"I saw it," came a voice from the side.
"Ryoga-kun!" Akane joyfully turned toward the newcomer.
"Akane, I'm back…" As Akane's pet, Little P, Ryoga had always struggled to express himself openly, choosing instead to quietly protect her. But now, seeing the Tendo family in trouble, how could he possibly remain idle?
It was precisely this determination that allowed him, miraculously, to find his way back to the Tendo household from two streets over—in just a single day! Truly a miracle powered by love!
"But…that old guy is the most terrifying opponent I've ever seen. His martial arts and his evil have both gone far beyond a normal martial artist's limits."
Although Ryoga was ready to risk his life for Akane, when facing that old man, he had completely lost the courage to act. Just a single look froze him in place. Ranma had at least managed to raise his fists, even if he still got completely thrashed.
"I knew it! Happosai in his ultimate evil form can't be fought by ordinary humans!" The suddenly-awakened Soun startled everyone, tears streaming down his grief-stricken face. "Brother Genma, it seems I won't be able to save you!"
[At this point, there's only one method left…] A panda holding a sign suddenly appeared behind Soun.
Everyone jumped, exclaiming simultaneously, "Genma/Mr. Saotome! Where did you come from?"
[I just escaped from the zoo. The keepers will catch me any minute now, so there's no time—listen carefully…]
...
Cat Café.
After Shampoo had followed Cologne to Japan seeking Ray Chu, and after failing to return home to marry him, she had opened a ramen shop called Cat Café. Serving authentic ramen from China—the culinary paradise—the restaurant quickly became wildly popular.
"You want Ray Chu to defeat that ultimate evil-form Happosai?"
Ray Chu and Nabiki sat at a table in the restaurant, awaiting their noodles, while Ranma, Akane, and the others explained the situation.
Notably, Ranma was currently wrapped head-to-toe in bandages. If not for his insistence, he'd still be lying in a hospital bed.
This had been the only solution left behind by Genma, who had since been recaptured and forced to perform at the zoo again.
"By the way," Akane cut straight to the real issue, "with everything going on, how do you still have the mood to eat ramen?"
"Relax! No matter how serious things get, they'll always work out in the end," Nabiki replied calmly.
"You think this is a gag manga?! If we don't stop Happosai now, who knows what he'll do next!" Akane shouted angrily—then immediately received a call from Kasumi. "This is terrible! The restaurant next door just delivered food—fifty servings of pork cutlet rice, one hundred servings of sushi, and twenty servings of tempura soba—and they're demanding payment!"
Ryoga, hiding behind the door, couldn't help but fantasize, If Akane becomes homeless, does that mean I can finally invite her to my place? Then it'd just be the two of us…!
Splash! Suddenly, a child eating nearby accidentally knocked over a fish tank, instantly turning Ryoga into a little black pig.
"Ah! A piggy!"
Little P ran frantically from the excited children chasing him, desperately leaping straight into Akane's arms. Akane hugged him happily. "Little P! You're safe! I was so worried about you!"
"She still doesn't realize that pig is Ryoga?" Nabiki whispered.
"I think she's the only one who doesn't know by now," Ray Chu replied with a perfectly straight face, snapping apart his disposable chopsticks. Incidentally, disposable chopsticks were widely used in Japan in this era.
"Darling, your authentic Chinese braised beef ramen is here!"
Carrying a fragrant breeze, Shampoo ran over. She glanced at the others and nodded briefly. "You're all here, too? What'll you have?"
After placing their orders, Akane secretly leaned closer to Nabiki, gesturing at Shampoo busying herself in the kitchen. "When did you two make up?"
"We've never made up." Nabiki casually fed her noodles to a stray dog nearby, which immediately twitched, collapsing from paralysis.
"Oh no, looks like that dog is sick," Shampoo suddenly reappeared, looking surprised.
Nabiki folded her arms, smiling coldly. "Serving customers noodles that cause food poisoning—I wonder how much compensation I should ask for? Ten thousand yen seems fair."
"What a suspicious woman you are! Deal!"
"Hehe…"
So this is how women fight?
Ranma and Little P exchanged glances, feeling chills run down their spines. They turned simultaneously, staring at Ray Chu with admiration. Perhaps only someone with his superhuman calmness could mediate between these terrifying women—and also stand a chance against the incarnation of evil himself, Happosai.
"Great-grandson-in-law," Cologne suddenly appeared, leaning on her cane, "if it's the complete-form Happosai you're facing, then even this old woman finds it hard to bet on your victory."
"Eh? Grandma knows Happosai?" Akane asked in surprise.
Ranma added, "Also, why did you say 'complete form'?"
Cologne's eyes became distant. "It was roughly ninety years ago. Even then, Happosai was already infamous for his countless evil deeds. Although he was defeated again and again, he always crawled back up, relentless like a cockroach. To restrain Happosai's increasingly evil nature, our Joketsuzoku once sealed away the most malicious aspects of his personality using our clan's secret treasure, the Mirror of Sealing."
"His evil side…"
"…Sealed away?"
Hearing this story for the first time, everyone instantly agreed it perfectly matched Happosai's character. "But…even after sealing away his evil side, he's still terrible!"
"Exactly! Rotten to the core!"
After some discussion, Akane asked another critical question, "Then why is Happosai back to his complete form now?"
"Oh, last time I used that mirror for grooming, I accidentally dropped and shattered it!"
Akane: "Why didn't you store something that important properly!?"
Nabiki: "Isn't the bigger issue that she's still grooming at her age?"
"Anyway, Great-grandson-in-law, you must realize you're now facing a completely unknown entity—possibly even worse than Happosai at the peak of his evil powers."
Everyone's expressions became grave. The more Cologne spoke, the more clearly they felt the terrifying nature of this threat.
"Ray-kun…" Even Akane hesitated, unsure whether it was right to ask Ray Chu to fight for their family.
"But if it's that form, he'll definitely have no problem!" Ranma suddenly declared, wrapped like a mummy in bandages.
"'That form'?" Everyone looked puzzled.
Apart from their initial encounter when crossing dimensions, Ray Chu had never displayed his true strength openly in front of everyone. Thus, only Ranma and his father, who had witnessed Ray Chu's training as a Pikachu, clearly understood just how formidable he truly was.
"I understand. Leave everything to me!" Ray Chu replied, finishing the last mouthful of ramen.
As a martial artist, he felt greatly intrigued to challenge Happosai, the so-called ultimate evil in his complete form.
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T/N: hehehe his ultiamte form guiyss can u guess what it is for other non ranma knowers dont spoil it
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