As the organizer of the tournament, Shizuku can of course get all the contestants' information, and she can even get some internal reference images, including some contestants' previous competition videos, etc. Of course... these are all used to make KOF promotional PVs.
Of course, Shizuku also saw many familiar faces among them.
Kusanagi Kyo, Yagami Iori, Terry, Robert, Mai Shiranui, Lianna, Asamiya Athena, these are all familiar faces, and only a few are unfamiliar. In addition, there are Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li... Well, this reminds Shizuku of a game she played before called "SNK vs. CAPCOM".
But fortunately, those who signed up were reliable, so we didn’t get Mega Man or Devil Girl in.
Of course, Shizuku also found many bosses among the contestants who signed up for the competition, such as a certain unscrupulous priest, a certain person in military uniform, and a certain Akuma...
In addition, there were some people who Shizuku didn't know how to explain who also participated in the competition.
For example, one of the women was in her seventies, and looked about the same age as Genkai. In the competition video, Shizuku saw the old woman hunching over, then she jumped up, hugged her opponent and kissed him fiercely. After the kiss, she turned around and turned back to being a young and beautiful girl... and her opponent was naturally completely defeated.
The spiritual damage of this move is simply too strong, okay?
There was another old man who used the same move. He rushed up, hugged his opponent and kissed him fiercely, and then his muscles instantly swelled up and he turned into a strong muscular man.
This should be considered forced molestation and the person should be sent to the police station.
Not only that, the old woman can also use a flying prop, which is to open her mouth and spit out her dentures, and then the dentures will fly forward and bite people with a clacking sound...
What the hell is this?!
In addition, there is a girl who is dressed similarly to Sakura, like a magical girl. Not only can she turn her opponents into pigs, she can also transform herself into other contestants...
This is becoming more and more like a monster brawl. This shouldn't be a dark fighting tournament that I'm organizing, right?
Of course, Urameshi Yusuke and the others have also signed up, but Shizuku doesn't care about that. As long as she is sure that they have signed up for the competition, she will just have to get ready to get beaten up by her.
As for Shizuku's first team member, he also joined smoothly - or rather, he was recommended to join.
After beating the three troublesome guys to death, Shizuku also chose new sponsors to join this KOF tournament, including Helena Douglas from DOATEC. After learning that Shizuku was going to participate in the competition, she sent her maid Mary Rose to join Shizuku's team.
This is a little girl with blonde twin ponytails, less than 1.5 meters tall. At first glance, she looks like a 13-year-old O student, but she herself said that she is already 18 years old... Never mind, it's all the same anyway.
Mary Rose herself used a former Soviet military fighting technique called "Systema", but after Shizuku actually watched it, she found that her way of using it was closer to Tai Chi. Simply put, it was to rely on the opponent's strength to release the force and use it to create an opening, and then win through combos... This is also normal. After all, you don't expect a little girl who is less than 1.5 meters tall to be able to hit much power and damage, right?
In addition, there are two more candidates for Shizuku's team, so the ones she is currently looking for are the remaining two people.
Fortunately, Shizuku had enough goals. First, they had to be single and not in a team. Second, they had to be young, pretty and cute girls. This requirement had eliminated most of the contestants, so Shizuku only had to watch the videos of some of the contestants.
Just like this... But as she watched, Shizuku suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Hmm? What's up with this girl?"
"What's wrong, Shizuku-nee?"
Hearing Shizuku's whisper, Hinasaki Shinku and others beside her also came over and watched the screen curiously. On the TV screen, a girl was fighting with her opponent. Her fighting skills seemed very skillful, and she knocked the opponent to the ground with a few hits.
"Is there anything wrong with that?"
What surprised Hinasaki Shinku was that the other person looked like a high school student like herself, but other than that, she didn't notice anything wrong.
Shizuku did not answer Hinasaki Shinku's question immediately, but took out another videotape from the side, and then turned on a VCR and put it in. Soon, a video of two men fighting appeared. Hinasaki Shinku stared at the screen curiously, and after watching for a while, she suddenly let out a "huh" sound.
"Found it?"
"Hmm... that girl's movements seem very similar to this gentleman's?"
As she spoke, Hinasaki Shinku pointed hesitantly at the fighting video playing on another screen, and Shizuku nodded, then she operated the two recorders, reversed the images again, and played them simultaneously. Then Hinasaki Shinku saw that on the two screens, the girl's movements were almost exactly the same as the man's, exactly like they were made from the same mold.
