Rugal is using the tournament dimension to merge it with the real world. Kyo wants to confront Rugal, who destroyed his father's mental state.Īt a hotel, Mai and Kyo meet up with Iori and Terry. Mai tells Kyo that Rugal is out to unleash the Orochi. Kyo's ancestor killed the Yagami and returned the Orochi into its world.
Kyo tells her that centuries ago, a Yagami ancestor attempted to release the Orochi, but it consumed him with murderous rage. Mai hitches a ride with Kyo to his home, where she explains that she is looking for the Kusanagi Sword. Iori explains that both Kusanagi and Yagami clans were destined to be enemies. She tells that different dimensions exist, but when he does not believe it, she tells him to go to Seattle and ask Mai, who is an undercover operative sent by the CIA to infiltrate Chizuru's organization a year ago.Īt a cemetery in Seattle, where Saisyu is buried, Kyo and Iori confront each other. CIA agent Terry Bogard enters Chizuru's room, demanding information on Rugal's whereabouts and the tournament. At the institution, Mai meets a catatonic Saisyu and his son Kyo but Iori's presence suddenly breaks Saisyu's catatonic state, and the elder Kusanagi threatens to kill Iori before losing consciousness and dying.Īt another hospital, Chizuru is informed by her colleague Scott that Rugal has altered the King of Fighters database and issued challenges to fighters around the world. She is warned that Iori should not be involved in her quest to defeat Rugal.
Mai is told by an injured Chizuru Kagura the real sword is with Saisyu Kusanagi at a mental institution. The sword is revealed to be a fake and the quest is delayed. Rugal Bernstein storms into the exhibit and steals the three relics, and uses them to disappear into a dimensional portal to awaken the mythical entity known as the Orochi, which grants limitless powers. Mai Shiranui and her boyfriend Iori Yagami attend a private unveiling of three relics at a museum in Boston: The Kagura Mirror, the Yagami Necklace and the Kusanagi Sword.
KING OF FIGHTER 97 OST BLUETOOTH
When contestants are issued challenges, they enter the tournament via a special bluetooth headset. The King of Fighters is a tournament held in an alternate dimension.