Rugal's body—fused with technology and dark power—began crumbling inch by inch, unable to withstand the opposing divine flames.
Those electronic eyes, once filled with madness and the desire for dominion, now held only endless defiance and bewilderment.
Even in death, he couldn't understand... why someone this broken, this unfair, could possibly exist!
Our protagonist Cloud, upholding the fine tradition that "villains die from talking too much, and looting must be done fast," took advantage of the "Final Boss's" last few seconds before complete disintegration.
He lunged forward with eager hands—not sinful, but industrious hands of a dedicated "scavenger."
[Ding! Target Omega Rugal's vital signs approaching zero... Emergency Plunder initiated!]
[Plunder... Successful!]
[Congratulations, Host! You have obtained:]
Special Bloodline: Blood of Orochi (High-Grade Fragment)
Skill Book: Dark Martial Arts Collection (Complete)
Equipment: Omega Enhancement Module (Damaged)
Special Item: Orochi Soul Crystal x1
[System Notice: Due to the host already possessing Kusanagi and Yagami dual bloodlines, the newly acquired Orochi bloodline has been automatically harmonized! Creating unique variant: Blood of the Three Fires!]
Cloud felt three different yet harmonious flames surge through his meridians.
The sacred golden flames of Kusanagi.
The destructive purple flames of Yagami.
And now... the primordial, chaos-born dark flames of Orochi.
Three fires as one. Supreme without equal.
[Congratulations, Host! Bloodline evolution complete!]
[New Bloodline: Primordial Flame of the Three Pillars (Legendary, Growable)]
[Absolute Domain ceiling raised! Current maximum potential: 85%]
Cloud watched Rugal's final atoms scatter into the wind, his satisfaction immeasurable.
System, you beautiful thing. This is what I call efficient farming!
"NOOOOO!!!"
The anguished cry came from the shadows.
Mature, who had retreated to observe, watched her master disintegrate—her composure finally cracking. Yet when her gaze fell upon Cloud, that flash of grief transformed into something else entirely.
Devotion. Hunger. And something far more unsettling.
The Divine Child has claimed Lord Rugal's power...
He is ascending.
I must... serve.
She vanished into the darkness, her departure promising this was far from over.
...
The barrier surrounding the Tokyo Dome flickered and died with Rugal's demise.
Medics rushed in. Cameras flashed. The crowd—who had watched the entire boss battle on the stadium screens—erupted into chaos and celebration simultaneously.
Kyo supported his slowly-recovering father.
Iori lay in a crater, smoking and twitching, but alive.
And Cloud stood in the center of it all, championship trophy somehow still in one hand, the other brushing dust from his shoulder.
"Well then."
He looked around at the destruction, the defeated villain, the rescued father, the traumatized rival.
"Same time next year?"
Kyo stared at him.
Iori groaned from his crater.
Saisyu blinked slowly, clearly still processing how he'd spent the past few months as a puppet.
The commentators were screaming something about "the most dramatic KOF finale in history."
And somewhere in the stands, Mai Shiranui shook her head with a fond smile, already mentally preparing for the inevitable chaos that followed Cloud everywhere he went.
"Defending champion Cloud has done it again, folks! Not just winning KOF 95, but defeating the resurrected Omega Rugal and saving the world! Is there anything this man can't do?!"
Cloud posed for the cameras, golden flames flickering artistically around his raised fist.
Yeah, he thought. I really am kind of broken, aren't I?
But hey—that's what transmigrating with a cheat system was all about.
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