I am the king of fighting!

Chapter 261 Boarding the Ship
"Good, it looks like everyone is here."

Hopper took the invitation letter that was thrown to him. He didn't even need to verify it, he knew it was genuine. The Howard Consortium had already spread the word that no one could interfere with the invitation letter held by the Bogard brothers, otherwise they would be killed without mercy. Even if a strong man came forward to snatch it away, the people who came would only be the Bogard brothers.

As for Krauser? There was no need to worry. If the Dark Emperor could be snatched away after receiving an invitation, Giss would probably laugh his head off.

"Everyone, please follow me to board the spaceship by helicopter." Riper extended his hand politely.

Eight people, two helicopters. Lin Xi didn't care who he was on, and walked straight to the nearest helicopter and jumped on it. Locke followed closely behind him. Maxima took a slow but actually fast step forward and stood in the helicopter cabin before Locke. Billy Kane, who was closer, was about to go in, but Terry Bogard ran over, pushed him away with his shoulder, and shouted, "Sorry, sorry."

Having said that, the expressions were full of provocation. The two were absolutely hostile in their stances, and there was no possibility of reconciliation at all.

Billy Kane took a step forward with hidden anger and thrust his elbow straight forward.

"Bang~" After the collision of elbows and fists, Terry successfully repelled the enemy, but he took a few steps sideways and deviated from the path forward. He held down his hat, glanced at Ripper who was looking straight ahead and ignoring him, and put his hands down. He couldn't tear his face off here, he had to get on the spaceship.

Even if he loses in the competition, he will have to find Gis on the spaceship to seek revenge.

Billy Kane, however, did not tolerate him at all. With an angry look on his face, he grasped the long stick, shook it slightly, and then hit him.

"Peng!"

The stick and he were knocked away by a blue and white qigong wave.

Everyone looked at Locke who took the initiative to fight off Billy Kane. This mysterious and low-key young fighter wearing a hat actually showed such strength, and...

[This guy looks like the boss! ] X2
Ripper and Hopper were secretly surprised.

Krauser looked at Locke with great interest. The blood flowing in his body and his innate intuition told him that the other party was very likely his relative, and he was somewhat similar to Gis...

interesting.

Terry Bogard said nothing, but looked carefully at the familiar hat.

The most surprised person was undoubtedly Sakazaki Ryo. The move he just used was obviously their Extreme Style's Overlord Shouting Fist. Whether it was the aura, appearance or the structure of the internal energy, they were all exactly the same. He even had an odd sense of familiarity. Locke's way of attack and muscle movement habits... were exactly the same as his.

[Is it some strange imitation ability?] He was not as copyright conscious as Disney. After being surprised, he was actually a little relieved. It was probably because he was relieved to see that a young man who did not have an evil aura could reach a level similar to his at such a young age.

Billy Kane fell to the ground with the red stick stuck in the ground. He raised his head in embarrassment, his eyes and expression seemed as if he was ready to choose someone to eat in the next second. He was almost killed instantly by a sneak attack. He would rather die directly in that blow than be let go by someone hypocritically. It didn't matter if he was not as skilled as others, and it didn't matter if he was attacked by sneak attacks. Letting go really touched his nerves.

Hopper and Ripper's muscles bulged, stretching their suits open, and they were ready to stop their colleagues from fighting.

The situation turned into a melee before they even boarded the spaceship, which was completely inconsistent with Lord Gis's plan and instructions. Even if they were colleagues, they had to work together to subdue them.

Even though they have no reputation and look ordinary, Billy Kane is actually like a wild dog, aggressive and causing trouble everywhere. He is responsible for fighting for the gang, but his strength is not much higher than the two of them. The two of them have served as Gus's personal bodyguards for more than ten years, responsible for all security matters. As the saying goes, a good fighter is not necessarily famous for his achievements. Even if only one of them comes out, he can hold his own with Billy. With years of tacit understanding, they think it is a very easy thing for them to work together to quickly solve the problem.

Billy Kane stood up, the knuckles of his fingers holding the stick turned white from excessive force, and wisps of fiery breath drifted between his mouth and nose. He glanced at Locke with a gloomy face, turned around and looked at his two colleagues who were ready to attack, grinning with disdain.

