IW: Chapter 190 - Mai Shiranui Leans on the Wall as KOF is About to Begin!
"Calm down! Calm down! All you know is calming down! Hurry up and come out with me!"
Inside the training room.
Mai Shiranui grabbed Bai Ye by the ear and dragged him out.
The more she thought about it, the angrier she got.
Bai Ye was calming down every day; what exactly was he calming down for?
"Mai, gently!"
Bai Ye quickly grabbed Mai Shiranui, glanced at the clock, and realized he had only been gone for two hours. Why did it feel like Mai Shiranui's temper had exploded even more?
"What do you mean? It's the KOF96 Invitationals! Are you going with me or not?!"
Mai Shiranui was furious talking about this. Her original plan was for Bai Ye to lead, with herself and Andy joining to form the Shiranui Team!
All three of them trained at the Shiranui Dojo. Although she was the senior disciple, Hanzo Shiranui largely intended for Bai Ye to inherit his legacy because Bai Ye's talent was very strong, and he was better at cultivation than her.
Moreover, the two of them quickly broke through the unspoken barrier. Not long after Bai Ye joined the Shiranui Dojo, she and Bai Ye confirmed their relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend.
As Hanzo Shiranui's only living relative and the future heir of the Shiranui Dojo, it actually didn't matter to Hanzo Shiranui who inherited the legacy.
Therefore, within the dojo, although she had always been the senior sister, she always prioritized Bai Ye's opinions. Mai Shiranui was a very traditional woman.
In this regard, her dream was not grand; she simply wanted to participate in a fighting tournament, promote their Shiranui-ryu style, and then return to marry Bai Ye and have children.
However, her dream was instantly shattered. Bai Ye either didn't want to participate in KOF, or he didn't want to team up with her.
Andy, on the other hand, received news from his brother across the ocean. He planned to team up with Terry, even though he had teamed up with others in previous events.
But Bai Ye had no intention of participating in the previous two events, so she gave up. However, recently she felt Bai Ye stirring.
So she wanted to try teaming up with Bai Ye.
As a result, her idea for a team seemed to have failed the moment it appeared, which made Mai Shiranui furious.
"If you team up with me, then what about your Women's Fighter Team?"
KOF94 featured a Women's Fighter Team consisting of King, Mai Shiranui, and Yuri Sakazaki, and KOF95 was the same.
"Can't form it. Yuri teamed up with her brother, and as for King… her brother also had a car accident, so she wants to stay by her brother's side and watch over him!"
At this point, Mai Shiranui's face showed a hint of sadness.
Her Women's Fighter Team had disbanded, leaving her all alone.
If Bai Ye didn't take her, she wouldn't have a chance to participate this time.
"How about this, if you don't have teammates in the end, then I'll participate in the fighting tournament with you. I haven't found teammates yet."
Although in the original story, Mai Shiranui eventually formed the Women's Fighter Team with King and the newly joined Kasumi Todoh.
But Bai Ye wasn't Andy. Andy directly rejected Mai Shiranui, making her feel abandoned.
"Hmph, hmph, that's good!"
Mai Shiranui's pouting lips instantly relaxed. Listening to Bai Ye's words, her eyes seemed to be filled with water as she stared intently at Bai Ye.
Immediately, she also hung onto Bai Ye, wrapping her arms around his neck, and asked a question that made Bai Ye a little embarrassed: "Should we get married?"
In Bai Ye's opinion, women were always troublesome creatures.
When you want to marry her, she will wonder why you want to marry her, and she doesn't want to get married yet.
But when you don't want to marry her, she will wonder why you don't want to marry her.
In short, she seemed to be constantly in this contradiction, just like when Bai Ye initially felt that his life would only be at the level of an ordinary fighter, he planned to marry Mai Shiranui early and then just have a few children.
Anyway, saving the world was for the protagonists, and he didn't need to exert much effort.
But at that time, Mai Shiranui always felt a bit hesitant. Later, when Bai Ye felt that he didn't want to get married so early, she became anxious instead.
"Mai, marriage is just one more certificate."
"You idiot, are you, a man, also going to play hard to get?"
Mai Shiranui admitted that she was a bit reserved back then.
She had actually intended to agree at that time.
