Chosen Evolution: I can load the protagonist template

Chapter 400 The Wonderful Use of the Flying Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand
Unaware of where his legendary status and high charm were starting to exert their influence, Cheng Tian was leading his team on a random shopping spree in the bustling city center.

Although the release date of The King of Fighters '97 corresponds to 97 in the real world, perhaps out of nostalgia for the bubble economy era, the area around the main arena of The King of Fighters '97 still maintains the prosperity of the peak of the bubble economy.

The organizers were incredibly generous, stating that all regular expenses incurred by the seeded teams during the competition would be reimbursed by the organizers; all they needed to do was obtain a receipt when making the purchase.

However, only the sixteen teams that qualify for the main tournament can receive this preferential treatment.

With a lot of girls in the group, and the bustling street setting, it was inevitable that everyone would start shopping. After all, three days of being on edge is the same as three days of eating, drinking, and having fun at public expense, so why not relax, do what you need to do, and not have any worries?

Besides, Cheng Tian, ​​this humanoid bio-radar, is no pushover.

Although Cheng Tian's mastery of power is not as precise as his Qi perception, he can still easily distinguish between ordinary people and strong individuals. If you want to ambush him, it's more reliable to find a dog or a bird than a person.

As Cheng Tian strolled around, he noticed the same human silhouettes loitering nearby on more than one occasion. It was likely that the audition team was monitoring him and looking for an opportunity.

Moreover, there is another crucial point: Cheng Tian has not yet discovered any other players.

The dungeon description states that this mission involves player-versus-player combat, and there are even two major factions to choose from. This means that, apart from your own team which received an invitation, an unknown number of other players are likely in the preliminary selection group, the ones responsible for grabbing loot.

The King of Fighters is a relatively popular fighting game in the Chosen Space. The main quests are mostly in tournament format. As long as you don't obsess over rankings, you can usually return to the space successfully. Therefore, there is a lot of related information. However, this time there is a "MUGEN" entry, and the number of random teams is the same as in the original game. Even the tournament format has changed from 8 teams to 16 teams, doubling the number. This will definitely test the player's knowledge.

I wonder if they can accurately recognize that they are also players.

"Ah, sorry."

Suddenly, Cheng Tian bumped into the person in front of him on the shoulder. The other person was also a typical Tokyo office worker, dressed in a suit, walking hurriedly. After the two bumped into each other, he simply turned slightly to the side, waved, and hurriedly left.

He had only taken two steps when a strong gust of wind came from behind him.

Almost instinctively, the indifferent office worker ducked, narrowly avoiding the blow from the orange-gold fist.

"Give me back the stuff."

Cheng Tian turned around and looked at the corporate slave with a half-smile.

I don't know what you're talking about~~

Although he said this, the office worker was actually retreating nimbly and quickly while maintaining a direct gaze towards Cheng Tian, ​​and accurately dodging one pedestrian after another.

"Then I'll kill you."

Cheng Tian stopped arguing and instead raised his right hand in a sword-like gesture. In a flash, an almost transparent regular hexahedron appeared out of thin air, blocking the office worker's retreat.

As the office worker was caught off guard and crashed into it, the world had already accelerated past. But just as the world's fist was about to embed itself in the opponent's face, the opponent suddenly vanished into thin air. In Cheng Tian's humanoid bio-radar, the opponent appeared 15 meters away, and then threw a smoke bomb on the ground, instantly disappearing from Cheng Tian's sight.

"Theft skills, blink skills, and stealth skills—looks like a scout specialist."

Cheng Tian noticed that the invitation in his arms had disappeared, but the outline of the invisible corporate slave was still clearly reflected in the radar of his mind.

"Tsk! That's a sharp reaction! But I'm still a cut above the rest!"

The office worker "Ren Xiaoyao", who had entered stealth mode using a smoke grenade, had already slipped into the pitch-black alley by using a corner to block the view, and in his hand was the invitation letter that had originally been in Cheng Tian's arms.

Flying Dragon Cloud Piercing Hand, a B-rank skill at Lv4, is based on the game "The Legend of Sword and Fairy." It has a high probability of randomly stealing items and valuables from players or NPCs, including equipment and inventory slots. You can only use Flying Dragon Cloud Piercing Hand when face-to-face with the target. Upon successful use, the stolen item will temporarily gain a "guaranteed drop" effect; the item will definitely drop when you are killed or leave the instance due to mission failure. Currently, you can only steal one item from the same target. The Lv4 effect adds the ability to precisely steal a specific item from a player that you already know about, and the first steal is 1% successful.

Among the many thieving skills, the Flying Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand from the world of Chinese Paladin has a thieving probability of T0, but its biggest limitation is that it requires a direct confrontation to steal, making the use of this skill very dangerous.

Moreover, theft will inevitably cause very drastic fluctuations in personal reputation, and even lead to a shift in allegiances.

But thanks to Ren Xiaoyao's good fortune, he acquired two other skills that could perfectly complement his abilities.

One is the Anti-Mage's Blink ability from the Dota 2 dungeon, and the other is the Dwarf Ranger's Smoke Bomb stealth ability from Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

Steal from the front, then use a flash to escape, use smoke to hide, and make a quick getaway.

It's perfect, with very few mishaps. Even when it does mishap, it's mostly when facing powerful boss units.

Successful theft will not be counted in the regular loot drops, so Ren Xiaoyao's dungeon loot will always be higher than other players'. The only thing limiting his income is his meager inventory.

In fact, the restrictions on skill usage in this competition are not as strict as imagined. The Flying Dragon Cloud-Piercing Hand is recognized as a physical skill, Blink is a superpower, and the Smoke Bomb is a bit complicated, but based on the fact that it is okay to stuff gunpowder into a stick in King of Fighters, and that many MUGEN players are much more outrageous than this, the invisibility judgment was allowed.

Of course, it's useless against Cheng Tian and the organizer's rules.

Ren Xiaoyao's supposedly flawless theft has already been exposed by the TV station. To be precise, from the moment the invitation changed hands, the channel name was changed to the name of Ren Xiaoyao's random team, and the live broadcast started as scheduled.

While in the alley, Ren Xiaoyao, whose Flash was in cooldown mode, couldn't even maintain his smile for more than a few seconds before being slammed against the wall by a giant hand that rushed out from the side.

"Meow meow meow? What are you doing, meow?"

Just then, Cheng Tian, ​​who was empathizing with the world, suddenly heard a peculiar tone of voice.

I instinctively looked left and right, but didn't see anyone. When I looked down again, I saw a cat standing on two legs, looking at me with a curious expression.

(End of this chapter)