I am the king of fighting!

Chapter 279 Blind Spots in the Past

Southtown, Central City, Orphanage.

"I didn't expect Mr. Lin to come to see me..."

Hanzo Shiranui was lying on the bed, his hair was gray, his eyes were cloudy, his breath was heavy, and he looked very old.

Lin Xi was a little surprised that a fighter with a martial arts tradition was already dying at the age of over eighty. You know, many fighters are still energetic even when they are over a hundred years old and weak. He stretched out his hand and after a careful inspection, his expression became even more surprised.

"I'm dying." Shiranui Hanzo smiled calmly, "If it wasn't for Jeff - Jeff Bogard, I would have died in the Stroheim family's castle. It's enough for me to live for another twenty years."

After experiencing the Hell Gate incident, in order to pursue power, he first engaged in spiritual practice against the wishes of his dead parents. Problems arose during his practice alone, which led to the decline of his power. He then searched everywhere for the legendary Emperor's Fist that could allow people to transcend life and death, and broke into the Stroheim family with Jeff Bogard.

Facing the sixteen-year-old Krauser, they were engaged in a tough battle. With their skills, they left two scars on the opponent. Jeff unleashed his potential and escaped with the unconscious Krauser.

Since then, he saw through his own obsession, stayed in the dojo in Japan to raise his granddaughter Mai Shiranui, and never blindly pursued power again.

"The corpse is talking." Lin Xi made a judgment. The organs in his body were severely aged and he had countless hidden injuries. He was almost completely unable to sustain life. He was relying on his breath and mental perseverance to force himself to stay alive every minute and every second.

This is extremely painful. Qi is like a paperhanger, constantly hovering on the boundary between life and death. The body enters a state of death and is barely saved. The pain caused in the process is immeasurable.

Fortunately, the old man managed to hold on until now. The breath he had been holding before coming here was gone. Even he could not revive a corpse that was determined to die.

"Yes..." Hanzo Shiranui closed his eyes. Why did he have to live in such pain? It was because he was waiting for his granddaughter to return.

Kagura Chizuru judged that her missing granddaughter had drifted to another time and space, and told him to wait for the consciousness of the earth to calm down. If the missing person was still alive, she would be sent back, and if she was dead...

He had predicted his own death and the disaster that his granddaughter might encounter, but he never expected it to be like this.

"Bear with it." Lin Xi's fingers emitted light, which quickly enveloped Shiranui Hanzo's entire body. He reminded her, "If you still want to see your granddaughter again, bear with the pain."

Internal organs, bones, nerves, muscles, skin... the old guy was rotten from the inside out. Without the existence of breath, he would have turned into a rotten corpse long ago. His liver and kidneys were completely non-functioning. Large amounts of toxins accumulated in his body. Every beat of his heart would tear his blood vessels, and his extremely fragile capillaries could not withstand the impact of pumping blood.

Anyway, the entire body needs to be reshaped, and the pain will only be more intense than enduring death. But if you can get through it, you will have a true new life.

If you can't make it, just die peacefully.

In this world, physical death is not the end, only spiritual death is the end, especially since Hanzo Shiranui has practiced spiritual secrets, he might have a chance to work out something like reincarnation. If he continues to persist, his spirit will collapse, and he will really die completely.

Lin Xi didn't care about the old guy's stupid obsession of preferring to die completely rather than live to see his granddaughter. Either survive or die and wait for him to find a solution.

Everyone is prepared to fight to the death with the big snake. If he can survive and experience the normal world, it shouldn't be a big deal to find a way to resurrect one person.

Especially in the plot of King of Fighters, there is a plot in the future that will resurrect all the dead.

If you don’t survive... after I die, I don’t care about the flood.

"Ah..." Hanzo Shiranui arched his body. The pain made it impossible for him to think about anything else. While he was enduring it, he was unable to vent his feelings with any sound because his vocal cords were damaged. He could only make strange sounds of air surging in the cavity.

Whether it was the destruction of the flesh or the new nerves coming into contact with the cold air and unfamiliar muscles and bones, the pain was unprecedented.

“It actually held up.”

