Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Chapter 693! The Appearance of the Fighters... and the Other Two from the Eight Heroes.

(Half of this chapter introduces the participating teams... to avoid confusion for readers who haven't played King of Fighters.)

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Faced with Shen Ye's harsh words, Andy immediately responded, "Then come on! I want to see what gives you the confidence to say that."

In his opinion, Shen Ye's strength was completely insignificant; he was only good at bullying ordinary people.

"Then you just wait and see." Shen Ye glanced at him, then turned to look at Kagura Chizuru and Shiranui Mai, who had stopped arguing after being stopped by Kagura Manki and Qiong. However, the two girls pouted and turned their heads to the side, ignoring each other.

Great, a classic scene of ignoring each other.

It has a very anime-like feel.

But at least they're no longer arguing.

Shen Ye then glanced at the other fighters. Most of them had curious or amused expressions, while a few gossipy ones were whispering among themselves.

However, since he chose to build a harem, he had to be prepared to accept the strange looks and evaluations from others, so Shen Ye didn't care at all.

At this moment, Terry had already dragged Andy back. This sunny and cheerful boy was a very nice person. Before leaving, he apologized to Shen Ye and the others. This made Shen Ye think that if he really drew the Hungry Wolf Team tomorrow, he should not be too ruthless.

As their thoughts raced, a staff member approached the group of fighters.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you may now enter."

Which team will enter first?

Is there even a need to say that?

Just as the staff member finished speaking, almost everyone turned their attention to Zhen Yuanzhai.

But Zhen Yuanzhai waved his hand: "You guys go first!"

He felt he was getting old and that he should leave such opportunities for the younger generation to take the lead.

However, the fighters have great respect for this senior. After all, in the world of fighting, in addition to strength, seniority is also important. Currently, there is basically no one with more seniority than Chin Gentsai.

Seeing this situation, the staff could only look at Zhen Yuanzhai and the other two.

"Senior Zhen Yuanzhai, the ceremony needs to start on time, what do you think?"

"Alright then!"

Zhen Yuanzhai sighed, took a swig from his wine gourd, and led his two disciples toward the door of the meeting hall.

Two staff members immediately helped him push the door open, and the moment the door was pushed open, a continuous series of camera shutter clicks rang out from inside. At the same time, amidst a burst of enthusiastic applause and screams from the guests, a person who looked like a host held up a microphone and began to introduce: "Ladies and gentlemen, and viewers in front of the television, the first to appear now is a team led by the veteran of the fighting world, Senior Chin Gentsai. Let me see what their team is called... Oh, their team is called the Psychic Warriors Team, the Psychic Warriors Team from Country Z."

The host glanced at the card in his hand, which contained the team names and member information that the fighters had registered with the staff before entering the arena. He wasn't worried about making a mistake.

He continued, "And Chin Gentsai's team members are his two disciples. One is Kensou Shii, a superpowered fighter also from Country Z, and the other... oh my god, is actually the lead singer of the Japanese band BOF, the popular idol girl, Athena Asamiya!"

Faced with this scene, Chin Gentsai calmly drank his wine, Kensou scratched his head shyly, and Athena Asamiya played the role of an idol, posing and waving to the surroundings.

As they walked across the specially laid-out red carpet, several other teams followed suit.

"Next up is Kyo Kusanagi from the Japanese team... He was the champion of last year's Japanese Mixed Martial Arts Tournament, and his teammate is... Benimaru Nikaido... Goro Daimon..."

"Next up is the Fatal Fury Team, whose members are Terry... Andy... Joe Higashi..."

"The Art of Fighting team, whose goal is to surpass the limits, consists of Takuma Sakazaki... Ryo Sakazaki... Robert..."

"The Brazilian mercenary group, led by mercenary colonel Haderen... Lakoff... Clark..."

"Next in came the Kim team from South Korea, led by Kim Kap-pan, with players including Chen Guohan... and Cai Baoqi..."

"And then... oh my god, next up is the most dazzling team of this fighting tournament, the All-Female Fighters Team. This is a team composed entirely of beautiful women. Don't let their beauty fool you, their fists are probably just as powerful as their looks. Leading them is Mai Shiranui from the Shiranui School... Yuri Sakazaki... King..."

"Let's take a look. The last team to appear is... wait, the last team to appear is the Kagura Band, named after the Kagura Foundation. The members are Kagura Maki, the eldest daughter of the Kagura Foundation, and Kagura Chizuru, the second daughter. As for the other member, he's actually a man from Country Z. Shen Ye, oh my god, I'm so envious of him. He gets to be teammates with two rich women..."

Amidst the host's enthusiastic voice, Shen Ye and the Kagura sisters made their final appearance.

After waving to Shermie and Helena, Shen Ye and the Kagura sisters stepped onto the red carpet and stood with Mai Shiranui and the others.

Next, the host spoke about the competition rules and precautions on a makeshift stage. While the host was speaking, the fighters, who were gathered in twos and threes, didn't seem to be paying much attention and were chatting amongst themselves.

"So you're from the Kagura family."

Just as Shen Ye was chatting with Shermie and Helena, who had come over again, Kyo Kusanagi walked over. However, he didn't recognize Shermie's identity and started talking to the Kagura sisters directly.

Speaking of the three sacred treasure families, apart from the Kagura family, which possesses the Yata Mirror, being the most sensitive to the Orochi bloodline, the Kusanagi family and the Yagami family are completely unaware of the existence of the Orochi bloodline. Just like this scene once appeared in the game's story, after being beaten up by the storm, Kusanagi Kyo did not recognize Goenitz as the Breath of the Storm, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi.

