Tokyo: Starting with the Gear-Conscious Male Gods!

Chapter 41 That powerful move you just used, you only used it after you saw my movements, right?

With two consecutive dashes, Shirakawa Yuta successfully ran in front of Kojima Masahiro, and he quickly unleashed a short combo of rising dragons on the keyboard and joystick.

Kojima Masahiro was caught off guard and was sent flying by Shirakawa Yuta.

But the story doesn't end there. The moment Kojima Masahiro's Mad Dog landed, Shirakawa Yuta followed up with another Sunflower Triple Combo, severely depleting Kojima Masahiro's health and launching a magnificent counterattack!

"Beautiful!" someone in the audience couldn't help but shout.

Masako Takahashi looked at the health bar on the screen and her clenched fist loosened slightly.

After that combo, Shirakawa Yuta's health had caught up, and even surpassed it!

Masahiro Kojima paused for a moment, then whispered, "Using light effects to trick the rising dragon? Not bad judgment, but if that's all you have, it'll be hard to defeat me."

Yuta Shirakawa didn't reply; his attention was completely focused on the screen.

The battle just now made him realize something: his opponent's reaction speed wasn't fast.

No, it's not that I'm unhappy.

However, compared to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old like him, Masahiro Kojima's reaction was indeed somewhat slow.

After all, office workers in their thirties often work overtime and stay up late every day, so their physical functions and reaction speed have long passed their peak, and their reactions will naturally become slower.

The battle continued, and Shirakawa Yuta seized on his opponent's weakness of not being able to keep up with his reactions, and began to make targeted attempts, trying to rush into his opponent's vicinity and clash head-on with his reactions.

In close-quarters combat, whoever reacts faster and blocks more will naturally have a greater advantage in health.

However, after only two rounds of fighting, Masahiro Kojima's rich combat experience came into play, and he keenly grasped Yuta Shirakawa's intentions.

If it were ten years ago, when he was still young, he would naturally be fearless and would choose to fight his opponent head-on, letting them know how he got the title of "Mad Dog Master".

But now he has to admit that he is indeed getting old, especially since he couldn't dodge the rising dragon attack that the opponent just unleashed after releasing special effects. He no longer has the ability to react in a head-on clash with the opponent.

However, this does not mean that he has no way to deal with it.

After gaining two advantages, Shirakawa Yuta wanted to press his advantage and wear down his opponent using this method to win the game in one fell swoop.

But Masahiro Kojima's actions showed him what it meant to be delusional and daydream.

Every time he thought he had found an opening and could rush in to unleash a combo and exchange some health with his opponent, Masahiro Kojima always managed to deflect Yuta Shirakawa's attacks in the simplest and most effective way.

He never pursues fancy combos, nor is he greedy for moves. He takes advantage of any opportunity and runs away when there is none.

He never makes a move when he shouldn't; every action is clean and precise, as if it had been calculated.

This is the unique playing style of veteran players: using experience to counter reaction time and using awareness to compensate for hand speed.

The two tormented and tested each other for nearly thirty seconds, their health points alternating in the lead, neither able to unleash a decisive combo.

But it was clear to everyone that Shirakawa Yuta's offensive rhythm was being gradually dragged into the opponent's trap.

"This student is being slowly boiled like a frog in water."

The audience member who recognized Masahiro Kojima earlier frowned and said, "Masahiro Kojima's defense is too solid. He doesn't get a chance to unleash a combo. He's slowly chipping away at his health."

The person next to him chimed in, "That's right, and every time Masahiro Kojima counters, it hurts terribly. Even though it's not a combo, every punch and kick is real damage."

Masako Takahashi clenched her hands again in the audience, while Tsukizuru Hoshino, standing beside her, crossed his arms and frowned as he looked at the stage.

Unlike the chubby kid from before, Shirakawa Yuta had deliberately taken a lot of attacks, which is why his health dropped so quickly.

This time, however, they truly lost the battle.

The immense pressure from the other party was palpable even to those far away in the audience.

The situation remained deadlocked, with both players' health points reduced to about one-third.

After missing his combo yet again, Shirakawa Yuta took a deep breath, as if he knew where the problem lay.

greedy!

He's too greedy!

Every time you make a move, you think about following up with the Sunflower Triple Combo to deal maximum damage. This greedy idea not only fails to achieve any effect, but also gives the opponent an opportunity to add a light punch or light kick during the gaps in their combo.

It may not seem to have much effect in the short term, but if done repeatedly, the accumulated damage can be quite significant.

His current low health is the best proof of that.

Since we can't connect, we won't connect.

Yuta Shirakawa suddenly changed the rhythm, controlling the mad dog to stop pressing forward and instead controlling the character to take two steps back, to escape the space where the two were entangled and find another way.

Kojima Masahiro narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched the other party's actions. He hadn't expected Shirakawa Yuta to react so quickly; he had originally thought he could exhaust the opponent a little more.

But that's about enough!

Masahiro Kojima glanced at the energy bar that had been accumulating at the top of the screen and launched a fierce attack. He wouldn't let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Place your finger on A and press it down hard!

Yuta Shirakawa caught a glimpse of the other person's sudden increase in intensity out of the corner of his eye, and instinctively felt something was wrong. In a flash, he guessed what the other person was going to do!

This is an ultimate move, absolutely an ultimate move!

However, because of the step he had just taken, he was at a distance that was neither too close nor too far. He couldn't interrupt him, nor could he dodge him. In an instant, Shirakawa Yuta was almost in a life-or-death situation.

However, there was a solution. A fierce glint flashed in Shirakawa Yuta's eyes, and the moment the other person pressed the button, his hand also pressed down in the same spot.

Two posters of mad dogs appeared on the screen at the same time.

The next second, the two mad dogs pounced on each other at the same time, tearing at each other wildly, with each attack being canceled out by the other.

Masahiro Kojima's pupils suddenly contracted, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Yuta Shirakawa in disbelief.

Yuta Shirakawa was so startled that he broke out in a cold sweat, and the back of his clothes became soaked.

If it weren't for his quick reaction—well, if it weren't for the equipment that made his reaction even faster, even if it were just 0.01 seconds slower—he'd probably be lying on the ground by now.

However, the match wasn't over yet, and it wasn't time to summarize. Shirakawa Yuta focused his mind and continued to control the joystick and buttons.

Perhaps the impact of the clash of ultimate moves was too great for Masahiro Kojima, because he made frequent mistakes in the following battle and was quickly defeated by Yuta Shirakawa's increasingly fierce offensive.

Masahiro Kojima stared blankly at the word "KO" appearing on the screen, sitting there motionless like a statue.

Several seconds later, he let out a long breath, put down the joystick, stood up, and turned to look at Shirakawa Yuta.

There was no resentment in his eyes, but rather an inexplicable sense of relief.

"That powerful move you just used, you only used it after you saw my movements, right?"