Chun-LI lore (street fighter 2 to street fighter 6)

Background: In her early years, at the age of five, Chun-Li saw her first Chinese classic, Peking Opera, and her first Bruce Lee movie, which fascinated her and also became part of the reasons why she started practicing martial arts. She began by learning Tai Chi. However, Tai Chi was very different from the magnificent movements she remembered from the Peking Opera. Soon after, her father taught her Hongquan, as well as several basic exercises. With this, her skills in Chinese martial arts improved rapidly. Chun-Li mainly used kicks in her fights. This was something she learned from her father, who was also said to have "legendary legs." Chun-Li continued to develop her kick attacks, adopting techniques from various fighting styles, such as Chinese martial arts, capoeira, battle karate, and taekwondo, thus creating her own style. Chun-Li would become a detective at the age of eighteen in the hopes of finding her missing father. Later, she followed in her father's footsteps and became a narcotics investigator in the OIPC (International Criminal Police Organization), also known as Interpol, working as an anti-Shadaloo investigator. Chun-Li was known as the "black sheep of the OIPC," as she investigated Shadaloo for the illegal sale of narcotics and weapons when this evil organization took over the top ranks of Interpol. Chun-Li had also been looking for clues about her father's recent disappearance. Entering into a friendly discussion with an old teacher of hers and friend of her father, Gen, he gives her a clue as to who may have murdered her father: the mysterious Shadaloo crime syndicate that she was already investigating. Upon finding its leader, M. Bison, Chun-Li attempts to arrest M. Bison for drug trafficking and also demands that he tell her what happened to her father. To her surprise, Bison attacks and basically makes short work of her, defeating her effortlessly, M. Bison, amazed by Chun-Li's strength, beauty, and anger, invites her to join Shadaloo, to which Chun-Li immediately refuses. Taking her by surprise, he hits her in the stomach with his Psycho Punisher as a finishing blow and knocks her out of the fight, then retreats to his jet in the sky. Before leaving, M. Bison reveals to Chun-Li that he killed her father. Chun-Li awakens in a hospital bed before being informed of M. Bison's escape to Thailand. Later, at the Interpol headquarters in China, Chun-Li is appointed Special Investigator of Shadaloo. With tears in her eyes (the last ones she swore to shed), Chun-Li swore revenge. Chun-Li then partnered with a member of the United States Air Force, Charlie Nash, to try to track down and take down Shadaloo. Then she bumped into someone she wouldn't have expected at all. It was Charlie's good friend and fellow lieutenant, Guile. Telling Guile that he shouldn't get into trouble and to leave them alone, Chun-Li learns that he has orders to bring Charlie back. Trying to use force to stop him, Guile appears immediately and holds her in his arms, telling her that he can't force Charlie not to do the right thing and out of good intentions; however, Chun-Li insists that she and her partner be left alone, to which Guile replies that he will never abandon friends in need. After finally learning that Bison tricked the Air Force into canceling the planned bombing of the main Shadaloo base, Chun-Li ran to the two soldiers to tell them that they had been deceived and that they would have to destroy the base themselves. Chun-Li, along with Charlie and Guile, headed to the Shadaloo base, located in Thailand, to plant bombs around the base while Charlie and Guile went inside to destroy the Psycho Drive. However, Guile ran out, grabbed Chun-Li, and told her that Charlie had urged them both to escape. Meanwhile, Ryu was fighting M. Bison. Along the way, Chun-Li saw a young woman escaping with several other girls (who turned out to be Cammy), and she found Ryu and escaped with him. Later, Guile told her that Charlie was inside the Shadaloo base during the explosion, marking his apparent death in the process. Despite being dismayed by the initial lack of evidence to prove Shadaloo's crimes, Chun-Li managed to stop the operations of the evil Shadaloo empire. While Chun-Li prayed at her father's grave after Bison's defeat. Chun-Li received an invitation to the second World Warrior tournament and discovered that Bison had apparently survived the destruction of the Thai base. With this, she had the clear motive to destroy Shadaloo and avenge her father once again. During the tournament, Chun-Li