There's nothing wrong with being a stray dog. If he doesn't even have the courage to bark at everything, he will become a domestic dog and won't be afraid no matter how many come.

[For Lord Gis’ plan…] He thought so and boarded another helicopter.

After this little episode, the eight people were divided into two groups and took off. Terry Bogard took the initiative to extend his hand to Locke beside him and said in a friendly manner: "Terry Bogard, thank you for your help."

Locke stretched out his hand and shook it, then pressed down the brim of his hat in a very low-key manner, looking very cool.

"Thank you so much." Terry Bogard came over and said kindly, "Look, our hats are the same..."

"Um, ah, oh." Locke responded incoherently. On the surface, he seemed calm, but he was almost able to build a three-bedroom, two-living-room house. He was brought up by his adoptive father since he was a child. Even though they called each other by their names most of the time, it was a blessing that a disabled person with a serious illness could receive such careful care, and his adoptive father even took a lot of effort to send him to a freezing facility.

There was no need to question the feelings between the two of them. Even after he was awakened and learned that his adoptive father had died in the War in Heaven decades ago, what he regretted most was that he had not said the word "father" in person.

Knowing that he could travel through time and space and return to the past to see his adoptive father, he was extremely excited. Even though he had repeatedly warned himself to be careful not to reveal his identity, he still couldn't help it when he saw someone attacking his adoptive father.

However, he had imagined many scenes of seeing his adoptive father again, but nothing like this.

Maxima sat opposite and watched with a smile, ignoring Locke's look for help.

Lin Xi was trying his best to screen his memories about fighting games. The handsome blond young man who could kill Billy Kane in seconds must be the protagonist. But he had no impression of the name Locke. Could it be that this was a fighting game he had never played?
That's not right. In his previous life, although his gaming skills were not very high, he was a fighting game enthusiast. He had played almost all the fighting games on the market. Even if he couldn't play them, he would watch others play them. Could it be some niche fighting game that was not released in China and even had no reputation at all?
Or... it's not a fighting game at all?

Then it’s impossible to find it.

In a dull and awkward atmosphere, the helicopter was controlled to enter the huge recovery cabin. The cabin door closed and it was pitch black outside the window. With a clicking sound, the lights soon came on.

A group of eight people got off the helicopter. Hopper and Ripper, who were guest pilots, led the way. They passed through a spiral staircase and a heavy steel door and came to the second floor from the bottom. The feeling of being down to earth was completely different from being high in the sky. Through the window at the end of the corridor, they could see the white sea of ​​clouds outside.

Led by the two, they soon passed through corridors and came to a wide hall. It was a bit like the layout of an opera house, but there were only two rows of seats, which seemed to be prepared for other onlookers. The walls and corners were covered with surveillance cameras, and the center of the ring was painted with the three abbreviations of [KOF] in black and gold. "Please go through the corridors on both sides to find the room you like. Every room has prepared daily necessities and clothes for you. You can ask the spacecraft service staff for any items in the room through the pager." Hopper bowed slightly, paused after speaking, and continued: "Please gather in the hall before 10:00 tomorrow morning. The quarterfinals will start tomorrow."

After that, he left with Ripper.

Billy Kane was the first contestant to leave. His sleeves seemed to be a little shorter and he left with a stiff expression.

"Would you like to go for a walk together?" Terry Bogard invited Locke. He didn't know why, but he always felt that this young man, who was a few years older than him, was very friendly, especially since they both wore the same hat. If his appearance had not slightly annoyed him, it would have been possible for them to become sworn brothers on the spot.

Locke hesitated for a moment with an expressionless face, shook his head, and left second to look for a room to live in.

"Ha~" Andy Bogard came over with a smile, rubbing his chest with one hand. There was a dark footprint on his clothes. "You got yourself into trouble for flirting with me, Terry."

The two brothers always call each other by their names and rarely use terms like older brother or younger brother.

"That guy--?" Terry Bogard pursed his lips, motioning to Billy Kane who was leaving.

Andy nodded, and the guy with the stick started to accumulate strength and adjust his position when he got on the plane. In the brief darkness after entering the re-entry capsule, the two exchanged several moves. He had a footprint on his chest, and the other party was slapped under the armpit by him. They were evenly matched.

