Chapter 3: A Rival's Sacrifice
Back at UE Letre branch, Hunyo finally teaches his students in both Karate and Self-Defense as both Lee and Mr. Sakyo are watching the practice.
"I see, you let Rhima and the others go to Bangkok. It reminds me of all of my trips in abroad."
"Fortunately, I've never travel aboard like you and Hunyo." Lee said as he chuckles. "The only trip that I could go is my mansion at the Bahamas. But now all kinds of danger is now ahead of me not spending time at my mansion."
"Wow, in Bahamas...?" Mr. Sakyo surprised as both Brian and Hwoarang came with a pack of bowls of noodles for a snack break.
"Hey, Hunyo... want some noodles..."
"Brian..." Hunyo said as he tells his students. "Okay, everybody enough for the practice... we have some noodle break, dig in..."
As all of his students eat some noodles which Hwoarang was shocked to see them eating and he reminds his friends in the tournament.
"Hey old man... are you sure about this much noodles for everyone?"
"I just take a credit for the dean of this university after our efforts to defeat DIRGE." Brian smirked as he looked at Hunyo with glare. "Seems like you became troubled today?"
"Actually..."
When Hunyo tells them about his current situation, he becomes horrified after hearing he was gone after him.
"My goodness... how come that bastard came here in this university to search for you? What's his business...?" Brian said in a cold look on his face.
"If you look at the guy? His eyes are much worser than the ones Feng Wei has." Lee said in serious tone.
"Uhh... old Panganiban... can I asked you?" Hwoarang asked calmly which Hunyo slurps the noodles and replies.
"What is it?"
"About Kazama... what happened to him? I just saved him from a grenade explosion in Arab and I lost my right eye. I wanted to help him escape, but I lost consciousness because of the explosion." Hwoarang said sadly which Hunyo remembers the time he had already traveled to the world of Tekken while investigating the events happened so far and he already saw the vision of what happened to him.
"..."
"Hunyo, is something wrong?" Brian asked worried.
"That's when I traveled to your place, Lee. I ended up in the desert and it's town of Arab to investigate things. But I saw many visions happened there." Hunyo said telling Lee about their current situation.
"That's the time where I fixed Alisa at Violet Systems..." Lee said knowing of his situation.
"Can you tell me what happened to Kazama after I collapsed? I got frustrated because I'm not done fighting with him yet after I defeated his devil form." Hwoarang said angrily wanting to know more which makes Hunyo coldly looked at him in upset.
"You want to know more about it, right. You don't know exactly what your rival's current condition was. I know he did something wrong when he made a global war at your place. How can you beat that person who's comatose body was taken by the UN and his devil powers awakens him in a weaken state so that he could barely escape in the desert? Despite his condition, you don't know how weak Jin has become."
"...!"
"What did you say, Hunyo?"
"That's when before Lars rescues him in Arab until he recuperates at my company's medical facility to recover from his coma." Lee said as he closes his eyes. "He told me that Jin's battle with Azazel takes his toll and he remains out cold in two days until Nina and the Tekken Force attacked the facility but I made a trap for them when I managed to hijack their helicopter while Jin was still remained in the stretcher."
"You mean... Kazama... was?"
"You people like Rhima's age still don't even know what is happening here?" Hunyo remarked rudely as he sadly tells him. "Jin was in a comatose after he defeated Azazel. I know you and that pigtailed girl don't even know his plans that he made that war to awaken that monster so that he could sacrifice himself to destroy it."
"No way..." Hwoarang surprised horribly after Hunyo reveals Jin's plans in the previous game as he continuously tells him.
"I know you found him when you defeated him in his devil form in Arab. But in the girl's case, she tries so hard to find his whereabouts at the old bastard's main base but does not know about his current condition for being in a coma."
"I don't believe it... I didn't know Kazama would ended up like this...?" Hwoarang said and became horrified after hearing about his rival's current condition as the flashback occurs.
Flashback:
As Hwoarang defeats Devil Jin who finally reverted back into Jin as the black feathered wings disappears in a purple haze. He becomes frustrated as he points an index finger towards his rival who is on the ground.
