If you want to truly solve Naoki, letting him participate in a real professional competition is a path that must be tried.
That night, Shengzi found Ye Ying, who was responsible for investigating Zhi Shu's case, and brought her a note from the faceless director.
The note read:
[Naoki has been temporarily taken away by us to a place far away from people, but his rules are still evolving, and new innocent people will soon be involved in his rules. I suggest that you take him to participate in a game as soon as possible
A real professional competition. Perhaps, this is the only way to break Naoki’s rules - Director]
"director?"
Yeying first looked at Shengzi, "How did he contact you?"
"I don't know," Shengzi said without changing his expression, "I was on my way home when suddenly this note appeared in my hand - Do we really want to take Naoki to participate in professional competitions?"
"That's a request made by the Weird Alliance," Yeying said, "As long as they don't want to exterminate humanity, it's hard for us to refuse."
"What about those professional boxers? If Naoki participates in a professional competition...even a professional boxer will be beaten to death, right?"
Ye Ying: "If we can't even solve such a trivial matter, how can we be part of the investigative world?"
…
The next night, the Nakano Club welcomed a group of guests with ferocious faces and fierce muscles, including Chinese people, as well as blond, blue-eyed or dark-skinned foreigners. They arrived in a minibus, each wearing a loose t-shirt.
Clothes and trousers, with a cape on the back.
Under the organization and guidance of an investigator assistant, they walked into the club hall with an indifferent expression and passed through the boxing corridor filled with a cyberpunk atmosphere. Occasionally, someone was attracted by the club's special temperament and expressed that they would visit more often in the future.
Come here to have fun.
After arriving at the ring hall on the second floor below, they were surprised by the spacious venue, the majestic momentum and the smell of blood. Even a super city like Dongdu with tens of millions of people rarely has such a boxing stadium.
After the investigator's assistant briefly introduced the situation, they looked relaxed and had no worries, and each took the keys to find their own exclusive lounge.
The Holy Son, who was hiding in a corner of the ring, had been sizing up these strange visitors for a long time. He couldn't help but ask Ye Ying, "Are these professional boxers?"
"Quite professional," Yeying looked at the last boxer entering the lounge, "There will be no one more professional than them in the whole book."
"I really want to know how you persuaded them to come here...er, or rather, how you tricked them into coming here?"
"No lies,"
Yeying smiled and said, "There is no deception, almost telling the truth."
Son: "It's hard for me to convince myself to believe what you say."
"They are indeed professional boxers,"
Yeying looked in the direction of the lounge, "But it's not like WSB or WBA... they only play underground... the amount of money to participate is also quite high, and people often die."
"Underground black boxing?"
"That's right,"
Yeying said: "I applied for a large amount of special funds from the headquarters, invited the most professional referees, built the most professional arena and equipment, and signed an astronomical death contract with each of them. They voluntarily participated in this
A...professional boxing match. I said - what are you waiting for? Let the director bring Naoki here."
…
When Naoki returned to the Nakano Club, all unrelated personnel, including investigators, evacuated the dangerous area. Yeying arranged for assistants to command several drones to observe the situation in the field in real time.
Amid a gray sway, the director and Naoki appeared in the club's ring hall.
The stands around the ring were filled with cheering and waving spectators.
The referee organizes the boxers to draw lots in the center of the field to determine the order of the match.
Naoki seemed to be confused for a moment, looking around at the situation.
"Player Naoki!"
The referee took a loudspeaker and shouted: "Who is Naoki?"
Naoki quickly raised his right hand to indicate that he was here.
Referee: "What are you doing? Come and draw lots!"
Naoki nodded repeatedly.
Putting his hand into the signing box, Naoki took out a piece of paper with the number [16] written on it.
He was stunned again when he looked at the numbers.
…
In the arena hall, the lights overhead were exceptionally bright.
Naoki stood on the ring again. There was no harsh gong, no serial number floating above his head, no terrifying life countdown in mid-air, and no blue health bar or yellow stamina bar.
The split-body spectators were shouting and whistling desperately in the stands, and Sakurako was sitting among them.
"ready?"
The referee grabbed the gloves of both parties, looked at their expressions, and made sure both men were ready, "Start!"
…
"The countdown is gone!"
"Obviously, the director was right. The key to solving Naoki's problem is to let him participate in professional boxing matches - this case will definitely be included in the weird training course."
In front of the live broadcast screen linked to the drone footage, Yeying, Tomoko, Beeman, Shengzi, and members of the Kuroda Police Department gathered around to watch.
"Have you noticed-"
Beeman pointed at the screen in surprise, "Player Naoki seems to have deteriorated..."
Indeed, in the arena at this moment, Naoki seemed to have lost the weird aura, no more flashing and dodging in conjunction with the Lidong Expressway toll station, no more bug-like locking combos, no more inexhaustible His physical strength and footsteps became as normal as before...
The opponent's fists kept hitting him, and Naoki would often counterattack with his best straight punches.
"Look at this,"
Bee Ren said: "Are we going to hold such competitions for Zhi Shu for a long time from now on? That would be a huge expense..."
"No need at all," Ye Ying let out a long breath, "We just need to take him to a real professional boxing match, one in China, and give him the status of an official boxer."
Several people present nodded in agreement.
Tomoko: "It's ironic - Naoki once wanted to participate in professional competitions so much that we refused to agree to it no matter what. After he completely rebelled and killed so many people... we took the initiative to take him to participate in the competition, and why? I feel extremely fortunate.”
"This is human nature,"
Ye Ying sneered and said: "If you want to open a window for ventilation in a room, many people will immediately jump out to object. If you break the pot and say that you should simply remove the roof, then they will agree to open the window. ."
Everyone was silent, and eyes with complex emotions focused on the big screen of the live broadcast——
Naoki has really become weaker, but he has also become more tenacious. He was hit hard by his opponents again and again, and he fought back again and again.
Finally, the opponent gave a sudden uppercut and hit Naoki's cheek, causing Naoki to fall to the ground...
This time, he did not stand up again until the referee announced the end of the game.