King of fighters XIII

Before The KOF tournament

Magaki was slain by Shion's spear, and Shion vanished into the dimensional rift.

The other members of the group Heidern was tracking suddenly appeared and vanished, as if to mock Haidern and his team.
Who are "Those From the Distant Land" and why are they so persistent in their pursuit of the power of Orochi?

Meanwhile, Ash Crimson,
having obtained Kagura's power,
close to ignore Elisabeth's cautions and took on Iori Yagami's power.

Yata was defeated, and Yasakani
has fallen. Only one
of the Three Sacred Treasures remains;
The Sword of Kusanagi.
However, Kyo Kusanagi suffered a mojor injury at the hands of Yagami, who have been
overtaken by the power of the revitalized Orochi.
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Time has passed...

With these recent inicdents, it was
a fear the next the King of Fighters
tournament would never happen.
However, thanks to an unheard - of
amount of promotion by a mysterious patry,the KoF will be held on
unprecedented scale.

The new mixed martial arts
tournament is on the world stage,
and the mass media has been giving
it coverage like never before.

Fighters all across the world begin to
receive inventions...all sent from "R"!