and her allies managed to reach Bison and engage in a fight that reached the forest. During her fight against Bison, they managed to dominate the Shadaloo dictator, and Chun-Li dealt the decisive blow to M. Bison with a powerful Kikosho that destroyed part of the forest. When Guile urges Bison to surrender, he refuses and instead commits suicide using all his Psycho Power to cause a huge explosion that annihilated everyone. Fortunately, it didn't kill Chun-Li or the other fighters who tried to stop the dictator. With Bison's apparent suicide, the government thoroughly investigated the Shadaloo base and concluded that Bison and the other bosses had also died, although no evidence was presented to prove that the cataclysm occurred. Afterward, Chun-Li visits her father's grave, praying to him to avenge his death. After finally defeating M. Bison, Shadaloo would soon collapse. From then on, Chun-Li would become a young single woman. However, she is presented with the option of choosing between a single life or remaining a detective. Chun-Li continues with her life as a single young woman, keeping busy working in a restaurant or traveling. She reminisces about memories and fights from the past. She confesses to herself that the life she hoped for was not all she had imagined. Chun-Li regains her inner strength by returning to action, presumably to continue tracking the movements of Shadaloo, M. Bison, and the SIN Organization. Some time after the fall of Shadaloo, Chun-Li, Guile, and Cammy are summoned to a theme park to stop the massacre of Juri (an agent of Shadaloo's weapons division, SIN), who is sowing chaos. While Guile and Cammy evacuate trapped civilians, Chun-Li moves forward in search of more survivors. Chun-Li catches up with Juri just as she executes a rebel SIN agent. Chun-Li confronts Juri, but fails to land a telling blow. Juri grabs Chun-Li's arm before twisting it with an armlock. Chun-Li escapes by kicking Juri's leg and retreating with an aerial Kikoken, before Juri blocks it with one hand. Juri takes advantage of Chun-Li's distraction with a child whose mother was injured by Juri's attack as collateral damage. Juri lunges with a kick to Chun-Li's solar plexus, propelling her against a wall before crashing to the ground. But before Juri can execute her, she is forced to flee when Guile and Cammy arrive due to a malfunction in her artificial eye. Injured and unconscious, Chun-Li speaks to Cammy about the child and his mother. Chun-Li is hospitalized with multiple injuries throughout her body. After recovering, she returns to investigating Juri and her connections to SIN from a laptop in her hospital bed. Guile and Cammy go to confront Juri while Chun-Li monitors the SIN base and its movements. Later, Guile informs Chun-Li of his failure to stop Juri. Chun-Li with her uniform, returns to Interpol and joins Guile and Cammy to defeat SIN and discover what really happened to M. Bison. After recovering from Juri Han's defeat, she participates in the new international fighting tournament to defeat SIN once and for all. Along the way, Abel approaches her, seeking clues about the Shadaloo organization. During the tournament, she also pursues Gen, who is also participating, to get more answers about her father's death; Gen refuses and she cannot force him. She then confronts C. Viper and almost discovers her identity because Viper was "impeding" her investigation. She later meets Juri again, whom she tries to arrest and, although she manages to defeat her, fails to take her into custody. Infiltrating the SIN dam facilities, she is trapped when Vega activates the base's self-destruct sequence. Gen protects her from the resulting collapse, and she is eventually rescued by Guile and Abel. Chun-Li collaborates with Guile in his investigation into the blackout in New York caused by the activation of the Black Moons created by M. Bison. When she and Guile confront M. Bison along with the other Celestial Kings, she recklessly fights Bison for her revenge. Chun-Li is defeated by a powered-up M. Bison, thanks to the Black Moons, who throws her into the street with a powerful Psycho Blast. While Guile struggles to defend himself from Vega, M. Bison prepares for the final blow, but Cammy arrives to save her just in time. Cammy helps Chun-Li, injured, to retreat with Guile. Later that night, Cammy, Chun-Li, and Guile discuss the possible connections of the missing hackers and the connection to the Shadaloo keys. Chun-Li is still injured from her last fight with M. Bison. As she tries to stand up, she collapses to her knees, clutching her