Shining neon lights bring a second "day" to the city.
Kato Yusuke took the train to Shinjuku alone and walked out of the station.
The exit is located at the plaza in front of the famous Shinjuku ALTA.
Walk along the street next to ALTA, and after passing the traffic light at the end, there is a big Don Quijote.
The bright and dazzling light boxes are like gold stars falling to the ground, illuminating the restaurants, bars, and drug stores on both sides, making the entire street seem alive.
Amidst the noisy crowd.
The bustling crowds of people crowded together like a parade with lanterns and flowed endlessly through the streets.
Then walk forward for a while and reach the next intersection.
A tall archway made of neon lights appeared in front of you - "Kabukicho Ichiban Street".
Look around.
Walking around were not only the blond men in suits and ties, but also women with heavy make-up and clothes that exposed half of their buttocks.
He clearly looks like he belongs to someone who is in a special industry.
Even so, it's not always the case.
On this street that exudes the atmosphere of an adult world, there are also girls in uniforms walking in an upright manner.
Kato Yusuke silently raised his feet and walked forward, passing through the Kabukicho Ichiban Street archway overhead, and walking into the brightly colored and bustling Happy Street, as if he had stepped into the mouth of a giant wriggling creature.
He put his hands in the pockets on both sides of his sportswear and observed the environment on both sides as he walked.
Karaoke, chain restaurants, convenience stores, cowherd shops, nightclubs, custom shops, and many other anonymous places with ambiguous lights...
The dazzling stores formed a long queue, extending vertically and horizontally along every street corner, with no end in sight.
He raised his face and looked straight ahead.
In the night a little way away, there stood a huge building that reached the sky. On the top of the building was a Godzilla, staring eagerly at the tourists below.
Judging from the electronic screen set up on the outside of the building and the images played on it, it seems to be a place like a movie theater.
Kato Yusuke walked aimlessly, turning a blind eye to the reminders around him to "be careful of blackmail."
Soon we came to a building with a FamilyMart convenience store, and a large and conspicuous "I Kabukicho" neon sign flashed on the wall.
He put the hood on the back of his coat over his head and walked in.
I randomly picked up a bottle of oolong tea, a plum rice ball, and a 1.75L bottle of Jack Daniel's from the shelf, and then went to the checkout counter.
During the checkout process, a series of prompts appeared on the screen of the machine facing the guest:
——「Are you over 20 years old?」
Kato Yusuke looked calm, and while reaching out to press the "はい(Yes)" button, he took out a 10,000-yen bill from his wallet and placed it on the cashier tray.
The convenience store boy in charge of the checkout looked up at him for a while and asked politely: "Do you have any identification that can confirm your age?"
"I forgot to bring it when I went out." He said calmly.
"Ah, is that so? I'm really sorry for this customer, but this item cannot be sold to you." An apologetic expression appeared on the convenience store boy's face, and he took the bottle of Jack Daniels aside alone.
Kato Yusuke nodded silently and said nothing more. After paying for the oolong tea and rice balls, he left the convenience store.
As a result, even in a bustling place like Kabukicho, finding loopholes is not that easy.
He sat on a table by the roadside, took a sip of oolong tea, and looked at the surrounding shops.
Although there are nightclubs and nightclubs everywhere, if you need to check your identity, then entering them is just a waste of effort.
As for those illegal shops, in such a mixed place, there are endless traps and troubles.
It's just for a drink, so there's no point in risking one's life by getting involved.
He was indeed a little depressed, but he didn't lose his mind.
Kato Yusuke was blowing the night breeze on the side of the road, eating the plum rice ball he just bought, then got up and joined the crowd, and strolled along with the crowd.
Although he had lived in Tokyo for so long, this was his first time visiting a place like Kabukicho, so he had no direction or where he wanted to go.
The smell of alcohol, smoke, sweat, perfume, food...
There are all kinds of smells floating in the air, like a huge melting pot. Whether they smell good or bad, they are all mixed in, forming a unique atmosphere in the land of fireworks.
In izakayas and fast food restaurants where men are the majority, you can see many people drinking beer.
One by one, their faces were either red from drinking, or they were so high-spirited that they were in a state of transition.
Kato Yusuke followed the flow of people and walked to another street, which was the Don Quixote street he passed earlier.
