ZeroSenpaii

In a world where humans and spirits coexist, power isn’t inherited—it’s awakened.

Every year, young students across the nation gather at elite academies to undergo the Awakening Ceremony—a ritual that reveals their Spirit Affinity and grants them a Rank, ranging from the lowly E to the legendary S.

Those with high ranks are destined to become Spirit Tamers, Exorcists, or even Royal Guardians. Those with low ranks… are forgotten.

But when Jin Ryo, a quiet, determined teen, awakens with a Rank: Zero, everything changes.

Mocked, discarded, and labeled as worthless, Jin’s fate seems sealed—until a mysterious event unlocks a hidden truth:  
Sometimes, the strongest spirits choose the weakest vessels.

With ancient forces stirring and a forbidden power awakening within him, Jin begins a journey that defies rank, challenges destiny, and reveals the hidden war between light… and the abyss.

Spirit Ranker

One second, it pulsed like a second sun above Kaizen. The next, it folded into a single thread of light and vanished—leaving only smoke, still air, and awe-struck silence.

Kael rose from one knee, blood on his chin. Arin, coughing from the dust, looked up.

Kael nodded slowly. "He broke it."

He wore no armor. No glowing sigil. No aura of flame or lightning.

And yet, everything bent around him—air, spirit, attention.

His eyes were different. One still the storm-gray of before. The other, gold-ringed black. The mark on his hand now pulsed with four broken chain sigils, glowing faintly beneath his skin.

Veyla fell back as he approached. Her mirror blades trembled and cracked.

"You…" she hissed. "You shouldn't exist."

But before they touched, they stopped—mid-air, frozen.

Veyla stumbled, eyes wide. "What are you?!"

Jin looked at her—not cruelly, but with something closer to pity.

And she vanished in a burst of broken reflection, her final scream echoing like a fading song.

Back inside the academy, alarms blared as instructors and ranking officers scrambled.

The Spirit Ranking crystals all across Kaizen began to flicker. Some cracked. A few exploded outright.

In the Grand Hall, the High Exorcist watched his rank shift on the wall—from S to —.

"No," he whispered. "This isn't possible."

And then, above the crystal altar, a new name etched itself in flames:

And beneath it, a single word that had never appeared before:

Kael, Arin, and Jin walked through the academy's main gate, where dozens of students now watched in stunned silence.

Chapter 15: The Return of the Unranked