Chapter 18: Chapter 10 - Karate Cheater

At The Hotel Room

Shinji: This is our chance to interrogate everyone that has been fighting with, Alex

Dragon: How is Alex doing?

Shinji: He is still in the hospital and resting.

Ema: Will he be fine?

Shinji: Yeah! He is just tired.

Abi: Can you tell us, why did you cancel the tournament out?

Shinji: Because I and Joker we believe that somebody used a forbidden move.

Ema: What kind of forbidden moves?

Joker: We do not know it yet.

Abi: Great a speculation.

Dragon: We do not have time to talk we are short in time and besides this is a perfect opportunity to talk to the contenders.

Joker: I agree!

Shinji: Let us go!

Shinji: The owner of the, Karate tournament gave us a map and location on where the challengers live.

Joker: Thanks to him our search for the culprit get's easier.

Abi: Lucky You!

Abi: If I were you I would lay it on the rest.

Shinji: What did you say? ( getting angry)

Joker: Calm down, Shinji. My sister just hate speculations with no proof.

Shinji: Well! We are getting the proof now.

Dragon: Looking at the map..........

Dragon: Let us talk to, Australia, he lives near by.

Shinji: Let's go!

Walking to the hotel.............

Reception: What can I do for you?

Joker: We are the, ''USA Criminal Force''

Reception: Show me the badge?

Joker: Looking at his pockets, shit! I forgot my badge at home. ( Lying)

Reception: Sorry! Then we ask you to leave please.

Reception: You are scaring the costumers.

Shinji: Shows his badge.

Reception: Looking....

Reception: What are you looking for?

Shinji: We are looking for a challanger that entered the tournament. He is Australian.

Reception: He lives at the 5 floor, apartment, 506.

Shinji & Joker: Thanks!

Walking to the 5 floor, apartment 506.

Shinji: Knocks!

Ema: What if they leave.

Joker: They wont.

Ema: Why is that?

Abi: Because if they do that! They will get caught and they will lose their karate licens thanks to the police and you're speculations would  then be correct.

Ema: I got it!

Australian: Opening the door!

Australia: What can i help you with, mates?

Shinji: We have to ask you some questions. As you may know this is not a murder case. So you do not have to state your alibi nor name.

Australian: Ok!

Australia: I will do anything in my power to help you, mates.

Shinji: Glad to hear it.

Shinji: As you may know our friend is at the hospital and we believe somebody has been using a forbidden move.

Australia: Sorry to hear that!

Shinji: We will ask you some questions, and if we may enter your apartment?

Australia: Sure!

Shinji: Did you saw something odd when you fought him?

Australia: I saw no odd movements on your friend.

Shinji: I see!

Dragon: Do you have a record and a license?

Australia: Sure!

Ema, Joker and Abi: Looking for clues....

Australia: Showing.........

Shinji & Dragon:  Looking at his records and license.

Shinji & Dragon: 70 wins/ 80 losses and 1medal.

Shinji & Dragon: Nice record!

Australia: Nice!

Shinji: Your record is clean.

Joker: Nothing is odd.

Dragon: We have to move to our next location.

Abi: Where to?

Dragon: Our best option is meeting with the challenger from, Taiwan.

Ema: Why him? Is it because Alex did not fought him.

Joker: He talked to him.

Shinji: Joker is right, we never know if he hit him in a vital point that caused him to be paralyzed.

Ema: Wow!

Dragon: Some of the  forbidden moves can paralyze your opponent and kill them in time.

Shinji: That is why it is very important to catch him because he might accidentally kill someone.

Joker: Im glad it is not a murder case.

Ema: That is right! We need our vacations.

Abi: Stop whining and let us move.

Dragon: The good news is that the hotel is close by.

Ema: Yes! We do not need to walk so much.

Walking.......

Reception: Hello! What can I help you with?

Shinji: Shows his badge.

Reception: Is somebody dead?

Shinji: No! We are looking for a challenger that was in the tournament. He is from Taiwan.

Reception: Ok! Let me check!

Reception: Checking on the computer....

Reception: Yeah we have somebody that fits your description.

Dragon: I think I may have seen him in the lobby, reading newspapers.

Taiwan: Reading a newspaper.......

Dragon: Im going to talk to him.

Shinji: Do not do anything stupid!

Dragon: I won't!

Dragon: Staring angry!

Taiwan: Who are you?

Dragon: A cop.

Taiwan: I did nothing wrong.

