"By the way, boss, is the boy's injury really healed?"
"How can it be……"
Hearing this, Xipin Zhiming shook his head. All the trust and encouragement he had shown before were completely put aside at this moment, and he sighed softly.
"He had bruises all over his body and a fractured forearm. He was just pretending to be in good condition after taking painkillers. I tried to persuade him, but he still decided to play. 'It's natural to get injured in a knockout match.' He smiled and told me at the time."
"WTF?! How can you participate in the competition in that state?"
Adam Dadoli was shocked at first, then immediately became worried.
"Damn it! If I had known earlier, I would have taken his place!"
Xipin Zhiming didn't say anything else, just recited silently in his heart.
Xiaoyuzhou, this is the path you have chosen, so it’s up to you to sprint to the end!
In the opposite passage, the delicate girl in kimono tested the headset on her ear for the last time and confirmed that it was correct, then looked up at the tall man in front of her who was tightening the belt of his kimono with his back to her.
"Aguya, come on."
"...Come on? That's something only the weak would say."
Aguya Qingqiu was about to move forward when he paused, sneered as if with disdain, and strode forward, leaving only a simple sentence in the air behind him.
"I will definitely win, justice is invincible!"
"Both players appeared at the same time--!"
As two people from the two opposite passages entered the arena, the voice of Katara Shoka on the commentary desk was heard again.
"This match will be between [Strangulation King] Imai Xiaoyu, who is under the protection of Xipin Security, and [Executioner] Akoya Kiyoaki, who is the [Executioner] of Wakasakura's life!"
"It's that policeman again."
Just as the cheers from the audience reached a new high, Garuda, who was sitting firmly on Wu Yi in the audience as he did yesterday, let out a slightly unhappy sound.
The personal emotions in his tone were so strong that Wu Yi was unable to react immediately.
"Ah? Garuda, are you saying that the big guy with a chestnut head is a policeman?"
"Yeah, brother, it seems like you weren't there yesterday. He was said to be the strongest policeman in the Metropolitan Police Department. Humph... Anyway, I think he's a bad guy." The girl snorted and added, "Worse than Raian!"
"so serious?"
Wu Yi was slightly surprised.
He has always known that Garuda hates Wu Lei'an. After all, there are not many people who can tolerate the latter's personality.
But how bad could one be to be rated as "worse than Raian" by Garuda? To openly rape an opponent in a competition?
Probably not...
"Hey brother, who do you think will win this game?" Garuda suddenly asked.
"Well... maybe you may not like what I said, Garuda, but I think Akotani has a greater chance of winning. After all, the physical difference between the two sides is there, and there is a high probability that Imai's Cosmo's ground technique will be forcibly solved." Wu Yi said after thinking for a while.
"Is that so? Then Imai Cosmo will probably suffer a lot in this match."
Garuda frowned and sighed.
"That Aguya, I felt an uncontrollable killing intent from him during yesterday's match."
"Oh huh?"
Volume 586: Chapter : The Strangler King is about to suffer a heavy loss
——Five minutes have passed since the game started.
——Blood soaked the dirt floor of the stadium.
——The boy looked up at the sky blankly with his eyes blurred by blood.
——The buzzing ears seemed to carry the shrinking and hesitant voices from the audience, just like passers-by at the scene of a car accident pointing and talking at the person dying in a pool of blood.
"So, what happened to that guy? Is he still alive..."
"I do not know……"
How much blood was shed...
The young man thought to himself, his hands trembling slightly, and he stretched out his five fingers towards the sky, like the last struggle of a drowning man.
It’s not over yet…
I can still... continue to fight!
Time goes back a few minutes.
"Both teams, take your positions, get set—go!"
On the field, the first game of the second round has already begun.
Following the referee's order, Agutani Kiyoaki took the first step.
He took a horse stance with his legs, raised his strong left arm like an iron wall to block in front of him, and at the same time, he clenched his right fist at his waist, ready to strike, in a standard "stop laughing" posture.
