It seems that you are not going to have the joy of doing that, from what I see it seems that the idea of removing him from the game wins, I have already said it many times, in my opinion it is a bad idea to remove a competitor from the MC or provocative Villain, it is good to have someone who makes you want to win and all novels do it to provide a challenge, the Count of Monte Cristo for example or William Wallace, villains are used to give the protagonist motivation but anyway.
If you want to see how a villain works in a NSFW story read the Queen Bee or Silent War Manhwa.
pd: Also the quality of the villain makes the protagonist improve or surpass himself, for someone who plays it is satisfying to have challenges and win, it is part of life to have frustrations and then win, it is the same as a sport where you play against a rival and beat the opponent at the end.