Any large-scale international event requires a long period of preparation and preparation.

KOF is no exception.

According to the planned schedule, KOF will first select several venues around the world to hold the knockout tournament. After the knockout tournament, 32 teams will be officially selected and then come to Japan to start the competition. There is no requirement for the venue for the knockout tournament, just like the World Cup, no one will pay attention to teams outside their local area unless they really qualify. Therefore, there will not be too many people watching, and you can just rent a local boxing match or similar venue.

But once you are selected and the competition begins, you will need other venues. Shizuku certainly can't place the competition venue in the streets or some scenic spots like in the game, but she also has her own choices - Oborozuki Island and Higashiyama can be used as competition venues, and the final will be held in the night spring of Higashiyama.

In this way, not only can the tourism development prospects of Rishang Mountain be improved, but also the bad luck can be eliminated.

The local government of Higashiyama was so happy about Shizuku's proposal. They were worried that the rumor of Higashiyama being a suicide site would prevent the development of tourism. Now that Shizuku decided to hold the final of the international KOF event at Higashiyama, they were relieved. After all, this is an international competition and it will definitely attract a lot of attention!

If they can really handle this event smoothly, they won't have to bow and apologize for their previous losses.

However, for Shizuku, the last person could not be found no matter how hard she tried.

Mari has reported to her home and is now training with Honoka - the latter has also begun to accept Shizuku's guidance and learn "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi".

After some investigation on Honoka, Shizuku discovered that she was indeed a template for Duan Yu. Although she didn't know whether this little girl had eaten the ten-thousand-year-old ice clam or obtained a hundred-year-old skill from somewhere, there was indeed a very strange and powerful power in Honoka's body.

But Honoka is still worse than Duan Yu. At least the latter has learned the "Lingbo Weibu", while the former relies entirely on imitation to make a living.

In order to make Honoka adapt to this power, Shizuku also spent a lot of thought. She tailored a "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" for Honoka. Strictly speaking, this is actually a combination of "Xiao Wu Xiang Gong" and "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi". Xiao Wu Xiang Gong imitates the martial arts characteristics of others through deep internal strength, while "Dou Zhuan Xing Yi" imitates the martial arts moves of others through external force.

Adding the two together is equivalent to creating a copy ninja Honoka... Any tricks you have used in front of her can be imitated and copied by her from the inside out.

And it might even be more authentic than the original.

Honoka also practices very seriously. She likes martial arts, but she is not the type who particularly likes a certain type. To put it bluntly, Honoka is a DD leader. She likes this and thinks it is cool, and she also wants that and thinks it is handsome. She is the typical example of "only children make choices, I want them all".

If it was really like in the movies, where a homeless man gave her a few martial arts manuals to choose from, she would not choose any of them. She would definitely pack up and take them all away.

If you ask a person like this to concentrate on learning a fighting technique, she will definitely not be able to calm down. But if you ask her to learn a technique that can copy all fighting techniques, that would be exactly what Honoka wants.

By the way, Shizuku also discovered the true nature of the power in Honoka's body - it was actually fire?

Could it be that she is also of the bloodline of the giant snake?

Shizuku was puzzled by this. She did examine Honoka, but found no Orochi blood in her body. This made Shizuku a little confused about where this mysterious fire power in her body came from.

But at least one thing is that if Honoka faces Kyo Kusanagi, the two of them can fight against Orochi.

At that time, Shizuku must remind Honoka not to stand on the left.

Honoka's training went smoothly, and she and Mari got along well, but what bothered Shizuku was that the last person had never been found.

It's not like she didn't look for female fighters like Fujido Kasumi or King according to her impression, but these people either joined other teams or were going for the championship... This gave Shizuku a headache, and at the same time, she remembered Urameshi Yusuke in her heart. If it wasn't for you guys to play, why would I change the three-person team rule to four? Now I have to look for people everywhere... If I can't find them, I'll see how I deal with you!

However, just when Shizuku was having a headache about this, Inudo Ranko gave her another commission - she heard that vampires had appeared in Akihabara recently, and she hoped that she could go to investigate. With the idea of ​​changing her mood, Shizuku took Kagami no Kirie to Akihabara.

At the beginning, Akihabara was not the holy land of Japanese otakus that it would become. Strictly speaking, Akihabara at that time was more like an electronics street, mainly selling various household appliances and electronic related products. For example, electronic products such as electric fans, washing machines, televisions, and cameras were all available here.

