IW: Chapter 198 - You're Truly Starving, You'll Eat Anything! The Whole Crowd Cheers for KOF96 Winner Bai Ye!
Guenitz had arrived at the KOF96 tournament early, participating as a spectator throughout the competition.
From the stands, he witnessed the potential of the Three Sacred Treasures, and it became clear that if he allowed them to continue developing, they would likely become obstacles to his plans.
Kyo Kusanagi, whom he had easily defeated before, had now grown to this extent, and there was even a fighter who could defeat two of the Three Sacred Treasures.
This made Guenitz realize that he had to do something.
His targets were not Bai Ye, but Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, and Bai Ye's teammate Kagura Chizuru, who had just been defeated by Bai Ye.
For Orochi to be resurrected without hindrance, he could only eradicate the Three Sacred Treasures.
Originally, he was about to make his move, but Bai Ye had defeated Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami before him, though he hadn't caused much injury to either of them.
"You have Orochi's blood in you."
After Guenitz stepped onto the stage, he looked at Bai Ye very seriously. He sensed the presence of Orochi's blood in Bai Ye, but he didn't remember giving Bai Ye Orochi's blood.
This thing was either a legacy or given by someone, but Bai Ye didn't fit either category, which greatly puzzled Guenitz.
"Orochi's blood?!"
Kagura Chizuru's gaze towards Bai Ye also changed slightly.
He hadn't mentioned before that he had Orochi's blood. Could he also be a member of the Hakkesshu?!
"So?"
Bai Ye knew when he won Orochi's blood in a previous lottery that this thing couldn't be hidden.
Perhaps others couldn't tell, and he wouldn't go berserk or gain other special abilities; it merely enhanced his physique and overall physical attributes.
And in front of Guenitz, exposing Orochi's blood was actually quite normal.
"Do you want to join forces? I see you don't seem to have awakened any special abilities, do you?"
Guenitz's words were full of temptation. Seeing Bai Ye's displayed combat power, he felt that Bai Ye was someone worth recruiting.
If Bai Ye joined him, he wouldn't be stingy in helping Bai Ye awaken.
"Bai Ye, don't listen to him!"
Kagura Chizuru quickly shouted, then stood between Bai Ye and Guenitz. She clearly didn't want Bai Ye to choose Guenitz.
Although Bai Ye's current displayed combat power seemed to make these concerns irrelevant, who knew?!
Didn't the Yatsushiro clan accept Orochi's blood to defeat the Kusanagi clan, only to suffer Orochi's curse in the end?
And Bai Ye might also, after all, one of Orochi's powers is that no one can refuse it.
"You are very strong. I know ordinary power doesn't attract you, but by joining the Orochi clan, you will gain eternal life!"
Even if the Hakkesshu die, they can still reincarnate. As long as Orochi lives, they will live forever.
Eternal life.
He believed few people could refuse.
His strength was great, but a hundred years later, he would just be a handful of Kitsuchi. And with the conditions he offered, Guenitz was confident Bai Ye would accept.
This caused Kagura Chizuru's heart to sink.
She had thought before that Bai Ye might not agree to become stronger, as Bai Ye was already strong enough.
But regarding eternal life, Kagura Chizuru truly couldn't stop Bai Ye, as few people could resist eternal life, right?
"Although it's beautiful, I refuse!"
"Refuse?!"
Guenitz felt normal when he heard the first half of Bai Ye's sentence.
This was what a normal person would choose.
After all, who could refuse to gain eternal life?
But Bai Ye's final words made Guenitz realize that Bai Ye seemed to have truly refused.
But what was his reason for refusing?
Can anyone truly refuse eternal life?
"This guy's at it again!"
Jotaro picked up his notebook and glanced at it, then pulled down the brim of his hat.
He was different from the others. Although he hadn't spent a lot of time with Bai Ye, Jotaro believed he understood Bai Ye better.
Bai Ye simply didn't care about eternal life.
If he wanted eternal life, he would likely have chosen to stand with Dio back then.
"You really make me a little worried!"
Kagura Chizuru turned around and looked at Bai Ye helplessly. She had almost thought Bai Ye was going to agree, and her heart was in her throat.
"Are you perhaps too lacking in confidence in me?"
Bai Ye shook his head helplessly. She seemed to be a bit too lacking in confidence in him.
Listening to his words, Kagura Chizuru also had some inexplicable thoughts in her heart.
They had only just met, hadn't they?