He stood under a telephone pole for a while, casually took a pack of tissues handed to him by a salesperson at a certain store, and put it into his pocket.
Then, following the source of the rhythmic and joyful music, we walked into a seemingly large game arcade.
I exchanged 2,000 yuan of game tokens at the machine at the entrance and walked toward the inner hall.
There seemed to be some kind of event being held in the store. Many people were gathered in front of the two arcade machines, watching the operators' performances and making comments from time to time.
Kato Yusuke also walked over and discovered that there were two "Tekken 6" arcade machines.
He wasn't very interested in it, but he still followed it.
The characters on the screen are fighting against a kangaroo and a leopard king. The operators are respectively a fat otaku and a gangster with short blond hair.
Kato Yusuke looks at it from the latter’s perspective.
Judging from the health bars of both characters, the little gangster was obviously at a disadvantage at this time, but he looked at it with ease and even chewed the gum in his mouth calmly.
The situation quickly reversed.
Facing the gap between the kangaroo's attacks, the gangster quickly seized on this flaw and used his character to launch a counterattack.
After beating the kangaroo into a floating state, he then used a set of extremely smooth combos, which cleared the opponent's health bar in one breath and achieved a reversal.
"Damn it! It was so close!" The defeated otaku left the machine with a look of reluctance.
The little gangster raised the corners of his mouth proudly and gave a thumbs up gesture.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but started talking.
"Damn it, another person failed."
"That's too strong. Is this already the tenth person?"
"You are truly worthy of being the champion. This strength is truly incredible."
——Pop.
The game arcade employees standing aside clapped their hands and said, "Is there any next challenger? As long as the challenge is successful, you can receive a bonus of 100,000 yuan~~ Is there anyone else?"
Everyone shook their heads at this and did not take the bait.
At this time, a cold voice sounded.
“What are the requirements to participate?”
"Oh~! Are you interested? This little brother." The employee in charge of the host's eyes lit up and he immediately stepped forward and said: "The registration fee is 3,000 yen. Once you pay it, you can participate!"
Kato Yusuke nodded, took out three Noguchi Hideyo cards from his wallet, and handed them over.
"join."
"Okay! I wish you good luck, little brother." The host happily accepted the money and stepped aside.
Facing everyone's gaze, Yusuke sat down at the seat where the otaku had just left.
Seeing this, the people who were about to disperse immediately stopped again, including the otaku who also stood behind him and started looking.
Kato Yusuke put coins into the machine and soon entered the selection stage.
Unlike the little gangster who locked on the role of the Leopard King from the beginning, he slowly picked out the many characters, moving the cursor back and forth looking very awkward, and finally stopped on a certain avatar.
——Lily.
It was a rich lady with long blond hair, a delicate face and wearing a white dress.
"You actually used Lily. This character has already been reduced to C-level, little brother." The otaku behind him couldn't help but remind him, which also attracted the agreement of others.
"Yes, the Leopard King opposite is an S-class character. This is such a disadvantage. Let's change it to another one, little brother."
Kato Yusuke turned a deaf ear to this and directly targeted the character.
He didn't know anything about S-level and C-level, and he had only been asked to play this game twice by Yamaguchi and the others, and Lily was the only character he knew the moves, so he chose it for no particular reason.
Seeing that he was determined, everyone kept silent, but they couldn't help but show a somewhat unfavorable expression.
After the cutscene, the game begins quickly.
The Leopard King controlled by the little gangster started to retreat as soon as he came up, keeping a position not far away from him, observing the situation, and showing a different cautious appearance.
I saw the blond lady standing on the spot, first punching the air twice, then hitting a high upper kick, and then followed it with a throw...
Without exception, these attacks all hit the air, and even created a large movement gap, giving off a smell of trying out moves.
Faced with this situation, the little gangster didn't let go. He immediately used the Leopard King to follow up, and hit Lily with a pushing move, causing her to be very stiff.
Then he followed up with a series of combos and charged jump pressure, knocking him to the ground and suppressing Lily's bloodline to half.
…
The Leopard King ended with a violent six-hit wrestling combo.
There was little resistance, and the first life ended quickly.
The little gangster couldn't help but jeer: "Hey, what is this? Are you a wooden person on the training ground?"
This is a newbie who is stupid and has a lot of money. The crowd's eyes fell on Yusuke and they understood this.
