These patrol officers really didn't want to get involved in matters concerning Martial artists.
At that moment, Mai, along with her parents and Hanzo also came out of the mall and walked over to Ryuji's side.
When Helena Douglas saw Mai, she paused for a moment. She actually knew about Mai, because one of the reasons she had come this time was to try and invite Mai to help her.
There weren't many female martial artists in this world to begin with and even fewer who could be hired with money. Mai was not only a female martial artists but also a legendary ninja rumored to take jobs for pay, so Helena had intended to give it a try.
After all, that matter…
But before she could think further, she saw Mai suddenly rush over and throw herself onto Ryuji, casting a strange look at her, one that clearly carried a hint of hostility.
Helena felt a bit guilty. She thought it was because she had delayed Ryuji's matters that Mai was displeased. What she didn't know was that Mai had witnessed everything from above, she just hadn't intervened because she trusted Ryuji's strength.
Mai's hostility toward Helena was actually very simple.
Ryuji had touched Helena's breasts!
He hadn't even touched hers yet since coming to this world and now he already touched this random woman's!
She was very unhappy!
So, feeling a bit jealous, Mai aggressively pressed her own breasts against Ryuji's arm, intending to erase the lingering sensation of Helena's breast with her own.
At the same time, Mai couldn't help sighing inwardly. Ryuji's luck with women was honestly terrifying. She had only looked away for a short while and he had already managed to attract two more beautiful girls.
He hadn't even been here a full day, and he'd already gotten involved with four rare beauties.
Mai genuinely felt a heavy pressure on her head.
So, she glanced at Helena's voluptuous figure, her breasts only slightly inferior to her own and then thought of Chun-Li, who surpassed her in other areas. Her teeth clenched.
Once I get my parents' and grandfather's approval, I'm going to squeeze Ryuji dry! So he won't have the energy to be so promiscuous!
She made up her mind.
Helena, completely unaware of this, was still thinking about her own affairs.
She was the daughter of Douglas, the founder of DOATEC group. Strictly speaking, she was his only child, an illegitimate daughter.
Her father was quite cold-hearted man with countless lovers, though only a few were relatively stable. Yet among all of them, only her mother had managed to bear him a child.
Despite her complicated feelings toward her father, she still loved both her father and mother deeply.
However, her father had been killed not long ago. She had originally thought that escaping to Japan with her mother would ensure their safety but the problem was that people within DOATEC didn't seem willing to let them go.
So she wanted to hire some skilled martial artists as bodyguards.
And because of the previous Dead or Alive tournament, she had developed a certain interest in ninjas, which was why she wanted to hire Mai Shiranui to personally protect her mother.
Of course, she wasn't only looking for female martial artists; she had also been contacting male martial artists as well.
Originally, she hadn't held much hope. Because according to earlier information, Mai would most likely go to South Town in America to help a man named Andy seek revenge. But for some reason, Andy had suddenly gotten married, so Helena decided to come and try her luck.
But now… it seemed like she had already offended them?
Helena felt a bit uneasy.
But looking at the powerful Ryuji, she pressed her lips together. Thinking of her gentle mother, she decided to give it a try.
"Um… Miss Mai, Mr. Ryuji, could we talk somewhere privately?"
She tried her best to appear harmless but Mai simply puffed out her chest.
"There's nothing to talk about, is there? You're the ones who let our enemy escape!"
Hearing this, Helena could only smile bitterly.
"I'm sorry, we really didn't know that before. But please rest assured, we will compensate you. And we would like to hire the two of you to protect my mother. Since Mr. Ryuji has already proven his strength, I'm willing to offer a price that satisfies you."
She knew she had acted rashly.
Meanwhile, Kyo and Iori were being helped up by their girlfriends, both staring up at the sky, clearly not wanting to get involved in this conversation.
After all, the hardest thing for people to admit is that they've been stupid.
And the two of them had just done something stupid.
Not only had they done something stupid but they had also gotten beaten up for it.
Twice.
They both planned to leave quietly. But they were so in sync that they turned around at the exact same time and immediately saw each other's pig-like faces.
Yes, pig faces.
Ryuji wouldn't go too hard on girls' faces, especially those with great figures and cute faces.
But men? Especially the first two who rushed in to stop him…
Iori looked at Kyo's pig-like face and couldn't help laughing. At this moment Kyo's eyes were mismatched, one big and one small, and his lips were swollen, it was just too ridiculous.
And Kyo couldn't hold back either, because Iori's hairstyle now sticking straight up. Normally, his hair was quite stylish, even if it was a bit edgy, at least it was cool. But now, paired with his pig-like swollen face, it looked ridiculous.
Then, both of their smiles vanished at the same time.
"You traitor of the Yagami clan, what are you laughing at?"
Kyo didn't really care much about family honor, but he just inexplicably disliked Iori. And having lost face in front of his girlfriend, he needed somewhere to vent.
"How boring. I laugh if I feel like it. And try saying that again if you dare."
Iori replied coldly but with his current appearance, it wasn't the least bit convincing.
So, the two of them quickly broke out into a fight, which attracted the patrol police. And because of their injuries, their fighting looked so sloppy that they were mistaken for ordinary street brawlers rather than martial artists.
As a result, their respective girlfriends could only watch helplessly as the two were handcuffed by the police and taken away, quietly getting into a car to head to the station and bail them out.
In fact, the three women even found common ground and struck up a friendship, leaving the two men sitting in separate isolation compartments with extremely complicated feelings.
That's right.
The two main protagonists of the King of Fighters got arrested for street fighting.
But this little episode didn't stop what was happening between Ryuji and Helena. While Kyo and Iori were throwing clumsy punches at each other, Mai crossed her arms and expressed her refusal to Helena.
"I'm not interested…"
But halfway through, she suddenly thought of her family's finances and quietly leaned closer to Ryuji's ear.
"Darling, do you still have any gold?"
Although they had connections, they still needed money for hospital repairs and other expenses. And the mountain behind their dojo also needed restoration, it wasn't just ancestral land, but also the training ground of the Shiranui-ryu. So it had to be repaired, which meant they were truly short on money.
As for asking Ryuji for money?
She already belonged to him, inside and out. Why would she care about something like that?
So Ryuji nodded.
But he had no interest in being a bodyguard. So he spoke plainly:
"Who do you want killed? How many? And where?"
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