Seeing Yang stand up just like that, Chun-Li and the others beside him were so surprised their mouths fell open.
Or rather, Chun-Li especially.
Watching Yang come back to full health straight from the brink of death, Chun-Li, after a brief moment of stupor, couldn’t help but step right up in front of Yang and start groping him up and down.
Feeling Yang’s muscles—much thinner now, yet still firm—and then feeling the left arm that had been so badly broken, sinews snapped, with even the splintered bone exposed to the air…
After confirming that the thing had actually already healed, Chun-Li said, her face full of disbelief: “Isn’t it supposed to take a hundred days for injured sinews and bones to mend…?
Your heart had even stopped beating back then—how have you recovered all at once like this?!
Are you really sure there won’t be any aftereffects?” “Relax, there won’t be.” Yang shook his head.
Although it looked as though it had been done in an instant, in truth, with Ingrid’s help, the Sun Crest had already completed the realignment and knitting-together of his bones while Yang was still asleep.
After Yang awoke, all that was needed was to convert it directly into life energy, and the recovery was swiftly accomplished.
Reasonable as it was, having personally undergone this process of complete healing, even Yang himself couldn’t help but marvel—how over-the-top~ Having confirmed that Yang was truly fine, everyone headed together to the restaurant hall.
And what came as something of a surprise to Yang was that— the people who came into view were none other than Go Hibiki and Dan Hibiki of the Hibiki Dojo.
Hearing someone approach, the father and son, who had been sitting in their seats waiting, swiftly rose to their feet.
But upon seeing that Sagat was among those who had come, the expressions of the pair instantly turned exceptionally stiff.
After all, just two days earlier Sagat had gone to the Hibiki Dojo to challenge it and collect protection money.
After Go Hibiki, nursing a grudge, ambushed him and blinded one of his eyes, Sagat had very nearly been driven by rage to kill Go Hibiki outright.
Although in the end, with the intervention of Yang and Chun-Li, Go Hibiki kept his life, he was no less gravely injured.
In the present situation, even setting aside the saying that “when enemies meet, their eyes burn red,” it was foreseeable that, upon spotting Sagat, the atmosphere in the room would grow extremely tense.
Sagat’s expression was as usual, without any reaction, but gazing at Sagat, Go Hibiki’s face was clearly somewhat stiff.
Only, as an adult of deep experience, Go Hibiki could still control his temper to a certain degree—but as for the still-young and hot-blooded Dan Hibiki…
Looking at Sagat, Dan Hibiki’s displeasure and irritation were practically written all over his face.
Indeed, he was itching all over to walk right up and have it out properly with Sagat, but, held in check by Go Hibiki’s stern gaze beside him, his face was full of bitterness and reluctance.
Go Hibiki calmed himself a little, then bowed toward Yang and said: “You’ve finally woken.
I’ve already heard from Dan—had you not appeared in time back then, by now I might well have lost my life.
And in order to protect me, you even suffered grave injuries…
Seeing that you’re all right now, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.” So saying, Go Hibiki hurriedly picked up the parcel at his side and, his face full of respect, presented it before Yang, saying, “I came this time specifically to express my thanks.
Being newly arrived, I had nothing presentable to offer, so I brought some gifts from my hometown.” Actually, at the very start, Go Hibiki had planned to directly offer a gift that better represented his sincerity— Money.
But on reflection, for a martial artist of this caliber, so-called wealth—if not exactly there for the taking—was certainly beyond what a second-rate martial artist like himself could imagine.
Rather than that, it was better to be straightforward and put it a different way.
“If there’s anything I can be of use for, please feel free to say so!” Go Hibiki bowed toward Yang and said, “So long as it can be done, I will do my utmost to accomplish it, even at the cost of my life!” “Me too!” Dan followed with a bow of thanks.
Though he found Sagat displeasing to look at, Dan Hibiki was nonetheless very respectful toward Yang.
After all, had Yang not suddenly appeared, his father would surely have died with lasting regret.
