Sword Rankers
Ordinary people among talented people

1 January, 2020

A boy was walking down the bustling city streets, the streets were filled with people with striking looks.

There are those who wear expensive clothes to look shining, people who are handsome and beautiful, and people with a tall and large body.

Everyone with a very striking appearance, covering the presence of the child, compared to others who had a striking appearance, the appearance of the child, was very ordinary.

He only wears plain white shirts that are dirty and boring, old black trousers, and old sneakers with dull black and white.

The only thing that looks striking from the boy, is his hair that is pure white, like a lump of snow on brown soil. He was not handsome, but not ugly, he had the stature of an ordinary Asian, with brown skin, a pug nose, and slightly squinty eyes. His body was thin and looked frail, like it would be destroyed even if only lightly nudged.

His facial expression, giving the impression of a fierce person, his lips were always pouting, and his eyes were glaring downwards.

He was like warning everyone to stay away from him.

His footsteps, felt heavy, were like carrying a huge burden on his shoulders.

people naturally, stay away from him because of his presence that does not give a pleasant impression.

He kept walking past a videotron that was broadcasting an interview of a tall white man with long shiny black hair tied up with a model ponytail.

[- I sincerely want to congratulate you Mr. Taylor. This time, you again managed to clear Monster Gate in Manhattan alone, more and more people are supporting you to replace Taph as the strongest Ranker and become the new world president-]

[-aha. It was a little exaggerated, I am indeed quite strong, but, I am still a fairly young Ranker when compared to Mr. Taph who is from the first generation. I still don't have enough experience when compared to Mr. Taph who is from the first generation-]

[-Yes pardon! You are too low, you are the strongest Ranker after Ranker Tap-]

[-Haha, if you think that way, I'm very grateful]

“KYAAA!!! Ranker Taylor is very handsome”

“True, she very looks dazzling”

People were fascinated and amazed by the short words of the man named Taylor. But, that was not the case for the white-haired boy.

“Tch! Bullshit!”

He swore inwardly and continued to walk past the videotron which still continued to feature interviews with the man named Taylor.

Many people were interested in the interview and stopped for a moment to just watch it, the women screamed hysterically in awe and fascination.

As for the boy, he felt anger and envy in his heart.

[RANKS]

It was a name pinned on the man named Taylor, the title was not a trivial term and can be used by everyone. The title is a position that can only be obtained by people who meet the qualifications.

This position emerged after the incident 17 years ago.

[MONSTER ATTACK]

The events in which the emergence of the Gate led to bringing foreign entities to earth, after that event, all countries united and worked together to cope with the events that would come again.

The gate that carries foreign entities is called “Monster Gate”. The first gate to appear is not the last. After that, there are still many popping up “Monster Gate” small-scale imprisoned the world.

However, at the same time, there were also people with superpowers.

These people are referred to as “Hyper”. The Hyper has a very diverse ability, ranging from super strong physique, lightning-fast speed, able to make cutting-edge weapons, even able to bring out ice and fire from his palm.

The Hyper that appeared during the “Monster Destruction” incident was called the first-generation Hyper, and continues to this day. The first generation Hyper has a considerable difference compared to Hyper in the next generation.

The Hyper that emerged after the first generation, mostly emerged from the teenagers, around the age of 15-17 years, more than 60% of Hyper that exist today, dominated by the Teen Rankers.

The Hyper that was discovered during High School, will be directly scouted and transferred to the Hyper special school created by the government.

The goal is, so that the Hyper does not become “Breaker”. It was Hyper who became a criminal and instead used his powers to carry out criminal activities.

Although at this time, many Hyper still escaped government supervision because they cleverly managed to hide his power.

The Hyper under government supervision, will be scouted and trained so that they can develop their superhuman abilities. After graduating from school, they would get a chance to become a Ranker.

Ranker, is a position that has a high position, this position is the same as a civil servant position, but with a much more fantastic salary. This position can only be obtained after going through various tests made by the government.

This test is confidential, even Hyper who have been through this test, both failed and successful, are forbidden to divulge the test details to anyone. That's good even family.

Rankers have levels determined by their performance and strength level. This ranking starts from the lowest, which is the F rank. And the highest S-level.

S-level rankers were extremely rare and rare, during these 17 years, there had appeared hundreds of Hyper from all over the world, fewer than the 10 S-level Rankers that had appeared after the first generation.

Currently, there were 14 Level S Rankers from all over the world.

And every Ranker level, there was still a rank that was also determined by their performance and strength level. And the Level S Ranker who was currently ranked first as the strongest Ranker was a man named Taph, the Dark Flame.

Taph is a dark-skinned man accompanied by shiny black hair with a short cut.

Taph was not only the strongest Ranker, he was also the president of the world. His title as the strongest Ranker, automatically making him the President of the world. He is the one who governs almost all the affairs related to the government and the Rankers.

