Police officers who saw this scene felt their scalps tingle. The words were like swords falling from the sky, and just looking at them made them feel the stench of blood.
The destruction of a yakuza organization that ruled two blocks will cause chaos in the area's security. Other yakuza organizations will definitely take this opportunity to move into this now-unclaimed area. It's easy to imagine that in the coming period, another bloody storm is approaching.
A long yellow cordon was set up at the scene, and the area was surrounded by police officers to prevent onlookers from accidentally entering the scene and destroying any clues left behind.
Two leaders, whose uniforms and equipment were far superior to those of ordinary police officers, stopped at the scene.
"This cruel method seems to be intended as a deterrent, a scheme behind the scenes... It seems the Asai Group has messed with someone they can't afford to offend," said the relatively young officer.
The middle-aged police officer said, "That's how it is between yakuza organizations. They fight like dogs, and no matter who dies, it's a good thing."
The two chatted casually, unaware that a pair of eyes were watching them from above.
Li Wei returned to the scene and secretly watched the police officers handle the various traces at the scene. If an ordinary person committed a crime, they would inevitably leave traces. Unfortunately, the perpetrator was an Extreme Puppet, a being with extraordinary power. All kinds of clues were buried, making it extremely difficult for them to investigate.
Even without any intervention, they wouldn't be able to find any clues. This is the characteristic of superhumans who are difficult to detect because they have various means to completely destroy evidence, unlike ordinary people who, no matter how they hide, will always leave traces.
After things settled down here, Li Wei returned to his apartment. He had already prepared to leave. Before setting off, he consulted a lot of information and used his business puppet clone to obtain a large amount of setting information from SNK insiders, including some out-of-print official guidebooks. All of this was of great help to Li Wei.
Most importantly, through the official guidebook and the initial internal design, Li Wei learned the location of Shiranui Ryu's seclusion, and after careful consideration, he chose 91 as the time to go to the King of Fighters world.
Li Wei initially felt that this timing was a bit too early, but after reviewing the information provided by SNK insiders, he found that this timing was actually quite good in order to achieve all his goals. Earlier than 91 would be meaningless, while later than 91 would introduce more variables into his plan.
If he goes at this time, he can first make a trip to South Town, take control of and replace a few villains, which will make it easier for him to carry out his subsequent plans.
Chapter 246. Starting as the Underground Emperor of Nanzhen
After making preparations, Li Wei opened "The King of Fighters '97" on his computer. He had an emulator version of the game installed; all he needed to do was connect an external joystick, and he could play it like in an arcade, without the need for tedious keyboard controls. Li Wei was very grateful for his cheat code, which allowed him to choose the time he would enter. The first version of "The King of Fighters" was "The King of Fighters '94," and he needed to reach 91. If he couldn't freely choose his entry point, he would miss a lot.
"Traveling through worlds, The King of Fighters series, the time point is January 6, 1991, the location is Amei, look at Guonan Town." Li Wei muttered to himself before disappearing from the computer screen.
When Li Wei opened his eyes again, the scene before him was a slightly dark and narrow alley. South Town in the King of Fighters universe is comparable to New York in the real world. In the King of Fighters universe, South Town is also the third largest city in the country, with a population of over 12 million. This is quite an exaggerated figure for the country, whose total population has just exceeded 200 million.
Li Wei walked out of the alley, where the bustling traffic stretched out before the economic crisis. The country was now thriving, and as the third largest city in the King of Fighters world, South Town was naturally incredibly prosperous.
Li Wei flew high into the sky, looking down at the entire land. Although the architectural style was somewhat old, the fact that there was a city cluster of this scale at present was quite exaggerated. In Asia at this time, only Tokyo had such an exaggerated population and city scale.
As for Li Wei's homeland, it was still struggling in this era, and its real economic take-off would not come until after the millennium.
Li Wei didn't stay in the air for too long. After getting a general idea of the urban planning and layout of South Town, he returned to the ground. His first priority now was to find Gis Howard.
