Japan has always been an environment where seniority takes precedence.
No matter where you are.
Even in school, a first-year student can't just barge into the third-year students' territory.
Clubs? First-year club members are always handling chores, serving tea, cleaning floors—those kinds of tasks.
"Never passed a rank test." Uesugi Sakura understood that they did not trust her.
This is normal, just like trying to show off with a big sword in front of Guan Gong, anyone would laugh; to the students, she seemed to be showing off her skills in front of the master.
The Vice Master who is now lying in the hospital recovering from an injury is a Sixth Rank Refiner, what qualifies this young person to compare to a Sixth Rank Refiner?
What qualifies her to guide everyone as a Vice Master?
The students' discussions became even more intense.