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There was nothing much to say about the process of the preliminaries. After a total of 20 days of fighting, a total of eight teams that could represent the top combat power of a country emerged from the shadows and obtained the qualification to enter the semi-finals.
Why was it a qualification? Because if they really wanted to participate in the semi-finals, they still had to fight against the semi-seeded teams that had received invitations, which were the teams of fighters in the original work. Only then could the winners officially enter the semi-finals of the global parade.
Needless to say, seven out of the eight teams were directly eliminated by the King of Fighters, who had cultivated for more than a year and had an average understanding of more than 60% of their absolute strength.
As for the remaining team, they were supposed to compete with Hungry Wolf Legend. However, due to the absence of Terry, Andy, and the others, they were knocked out by another team who had gotten an invitation letter from god knows where. Hence, they were unable to participate in the semi-finals.
After that, in order to appease them, the organizers even took the initiative to take out some money as a reward for winning the championship of each country.
Then, three days later, the eight teams gathered in Tokyo, Japan, to participate in the lottery for the semi-finals.
They were the Japanese team led by Kyo Kusanagi, who had obtained the qualification to participate in the Japanese team in the original work.
The female team that had obtained the qualification to participate in the UK was composed of King, Mai Shiranui, and Kaori Fujita.
The Ultimate Style team led by Yoshi Itazaki had obtained the qualification to participate in the American team.
The Brazilian mercenary team led by Loana had obtained the special qualification to participate in the Brazilian team.
The superpower team led by Zhenyuan Zhai had obtained the qualification to participate in the China team.
The Korean team led by Kim Jiapan had won the victory in Korea with almost no effort.
The Eight Gods team led by Iori Yagami had obtained the qualification to participate in the European team with a great advantage.
And the "I" team that had obtained the special qualification to participate through the French officials.
Under the gaze of the live audience and the tracking of the cameras set up around them, the eight teams walked out of the stadium through a special passage and entered the stadium.
"Tsk. I didn't expect the "I" team to be them. " Sei Itō, who was hidden in the crowd, couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw the unfamiliar faces in the team.
That team was made up of two men and one woman. Two of the men were tall and well-built. They wore camouflage military uniforms like American soldiers, pitch-black trousers and tight-fitting short-sleeved T-shirts. They both had short blond hair, deep-set facial features that were more pronounced than Asians, and blue eyes. His face was solemn, and his whole body faintly exuded a temperament similar to that of a regular soldier.
On the other hand, the woman in the team was completely different from them. Not only was she tall and slender, but she was also wearing a very unique sky-blue Chinese qipao with some strange patterns on the surface. It had a high side line and a long hem, and it was also very unique. Her long legs wrapped in thick brown silk stockings were faintly revealed. His skin was white and his hair was black. His long black hair was wrapped up by two small white cloths on his head like two buns.
Almost as soon as he saw her outfit, Sei Itō's mind instinctively came up with her name – Chun Li.
By analogy, Ito Sei also recognized the other person in her team. He was also a Street Bully and had also entered the Interpol. Just like Chun Li, he was also responsible for tracking down Vega. He was the former American soldier, Gurey!
However, Sei Itō couldn't find the last person's memory. He should be a fighting master randomly pulled out from the Interpol to make up the numbers.
"Shouldn't the Interpol be looking for trouble with the drug lord Vega? Why did they come to participate in the King of Fighters Tournament? Could it be because of the boss team? "Ito Sei, who was thinking about the future, secretly guessed.
In fact, that was the truth.
As members of the Boss Team, no matter if it was Guise, Clausar, or Piccolo, they were all well-known bosses in the European underground world. They were heavily monitored by the Interpol, FBI, MI5, and the Lin Valley Agency. Therefore, whenever they were up to something, they would immediately be alerted. It was enough to send these organizations into a state of chaos, let alone when the three of them gathered together to do something together.
