Putting a finger on the back of his neck, Kaiba moved his neck, feeling the "click-click" sound his bones made when they moved due to maintaining one movement for a long time, and looked away from the computer screen.
Because Keppei also signed up for the KC Cup this time, Kaiba couldn't leave all the trivial matters to Keppei like before, but had to share half of it with Keppei.
When a large amount of equipment is shipped from Japan to the United States, it needs to be connected with customs. The decoration of the competition venue, the arrangement and design of the event process, etc. must be completed within three days before the audition ends. All of this must be completed by Haima.
Of course, there is also the most important thing - paying taxes to the tax bureau.
In the "free" America, you can engage in color, join gangs, use drugs and buy guns, but you have to pay taxes. For many big bosses with black backgrounds, even if the FBI comes to their door, it is nothing.
, but when the tax bureau comes to visit, things will go badly wrong.
Irritatedly closing the document, Haima, who was suffering from procrastination, chose to wait for a while and leave the work at hand until later. He opened a folder in the computer and planned to relax.
Of course, the relaxation method of a normal adult male cannot satisfy the lusty President Kaiba. The only way to entertain himself that can make him feel relaxed is indeed————
"Hmph, are you more comfortable using magicians than you were in Duel City? Game..."
Looking at the opened video file, the game uses a combination with [Dark Magician Girl], and uses [Black·Explosion·Break·Destruction·Magic·Guidance] to destroy all the cards on the opponent's field, and directly attack to clear the opponent's basic
points, Kaiba showed a ferocious smile.
"However, the strongest evolved dragon in my deck cannot be conquered with that level of magic. Show more power to arouse my fighting spirit!"
As the mouse wheel scrolled, Kaiba browsed the entire duel videos compiled during today's audition. For ordinary unknown duelists, he had no interest in wasting his precious time on them. His eyes quickly passed by, looking for someone who was slightly interested.
Duelist.
"Samejima Iemitsu? One of the top four in the Duel Kingdom? He obviously uses the same [Cyber Dragon] as Hayato, but he focuses on a blood-slicing duel? Huh, boring."
"Peacock Dance, that mediocre lover? He's good at bullying only fourth-rate duelists."
"Is this guy called Ryuzaki? He's just an incompetent person."
When he clicked on a video, Haima raised his eyebrows and opened it to watch with interest.
In this duel video, the duelists on both sides can be said to be unknown in the world of duel monsters. Logically speaking, Kaiba should have no interest in this duel, but if one of the parties in the duel is Kaiba's younger brother Keipei
, that’s a different matter.
"My turn, draw a card!" In the video, the Indian guy standing opposite Guiping drew a card and said proudly in curry-flavored English, "Hoho, I didn't expect a brat like you.
You dare to come to the competition and you are really unlucky to meet me."
"Normally summon [Thousand-Hand God]. When [Thousand-Hand God] is successfully normally summoned, I activate its effect and add a ritual monster from my deck to my hand!" Brother Asan said from the card
He retrieved a card from the group and added it to his hand, and then said proudly, "I didn't expect to be able to summon my strongest monster in the first round. It's really a blessing from the gods!"
"Activate the magic card [Gela's Ritual], send [Sonic Bird] from my hand and [Thousand-Handed God] on the field as sacrifices to the graveyard, the total level is 8☆!"
"Ritual summons [Jera], which I just added to my hand!"
A monster in Brother Asan's hand and on the field each turned into a pillar of light and rose up. Under the sacred ritual, the monster that came to his field with two monster cards as a sacrifice was actually a ferocious demon. p>
【Jera】【8☆Dark】
【Demon Ritual Effect】
【】
"Huhahahaha, even if you are afraid of my powerful [Jera], tremble, you must have never seen such a powerful and terrifying monster since you were a child!" Asan looked at Guiping arrogantly, and also
Without covering the card, "My turn is over, kid."
Seeing that Asan ended the round, Keihei sighed helplessly: "What, I was expecting you to play well, but is it just this level?"
"Although it's a bit excessive to compare a duel of Hayato-nii's level with you, but it's exactly what I said, he's just a third-rate duelist using a fourth-rate deck." With a scornful smile on his face, Keppei pointed his finger.
