Vil says that he is no longer fit to be the leader of the VDC team after his overblot but the team does not let him resign, as none of them were gravely injured in the fight.
Ace says, “After the way you ran us through the wringer training us to get here, there’s no way we’re letting you pull out because of a few bruises!”
Vil gathers the group together after the VDC to apologize for betraying they trust in Book 5, saying, “I realized we would lose, and my solution was to curse my rival. It was the ugliest possible thing I could’ve done,” and that he is truly sorry, catching Epel by surprise (“I’m not used to Vil apologizing like that.”)
Vil takes responsibility for the team’s poor performance in the competition (“Some leader I turned out to be”), as his actions “had a direct, negative impact” on the group, and pays the cash prize that the team would have won while acknowledging the irony in doing so after telling his manager that his feeling cannot be bought with money.
When Ace bemoans having to endure Riddle’s wrath after the events of Playfulland, Vil offers him the advice of “own up and apologize…accept the consequences of your actions with aplomb.”
Vil also apologizes to the Spectral Soiree group for the trouble he caused when possessed by a ghost.
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