"Quick, look! This person is so fast!"
"Wow, how did they do that? Can someone actually operate like this?"
In the scene of the competition, a sudden commotion broke out, and people seemed somewhat bewildered, unsure of what was happening.
"Hey hey, what's going on? Why is everyone crowding in one direction?"
"It seems someone completed the level at a faster speed!"
"What? Let's go check it out!"
Those who knew the situation rushed towards that direction at a faster pace.
Takayuki also maneuvered through the crowd, curious upon hearing that someone completed the level at a faster speed.
When he appeared behind Taiga Oono, he happened to be playing the final level of Super Mario.
Facing Bowser in the final level, most players need at least a few seconds to deal with Bowser.
But Taiga Oono almost flawlessly dodged all of Bowser's attacks, then leaped gracefully onto the switch on the bridge, sending Bowser splendidly into the lava, the entire process probably taking less than two seconds.
People watched in amazement, finding it hard to believe that this was a human's operation.
But Takayuki was already used to it.
In his past life, there were countless speedrun experts with countless speedrunning methods, and seeing Taiga Oono's final completion time at 9 minutes and 12 seconds, that wasn't considered remarkable in his previous life.
Some more extreme speedrunning methods could even compress the completion time to under five minutes.
But the surrounding people couldn't help but exclaim, and at this moment, Taiga Oono seemed like a king, with countless admiring eyes looking at him.
In the past two days, many people could only see speedrunners struggling for those few seconds.
But Taiga Oono widened the gap between himself and the current first place by several minutes, almost like a landslide victory.
"Wow! You're amazing! How did you do that?"
"Master! Please let me be your disciple, I want to learn speedrunning from you!"
Taiga Oono had just completed Super Mario, planning to go and claim another number plate to complete Contra, but at this moment, he was completely surrounded, making it difficult to move even a little.
But at this moment, he was also excited beyond measure.
This was a treatment he had never experienced before.
For many years, he had always been a transparent figure ignored by others.
But at this moment, he was like a star surrounded by countless admirers.
The emotions that had been difficult to muster up suddenly surged, and he felt as if he had taken some miraculous pill.
"Um, I'm really sorry, but I have other things to attend to right now, so could you please make way?"
"Sure sure! Big brother, please go this way!"
The people immediately respectfully made way for him.
And at this moment, Taiga Oono couldn't conceal his excitement.
Under the gaze of everyone, he returned to the registration area, then once again registered to receive a Contra number plate, and then waited patiently under the admiration of the crowd for his turn to challenge.
When it was his turn to challenge Contra, many of the challenge machines were temporarily empty, and everyone was focused on Taiga Oono's challenge process.
In addition to observing his superb challenge skills, they also wanted to see if they could learn anything from it.
Then, Taiga Oono successfully completed Contra with a speed of 24 minutes and 8 seconds.
As for the other players, they were left bewildered.
Several levels just now were completed so quickly that they couldn't remember how Taiga Oono managed to pass them. How did the boss disappear in the blink of an eye?
Brain: I think I've learned something.
Hand: You've learned nothing.
In the crowd, Takegami felt that Taiga Oono was indeed a talent. After observing for this period of time, most other players didn't really use much brainpower in their speedruns. Sometimes they could complete a level quickly the first time, but the second time would be much slower, showing a lack of experience summary.
But Taiga Oono could accurately recall the entire process of the game.
When to jump, when to attack, when to dodge, every moment was as precise as possible.
This is what electronic gamers commonly refer to as a 'backboard', and later many speedrun challenges would require this level of precision to reach the limit.
This would be great material for publicity, and if this person could take the first place in multiple games at the same time, the publicity effect would be even better.
Taiga Oono then stood up again at this moment and once again came to the registration area, registering to receive a Tetris number plate this time.
Initially, to prevent simultaneous registration for multiple game challenges, leading to time conflicts, it was decided that each person could only register for one game challenge at the same time.
"Look! That master has registered for Tetris again. Does this guy plan to dominate all the projects?"
The crowd immediately became agitated again, and it seemed like this challenge site wouldn't calm down today.
In the end, Taiga Oono did not successfully reach his limit in Tetris. When he was about to reach level 15 speed, he failed due to a slight mistake in operation, leaving many people feeling regretful.
But even so, it was almost impossible for an ordinary person to achieve such a feat.
Under the admiring gaze of countless people, Taiga Oono quickly left after finishing the Tetris challenge.
He knew that his records in these three challenges should be able to hold up for at least a few days.
As for him now, he should consider surpassing himself rather than looking at the challenge rankings.
After Taiga Oono left, the people at this challenge site were still immersed in the state of being dominated by Taiga Oono just now, and it would be difficult for them to recover in a short time.
At the same time, many people's hearts also cooled down a lot, feeling that they probably had no chance at the grand prize.
But besides the first prize, getting some small prizes was also good. After all, participation was rewarded.
These players finally felt that participating was the key, and they didn't need to think about rankings at all. That was something only true masters could achieve.
But what made them more fortunate was that Taiga Oono did not attempt to challenge Metroid. In their view, this was also normal. One person being the first in three games already shocked them. If one person dominated all four games, they would probably feel completely hopeless.
As time came to the seventh day of the challenge, Taiga Oono unsurprisingly occupied the first place in three games, and his position was almost unshakeable, which was very terrifying.
The challenge site Taiga Oono chose was a video game store in Taito District, and for a moment, many people from other districts rushed to Taito District, wanting to get firsthand information about Taiga Oono, creating a small social phenomenon.