But she thought, since he's being proactive, she should play hard to get and wait for Bai Ye to ask her a few more times, then she would agree.
But later, Bai Ye just stopped asking, which made Mai Shiranui anxious.
"I'm not playing hard to get, Mai. I just feel that it's still a bit early for marriage. How about we talk about it after the fighting tournament? After all, what we should be doing now is preparing for the fighting tournament."
Marriage...
Bai Ye wasn't very resistant to it, after all, his marriage partner was Mai Shiranui.
However, he still wanted to challenge other masters, so he temporarily put aside his thoughts of getting married.
"Marry after the fighting tournament?"
Mai Shiranui understood that Bai Ye would marry her after the fighting tournament.
If so, the wait didn't seem too long.
"Then it's settled!"
Before Bai Ye could speak, Mai Shiranui spoke to herself, then immediately pulled the conversation back to the fighting tournament: "So if it's you and me, we're still short one teammate!"
Damn it!
If it weren't for Andy running off, they wouldn't be short on teammates.
"Actually, you might still participate as part of the Women's Fighter Team?"
Speaking of which, it should be almost time for King to seek out Mai Shiranui, right?
Originally, Mai Shiranui was supposed to be approached when she was staying at a Hotel, but due to changes in the plot, Mai Shiranui never went down the mountain but communicated with King over the phone.
Perhaps it was because other worlds had merged, so the plot was only for reference.
"You wouldn't…"
Mai Shiranui's questioning words were cut short by her phone ringing.
After answering and talking to the person on the other end, a hint of speechlessness flashed across her face.
Bai Ye was right!
After King rejected Mai Shiranui to take care of her brother, her brother noticed her disappointment and encouraged her to do what she loved.
So, she found Kasumi Todoh, then called Mai Shiranui to tell her the good news.
But this news, for Mai Shiranui, now seemed not so good?!
Although she was relieved that all the members of the Women's Fighter Team had arrived, it seemed she was now missing.
She had just finished telling Bai Ye that she wanted to team up with him.
When she heard Bai Ye say earlier that she might participate as a Women's Fighter, she thought Bai Ye was just saying that because he still didn't want to team up with her.
But now Bai Ye was proven right, and King's call put Mai Shiranui in a dilemma.
She actually really wanted to team up with Bai Ye.
"Agree, I'll find teammates myself!"
Bai Ye had never thought of teaming up with Mai Shiranui from the beginning.
Was this supposed to be a husband-and-wife team?
The fighting arena would probably reek of sourness.
Besides, Bai Ye also wanted to find teammates himself.
Hearing Bai Ye's words, Mai Shiranui's face flashed with apology, and then she accepted King's invitation, once again participating in this KOF as part of the Women's Fighter Team.
After hanging up the phone, Mai Shiranui felt a bit awkward looking at Bai Ye.
"I told you, didn't I?"
"Oh, I…"
Mai Shiranui wanted to be unreasonable, but her personality wasn't like that. If she was wrong, she was wrong. She couldn't possibly say that Bai Ye's attitude was bad, could she?
"At most, I'll agree to what I didn't agree to before this time!!"
A blush flashed across Mai Shiranui's face.
Although she had crossed the final line with Bai Ye a long time ago, there were still some things she couldn't accept, so she had always refused Bai Ye.
But now she was in the wrong, and thinking that there was nothing else she could do to compensate Bai Ye, she might as well agree to Bai Ye's previous unreasonable requests.
"You said it!"
Bai Ye felt secretly delighted.
Good, good!
He hadn't expected the Women's Fighter Team to actually help him out so much!
"By the way, did Andy run off?"
"Yes, Grandpa said he already left."
"Where's the old man?"
Bai Ye asked curiously. He hadn't seen Hanzo Shiranui earlier.
"Grandpa went out."
After speaking, Mai Shiranui suddenly realized why Bai Ye asked that, glared at Bai Ye, but the next second her eyes seemed to be able to draw threads.
"Andy!"
The dock.
Joe and Terry waved excitedly the moment they saw Andy.
Since their last farewell, Terry and Joe had temporarily parted ways with Andy. This time, they were once again participating in KOF as the Fatal Fury Team, and all three were very excited.
"Terry, Joe, did you arrive so early this time?!"
