Episode Release Date: 30th November 2019

"What? You want to climb the ranks?" Asked Asmodeus and Lavande to the Suzuki twins. Ryūko only nodded before Iruma, who has Clara sleeping on his lap, said: "Yeah, we do. For now, we just want to climb from Alef (1) to Bet (2)." "So we were hoping that you could show us how to climb..." Ryūko was cut off short when Asmodeus suddenly stood up from the bench and cried. Lavande was alarmed and tried to comforting him with her soft touches as she put her arm around his shoulders. "Sir Asmodeus, what has went to you?" Asked Lavande.

The pink haired demon turned his back of the others from the bench in front of them. "I thought Ryūko and Iruma-sama had no interest in ranks, but I knew it must've been getting to them deep down..." Thought Asmodeus, "And they have every right to be upset! Ryūko and Iruma-sama did do something as unprecedented as making the Guardian of Cutthroat Valley their pet, yet their ranks were immeasurable! They obviously can't be ranked on the same scale as us demons, but that's no reason for them to be placed at the lowest rank of Alef!" He then started to invade the twins' personal space declaring: "I was displease when you were ranked as Alef, as well! I was becoming numb from all of our foolish classmates who lack ambition, but moving up the ranks is a demon's pride! " "S-Sure." Replied Iruma. Clara awoke and sat upright. "Prepare for what?" Asked Clara. "What else? To prepare Ryūko and Iruma-sama to rise up to the highest rank if Yodh and then... " Declared Asmodeus. What?! Of all the speeches that came out of his mouth, that had to be most insane and ridiculous! Plus, it wasn't ignored by the other students!

""

"He just said something crazy!"

"Another legend's about to be born!"

Darris and Eiko were at the side lines admiring the Suzuki twins. "I'm sure Iruma-san/Ryūko-san can do it." They said.

"Wonderful ideal, Sir Asmodeus!" Complimented Lavande with her hands clasped together, "Simply marvelous! Let us prepare now until then!" Asmodeus bashfully rubbed his arm and blushed from his crush's compliment. "Of course, my lady. We shall prepare them so." Said Asmodeus. Clara asked Come-Come for a rank up, which is a stupid idea, and he told her to leave the store. "Asmodeus, Lavande, we're fine with just being a Bet." Clarified Ryūko. "Huh? B-But..." Asmodeus and Lavande then gasped as if they realised something, "Nay, this is Ryūko and Iruma-sama we're talking about. I'm sure they have some profound reason that I could never even fathom." Both demons kneeled down to the humans and bowed their heads, "We apologise for our presumptuosness." "Er, don't worry about it!" Said Iruma, "Could we stop standing ou-" Asmodeus and Lavande outstretched their arms and faced the other students. "Now, Ryūko and Iruma-sama/ Lady Ryūko and Sir Iruma are going to prepare to rise up to the rank of Bet." Said the two, "" This suprised all in the cafeteria.

"Why Bet?"

"Dang, he suddenly brought his expectations down!"

"This is still gonna be crazy!"

"I'm devi looking forward to it!"

Darris and Eiko feared that if Ryūko and Iruma rose up to Bet, the four won't be on the same ranks. Their two friends suggested that they should raise their own ranks as well.

"Now let us go, Ryūko and Iruma-sama/Lady Ryūko and Sir Iruma." Said the demons holding their hands out to the said twins. "Of course, lead us to where we shall begin." Requested Ryūko. "" Come-Come, the school shopkeeper approached the group with Clara sitting on his bamboo spear. "" Said Come-Come. "" Said Clara. Ryūko facepalmed and groan to herself quietly: "Why the f*** is Valac-san in situations like this?"

Time Skip (Brought To You By Naberius Kalego)

The group went down an underground pathway. What lied beyond the stairway was Babyls' sports gym, according to Asmodeus. "Wow, I never knew a place like this existed under our classroom." Said Iruma. Yes, this underground gym is located a floor below the Misfit Class's room. " Connor! Murf! You can run around all you want down here!" Said Clara to her shoes, "" Clara then rolled down the path directly to the gym field. "So they're not actually running..." Said Iruma. "Honestly, she's such a nuisance." Said Asmodeus. "I'm sure she isn't as what you think, Asmodeus." Said Lavande, "Although I may agree with that point of your view, she is quite like a child." She really knew how to make Asmodeus smile. Lavande can sometimes be shy around him, but she'll always be happy to be around the group, especially around Asmodeus.

Down at the gym field, Asmodeus and Lavande explained how to raise a rank. "There is currsntly one way for you to raise a rank, Ryūko and Iruma-sama." Said Asmodeus, "And that's to get good marks on the periodic promotion exams held in class." "Promotion..." Mumbled Iruma. "...exams?" Continued Clara. "The next promotion examination is held next week." Continued Lavande for Asmodeus, "The thing we will be tested on... is ."

