Epilogue
G.I. Jones wakes and find himself tied up, surrounded by a people's court composed of parents of his victims convened by Judge Tickolas Marshall, who sentences him to "die in any way possible". Judge Marshall leaves as the mob began to menace Jones.
Philip receives a letter from his father in San Diego, inviting him over. He, however, decides to remain in the Philippines and plans to open a fitness gym where he would teach bodybuilding and boxing while his sister Pinky and Agnes would be aerobics instructors.
As Bab and Joboy make their way home from Olongapo aboard a bus, they had time to watch a news report on television recounting the downfall of G.I. Jones' syndicate and how Richard Gordon personally thanked them for leading the authorities to the syndicate's hideout, much to the wonder of two men Bab and Joboy had earlier been exchanging bragging blows with.
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