"Me? Defeat Dipter?" Joe laughed nervously, lifting his hands in surrender. Sweat ran down the side of his face. "No way. That's impossible, I could never do something like that."
The other students turned to look at him.
Some of them couldn't believe Joe was even the one running class right now. A lot of the fifteen or so students there were the top delinquents in their year. They were on Ko's level. And Joe? Joe had been Ko's underling.
They'd watched him improve over time, which was why they respected him just enough to listen to what he had to say during training. But seeing him like this, panicked, backing off, they were starting to realize he might not have much of a spine after all.
"Don't worry, Joe. I'll deal with this guy," said a student named Darren, pulling off his gloves and tossing them to the floor.
Darren was no joke. Top of his class, one of the most aggressive fighters among the delinquents. He stepped forward confidently, cracking his knuckles as he walked.