abdomen. Cammy hands Chun-Li a package with one of the pieces. But the three are surprised to see Charlie Nash. Guile goes to confront him, leaving Chun-Li and Cammy alone with Rashid and Azam. As Rashid speaks, he captures Chun-Li's attention before adopting an offensive stance. Rashid fights Chun-Li for her piece. Still injured and exhausted from her previous battle against Bison, she is defeated by Rashid. The star-shaped key flies out of her as she is kicked. Rashid retreats with Chun-Li's piece before she can stand up. Chun-Li, now recovered, is recruited by Karin Kanzuki and discovers that the pieces are actually the keys to the Black Moons and to stop Shadaloo's plan. She joins Ken Masters and Cammy to find Laura in Brazil. Once Ken fights FANG, Chun-Li recognizes Sean as part of the Matsuda Family and asks him about the piece he received, which he gave to Laura. After Ken trains with Laura and obtains the piece, Decapre stays with them and falls unconscious. The police show up to arrest Decapre. Ken and Chun-Li try to calm the situation, but Cammy attacks the officers to protect Decapre and escapes with Juri on her motorcycle, labeling herself and Decapre as fugitives. While Juri leaves with Cammy and the unconscious Decapre, Ken and Laura stop a wave of Shadaloo soldiers approaching while Chun-Li runs to the Shadaloo Base. In her first infiltration of Shadaloo, Chun-Li is quickly ambushed by Shadaloo soldiers. But Dhalsim teleports and knocks them all out. Dhalsim gives Chun-Li a piece of the Black Moon as she rushes towards the base, leaving Dhalsim in charge of a second wave of soldiers with a Yoga Flame. Inside, Chun-Li finds Li-Fen, one of the kidnapped hackers. Chun-Li invites the girl to escape with her, but Li-Fen hesitates to accompany her as she flees, as she still has a mission pending. Chun-Li meets Karin at the control panel as they both knock down a steel door to get in. FANG catches up to them in time, but Karin stops him long enough for Chun-Li to deactivate the Black Moons. FANG retreats, but not before promising a last ace up his sleeve. Abel, who was working as an infiltrator in the Shadaloo organization, reunites with Karin and Chun-Li. Meanwhile, FANG uses Li-Fen to activate the "Descent Program," by which the Black Moons will fall from their orbit and explode upon impact, causing worldwide destruction, chaos, and deaths. The "Descent Program" also awakened the Psycho Power in Abel, which caused him to lose control of his body and go into a rage. Chun-Li and Karin escape from the base. Zangief appears from the sky to stop Abel, hitting him with a spinning piledriver until he is unconscious. Chun-Li gets on the escape helicopter with Karin and the rest of the fighters, including Nash, as they retreat from the Shadaloo base. As they regroup at the Kanzuki estate, Nash and Guile seduce Abel, and Nash extracts all of the Psycho Power from him. Chun-Li visits Abel while Nash, Rashid, and Azam return to their base. Ryu arrives after defeating Necalli and Chun-Li is happy to see him. She joins them to launch a final attack against Shadaloo. After their second arrival, Chun-Li and the rest of the fighters jump out of the helicopter and descend into the Shadaloo base, where a massive fight breaks out between Karin's forces and the Shadaloo Soldiers, where each World Warrior maintains their position. Chun-Li fights some guards before noticing that the Shadaloo Dolls are joining the fight, all powered by the Black Moons. Karin intercepts January while Chun-Li heads to the heart of the base with Guile and Ryu. While Rashid successfully aborts the Descent Program, Ryu, Chun-Li, and Guile find M. Bison. Before Chun-Li could launch into battle, she notices a terrified Li-Fen, still captive. Nash is the first to fight M. Bison. But realizing that he was still too strong, Nash sacrifices himself by absorbing all of M. Bison's excess Psycho Power as he can to weaken the powerful Dictator before self-destructing. Chun-Li and Guile can only watch helplessly as Charlie performs his final sacrifice. She prevents Guile from approaching the explosion as Nash commits suicide. When the dust settles, M. Bison is still standing, stepping on Charlie's dog tags. But Chun-Li and Guile sense that M. Bison's power has weakened. Shortly after, FANG appears, apparently having survived Marz's attempt to kill him. Enraged, FANG runs towards Chun-Li, brandishing his poisoned hands at her as she evades and blocks the blows before knocking him down with a Hakkei palm strike. FANG turns his attention to Li-Fen, but before he can kill the little girl, Chun-Li