And the white-haired boy is also a Hyper, however, he is not a Hyper who is able to shine brightly like Taylor and Taph.

He's just an ordinary Hyper, named Ran.

Ran is initially very proud and excited when he first learns that he is Hyper. His early days as Hyper were filled with great motivation and dreams. However, everything was swept away like dust when he had learned the painful truth.

Ran continued to walk past everyone who continued to praise Taylor, all praise and admiration for Taylor, just like a noise that hurt Ran.

He kept his face down, his frustration and low self-esteem made him not dare to raise his head. He swallowed all the reality that existed and held it in the deepest part of himself.

Ran walked quickly to the enormous school gate, behind its magnificent gate, was a school environment that looked very comfortable. Spacious, clean and cool field. And 4 3-storey school buildings are amazing.

He glided quickly towards the school building which was at the very back.

He headed for the classroom which sounded very rowdy and frenzied.

Ran hesitated a little to push the door of her class, she fell silent for a while and thought about her decision for a moment.

“Huffff...... Huffff..... Be calm! Don't be afraid.”

Ran tried as much as possible to calm himself down, he took a deep breath and whispered to himself not to be afraid and to feel calm.

Ran held onto the doorknob of his class tightly, he felt so tense that it dripped cold sweat that flowed into his palm. He still felt hesitant and afraid to open the door of his class.

His throat choked, saliva clogging his conch. He swallowed all the saliva that clogged his throat in one gulp. And pull the door of his class open.

Everyone who was behind the door, reflexively looked up and looked at Ran for a bit, then, they smiled kindly to Ran. But, Ran felt very frightened because he knew what was behind their smile.

Ran strode slowly into the classroom, his steps felt extremely heavy, his head continuously bowed as if being attracted by the gravity of the earth to the ground. Most of the students who were in the room, had returned to their busy lives and were again ignoring Ran.

However, the attitude of his friends who just keep quiet, it makes Ran more afraid.

“Quiet! Road slowly”

BRUK!

Ran suddenly fell down while walking, his legs like being pulled back which makes his balance disappear.His face touched the floor very hard to let out a loud sound. However, all of Ran's classmates, no one cared and remained busy with their affairs.

Ran stood back up slowly. He felt a burning anger in his heart.

Definitely her! Only her ability can do that, she must have pulled my leg

Ran stared fiercely at a long blonde boy sitting in the front seat adjacent to the entrance.

The blond boy was chatting with a friend. Until he realized he was being stared at by Ran.

“Why look-look?”

Ran looked back in fear.

“HAH! Basic boy weird”

Ran stood back up and walked slowly, he forced to swallow all his anger, and bit his own lips. And all the children behind him, laughing cynically and mocking.

Ran arrived at his bench in the corner of his class, no one was sitting in Ran's row, he was the only one sitting in that row. Ran sat in the back seat. He sat alone without my friends.

The disciples who were in the line next to Ran, seemed to laugh at him, they whispered while looking at Ran, and occasionally chuckled.

Again, Ran could only endure it, she clenched her hands, bit her lips, and lowered her head while enduring all the humiliation she had gotten.

TRINGGGGGGG

The school bell rang, the sign of class was about to begin.

Ngiiikkkk

The aged class door was pulled and let out a squeaking sound that hurt the ears.

And from the direction of the door, entered a middle-aged man with a very neat appearance. The man was wearing glasses and neatly combed misty hair, and a moustache that had been cut clean. He was wearing a clean white shirt with a jet black tie and shiny black jeans. He looks like a model employee.

“Ok good morning kids”

“Good morning sir Andre”

The man is Ran's homeroom teacher. He is a D-level Ranker who specifically works in government to nurture Hyper. Although in special circumstances, he will jump in to help manage the large-scale Monster Gate.

“Bapak will approve you first, starting from Abdul”

“Hadir”

“Bruce?”

“Ya”

“Marco?”

“Iya...”.

“Good, everything is present yah”

The homeroom teacher has not approved of Ran, but he thinks everything is present.

Ran was already no stranger to this, he had already felt this treatment often.

“Sorry sir, my name is not diabsen” yet

“Hmm? Ow... Ran yeah? So you're still here? I thought you were released”

The guardian of Ran class instead mocked and demeaned Ran, Ran could not do anything and lowered his face even deeper. He said nothing or tried to reply to his homeroom teacher, and just kept his head down.

“Good children, as you said last week, today there will be no theory, today you will just do a test to see the development of your strength. Please change clothes and go to the sports room to do the test”

“Good pak”

The students prepare to change clothes in the toilet, including Ran, he reaches into his bag and picks up his sports uniform. And get ready to go to the toilet. However

PLAQUES

“Hoi Ran!”

Ran's head was hit from behind by someone.

Shhh, Shit, who is that? Ran grimaced inwardly and looked back for the perpetrator who had hit his head.

Behind him, there was a tall-bodied boy with black hair drizzly combed back, and eyes of a similar color to his hair.

