Infinite: Starting from Resident Evil

Next up is the battle between the Fatal Fury team and the Art of Fighting team.

It's safe to say that these two teams were the most entertaining to watch; you could tell how intense the competition was just from the shouts of the audience.

However, Shen Ye's mind was no longer on the arena, because at this time, Kyo Kusanagi still hadn't arrived. He could clearly see Benimaru Nikaido anxiously talking on his phone.

At this moment, Chizuru Kagura maliciously speculated: "Kyo Kusanagi, did he admit defeat yesterday and now he's too ashamed to come here?"

“He shouldn’t be that kind of person. Maybe something’s keeping him busy… I’ll make a call and ask.” Kagura Manki took out her phone and dialed a number.

"Okamoto? Have the intelligence department check where Kyo Kusanagi is right now..."

"what?"

"Okay, I understand. Send more people over there to take a look. If necessary, you can provide appropriate assistance to the local police."

After ending the call, seeing that everyone around him was looking at him, Kagura Maki said somewhat seriously, "I just received news that there has been a missing person case in Nagoya. The missing person is a high school girl named Yuki, and she is Kusanagi Kyo's girlfriend."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Ye naturally reacted the most, and he stood up abruptly.

Seeing his intense reaction, the women's expressions became subtle.

"Shen, do you know that high school girl named Xue?" Sharmy asked with a smile. "A high school girl, in a sailor uniform!"

Kagura Chizuru gritted her teeth and said, "Shen-kun, don't tell me you're having an affair with that high school girl too."

"Damn... what are you guys thinking? And Shermie, even if I want to see sailor uniforms, I can ask Athena... uh..."

The slight unease and tension vanished, and Shen Ye was immediately rendered speechless by their words, which even caused him to say the wrong thing.

So he quickly changed the subject: "I just think it's a bit strange that Kyo Kusanagi's girlfriend suddenly disappeared."

“Something’s not right. Why did he have to go missing right when he was about to participate in the competition? No, even if Kyo Kusanagi participates in the competition, he won’t win the championship. If he’s targeting a favorite team to win the championship, he should be targeting us. Maybe he just got lost and has temporarily lost contact?” Chizuru Kagura began to analyze.

“That’s possible…” Kagura Manki nodded.

But Shen Ye was already thinking, and his gaze swept over Shermie, intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, they weren't doubting her, but rather her companion, Yashiro Nanakase, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi.

After all, in the game's storyline, it was Yashiro who first discovered that Yuki was the reincarnation of Kushinada-hime, and even wanted to use Yuki as a sacrifice to summon Orochi.

However, if Yashiro is here, there's no reason why Shermie wouldn't know, since the Four Heavenly Kings of Orochi have a very good relationship and would exchange information with each other.

"So, Xue really just got lost?"

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(I almost turned the parched land into a dry/crying land, hahaha)

Chapter 716! Cloned Snow?

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As Shen Ye was thinking, the first round of the battle between the Fatal Fury team and the Fist of Dragon Tiger team on the arena had already been decided, with Robert from Fist of Dragon Tiger being the winner.

But Shen Ye only glanced at it before continuing to think.

"But if she wasn't lost, then she might have been kidnapped. But why would they kidnap her? Could it be that someone else knows she's the reincarnation of Kushinada-hime? That's possible. So, could it be... NESTS?"

Suddenly, Shen Ye remembered the plot of The King of Fighters 2000. When Xue was searching for the missing Kyo Kusanagi, she seemed to have been captured by NESTS.

Based on Goenitz's information, Shen Ye deduced that NESTS might have found another way to revive Orochi. Perhaps NESTS had somehow learned that Yuki was the reincarnation of Kushinada-hime and planned to use her as the final sacrifice.

Thinking of this, Shen Ye took out his phone, intending to contact Mature and Vice, and ask them if they had managed to get any information about NESTS from Rugal.

However, before Shen Ye could open his contacts, Kagura Manki's phone rang.

"found it?"

"injured?"

"Excessive blood loss?"

"Where is she now?"

Kagura Maki, who answered the phone, asked several questions in a row, then said a few more words before hanging up.

"The intelligence department said that the girl named Xue was found in an illegal clinic. She wasn't lost; she was kidnapped and suffered severe blood loss. Someone had drawn more than 800 milliliters of blood from her body. She has just been taken to the hospital for emergency treatment."

"More than 800 milliliters..." Upon hearing this figure of blood loss, Shen Ye and the other women were all stunned.

“A normal, healthy man will feel noticeably weak after losing more than 600 milliliters of blood. A teenage girl… 800 milliliters? Is that going to kill her?” Helena exclaimed in astonishment.

Kagura also said with doubt, "If they wanted her dead, they wouldn't have only taken such a small amount. A human body has at least four to five thousand milliliters of blood. If they took all of it, it would fill half a bucket... But why would the people who kidnapped her take her blood? It wouldn't be worth much money if they sold it, would it? It could also easily lead to someone's death. Wouldn't it be better to collect a ransom? I remember the Kusanagi family is quite wealthy."

"Is there something special about this girl?" Sharmi grasped the crux of the matter.

You're right...

She's the woman you Eight Warriors almost sacrificed to Orochi over a thousand years ago...