At the top of the deck, "My turn, draw a card!"
"It really gave me the confidence to break through, but such an uncle!"
Keppei's relaxed smile that didn't take him seriously at all made Ah San very angry: "The arrogant brat is really annoying, and I'm only eighteen years old!"
Asan stroked his thick beard that he had grown because he had been consuming a rich periodic table of elements from their "holy river" since he was a child, which caused his development to be stimulated. Ah San said angrily: "Just say something that looks down on people."
, is it possible that you can defeat me in one round?"
"It's not necessarily impossible, uncle." Keppei showed a confident smile, which made Kaiba smile rarely when watching the video. The two brothers smiled with the same confidence, and unknowingly, Keppei never needed to
The children you protect gradually grow up to be independent.
"I activate the effect of [Thunder Dragon] in my hand, discard [Thunder Dragon] from my hand and send it to the graveyard, and then I can add up to two [Thunder Dragon] from the deck to my hand.
Card."
"Then summon [Dragon Magic Guardian] in attack position and activate its effect. If this card is successfully summoned or special summoned, discard a card from my hand and add a [Fusion] Normal from my deck.
Magic cards are added to the hand."
"I activate the second effect of [Dragon Magic Guardian] and show you [Double-Headed Thunder Dragon]. I can fuse one of the materials of [Double-Headed Thunder Dragon] from my graveyard -
—That is, the [Thunder Dragon] that was just sent to the graveyard by its own effect is Special Summoned in defense position!"
"Activate the magic card [Offering to the Dead], I discard a [Thunder Dragon] in my hand, target [Jera] on your field, and destroy it!"
"Finally, I activate the magic card [Fusion], and send the [Thunder Dragon] in my hand and the [Thunder Dragon] on the field to the graveyard as fusion materials. Come out, [Double-Headed Thunder Dragon]!"
After a wonderful operation, Keppei kept the last two cards in his hand, but on the field he summoned a [Dragon Magic Guardian] with an attack power of 1800 and lowered the [Thunder Dragon] deck.
The average-looking [Double-Headed Thunder Dragon]. On the field where the Indian Asan was still clamoring just now, his proud [Jela] was wrapped and dragged by a pile of bandages coming out of the ground.
Back to the underworld.
Glancing at the [Holy Protective Shield - Power of Reflector -] and [Forbidden Holy Spear] in his hands, Keppei looked at the dumbfounded Asan, and relaxedly spread his palms: "Dueling monsters is actually surprisingly easy.
Isn't it? What a pleasant duel, uncle."
"This, how is this possible! [Jerra], my [Jerra]!" Ah San looked like he could not accept the reality, but what does his inability to accept the fact have to do with Keipei? Only in the treatment of
The stranger's attitude was very cold. Keihei was very similar to Kaiba in this regard. He calmly ordered:
"Start a full-scale attack and directly attack the opponent's duelist, [Dragon Magic Guardian], [Double-Headed Thunder Dragon]!"
Seeing Keppei commanding the two monsters to completely clear out Asan's base, Kaiba closed the video with satisfaction.
It seems that Keppei, like himself, has certain talents in the area of dueling monsters.
With this in mind, Kaiba closed the identity form of the contestants that was opened next to the video.
According to the information retrieved from Asan's name, that guy was actually just an ordinary person who couldn't stand being oppressed by the upper castes in the country and ran away to the United States with all his money. The reason why he participated in Duel Monsters was just because he bought a pack of cards.
After playing [Jera], I felt that I might be able to try my luck and become the champion.
Regarding Keppei's duel video, Kaiba thought that watching one would be enough to understand his brother's level. What he was really more interested in were those powerful duelists. And then——
"Yoshi, the points are six, so your monster's attack power will be reduced to one-sixth of its original value. Counterattack, [True Red Eyes Black Blade Dragon]!"
Watching Jonouchi in the video fight back and forth with an unknown little character, the score was basically below the 1000 point crisis line, and then at the last moment, as expected, he relied on the gambling card of a shitty athlete who was tipped by the goddess of luck.
