I… I was wondering if Uesugi-kun was busy tonight? I wouldn’t mind… joining Hamazaki and the others…”
Aki looked her over.
She was the textbook definition of “baby-faced and stacked.” Hamazaki Reina leaned in, her breath hot against his ear.
”Uesugi… that girl has a boyfriend. He’s just some average guy in the general course.”
”Oh? Is that so?” Aki hummed, his eyes gleaming. “Leave your number and your ID. Once you’ve broken up with your boyfriend, give me a call. I’ll see if I can fit you in.”
There was a very specific, jagged thrill that came with “stealing” someone else’s woman.
He’d consumed enough doujinshi in his past life to know the tropes of the punks and the thugs.
But Aki was trying to be a “good man” these days.
Aside from married women, there was no need to create a “victim” out of some random guy… unless, of course, that guy did something to make himself an enemy.
If he was an enemy, he wasn’t a victim.
He was a target.
And the idea of breaking a rival by turning his girl into his own “personal shape” right in front of him?
Just the thought made his c**k start to strain against his zipper.
”Yes! Of course, Uesugi-kun!” The busty Hitomi scribbled her contact info down with trembling hands, her eyes watery and longing as she lingered for a moment before finally retreating.
Her boldness seemed to shatter a dam.
Suddenly, scores of girls were swarming him, ignoring the hissed insults of “bitch” and “slut” from the jealous bystanders.
They clamored to leave their numbers, desperate for a piece of the man who had just dominated the field.
Aki took them all.
Why wouldn’t he? Every “tribute” was another potential door to a new Talent ².
Hamazaki Reina and the others looked on with increasingly dark, resentful expressions.
They knew he was a “Bulldozer” who leveled everything in his path, but watching him expand his harem in broad daylight still left a bitter taste in their mouths.
”All Ranking Tournament participants, assemble!”
At the sound of the announcement, Aki finally disentangled himself.
He turned to the lingering crowd of girls.
”Alright, duty calls. If anyone else wants in, just give your info to Hamazaki and the girls.”
He didn’t actually care if Reina threw those numbers in the trash—he wasn’t expecting a miracle Talent-drop from a random encounter anyway.
Aki was the only freshman in the tournament.
On paper, it was a suicide mission; most freshmen were lucky to hit C-rank, while the average senior had spent years in “Cultivation” ³ to reach that same level.
The third-years were a different story entirely—packed with B-ranks and even a few rumored A-ranks.
If he hadn’t confirmed that the true A-rank monsters were sitting this one out, Aki wouldn’t have been this loud.
The tournament kicked off.
Aki’s first opponent was a senior girl, a B-rank fighter.
It took exactly three exchanges for Aki to put her on the floor.
Then came the second round.
The third. The semi-finals.
He managed to draw two of the guys who had been talking shit earlier.
He made sure their “special care” resulted in injuries that would leave them in traction for the foreseeable future.
At the B-rank peak, Aki was effectively the apex predator of this bracket.
The students who were actually strong enough to challenge him were usually too busy trying to “Breach” ⁴ into the next tier to bother with school rankings.
Technically, Aki shouldn’t have been here either, but since he’d skipped every previous test, Rias had insisted he show his face.
Rules were rigid, but the Academy was flexible; once you “Breached” into A-rank territory, you became a protected celebrity of Kuoh Academy, regardless of your attendance.
The final match arrived.
Aki stood across from a blue-haired “Ice Queen” type.
She was tall, with a cold, haughty gaze and legs that seemed to go on for miles.
- chapter_recap”: “Uesugi Aki systematically dismantles several bullies and upperclassmen during the Academy’s practical combat tests, cementing his reputation as a ruthless fighter.
His blatant display of affection with his current harem members provokes intense jealousy from the crowd, which he exploits to recruit even more admirers, such as Morita Hitomi.
As the tournament reaches its climax, Aki enters the finals to face off against a formidable and high-ranking female opponent.
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Trivia:
- Aki is technically a ‘Natural,’ a term used for those with innate, non-cheating strength.
- The ‘Gremory’ name carries significant weight in this world, acting as a shield for Aki’s actions.
- The Academy has a ‘serious injury quota’ for its ranking matches to avoid administrative trouble.