saves her with a Tenshin Shushu to FANG. Chun-Li comforts Li-Fen for being brave as she embraces the trembling and terrified girl. Chun-Li looks back and sees FANG slowly recovering. She tells Ryu to take care of M. Bison as she fights FANG. Succumbing to her anger, Chun-Li easily defeats FANG as he falls unconscious. After M. Bison's final defeat by Ryu, they escape the base with Li-Fen and Guile. Chun-Li hesitates for a moment, looking at M. Bison's cap. An expression of relief and anxiety appears on her face, as years of revenge against her father seem to have come to an end. But in doing so, Chun-Li and Li-Fen are left behind and run to catch up with them, Chun-Li carries Li-Fen in her arms and avoiding the falling debris. As the explosion begins to reach them, Ryu launches a Denjin Hadoken to stop the fire, allowing Chun-Li and Li-Fen to escape. As the Shadaloo base collapses and is buried under the roaring lava, Chun-Li barely manages to escape the base, carrying Li-Fen on her back; Ryu and Guile are by her side. Chun-Li, after triumphantly rescuing Li-Fen from the clutches of Shadaloo, decides to adopt her and be her legal guardian. In a moment of tenderness, Chun-Li is worried to see that the little girl is sad, so she decides to tell her part of her past to see if she can improve her spirits. Li-Fen also finds her precious hair ribbons, relics of her days as a rookie police officer. As the memories return, Chun-Li finds herself reminiscing about her past experiences, transporting herself and Li-Fen to those moments. Chun-Li tells Li-Fen when Chun-Li tries to capture the elusive Vega in China. During their confrontation, Vega comments on her impeccable kicks, which connects her to someone who mastered the same martial art. Realizing that he is referring to her father, Chun-Li takes the opportunity to ask about him, unintentionally triggering a fierce battle between them. During the intense duel, Vega manages to scratch Chun-Li on the arm before retreating. In her relentless pursuit of Vega, Chun-Li's search takes her to Russia, following a lead that points to an area where he was reportedly sighted. Along the way, she crosses paths with Guile and Nash, who notice her despair. Nash challenges her to a training match to assess her preparedness. To her surprise, Nash is victorious. Guile takes the opportunity to recognize her determination and suggest that, if she locates Vega, both he and Nash should accompany her. Returning to China, they locate Vega, who is accompanied by a group of Shadaloo soldiers and Birdie. While Guile and Nash wage a fierce battle against the attackers, Chun-Li confronts Vega again. After a very tough fight, she finally manages to dominate him, with the intention of arresting him for questioning. However, Vega manages to escape in a helicopter, vowing that their paths will cross again. He also reveals that he possesses information about her father's death. Reflecting on the encounter, Chun-Li realizes the importance of not venturing out alone and expresses her gratitude to Guile and Nash for their support. In the present, With this, Li-Fen tells her that she believed she was alone, that's why she was sad, but on listening to her, she understands that she isn't and decides to become stronger with Chun-Li as her teacher. Chun-Li lovingly adorns Li-Fen's ox horns with those ribbons. Li-Fen longs to be as strong as Chun-Li, Chun-Li embraces her affectionately, then grabs Li-Fen's ankles and begins to tickle Li-Fen's sensitive feet, Li-Fen asks between laughter why Chun-Li is tickling her, and Chun-Li replies that she is under arrest for being depressed in her presence. Chun-Li lives life teaching martial arts to children. After the events of the fall of Shadaloo, Chun-Li finally makes peace with herself and retires from street fighting to dedicate herself to teaching the noble art of wushu, taichi, and martial arts to orphans while continuing to work as a police officer. One day, Urien kidnaps the little Li-Fen for his scientific projects, which prompts Chun-Li to go out into the world again to look for her and Chun-Li begins to investigate her whereabouts, discovering that the person responsible has been a subject named Urien, a high-ranking official of a secret organization called the "Illuminati". To find her daughter, she enrolls in the new tournament along with the other Street Fighters (Ryu, Ken, and Sean). She managed to reach the Illuminati base, where she met Urien, who is interested in her potential as a warrior (just as many others were before him) and reveals that he knows the girl's whereabouts