This is the most common arrest technique used by Japanese police when dealing with criminals armed with cold weapons or unarmed. The detailed routine is to use the explosion-proof shield held in the left hand to unload the force and block the criminal's attack, and then take advantage of the brief moment when the opponent is stiff due to the loss of balance caused by the attack being blocked to beat him with the baton held tightly in the right hand.
There are no particularly difficult or fancy moves; it is a very solid close combat technique.
But it is precisely because of this that it is widely used among the police.
However, since the competition was currently being conducted in unarmed combat, Kiyoaki Aguya could only use his arms and fists to simulate the shield and baton.
But rules are relative. Since he is unarmed, his opponent is naturally unarmed as well.
Especially when the opponent is much smaller than oneself, the shield formed by the strong arms as strong as an iron wall will become an absolutely unbreakable shield.
The biggest threat of Imai's Cosmo comes from his choke technique. Kiyoaki Akoya, who watched the first match the day before yesterday, is very clear about this.
So I will never give you any chance to take the fight to the ground. I will really kill you with my striking skills... the executioner muttered to himself.
However, at this moment, a scene beyond everyone's expectations appeared.
Imai Kozume, who was supposed to adopt a low grappling stance like when he defeated Adam in the first round, actually stood up on the ground with his arms clasped together and changed into a standing Muay Thai stance.
Miao Xiang, who was also seeing this scene at the commentary desk, immediately grabbed the microphone and spoke loudly in surprise.
"This, this posture! Could it be that Contestant Imai is planning to fight Contestant Akoya with striking skills this time!?"
Before he finished speaking, Imai Xiaojuzhou, who had been taking steps forward, suddenly jumped left and right to close the distance between him and Akotani Kiyoaki. When they met, he made a fake move and jab directly at Akotani's shield-like left arm, while at the same time, he kicked out with his left foot towards the latter's left front knee.
All attacks from both sides hit, but to no avail, Akoya remained motionless.
Seeing this, Imai Kozoku quickly jumped backwards to create some distance, then regrouped and rushed forward again.
Another striking skill was used. It seemed as if Imai Kozume was determined to decide the outcome of this match with Akoya Kiyoaki with striking skills. Although his offensive was invalidated again and again, he still insisted on continuing.
The audience was also confused. They didn't know what was wrong with this talented young man who claimed to be the King of Strangling. He actually gave up his best strangling technique and turned to fight his opponent with striking techniques that he was not good at and unsuitable for his body shape.
And Kiyoaki Akoya continued with his steady tactics, blocking all of Imai's Cosmo's attacks with his arms, without even trying to counterattack.
Seeing that the originally expected exciting battle between the Strangler King and the Executioner was about to turn into a protracted and bloody tug-of-war, the voices of complaints from the audience gradually increased.
"What the hell is going on? We don't want to watch boxing!"
"Stop dawdling, use your strangulation skills now, Cosmo!"
Criticisms came pouring in, but it didn't last long.
Soon, as another round of strikes from Imai's Cosmo that seemed useless and actually did not cause any damage at all was blocked, Akoya Kiyoaki, who had been in a passive state of being beaten, suddenly changed his posture.
He stopped smiling and holding up the blast shield, and instead relaxed his arms and bent over in a more offensive arrest stance used to suppress and capture criminals.
"Oh?"
At this moment, Wu Yi was stunned for a moment, as if he had seen something incredible.
Aguya Kiyoaki changed into an attacking stance and rushed forward at an extremely fast speed. This was the first time he took the initiative to attack in this match.
Imai Xiaozhou reacted and stepped back sideways to try to dodge.
But there was no next second, but at the same moment, Kiyoaki Agutani seemed to have predicted Imai Microcosm's intention in advance, and he followed up at the same moment the latter dodged, and even arrived behind the place where Imai Microcosm was about to land.
"Varied……"
boom!
Before Imai Xiaojuco could even scream in surprise, Akoya Kiyoaki, who had been ready to strike, delivered a powerful punch that hit the former's side.