“In fact, it’s more than that.”
As she spoke, Shizuku took out another videotape and put it in. It contained another contestant's previous competition video. Then Shizuku readjusted it and continued playing.
"Hey? Hey hey hey?!"
At this moment, Hinasaki Shinku was even more surprised.
Because she could clearly see that after the previous combo ended, the girl's next action was very similar to that of the purple-haired girl on the videotape.
"What's going on?"
"If we say that we are from the same school, then this is definitely not the case..."
Shizuku picked up the girl's profile and looked at it again. The profile said that the girl's name was Enoka, she was 18 years old, and she was just an ordinary high school student. If there was anything unusual about her, it was that she liked fighting skills. She was not the heir of any fighting school, and she had no connection with those schools.
The photo also shows that the girl has chestnut-colored shoulder-length hair and a side ponytail on the left side, which makes her look full of energy. In addition, the blue school uniform she wears gives Shizuku the feeling that she should not appear in the fighting arena, but should be a school idol...
"I think she learned it by imitation."
Shizuku laughed and said. This is a bit similar to Gusu Murong's "fighting one's own way", except that this girl named Honoka only has the form, which means that she can imitate it 100%, but it is difficult for her to master the essence of each technique.
"What's so great about this? I can do it too."
Seeing this, Kagami Mist Branch snorted coldly and said, indeed, as she said, with the vampire's vision, reflexes and speed, it is not difficult to imitate exactly.
The problem is…
"Will you do it?"
"Of course not."
Bonnie Wuzhi snorted coldly. What a joke! She was a noble vampire. She would never imitate the martial arts of lower humans.
"Anyway, let's go find her first."
Thinking of this, Shizuku also made a decision.
It was not difficult to find the girl. Soon, Shizuku saw the girl named Honoka at a boxing match.
At this moment, she was standing in the stands, watching the game between a man and a woman with great interest.
At this moment, the blonde woman on the stage also successfully defeated her opponent, which immediately caused cheers.
“That’s amazing!”
At the same time, the girl below screamed with excitement.
"That move... let me think about it..."
Then Shizuku saw the girl talking to herself while performing the move that the blonde girl had used to defeat her opponent in the ring. And she performed it very realistically, it really looked like it was real.
Having said that, you are the protagonist since you can master the opponent's moves so well in such a short time!
"Hey."
At this moment, the blonde woman on the ring also noticed Honoka below and greeted her.
"Do you want to come up and play? I'll be your opponent!"
"real?!"
Unlike ordinary Japanese, Honoka didn't seem to feel shy or embarrassed at all. On the contrary, after hearing the blonde woman's invitation, her eyes suddenly lit up. She hurriedly ran onto the stage and respectfully saluted the other party.
"Please give me more advice!"
The audience around them had no objections. On the contrary, seeing such a young and energetic girl appear on the stage, they immediately cheered, and then - the game began. Shizuku also narrowed her eyes and stared at the game in front of her carefully.
The entire process of the game was pretty much what Shizuku had expected.
The difference between a fighter and an ordinary person is not as simple as knowing martial arts. A fighter needs to undergo a lot of training and exercise, and in some places even practice internal skills. In Shizuku's opinion, this is Honoka's weakness. She is good at imitating external skills, but she can't learn internal skills. Now Honoka is just an ordinary high school girl with a healthy body. Apart from other things, in terms of boxing strength alone, she is much worse than a professional boxer.
Facts also proved that Shizuku's guess was correct. Although Honoka and the blonde woman were equally matched in terms of moves, Honoka was still far behind in the basic aspects of training and was eventually defeated by the other.
However, Honoka obviously didn't seem depressed. For her, it was enough to be able to fight happily with others with all her strength.
After that, Honoka left the competition and walked down the passage to go home.
At the same time, Shizuku also flashed over from the side and blocked Honoka's way.
"Excuse me, you must be Miss Honoka."
"Yes, I am...Excuse me, who are you...?"
"My name is Kasugano Shizuku."
Facing Honoka in front of her, Shizuku smiled slightly and extended her hand.
"I'm recruiting members to participate in the KOF competition. I wonder if Miss Honoka... are you interested in joining my team?"