A day after Dam Son visited the Page Coliseum, he woke up inside the Tower of Residence feeling refreshed. The first thing he did was greeted his Guide who was folded into a scroll by his head. “Good morning Papyrus.”

“Good morning newborn.” Papyrus responded blandly, “You’re feeling quite chirpy today, what gives?”

“I don’t know why I’m so happy. I think the adrenaline from yesterday might still be in effect.”

“You mean from the Page Coliseum?”

“Yes, remember that blindfolded kid I told you about? Out of every opponent that I sparred against, he was the most challenging.”

“But you ended up kicking his ass anyway, so why are you still mulling over some loser?”

“I’m not mulling, it’s just…” Dam Son paused for a moment.

“Just what?” Papyrus enquired.

“Ah, forget it. You wouldn’t understand. I’m going to get ready for teacher Enjoy’s early lesson.” Dam Son went to the bathroom to get cleaned up. When he returned, Papyrus told him that he had an incoming video call.

“Answer.” Dam Son swiped a tab on his Papyrus interface. Shortly, 2 extra sheets popped up which depicted his classmates. Sugar Bun is on the left and Xuan Li on the right.

“Hey, Dam Son are you up yet?”

“We’re waiting for you at the Tower of Residence first floor.”

“I’m up, I’m up. I’ll be there shortly.” Finished speaking to his friends, Dam Son told Papyrus to cancel the 2 image sheets.

This video call functionality became possible due to the latest social media Guide App that Dam Son had installed. It cost him 30 Q-currency, a small price to pay for communication convenience. He purchased the upgrade from a Guide Evolution Store within the Tower of Residence. He also refilled Papyrus’ depleted Letters Ink that he wanted for a long time.

“Let's head out Papyrus.” Dam Son didn’t bother hiding his Guide anymore; he took Papyrus’ advice. After meeting up with his friends, they went to Caromine Institute together. They chattered about menial stuff along the way, such as Jin Hennessy’s favourite liquor, any cute girls they were interested in, and their experience at the Page Coliseum etc.

“What’s going on over there?”

As they drew closer to Caromine Institute, the Drunken Brats identified an increasing crowd pilling up at the entrance as if they were waiting for someone special.

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“What’s with all that crowd?” As soon as Dam Son landed with his sapphire suitcase by his side, the crowd poised at the entrance had their eyes plastered onto him.

“There they are! The Drunken Brats who dominated the 3-man team battles at the Page Coliseum!”

“That one there who never leaves his suitcase, he’s the one who humiliated Red Bull! Look at the colour of his Guide. It is so dark and cool just like his appearance!”

“So that’s what is Guide looks like? It definitely fits his Dark-Human persona. I wonder why he didn’t use it yesterday.”

“I heard he defeated Red Bull without the dependency of his Guide and that he wields some sort of bizarre energy of V’s. Is that all true?”

“Of course it is! You should have been there to see him smashing Red Bull’s face in. He treated his face like a crushed paper.”

“For real? Damn, I’m so upset I didn’t come with you guys yesterday. I would have liked to see that smug brat getting his face crushed.”

“Excuse me, excuse me, please. You’re blocking the way.” Dam Son tried squeezing his way through the excited crowd who was spitting tasty saliva about him constantly.

Sugar Bun nudged his side and said, “Somebody is very famous. Congrats to you.”

“Being famous, is that a good thing?”

“Of course it is. Don’t you see all these pretty ladies eyeing you like a piece of eye candy? With that strong lust in their eyes, you don’t have to waste any Q-currency on courting them, you can just go straight to the dirty deed.”

“The dirty deed?” Dam Son had no idea what Sugar Bun was talking about.

From the side, hearing how the crowd spoke fondly of Dam Son, Xuan Li naturally felt jealous. “It was a team effort, everyone. We all did our best at the Page Coliseum. Besides, it was my idea that we go there. Get out of our way so that we can get to class!”

“What the heck is his problem?” Some people didn’t like how Xuan Li roughed them up. “He thinks because he’s good-looking and has a bit of swagger that he can talk us any way he feels like.”

Dam Son had to intervene to calm the animosity of the crowd. “I’m so sorry about him everyone. He’s just a bit agitated about me being more famous than he is.”

“No, I’m not!” Xuan Li rebutted angrily. After he spoke, he stormed his way through the throng of people, leaving Dam Son and Sugar Bun behind.

“I think he might be genuinely upset. I’m going to go talk to him. See you at class Dam Son.” Sugar Bun chased after Xuan Li’s fleeing presence. He didn’t want his rage and envy to separate their relationship.

Walking down the hallway which led to Ms Enjoy’s class, Dam Son received many admirable glances from his peers. Many whispers about his heroic victory over Red Bull were spreading across the institute like wildfire. To be honest, this was a first time experience for Dam Son. He didn’t know how to react to so much attention. Should he smile, wave or what? He just wanted to get to class where he would be hidden from so many prying eyes.

Just about to cross the corner to his classroom, Dam Son ran into someone who he nor any of the students present in the hall were expecting to see. Just a metre ahead of him was an angry Red Bull surrounded by his upset entourage.

“There is the brat Red Bull. We’ve finally found him.”

“Took him long enough to get here. I thought we were going to have to wait another minute.”

“Oh, no. this might be troublesome.” Dam Son’s supporters started retreating from the hall one by one as soon as they realized who was blocking his path.

Looking directly at Red Bull who still had his blindfold on, Dam Son took a step closer to him and asked. “Why are you blocking my path?”

“Why do you think?” Responding menacingly to Dam Son’s enquiry, Red Bull also took a step forward. Now they were inches apart from kissing each other.

Glancing away for a moment to ponder about what Red Bull might possible have desired of him, Dam Son asked, “Do you want to become friends with me?”