If it was a video game, she might not be able to play it due to the amount of information, but joystick games that test reaction speed and muscle memory require a lot of physical fitness and reflexes. She only needs to watch it once to remember all the button combinations, and it is not difficult to beat ordinary people who are not high-level players.

As she did so, she listened to the chatter at the next table.

“What? You said you come to this game center every day after school? You’re not kidding us, are you?!”

“Yes, your game consoles are very beautiful and exciting! Therefore, any game console imported from Japan is very popular in the United States. I always have to wait in line for a long time in the United States, and I am almost exhausted by the time it is my turn. That’s why I came here to be an English teacher so that I can have fun at the amusement center every day.”

“Could it be that… you are teaching so seriously just for…”

“Yes, if something goes wrong and I get fired, I won’t be able to play anymore. It’s too difficult for a foreigner like me to find a job here. So, the fact that I’m playing the game console here is a secret, and you two must keep it a secret for me!”

“You just performed really well.”

“Yeah, even better than Billy the Kid.”

Sonoko changed her attitude and praised Judy’s gaming skills. Judy, stroking her chin, suggested that they watch her play a more interesting game. Winette listened carefully and had defeated several challengers without realizing it. For a while, she was eagerly looked at by everyone around her. In order to avoid being given some strange nicknames, he left the table with regrets. After the farce just now, there were no new challengers.

She set her sights on Judy’s choice of console.

It was a very new thing, at least Winette had never seen or experienced it. Judy pushed Xiaolan onto the seat, put on the helmet for her, put in the coins, and operated the buttons on the armrest to select the characters on the screen.

The character was a long-legged Kung Fu girl, very Japanese-Chinese, and reminded Miss Winnett of a certain game character with a steamed bun on her head.

As the game console started, the plastic fixing plate behind the backrest rotated and pressed against Xiaolan’s chest. After completing the selection and starting, a scene with a strong sense of future machinery appeared: Xiaolan’s wrists and ankles were automatically buckled with metal shackles. The computer character in front of the screen started, and a naked man with a body like an iron barrel rushed over and punched Xiaolan’s character. Suddenly, Xiaolan in reality also acted as if she was hit.

Winnett found it very interesting, so she also found a similar machine. After being fixed in the seat, she deliberately let the game character get hurt, and a tingling vibration came from her face, a bit like a massage. These fixed devices have some kind of sensors. Winnett tried to shake her body, and the character on the screen also moved. The armrests and the fixed plates on the legs can move. Winnett tried to find the feeling of real fighting skills.

The greater the degree of stretching, the greater the resistance. However, the characters in the game do not fully restore the movements, but have a set of fixed attack and blocking templates, which makes Winnett a little disappointed. In this era, it is already a very complex and high-tech game product. Defeating the opponent in a few moves – the computer’s action mode is single and too weak – became a wooden stake for Winnett to test the buttons. After initially mastering the gameplay, Winnett discovered that there is a function to challenge others. She glanced at Xiaolan and found that her fight was very fierce, like an angry professional player, with big and wide movements, standard Taekwondo fighting methods, which made Winnett worry about the stretching limit of the game facilities.

Because the opponent was a dull computer, there was no doubt that Xiaolan, who had quick reflexes, won. In the end, she made a victory gesture, like standing on the ring to win. Sonoko praised Xiaolan’s strength and talked about her winning the Kyoto competition. Winnet thought this was a good start to socializing, so she pressed the challenge button. Then, the image of a squinting woman appeared on Xiaolan’s screen behind her.

Hook provocation.

That was the role Wynette chose.

This character obviously has some East Asian elements, and her body is the slimmest and lightest among the selectable characters, which is consistent with her fighting style – speed is the key.

The female fighter chosen by Xiaolan also appeared on her screen.

Winnet changed her gloomy expression and put on a submissive attitude, pressing her hands on the loose wig at the back of her head and showing an embarrassed smile on her face, as if she had just ordered something wrong.

Yuanzi’s originally hostile glance back suddenly turned into a dumbfounded look.

Communication in games is a tacit understanding among arcade players, and in such occasions, no words are needed.

Xiaolan pushed the fixed board and the battle began. Perhaps because they thought she was harmless, the two people beside her just cheered her on. Winnet looked at Xiaolan’s character. The color screen was hazy, as if her gloomy eyes were reflected.

