Suiryu had been unleashing a fierce, relentless assault on Yoru Machi when a trace of disdain had just appeared on his face at Yoru Machi's words.
But he quickly discovered that the character Yoru Machi controlled had vanished beneath his fists. When she reappeared, the red-capped little girl was already right in front of him.
Seeing the red-capped little girl flash toward him, Suiryu instinctively threw out a sweeping kick.
Yet as a gust of wind swept past, the crouching little girl easily dodged his sweeping kick.
And the instant the red-capped little girl evaded it, her tiny pink fist, clenched tight, struck Suiryu's game character in a flash.
"Kidō Hakuda: Single Bone!"
What looked like an ordinary straight punch sent Suiryu's character flying straight to the edge of the screen, while his health bar instantly dropped by a third.
In truth, that was only because this was a game. If it had been reality, Suiryu, having taken Yoru Machi's Single Bone head-on, might not have been able to get back up.
Reality was reality, and games were games. Although the sensors allowed the game characters to synchronize their movements, both sides' stats were brought to the same level for the sake of fairness.
So even the Bald Demon King could not achieve a one-punch instant kill in this fighting game.
Seeing a single attack that triggered "Weak Point Attack" strip away a third of his health bar, while his prolonged barrage had failed to scratch even a sliver of Yoru Machi's health, Suiryu was extremely unwilling to accept it.
"That was just a momentary lapse on my part. Next, I'll..."
Though he had been sent flying by one blow, Suiryu still did not believe it was because he was less skilled. He merely thought he had been careless for