Video Games: Starting From Resident Evil

Chapter 419 - 420: Rugal Appears Again

Looking at the tall figure in front of him, Aiden slowly stood up. "Rugal, it's you… heh, are you here to deliver my invitation?"

"What else would it be?" Rugal stopped about ten meters away from Aiden, shrugged casually, then crossed his arms in an arrogant posture.

After not seeing him for several months, his appearance had undergone earth-shaking changes. Especially on his bare arms, strange black patterns had appeared, and there was also a black Omega symbol on his forehead.

What's more, Aiden keenly noticed that under Rugal's feet, the dust that was almost invisible to the naked eye was floating in midair.

'Gravity control?'

He didn't expect this guy Rugal to be able to maintain Omega form in a normal state.

"So, the experiment succeeded?"

Aiden narrowed his eyes as he thought this, but there was no panic in his heart.

Behind him, Kusanagi Aoi and Yagami Tsukihime were staring at Rugal with vigilance. The Orochi power inside Rugal now had almost no concealment at all, and they could sense that terrifying strength from far away.

At this moment, Rugal lightly raised a finger, and a red invitation card floated up from behind him, slowly drifting toward Aiden.

Even though he knew Rugal was a man with some principles, Aiden still activated his profession first before catching the invitation.

Without even looking at it, Aiden stared at Rugal and said, "I hope you don't disappoint me, Rugal."

"That's my line." Rugal said coldly.

"Don't get eliminated before you even reach the finals. I really want to stomp you into the ground in front of hundreds of millions of viewers and make you beg me for mercy."

"That's really unfortunate, Rugal. My backbone is pretty stiff. Other than women, no one can make me lie down." Aiden smiled slightly and shook his head.

Rugal snorted. "Then let me be the first."

"That's not something you should say… it'd be better coming from your daughter." Aiden shook his head with mock regret.

"You're big and rough-looking, but I didn't expect your daughter to be quite pretty."

Trash talk, of course, meant attacking the opponent's most fragile and sensitive weak spot.

And his daughter, Rose, was Rugal's weak spot.

Sure enough, after hearing Aiden's words, Rugal's veins bulged all over his body, and the invisible black aura around him boiled like flames. Immediately after, the out-of-control gravity caused by his rage compressed the ground beneath his feet, leaving it caved in.

"If you dare set your sights on my daughter, I'll fight you to the death!" Rugal roared.

"Oh my, fight to the death? Let's not do that. If your daughter falls for me, wouldn't she become a widow before even getting married? No, wait, you can't beat me, so it'd be losing her father." Aiden continued speaking provocatively in a calm tone.

At the same time, he was estimating just how strong a normalized Omega Rugal really was.

But it seemed… not as strong as he had imagined.

'If he doesn't have any hidden trump cards, beating him wouldn't even require using the Martial God Kick…' Aiden thought to himself.

Just as he was thinking this, Rugal suddenly took several deep breaths, and then he actually calmed down.

"I know you're trying to provoke me. But defeating you here wouldn't be interesting. I'll properly teach you a lesson on the day of the tournament instead."

As he said this, Rugal clenched his teeth and added viciously, "But let me warn you, stay away from my daughter."

After the last tournament, Rugal had specifically investigated Aiden, but found nothing about his background. He only knew that Aiden was from Z Country.

Aside from that, the only thing he learned in some detail was that Aiden seemed to be extremely popular with women, so many that you couldn't count them on both hands.

At the time, he didn't think much of it, and even felt a bit of admiration. After all, Aiden had taken down those women in less than a month, so he figured Aiden must have some special ability that attracted women.

But now, that special ability made him feel a bit afraid, after all… he had a daughter.

After leaving behind that harsh warning, Rugal turned and left, his steps hurried, without any pause, as if he wanted to rush back and keep a closer eye on his daughter.

But at this moment, a teasing voice came from behind him. "Rugal, if possible, I wouldn't mind calling you Father-in-law!"

Hearing this, Rugal almost couldn't catch his breath. Without turning his head, he roared, "Get lost!"

Then his figure disappeared from Aiden's sight.

"He just ran off like that? I wasn't even done yet!" Aiden shook his head regretfully as he looked in the direction Rugal had vanished, muttering to himself.

That muttering was overheard by Yagami Tsukihime and the other two women who had come up behind him. Tsukihime said unhappily, "Aiden… you're not really interested in his daughter, are you?"

"How could that be? It was just trash talk." Aiden shook his head. Although in two more years Rose would definitely be a great beauty, but… uh…

Alright, it's not like he had no thoughts at all.

Still, even though that's what he was thinking, Aiden's expression was extremely serious. Seeing this, the three women didn't suspect anything and went back to training.

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With the final invitation delivered, it also meant the tournament had officially entered its countdown.

Over the next few days, Aiden stayed at the shrine and didn't go to see the other women. With the competition approaching, it was better not to disturb them.

He could also take this chance to rest for a few more days.

After these few days passed, Rugal also began his pre-tournament preparations. First, he invited media outlets that had long been eagerly waiting to handle publicity. Second, he arranged a large number of staff for reception and logistics.

Because this time, Rugal didn't plan to hold the tournament in Tokyo.

In fact, he didn't even plan to hold it on the ground.

With the media coverage, the fighters finally learned where this tournament would be held.

On a massive aerial airship.

It had to be said, Rugal really spared no expense. Last time he blew up an aircraft carrier, and this time he got himself an airship, his wealth was downright inhuman.

Still, Aiden had some doubts. With the power of these fighters, could an airship really withstand it? What if it got beaten to the point of disintegrating?

But thinking about some of the black technology in this world, maybe Rugal had a solution. After all, he definitely wouldn't allow any accidents during the tournament.

After thinking this through, Aiden felt a bit more at ease and began waiting for the day of the competition to arrive.

Soon, several more days passed, and the time came to the day before the tournament.

And on this day, as usual, it was the fighters' appearance ceremony.

It's just that this time, aside from reporters and fighters, no one else was invited.