The moment Verso and the gang did the Duelliste winning cutscene and he realized with them he would manage to do things he had never managed before as he tells Monoco should have been the time realization dawned on him to change his ways.

The fact it's the complete opposite and he just can't help his lying, backstabbing dipshit nature as instructed by his parents when his (painted)Sister manages, instead tripling down on his own mental unhealth and vying to fuck everything for everyone without really considering what he is doing more than two steps at a time, is both extremely realistic and extremely depressing.