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It was in V6, where she also denied extra equipment because they're unrelated to the research. Ichika also consistently beat Houki prior to her asspull powerup, and continue to do so after that.
By V7, he's almost on par with Rin, herself is quite a prodigy, considering her initial training is 6 months long versus two years for everyone else (except Houki and Ichika himself).
So, Ichika already began to climb the power ladder rapidly, just obscured by the shitty, unneeded antics.
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