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[h3][sub][color=1E90FF][b]“In the words of my boy Snake: kept you waiting, huh? The match ain’t over till it’s game over.”[/b][/color]
[color=gray]– Terry Bogard[/color][/sub][/h3]

[h3]Chinatown, South Town
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[sub][url=https://youtu.be/f7N1cOHOEGM?si=DEEkVa_Nw6wdny7O]Osaka Jo Koen ~Kyobashi~ – Real Bout Fatal Fury 2[/url][/sub]

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That was an impressive showcase of magic, Xiangfei had to admit. Oros did more than she’d asked her to do, even healing the no-name NPC bunch the lunatic had knocked out beforehand like the one-sided beatdown never happened. Still, despite her effort, Xiangfei just huffed, folding her arms and tilting her head away from Oros.

[color=FF2400]“Hmph! Fine, I forgive you. I guess you’re not as crazy as I thought you were,”[/color] she finally admitted, albeit nonchalantly. [color=FF2400]“And thank you. It’s Li Xiangfei, by the way, but you can just call me Xiangfei. It’s nice knowing you, Oros. I guess. Maybe when all of this is over, can you also make sure that the guys fighting over there are patched up, too? You look like you’re good at healing people, though.”[/color]

And here Xiangfei was: bossing Oros around like she was her superior. It was apparent that she was still annoyed, but at the same time, the one-sided ass-whooping that Oros did prior didn’t exactly infuriate her anymore. Besides, she might be right. It looked as if Mika and Terry did need to be tended to after the bout. Well, especially Mika after the series of hard-hitting attacks given to her by the furious wolf.

As he stood still, Terry tried to control his breath, using this moment to compose himself. Perhaps, he’d begun to let his fury get the best out of him (and he wasn’t, in any way, proud of that). He still remembered what Master Tung told him, about how one had to fight like a tree, instead of an animal. This was the reason why his mentor favored him over his brother when it came to deciding the next inheritor of the Hakkyokuseiken’s secret technique. He knew he could be calmer than this. He knew he could be more level-headed. After all, had it even been proven that Mika was one of Geese’s stooges?

[color=1E90FF][i]Right, Terry, right…[/i][/color]

The blonde bruiser gulped, then took a deep breath. He smirked when Mika began opening her mouth again after (seemingly) failing to cast a mantra.

[color=1E90FF]“Ooh… You think those ghosts scared me?”[/color] Terry sarcastically pointed out, referring to the dead spirits leaping out of her blades. [color=1E90FF]“Sounds like somebody forgets what I just did. Just a heads-up, though, I don’t really have to punch you to beat you.”[/color]

Terry started charging his fist with energy, swirling lights gathering around his knuckles. True to his words, when he couldn’t contain the energy any longer, he [url=https://www.fightersgeneration.com/news2024/char3/fatalfury-anime-terry-vs-geese.gif]slammed his leading fist downwards[/url], releasing it in the form of a shockwave that traveled across the ground towards his opponent.

[i][b]POW![/b][/i]

[color=1E90FF][b]“POWER WAVE!!”[/b][/color]

Yup, and that was the exact move he used to prank Mika earlier in the bout. The king of fighters could’ve zoned on his opponent, but he knew it wouldn’t have been fair if all he did was just spam projectiles (and besides, nobody paid to see a top-level fighter like him putting up a boring show like that). So once the Power Wave connected, Terry would [url=https://www.fightersgeneration.com/characters4/terryanim2-ahah.gif]wiggle his finger[/url] at his opponent before leaping forward, performing [url=https://www.fightersgeneration.com/nf8/char/terry-kof13-crackshoot.gif]an acrobatic kick/heel drop[/url] that was meant to connect with her shoulder.

[color=1E90FF][b]“CRACK SHOOT!!”[/b][/color] he exclaimed, close to charging his power gauge completely.

[b]FIN.[/b]