"Execution..."

"... skip to my lou?"

"" Corrected Asmodeus. Iruma and Lavande only gave small sounds of laughter, Ryūko only sighed that Clara might not take these examinations seriously, despite Clara being a Gimel (3).

About Execution Cannonball:

Both of the top students explained this game to the rest of the group and it terrified Iruma, Ryūko thought it was a gory bloodmath. "" Shivered Iruma. "Indeed, but due to the number of casualties..." Said Asmodeus before holding a green ball with the Babyls crest on it, "We just use this ball instead of caimans."

"And, to conserve time and money, we are now using these territories marked by lines, instead of castles." Said Lavande, "Those who are hit by the ball must go to the outfield!"

Clara then went to one side of the outfield, asking to bring in the game, "Even if you are in the outfield, you can come back onto the court as soon as you hit an enemy with the ball." "Valac, bring out the cursed puppets so we can have enough players." Ordered Asmodeus and Clara tapped on her yellow pouches, which are located on her skirt. Five cursed puppets came out to play the game with the group. "All right! Let us start practicing!" Declared Asmodeus. "Give me a moment." Said Lavande, "This set of my clothed armor is unsuiting for sports. I must be at change." She then went to a really dark area, so that nobody can see her. Snapping her fingers, magical flower petals surrounded her and made her change from her armored attire to her training wear.

Once that's done, Lavande came out with some of her petals flying around her, making a stylish entrance. Ryūko and Iruma clapped from the incredible display of her power, Asmodeus just stared at her beautiful appearance and entry cue. Lavande decide to use one of the seduction tricks and winked at Asmodeus, causing him to blush instantly. "You have a liking of Lavande, do you?" Whisper-asked Ryūko to Asmodeus, "Your blushing face doesn't lie." He didn't respond and only blushed harder. Ryūko then giggled at his reaction being so cute. Lavande approached him and asked, "does your coat make you feel hot or is it just my entrance?" Flirted Lavande, "Maybe just the latter." Asmodeus heated up way more. "Those techniques did the trick for Sir Asmodeus." Thought Lavande, "Thank goodness I might let my dignity off in Seduction Class."

And so, the group began to practice this game. But to Ryūko, it was all too familiar. "" Exclaimed Iruma in realisation and dropped on his knees, "I mean, I figured it out gradually during the explanation but... I'm not letting my guard down anymore!" "Then again, the Netherworld is laid-back every once in a while." Pointed out Ryūko, "If we're just going to play dodgeball, even we can-" Suddenly, a ball nearly hit Ryūko and Iruma at full force and speed, ceashing into the stone wall. The one who threw that ball was Sabnock. "" Exclaimed Iruma. "A battle to the death to climb the ranks... I'd expect nothing less fro-" Before Sabnock could finish his sentence, another ball hit him straight in the gut and made him lean against the wall.

She approached Sabnock and lifted herself up with a string of her silk that hit the ceiling, and slammed her hand against the wall near Sabnock's head, once she's at a good height. She just did a to him! "You called me a rival, right?" Questioned Ryūko sadistically, "Then if you wish we're on the same team, be glad I wouldn't throw the ball at your face." Her jacket was unbuttoned, so she decided to tease him by doing the same to some of the button of her dress shirt with her fingers, "Even if you call me your rival, I'll be your sadist." Now she had some part of her chest revealled to him. Sabnock heated up from her teasing. Lavande, Asmodeus, Clara and Iruma gapped at the scene, turns out the gothic student is also teasingly sadistic because of her demon-like half being equivalent to a spider demon's characteristic.

Later on, the rest of the class came down to play Execution Cannonball as well. Looks like this practice session will be a lot more fun; the more the merrier, right? "We're bored, so let us play too!" Said Jazz. "Let's play! Let's play!" Said Elizabetta and Lead. "Harmony is the greatest of virtues." Said Schneider. "Jeez, what a pain..." Complained Picero. But once they got there, their jaws dropped (excluding Elizabetta) at the scene of Ryūko seducing Sabnock with advanced techniques. "Good thing those advanced art of seduction textbooks have techniques like this." Smirked Ryūko before she got down buttoming up her shirt. Sabnock recovered quicker than expected and started to throw the ball. "" Exclaimed the buffed demon.

