Chapter 414: Terry's Troubles Have Just Begun
Cheng Tian's thick "Bible" automatically opened in his hand, and its pages began to turn on their own without any external interference. The rustling sound made December feel increasingly agitated.
"An ultimatum. Will you surrender?"
Whether it was an illusion or not, Cheng's voice wasn't just entering her ears; it was reverberating in her mind, as if infused with some kind of spiritual power.
Cheng Tian's answer was December abandoning her curled-up posture and instead zipping around the cell like a high-speed bouncy ball thrown with great force.
Almost instinctively, December figured out what Cheng Tian intended to do, but in a cell capable of holding a super-powered dinosaur, all she could do was use the relatively spacious area to try and evade.
But it was all in vain. When an invisible ray shot from Cheng Tian's brightly glowing forehead, December instantly lost speed and fell as if struck by lightning, bumping into the metal bars like a rolling gourd, creating a loud bang that made Bazett instinctively flinch.
About five or six seconds later, December, who was sprawled on the ground, began to regain clarity in her dazed and muddled eyes.
At the same time, in a luxurious penthouse suite of a high-end hotel near the main KOF tournament venue, a man—who, even indoors, was still dressed in a complete, custom-tailored, all-red uniform resembling a general's attire—suddenly frowned.
Because a mind-control touchpoint in his brain had been deactivated.
"Who could it be…?"
The man's fingers tapped repeatedly on the tabletop, seemingly without force, yet leaving increasingly deep and clear indentations on the table.
On the other side, December, struggling to her feet, began to clutch her head, enduring piercing pain. But as the pain subsided, her memories became clearer, and the memories and traumas from a series of cruel experiments began to surge from the depths of her mind like a rising tide.
Clap!
The sound of the large book closing made December instinctively turn her head, and at that moment, she suddenly found Cheng Tian's entire face and features quite pleasing to the eye.
A DEBUFF representing "Enslavement" was openly displayed on December's status bar, though she didn't appear to be enslaved.
Undoubtedly, 『Dominate』 had succeeded.
As Vega's personal guard and a Cammy clone, December (Decapre)'s template was only Champion-level, making her an easy target for Cheng Tian's technique. However, interestingly, Cheng Tian's "Dominate Enslavement" DEBUFF directly overwrote Vega's "Psycho Power Erosion" DEBUFF that was previously on December's head.
A single unit can only be enslaved by one person at a time; the scenario of two remote controls fighting over a TV won't happen. In this case, it was a pure contest of mental power.
Of course, this time there wasn't a mental battle like the one with the Main Brain; instead, Vega's brainwashing was easily overwritten by Cheng Tian's enslavement.
Originally, Vega's Psycho Power brainwashing was a form of mental erosion that required repeated recharging and refreshing of the BUFF, not a permanent personality alteration. Moreover, if it encountered individuals with high mental power or exceptionally strong willpower, they could even break free from the brainwashing themselves.
In terms of control, Vega's 『Psycho Power Erosion』 was a level below Cheng Tian's 『Dominate』.
Cheng Tian's Dominate had already reached the wicked extent of complete brainwashing!
Regarding personal reputation between Cheng Tian and December, it had skyrocketed from hostile to Friendly 1/1500, and with the removal of brainwashing and the recovery of memories, the reputation value continued to jump up periodically.
This change in reputation would not revert even if the Dominate effect was actively removed later, unless Cheng Tian did a series of things that deeply disappointed December.
Vega's brainwashing of December focused on control and hatred for Cammy, but these cruel methods also had extreme negative impacts on December!
So much so that after the brainwashing effect wore off, December's hatred for Vega was like a fermented herring can that had swelled up, ready to burst into a shower of fish at the slightest poke.
"Vega should be here too, right? Where is he hiding?"
Cheng Tian asked December, whose mind and vision were clearer than ever before.
"He is, but now that the brainwashing is lifted, given that devil's caution, he should already be changing locations and purging his subordinates," December said, enduring the pain, her mind clear but her emotions, lost due to the experiments, not yet recovered.
"Does that mean his base is empty?"
Hearing this news, Cheng Tian's eyes lit up instead.
"You want to…"
"Yes!"
"…Then let's go now, while my personal guard authority probably hasn't been revoked yet."
Revenge gleamed in December's eyes… As the saying goes, plans are no match for swift changes. Originally, Cheng Tian intended to focus on NESTS, but since he now had December as a time-limited insider, he naturally had to make the most of her, extracting as much as possible from Shadaloo before her usefulness expired.
And this type of action was clearly not suitable for live television broadcast.
In fact, before contacting December, Cheng Tian hadn't forgotten to hand an invitation to Eileen, and at this moment, the live broadcast naturally switched to Eileen's perspective.
Of course, the TV station had been replaying the daytime fighting footage all night.
Especially the Women's Fighter Team, after brilliant editing and purposefully amplified shots, had clearly surpassed many late-night soft-core programs in viewership.
Originally, such a situation would certainly incur mental disgust and physical protest from the female fighters; none of them were pushovers.
However, various circumstances had them all cornered one by one.
Mai Shiranui no longer cared about her wardrobe malfunctions; her attention was entirely focused on the feminized Terry.
This childhood sweetheart dynamic, having been together since the orphanage, made Mai Shiranui feel a severe sense of crisis.
If Big Brother Terry's feminized form were ugly, it would be one thing, but she was so beautiful that even Mai, as a woman, felt quite smitten. Even though Terry had solemnly stated that he had absolutely no such inclination, Mai Shiranui's sense of crisis couldn't be appeased in the slightest!
This wasn't some surgery for Terry; it was a magical and complete transformation.
But the subsequent troubles involved were not something that could be explained in a few words.
And so, Terry, who had already separated from Andy and moved into a private room, now walked out of the bathroom, trembling, holding the phone as if making a crucial decision, bravely dialing a string of numbers.
"…Terry?"
Blue Mary's voice, clearly suppressing some emotion, came from the other end of the line.
"Mary, it's me. Only you can help me now…"
"What is it? Tell me!"
Mary's expression on the other end became serious.
However, after a deeper psychological struggle, Terry finally asked, with trembling lips:
"…Can you teach…teach me…how to use a sanitary pad?"
After saying this, Terry collapsed onto the floor as if all his strength had been drained.