I remained silent. The S-Rank Promotion Exam. It was the academy's Holy Grail. The ultimate test.
Usually, only the ten students in the Top 10 were invited, once a year. It was an open secret that this was their way of testing and recruiting for my father's secret organization.
"Me?" I finally said. "I'm only a C-rank. That's impossible."
"Your official rank is meaningless now, and we both know it," the director replied. "Your actual power is far beyond that. You defeated a monster that some of my S-ranks would have struggled to handle."
He returned to his seat. "The exam isn't a simple fight. It's a series of trials designed to push a candidate to their absolute limits, both physically and mentally. Most fail. Some don't come back."