Just as Senichi was about to start his third game, Ran encountered the next challenge just like in the plot - a confrontation with a tough-looking hoodlum.
As a karate champion, Ran could easily defeat any real-life opponent with her skills, but in the game, she couldn't beat this guy. After all, the opponent was somewhat of a no.1 in this arcade.
However, after defeating Ran, the hoodlum's behavior became rather annoying.
"Hey, little girl, if you lose, just get lost!" The hoodlum, who took off his helmet, stood up from his seat with a smug look on his face. "Your seat right now is my exclusive golden throne..."
"What an arrogant person!" Sonoko frowned and glared at the hoodlum, then encouraged Ran, "Go get revenge, Ran! Play him again!"
"Maybe you shouldn't play again. You don't have a chance of winning anyway..."
At that moment, a curly-haired store employee came over to advise, "Because Kengo Bito not only uses fists and kicks to control the character, but also combines the four buttons on the handle for combo moves.
It's your first time playing today, and you're not familiar with the character, so it's unlikely you'll win."
"Hey, get lost already!"
The hoodlum named Kengo Bito looked at Ran, who hadn't stood up yet, and impatiently shouted, "You can't win anyway, so just get off my golden throne!"
As Ran stood up, Senichi also stood up from his seat and calmly sat down in front of Kengo Bito.
"Hey! You bastard! You wanna pick a fight?!" Kengo Bito felt challenged by the scene in front of him and yelled, displeased. "Get out of here!!"
"Watch your mouth." Senichi looked at the other person with a cold glint in his eyes. "This is a public arcade, and this site does not belong to you."
"Hmph! Then let's follow the rules!"
Startled by Senichi's sudden burst of momentum, Kengo Bito suppressed his urge to challenge in real life and provocatively said, "Words mean nothing. Let's settle this with the game. Victory or defeat decides everything. If you lose, just get lost!"
"What if you lose?" Senichi smiled ambiguously. "What price will you have to pay if you lose?"
"Hah? Me, lose?" Kengo Bito scoffed as if he heard the greatest joke ever. "What kind of joke is that? I, Kengo Bito, don't lose at all."
"What price are you prepared to pay if you lose?" Senichi repeated expressionlessly.
As he looked into Senichi's calm and deep eyes, Kengo Bito gradually wiped away his smile and sneered, "What do you want?"
"I know you, Kengo Bito, just a little hoodlum who's good at games. I heard you recently got involved with the yakuza and accumulated a huge gambling and racing debt. You even made your girlfriend pay off the debt. You're nothing but a pathetic piece of trash."
Senichi looked at Kengo Bito and calmly narrated a sequence of words that made Kengo Bito's face contorted with rage.
Although he had heard the name from the waiter and knew all of this from the plot, Senichi spoke it out calmly.
You might call it spoilers?
No, consider it casual conversation between detectives in the different criminal departments.
"Who the hell are you?!"
Kengo Bito glared at Senichi with a livid expression but unexpectedly calmed down, "What do you want by investigating me?!"
"Investigate you? You're overestimating yourself." Senichi looked at Kengo Bito with a half-smile, "If you lose, how about breaking up with that girl?"
"Hah, so it's that guy, Takayasu, who sent you here as his helper?" Kengo Bito's face changed, then he arrogantly laughed, "Takayasu knows he can't beat me, so he brought you here. How naive!"
"I don't know this gentleman."
Just then, a handsome man in a suit approached, looking at Senichi with gratitude, "Although I don't know where you got this information from, thank you for your kindness."
Seeing the confusion in everyone's eyes, the man added with a wry smile, "Just now, this gentleman was talking about my sister, Kengo Bito's girlfriend."
Then, Takayasu Shimizu briefly explained the situation, garnering unanimous indignation from the crowd.
Because of this guy, a girl had to pay off his debt to the point of malnutrition and vitamin E deficiency, showing just how extreme his actions were.
"Hmph, Takayasu, since you brought in an outsider, don't be afraid to admit it."
Kengo Bito said arrogantly from the side, "If he wins, I'll break up with your sister too, but he has to be able to beat me first, hahaha!!"
"Well, this is quite a coincidence."
Senichi ignored the hoodlum beside him and simply greeted the man in front of him, "Let's talk later, I'll deal with him first."
"Hah, save your big talk for when you actually beat me." Kengo Bito snorted coldly, then returned to his seat, and the two of them started their match.
True to his reputation as the strongest player 'Beika Caesar' in this fighting game in the Beika area, Kengo Bito, with his cunning experience and skills, was actually evenly matched with Senichi.
Both of them blocked each other's attacks, and for a moment, the situation seemed to be at a standstill.
This intense battle naturally attracted the attention of the surrounding customers. Soon, many people gathered around the big screen to watch the showdown between the two experts.
"Hey, isn't that 'Beika Caesar'? His opponent is so strong, they're evenly matched!"
"The skills of both players are amazing! This might be the moment 'Beika Caesar' faces defeat!"
"If that's the case, then we're witnessing history!"
"Damn! Who is this guy?!" Listening to the discussions around him and feeling the strength of his opponent, Kengo Bito couldn't help but feel anxious.
He was "Beika Caesar," how could he tolerate being easily defeated by an unknown nobody who suddenly appeared?
With this in mind, Kengo Bito's attacks became even fiercer.
However, Senichi had known from the start that the opponent wouldn't be easy to deal with. He remained calm and defensively watertight, countering Kengo Bito's attacks effectively.
But the stalemate didn't last long. Soon, Senichi intentionally exposed a weakness, luring the impatient Kengo Bito into taking the bait.
Then, relying on his superhuman dynamic vision and hand speed, Senichi seized the momentary flaw and executed a combo that took Kengo Bito's character out in one go!
K·O!
As the game's ending sound played and Senichi's character struck a cool victory pose, the crowd erupted!
The one hailed as the strongest "Beika Caesar" had been defeated!
But amidst the cheers, it was an incredibly harsh sound in the ears of the defeated Kengo Bito.
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