Goemon unsheathed his katana, which was literally made of wind! "" Said Goemon as he sliced the ball in half. One half was going in Keroli's direction, the other at Picero's side. Keroli trapped the half ball in an ice crystal whereas Picero created a rock stalagmite to block the other half away. After that, Sabnock turned this game of dodgeball into a game of destruction. "This isn't laid-back at all!" Yelled Iruma inwardly as her remembered Ameri's words. Getting depressed, he dropped to the ground saying: "We're sorry, we can't, Ameri-san... We're not going to be able to climb the ranks like this... Training's not exactly going to be helping us out here. Well, maybe Ryūko, since she's so strong, but me...?" "Training, Iruma-sama?" Asked Asmodeus, "You and Ryūko-sama must want to train!" "Huh?! Um..." Mumbled Iruma. "There is a possiblity that your ranks will be immeasurable again, Ryūko and Iruma-sama." Said Asmodeus, "We need to be extra careful." "We fear that we will not be substantial opponents for your training, Sir Iruma and Lady Ryūko." Added Lavande, "Why not discuss this matter with someone of a high rank?" "A high-ranking demon?" Asked Iruma. "That must be someone we know, Iruma!" Said Ryūko, "Let us discuss this with Grandfather!"

And she was right! Sullivan, chair-demon of Babyls and grandfather of the twins, is a high-ranking demon of the rank Teth (9). The two paid a visit in his office. "I see... Please... Tell me more about this training." Said Sullivan.

Meanwhile in their classroom, Kalego wants to start the lesson, but his students weren't present in the classroom. "" Asked Kalego to himself.

Time Skip

Ryūko and Iruma are completely surrounded by demons. The difference in strength between the twins and the others is beyond evident. However, even amongst demons being stronger than humans, with Ryūko's balance of strength and defence (plus her spider demon attributes), she is able to compete with demons. This proves to be more difficult for Iruma.

"Thank you for training us, Chair-Demon/Grandfather." Said Iruma and Ryūko. "Oh, Iruma-kun... You're supposed to call me Grandpa outside of school!" Said Sullivan, clearly not taking this seriously, "Why did we even bother coming back home?!" "Huh?! S-Sorry!" Apologised Iruma while Ryūko facepalmed. "Can we just take this training more seriously?" Sighed Ryūko, "That's the whole part of us coming back home!"

"Okay, first, let's give it a light throw." Said Sullivan giving them two balls, "Throw them at that." Refering to the large boulder, Ryūko knew that it was a test of strength. "I-I'm not sure I can throw that far." Said Iruma, "I mean, Onē-chan can, compare to me, but... I'm really bad at this." "You'll be fine as long as you do as I say." Said Sullivan, "Spread your legs just a little. "L-Like this?" Asked Iruma following instructions. Ryūko knows how to throw things, so she already knew what to do. "Yes, perfect!" Replied the chair-demon, "Don't put too much strength into your right arms, either." "Okay." Replied Iruma before they were told to throw at the boulder. "I was imagining something crazy for training, but this is basically just normal dodgeball. " Said Iruma to Ryūko. "I, too, was expecting something to help us with strength since you need to work on your attacking." Said Ryūko, "Alright then, we'll give it a shot!" "Oh, when you throw, make sure you yell "" Said Sullivan. "Another spell?! Are you kidding me?!" Questioned Ryūko.

The bluenettes exchanged a look of uncertainity with each other, but decided to take Sullivan's advice. "" Yelled the twins. Once that word is said, their rings began to glow; Iruma's golden ring with blue, and Ryūko's platinum ring with red. A blue Japanese dragon and a Japanese pheonix engulfed the balls and flew towards the boulder, destroying it in the process. The twins had their mouths hanging speechlessly and Sullivan was satisfied. "Well done! You'll annailate them, without a doubt!" Praised Sullivan, "Training over." "" Objected Iruma, "" "Aw, why not? It's so easy." Asked Sullivan. "Listen to us, Grandfather." He tilted his head, listening to what Ryūko has to say for her and Iruma, "The magic stored within the rings is your magic, we feel as if it would be cheating, if worse, dishonorable. We want to pass the examination with our own strength. So we don't desire using magic." "But it's going to be really hard not using magic." Said Sullivan, taking Iruma's hands, "So..." Their hands emit a yellow glow, "I strength your hands so you can at least catch the ball. Your turn, Ryūko-chan." He turned to Ryūko and did the same, "I know you're a strong girl, but you are still a delicate human. So take this as a safety measure." Ryūko understood her race of humanity being delicate in the Netherworld, so she might need something to help as well.

After that's finished, Sullivan asked: "This will allow you to have a fair match, right?" Ryūko and Iruma were glad to have this to help them play fair and safe. "" Smiled the twins with gratitude.

"Wholesome..."

Sullivan hugged himself tightly and trembled a little bit, which worried Ryūko and Iruma. "Wh-What's wrong?" Asked Iruma. "I'm currently saving that image into my heart's memory." Said Sullivan, "I need to make sure I put a file lock on it." "File lock? What?" Questioned Ryūko. "Okay, I'll be going now." Said Sullivan, "Don'y worry. If you want to train without using magic, I know of a better teacher."