"What's the point in beating up a monster like you?" Hwoarang noticed a gunshot to his surprise. "What!?"
Hwoarang noticed two Arab soldiers are there as one of them threw a grenade as Hwoarang throw his rival to keep away from being exploded but lost his right eye in the process. He saw his rival barely escape but being in hot pursuit by the Arab soldiers. He wanted to help him but he loses consciousness.
Flashback over:
Hwoarang eventually punches through the ground after hearing of what happened to his rival and became angrily frustrated.
"He's an idiot... how could he didn't tell us about this sooner when he started that dumb war? Xiaoyu would be crying if she found out he was in a comatose just like what happened to my master."
"So he saved Jin from a grenade explosion? What a risk taker?" Brian said knowing of his sacrifice.
"I never realized this will happened to him... He's so stupid..." Hwoarang gritted emotionally as Hunyo tells him in a sigh.
"You don't have to be frustrated, red head. Jin was still alive. If wasn't for Lars, he would be captured by those Arab soldiers. They even mistaken me as him."
"What!?"
"Since the old bastard was killed by his own son, Jin was fully recovered from his coma and he vows to kill his own father at the end." Hunyo said knowing of his condition. "I'm sure if you see him again, you would beat the crap out of him for all the causes he had done previously."
"Old Panganiban... now I finally know what happened to Kazama. I've ever seen him like this. If I tell Xiaoyu about Kazama, she would be hysterical and devastated." Hwoarang said sadly as he thanked him. "But I thanked you for telling me this."
"I'm not such a predicament moron to know more about this. But I finally know of the current state of your place." Hunyo smirked as Brian steps in.
"About that person Lee was saying? Sounds like you were hunted by someone?"
"That person Lee mentioned is Geese Howard." Hunyo said much to Brian's horrible surprise.
"Geese Howard, you mean he's from SNK? What the hell he's doing here?"
"That's the guy seeks out Hunyo. I believe that person was released from the leader of the criminal organization." Lee said and he tells them. "Our mission right now, is to located its Philippine branch."
"What kind of a criminal orgnaization? We already beat DIRGE into a dirtbag?" Brian reacted in a strict tone as Lee reveals it.
"DIRGE is already disbanded. But this organization called themselves from Arias Verde."
"Arias Verde, the group's name sounds like in Valley Verde." Brian said remarking about the group's name.
"If it's a thrill journey... I can go with this." Hwoarang smirked.
"Hunyo let Rhima and the others to travel to Bangkok to find its main base. I believe it's up to us to deal their branch." Lee smirked nicely.
"You can follow us tomorrow, Brian. I heard from Rolento that our old comrade just going to Pradera Verde for a water fun." Hunyo said telling him.
"Say old man, we could follow the old Panganiban to his trail. I want to see that place he's talking about."
"Still spunky like a person with disability. Very well, we could follow Hunyo anytime as possible. Then we'll go to Rolento's beach house." Brian said making Hwoarang excited.
"All right..."
"Guess we'll wake up very early like you did today, Hunyo." Lee said calmly as Hunyo raises his fist.
"Yeah... it's most important thing to avoid rush hours."
At Rolento's home within the Sharky Beach Resort when the song Careless Whispers has been played, Rolento was seen playing the Batman Telltales as King II is with him watching the romantic scene between Bruce Wayne and Selena Kyle after the latter treats his shoulder injury.
"Those two are meant for each other are they?" Rolento asked to himself as both watch their conversations as King replies.
"I like to see how those two would hooked up."
Both actually saw them kissing until they are about to make out at the sofa as Selena tried to convince Bruce to unzipped her catsuit which the former tells her that he could only watch as Selena unzipped her catsuit to reveal her black bra underneath.
"Come on, old Wayne... It's better to unzipped her suit not to let yourself watch her unzipping her own suit..." Rolento complained angrily as King roars in delight while raising both of his fists.
When Bruce finally gives in to his romance towards Selena as he carries her to his room to continue their romantic privacy within their sexual relationship. Rolento became disappointed to see the whole scene of the game.
