If it had been simple joystick controls, he and Baldy would have been evenly matched. He had chosen to cooperate purely out of luck, thinking that maybe the other guy would somehow get lucky and win.
But with motion-sensor controls, this fighting game tested more than just their gaming skills.
Obviously, just as Baldy believed he had victory in the bag, Yoru Machi was also full of confidence.
If it were a real-life fight, then honestly, even as he was now, he had absolutely no confidence in facing the Bald Demon King.
But games were different. So what if sensor controls could synchronize the player's movements with the character? Fighting games emphasized balance. Could a character in the game possibly have Baldy's ridiculously overpowered stats?
Compared to ordinary joystick controls, sensor controls certainly allowed Baldy to make better use of his strength.
But in that regard, Yoru Machi had an even greater advantage than Baldy!
Having broken his body's limiter, Baldy's physical abilities—whether speed, strength, defense, or anything else—had already reached bug-level standards.
But those absurdly overpowered parameters could not be fully transferred onto a game character. What mattered now were Combat Skills and combat awareness, and in those areas, Yoru Machi believed he was stronger than Baldy!
One million yen! If he split it with Baldy, he would only get five hundred thousand yen. Now that he could keep it all for himself, why would he refuse?
Because the prize money had increased tenfold, more contestants joined, and the tournament schedule became much longer.
But Blizzard and the others who had not entered also noticed that the experts Yoru Machi had singled out earlier had all advanced through the preliminaries with unstoppable momentum, cutting their way through the competition all the way to the quarterfinals.
During the quarterfinals, Yoru