Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

Ono Tomoe seemed to be touched.

He used to be very withdrawn and had almost no contact with the outside world.

But now, because of video games, some people suddenly care about him again.

Yue Ohno looked up at the person who had comforted her; it was just a stranger.

However, he showed genuine goodwill instead of deliberately distancing himself after his ranking was pushed down.

Several other players nearby echoed this sentiment, offering words of comfort: "Yes, Ohno-san, you're actually quite good too. I hope we can exchange more tips on video games in the future."

At this moment, Ono Tomoe no longer seemed to feel that losing first place was something to regret.

"By the way, now that the rankings have been announced, shouldn't we hold a small awards ceremony?"

"Oh right, so where should the awards ceremony be held?"

The clerk was actually a bit confused by the updated rankings. As a clerk at a video game store, he also had a deep understanding of video games.

Seeing that ranking data now feels incredible.

Hearing questions from those around him, he turned around and said, "We just received word that the awards ceremony will begin soon. It will be held at the arcade in the port area. The top 1% of players can go there to collect their prizes, while the remaining players who receive keychains can redeem them at our shop."

"The port area? Let's go quickly, let's see who Takasugi really is."

"Ohno-san, cheer up! How about we go check it out together?"

Yue Ohno has recovered and nodded, saying, "Okay, we'll head over now."

In fact, not only do some players think the latest speedrun data is a bit outrageous, but Zhuyouxing also thinks it's outrageous.

Leaving aside Tetris, it's simply impossible to achieve that in the other three games.

Other players might wonder if there are even faster ways to complete the game.

But he, the creator of Mario, knew that there was no faster way to speedrun the game.

In his previous life, Mario's fastest time was four minutes and fifty-four seconds.

This is hailed as a prime example of a perfect human speedrun, and is considered a record that will almost never be surpassed.

To achieve this result, some players used techniques outside the game's rules, such as frame drops and pipe glitches, which were considered bug-like behaviors. However, these techniques were later accepted by players and were not considered violations.

Even so, the speedrun limit is only four minutes and fifty-four seconds.

Moreover, when Yusei Takeshi made Mario, he specifically fixed this part, so it's practically impossible for people in this world to speedrun it in under five minutes.

Therefore, there is only one possibility: this player used other methods, namely cheating.

The same goes for Contra. My previous speedrun record was only around ten minutes, but this Takasugi managed to get it in five minutes, which is simply outrageous.

There are no detailed records of the fastest speedrun in the previous life of Mitrod, but based on the approximate speedrun time, it was about an hour.

As for the level 18 Tetris speed, the blocks are practically teleporting. It's not impossible for some players to last ten seconds. However, given how outrageous the previous three games were, it's likely that Takasugi also used cheating methods in this game.

So early in the morning, Takeyusei went directly to the video game store in Adachi Ward, and also called several engineers along, and told the employees there not to open the store and to keep all the game machines as they were, without touching them.

He wants to check it himself.

Chapter 189 Let him die.

Around 7 a.m., Takeyusei arrived at the video game store in Adachi Ward ahead of everyone else by car.

There are already quite a few players gathered here.

They watched with curiosity as Zhu Youxing stepped out of the car.

Zhu Youxing walked quickly after getting out of the car. When the shop assistant saw the car coming, he immediately opened the shop door and respectfully welcomed Zhu Youxing in.

Then, one by one, several more people arrived by car and quickly filed in.

This immediately drew dissatisfaction from many players, who couldn't understand why some people were allowed to enter the arcade ahead of time.

"Hey, why are some people allowed into the arcade beforehand? Do they have connections?!"

Adachi Ward is generally known for its simple and honest people, but it also has the highest crime rate in the Tokyo area. Similarly, people here are usually quite straightforward.

However, someone immediately spoke up to remind them: "Stop talking, the first person to go in was Yusei's president, Takeyusei."

"What's so special about Yusei's president? He's also... Oh, Yusei's president, never mind then."

"President, you've arrived."

The shop assistant bowed respectfully to Zhu Youxing.

At the same time, he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes.

It's a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with the god of games in your heart.

These lowly shop assistants usually don't have the opportunity to get up close and personal with people.

However, the shop assistants were not quite sure what was going on.

I don't know why, but when I was preparing to open the store early in the morning, I suddenly received a notice not to open the store for the time being, and at the same time, all the game machines involved in the challenge were to be left untouched in their original positions.

"Has Ota Tadashi arrived?"

Zhu Youxing asked casually.

"Mr. Ota hasn't arrived yet; he should be on his way."

