Road To Becoming Judgement [2] - Infamy?

"So, if we have those rankings, why do we have toki stages?" Silas asked.

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"Stop gawking at me and answer my damn question!" Silas shouted with a hint of anger in his voice.

"What toki stage are you in?" Archie asked instead of answering Silas' question.

"Uhmmm. I don't know? First?" 

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"I swear to everything I hold dear-"

"Since clearly no one taught you about this, let me explain. Toki stages are different from the metal rankings. For example. In your case, you can be in the first stage of toki yet somehow have the prowess of a gold rank. Get it?"

"I think? Why don't they just use the mana core rankings?" Silas asked. It seemed a little illogical to not use the mana core rankings. Using the metal rankings just seemed like too much work, but maybe there was more to it?