This made Shen Ye, who had noticed him coming over, breathe a small sigh of relief. Otherwise, if a fight broke out, he would have had no choice but to beat up Kyo Kusanagi like Goenitz did.

While listening to the conversation between Kyo Kusanagi and the Kagura sisters, Shen Ye also talked to Shermie. Multitasking was not a difficult task for him.

Shermie, who had been chatting with Shen Ye about everyday things, suddenly changed the subject and said in a low voice, "Goenitz came to see me last night."

"Hmm?" Shen Ye immediately frowned: "When did he arrive in Japan?"

“It’s been several days.” Sharmi shrugged. “But he’s been taking Sharan sightseeing all this time, and he only came to see me last night. Um, he also asked about you.”

"So he knew I participated in this fighting competition?"

"Well, he told me he also wants to introduce you to two other people from the Eight Heroes, and they are currently in charge of the reception for this competition... I guess they will contact you after the ceremony."

As she said this, Sharmi's expression was a half-smile, clearly indicating that she knew who those two people were.

And Shen Ye, of course, he knew about it too.

Mature and Vice were sent by Goenitz to monitor Rugal...

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Chapter 694! Mature and Vice

(Mai Zhuo)

(Vise)

(Group photo)

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Mature and Vice, two members of the Eight Orochi who had been awakened by Goenitz long ago.

Of the two, Mature possesses unimaginable speed and agility, while Vice possesses ridiculously strong power.

However, they did not have their own code names like the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi, and their strength was not as great as the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi.

But they are still not beings that ordinary fighters can defeat.

After being awakened by Goenitz, they were assigned by Goenitz to infiltrate Rugal's side and observe what changes would occur in Rugal after he was given the power of Orochi.

However, when Shen Ye heard from Sharmi that Goenitz had asked them to find him, he was somewhat surprised but not particularly resistant. He was just a little curious about Goenitz's true intentions.

Shen Ye lowered his head in thought. At this moment, Xia Ermi said again, "They are both great beauties, and their figures are super good, especially their legs... To be honest, I'm a little jealous."

"You're not bad either." Shen Ye glanced down at Shermie's legs, which were covered in black stockings and looked quite voluptuous.

"I can't compare to that, but I'm still very confident here." Shermi puffed out her chest. So far, she had no rivals, except for the female tengu whom she hadn't met yet.

“Mature and Weiss will both feel inferior!” she continued.

"You've already met with them?" Shen Ye looked up at her... chest again and nodded. It was indeed a chest that made women feel inferior.

Shermie shrugged helplessly: "Although I don't want to obey Goenitz's orders, I'm still happy to meet Mature and Vice. Among our eight... among our eight brothers and sisters, Mature, Vice, and I are the only three women, and we have a pretty good relationship."

This really surprises me. I thought you were only close to Chris and Yashiro!

With that thought in mind, Shen Ye continued, "Do you know why Goenitz sent them to find me?"

"God knows... Goenitz never told us what he was doing, but... it probably wasn't for that."

Shermie was also somewhat puzzled. Goenitz's behavior was really too strange. Although he kept saying that resurrecting Orochi was the destiny of their Eight Orochi, many of the things he did had nothing to do with resurrecting Orochi.

Especially this time when she came to Japan, Shermie originally thought that Goenitz was here to kill the members of the Three Sacred Treasures families. After all, she had met the Kagura sisters before, and she estimated that the two sisters combined wouldn't be enough for Goenitz to fight with one hand. Now that she had encountered another member of the Three Sacred Treasures family, Kyo Kusanagi of the Kusanagi family, she realized that even with this kid added to the mix, they were still no match for him.

But now, Goenitz has been in Japan for several days and is spending his days traveling around with his adopted daughter, seemingly with no intention of carrying out his plan to resurrect Orochi.

Shermie thought about it for most of the night, and at one point suspected that Goenitz also wanted to break free from his destiny, but she was not sure, after all, Goenitz's will was the strongest among the Eight Heroes, and he had absolute loyalty.

"This is really giving me a headache!"

Thinking of this, Sharmi sighed, which was rare for her, and then decided to stop thinking about it. In any case, she was ready to break free from her destiny.

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To be fair, although Rugal's motives were not pure, and he resorted to rather underhanded methods later on in order to become the world's number one, it must be said that he was quite generous.

After the unveiling ceremony, staff members gave gifts to everyone present, including small gold trinkets. Although these items were not of much value to others, they made Joan incredibly happy. After all, she was the one most in need of money among everyone present, and she had already made money before the fight even started. She exclaimed that she wished there would be more events like this.

Shen Ye wasn't short of money, so after glancing at it, he handed it to Qiong and then followed the others to the restaurant on the fourth floor.

There, the organizers had prepared a sumptuous lunch.

No one dislikes a free lunch, and no one is an exception.

After casually picking out some dishes he liked, Shen Ye wandered around with his tray, sometimes sitting with Mai Shiranui, sometimes with Kagura, and soon after with Shermie and Helena. In the end, he was called over by Athena. As a result, apart from the waiters, he was the busiest person in the entire restaurant.

After lunch, the day's activities came to an end. Although the organizers said there would be a cocktail party in the afternoon, apart from the guests, the fighters were not very interested and left in twos and threes.