Ota Masashi, the bald arcade owner, has been working alongside Takeyusei for a long time.

Previously, I spent most of my time traveling around the country to conduct business.

However, Ota Tadashi had just finished running around doing business recently and was preparing to go home and rest.

Furthermore, there was another challenge event, and Takeyusei suggested that Ota Masaya participate in the award ceremony, as this sense of ceremony was essential.

Ota Masashi naturally agreed, so he returned to Tokyo to rest.

But Ota Masashi didn't expect that Takeyusei would call him at four or five o'clock in the morning, asking him to go to the video game store in Adachi Ward.

Zhu Youxing didn't explain in detail over the phone.

Ota Masashi didn't know much about video games, and he probably wouldn't understand those technical terms, so Takeyusei just said that someone was causing trouble and that he was there to help.

Upon hearing this, Ota immediately got dressed and drove over.

However, it seems there is still a traffic jam.

After hearing what the clerk said, Takeyusei nodded. He didn't care when Ota Masashi would arrive. Instead, he went straight to one of the five hundred SFCs, took out a device that looked like a display meter, and plugged it into the data port at the back of the SFC.

This data port is usually used to connect external network cables or special devices later.

This port also has another function: to detect and repair hardware program errors.

This can also check if anyone has made malicious modifications to SFC.

Of course, he couldn't check 500 SFCs by himself in a short time, so he called a few more engineers to come and help.

Summoned by the president, the engineers rushed over early in the morning. After roughly understanding Zhu Youxing's meaning, they all showed solemn expressions.

It's suspected that someone may have tampered with the game console's data, which is not a good thing.

Cheating in a challenge is unforgivable. Once Zhu Youxing confirms it, he will definitely make that guy pay and teach him a lesson about the consequences of cheating.

Several people came together to inspect, which made the process much faster, but the customers outside were somewhat dissatisfied.

"Hey, why aren't you opening the door yet? Are you trying to back out and not want to release the video game rankings?"

"Dear customers, we apologize. We are currently conducting final statistics, so please wait a moment. We would like to offer each customer a small gift as compensation."

The complaints and dissatisfaction immediately disappeared upon hearing about the small gift.

Of course, the small gifts are just inexpensive things like badges or keychains, but they do reduce a lot of dissatisfaction and are very effective.

Soon, Masaya Ota drove over quickly.

As soon as he entered the arcade, he saw Zhu Youxing and several other engineers inspecting game consoles.

Seeing how focused Takeyusei and the others were, Ota Masashi didn't want to disturb them and could only wait patiently on the sidelines.

Zhu Youxing originally wanted to investigate through surveillance footage.

However, there have been too many people in the store recently, and the crowds often create blind spots, making it difficult to find out which machine might have been tampered with. Therefore, we have to check them all.

Fortunately, the examination was not difficult.

About an hour later, one of the engineers finally shouted out.

"President, I've discovered an unusual machine!"

Zhu Youxing looked up when he heard the sound, and everyone else also looked in that direction.

Then everyone immediately gathered around and took the machine out to check it again.

The data has been modified, quite obviously, but it's not the game software on the console itself that has been modified; rather, it's the clock system that was previously built into these consoles.

Zhu Youxing immediately realized that someone had probably locked the clock's time in advance using some method, and then unlocked the clock's timing system when he was about to pass the level or after passing the level, causing the time to pass the level to be greatly shortened.

"What exactly is Bamboo Tour?"

At that moment, Ota Masashi also curiously came over to ask.

He still didn't understand what was going on.

Zhu Youxing pointed to the game machine and said, "Someone cheated in the challenge. If you don't understand, it's roughly equivalent to tampering with the odds of winning in pachinko."

Once Zhu Youxing explained it this way, he immediately understood.

He glared at them: "Which bastard did this? How dare they tamper with the data? Don't they want to live anymore?"

When he used to run an arcade, pachinko machines, which were similar to gambling machines, were his biggest source of revenue.

And he is often the one who keeps the closest eye on these machines.

Every day, these machines generate very detailed data on their output and revenue.

If anything unusual happens, he will immediately send people to investigate. If anyone is found to have tampered with the data on the pachinko machine, they will be dealt with severely, or there will be no limit to the severity of the situation.

After all, he was once involved in the underworld. Even if he has gradually cleansed his name, the resentment in his subconscious can never be eliminated.

Normally, if he follows the rules, Ota Masashi is a pretty normal person, but if someone tries to play dirty tricks on him, he will immediately become a different person.

"I only know it as Takasugi."