Jodie was unaware of the commotion beside her. She looked at the deeply shaken Mouri Ran and smiled mysteriously. "For girls, this game really is a little difficult. How about..."
Before she could finish, Mouri Ran suddenly looked up. At some point, her gentle eyes had turned fierce and menacing.
Even Jodie's heart skipped a beat, and the rest of her words died in her throat.
The next instant, as the old-man character on the other side advanced with his fists raised, Mouri Ran let out a sharp cry and threw a punch!
She yanked the control stick with a creak, nearly breaking it, and the female warrior being attacked on the screen threw a punch as well. Her fist cut through the air with a streak of white light and slammed heavily into the old-man character's face with a bang. The man, who had looked so arrogant just moments ago, went rolling through the air, and his health bar visibly dropped.
Mouri Ran stamped her foot, then leaped into a kick. Her fists and feet rained down like a storm. The old-man character rolled about on the ground, his face turning increasingly blue, until he was sent flying once more and scraped across the floor, unable to get back up.
Huge golden words appeared on the screen: "You win!"
Jodie: "..."
Jodie: "???"
Seeing her expression, Suzuki Sonoko burst out laughing. "You might not know this, but Ran has won plenty of Karate championships!"
Jodie: "..." She knew that, but in her impression, high school girls' Karate was little more than flashy moves. She had not expected...
She was trying hard to put on an appreciative smile when a dark-skinned male character with a high ponytail suddenly appeared on the screen.
The dark-skinned character raised a hand and pointed