Sensing the father and son’s heartfelt gratitude, Yang chuckled softly and said, “There’s really no need to be so solemn—I merely drew my blade to help when I saw injustice on the road…
As for the gift, that won’t be necessary.” Yang said, “You’ve only just come to Hong Kong to open a dojo—this is precisely when you need money…” “No, no, no, it really is just some local specialties from my hometown.” At this, Go Hibiki hastily said, “I know that to a martial artist of your level, money, fame, and gain are like dirt, so I deliberately picked out some local specialties from my hometown.” Hearing Go Hibiki say this, Yang opened the gift box and swept his eyes over it, and only after confirming that it was indeed some local specialties did he accept it.
And at the same time, Yang was, in fact, quietly sizing up the father and son before him.
There wasn’t much to say about Go Hibiki—whether in the manga or in the games’ storylines, little ink had been spent on him.
Of these, the manga was the storyline of Legend of Chun-Li, where, after successfully ambushing Sagat, he was killed with a single punch from Sagat.
And precisely because of this, for the most part, Go Hibiki only appeared within Dan Hibiki’s memories.
And after Go Hibiki’s death, Dan Hibiki set out on a path of arduous training in search of a way to defeat Sagat—so much so that in Street Fighter Alpha, Dan’s personal storyline was all about tracking down Sagat to take his revenge.
And in the story, by that time Sagat had already comprehended his own true heart as a martial artist.
Upon realizing that his killing of Go Hibiki—Dan Hibiki’s father—had plunged Dan into the same whirlpool of revenge and rage as himself, he chose to deliberately throw the match and lose.
And Dan, in the final moment, did not submit to rage and revenge either, choosing to let the matter rest there.
And after breaking free of this obsession with revenge, Dan Hibiki then began his own journey as— a journey as a comic-relief star.
Yep—the one and only designated funnyman in the Street Fighter universe, the kind who brings his own punchlines just by showing up, and quite effectively so— like forcibly imitating the Shun Goku Satsu, only to blow out his own sea of qi because there was no murderous intent driving it, and so on.
All in all, in the games he’s simply a pure good guy and the comic-relief mainstay.
However, aside from his comic-relief role, Dan is likewise immensely talented.
This can be seen from how, through clumsy imitation of the Hadō style, he was able to create the ‘Saikyo-ryu’ better suited to himself.
But even if he could work it out, that would be a matter for the future.
The Dan of now was indeed only at the apprentice level; he still had training to do.
Thinking this, Yang said, “I was unconscious these past couple of days.
Speaking of which, your dojo, sir…” “It’s already set to open for business.” At this, Go Hibiki drew a deep breath and said: “As for Dan…
he’ll probably go away to study for a while.
Because, in terms of my own ability, there’s nothing left I can teach him.” “Dad!” At this, a faint displeasure showed on Dan Hibiki’s face, as though he didn’t understand why his father would bring up such a thing in a place like this.
Hearing Go Hibiki’s words, Yang, after a moment of silence, jerked his chin toward Sagat beside him and then asked: “Is it because of Sagat?” Hearing Yang’s question, Go Hibiki’s expression went slightly blank, as though he hadn’t expected Yang’s question to be so blunt, so forceful.
But sensing the calm in Yang’s words, Go Hibiki, after a moment of silence, said, “Yes.” In Go Hibiki’s view, Dan Hibiki was very talented…
more talented than himself.
And now that something like this had happened too, while Dan still had the spirit for it, he might as well let the boy go out and make his own way in the world.
Listening to Go Hibiki’s words, and glancing once more at the silent Dan beside him…
Subconsciously, Sagat touched his own eye.
Although his right eye was the very one Go Hibiki had blinded—indeed, at the moment he realized one of his eyes had been put out, Sagat’s rage had very nearly driven him to kill Go Hibiki outright— had Yang and Chun-Li not arrived in time, Go Hibiki would certainly have been killed.
But now, there was not much emotion in Sagat’s gaze.
No anger, no displeasure, no hatred—and likewise no guilt.
Sensing Sagat’s gaze, the still-young Dan Hibiki subconsciously clenched his fists: “You bastard!
You criminal…
what’s that supposed to mean?!!” “Enough, Dan!” Hearing Dan’s words, Go Hibiki felt a bit helpless, yet he could understand.
Because Dan loved and revered him as his father.
And hearing Dan’s words, Sagat still merely watched in silence, until, a moment later, he finally said: “I can teach you both.” ____ 👻🔥Seek: Walnut-chan🔥👻 🔥 New history: A Martial Arts Master Will Never Be Humiliated Let’s hit these goals: