If you want to truly solve Naoki, letting him participate in a real professional game is a path that must be tried.
That night, Seiko found Ye Ying, who was responsible for investigating Naoki'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 true professional game. 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, and suddenly this note appeared in my hand - Do we really want to take Naoki to participate in professional competitions?"
"That's a request from 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 join the investigation world?"
…
The next night, the Nakano Club welcomed a group of guests with ferocious faces and fierce muscles, including Japanese people, as well as blond, blue-eyed or dark-skinned foreigners. They arrived in a minibus, each wearing loose clothes and trousers, with a cloak hanging on their backs.
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, some people are attracted by the club's special temperament and say they want to come here more often in the future.
After arriving at the ring hall on the second floor below, they were surprised by the large 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 entire book."
"I really want to know how you persuaded them to come here...er, or rather, how did you trick them into coming here?"
"No lies,"
Ye Ying smiled, "No deception, almost truthful."
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 his assistant to command several drones to observe the situation in the field in real time.
In a blur of gray shaking, 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 organized the boxers to draw lots in the center of the field to determine the order of the competition.
Naoki seemed to be in a trance 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 once again stood in the ring. 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 audience was shouting and whistling 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 has disappeared!"
"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, Bee Man, 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 halo, no more flashing and dodging in conjunction with the Lidong Expressway toll station, no more bug-like locking combos, no more inexhaustible energy. 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, but 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 and 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 also stronger. He was hit hard by his opponent again and again, and he fought back again and again.
Finally, the opponent gave a fierce uppercut and hit Naoki's cheek, and Naoki fell to the ground...
This time, he did not stand up again until the referee announced the end of the game.