Xiaolan’s attack mode is like a storm, fierce and continuous, but because she is a beginner, she does not use the buttons on the armrests flexibly.

Winnet’s character is known for her agility and expertise in joint techniques. She just keeps dodging, making Xiaolan suffer.

“He’s awesome,” Judy said.

Xiaolan took a deep breath, slowed down her attack rhythm, and tried the function of the button instead. Winnet found the flaw and used a joint skill like an assassin to knock down Xiaolan’s female fighter. However, after all, it was a game, so there was no option to pursue the victory, but to give the fallen character a buffer time. Winnet also noticed that the character she was operating had very low attack power, and lamented the inconvenience of the game. Killing people in reality is not that complicated.

She doesn’t use skill buttons.

After repeatedly counterattacking Xiaolan several times, Karate Yusheng found the feeling and his movements became more refined – he found that he didn’t need to make large movements and used his skills more skillfully. Winette was good at dodging, but after all, it was a game and there was no way to be invincible. A sudden combo made her fall – the character’s face turned pale.

“It really is the color of iron…” Winnet thought to herself.

The setting of getting up is very strange, because there is no protection mechanism. If you can’t time it well, you will be knocked down and injured by the opponent.

Miss Winnett aims to build a kind persona, so she decided to cultivate high school students’ confidence in gaming. Although students playing games is not supported, she thinks it doesn’t matter, since she has never been to school in her life.

“I won!” Xiaolan said in surprise.

Judy and Sonoko applauded, especially Judy, who praised her rapid improvement in gaming skills.

“Oh my, you totally lost! You look like you’re still in high school… Is this your first time playing this game? You’re really awesome.” She stepped forward and said.

Seeing her praising Xiaolan, Sonoko relaxed her guard, treated her as one of her own, and reiterated that she was the karate winner.

“Thank you, you are very good too. However, it seems that you only used basic moves.” Xiaolan said.

“Ah, actually it’s my first time playing too,” said Winnett.

“Really? Then you are pretty strong, but still not as strong as our Xiaolan.”

“Garden!”

“Actually, I was attracted by the skills of this foreign lady,” Winnett said. “I wanted to challenge her after I defeated you, but I hit a wall right at the beginning, haha.”

“Oh! Then let’s have a passionate duel!” Judy was eager to try.

Winnett wanted to take the opportunity to agree, first to leave an impression on Judy, and then slowly and layer by layer to reveal a complete setting. As a member of a shady organization, Miss Winnett has all kinds of fake documents. Although she is not the Thousand Faces Witch, she sometimes uses her name to do things. In fact, she has gone beyond the scope of face-changing. Because even she herself – the original independent individual – is also part of this personality role-playing game. She can add settings to the role, and then switch her mind to execute it. She can always put herself in the shoes of others and imagine what to do. This is what the old man and the nun taught her. Everyone has more than two faces. If you want to have more, all you need is a name, money, and a passport.

Her turn was about to begin, but another challenger suddenly appeared on the screen. The target was still Xiaolan, but this time the enemy was not as friendly as her. Just like the short-braided man with a mocking face on the electronic screen, the man sitting in front of the machine showed a contemptuous smile, and his provocation was not concealed at all.

His harshness seemed to be known to everyone, and no one would get close to him. However, fighting games, like duels, had spectators, notaries, glory, and topics for conversation at the dinner table. In the center of the game room, a blue-background LCD screen broadcast live fighting game footage, serving as an efficient, emotional brochure, and people gathered there unconsciously.

Winnet thought that perhaps the battle in which she had lost to Xiaolan was not too boring, which triggered a wave of spectators, just like the old men watching chess and Go in the park, with exclamations and comments.

Xiaolan, who was full of energy, naturally would not refuse. Of course, she could not refuse. Even a clay man would still have some temper. After being provoked for no reason, the only people who could remain calm and kind were the honest people who believed in “one step back, the sky will be wider” and the black-hearted people who were secretly trying to trip him up. The high school girl accepted the challenge, and after Winnet’s training, her level improved rapidly and had initially surpassed the level of a beginner.

