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"Knock, knock, knock …"
A series of gentle knocks sounded from the door.
"Sir, the exam is about to begin. Please gather in the hall."
Before Sei Itō could speak, the voice of the staff member who knocked on the door came in and reminded him.
Then, footsteps were heard as the staff member walked to another room and continued to knock on the door to remind the Pugilist guests to go to the hall.
It was now the fourth day since Sei Itō boarded the aircraft carrier.
Sei Itō got up and slowly walked to the door. Then, he pushed the door open and walked out.
"I was just about to call you guys." As soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw Mary, who was wearing a tight dark blue loose trousers and a red sleeveless, waist-baring sports bra that revealed her flat abdomen with a four-pack. She was wearing a fur-collared jacket, dark-colored trousers with frilly edges, a white Daoist robe, and a black soft leather armor that should be used in archery practice. Her long black hair was tied into a high ponytail behind her head, and a red ribbon on her forehead. She was wearing a pair of dark trousers with frilly edges, a white Daoist robe, and a black soft leather armor that should be used in archery practice.
Mary and Tengtang Kaori greeted Sei Itō by nodding and bowing respectively.
"Let's go and meet these powerful people from all over the world."
Then, he closed the door and walked toward the banquet hall that he had stayed in when he arrived on the aircraft carrier with Mary and Tengtang Kaori.
The resting area where the room was located was not far from the banquet hall. Therefore, after a few minutes, the three of them walked through the corridor and entered the magnificent banquet hall.
At the same time, a large number of strong men and women who faintly emitted the aura of Pugilist entered Sei Itō's vision.
Among them, he was familiar with the Japanese team, the Dragon and Tiger Fist team, the Hungry Wolves team, and the Mercenary team. The Esper team, the Korean team, the female Pugilist team, and the Nemesis team that Iori Yagami was in.
As for those he was unfamiliar with, they were everywhere.
But at this moment, Sei Itō's footsteps suddenly stopped, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"What's wrong?" Tengtang Kaori looked at Sei Itō in confusion.
"No. It's okay. "Ito Sei shook his head and continued to walk, casually saying. However, at this moment, his heart started to churn uncontrollably.
"F * ck, why are those guys here?!"
Sei Itō glanced at a few oddly dressed people in the crowd from the corner of his eye.
There were a total of six people dressed in strange attire. They were a black-haired young man wearing a white Daoist robe with the sleeves torn off, exposing the frayed edges, a blond man wearing a red Daoist robe with the same torn sleeves, a naked fat man wearing a Japanese sumo wrestler's uniform with a face painted with martial arts skills, a Russian wearing only a pair of large red trousers, and a tall and thin bald man dressed like an Indian ascetic monk. And a guy wearing a tight suit with a metal mask on his face, a small whip behind his head, and a pair of steel claws on his hands. It was hard to tell if he was a man or a woman.
Who else could these people be but Ken, Lung, Honda, Bison, Dalsim, and Fei Long from Street Fighter?
"And there are six of them. Could it be that this world also incorporates SVC or CVS?"
The so-called SVC's full name is SNK vs Capcom, and vice versa is CVS. But no matter which one it is. The content is all about the King of Fighters and Street Fighter. If it really incorporates this world, then it's not surprising that Street Fighter characters would appear in the King of Fighters Tournament.
"If it continues to develop like this, doesn't it mean that there is one more secret world organization? And it's very likely that they are working together with Soundwave. After all, both sides have a great love for Android technology. "
Then, Sei Itō thought of something else.
"I just don't know how strong the Street Fighter characters are. I don't think they are strong. After all, except for Grand Ghost, who has a lot of tricks, the other people's moves are very simple. There shouldn't be some heaven-defying guy. "
"But speaking of Grand Ghost, I don't know if he came."
Thinking of this. Sei Itō quickly searched for Grand Ghost with a special appearance in the crowd. It's just that he didn't know if he was lucky or not. Sei Itō didn't find Grand Ghost in the crowd.