Dragon: Put down the newspaper and talk to me.

Joker: Ema, be with Dragon.

Ema: Why?

Joker: We are going to brake  into his apartment.

Shinji: So you need to give us time to do that.

Ema: Ok, I will!

Joker: Where are you going, Abi?

Abi: To the pub and drink some beer. Maybe I will find some information.

Joker: Hahahah! Very funny ( sarcasm).

Shinji: Let us go then to his apartment, I got the key card. We do not have any time to talk.

Joker: I know!

Joker: Im sorry for my sisters rudeness.

Shinji: You are both super uptight people. I have  learned to dealt with it.

Joker: Is it therapy?

Shinji: Very funny! ( sarcasm)

Dragon: What are you doing here, Ema?

Ema: Looking after you!

Dragon: I'm a friend with a contender from, Japan. He is in the hospital right now unconscious.

Dragon: Staring angry!

Taiwan:  I have nothing to do with it. It is called sport, you get injured. ( getting annoyed)

Ema: You have to calm down!

Dragon: Showing his katana.

Dragon: You better talk and tell me the truth.

Taiwan: That katana is beautiful.

Dragon: Thank you! ( calmed down)

Ema: Thank god! ( thinking)

Dragon: We saw that you touched my friend. You might have attacked his vital points then.

Taiwan: I would not have done that since he was not my challenger.

Dragon: Are you admitting then, to have used forbidden moves?

Taiwan: I might have done it in the past because I was young and naive. I wanted to beat anybody in my way. I did not care if I cheated or not.

Dragon: I have a reason to arrest you then?

Ema: We do not know if it was him yet.

Taiwan: Look we all have done stupid things in our youth even you.

Dragon: That is true.

Dragon: I need some evidence that you did not caused my friend health.

Ema: Do you have a license or records.

Taiwan: Showing his license....

Ema: The license is real.

Dragon: I still do not believe in you.

Taiwan: If I was like me back then I would have killed you. Does that prove as an evidence to you?

Dragon: If you want us to trust you can you please tell us about the forbidden move that sent my friend to the hospital.

Taiwan: Give me a description on how he was hurt?

Ema: We noticed in the finals he lost his stamina to quickly even tho he rested for the finals.

Taiwan: True! He lost his stamina to quickly, what else?

Ema: Reading the journal on, Alex's health.

Ema:  It says that the bruises on his body has patterns.

Taiwan: Thinking.......

Taiwan: Is the bruises next to chest, leg, arm and throat. ..

Ema: Yeah!

Taiwan: That move is called, Death Spot!  This move is used to kill somebody our causing paralysis it takes years to perfect it.

Dragon: So my friends condition is in bad state.

Taiwan: Im afraid so.

Taiwan: I hope you catch him. He must be stopped.

Dragon: I agree!

Ema: Me too.

Joker: We have  searched his house.

Shinji: You have many penalty records and you have been a criminal in your youth. So we put you under arrest since you fit our profile.

Dragon: No need!

Shinji: Why?

Dragon: He told us about his past and we think it is not him.

Shinji: Ok!

Abi: Left the bar.....

Joker: Did you find something?

Abi: Yeah! He said that they where 2 challengers in his bar yesterday.

Shinji: What?

Taiwan: I guess I cannot hide it anymore.

Shinji: well spit it out.

Taiwan: I went on my own investigation to find this cheater because I wanted to tell him that he needed to stop this.

Dragon: Did you get any idea on who it was?

Taiwan: Sorry, but no!

Joker: I got an idea how we are going to find the karate cheater?

Ema: How?

Shinji: Tell us?

Joker: Instead  knocking on  every hotel apartments we make them come to us.

Shinji: How?

Joker:  We call everybody that is involved in this case to the La stadium.

Abi: You want them to subconscious use the forbidden moves?

Joker: Correct!

Ema: What if nobody uses it?

Dragon: Then the person from, Taiwan did it.

Ema: Sounds fair!

Shinji: Why is that?

Dragon: He is knowledgeable in the past about forbidden moves.

Shinji: Is my partner, right?

Taiwan: He is correct!

Abi: But how are we going to make them use the forbidden moves?

Joker: That part I have not figured out yet.

Taiwan: The answer is quiet simple we use a  training dolls for Karate.

Abi: And?

Ema: You want to measure the impact and the speed on the vital dots.

Joker: What do you mean?

Taiwan: To put it simple you have to use a lot of speed and you have to hit the vital spot accurate.