If the players you trained failed, it would be too embarrassing. Winette didn’t care about face. She could put her face under the mop and let anyone trample on the smooth ground she plowed, but young people are always hot-tempered. In their eyes, competition is a sacred ritual, related to the mystery of life, and the crystallization of sweat and tears. She cheered Xiaolan up like Judy and Sonoko, leaning over and whispering something in Xiaolan’s ear.

Our high school girl was quite shy about the approach of a strange young man. However, that was just a secret in the duel – a surprise attack – and it depended on whether Xiaolan believed it. The gentle girl was obedient, like a ten-year-old girl, although she would go into the water to catch frogs and block rabbit nests for snacks, but she was a good girl.

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554 Playing with hooligans

Miss Winnett’s insight was blessed by the voice of God, and she saw through the challenger.

Xiaolan was a little hesitant, but decided to do as Winnet said. She attacked headfirst like before, but her attention was on the moment when the enemy character dodged. As Winnet predicted, the challenger used a counterattack after dodging – a high-damage roundhouse kick. Xiaolan manipulated the character to squat and punch, hitting the door in the face. The female fighter’s power was exaggerated, and the enemy character flew up and slammed hard on the ground. When the opponent stood up, Xiaolan pretended to pursue the victory, but retreated when the opponent stood up. The enemy fell into a stiff punch, and Xiaolan used the newly learned knee strike technique to start an aerial combo, and the ultimate move was hit firmly; on the screen, the pigtailed man who fell to the ground had a sullen face.

To some extent, this is very similar to the defense breaking in RPG games, and the time spent on the ground is very long.

“Hurry up and kill him, Xiaolan!” Sonoko encouraged her, “Hardly put a damper on his arrogance!”

“Haaa!” Xiaolan shouted.

KO appeared on the screen and the man with braids couldn’t get up again.

The arrogant man who was controlling the character had a look of disbelief on his face, and his face looked as ugly as his game character. He was defeated by a beginner—and a girl at that—which caused a sensation. On the live screen, a series of chain reactions had already occurred, and even the staff who came to collect the coins were impressed by her strength and talent. After hearing what the staff said, the unhappy man rushed over and kicked him, like an angry porcupine, with barbs on his red face, and knocked the thin, seaweed-haired staff to the ground, looking extremely arrogant.

“What are you talking about, you useless guy?”

He said, “I was just a little careless, is it your turn to be nosy?”

“Sir, this is not a good thing to do.” Winnett smiled and touched his shoulder.

It wasn’t obvious when he was sitting in the game seat, but once the loser stood up, he revealed a sense of being a tough guy who was not easy to mess with – he had a hair dyed a shit-yellow color. He was sturdy, wearing a red vest, and had an arrogant demeanor, like a gangster thug in a movie.

But the reality is a little bit of a mess.

Miss Winnet, the good guy and peacemaker, takes action.

“Ah?” He turned his head. “Who are you? You like to meddle in other people’s business. Do you want to get beaten?”

“Um… could you please keep your voice down? We’re disturbing others.” Winnett said. She touched the back of her head, still smiling shyly.

“Are you kidding me!?” The man in the red vest turned even redder and grabbed Winnett by the collar.

Catch it for you.

She held up her hands, looking frightened.

“Um…my coins fell.” Winnet said, lowering her head, as if looking for where they fell.

The man in the red vest felt ignored and despised.

A few crisp sounds fell to the ground. Because there was a layer of self-made skin under the collar, Miss Winnet was not panicked at all, not to mention that she didn’t have any ravines to squeeze. Real men come to fight with fists and real men… What? I’m not! That’s fine!

“You are looking down on me, aren’t you!?” He became more and more angry.

The man in the red vest grabbed her collar with one hand and punched with the other hand. The moment he exerted force, the force of the grab weakened as he pulled forward. Winette pretended to be afraid of violence, holding her head to prevent it, and the man’s left hook hit nothing. He acted quickly, and Xiaolan, who was watching, wanted to come up to help, but Judy’s social experience was obviously richer than that of a high school girl, and she saw that Winette was deliberately provoking him. Although Judy couldn’t find anything worth mentioning about her actions (holding her head to prevent it), her reaction speed was definitely not that of an ordinary person who had not practiced.

Judy held down Xiaolan’s clenched fist on her shoulder.

“It’s all right,” Judy said. “This gentleman is very agile, isn’t he?”