"Sorry, it's my fault."
"Why are you apologizing?"
What the hell?!
Why are you apologizing to me?
Bai Ye was stumped.
He wasn't asking Kagura Chizuru to apologize to him, and why would Kagura Chizuru apologize to him anyway?
This also gave Kagura Chizuru a strange feeling. Why would she apologize?
Just as Bai Ye said, her starting point was very strange.
"It's truly a pity. Since you all have made your decision, then today I can only eliminate all of you here!"
Guenitz took advantage of the opportunity that these fighters had just finished a match.
So he wanted to eliminate all of them, of course, the main targets were Bai Ye and the Three Sacred Treasures.
Mainly the Three Sacred Treasures.
Once the Three Sacred Treasures were dealt with, no one would be able to stop Orochi's resurrection.
As long as Orochi was resurrected, then nothing in this world could stop them!
Eliminating Bai Ye was simply because Orochi's blood flowed within his body, yet he chose to stand on the opposing side. In Guenitz's view, this was a betrayal.
Also betraying were Mature and Vice. Although their actions weren't very obvious, Guenitz clearly felt that these two had already sided with Iori Yagami.
Speaking of which...
They would also pay the corresponding price then!
Thinking of this, a sneer flashed in Guenitz's eyes. They had actually forgotten their own mission.
"You are the mysterious person who defeated me before!"
Kyo Kusanagi returned to the arena, but this time he was facing Guenitz, not Bai Ye. The power Guenitz used was the same as the mysterious person who defeated him before!
His ultimate move was cultivated precisely for him!
"Kusanagi Sword, huh? Speaking of which, your growth is truly fast. I should have eliminated you earlier!"
Guenitz nodded, directly admitting that he was the mysterious person who wanted to eliminate him.
In fact, Guenitz had some regrets about not eliminating Kyo Kusanagi back then.
Originally, when he first dealt with Kyo Kusanagi, he had the intention of killing him, but after easily defeating Kyo Kusanagi, Guenitz realized that this guy was indeed very weak.
This made Guenitz somewhat lose interest.
But the current Kyo Kusanagi's growth was simply too fast.
So fast that Guenitz realized this was a huge threat!
"Kyo Kusanagi, Iori Yagami, we need to join forces now."
Kagura Chizuru looked at Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami.
She knew about the animosity between Kusanagi and Yagami, but now was not the time to discuss such grievances. She herself had come with the mission of resolving their animosity and sealing the Orochi clan.
The person in front of her was the one who killed her sister, Kagura Maki.
"The mission of the Three Sacred Treasures families."
"So, what's the difference between you and the Orochi clan? Don't you also have Orochi clan blood in you?"
Even at this moment, Guenitz had not given up on trying to win over Bai Ye.
"Sorry, if you're trying to sow discord, I think you've chosen the wrong place."
"Tch, you guy..."
Guenitz saw that things were not going to develop as he had expected.
Immediately, he manipulated the hurricane to destroy everything here.
And the curious onlookers who were originally prepared to continue watching were immediately scared and scattered after seeing this scene.
What a joke!
Why should their ordinary lives be dragged into the matters of you fighters!
The ordinary people present screamed and fled, but how could they be faster than the wind?
"Are you going to attack me?"
Bai Ye was a little surprised. He was clearly not one of the Three Sacred Treasures, so why was Guenitz's primary opponent him?
"Because I hate traitors the most."
In Guenitz's heart, Bai Ye was a traitor.
"I see!"
A hint of understanding flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. So that's why he was targeted?
However...
Why did he think he would be his opponent?
He didn't possess the power of wind, but as the chill around Bai Ye gradually condensed, the wind was instantly frozen the moment it reached Bai Ye's side.
Da Kou True God!
Guenitz was very close to Bai Ye and was the first to be frozen. Everything around, even Kagura Chizuru and the other two, were also frozen, their faces still holding expressions of shock.
"You underestimated me, and I overestimated you."
Bai Ye raised his hand, lightly tapping the already ice-solid Guenitz.
Crack... crack crack crack...
Guenitz's ice sculpture began to crack, then shattered into countless pieces, falling to the ground.
Before he died, although Guenitz was frozen, he still had consciousness. He never expected that he would be instantly killed by Bai Ye with a single move.
This absolute zero...
He admitted that Bai Ye's words made sense; he had underestimated Bai Ye.