"Dang it, if it has a closer picture to see them romantically, I want to see it more clearly..."
"Just reminds me how Kikay and I did something privately back there." King said as he roars like a jaguar happily.
At Brian's house, Hwoarang is packing his things and he is ready to go and he takes a peek to see Brian was already done packing and he was playing a shooting game.
"Well oh well... I cleared up the whole thing. But unlike other schoolgirls they are in their underwear once it was cleared. This girl named Rurika only wears both a loose button shirt and panties once the space rocket strips her entire uniform into shreds."
"Old man! What are you playing? Is that an adult game?" Hwoarang reacted in embarrassment as he saw him playing the shooting game.
"It doesn't matter I'm older, Hwoarang... younger men like you would never play such as this..." Brian said as he continues playing the game to beat the boss but stripping Rurika's clothes to make her nude causing Hwoarang to get a nose bleed.
"This sucks... now my nose are totally bleeding..."
"I finally beat the boss professionally... It's pathetic if it has censors. Some games like this are trying enjoy themselves in public without it." Brian commented while trying to scroll out the whole picture after clearing the boss stage as Hwoarang tried to uncover both of his hands as he takes a peek on Rurika's naked body which it was scrolled out by him, his nose continues to bleed.
"Damn you old man... don't ever played that stupid game? I would imagine if Xiaoyu did something sentimental towards Kazama privately. He would be reluctant to do "that"."
"Seems like you brought up by yourself, Hwoarang...? That's the reason why Crimson was laughing at you." Brian said smiling as he gives a tissue napkin to him. "Here take the tissue..."
"Oh, thank you..." Hwoarang said thankfully in disappointment as he put the tissue napkin to cover his nose.
Back at Bangkok, the Hiace drove straight ahead to its Skyway and they were surprised to see the whole road are the same as in the expressway.
"Wow... it was so fast..." Josie said surprisingly.
"Because it was the same as in the expressway now. I guess the Head of State was the one who planned to construct this place without traffic jams." Margie said explaining.
"I ever seen this place has full of freeways." Lars amused nicely about the place as Jin remarked rudely.
"It's just like in Japan. Too bad that Rhima was in the driver's seat."
"Don't feel upset, Jin... I know you don't want you and Rhima got separated like the last time. I'm guessing this caretaker seems to know about her." Lars said telling him as Reggie encourages him.
"She will be okay...? I'm sure the old guy would never have a bite on her."
At the driver's seat, the caretaker was impressed to see Rhima became a fine woman as he reminisced about their one month family vacation.
"It has been eight years since you came with your family to take a month vacation here in Bangkok. How's your father doing?"
"He is fine..."
"And your brother?"
"He died in a car accident..." Rhima said making him feel upset.
"Oh I'm so sorry... my condolences..."
"After my brother's death, everything were still normal." Rhima said sadly.
"Tell you something, Rhima? I ever seen you had foreign friends with you. Normally here in Thailand, foreigners like them are working in building companies here in Bangkok and others were just finding someone to have a nice wife." The caretaker said nicely.
"Actually, me, Reggie, Josie and Ms. Margie were Filipinos while Jin is Japanese and Lars is a half-breed. It's very complicated..."
"You were very lucky to have a Japanese guy around with you. It reminds me how Hunyo would look like in his youth." The caretaker said as he tells her. "Hold on tight, we're going to take right curve..."
The Hiace continues to move to the right in the longest curve as it went straight ahead through the Krungthep Road.
Trivia:
*Hwoarang's flashback is taken from his ending in the character episode of Tekken 7.
*Rolento is revealed to be a big fan of Batman and he was seen playing the latest game Batman Telltales as the romantic scene between both Batman and Catwoman came from Episode 3.
*King II's roars are taken by its predecessor, King I while doing one of his default win animations.
*Brian is revealed to be playing the hentai game, Sentimental Shooting and the girl he usually shoots is Rurika.
*Hwoarang also references the infamous intimate scene between Jin and Xiaoyu in TJSC25's Love Story when he scolds Brian not to play any adult games.