Xiaolan agreed with this. Just now, she did exactly what he told her about the “secret”, and she actually won. She heard the noise of the players around her. This man in the red vest was known as the “Caesar of Beika Town” in the fighting game, and he was obviously not in the same league as a beginner like her.

Winnett heard it, too, and felt that the Japanese were really childish. As soon as they had a little bit of talent and fame, they would add ghosts, emperors, demon kings, and use historical figures as metaphors, and so on.

Wouldn’t this be like having to sew the dew on your back to make you suffer?

Well, Miss Winnett knew that bosozoku were no longer popular.

The so-called Caesar was just a small thug. Then she must be at the level of Lucifer. Winnet shrank her body, looking weak, as if she was just lucky that there was no purple-red fist mark on her face. Then, the man in the red vest was like a character in an arcade game, punching continuously without stopping. Winnet was also like the character, dodging left and right, and each time she passed by with a look of “good luck”. From this row of fighting machines to a machine for playing marbles. The man in the red vest saw that he had finally pushed her into the corner. He was already panting and finally showed a cruel smile of announcing victory. As if using a special move, he punched with all his strength and hit the door directly.

“Why are you still angry?” Winette thought to herself. If a normal person got hit by this punch, at least their nose would be broken. Her double standards were so vivid that she never reflected on her own lack of discretion.

Facing this punch, she tilted her head, and the strength of her finger bones was released on the iron shell machine. It can be seen that the quality is very good. Even after being hit hard, there is no dent. On the contrary, the man in the red vest was in pain. His punches were very amateurish, so the recoil was concentrated on the bones. Winnet used his own method to fight back, and it was already a good thing for him to fracture his bones.

Our poor Miss Winnet was just being beaten, not fighting back, not talking back when being scolded. What else can we blame her for!

“Um… are you okay? You look like you’re in a lot of pain.” Winnet asked with concern. This was a great mockery to the man in the vest who was holding his fist with tears in his eyes. He endured the pain and used his last headbutt. At this time, Winnet was pretending to care about him, muttering that she brought a band-aid, which was better than nothing.

“found it!”

She said happily. At the moment when she was about to give the things to the man in the vest, the headbutt came as expected. Winnett raised her elbow and his forehead hit Winnett’s kneecap directly, so his head bumped around inside his skull, and he felt dizzy and fell backwards.

“Oh, you’re amazing! Is it Kung Fu? Chinese?”

Judy continued to use her strange accent. Winnett still smiled shyly. She admitted that part of it was that he used the identity of a foreign student who was out of touch with the local people. The same was true for foreigners who came to be English teachers. However, Winnett obviously had the advantage of information and knew Judy’s identity clearly.

The modest Miss Winnett refused to admit that she knew kung fu. She just smiled and apologized to the people around her for the commotion, looking like a petty citizen who didn’t want to cause trouble. The man in the vest finally realized that the man in front of him might be playing dumb. He was in a dilemma and didn’t know what to do. He slowly backed away, faster and faster, and then accidentally stepped on a handful of coins that had just fallen in the fight. The coin of fate turned over, and he fell down as if he had fallen into a pit in the abyss, making people wonder if his head was seriously injured. But there was no blood on his face or the back of his head, only a mess. At this time, a man in a suit came out and laughed at him.

“Hey, hey, how can we start the duel with you like this, ‘Caesar of Rice Flower’?”

He lit a cigarette, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked at the man in the vest as if he was looking at a bad thing like a cockroach, with contempt and disgust, but also a hint of pleasure – after seeing him so embarrassed. And his identity was also revealed by an uncle playing marbles next to him. The man known as “Beihu Lucas” was an arcade fighting master who was as famous as Shameful Caesar.

The man in the vest was incoherent, expressing his incompetent rage against Winnet. The passerby’s narration made him feel even more ashamed, as if he was a joke that made everyone laugh. He shouted louder than anyone else, telling everyone around him to shut up, then glared at Winnet, turned to look at “Cup Lucas”, and still arrogantly said that his hand was injured and the duel was postponed, which made him look even more ridiculous, without any dignity or dignity.

Perhaps because he felt it was shameful, he did not call the police or do anything else, but just left. Although he walked very slowly, it was no different from fleeing. Miss Winnett won a complete victory, but she was not happy, and she was consistent with her character image. However, the “cupholder Lucas” took the initiative to find him and put his arm around his shoulder.