- Aki’s goal in collecting contact info isn’t just lust; it’s a calculated move to acquire ‘Talents.’
- Ranking battles are conducted via random lottery, preventing Aki from targeting everyone he wants
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Character Insight:
Aki demonstrates a ‘scumbag’ moral code where he avoids hurting innocent bystanders but relishes in the total destruction of those he deems ‘enemies’ or ‘cucks.’ His predatory nature is balanced by a strategic mind that views social and combat encounters as opportunities for resource acquisition.
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Lore And Worldbuilding Context:
The author notes that this tournament arc is being shortened to cater to reader demands for more explicit (‘smut’) content.
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Glossary:
Notes:
• Uesugi Aki – Family name of Aki.
• Uesugi – Family name of Aki.
• Aki – Silver‑haired, sharp‑eyed and strikingly handsome, he’s a Peak B‑rank Stray Devil with incomplete High‑Class blood, dual‑cultivation and a mana bottleneck. His form has thick black bat wings, a barbed tail, crimson‑flecked pupils, a left‑hand crest, milky‑white Qi and pale‑blue Mana refreshed nightly. He bears Insight Eye, Thunder Spear, Talents (Natural, Spirit Pact, Tenacity), massages with hot large hands, leads “Little Aki,” dates Rias & Takamine sisters, works for Akeno, monitors Aisu Academy, joins ORC, and hunts Talents.
• Sasaki Yukina – Peach‑pink hair, purple eyes, statuesque athletic build, large chest, fair legs, white ankle socks. Red‑eyed freshman at Kuoh Academy, warrior‑class with highest Mana, superior talent and rapid recovery. Red‑eyed, physically dominant, uses Physical Activation to boost Aki’s strength, prefers close‑combat, highly durable. Strongest of Reina’s trio, Aki’s long‑term partner; she tests him by knocking him out, feeds intel on Shinomura Yuki and urges honesty in Hamazaki’s group.
• Hamazaki Reina – Red‑haired, emerald‑eyed student, once top‑20 in her grade, now leader of the four‑girl squad that follows Aki. As Big Sister/Boss of Kuoh Private Academy’s trio she wears a modern uniform—miniskirt, black silk stockings—and wields an Insight Eye to command him, one of four constitution‑linked partners. Summoned late at night, her presence can trigger loss of bladder control.
• Shinomura Yuki – Blonde, sharp‑eyed punk with yellow hair and tsundere vibes, outwardly a bandaged male thug at Kuoh Academy but actually a petite mixed‑blood demon girl in disguise. She despises men, uses Disguise talent, joins Aki’s group after a magic surge, targets him, and secretly likes the Hamazaki trio.
• Kurumizaka Ruri – Silver‑haired, twin‑tailed, large‑busted girl with a pointed chin, petite and cheerful; former gray‑blonde teen from Imaizumin Chi wa Douyara Gal no Tamariba ni Natteru Rashii, now at Hidden Academy, member of Reina’s trio. She has a slender waist, wears black pantyhose, is clingy and affectionate, teases Aki, offers her empty house, contributes Mental Resistance, is pragmatic and curious about mixed‑blood races, and is Aki’s classmate and cultivation partner who passed a test thanks to him.
• Morita Hitomi – First-year student from Class 1-C. Described as having a high ponytail, a cute baby-face, and an impressively heavy chest (tōgan kyonyū).
• Rias – Rias Gremory, 17, a tall, curvaceous pure-blood High-Class Devil and President of Kuoh Academy’s Occult Research Club, boasts long crimson hair, crystal-like crimson eyes, fair snowy-white skin, a smooth jade-like back, long delicate neck, upright breasts with pink nipples, and a hairless mound beneath her refined school uniform—her demonic wings manifesting in Stray Devil form. Known as the Crimson Ruin Princess and Master of the Peerage, she wields the Power of Destruction with commanding authority, fiercely protects her team, mentors Aki like a big sister, oversees his training, and, frustrated by his stalled reincarnation, plans rituals while guiding him through the world’s power hierarchy. Having lived with Akeno since childhood, she evaluates strength, explains Breaching requirements, and governs her peerage with both regal grace and deep loyalty.
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