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Yu definitely turned down whatever job he was offered because he was a High Ranker, but at the same time he can be said to have turned down his ranking too, since he pretty much says that having stayed in the Second Floor means he's been able to hide his true strength. Not that I'm disputing the meaning of the given statement.

So his ranking is within the top 1,000 but whatever it is he deserves to be higher.