and that he will reveal it only after a fight that he considers entertaining. Chun-Li ends up being the winner of the confrontation, because it is finally shown that she returns with her little Li-Fen safe and sound, embracing her and shedding tears after having promised a long time ago never to cry again. Finally, six months later, she reflects on her daughter and her life, deciding to open a dōjō and work as a teacher for children, teaching them the values of martial arts, kindness, beauty, and the Justice. Chun-Li, a former ICPO agent now promoted to head of its special criminal intelligence division, cares for Li-Fen, a victim of the Darkmoon Incident. Following the breakup of Shadaloo, she teaches kung fu classes and has become a well-liked member of the local community. Upon learning that a new terrorist organization, Amnesia, has begun targeting Ken and framed him for a crime he did not commit, Chun-Li attempts to find evidence to clear his name, but is rebuffed by Ken, who wants to solve the problem on his own. Since the fall of Shadaloo, Chun-Li has taken on a more philosophical outlook. She now wears a white outfit that inherits the traditions of the series, but is elegant and easy-going. She lives life calmly but radiantly. Chun-Li, going undercover, and Tsujimoto follow Ken and Albert Jackson, who are heading to a hotel. Following Ken's car being attacked by a group of masked men, Chun-Li and Tsujimoto take Ken and drive off with the injured champion. Chun-Li asks Ken if he remembers his car being attacked, and when he asks about his friend Albert, she says they couldn't get there in time. She informs him that he needs to remain in her custody, for his own safety. Ken questions why she is in Nayshall, and Chun-Li informs her that she is still with Interpol, and is currently the director of their special criminal intelligence division, which is investigating international financial crimes happening in Nayshall, and that Ken is being held as a material witness. After showing the video footage broadcast by Amnesia, Ken gets angry and yells that he had nothing to do with this, but Chun-Li pushes him back and points a gun at him, telling him to calm down. She is aware that Ken is being framed and that they are currently looking for a way to prove his innocence, however, since everyone saw the video, he would not be safe, so he cannot leave. Ken questions what happened to Mel, and Chun-Li is surprised that her son is here. Ken begs her to call her son, but she leaves the room and makes a call, which frustrates Ken. He then calls Li-Fen, who informs him that the video looks like a deepfake, and with full technical analysis, any expert could prove it in court. He then adds that there are other strange anomalies besides the video, and Li-Fen mentions online betting related to the tournament. He then asks Li-Fen for another favor to find Mel Masters, which annoys her for working too hard, but Chun-Li promises to make it up to him upon her return. However, she hears a sound and sees Tsujimoto knocked out and realizes that Ken escaped through the window. Li-Fen then talks to Chun-Li and explains that the more she investigates JP, the more suspicious he becomes. She says he moves from one corporation/NGO to another, never stays there for long, and is involved in infrastructure projects with various countries. She also mentions that his name "Johan" must be fake and that he also goes by the name "Jean-Philippe." Li-Fen explains that most of his projects seem legitimate; however, as soon as he gets involved, things spiral out of control, leading to ethnic conflicts and civil wars. Chun-Li wonders if she's directly responsible, and Li-Fen agrees that she has dirty hands. She reveals that she tried to investigate thoroughly, but it's getting a bit risky, and that all the information about the businessman on the dark web was hidden and that someone tried to hack Li-Fen. Chun-Li asks if it's too difficult for her, but Li-Fen says she could try harder if there was something in it for her and asks for a new mouse to play on her PC and a nice steak. The two end up leaving the room, with Chun-Li wondering if she can ever be normal. Li-Fen is annoyed by this and squeezes Chun-Li's side, causing Chun-Li to laugh and gently slap Li-Fen's hand to make her let go. Chun-Li takes a year off from Interpol to teach kung fu in Metro City. Later, she encounters Juri, attempting to surprise her as the two duel. Juri warns Chun-Li that even though M. Bison is dead, it's not over. Chun-Li is curious for the answers, but Juri invites her to draw them out by