Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 397 What's it like to have three people sharing one face?

"I'm magnanimous, I'll give you another chance!"
Say my name!

As the helmeted man roared angrily, he pulled out a Colt revolver with an extended barrel from his pocket and pointed it at Cheng Tian.

As soon as the murder weapon was revealed, many ordinary people who had been watching immediately began to scream in alarm and scattered in panic. However, some of them remained nearby, looking like bloodthirsty spectators with obviously strange eyes.

Compared to ordinary hand-to-hand combat, the unexpected lethality of firearms is obviously more stimulating.

Although the fighters in the King of Fighters world all possess destructive power far exceeding that of conventional firearms, as long as it's just through the screen, it can be explained with special effects. Even if a large-scale destruction really occurs somewhere, it can be covered up with excuses like "gas explosion" or "methane explosion".

“You can’t even come close to Kenshiro, Methyl.”

Cheng Tian raised a middle finger and mercilessly exposed the guy in front of him who liked to use other people's names to promote "Your Name at the End of the Century".

Methyl, a random character from the MUGEN entry, comes from "Fist of the North Star: Judgment of the Twin Sosei Kengo Retsuden". He belongs to the Hokuto Shinken school and is ranked third. He harbors resentment because he is jealous of his master choosing "Kensiro" as the successor of the school. He takes the initiative to provoke him, and his resentment deepens after his face is broken. Since then, he has been using the scar on his chest and impersonating Kenshiro to do evil, trying to frame Kenshiro himself.

In the preliminary rounds of this competition, Methyl was not selected as a seeded player, but he chose Cheng Tian as his target, which can be considered as his life's work.

"Varied--"

After Cheng Tian exposed his true identity, the astonishment and anger on Methyl's face could not be concealed even by his rugby helmet. But before he could even utter a single word and pull the trigger, the orange-gold figure appeared behind him almost instantly.

Even if the world's speed is forced to be reduced to level B, the corresponding player has already reached an agility level of around 40.

To deal with a character like Methyl, it's clearly not necessary to use a super special move like Smash Warudo.

By the time Methyl realized that a world had appeared behind him, it was too late.

The world's boxing gloves, also tinged with orange and gold, had metal studs corresponding to the four styloid processes of the ulna bearing four different patterns: circles, crosses, triangles, and squares. These patterns swiftly advanced before Methyl's eyes, transforming into a dazzling series of punches—

Wood big wood big wood big wood big! ! ! !
Even though the world's speed and destructive power have decreased, it is still beyond what Methyl, whose boxing skills are not good, can resist. The rapid and continuous punches directly formed an entire fist screen, which landed on Methyl with precision and just the right time.

At this moment, Cheng Tian, ​​who had no intention of giving the other party a chance to retaliate, gave Bazet a wink.

The designated seal executor, understanding the unspoken message, quickly stepped forward, unconsciously replaying the image of the world throwing a punch in his mind. Thus, the punch, though slightly shorter in range due to its longer arm span, was faster and enveloped Methyl's back.

Anyone who has played Yu Yu Hakusho: Makyou Touichi Sen on the Mega Drive platform should have seen the scene where a character is sandwiched between two people and gets hit repeatedly, with the score rapidly transitioning from "1 HIT" to "MAX HITS".

When the world and Bazette stopped fighting at the same time, Methyl, which had been repeatedly pounded to the level comparable to Chaoshan beef balls, collapsed limply to the ground, as if it had no bones at all.

"...He suffered comminuted fractures all over his body, and his brain, organs and so on were all damaged. He was like a hamburger patty. He was still alive but no different from being dead. Even if he was cured, he would still drool."

This is the conclusion reached by yet another group of paramedics who appeared out of nowhere after conducting an examination.

As the paramedics finished speaking, a treasure chest popped out from Methyl's body, visible only to players like Cheng Tian.

Considering the tournament's nature, Cheng Tian didn't choose to go all out, since the methyl methacrylate wouldn't drop anything valuable anyway. However, according to the underlying logic of the fighting tournament, if you can defeat your opponent within the rules, there's a chance of getting a treasure chest even without killing them. In this situation, even finishing them off wouldn't result in a second treasure chest drop.

The fact that the treasure chest dropped clearly indicates that this third-ranked member of the Hokuto Shinken sect has been completely eliminated.

Meanwhile, similar incidents of teams like Methyl intercepting and sniping unfamiliar seeded teams were happening simultaneously in various locations near the venue. Less than half an hour into the countdown, more than a dozen preliminary teams had already been eliminated.

Of course, each team has a different approach to this battle royale-style open selection process.

For example, Kyo Kusanagi, the perpetual high school repeater from the Neon team and the contemporary successor of the Kusanagi-ryu ancient martial arts, directly collaborated with the organizers to set up a ring in the most crowded area, openly allowing all the contestants to come up and fight, one-on-one or group battles were all welcome. As long as they could defeat Kyo Kusanagi, they would receive an invitation.

Benimaru Nikaido and Goro Daimon, who were on the same team, had no objections to this.

With Kyo Kusanagi's excitement, he was practically shouting "I'm an idiot!" to the whole world from the heart of Shibuya.

Yes, at least that's what Iori Yagami must think.

Among the three contestants of the Great Universe Team, Chen Guohan (Big Hammer) and Cai Baojian (Little Monkey), both former bandits, are openly using combat to steal the challengers' belongings—

Then the two of them were brutally beaten by Kim Ga-pan, the captain and a Taekwondo master with a strong sense of justice.

A large number of cameras belonging to the organizers are filming the sixteen seeded teams, and viewers at home can choose to watch the battle of one of the teams on their televisions.

However, two teams had the highest viewership ratings.

One of them was the Superpower Warriors Team. More accurately, it was Athena Asamiya, a world-class idol, who single-handedly boosted the ratings. The so-called challenge of snatching the invitation was completely nonexistent. With the help of Athena's agency, a new round of idol meet-and-greets has been urgently launched.

Making money isn't shameful.
The other team, which boasts high viewership, has an overwhelming number of male viewers.

Aren't you jealous?

Inside the tavern, Terry, the captain of the Hungry Wolf team, patted Andy on the shoulder and pointed at the television with a teasing look.

Meanwhile, Andy, the awkward man who had rejected countless marriage proposals from women, looked at the large expanses of skin deliberately exposed by Mai Shiranui as her clothes fluttered on the TV screen, looking utterly constipated.

"Wow, this woman is amazing!"

Upon hearing this comment, Andy was jolted awake and abruptly stood up to look towards the source of the sound, but what he saw made him pause in surprise.

He was about to blurt out the word "good fortune," but he couldn't help rubbing his eyes because three people with the same big nose and similar facial features appeared in front of him.

Hong Bok from "Fatal Fury," Sung Bok from "Double Dragon Fighting," and Lei Wulong from "Tekken"—three characters with identical appearances, personalities, and even design origins—are happily toasting each other.

(End of this chapter)