Eo's eye twitched. He had just been invited to be the boss of the gang known as the Red Jackets.
"Umm… why?"
Utaris slammed a hand down and looked at Eo with pleading eyes.
"You're strong, Eo. I can tell through your gangster eyes."
Eo almost choked.
One of the Red Jackets cleared their throats.
"Boss, are you sure about this?!"
"Don't worry. Eo is our new boss from now on."
"BoSS!!"
"nO, boSs! whYY?!!"
Eo saw the 3 Red Jackets prostrate themself in front of him. Eo gagged. What in the world was this?! Eo felt strange.
(Oh well. It's not like this will really affect my own training, right?)
Eo shrugged.
"Okay, Red Jackets. I'll call us the um…"
Eo thought about when he overcame the essence-gel composition.
"EssenceOvercomers. Or Essov for short."
"New Boss, we accept, but why?"
Eo tried thinking of an excuse.
"It's my uh, initials!"
The former Red Jackets' eyes sparkled with joy.
"Such a genius move!"
"As expected of our new master!"
Eo cleared his throat, cheeks hot from the ridiculousness of it all.
"Okay, Essov gang, let's go."
The Essov gang was composed of Eo, Utaris, and three other people. They were Wifjad, Lodan, and the ferocious Jimean. Jimean was sick today, which was why he wasn't present with the other gang members.
Lodan coughed.
"I don't think Jimean would accept Eo as the new boss of the Red Jackets."
Wifjad agreed.
"Yeah, Jimean was only in the gang because Utaris was stronger than him."
Eo sighed. This was supposed to be about he, alone, beating the protagonist. What were these other people doing here?
"Don't worry," Eo responded distractedly. "I'll just prove my strength to him."
The other gang members, who were still a bit wary of Utaris' seemingly rash decision, opened their eyes wider.
"Really! I want to see!"
"New boss really says some cool things!"
Eo leaned his head back.
"Okay, time to find out where he's bunking in…"
Utaris' face lit up.
"Oh! I know, room AW4-3!"
Lodan stiffened.
"Don't tell Jimean it was Utaris who told new boss where Jimean bunked in."
Wifjad hurriedly agreed. Eo just rolled his eyes.
"Okay, let's get going."
There were giant sections of the campus from A to J. From the address "AW4-3", Eo went to section A, West Wing, Fourth floor, third room. He knocked.
There was a growl in response.
"Hey, this is Eo, new boss of the Red Jackets. I just wanted to say that I'm renaming this the Es-"
The door flung open and a crazy looking person stood, breathing heavily.
"NO ONE CAN BE THE BOSS OF ME UNTIL THEY BEAT ME!"
Jimean created a rock from his hand and flung it towards Eo's face.