Joker: How much speed and where are does vital spots?

Taiwan: You have to hit you're enemy at around 20sec. The spots are chest, arm/shoulders, throat and legs.  It depends whatever you want to kill him or paralyze him.

Ema: Wow! It is nearly impossible to hit them all in 20sec.

Taiwan: That is why only the most skillful fighters know this. Forbidden moves are the hardest to learn because they are nearly impossible to complete.

Ema: Is there anything else we need to know about the forbidden move?

Taiwan: Sometimes you have to hit the spots twice in order to completely kill your opponent or paralyze them because it depends how much endurance he has.

Ema: That is insane!

Taiwan:  That is why we have to catch him/her before more accident happen.

Joker: I agree!

Shinji: Let us call the owner of the tournament and inform him what we are going to do. Let us hope he wants to help us.

Abi: Do we need to talk to more suspects?

Joker: I think we are fine until the next day.

Ema: Well then let us go to our hotel apartment and get some rest.

Shinji: I think it is a good idea.

Dragon: We deserve it.

At the hotel and resting.........

The Next Day

At the La Arena

Contenders: Why are we here?

Chief: I have called you on this meeting,  behalf of the police.

Contenders: Why?

Shinji: We the police think that somebody has cheated in the karate tournament.

Contenders: What!!!!

Joker: We want you all to do some test for us.

Contenders: What kind of test?

Joker: I let my partner explain this too you guys?

Contenders: talking.......

Ema: Hi! I'm a scientific researcher.

Contenders: Talking..........

Ema: We want you to hit the training doll as fast as possible and  if you can accurately, right at the dots.  We have  two cameras one is a speed Camera and second is just a normal recorder.

Contenders: Talking!!!!!!

Contenders: What if we say no to this experiment?

Shinji and Joker : You will go to jail for helping a murderer. ( Lying)

Owner: Did somebody die? ( whispering)

Shinji: No! It is our only way to make them corporate. ( whispering)

Owner: I see. ( whispering).

Contenders: I guess we have no choice then.

Ema: Who should start?

Austraila: I can!

Australia: Where should I go?

Ema: Follow me and Dragon  at the training hall.

Australia: Walking to the training area.......

Dragon: Tell us when you are ready?

Australia: I'm ready!

Dragon: Remember hit them at the red circles.

Australia: I understand!

Australia: Hiting the training doll at his fastest.

Ema: Do it one more time!

Australia: Hitting the dummy once again.

Dragon: Thanks! You may step out.

Austrailia: Enters the big hall.

Contenders: Talking........

Ema: Next turn, England.

England: Following......

England: Ok, lads, what is my assignment?

Dragon: Hit the dummy fast and accurately, please follow the red circles.

England: OK!

England: Hits the dummy.

Dragon: One more time and please change you're stance.

England: Changes his stance and hits the dummy.

Ema: Thank You! You may leave the training area.

Contenders: Talking!

Dragon: Please! Follow us, Taiwan.

Taiwan: Following.....

Dragon: You know the drill.

Taiwan: Show of his skills.

Ema & Dragon: Wow!

Ema: Do you need a second try.

Taiwan: Nah! Im fine.

Contenders: Talking........

Ema: South Korea!

South Korea: Following!

Ema: Hit them with speed and accuracy. Your targets are these red circles.

Sout Korea: I understand.

South Korea: Hits the dummy.

Ema& Dragon: Impressive.

Ema: Change your stance, please! We know you can use more styles.

South Korea: Changing his stance and hits the dummy.

Dragon: You may leave.

Contenders: Talking......

Shinji: Joker where are you going?

Joker: I forgot some important evidence.

Joker: Leaving.....

Shinji: Thinking......

Ema: Where is Joker?

Shinji: He said he forgot some evidence at the hotel room.

Ema & Dragon: That is weird!

Shinji: Yes! I know.

Abi: Im sure he will be fine.

Ema: China!

China: Following........

Dragon: Hit the dummy fastest and accurately and if you can hit the red circles.

China: Ok!

China: Hits the dummy.

Dragon & Ema; He is good!

Dragon: Please, change your style.

China: Hits the dummy while changing his fighting style.

Ema & Dragon: Wow he is quick.

Ema: You may leave!

China: Leaving.

Contenders: Talking.

Thailand: Guess I'am the last challenger.

Dragon: Please, follow us.

Thailand: I will!

Thailand: What should I do?

Dragon: Hit the dummy as fastest as you can and be accurate while hitting the red dots.

