It all started with Sadako

Chapter 29 Ninety-seven-seven! (change)
Japan in this world is not much different from its previous life. Since the 1990s, asset prices (stock prices, land prices) have fallen sharply. Affected by the sequelae caused by the collapse of the bubble economy, the Japanese economy has been in a long-term downturn. The Japanese government urgently needs a new economic growth point. To stimulate the recovery of the Japanese economy and enhance the national confidence in economic recovery.

Since the KOF competition started in [-], its influence has grown year by year. I dare not say it has attracted the attention of people all over the world, but at least it is well known in Asia.

The KOF competition that started last year even adopted the invitation letter + global selection competition model, which greatly enhanced the reputation of the KOF competition.

Therefore, as soon as this year's qualifiers ended and the knockout rounds had not yet started, fighting enthusiasts from all over the world had already flocked here. In just a few days, Tokyo, Japan has received tens of thousands of tourists. The economic improvement has made the cabinet ministers who have been worried about the Japanese economy smile.

After the discussion of the Japanese government, the KOF competition was directly placed in the Tokyo Dome Stadium, which can accommodate [-] spectators.

Tokyo Dome is located in Bunkyo District, Tokyo, Japan. It is the home stadium of the Japanese professional baseball team Yomiuri Giants. It also hosts basketball and American football games, as well as professional wrestling, mixed martial arts, K-1 events or music performances.

Of course, under the premise of stimulating the Japanese economy, let alone baseball, professional wrestling and other games, even if the Japanese emperor speaks, those Japanese government ministers who have been red-eyed by the decline of the Japanese economy will ignore it.

In short, with a swipe of a pen, the knockout venue of the KOF competition was placed here, and it took a full month and a half.

The 32 teams will adopt the same competition format as last year, with a pair-to-head single-round elimination system!

After 31 fierce competitions, the final champions and runners-up, plus a duel between the third and fourth places, that is to say, a total of 32 games.There will be a match in the morning and afternoon, and then there will be another match at an interval of one day.

……

At Narita International Airport in Japan, as the plane door slowly opened, first-class passengers walked down the stairs and started to get off the plane first.

Abner was carrying a medium-sized backpack, casually put his hat on his head, and followed the tall figure in front of him as he slowly got off the plane.

As soon as he got off the plane, Abner caught sight of his sharp eyes. Among the crowd picking up the plane, two middle-aged men in suits and leather shoes, 1.6 meters and less than 1.7 meters, held three signs in their hands and held them up high. , looking around anxiously.

And on the three signs, Yiran read: Abner!Mike!Casper!
Not bad!

This trio officially participated in the King of Fighters tournament, Captain Abner, Manhattan Police Department instructor-Mike, and the newly recruited police officer-Kasper who had just retired from the Navy Seals and was admitted to the Manhattan Police Department-Kasper!
Seeing the two people holding the sign, a blond girl about 30 years old stepped on those ten-centimeter high heels and wriggled her plump buttocks to meet her.

Jacqueline!
George Stacey was transferred from the police station to the assistant of the three. He is proficient in legal issues and Japanese. He is mainly responsible for the daily life of the three and communication issues with the Japanese side.

As Jacqueline stepped forward to communicate, the two middle-aged men quickly put away the signs in their hands and walked towards the three of them.

"Your Excellencies, three powerful fighters, I am the translator and liaison officer assigned to you by the King of Fighters Championship - Hiroyuki Mikami, and this is your driver - Masaaki Fukumoto!"

"You must be very tired after sitting on the plane for such a long time. Let me take you to the hotel to settle down first!"

The middle-aged man who was walking in front walked up to the three of them, first bowed ninety degrees, and then said in a respectful tone.

……

Sitting on the soft leather sofa of the extended Lincoln, Abner rubbed his brows in distress: It's a bit troublesome!

Originally, he wanted to draw the senior brother into his team. You must know that the senior brother has followed the master for nearly 30 years, and his skill in Xingyiquan is far superior to his own. He can join his team. I dare not say that surviving two rounds is definitely not a problem.

Unfortunately, the senior brother has been at ease for a long time and has long lost his original vigor. He just wants to guard his small restaurant, with his wife and children on the hot bed. Even if he is facing millions of rewards, he is not moved. Ai Naturally, Buner couldn't force it...

The second senior brother had two of his legs broken in a fight earlier. Although the other party paid a higher price after the old man took action, the broken legs could never be restored.

As for the third senior brother, he is full of vigor, and his skills are only inferior to the senior senior brother. However, he ran into the Amazon jungle years ago, and there has been no news of him until now. As for forming a team, there is no way to talk about it...

Under such circumstances, Abner had no choice but to agree to Director George's suggestion and select these two from the Manhattan Police Department.

Mike has a good relationship with him, but he doesn't need to think about his strength. Not to mention being at the bottom of the contestants, he is almost the same.

Casper has good strength and rich combat experience, but facing Abner, a captain who is less than half his age, and trying to get him to obey his orders, it can only be said to be a daydream...

"Samla, do you think that if I fail the first round of knockout rounds, will I be laughed to death by Lucy when I go back?"

"I think... yes!"

A cold voice resounded faintly beside Abner's ears.

……

As the lengthened Lincoln drove smoothly into the Tokyo Imperial Hotel, the reimbursement of air tickets, player registration, check-in of suites, etc., has nothing to do with the three of Abner, and Jacqueline and Hiroyuki Mikami will handle everything properly. Properly.

What the three of Abner have to do is to rest and take care of themselves, and then they can compete.

The organizer of KOF is also rich and powerful, directly contracting the top five floors of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, where relatives, friends or family members can bring as much as they want, and live there at will.

In addition, each contestant is picked up by a special car. Of course, it is no problem to go out for fun. Considering the possible traffic jams on the race day, five helicopters are specially prepared, which makes people lament how rich the organizers are. .

Abner and his team arrived in Japan a week in advance, and most of the other teams hadn't arrived yet, except... the African team.

Mohamed Bashir from Sudan, Joseph Lumumba from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Dahir Mahmoud from Somalia.

The level of communication and news circulation in 21 is far inferior to that of the previous life in the 21st century. The computer and Internet have not yet widely circulated, and the earth is still ten years away from becoming a global village.Therefore, although Director George has great powers and is trying to find out, he still doesn't know much about the [-] teams that passed the qualifiers, but this is just the team from Africa that Abner knows.

After watching the blurry video tape again, Abner's first reaction was: bloody, barbaric, brutal...

(End of this chapter)