The two brothers chatted, and after Locke left, Maxima and Ryo Sakazaki left quickly. Instead, Krauser came to the center of the ring by himself, with his hands open, pacing and turning around like an opera. No one knew what he was doing.

Lin Xi was not interested in peeping into other people's lives. After entering the spaceship, he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He detected a lot of auras on the spaceship through magnetic force. Two guys who were almost half his level were on the third floor, and one guy who was 70% of his level was on the top floor. There was nothing else.

There's not much difference between Sakazaki Ryo and the guy on the top floor, and they are a pair that each has a chance of winning or losing. Klausa is weaker, and is about the same level as the two guarding the third floor.

The most capable ones are the two young men who call themselves "Maxima" and Locke. Their strength should not be underestimated. However, he doesn't know why he can't see their aura. Their bodies can also directly block the perception of magnetism.

The feeling Lin Xi felt was not mental power or some kind of power, but more like magnetism hitting the earth's magnetic field. It was very strange and incomprehensible, but his intuition told him that these two people were worth fighting.

As for Gis? He had never seen Gis, and he had no interest in weak fighters. In his opinion, those whose aura did not meet a certain standard were all worthless and there was no need to care about them.

For him who has mastered magnetism, he can easily survive even if he dismantles the spaceship and kills Giss, but he will not be able to experience the fun of fighting.

If the initial goal was to kill Guice's lackeys and find and kill Guice Howard while being hunted by American fighters, the goal has now changed to temporarily fighting with a few interesting opponents, winning the championship and then dealing with Guice when he shows up.

This idea is quite arrogant, just like the fact that he knew Ying Luo had a conspiracy in Korea but still wanted to fight Yuan to his heart's content. It was extremely arrogant.

But he doesn't care.

He enjoys the unknown consequences of doing whatever he wants, the trouble he gets into, the surprises when the car flips over...it's all fun, isn't it?
Anyway, after quietly making the decision, he swaggered to find a room by the window to stay in. He lay in the big bathtub, admiring the wonderful scenery in the sky through the window, looking forward to tomorrow's game.
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At this moment, in a large office on the top floor.

Keith Howard was looking at the screen in front of him. A little model who looked 80% like Lin Xi was floating in the screen and kept rotating. Data was flowing beside him. He was waiting for the result calmly. After a while, a big red [NO] popped up and he shook his head regretfully.

"Sure enough, can't it?"

"That's right. Not even Vega can control him."

Although he said this, his face was full of regret. If he could control Lin Xi, this operation would have ended perfectly.

Ever since he obtained Ying Luo's mental power device, he has been involved in related research. Through a whole set of mafia-style processes such as kidnapping, threats, and brainwashing, he has controlled a considerable number of scientists and built the nuclear-powered spacecraft named Gis under his feet with the huge financial support of the United States.

From the outside, it looks like a huge spaceship, but inside it is actually a mental power amplifier. In the power room on the bottom floor is a mental power device that Vega has no idea how it came up with and cannot reverse engineer through any technical means.

According to the test conducted by the chief researcher of the Howard Consortium, as long as fighters step into this spaceship, the mental device will brainwash them around the clock, and only by wearing corresponding shielding devices can they avoid being brainwashed.

However, with his caution, after making a shielding device to wear, he directly used the mental device to erase the researcher's memory of the shielding device. He was enough to be the only one who could ignore the brainwashing.

Even if a fighter has a strong will, it is impossible to stay vigilant and mentally defensive 24 hours a day. If he relaxes a little, he will be implanted with suggestions, which will lead to more laxity. Half a month of uninterrupted brainwashing is enough to control any human being.

But now it seems that Lin Xi is not a human being at all. The mental power device can't even capture the signal of mental power. Is he still a human being without spirit?
"No wonder Vega couldn't deal with him..." Gis felt that he had discovered a blind spot.

"Dong Dong~"

"Enter."

Ripper pushed the door open and said respectfully, "Boss, someone sneaked into the spacecraft through the logistics department."

"Don't worry about it." Gis thought for a moment and changed his words: "You and Hopper should look for someone who sneaked in over the next two days."

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)