punching her. Chun-Li wins the battle, but Juri escapes without revealing anything. The workaholic Chun-Li is determined, even with M. Bison dead, to uncover any evil lurking in the shadows. During her encounter with Juri, Chun-Li shows empathy towards her eternal rival, seeing that, like her, she is also a victim of M. Bison's evil deeds. Both have taken completely different paths in response: Chun-Li follows the path of justice and honor, while Juri is stubborn in revenge and crime. Tired of receiving sermons, Juri confronts Chun-Li. Juri escapes, with Chun-Li's words still echoing in her mind, Chun-Li a few months later would meet Juri again, Chun-Li tries to avoid her thinking that she will want another confrontation, but Juri corrects her, telling her that she has a proposal, Chun-Li accepts and they end up having a night of debauchery, this made Chun-Li doubt her own sexuality to this day, she also discovered that Juri has a fetish for feet, since in the intimate act Juri licked and kissed Chun-Li's feet. On another occasion, Chun-Li runs into AKI, but before she can apologize, AKI gives Chun-Li a warning not to act again, as if she were to investigate AKI or any of her superiors' activities, AKI would not hesitate to melt Chun-Li's face off. She wants to confront the stranger, but to Chun-Li's surprise, the stranger had disappeared. Chun-Li has a mastery with firearms and her hobby is clay pigeon shooting. Her marksmanship is exceptional, as evidenced by her impressive sixth-place finish in an international shooting competition. She draws parallels between shooting and martial arts, highlighting their shared need to focus on the target and strike at the precise moment. During her time as a police officer, Chun-Li carried a handgun, but relied primarily on her exceptional kicking skills to resolve conflicts, only using her weapon for warning shots when necessary. Chun-Li also has a passion for playing the erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. While acknowledging that she is not professional and hesitant to perform in public during the day, she invites the performer for a private and intimate solo performance under the Hong Hu Lu gazebo in Chinatown at night. Playing the erhu holds a deep meaning for Chun-Li, evoking cherished memories and providing her with a sense of tranquility. It serves as a means for her to find peace of mind and connect with her emotions. Chun-Li currently lives with Li-Fen. While Li-Fen is her student and friend, Chun-Li also considers her a younger sister, though she acknowledges their significant age gap which could make her Li-Fen's mother. Their paths crossed at a Shadaloo Base, where Chun-Li rescued Li-Fen during the Fall of Shadaloo. Unfortunately, this event left Li-Fen orphaned, with no family to care for her. In a compassionate gesture, Chun-Li took her into her own family. At first, Li-Fen struggled with the trauma of her experiences with Shadaloo , making it difficult for her to open up. Their relationship got off to an awkward start, but Chun-Li gradually helped her overcome her fears. Chun-Li introduced Li-Fen to martial arts training, which not only strengthened her physically, but also fostered her emotional and mental growth. The once shy and reserved young woman has grown into a confident young woman, able to stand up for herself with brashness and determination. In addition to Li-Fen, Chun-Li the importance of her father in her life. Not only was he a respected Hong Kong police officer, but he was also her mentor. Furthermore, he was the creator of the Spinning Crane Kick, known as the Spinning Bird Kick , a technique which he passed on to Chun-Li. She now proudly continues this legacy by teaching the move to both Li-Fen and her other students, ensuring its continuity from generation to generation. Chun-Li often goes shopping with Li-Fen. Chun-Li knows that besides Li-Fen's passion for programming, Li-Fen loves pandas and chocolate. Li-Fen also loves video games and asks Chun-Li to buy her a mouse for her PC and video games. Chun-Li doesn't quite understand this passion and when Li-Fen talks to her about a video game, a new console or other related things, Chun-Li just smiles and nods. Chun-Li remembers a past occasion when she bought Li-Fen a bag with a panda design, which Li-Fen still fondly keeps and uses. Seeing Li-Fen's happiness fills her with joy, which prompts her to pamper her from time to time during her shopping trips. Shopping is an activity that Chun-Li enjoys very much, and she finds true pleasure in eating something sweet while exploring the stores with Li-Fen.