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| Fighting Style: Psychic Battling Birthdate: July 18 Nationality: Unknown, Chinese Born Blood Type: Unknown Height: 153 cm (5' 0") Weight: 40 kg (87 lbs) Hobbies: Home Video Games Favorite Food: Warm Milk (Straight Up) Favorite Sport: River Fish Prized Things: Grade B Video Games, Video Game Hardware Dislikes: Epic RPG video games Bao is a young child who has yet to live enough experiences in life. Being born without knowing who his parents were, Bao lived wandering China as an adventurer, a kid with no lead at all. His only hobby was found in playing video games at local stands to pass the time. Aside from that, there was no place that Bao considered to be "home". That was until Chin Gentsai, a respectful, but drunk-propense old man, decided to adopt the child out of pity and good will. Thus, Bao finally stays at Chin's home with his wife. During the next few days, Bao begins to display enormous amounts of psychic power that he never had realized about. Before it could get out of control, Chin deems it neccesary that Bao should train with him in order to control such power. And thus, Chin introduces Bao to Kensou, his other adoptive student, and Athena, the reknowned Psycho Soldiers, fighters of justice! Bao quickly begins to get acquainted to his two new friends, whom he sees as his elder brothers. He gets particularly worried at the sadness of Kensou, who has began to lost his psychic powers. Being too young, Bao has yet to understand the real meaning of feelings. Bao is gladly admitted as the new Psycho Soldier for the new King of Fighters tournament in 1999. Bao accepts to do his best effort in the tournament, and not let his adoptove family down. Bao results to be quite a surprise, not just for his martial arts skills but for his impressive display of psychic powers. Added to that was his innocence and purity, and the fact he never fighted with hate or mocking in his attitude. The path of Bao leads him to follow Athena and the others into an underground passage in search of the hideout of the evil host of the tournament, Krizalid. Bao feels a little afraid, but doesn't want to quit out now. Suddenly, the whole passage begins to shake, and fall down in a hurry! Bao freaks out, and Chin tells him to run. Bao just runs and doesn't look back. He quickly escapes with Chin, but is worried about Kensou and Athena, who remain in the passage as it crumbles down. Bao wishes that nothing had happened to his dear friends. The heavens hear the child as Kensou bursts out of the ruins with his remaining psychic powers, carrying Athena in his arms. Bao suddenly feels a sting in his head, and passes out. It seems that Bao's psychic powers are somewhat bonded to those of Kensou's. Chin then reminds a passage of the "worst day in history", and wonders about Bao...the mysterious psychic boy. After the whole tense situation, Bao resumes his training, apparently unaware of his psychic potential. Not to anyone's surprise, though, as Bao is always a happy-go-lucky kid! Unlike other people, who train in hopes of fighting the forces of NESTS in the King of Fighters 2000 tournament, Bao just wants to have a fun time, and see how strong everyone has become. And so, the day approaches.... Bao follows his grandfather Chin and his elder brothers Athena and Kensou in their fights, with the innocence and humor of a young child. His journey finally leads him to Southtown. Bao feels sad about the tragic destiny of the city, but something catches his eye: a bright light in the sky, which glows more and more, as if it was approaching...And it is! A lost shot by the crumbling Zero Cannon has fired directly at Bao and his friends. Decided to save his foster family from the path of destruction, Bao does a long leap to meet the Zero Cannon blast head on, despite everybody's objection. But Bao has made up his mind: he can't let his loved ones die. After a while, Bao is at the meeting end of the Zero Cannon shot. Bao is met with incredible pain, but he still gathers enough concentration and strength to absorb the force of the impact, and avoid it from doing any harm. Bao's brave efforts take its' toll on him, however. Bao plummets to the ground, mortally wounded. Everybody tries to help Bao, but to no avail. It seems as if Bao's young life is about to vanish into thin air. Bao painfuly asks Kensou for help. Kensou, in one last desperate attempt, comes into close contact with Bao, and absorbs his huge source of psychic powers. This manages to regain Kensou's lost psychic powers, but Bao's fate is yet to be known...will he be able to fight again? Only Bao knows for sure.... Suprisingly, Bao manages to recover before the next King of Fighters tournament begins. He seems to be as glad and merry as ever before, but when bao attempts to release his psychic powers, his energy seems to fade away! These were the same symptoms that Kensou suffered the last 2 years. But Bao doesn't make a big fuss about it. He feels happy only to enjoy life and the experiences he lives with it. He once again enters the King of Fighters tournament with his self-proclaimed "family", hoping to be of use again! In the end, after the demise of NESTS, Bao is happy that his friends were not hurt, and thinks that the nightmare is finally over. But Ron, and the secretary of the president of NESTS, sole survivors of the cartel, have another plans for Bao. The shared psychic power of the Dragon that lives both in Bao and Kensou has proved to be a inmense source of energy, that Ron plans to harness in a near future! Will Bao be safe from Ron's dark intentions? Bao doesn't let the feeling of hatred and vengeance displayed in some battles get to his heart. Being an innocent child, he is reluctant to such emotions. Bao looks at life as a precious gift, and is thankful for everything he has: his "grandfather" Chin, and his "elder brothers", Kensou and Athena. Despite being somewhat of a brat sometimes, Bao can keep his cool in extreme situations, and always bear a huge smile on his face. |
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