When observing Bai Ye's combat on stage earlier, he found that Bai Ye was skilled in close combat and lightning, and was not afraid of flames, so he wanted to use his speed and wind's cutting power to eliminate Bai Ye.
But everything that happened afterward completely exceeded Guenitz's imagination.
It turned out that his previous intelligence was so ridiculous.
But he hadn't lost!
The eternal life he spoke of to Bai Ye was truly eternal life. As long as Orochi didn't die, he wouldn't die either.
Next time he returned, he would make Bai Ye understand the consequences of underestimating him!
"It's a pity that defeating Guenitz doesn't give me a chance for a lottery draw!"
After Guenitz's death, Bai Ye secretly lamented. If Guenitz could provide him with a lottery chance, how wonderful that would be.
It was just a pity that Guenitz was defeated by Kagura Chizuru, Iori Yagami, and Kyo Kusanagi in KOF96, with no difference from the original plot!
Released from the frozen state, Kagura Chizuru looked at Bai Ye with the eyes of someone seeing a monster.
"Guenitz was just dealt with like that?"
Kagura Chizuru had just been frozen, but she had seen it, she just couldn't quite believe it.
This was too simple, wasn't it?
"Otherwise, what did you think?"
"You are very strong, you are truly very strong..."
Kagura Chizuru didn't know what to say for a moment, but she knew very well that she needed to re-evaluate Bai Ye.
Orochi's blood flowed within him, but he was also her friend, yet he was too strong.
Kagura Chizuru was also afraid that Bai Ye would go down a different path.
But she clearly couldn't control Bai Ye.
"Hey, when my injuries heal, I'll come find you for a fight!"
Iori Yagami looked at Bai Ye. He really wanted to fight Bai Ye; this guy's strength was immense.
Even just thinking about fighting Bai Ye, the blood in his body began to boil.
"Alright."
Bai Ye knew that even if he didn't agree to Iori Yagami, he would still come to challenge him in the end.
Since that was the case, he might as well just agree to him directly.
Upon hearing Bai Ye's agreement, Iori Yagami nodded contentedly, then turned and left.
This guy certainly knew how to act cool.
"What exactly am I cultivating?!"
Kyo Kusanagi secretly vowed in his heart that after returning this time, he must cultivate even harder.
He had once thought he was very strong, but then such a freak appeared.
This also made the fighters present, especially those who had just been defeated by Bai Ye, have a strange thought: it seemed that losing to Bai Ye wasn't such a shameful thing after all!
"Bai Ye, you're amazing!"
Mai Shiranui jumped onto the stage and hugged Bai Ye, a faint, unnatural blush on her face.
She had been watching from below the whole time. He was truly amazing, so Haki, she really wanted to...
"Remember, you promised me another match later. I'm leaving first."
Kagura Chizuru glanced at Mai Shiranui next to Bai Ye, opened her mouth, but ultimately, some words remained unspoken.
"Congratulations."
Jotaro said faintly, but his tone also carried a hint of imperceptible joy. He was like that, cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He was quite happy for Bai Ye winning the championship and defeating a strong enemy.
"Bai Ye, these flowers are for you! We love you!!"
"..."
Bai Ye was very happy, at first thinking he had fans.
But when he turned his head, he nearly died of fright.
He wondered why Joseph Joestar and the others, who said they would cheer for them earlier, had disappeared.
After the finals ended, Joseph Joestar, Kakyoin, and Polnareff all came with flowers, but all three were in drag!
Cross-dressing in the JoJo world...
Well!
Joseph Joestar had a record of it!
This must have been Joseph Joestar's idea.
Bai Ye had already seen Mai Shiranui's shocked expression.
You're truly starving, you'd eat this too?
"Get out!!!"
Bai Ye kicked all three of them flying. He now needed Mai Shiranui's broad embrace to comfort his wounded heart.
His eyes had suffered severe damage!
"BOSS, should we change the original target Kyo Kusanagi to Bai Ye?"
NESTS organization.
After watching KOF96, their plans for the upcoming target wavered slightly.
Should they switch the target to Bai Ye? It seemed Bai Ye was a better choice.
The BOSS, however, did not answer at this moment, merely staring intently at Bai Ye.
"Yashiro Nanakase, it seems that idiot Guenitz failed, and was even eliminated so easily!"
"Tch, that guy boasted about how strong he was, but he was instantly killed by the opponent!"
Yashiro Nanakase glanced at the television, then picked up his belongings and turned to leave.
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