Looking up, the advertisements on the surrounding buildings were not of cute 2D girls posing in a coquettish manner, but mostly of signs like "OO Electric Co., Ltd.". It would not be an exaggeration to say that Akihabara at that time was the Zhongguancun of Japan.

However, the street is not crowded with people now, and it is even a little empty. This is no wonder. After all, not long ago, Japan's bubble economy burst completely, stock prices plummeted, a large number of shops went bankrupt, and the economy suddenly became sluggish. It is the same in Akihabara now. Walking on the street, you can see the words "this store has been closed" or "bankrupt" everywhere. The few shops have no customers. People walking on the street are weak and look like living dead.

"These people look like they've had their blood sucked out of them."

Seeing those people walking down the street with their briefcases and haggard faces, Kagami no Kirie couldn't help but comment. Shizuku just laughed and shrugged.

Since Shizuku had anticipated the collapse of Japan's economy, the girls did not really feel the harm it would bring. Besides, for Shizuku...even if she lost money, it wasn't her own money.

"Okay, we're here to find vampires, how do you feel?"

"I don't sense any similar presence."

Bonfire Mist Branch shook his head.

"But there is indeed a strange smell of blood in the air, but it is different from the vampires I am familiar with..."

"you mean?"

"Maybe it's the same as it was in Kyoto, it's a native Japanese monster. I'm not familiar with it."

"Where is the location?"

"This way."

As they talked, they turned around and walked into the alleys of Akihabara, following the smell all the way forward. However, when they came to another street, they saw two figures flashing through the alley.

"there!"

“I see!”

Seeing the two figures, Shizuku and Kagami no Kirie hurriedly followed them. The speed of these two people was very high, so it seemed that they were the culprits who created the vampire rumor in Akihabara.

The two people in front were moving fast, but Shizuku and Kaname Kirie were not pushovers either. After a while, the two people in front were stuck in an abandoned construction site. At the same time, Shizuku and Kaname Kirie also stopped, hid in the dark, and carefully observed the two people.

"What on earth do you want to do?!"

The person who started to roar was a man who looked to be in his thirties. He was wearing a black coat and wrapped himself tightly, looking like a criminal who was going to rob a bank.

“That’s my problem.”

Opposite the man was a girl who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. She had black hair, fair skin, and a slender body wrapped in a black dress and a white hooded coat. It was not raining at the moment, and the sun was shining brightly, but the girl not only covered her head with a hood, but also held a pure white umbrella in her hand...

To be honest, both of them were dressed very strangely.

"Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble by doing this? Someone is already watching us!"

"Then destroy them!"

In response to the girl's words, the man waved his hands vigorously.

"We are the most powerful race in the world! We are strong enough to conquer them! Those bugs are no match for us!"

"…It seems that there is nothing more to talk to you about."

After hearing the man's answer, the black-haired girl sighed and raised her umbrella. The man roared and rushed towards the black-haired girl.

Facing the man's attack, the black-haired girl raised her umbrella and aimed at the man like a long sword. Then, she shouted tenderly, and the white umbrella in her hand suddenly stabbed out and hit the man's shoulder. This alone immediately made the man lose his balance, and his original posture collapsed.

However, what happened next was a bit weird.

Just when the man lost his balance, the black-haired girl reached out and grabbed the man's coat. Then she turned around like a butterfly, and the next moment the man's coat was taken off by her and thrown aside. At the same time, the scorching sun also shone on the man's body, causing him to scream in pain.

But the girl's attack did not end there. While the man was screaming in pain, she rushed forward, grabbed his shirt and pulled it hard, tearing it off. Then she put her hands on the man's waist and pulled down hard, and the man's pants were immediately taken off.

“Aaaaaaaaaah!!!”

At the same time, the almost naked man was exposed to the sun, he screamed and raised his hands, trying to struggle. But a moment later, he turned into a pile of black ashes and disappeared into the air with the wind.

"What is this? Is it perverted?"

Seeing this scene, Kaname Kirie was completely stunned, but Shizuku's eyes lit up.

Hey? This is interesting!

Thinking of this, Shizuku's figure flashed, and the next moment, she instantly appeared behind the black-haired girl. Then Shizuku reached out and patted her shoulder.

"Hello, young lady."

“——!!!”

The black-haired girl was surprised to find someone suddenly appeared behind her. She turned around and looked at Shizuku, raising her umbrella. But Shizuku didn't care at all. Instead, she just smiled at the black-haired girl and continued to speak.

"Would you like to join my team and participate in the competition?"