Lin Xi's bloody operation was extremely skillful and quick. In less than five minutes, he had completed a complete reconstruction of the human body. He was prepared to try to use magnetism to preserve Hanzo Shiranui's soul if all else failed. Unexpectedly, the old guy's perseverance was truly amazing, and he survived.

As expected of a ninja legacy...so patient.

Hanzo Shiranui, who was lying unconscious on the bed, had completely black hair and smooth skin. She looked to be in her thirties or forties at most. If it weren't for the fact that she was an old woman in her eighties, Lin Xi would have made her look younger.

When the inside is brand new, there is no problem with cells and hormone secretion, but the appearance affects not only the perception, but more importantly the mentality and spirit.

If a dead person could be kept alive for more than two years by spirit, you can see how important spirit is.

Lin Xi quietly left the room. Andy, who was sitting in the corridor, looked up, stood up, bowed 90 degrees, and said softly, "Mr. Lin, thank you very much."

He just felt that his master's breath was rapidly weakening and he almost couldn't help but rush in. However, considering that the brother and sister who were sent here more than two years ago were in a worse condition and were both rescued, he also knew that there was no reason for them to harm his master. It was all thanks to the ninja skills he learned from the Shiranui Ryu that he waited until his master's breath went from weak to strong, and he couldn't believe it when he was so active in the end.

"How can you be so American and act like a Japanese?" Lin Xi complained and said, "Take me to see the brother and sister."

He didn't come to the orphanage this time just to see Hanzo Shiranui, and mainly because the people didn't ask him for help. His purpose was to see the siblings that K' brought to him. He seriously suspected that they were the young K' and K''s sister Seirah.

"Please follow me." Andy ignored the other party's complaints and bowed again in a serious manner.

This guy's personality is quite boring. I don't know why Mai Shiranui likes him. Compared to Terry, who has a wide range of hobbies and likes to play video games, basketball, football, spray painting, etc. and is good at everything, his younger brother's biggest hobby is practicing and traveling. He is taciturn and extremely passive in everything.

He is obviously a younger brother, but he is as mature as an old man.

The two of them walked one after the other to the playground in the middle of the orphanage. Many children were playing happily under the care of several adults. A white-haired boy was sitting alone by the wall, emitting a strong aura.

A girl in a white dress, also exuding a strong aura, is comforting a crying little kid.

"Sarah in the white dress is the older sister. She has a gentle personality and has become a caregiver at the orphanage." Andy explained softly, "K' leaning against the wall is unwilling to tell us his real name. He is obsessed with revenge on the Nest, and his strength is increasing very fast. Recently, I have found it increasingly difficult to fight him."

"Sarah doesn't want her brother to go find the Nest, so—"

"That's enough." The white-haired boy K' came over quietly, interrupted Andy impatiently, looked up at Lin Xi, and said seriously: "I remember you, benefactor, you saved me and my sister. If you need me, I can give you my life."

"What do I want your life for?" Lin Xi laughed dumbly. The K' in front of him was completely different from the gloomy him in the future. K' glanced at his sister who was not paying attention to this side, and said: "I can help you kill people."

"You help me kill people?" Lin Xi looked at the little ghost in front of him with interest, "Do I need you to kill people?"

"Bang!" His head slammed onto the kid's forehead.

K' covered his forehead in pain, his expression full of shock. This kid who had never seen the world thought that the strongest people were Andy and the Terry brothers. However, he was not completely defenseless. With his excellent talent and modified body, he was only a little inferior in skills, but he even had the upper hand in terms of energy and strength.

The key is that he is still in his growth stage, a teenager with a promising future, so he always thinks about revenge.

"Benefactor?!" Sarah heard the voice, looked over here, and with a look of surprise, she entrusted the child in front of her to her colleague and trotted over. It can be seen that her talent may be better than K'. There is no worldly air in her every move, and her strength is controlled very well, just like an ordinary person.

As soon as she arrived in front of him, she knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times, and said in awkward and out-of-tune Chinese: "I cannot repay your kindness. I am willing to work like a slave for you."

Where did you get this crappy storytelling plot and lines?

Lin Xi was a little overwhelmed for a moment. Before he could say anything, K' knelt beside him and said loudly: "I am much stronger than my sister. If you need help, I can definitely help you."

Sarah covered her brother's mouth, showing the strength to subdue her brother with one hand, and said carefully: "Mr. Lin, I really can do anything."

