Although Gary was already Level 4, he had only ever assigned one of the three stat points he had received from his Level Ups. He had considered what stat he might use them for, but had decided that it might make more sense to increase them via his gym trying until he hit some kind of wall.
However, seeing Gil attack the old man who could hardly defend himself, something snapped in Gary’s head. It was similar to what had happened when Steven had ‘threatened’ him by telling him he would go out with Amy. The high schooler imagined Tom lying on the ground, getting bullied by Gil.
Unable to wait for his ‘perfect opportunity’ the high schooler dived right in, running past the other members, while placing his stat points into Strength. The broom snapped after connecting with Gil’s face and Gary still held one half of it in his hand, his head slightly facing down so the others wouldn’t be able to see his face clearly.