“Brother, you are not an ordinary person if you can make this little thug lose face! How about one?”

“Um, I don’t smoke.”

“Oh, I understand.” He smiled faintly, “Many people who practice martial arts are like this. However, he and I had agreed to fight here – for an important bet, but you messed it up. Ah, this is really troubling.”

There was no sign of distress on his face.

It was just a very helpless attitude and expression, the feeling of being determined to participate in the life-determining competition, but being told by the organizer that the date was postponed. His right hand was tightly holding the cigarette box, and his palm was probably full of sweat. His expression was not that kind of pretending to be calm, but a feeling of relief. She apologized as usual, and he waved and left without even looking at the fighting machine.

“Do you know him?” asked Sonoko.

“No, I just met him for the first time.”

Winnet acted confused, but she could see that this man was distracted, just like those employers who came to seek professionals because they had no way to take revenge. Maybe he wanted to kill her, but she interfered with his plan. However, it was a blessing in disguise. Winnet glanced at Conan, who was following him like a tail. He was just like a case production machine.

“But you are really strong. He didn’t hit you at all.” Sonoko said admiringly.

Miss Winnett used the same image as before. She was not handsome, but she looked honest and simple. In fact, she was acting like the original owner. She introduced herself using the name of a man who could attract attention. When her last name came out, she was linked to a kung fu star. Winnett shook her head repeatedly to deny it, with a look of clear stupidity in her eyes.

“However, Mr. Li, your movements really look like you have learned martial arts.”

“I just exercise regularly.”

“How modest.”

Winnet rubbed the back of her head like an embarrassed student, saying that her part-time job was almost over, and pretended to leave. The high school students did not stop her, and Judy said that they would compete again next time. Conan looked at this foreign woman and thought speechlessly: “Hey, you can still play games in this situation?”

In other words, no damage was caused, the guy who did it looked like he was not easy to deal with, so there was no chaos and the boss did not show up.

Xiaolan was a little upset because of the conflict just now. She learned from the staff that she was sitting in the seat that the man in the vest had occupied all along. When he was about to “teach her a lesson”, he was defeated in return, which made her so angry that she took her anger out on Mr. Li. She didn’t have the heart to continue playing games. She was here to accompany Yuanzi this time – her bestie wanted to take a popular photo and send it to someone she liked.

She wanted to call Judy, but the gamer’s addiction to video games had not yet been relieved. Before she knew it, Judy sat in front of the racing game and guaranteed to be the last one. Given her good skills, it was actually a pleasure to watch her control the car. After winning the undisputed first place, Judy put on her red fluffy coat and walked on the road with two students and a primary school student.

Miss Winnet had taken off her makeup. She changed her mask and pretended to be a passerby, walking behind them, but she didn’t stare at them, she just followed them.

At the fork in the road, Xiaolan and the others parted ways with Judy.

Seeing Conan leave, Miss Winnett felt more confident. She didn’t try to hide the fact that she was following him. A foreign woman like Judy, who was dressed lightly, was already very eye-catching. It was not dark yet, and there were many people on the street. She followed Judy, looking like a pervert. The bottom line was clear. She didn’t take pictures, nor did she follow too closely. She deliberately showed her flaws like a novice stalker. In the eyes of the experienced FBI, he must be just a passerby who wanted to take a closer look at a beautiful woman. This was how Kogoro looked to Winnett.

She turned at a familiar fork in the road to dispel Judy’s doubts. At the same time, she went into the alley, changed her face at the speed of light, put on her coat backwards, changed her wig, and followed Judy in another appearance until Judy entered a high-end apartment. Winette continued to walk forward, not in a hurry to find out the door number or remember the address.

After that, it was just routine.

Just like she did before, scouting, contacting, exploring living areas, and pursuing interpersonal relationships. No stalker is more professional than her, except that she doesn’t put stupid bugs and cameras. She was not in a hurry to complete all this, so she turned back home and was caught by Mingmei. She had to choose ski clothes, goggles and sleds. Winette thought she was going to Siberia, but she didn’t expect to prepare so many things. But London was the Siberia in her mind. There was nothing but potatoes and the cemetery where potatoes were planted.

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