Although their sisterly love is quite loving, why do I feel like I'm forcing her into prostitution?

Lin Xi looked at the brother and sister speechlessly. He was obviously a good person.

The children and caregivers nearby who saw this scene were whispering. Not understanding Chinese, they seriously suspected that the stranger was a bully.

"Okay, get up." Lin Xi hooked his finger, and the magnetic force quickly lifted the two of them up. He was too lazy to dwell on what happened just now, so he simply skipped it and asked, "Do you still remember the man who rescued you from the Sound Nest?"

Sarah and K' looked at each other, and even Andy had a strange expression on his face. He couldn't help but ask, "It was you, Mr. Lin, who saved them, wasn't it you?"

"Me?" Lin Xi was stunned. "I was--wait, Andy, do you remember who participated in that King of Boxing Tournament?"

"My brother and I, Senior Ryo Sakazaki, Billy Kane, Krauser, and you, Mr. Lin, a total of six people." Andy replied quickly.

"Interesting." Lin Xi realized that there might be something wrong with the information about the people from the future. Vanessa, Lin Yu and the others also kept relevant memories like him. Even the letter from 'Maxima' disappeared shortly after it was sent to the laboratory for testing. However, all the people involved in the King of Boxing Tournament had forgotten about the two people from the future.

He had never paid attention to it before, but now he might have to ask the parties involved. It is possible that the memories of the Bogard brothers and Sarah siblings were modified, but it is almost impossible for Sakazaki Ryo's memory to be modified by a strong psychic. If...

"Is there anything wrong?" Andy asked.

Lin Xi shook his head gently. He was not going to tell the other party. If it was really a deeper problem, it would be useless to tell him. Why waste his breath? He just asked, "Is Sakazaki Ryo still in South Town?"

"No, the Gokuyoshi dojo moved to Italy." Andy replied, "Not long after the war broke out, after the Stroheim family took control of the entire South Town, Gokuyoshi moved to South Town with the help of the Garcia Consortium. But I heard that they will represent Italy in this King of Fighters tournament."

"What about you two brothers? Are the last year's champions ready to continue participating in the competition?" Lin Xi continued to ask along the lines.

Sarah and K' stayed quietly by the side without saying a word.

Andy nodded and said, "My brother, Dong Zhang and I are going to represent the United States in this King of Fighters tournament." He paused and said, "I know the names of some teams that have received invitations."

"The Korean team represented by Kim Ga-Ban, Gang-Il and Jeon Hoon

Representing Thailand are Seth, Victor Sagat and Han Zhuli

Representing China are Zhen Yuansai, Asamiya Athena and Shii Kensou
Representing Italy are Takuma Sakazaki, Ryo Sakazaki and Roberto Garcia

Zangief, Honda and Dhalsim representing Russia
Representing Brazil are Ralph Jones, Clark Steele and Liana Hardiran.

"The three of us, and Mr. Lin, who is a special guest contestant and on his own."

"The teams that haven't confirmed their roster yet are the Nest team and the Stroheim family."

"If nothing unexpected happens, there should be ten teams in this King of Fighters tournament."

After Andy told about the contestants he knew, he took the initiative to introduce the competition system of the King of Boxing Tournament since its reform since the last session.

In fact, apart from the change from a single player at the beginning to a group of three, the overall schedule has not changed much. The even-numbered teams draw lots, and two are eliminated to enter the next round. The odd-numbered teams draw lots and one team has a bye.

There will be one group competing every day until the final champion is decided.

It is no different from before, but because of the team formation, the game has more aspects of Tian Ji's horse racing. The strengths of each team vary, and different orders of appearance also require game play. After all, they are all temporary decisions, not finalized in advance.

Of course, to the strong, these are all meaningless things.

The invitation letter Lin Xi received also allowed him to find teammates, but he decided to compete alone. Even though he had to face three people in every battle, he didn't think he would lose.

Rotational battles, battles of attrition... Only in this way can he fight to his heart's content and not let his opponent be defeated too quickly.

If he didn't feel that restraining his own strength was too disrespectful to his opponent, he would even want to seal off some of his strength in advance to participate in the competition.

Only with such self-confidence can you challenge the big snake in the future.

(End of this chapter)