Imai Kozuki subconsciously raised his arm to block, but with such a huge gap in size, the effect of blocking was minimal, and it even did more harm than good.
The specific reason was that the arm he used to block was the one that was broken in the previous battle with Adam.
The huge impact hit Imai Xiaoyu's body without any discount, and the severe pain from his arm made him shiver and gasp for air.
Damn, the painkillers don't work anymore!
Although he was trembling, Imai knew that his opponent on the battlefield would not give him any chance to breathe. He endured the pain that almost made his brain go blank, and jumped back as hard as he could to create distance again.
However, his plan failed again.
Akotani Kiyoaki responded synchronously once again, arriving before Imai's microcosm had reached the landing point, and at the same time swinging his huge fist with all his strength.
"How strange..."
In the audience, Wu Yi hugged Garuda again in confusion.
"Although I haven't felt the uncontrollable killing intent you mentioned from that Akoya, but this guy's fighting style is really weird. It feels like he can predict the opponent's next move. But it's different from the prediction of the squinty-eyed scholar in the first round. It's not quite accurate to say that he can predict it in advance... Hmm, how should I put it?"
"It's like being manipulated by someone who can read the future, like a puppet, right?"
Someone added on the side.
Volume 587: Chapter : Cheating outside the venue
During the game, the audience is of course allowed to walk around freely in the seats. After all, a match lasts for half a day, and going to the toilet is inevitable. In principle, as long as it does not affect other spectators watching the game, it is fine.
The person who came to Wu Yi's side at this moment was the president of Panasonic Electric, Ukuta Sukiyozuro, whom he had just met the day before.
However, unlike usual times when he always appeared with Inaba Ryo, Wu Yi did not see Inaba Ryo next to Uzuta Sukizo today.
Did he go to the toilet? Could he be as unlucky as Li Ren and run into Lei An?
Mr. Wu thought unscrupulously in his heart.
However, he responded immediately.
"Yeah, that's about it. It's pretty weird. But from what you said, President Uruta, it seems like you know something."
"I can't say I know. It's just a guess at this stage."
Uzuta Sukizo pushed up his glasses.
"It is said that the president of Wakasakura Life, Hiyama Shunka, has an absolutely accurate biological clock. It is a super special physique that only a few people in the world have. With the help of this special physique, she can analyze the rhythm of anyone's movements based on their breathing, thereby achieving the purpose of predicting the future."
"Huh?"
Wu Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and immediately thought of a possibility.
Indeed, if that were the case, it would all make sense.
The reason why Kiyoaki Akoya had been adopting a passive strategy at the beginning of the game was to allow Hiyama Shunka enough time to analyze the offensive rhythm of Imai's microcosm and predict the opponent's every move.
As for how to convey this information to Kiyoaki Akoya on the field, there are many ways, such as bone conduction headphones implanted under the scalp and connected to the skull, which is a good choice.
Moreover, this level of surgery can be easily completed with Ruoying Mingsheng's own skills, and there is no need to worry about the risk of being discovered.
"Then..."
"Yes, Xipinzhi and Adam have gone to look for someone." Uzuta Sukiyozou pushed his glasses again, "And Inaba also went with them."
"Oh?"
"Wait, wait a minute! If that's the case, call them and ask them to stop!"
Before Wu Yi could say anything, Garuda, who had been sitting on his lap, seemed to suddenly realize something. He turned his head and looked at Uta Sukiyozou who was standing beside him and said.
"Ah? Why?" Utada Sukiyozou was stunned.
"because……"
Garuda took a deep breath, then quickened his speaking speed and quickly explained in the most concise sentences why he said so.
In fact, in the first day's competition, the 300-pound strongest game geek known as the Destroyer Kouno Haruo, who Akoya Kiyoaki fought against, was actually the strongest person in a mercenary tribe in Nepal, and was called the incarnation of Indra locally.
However, the reason why he became like this was because he was spotted by the president of Renjido, who wanted him to become a fighter under his command. He lured him to Japan with delicious food and game consoles, and then corrupted him with these things over the years.