And the reason why he was lucky was that there was such a plot in both SVC and CVS. That is, Lucar and Grand Ghost fought. There were two results. If Lucar won, he would absorb Grand Ghost's murderous intent and evolve into God Lucar. On the other hand, if Grand Ghost won, he would devour the blood of madness spewed out by Lucar and become a real Grand Ghost. It's just that no matter which one it was, the Grand Ghost would instantly rise to the level of a god or be a god himself. It's not a problem for Sei Itō to fly in the universe and destroy planets with a punch. This is definitely not good news for Sei Itō.
However, just as Sei Itō was thinking about this, some people also noticed Sei Itō and the other two who had just entered the banquet hall.
"Hey, he's here too." King, who was wearing a woman's suit and holding a goblet with half a bottle of red wine in his hand, said strangely.
"Who is it?" Hearing King's words, a petite girl wearing a white gauze spaghetti dress, her long hair was simply tied up high with a hairpin. She followed King's gaze and looked at Ito Sei and the others, and asked curiously.
She is another member of the female Street Fighter team, Itazaki Yuri from the Ultimate Style.
"Hey? Isn't that Xiang Cheng? " Next to Itazaki Yuri, Mai Shiranui, who was wearing a bright red off-the-shoulder evening dress and had her hair tied up high, also said in surprise, "How did they get together?"
Then King and Mai Shiranui looked at each other and saw a puzzled look in each other's eyes.
At this time, a clear low voice rang out, attracting Sei Itō's attention. "Mr. Ito?!"
Sei Itō turned his head and looked in the direction of the voice. Then, he saw Athena Asamiya, who was wearing a red and pink long-sleeved cotton shirt and light pink trousers.
On her left and right stood an old man with a big brandy nose. He was wearing a dark green vest and a small round hat. His messy gray hair was sticking out naturally. The other was wearing beige canvas shorts and a white pullover shirt. The short-haired young man in a blue short-sleeved shirt was leisurely drinking wine and stuffing food into his mouth. One of them was holding a wine glass, while the other was holding a plate.
Needless to say, these two people were Athena's master and friend — Zhenyuan Zaizai and Shikidune Chong.
But when they heard Athena's low voice, their eyes fell on Sei Itō at the same time.
"It's Athena." Sei Itō greeted Kaori Tengtang and Mary, then walked to Athena Asamiya and greeted her with a smile.
"Athena. Who is he? "Shikidune Chong, who quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, asked with hostility in his eyes.
"This is the boss of my management company, Mr. Sei Itō." Athena explained, then looked at Sei Itō in surprise and asked, "Mr. Sei Itō, why are you here?"
"Why don't you guess?" Sei Itō laughed strangely.
But when they were talking, Sei Itō's eyes fell on Zhenyuan Zaizai, who was casually drinking wine, and his eyes met with Sei Itō's.
Their eyes met gently. Then they both retracted their gazes.
"Are they here to watch the competition?" Athena, who didn't notice Sei Itō and her master's reaction, guessed, "No, so far, other than the service staff, the people in this hall are all Grandmasters of Combat who are here to participate in the preliminaries. There are no other spectators."
Athena's expression changed slightly. She looked at Sei Itō in shock and said, "Could it be …"
"That's right. That's it. I'm also here to participate in this competition as a contestant. "Sei Itō smiled and confirmed.
"Ah! Mr. Itō is also a Grandmaster of Combat? "Athena was surprised.
"Yes." Sei Itō smiled and said, "So if there's a chance to fight later, remember to go easy on me."
"Mr. Itō, you're joking." Athena said embarrassedly.
"Hehe."
Sei Itō smiled and didn't say anything. He changed the topic and chatted with Athena.
During this process, Shikidune Chong's face was full of displeasure. As if he was venting, he crazily ate the food on the table.