Thailand: Getting surprised!

Dragon: Why are you staring at the dummy?

Thailand: Need to concentrate and visual that he is my enemy.

Dragon: Well he sure has a great spirit to fight this dummy.

Ema: I agree.

Thailand: Hitting the dummy.

Dragon: Wow what an accuracy.

Ema: The problem is just his speed.

Dragon: Yeah I agree!

Dragon: Please! Change your fighting style.

Thailand: No Problem.

Thailand: Hits the dummy.

Dragon: He is getting faster!

Ema: But his accuracy sucks.

Dragon: True.

Dragon & Ema: Analyzing the videos......

At the hospital!

Reception: Who are you?

Joker: My name is, Angel and I'm a cop and I'm looking for a patient called Alex.

Reception: Let me check.

Reception: Checking on the computers and the doctors.

Doctor: You may visit him later because he is in a bad shape.

Joker: Shit! ( thinking)

Joker: We have no time a murderer is on the loose and he is the key to solve the crime.

Doctor: Fine! I give you 1 min.

Joker: That is all time I need.

Reception: Will the patient be fine.

Doctor: Nothing will happen in 1min.

Reception: I hope!

Joker: Which room, doctor?

Doctor: Room 111 at the second floor.

Joker: Thanks!

Joker: Enters the room.

Internship, Nurse: Sorry I have to sedated him.

Joker: Who are you?

Internship: I'm a Nurse on Internship. My name is Juilet.

Nurse, Juliet:  Who might you be?

Joker: A doctor! ( lying)

Nurse, Juliet: Why are you not wearing a white coat?

Joker: If I did all nurses would ask for help. ( lying)

Joker: I feel bad doing this. (Thinking)

Joker: Please! Make sure he wakes up.

Nurse, Juliet: The patient need rest doctor.

Joker: More then our life's.

Nurse, Juliet: What did you say, doctor?

Joker: A killer is after him and if he does not wake up he is dead.

Nurse, Juliet: But is  it not better to make him sleep. (Worried look)

Joker: The police wants him to be awake to identify the culprit.

Nurse, Jackie: But can't they wait doctor?

Joker: If we wait the police might arrest the wrong guy.

Joker: So easy to fool new employers. ( thinking)

Nurse, Jackie: I see! Wakes the patient up.

Joker: Grabs the wheelchair.

Alex: seeing dizzy.

Alex: Who are you?

Joker: It is me,Angel.

Alex: Angel! Oh it is you!

Joker: We need your help to arrest a cheater.

Alex: Why do you think so?

Joker: Often professional fighters knows how his opponents fight.  They also analyze the complete surroundings and even their own bodies remember the fights this phenomenal is called afterimage.

Alex: Not bad detective.

Joker: Let us hurry!

Joker: Hurry out there is a bomb!

Hospital: Panicking......

Alex: Smart move to avoid detection.

Joker: Of course because we are both professionals.

At The La Arena:

Contenders: Talking....

Shinji and Abi: Did you get something?

Owner: I hope this is true for your sake.

Ema: Reading the records out loud.

Ema: Australia hits the dummy at 50 sec and he hit 40procent of the target.

Dragon: So you are clean.

Ema: Next is England and his speed was at 48sec with 70procent accuracy.

Dragon:  England is free of all charges.

Ema: Taiwan's record was stunning his speed is 21sec and 95% accurate.

Contenders: Impossible!!!!

Dragon: Might be our suspect.

Ema: Next turn is South Korea and  his speed is at 20 sec and the accuracy was at 75%.

Dragon: He might be our suspect as well.

Ema: China got 30sec and 80% accurate

Dragon: He is to our suspect.

Ema: Brazil's speed was impressive at 25 sec but his accuracy was at 6o%

Ema: The last challenger is Thailand and his speed was at 19sec but his accuracy was bad due to his speed. But when he changes his stance it turned into opposite, he was much slower but accurate.

Owner: So who is the suspect?

Shinji: Spit it out!

Ema& Dragon: We believe it is Taiwan.

Taiwan, Coach: You are disgrace to our nation. (Yelling)

Taiwan: It is not me! Anyone else could have done this you saw the records.

Ema: But even if it is true you have the most experience of them all.

Taiwan: But they could have easily manipulate the records.

Ema: It would have been impossible with the speed.

Dragon & Shinji: Take the scumbag away!

Owner: And you taught you could cheat at this tournament, you fool.

Security: Taking the suspect....