Of course, finding Geese Howard wasn't difficult. As the underground emperor of South Town, Geese Howard wasn't exactly a low-key person. Levi simply asked someone on the street for the location of Geese Howard's stronghold, Geese Tower.
Giss was quite the show-off; his building was named after him, and the Giss Building was the second tallest building in South Town at 512 meters, second only to the Americas Trade Center at 561 meters. Levi, too lazy to take a car, flew there directly after confirming the location of the Giss Building.
Gis. Howard, as the underground emperor of South Town and one of the most powerful underworld figures in the entire capital, wields immense power. Controlling Gis. Howard first will minimize the difficulty of subsequent plans.
Levi already knew the location of the Geese Building. He arrived at his destination in a short time by high-speed flight. Activating his perception field, he quickly located Geese Howard in the training grounds within the building.
This building, over 500 meters tall, is all the work of GIS. Howard's creation. A scan reveals that the lower and middle floors are filled with various shops, while the upper and middle floors house offices for various companies, and above that is GIS. Howard's private domain includes his personal office, a training ground made of specially reinforced materials, his residence, a private bar, a private cinema, a private indoor swimming pool, a private indoor golf course, and many other luxurious facilities.
Li Wei inwardly sighed. Geese Howard was a man who knew how to enjoy life; his lifestyle was no worse than that of the big capitalists. Moreover, this world possessed supernatural powers, and Geese Howard wielded those powers. Aside from those lawless military-industrial complexes, ordinary capitalists wouldn't dare mess with Geese Howard, this underground emperor.
At this moment, Geese Howard was sweating it out on the training field. He had built his business from scratch and understood the importance of strength.
While money is important in the business world, eliminating competitors physically eliminates them without spending any money at all. It was through such violent means that he was able to rise from an unknown nobody to one of the fifty most powerful people in the country in just ten years.
"Whether it's Bajiquan or Aikido, both have their limits. I need even greater power!" With a single palm strike, Geese Howard shattered a meter-thick granite wall. Looking at his unharmed hands, Howard wore a dissatisfied expression.
Although to outsiders he was like a god among men, impervious to even tank cannons and only suffering minor burns from high explosives, he was still not satisfied.
Gis. Howard muttered to himself, "I killed my own senior brother and stole the 'Secret Manual of Qin,' and this is all I get? I gave so much, yet this is all I receive in return. I'm so disappointed!" ... Please give me flowers.
"Want even greater power?" a young voice rang out behind him.
"Who?!" Gis. Howard hadn't even finished turning around when he unleashed a wind blade. The wind blade cut through the ground like a high-pressure water jet, slicing through the specially constructed ground and hurtling towards the mysterious figure.
However, the "Gale Fist," which could easily shred an 80-centimeter-thick steel plate, was shattered by the visitor's single finger.
This scene caused the confident Geese Howard's pupils to shrink, and at the same time, he quickly assumed a fighting stance.
Levi looked at the menacing Geese Howard and laughed, "Become my pawn. Of course, I won't ask for your opinion." Levi raised his hand, and Geese felt his neck being gripped, unable to breathe, and his strength rapidly draining away.
0...
Levi approached Gis and said with a smile, "I accept your ambition."
Levi placed his hand on Geese's forehead. Geese had no chance to struggle. In a short moment, Levi wiped the memories from his soul and turned him into Levi's puppet.
After reading Geese's memories, Levi sighed inwardly. This ambitious man was indeed a figure of considerable influence. If Geese's power were used to carry out the plan, many troubles could be avoided.
Sometimes, overwhelming power isn't omnipotent. For someone like Geese Howard, a powerful underground emperor, accomplishing something is easier than for Levi himself.
Li Wei scanned Geese Howard's body with his senses, inwardly sighing that his strength was still somewhat weak. Although he had appeared as a boss character in the main King of Fighters series, Geese's raw strength wasn't particularly high, roughly on par with Terry Bogard. He was significantly weaker than even Rugal Bernstein, let alone a leader like Goenitz.
