Chapter 42: Before the Tournament

A few days later.

Several "airplanes" of the same flight schedule were cruising.

The destination for these planes was, by coincidence, South Town, that place which had recently been vaguely developing into a city of sin.

Rumble, rumble.

Leading the way, three people pulled their luggage out from the passageway; these few were Kusanagi Kyo, Nikaido Benimaru, and Daimon.

Kusanagi Kyo intended to bring his own father, but that was because he had chosen the best teammates.

Benimaru's Lightning Martial Arts, Daimon's Judo Wrestling, plus his own Kusanagi Style Ancient Martial Arts—they would surely be able to get their hands on this championship!

"Oh my, it's my first time in South Town; it feels no different from where we are," Nikaido Benimaru said, stroking his flamboyant hairstyle with both hands, feeling very good about himself.

Nikaido Benimaru could feel the beauties in the airport stealing glances at his handsome face.

This was just the trouble of being a handsome man!

Kusanagi Kyo shook his head, speechless, and took Daimon away from the narcissist, lest the passersby think they were all in the same group.

Seeing Kusanagi Kyo abandon him, Benimaru hurriedly followed and shouted, "Hey, how can you be so disloyal and just walk away?"

Due to Benimaru's carelessness, while chasing them, he accidentally bumped into a youthful and pretty girl.

Sakazaki Yuri patted her still-developing "mounds," and first apologized to Nikaido Benimaru: "I'm sorry, I didn't bump into you, did I?"

Nikaido Benimaru saw Sakazaki Yuri, and confirming the look in her eyes, it was definitely the taste of first love!

Moreover, the girl was wearing a sleeveless white fighting suit with a red headband tied around her forehead; she was likely a martial artist too.

Great, now they had a common topic~

While Benimaru was daydreaming, Sakazaki Yuri felt the broom-head's expression was very greasy and lecherous, fearing that if he said one more word, it would be "Rainy night, cold iron..."

——Better to stay away first!

Thinking of this, Sakazaki Yuri immediately slipped away.

By the time Benimaru came to his senses, the girl in his eyes had already vanished.

"Sigh, I forgot to ask the girl for her phone number." The annoyed Benimaru glanced at Kusanagi Kyo, and after thinking it over, he still chose friendship.

"Hey, Kyo, wait up. Do you know that for your sake, I gave up a destined romance?"

Kusanagi Kyo automatically ignored Benimaru's nonsense, suddenly noticing that an old lady's luggage in the distance was about to collapse.

Such a height of luggage falling would inevitably injure the old lady, and Kusanagi Kyo's inner sense of justice would not allow him to stand by and watch.

Just as Kusanagi Kyo was preparing to act, an unexpected guest prevented this tragedy faster and earlier than he could.

Terry arrived at the old lady's side, quickly patted the luggage with one hand, and stopped the tragedy.

Seeing Terry's skill and speed, Kusanagi Kyo naturally felt interested.

———Red-capped man, such fast speed and skill; he looks like a strong martial artist.

Supporting his beloved cap with one hand, Terry said to the old lady, "Are you alright, ma'am?"

Terry had just arrived here because of the recent rumors of Geese's disappearance, and his purpose here was only two-fold.

The KOF tournament and to verify whether Geese was dead or alive.

One night many years ago, Geese had personally killed their foster father in front of Terry and Andy, who was Geese's fellow apprentice.

To take revenge, Terry had since apprenticed under Tang Fulu to learn martial arts, while Andy had gone to Yinghuaguo to become a disciple of the Shiranui Style.

The two brothers swore that in this lifetime, they would definitely make Geese pay a bloody price.

Suddenly.

The old lady rescued by Terry lay on the ground, pulling on the man's pant leg and shouting, "Waaah, how evil, to actually bump and injure an old woman..."

Terry was dumbfounded; he had never encountered such a "touch-porcelain" situation. Was the local culture in South Town really this simple and honest?

"Pay up, pay me money, if you don't pay, I'll just lie here and not leave." The old lady began to act like a rogue.

Terry was furious; was this the price of doing a good deed?

"Fine, then how much do you want?" Terry really couldn't take it; he still had things to be busy with.

The old woman raised five fingers and said, "Just this much!"

"500, right?" Terry breathed a sigh of relief; that much money he could afford.

"500, you dead head, I mean 50,000!"

Terry's expression changed. What the hell, 50,000?

The old woman's "touch-porcelain" method attracted many onlookers at the airport, who began pointing at Terry.

Kusanagi Kyo watched, thinking of helping Terry clarify the matter, but he had been beaten to the punch again.

"Hey, ma'am, how can you see someone and want to scam them?" Jue held his phone and stood behind Terry to explain.

Kusanagi Kyo and the others were surprised to see Jue, but thinking of the KOF tournament being held here, the three guessed a possibility.

Jue was also here to participate in the tournament.

The old lady wanted to refute something, such as slandering Jue as the other party's accomplice, but she saw Jue tap his phone.

The screen was playing a video, which was the recording of Terry helping the old lady just moments ago.

With this video as evidence, any slander was just a paper tiger, easily punctured with one poke!

Public opinion reversed; no one stood on the old lady's side. The latter, embarrassed and angry, pointed at Jue and said, "Stinky brat, just you wait."

The old lady angrily pushed through the crowd and left, pushing that tall luggage.

That agility and pace didn't look like an elderly person at all...

Jue directly activated his Byakugan, using the clairvoyant power brought by the Byakugan to examine the old woman.

Good heavens!

It was fine not to look, but one look gave him quite a shock.

The muscle density of this old woman was completely comparable to a young, strong man, and her bones, internal organs, and the like were all incomparably healthy.

Simply put, this body is extremely full of vitality and strength!

There are many monsters in the King of Fighters World, so one more or less doesn't make much difference.

As for that old man who tried to stage a scam, it's simple!

It would be a bit troublesome to be held a grudge against, and if he were still around, he would definitely be secretly pulling strings behind the scenes.

"Thank you very much for helping me out of that predicament; honestly, this is the first time I've encountered such a situation, and I really didn't know how to handle it," Terry expressed his goodwill to Jue in a friendly manner.

"No need for thanks; just consider it fate." Terry is Andy's older brother, and he only helped out of consideration for the fact that he and Andy were fellow disciples.

Shiranui Mai and Sakazaki Yuri appeared; the two of them were Jue's teammates for this year's King of Fighters tournament.

Originally, Shiranui Mai's planned teammates were Jue and King.

However, King unexpectedly stated this time that she would not participate in the King of Fighters tournament, the reason being that Kagura Chizuru had given her a lot of money this time, so she did not need to earn money for her younger brother's medical treatment by participating in the tournament.

Therefore, Shiranui Mai had to settle for second best and found Sakazaki Yuri to be her teammate.

Jue had considered Kagura Chizuru, but it was a pity that the other party also had no time, and besides, this year's King of Fighters tournament had nothing to do with Orochi, so she also politely declined the invitation to South Town.