Therefore, in order to find out the reason why they gathered together, the Interpol urgently gathered Chun Li, Guret, and another guy who was a fighting instructor in the organization together. They used the government's authority to send them to the King of Fighters Tournament to investigate the truth up close!
As for the people from the other organizations. Because they were all special agents, it was still okay to send one person. If they were exposed, they could just give up. However, sending three people at once was enough to challenge the world. It would be painful to put them in any organization for a while, not to mention that they would be exposed in front of the world. They would become public chess pieces from then on. It was very difficult for them to cultivate talents, so the price was too high. Therefore, they still maintained their organization's basic style of investigating in the dark instead of getting involved in the conspicuous show.
However, what made Chun Li and the other two more regretful was that until now, they had not been able to enter the boss team in the venue. Obviously, the invitations they received should be of the same level as Sei Itō's. They were all invitations that qualified them to enter the finals directly. Therefore, they did not come to participate in the semi-finals' drawing ceremony.
"Thank you to the Inferno Band for your passionate performance. The drawing ceremony will now officially begin." After another three to four minutes, the music in the stadium stopped, and a male voice was heard from the broadcast.
That's right, it was the Inferno Band.
In order to increase their popularity, Sei Itō directly used his connections to send the Inferno Band to the King of Fighters Conference, letting them perform on the stage and sing before the semi-finals.
Of course, not only the Inferno Band, but before the finals for the championship, Athena, who had been faintly known as Asia's Little Jade Queen, would also perform on the stage to warm up the audience.
"Let's welcome the Japanese team."
As soon as he finished his words, Eridani Akimaru, who had debuted as a model and loved to show off, walked out of the crowd and onto the stage. Amidst the screams of the audience, especially the female fans who had specially come to see him, he waved at the crowd in a very smug manner before reaching into the lottery box. He pulled out a small ball.
"Number six."
A very sexy woman, who looked like a beauty in a traffic jam, walked to the side of the big whiteboard with a line drawn on it and wrote the team name of the Japanese team under the corresponding black line.
"Let's welcome the Female Fighter Team," the host shouted again.
Then, King, who was dressed in a red women's suit and looked very androgynous, walked out of the team and came to the platform. He simply reached out and pulled out a number from the box.
"Number three."
A female staff member who exposed her waist, legs, and arms wrote the name of the Female Fighter Team on the whiteboard.
"Let's welcome the Ultimate Style team."
Itazaki Yoshi walked out of the team and stepped onto the platform.
Speaking of the name of the Ultimate Style team. In fact, it would attract a lot of hatred. After all, in this world, not only did the King of Fighters exist, there were also Street Fighter characters. For example, Grand Ghost, Ken, Dan, and so on were all legit Ultimate Style disciples. Itazaki Yoshi's decision to use the name of the Ultimate Style as the team's name would certainly boost the reputation of the Ultimate Style to the outside world, but it would also attract the attention of Ken, Dan, and Grand Ghost because of the Battle of Orthodoxy. It would be a very lively thing to play a challenge.
But speaking of Ken and Dan, they were part of the team with Honda and participated in the last King of Fighters Competition. Sei Itō remembered that they were directly KOed by Kyo Kusanagi during the preliminaries. As for why they did not qualify this time, it was unknown.
After all, there were too many reasons.
Just like that, one after another. All the teams had chosen their numbers.
They were: Number one – Korean Team; Number two – Ultimate Style Team; Number three – Female Fighter Team; Number four – Superpower Team; Number five – 'i' Team; Number six – Japanese Team; Number seven – Brazilian Mercenary Team; Number eight – Yagami Team.
"Now, let's pick the venue." Just when everyone thought that this was the end of the draw, the host spoke again. "The rules are simple.
Between the two teams, you will choose the capital of the country represented by one of the team members as the home ground. The method is a coin toss. "
The host briefly introduced the method of picking the venue.
"Now, let's invite the captain of Korean Team and the captain of the Ultimate Style Team onto the stage."
Jin Jiapan and Itazaki Ryo adjusted their belts and walked onto the stage.