Alex & Joker: Waiit!!!!!

Shinji& Dragon: Are you mad, Joker! You brought Alex to this case at his current condition. ( angry)

Abi: Wait! Let them explain.

Security: Stops!

Alex: The suspect is not, Taiwan it is Thailand.

Challengers: Are in shock!

Ema & Dragon : Impossible.

Owner: But why him?

Ema: It cannot be him he was so unstable at our experiment?

Thailand, Coach: Listen to her, she is right!

Taiwan: Where is your proof?

Joker: Tell me his record, Dragon?

Dragon: 19 sec and his accuracy is  65% but when he change his stance it was 95% accurate  but his speed was slow, 55sec.

Joker: There is your proof right there!

Taiwan: He is smart.( thinking)

Owner: All we see before  us is he has not fully master his moves.

Ema & Dragon: The owner is right.

Joker: Reverse your thinking.

Dragon: How?

Shinji: I see how stupid of us!

Dragon: Shinji, spill it out.

Shinji: Let us try to mix his styles what do we get?

Ema: Accuracy and Speed.

Abi: Which means he had all qualities with him to use the forbidden move.

Dragon & Ema: Of  course he likes to mix his fighting styles to confuse his opponents about his weaknesses and it later turns into a unstoppable weapon.

Thailand: Still there is not enough proof.

Alex: My body and our fight is the proof we need and I could tell by looking at you that you where faster than the records said.

Contenders: Surprised.....

Thailand, Coach: This is just speculations you have no proof.

Owner: He is right!

Shinji: I hate to say it he is right.

Dragon: Angry........

Ema: No way!

Abi: Smiles.

Joker: Why so uptight, coach?

Thailand,Coach: He is my strongest fighter I do not want to lose him.

Joker: Smiles.

Joker: Are you sure because your body is telling us something else.

Alex: Alex, you do not mean that he did it?

Joker: Smiling.

Thailand: Spit it out already!

Joker: Thanks to my no good sister while she was drinking at the bar she got us a clue, Taiwan was talking to someone about changing his ways but on first I taught that the person did not exist. But thanks to Ema's ; Dragon's, experiment we got our clue.

Thailand: Who is it?

Thailand, Coach: Tell us!

Abi: I have the fingerprints, please analyze it.

Joker: Glad you hold our evidence Abi.

Joker: I was lucky to have followed my instincts to return to the crime scene.

Ema: Analyzing.

Ema: I have a  match it is both of them.

Contenders: Shocked...

Taiwan: Smiling.

Thailand: I guess, I got caught.

Shinji: Wait!

Security: What is it?

Joker: Ah!

Shinji & Joker: Remove the necklace.

Thailand: Smiling....

Thailand: Tossing the necklace to Alex.

Thailand, coach: Angry........

Alex: Caught the necklace and opens it.

Alex: Opens it!!!

Shinji & Joker: Point to the coach at the same time.

Joker: You black mailed your own student.

Shinji: Arrest them both.

Alex: Wait!  Let the fighter go I beg of you. He got blackmailed by his coach in order to have the money to save his blind sister.

Alex: Shinji and Dragon let go of your rage. As an fighter to fighter give the price to him.

Owner: Why? You may challenge him again it was our oath.

Alex: Look at me im completely beat up and besides his sister aint got a second chance but I have plenty.

Ema: Crying..... That is so beautiful said.

Abi: Well said.

Challengers: Are clapping!

Thailand: Crying!!!!! And gets down on his knees and says to everyone.

Thailand: I'm so sorry, I had to have the money to cure my sister's eyes and the coach told me he would pay her operation and her medicine if I win the title for him. I worked hard for years to perfect my moves.

Thailand's' Coach: I  could have become great again.

Thailand: Used dead spot move to put his former coach to sleep.

Joker: He talked too much!

Thailand:Indeed!

Owner: I cannot just give him the price money since the second challenger need too approve of this.

Brazil: It is,fine!

Alex: I hope we get to fight once more.

Thailand: Same!

Thailand: How did you know I used a death move on you?

Alex: When you used your palm to strike me. I knew it was a move that I have never seen before and besides your body does not forget the impact.

Thailand: I see! For now on I will use this move more carefully so that nobody gets hurt.

Generation X HQ

Boss: How is the drug X Evolving?

Devil: Kind of slowish.

Boss: Hits stuff to ease his anger.

Devil: I cannot do anything unless we find, Joker.

Boss: I know!

Boss: But this guy is smart.

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