Kato Yusuke had no reaction to this. There was some understanding in his eyes and his expression remained as usual.
"3,2,1."
He pushed the joystick down with his left hand, and pressed two buttons with his right hand at the same time.
In the picture, Lily put her hands on the ground and kicked her slender thighs upwards. She happened to meet the Leopard King who came to the door and wanted to suppress her, and her whole body was instantly kicked into the air.
follow closely--
Before the Leopard King landed, Lily got up and performed another graceful jump kick.
1,2,3,4,…7,8!
As the number of combos on the screen increased, Leopard King's health bar also continued to decrease. It was not until the system forcibly determined the invincibility time that he finally fell to the ground.
Yusuke didn't give up on this.
He gently held the joystick, and the five fingers of his slender right hand danced rapidly on the buttons as if playing a piano.
First, he blocked the opponent's sweeping kick, then followed up with a throwing technique to knock him down again. When the Leopard King was on the ground, he followed up with a set of backflip kicks, and then followed up with an elegant kick sweeping from the bottom of the body.
Wipe away the last trace of the opponent's blood.
"Perfect!"
Several big words popped up on the screen.
Leopard King's health bar was completely cleared.
In an instant, surprise spread.
The boy's eyes were calm and unwavering, as if he was just stretching.
Without giving everyone a chance to react, the game moved on to the next set.
Change the previous one.
Kato Yusuke controlled the character and took the initiative to attack.
Lily on the screen comes up with a flying knee followed by an upper kick.
The Leopard King blocked the upper section, but did not react to the lower section, and was kicked into the air.
"It's a super big float again!" The otaku who saw this scene exclaimed with a look on his face.
Light punch, light punch, light punch and heavy punch, light punch and heavy punch, light punch and heavy punch, flying kick in the middle...
Another set of gorgeous floating combos knocked the Leopard King to the wall and fell to the ground.
"Damn it!" the little gangster yelled angrily, commanding the Leopard King to get up, defending and dodging while looking for opportunities.
He tried to use some small moves that touched blood, but they were all blocked, and the throwing skills hidden behind light attacks were also broken free by the opponent.
With a sullen face, he used a push-hand that was classic and shameless for this character, but it still didn't work, and even resulted in a huge gap in the back-swing.
Lily on the screen immediately seized the opportunity and launched a series of punches and kicks. Finally, she jumped on the Leopard King's shoulders and kicked him twice in the face, followed by a graceful backhand shuttlecock kick and push hand.
Won the set with consecutive moves.
This is also a 10-hit combo plus 2 for the character Lily. It is also a classic and very badass.
…
Then comes the final set.
The audience unknowingly became breathless. Everyone was looking at the screen of the game console attentively without even blinking.
Faced with Yusuke's wildly different performance, the gangster also felt a huge pressure and became more cautious.
The steps of the Leopard King in the picture are imaginary and real, sometimes moving forward and sometimes retreating, not daring to show any flaws at all.
But all this is in vain.
Whether it was light punches, heavy punches, kicks, or throws, the opponent's reaction was obviously faster than his, almost to the point of being unpredictable.
He obviously thought that some moves could be hit, but in the end they were either blocked, dodged or escaped.
The suppressive power displayed by Lily in the picture is completely different from that of a C-level character, and she is played to perfection in the opponent's hands.
The smooth and graceful moves always have a kind of elegance, coupled with the gorgeous special effects and smooth hitting feeling, it brings people a visual feast-like enjoyment.
Until the end, the Leopard King failed to draw any blood from Lily and fell to the ground helplessly.
"Perfect!"
Lily, who had won the victory, covered her face with a smile and gracefully performed a skirt-pinching ceremony.
Gudu, the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from the crowd.
"Three, three times Perfect!" the otaku stammered, the previous contempt in his eyes had long since disappeared, only shock remained.
Kato Yusuke released the joystick, turned to look at the employees on the side, and asked: "Am I the winner?"
"Huh? Ah, yes!"
The employee in question was startled. He first glanced at the gloomy gangster, then nodded his head again and again, and responded: "...You won, little brother! Please follow me to the front desk to get it."
Prize."
Kato Yusuke got up and followed him, and gave the game token he just bought to the otaku.
Watching their leaving figures.
——Boom!
"Ah, it's boring enough." The gangster kicked the machine in great displeasure and walked away cursing.