After more than ten minutes, a middle-aged man in a black suit walked up to the platform in the middle under everyone's gaze and took a microphone from a staff member on the side.
"Ahem." The man coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention in the banquet hall.
"Welcome everyone. I'm the host of this competition – Martin. I'll explain the rules of this competition. First of all, the rules of the preliminaries … "
Martin's voice was heard. Sei Itō and the others understood the rules of this competition.
The rules were similar to the rules of the King of Fighters game. Teams of three would participate in the competition. Then, they would draw lots to choose their opponents and be assigned to a group. At the same time, they would fight in a best of three format. And the winning team could choose to continue or change their opponent according to their own situation. After two wins, the losing team would be eliminated. The winner would advance and fight with another winner until the final eight teams were selected to enter the semi-finals.
As for why there were eight teams instead of ten or six, it was because there were eight groups.
Of course, to take into account the speed of the preliminaries, there was a time limit of ten minutes. Once ten minutes was up, no matter how far the two teams had progressed, the single match would be forcibly ended. Then, the referee would judge who won or tied based on the performance of the two teams.
"… I believe everyone can't wait any longer. So, let's cut to the chase and start the drawing of lots for this competition."
As soon as he finished speaking, two staff members with a large white magnetic board and two staff members with square cardboard boxes walked up to the platform. They placed the white magnetic board and the cardboard boxes separately.
At this time, Sei Itō also said goodbye to Athena and met up with Tengtang Kaori, who had just returned from the female fighter team, and Mary, who had been chatting with Billy and even Terry for a long time.
"Athena, when you're with that person, remember to be careful." However, at this time, Zhen Yuanzai, who had not expressed any opinion until now, suddenly said to Athena.
"Eh?" Athena heard this and had a shocked expression on her face.
"I told you. That guy doesn't look like a good person. Look, even master said so." Shiki Quanchong interrupted proudly.
"When did you say that?" Athena looked at Shiki Quanchong unhappily.
"Ugh …" Shiki Quanchong's expression froze. He laughed dryly and turned his head away. He continued to compete with the food on the table that he had almost finished.
"Anyway, Athena, remember to be careful." Zhen Yuanzai reminded her again after his disciples finished playing around.
"Yes, master." Even though she was full of doubts, Athena still replied.
Zhen Yuanzai didn't say anything after receiving Athena's reply and continued to drink. However, the corner of his eyes kept glancing at Sei Itō from time to time.
"Kaori, you go and draw the lots later." Sei Itō ignored Zhen Yuanzai and said to Tengtang Kaori.
"Me? Is it appropriate? "Tengtang Kaori was surprised.
In a normal sense, the drawing of lots was done by the team leader. In other words, the person who could represent the team to draw lots must be the team leader, followed by a member with high prestige in the team. No matter what, it wouldn't be an ordinary member's turn. This was because if they didn't draw a good lot, it would be easy for the other members to complain and cause disharmony in the team.
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. It doesn't matter if it's good or bad for us." Sei Itō didn't care and smiled.
Mary raised her head and didn't object.
"Okay then." Tengtang Kaori nodded when she saw that both of them didn't object.
The drawing of lots wasn't slow. Soon, it was Sei Itō's team's turn. Tengtang Kaori took a deep breath and suppressed the nervousness in her heart. She walked onto the platform with a serious face and reached into the cardboard box to take out a round ball.
"Number 29."
Tengtang Kaori turned her head and looked at the white magnetic board. According to the rules, the number 29 representing Sei Itō's team appeared at the edge of the white magnetic board, which was the first vertical line of the eighth group.
It wasn't hard to see that there were a total of 32 teams participating in this tournament.
After a few minutes, all the lots were drawn.
"I didn't expect to meet the Korean team." Looking at the numbers representing each team on the white magnetic board, Ito Sei, who compared it with the situation he saw when he drew lots, couldn't help but smile.
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