Chapter 139: A+ Ranked
Max had heard Wolf’s words clearly.
A+ class ranked fighters.
But the truth was, he didn’t actually know what that meant, not by Wolf’s standards, anyway. The ranking system wasn’t something universal or widely known. It was something personal, something Wolf claimed as his own talent. His own secret way of measuring people.
Some said it was just ego, some called it instinct, and others, especially those who didn’t like him, thought Wolf made it all up as he went along. No one knew for sure where his so-called ranking system came from. There was no manual, no scale, no list. Just Wolf’s gut.
But despite that, the people closest to him, the ones who’d actually seen him fight, who’d watched him size up killers and come out alive, knew better. They knew that when Wolf gave someone a rank, he wasn’t doing it lightly. He wasn’t the type to exaggerate.
In fact, if anything, Wolf was too humble about his rankings. Too strict.
So the fact that he’d labeled both Na and Dud, two Sergeants in the Rejected Corps, as A-class meant something serious. It meant he saw them as more dangerous, more effective, and potentially more deadly than even himself.
That thought settled deep in Max’s chest like a weight.
"You think I didn’t know that?" Max replied sharply, his voice dry and calm. "Why do you think I’ve been playing along with their nonsense?"
The answer surprised Wolf. It wasn’t that he thought Max was naive. Max was a tactician, a leader, a man with money, influence, and power. He was street-smart and sharp. But this?
Was Max saying he was complying with the Rejected Corps out of caution? Maybe even fear?