“Hoi Ran! Answer dong when called”

“A-What's up Michael?”

“I just want to ask for help, yesterday my clothes were spilled by paint, so I want to borrow your clothes”

“Hah? How about me?”

“Just wear my clothes, come on, it's only temporary. You know how my reputation is”

“Ba-good..... But later give back the”

“Ok ok, just relax”

Michael takes Ran's sports uniform and leaves with his friends and leaves Ran alone behind.

They walk while whispering and laughing.

“Pff. Paint spill? Caught up so lying”

“Hahahaha, if so, being fooled by this lie is indeed very idiot”

“Hahah”

Ran knows Michael's lying. Ran was already used to being colonized like this, and all he could do was hold him back.

He lifted Michael's sports uniform to see his condition.

“Parah”

Blue Sport Uniforms are almost entirely covered in paint of a variety of different colors. Black, red, and green. Both front and back, exposed to various colors paint.

“Huffffftt, just hold 1 year more”

Ran exhaled and went to change his clothes in the toilet.

As he was about to enter the toilet, he passed by some of his classmates. They were all chatting so much that they didn't notice Ran, but when they passed each other and turned their backs to each other, Ran could hear them laughing mockingly.

“Just ignore” Ran tries to be indifferent and does not care.

The focus now is only on changing uniforms.

He entered one of the empty toilets

He tried as quickly as possible to change uniforms because he had been left behind by others, in between the time when he changed uniforms, he heard the clattering of footsteps, which then stopped for a while, and not long after, the footsteps again appeared towards the toilet exit.

“Quickly also they changed clothes” Ran did not think of anything and hurriedly changed uniforms.

He was about to get out and head for the gym, the door to his room was blocked.

“Sial, what the hell else is this?” Ran was panic-stricken, he tried his hardest to break down the cubicle door.

He had to throw his whole body to break down the door.

Brakkkkk

His door finally opened, Ran fell down from throwing his body just to break the door, he felt a cold shard on the floor, it was a sharp Ice crystal.

Ran glanced towards the door of the toilet cubicle behind him, he noticed there was ice attached to the door leaf and door frame.

“This time it is, actually why are they always like this?” Ran already knew who the culprit was, but, even if he reported it, no one would care about him.

“Oh yes, what time is it? Shit, it's too late” Ran ran in a hurry when he saw the time on his watch.

The distance from the toilet to the gym is quite far, luckily, Ran is a Hyper who has a physique above normal humans. So that it can run fast.

But, being late remains too late, no matter how fast Ran runs.

“M-Sorry, I'm late. Hosh.... hosh Ran apologized for the delay. All the disciples in the sports hall looked at him with cynical smiles. The supervising teacher looked at him with annoyance.

“Too late again hmm?”

“M-Sorry pak”

“Indeed if you apologize, something will change?”

“..........”

“This is a minute!”

“ Ran walked slowly towards the supervising teacher with a humiliated feeling.

His supervising teacher took out a pitch-black iron rod. And when Ran arrived right in front of his teacher.

“So, how many times have you been late?”

“..........”

“Why is your sport dirty?”

“..........”

“Why shut up? Try answering!”

“..........”

Plakkkkk

The sound of a punching object sounded loud, the teacher hit Ran's face with his iron baton.

“It's often too late! Filthy shirt! Shabby appearance! You failed boy!!! Just get out of this school, want 1000 kids like you, won't make a difference at all!!!!”

Ran just silently heard the insults of his teacher, rather than the pain of being beaten, he felt more pain to hear the insults from his teacher.

“Hhhhhhhhh, it is no use also I scold you, try to show the development of your abilities”

“B-Good pak”

Ran wiped the blood coming out of his nose, then raised his two hands parallel to his body, his fingers forming a position of grasping something, he drained his strength into both hands while imagining the shape of a dagger.

His palm began to shine brightly, the light coming out formed a short dagger, not long after, a dagger formed from his hand.

However, the two daggers looked translucent, as if they were just a hologram. Ran did not have enough strength to make a dagger perfectly.

His supervising teacher looked at Ran with a cynical look, he took one of the daggers in Ran's hands and threw it on the floor to shreds in pieces.

“Junk! Basic boy failed”

Supervisory teacher Ran hits Ran again with an iron rod until Ran falls.

Plakkkkk Plakkkk bukkk

“Basic boy failed, basic aib”

“Akhhh... Khhh...."

Supervisory teacher Ran beat Ran so brutally that Ran complained, it was not enough just to be beaten, the teacher also kicked and stomped on Ran with a fast.

However, despite being presented with such a terrifying sight, none of Ran's classmates tried to stop him, instead, they smiled happily to see Ran being tortured.

Some were blatantly smiling, some were hiding their smiles.

“Hahhh...... Huhhhhhhhhhh.... Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Tch, come on kids, just leave this failed boy”

Everything left Ran who was cowering in fear, his body shaking from the pain of being hit and all the insults he got