However, now that Geese Howard has become his puppet clone, Li Wei naturally won't allow this clone to continue with such awkward strength. At the very least, he needs to raise the puppet's strength several levels. He doesn't need to reach the level of the god-like puppet from the previous world, capable of destroying entire nations, but it should at least reach the level of a humanoid cataclysm.
Chapter 247. New Character
Modifying Geese and Howard wasn't a difficult task, as Levi was already very familiar with this kind of thing. For Levi, what mattered about a puppet was its identity and existing power and wealth, not just a pile of rotten flesh.
For Levi, Gis Howard's greatest use was his identity and his control over South Town.
With Geese and Howard as his assistants, Levi's actions in this world become much simpler.
Geese Howard doesn't need to change his existing plans and strategies; he can simply continue to appear as the villain.
Through Geese Howard's memories, Levi learned a great deal of information about Rugal Bernstein and Wolfgang Krauss von Strelheim, which saved him a lot of trouble.
After all, Rugal and Krauser were on the list of puppets that Levi needed. As for Mr. Big, who had been defeated by Geese, his whereabouts were currently unknown, although there was also information that he had gone to South America to develop his career.
Li Wei even had a wicked thought: what if he put these villains together as a team and participated in the King of Fighters tournament? However, the management of the King of Fighters tournament was quite chaotic these days. Anyone with money could organize it, just like Geese Howard had already held two King of Fighters tournaments in South Town. However, neither tournament was particularly prestigious, and the overall strength of the participating fighters was not strong.
Levi spent half an hour transforming Geese Howard. The current Geese Howard is filled with immense and powerful energy.
Even if the current Geese puppet were to fight an incomplete version of Orochi, it could hold out for a considerable period of time, and its strength has far surpassed that of ordinary fighters.
As for the Geese puppet's combat system, Li Wei did not intend to make major changes to it, still focusing on Aikido and Bajiquan. However, due to the upgrade of the power within its body, the same moves now have a much greater destructive power than before.
Having completed the control and modification of Geese Howard, Levi left the Geese Building. Geese Howard's memories were of great use to him. Although the current world was the King of Fighters timeline, not the Fatal Fury timeline, the information brought by the Geese puppet still played a significant role.
At least, Levi knew that Goenitz, one of the Eight Orochi, had once come into contact with Geese's puppet, but Goenitz seemed to think that Geese was too weak and never fought him. This contempt made the proud Geese resentful.
As for Rugal Bernstein now, he has already challenged Goenitz, suffering a crushing defeat and losing an eye, but he also gained the blood of the Great Serpent, so it can be said that he has gained some and lost some.
Two years ago, Rugal and Gis fought to a draw, but Goenitz preferred to fight Rugal rather than Gis, a contrast that made Gis feel insulted.
However, in two years, Rugal's strength has indeed grown much faster than Geese's, so it's not surprising that Rugal can fight Goenitz while Geese is not.
After Levi left the Gith Building, the Gith puppet instructed his trusted men that Levi's main body should not report to him for anything it needed, but simply provide assistance.
Although Gis's confidants were somewhat puzzled as to why their boss would suddenly issue such an order, instructing them to fully cooperate with the actions of a Chinese national, their boss's orders were law, and they only needed to obey.
After leaving the Geese Building, Levi stayed in a coffee shop. Half an hour later, Cain, a subordinate of the Geese puppets and who officially appeared in "The King of Fighters XIV", came to Levi.
"Hello, Mr. Li Wei." Cain was a polite young man dressed in a suit and wearing gold-rimmed glasses. He was not as mature as he was when he first appeared in "The King of Fighters XIV," and he had not yet become the butler of the Geese puppet. He was just a young man with stronger fighting power than a normal person.
Looking at the still somewhat green Cain, who lacked the brutality and inner turmoil of his "The King of Fighters XIV" days, Levi thought to himself, "Time truly is a powerful tool for changing a person." Levi said, "That guy Geese sent you to help me; it seems he intends to groom you as a trusted confidant."
As Cain listened to Levi's words, he felt both uneasy and pleasantly surprised, because the puppet Geese had specifically instructed him to try his best to meet Levi's needs.