Shen Ye thought to himself that he was starting to get a clue.

"She's just an ordinary high school girl, and her family isn't particularly well-off," Kagura Maki said, recalling the personal and family information about Yuki that the intelligence department had casually mentioned.

"So it really was just done by black market blood traffickers? Just to extract her blood and sell it for money? But that doesn't make sense!" Kagura Chizuru still felt there was something wrong.

Kagura Maki nodded: "Yes, it doesn't make any sense at all."

There's nothing that doesn't make sense. It's probably because the NESTS organization found out she was the reincarnation of Kushinada-hime, and then extracted her blood to research clones.

At this moment, Shen Ye had already guessed the truth. After all, the NESTS organization had treated Kyo Kusanagi in the same way before, but he didn't expect them to use it on his girlfriend now.

"NESTS really doesn't know how to behave like a human being!"

"However, their technological capabilities are truly impressive, clearly exceeding the world's technological level by a significant margin."

"Also... would it really work to sacrifice a cloned reincarnation of Kushinada-hime to Orochi?"

"Also, where did they get a vessel? It's not easy to find members of the Eight Orochi, and even if they did, there aren't many who would willingly become Orochi's vessel right now, are they? Are they going to use a clone of Yuki? That wouldn't be very effective, would it?"

Shen Ye frowned, a series of questions swirling in his mind.

Unfortunately, no one could answer him; he had to see it for himself, but by then it was too late.

"We still need to find the NESTS organization first, but they are hiding too deep. In the story, Kyo Kusanagi went missing, and several forces went to look for him but couldn't find him."

"But... this doesn't seem to have much to do with me."

However, although Shen Ye is not from this world and has no sense of belonging to it, he is unwilling to see the world destroyed... Although NESTS probably only wants to control this world, once Orochi is brought out, it is unknown whether they can control it.

Actually, Shen Ye wasn't in a hurry. Even if the cloned reincarnation of Kushinadahime could be used as a sacrifice, the summoned serpent would probably be very weak. Let alone him personally fighting it, even the Three Sacred Treasures clans could probably handle it easily.

"In any case, we need to find the NESTS organization first, or wait for things to happen, otherwise we're just speculating here."

"Well, we still need to find a time to tell the Three Sacred Treasures Clan and Goenitz that Yuki is the reincarnation of Kushinada-hime... Never mind, let's just tell the Three Sacred Treasures Clan. Apart from Shermie, we can't completely believe Goenitz and the others yet."

Thinking this, Shen Ye chuckled softly. Listening to the women around him still discussing the snow, he turned his gaze back to the arena.

The third round of battle has now begun, with Takuma Sakazaki and Joe Higashi fighting each other.

Robert, who narrowly defeated Andy in the last round, was defeated by Joe Higashi. However, judging from the current situation in the ring, Joe Higashi is no match for Takuma Sakazaki. He was injured by Shen Ye yesterday and has not fully recovered.

Soon, Joe Higashi was defeated by Takuma Sakazaki and temporarily lost his fighting ability.

Next up is the fourth round of battle, where Terry, the last member of the Fatal Fury team, takes to the stage.

Terry's strength is on a completely different level from his teammates Andy and Joe. If this King of Fighters tournament were an individual competition, Terry would be guaranteed to be in the top five, only losing to Shen Ye and Kyo Kusanagi.

As Shen Ye predicted, the older Takuma Sakazaki was no match for the younger and stronger Terry, and was knocked off the stage after a dozen or so moves.

Then, the fifth round of battle began.

Ryo Sakazaki vs. Terry.

In fact, the two are close in age and are both protagonists in their respective worldviews, so their strength is naturally evenly matched.

Their fight was the most exciting of the day, with the two evenly matched fighters exchanging blows and eliciting cheers and shouts from the audience.

Shen Ye also calmed down and began to watch.

However, compared to the spectators, the remaining two members of the Japanese team looked worried.

Kyo Kusanagi probably won't be able to come; he has to stay at the hospital to take care of his girlfriend. If it's just the two of them, they might be able to handle teams like the Ikari Warriors or the Gold Team, but they'd be powerless against strong teams like the Fatal Fury Team and the Art of Fighting Team.

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Chapter 717! Good fortune doesn't only favor oneself.

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"Jing probably won't be coming today."

Watching the battle about to decide the winner on the stage, Goro Daimon sighed. Yesterday he was thinking that even if he couldn't win the championship, he would be happy to be the runner-up. But now Kyo Kusanagi simply doesn't have the time, so he probably has no choice but to admit defeat.

"I'm so unwilling!" Benimaru Nikaido clenched his fists tightly, but in the end he helplessly let go. He couldn't blame Kyo Kusanagi. His girlfriend was still in critical condition. It would be unfair to ask him to abandon his girlfriend in the hospital to participate in the competition.

"It's okay, actually. It doesn't matter to us if we don't win the championship. After all, Kyo said before that he came for the championship and the King of Fighters title. Once our strength improves and the next King of Fighters tournament starts, we'll fight harder." Goro Daimon was the oldest of the three Japanese team members. With his rich experience, he was more open-minded than Benimaru Nikaido, who was from a wealthy family. He patted Benimaru Nikaido on the shoulder and said.