"There are two sides. The one who guesses correctly will be able to choose a venue that he is familiar with as the competition venue." The two of them stood on the platform. When the two of them stood on the stage, the host explained the rules again.
"Please make your choice."
"Heads," Jin Jiapan said without hesitation.
"Then I'll choose tails," Itazaki Ryo said nonchalantly.
The host nodded and took out a brass coin with a value of 50 from his pocket. After the two of them confirmed that there was no problem with it, he raised his hand and tossed it. He tossed the coin into the sky.
As it flew, the coin quickly reached the highest point and then quickly fell down.
The host reached out and caught the coin on the back of his hand. That miraculous speed instantly revealed that he also had decent skills.
Then, the host moved his right hand away from the coin.
In an instant, a picture with the number 50 appeared in front of Jin Jiapan and Itazaki Ryo. At the same time, it was conveyed to the audience and the audience in front of the TV through the live camera.
"It's heads. Captain Jin Jiapan, please choose," the host said.
"I choose Seoul," Jin Jiapan said without hesitation.
Once she finished speaking, the female staff member pasted a sign on the blank whiteboard between the names of the Korean team and the Ultimate Style team. It represented that they had chosen the venue for the competition.
"Next, let's invite the captain of the female fighting team and the captain of the superpower team onto the stage." After Jin Jiapan and Itazaki Ryo left the stage, the host shouted again.
Then, King was too lazy to show his face, so Athena, who had obtained the right to represent the team, went onto the stage.
"Athena, I love you!"
"Athena, look."
"Athena!"
When they saw Athena, there was a loud commotion in the venue.
The host ignored the audience's shouts. After briefly explaining the rules again, he raised his hand and tossed the coin.
This time, Athena guessed the coin correctly and set the venue at Mount Lu in China.
Next were the "i" team represented by Chun Li, the Japanese team represented by Hankamaru, the Brazilian mercenary team represented by Loana, and the Eight Gods represented by the blonde beauty Mai Zhuo, who was wearing a black and white secretary uniform.
Hankamaru beat Chun Li and set the venue at Roppongi in Japan. Well, it was Hankamaru who chose it at his own discretion. Loana beat Mai Zhuo and set the venue in Brazil.
Then, the host briefly explained the rules of the competition and announced the end of the whole drawing ceremony. Three days later, the Korean Team, the Ultimate Style Team, and the "i" team and the Japanese team would compete.
The time was in the morning and afternoon of that day.
"Let's go, Mai." King patted Mai Shiranui's shoulder, who had been absent-minded these days. He sighed secretly and said softly.
Of course, he knew why Mai Shiranui was like this. It was all because she hadn't seen Andy. But there was nothing King could do about it. He couldn't just tell her, "Mai, I have bad news for you. A year ago, your Andy died, and the murderer was his old enemy, Guise." He couldn't bring himself to say it. Hence, until now, King had been holding back from telling Mai Shiranui the truth as long as he could.
"Oh." Mai Shiranui looked up and glanced at the members of the teams who were scattered out of the stadium. After confirming that Andy was not there, she responded in a low voice with a sad face and left the stadium with King and Tengtang Kaori, who didn't know what was going on.
Ten minutes later, near the stadium, in a hotel specially set up for the martial artists.
"I'm going out for a while." Iori Yagami, who was wearing red trousers, a white long-sleeved shirt, and a jacket with a white crescent moon on the back, stood up from the chair and walked to the door while speaking to Mai Zhuo, who had blonde hair, and Wei Si, who was also wearing a long-sleeved secretary uniform like Mai Zhuo, but the color of her shirt had changed from white to red.
"Remember to come back early," Mai Zhuo said.
Iori Yagami, who had walked to the door, didn't reply. He opened the door and walked out.
"Bang."
The door was closed again.
"This guy," Wei Si said with a slight frown and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed across her face.
However, at this moment, Mai Zhuo and Wei Si's expressions changed at the same time. They looked warily at the empty space in the room …
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