Andy had originally been training at the Shiranui Dojo.
Recently, he had been fighting with Bai Ye to refine his fighting techniques.
But Terry and Joe's early arrival surprised Andy, so he ended his training early.
"Of course, we came to catch up with you. We've finished our business, so we came early to hang out with you!"
Joe said with a grin. They knew Andy had nothing else to do anyway, so they came early.
He wasn't needed for anything at the Shiranui Dojo.
"But the competition doesn't start for another month. Is it really okay to come here without training?"
They didn't get first place last time.
This time, Andy secretly vowed to get first place. He didn't want his ranking to be low again.
Although they were all powerful fighters from around the world, it was still a bit hard to accept losing.
"Don't worry, we haven't neglected our training this past year!"
"But this time my senior brother will participate in the fighting tournament. He's very strong, at least I'm not confident I can defeat him!"
Andy had been fighting with Bai Ye these days, and he was very grateful to Bai Ye for helping him train.
Every time Bai Ye told him to use his full strength, but every time he seemed to be just a little bit short, just a little, always just a little.
Andy later understood that perhaps Bai Ye was intentionally feeding him moves to help him improve his strength, so he didn't defeat him with an easy, overwhelming strength, as that would prevent him from making progress.
He was controlling his strength, which made Andy understand the gap between them.
"Senior brother? Then weren't you supposed to team up at first?"
Terry suddenly realized that he seemed to have pulled away the original Shiranui Team.
He had heard from Andy before that there were three people in the Shiranui Dojo, and he had met Mai Shiranui, but he had never met Bai Ye.
If they hadn't been there this time, would Andy have teamed up with them?
"Yes, I was invited before, but I declined."
Andy said coolly.
"Then prepare to get thrashed by your senior brother, haha!"
Joe laughed playfully, which instantly made Andy's face fall.
If he really got grouped with Bai Ye, he really might get thrashed!
"Alright, Andy, we're not just here to catch up. Based on my investigation, that guy Geese Howard might still be alive!"
"Didn't he commit suicide?"
A hint of doubt flashed in Andy's eyes.
As the long-time rivals of the Bogard brothers, Andy and Terry had witnessed his suicide back then. But why did Terry say that guy Howard was still alive?
"I'm not sure how to explain it, but that's the fact. Coming here is also to investigate some things."
Terry said seriously. This time wasn't just for fun!
"Let's act together!"
Andy understood.
He also knew why Terry came here early.
There was still a month until the fighting tournament, which was enough time for them to act.
"Mai, it looks like you still need some more training!"
Bai Ye was in a very good mood.
Who knows when, but his wish would be granted...
"Bai Ye, just you wait!!"
Mai Shiranui glared fiercely at Bai Ye, but her current appearance gave Bai Ye a silly, innocent feeling.
The first time Bai Ye saw Mai Shiranui like this, he felt a strong contrast.
She would start trash-talking whenever she felt there was no threat, spouting one harsh word after another.
"I'm waiting, alright. Speaking of which, are you planning to stay at the dojo during this period, or what?"
He was going down the mountain.
For KOF, he was still short two teammates, and he was currently thinking about who to invite to participate in this fighting tournament.
"I need to meet the new member with King, probably in two days. If you're going down the mountain, it has to be in two days!"
Mai Shiranui said domineeringly. Anyway, she absolutely wouldn't let Bai Ye go down the mountain today.
"So, what's your confidence based on?"
"Because of me!"
Mai Shiranui felt she was ready!
She just didn't believe she would keep failing.
She wanted Bai Ye to know how formidable Mai Shiranui was.
"Monster, get down the mountain!"
Mai Shiranui leaned against the wall, watching Bai Ye's departing back, feeling her eyelids heavier these past two days.
Wrong!
All wrong!
Everything King said was wrong!
What did she mean by she was too timid, which was why she exposed her weakness from the start and let Bai Ye seize on that point to bully her constantly?
As long as she acted tougher, she could let Bai Ye know what his limit was, not hers.
And the result?!
Mai Shiranui felt that these past few days, she hadn't made Bai Ye feel anything, but instead, she had lost both her gains and her losses.
Folding her Ninja clothes, she still had so much laundry to do later. She cried.
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