Even if he couldn't do it, he had to try his best. If there was really no way, he could directly ask for his (the puppet's) help. So Cain knew that this young man, who was about his age, was the benefactor who would allow him to continue climbing the ranks...
“Mr. Levi, you seem to know the boss quite well? I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to pry into your affairs.” Cain realized he had misspoke and became nervous.
Levi was a figure greatly respected by the arrogant Gisdu, powerful and mysterious. For him, establishing a connection with such a nobleman was a precious opportunity. However, Cain felt he had messed things up; Levi could easily send him to the frontier with a single word. This realization made Cain nervous.
"Hahaha, there's no secret to it. It's just that I'm much stronger than him, strong enough to make him submit. Besides, we share a common, great goal. Our relationship is more like that of close comrades-in-arms." Li Wei laughed heartily.
Cain said with some doubt, "But I remember that the boss's businesses are not like that... Sorry, I misspoke."
The still very green Cain is far less mature than he was in "The King of Fighters XIV". Right now, he still harbors a last bit of sense of justice. Although he admires Geese very much, he also knows that Geese is not a good person.
Levi said, "Anyone who knows Geese would have the same doubts as you. But even villains can accomplish great things. Admittedly, Geese did many wrong things, but when it comes to matters of principle concerning the survival of humanity, he firmly stands on the side of ordinary people."
Levi's rating of Geese at 2.8 isn't that high. The reason he said that is because Geese is now his puppet, so he won't be a complete scoundrel like in the original story.
The so-called great goal is to prevent Orochi's resurrection. In fact, even Geese in the original story would have done the same. In the King of Fighters '96 tournament, Geese chose to cooperate with Chizuru Kagura because he knew what kind of disaster Orochi's resurrection would bring to humanity.
When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. Even a villain like Geese knew that if the serpent did not stop its descent, everyone would perish. It was precisely because of this that even a villain like him ultimately chose to fight for the "greater good."
As for the current Geese puppet, as an alter ego of Levi, it's natural that it would be concerned with fighting Orochi and his Eight Orochi Generals.
Chapter 248. Visiting the Limitless Flow
Li Wei said, "You don't need to be so nervous. I'm not like your boss. Even if you make a small mistake, I won't mind. As long as you do what I ask, I won't interfere with your daily affairs and life."
When Cain heard Levi's words, he breathed a sigh of relief. He had been afraid that Levi would be difficult to deal with, but now it seemed that Levi was quite easy to talk to.
Before being sent by his boss, he was a little uneasy, but now he felt relieved. Li Wei, this benefactor, was much easier to talk to than he had imagined.
Cain took a satellite phone and a small leather bag from his briefcase and said, “Mr. Levi, this satellite phone is pre-charged with enough credit, and you don’t need to worry about no signal even in the Amazon rainforest. The leather bag contains $50,000 in cash and a bank card with $2 million in it. This bank card is also a token; when our organization’s members see this card, it’s like seeing their boss. You can give any order to your organization’s members. My phone number 26 is pre-loaded into the satellite phone; you can contact me directly for anything.”
Levi said, "I understand. Please pass this on to Dagis. I'm very satisfied with his attitude." After saying that, Levi stood up and left the coffee shop.
It was 1991, and the US dollar was still quite valuable. The money in Li Wei's hands was a huge sum of money. Even if he indulged in extravagant spending, it would take him quite some time to spend it all.
After leaving the coffee shop, Li Wei went directly to the Kyokugenryu dojo. The dojo master of Kyokugenryu, Takuma Sakazaki, was a Japanese man, but he was quite famous in South Town. This was because Kyokugenryu was one of the few forces that did not fear Geese, the underground emperor of South Town. Although it was just a dojo that opened a school to teach students, it had a very transcendent status.
Li Wei was preparing to visit the Extreme Flow. To be honest, after arriving in this world, Li Wei felt incredibly excited. The special feeling of having characters he could only control in games appearing in front of him was hard to describe in words.
If I had to describe this feeling, it would be a bit like a childhood dream suddenly coming true—a very abrupt and delightful surprise.
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