After winning, Kaiba looked very ugly.
The top four of the Duel Kingdom, the top four of the Duel City, the guy who once gave Kaiba a sense of crisis in a duel, and that bastard in the castle can fight with a third-rate duelist, doesn't it seem like that?
Kaiba is so embarrassing?!
"That idiot is the type who won't use all his strength even if he can't tell the difference between the candles in the wind!" Kaiba didn't want to see Jonouchi's silly face on the screen after his victory, so he turned off the video unhappily and continued to search.
A duelist worthy of admiration.
For example, Malik once held two gods.
After finally finding traces of Malik in the complicated duel videos, Kaiba clicked on Malik's duel video and watched it for almost five minutes before Kaiba withdrew unhappily.
In the previous duels, the cards that Malik used basically revolved around the idea of "summoning the god" → "protecting the god" → "using the god to blast the opponent", but now he has lost all two of them.
After God, the duel idea used by Malik, who no longer has the ability to make the final decision in the deck, naturally became——
First of all, there are five cards in the backfield, either [Naraku's Hole], [Exploding Armor], and [Magic Interference Array], trying to survive in various ways.
Then, use all kinds of trash talk to anger the opponent and trick the opponent into summoning more than one monster.
When there are two monsters on the opponent's field, decisively send a level 8 3000 attack monster to the opponent's field, and then add a [Torture Wheel] that makes the monster unable to attack and change its form.
The effect damage caused by the round is based on blood reduction.
In the duel video that Kaiba clicked on, Malik met Samejima Iemitsu, whom Kaiba had seen before. As the saying goes, "A long illness makes a good doctor", and Malik and Samejima Iemitsu both cut their blood.
If you play too much with blood flow, you will naturally learn how to restrain the blood flow without any teacher. The result is that two blood flow players meet their opponents and are inseparable from each other.
In the end, if Malik hadn't been able to hold back his anger, he activated a [Bitter Choice] and wanted to add a card that could change the battle situation from the deck to his hand, but Samejima Iemitsu used a [Necromancer]
The temptation] shaving off 1500 basic points, this duel will probably continue until one of the decks has time.
Because the duel was too boring, Kaiba couldn't help but yawned. After turning off the video, Kaiba lowered his eyes to look for the names of some more familiar duelists. He unexpectedly discovered that next to the video, there was a copy of the duel.
The thumbnail of the video clearly showed Hayato's maniacally laughing face.
After clicking on the video, he saw, as expected, that one of the two duelists who appeared in front of Kaiba was Hayato, and the other one was a duelist named "D.D." who had suddenly risen in the recent professional duelist circle.
who.
But what makes Kaiba a little confused is that no matter how he looks, he looks like Hayato, but everyone around him turns a blind eye to him. Instead, he fanatically pursues the guy named "D.D.", even the one Hayato used when competing.
The name is also "Tanli Dou" which Kaiba has never heard of.
"Hmph, after all, I must have used some weird methods, such as hypnosis or something. I didn't focus on dueling monsters, but immersed myself in those otherworldly things, and that's how I got the title of Duel King.
You are arrogant and lazy. Don’t be resentful if you catch me and take away your honor, Hayato.”
The corners of Kaiba's mouth raised slightly, showing a sneer, and said to himself.
While watching the video of the duel, and writing down the brand new monster used by Hayato during the duel - [Bad Beast] in his memo for further study later, Kaiba opened the identity report of "Tan Reito".
As expected, there was no entry-exit record with the name "Tan Li Dou" at the customs.
In other words, either this "Tan Reito" is just a stowaway who looks a lot like Hayato, or it is a pseudonym used by Hayato. After seeing "Tan Reito" use [Red Restart], Kaiba thought it was the latter
Most likely.
He easily enabled the background editing mode of the matching program during the audition stage, and tampered with the data to arrange himself and the No. 1 contestant "Tan Lidou" who also participated in the audition together. Kaiba laughed proudly.
"Having caught the loophole that restricts Duel Kings from participating, do you also want to compete for the championship? Only events like this can arouse my interest." Kaiba narrowed his eyes and wished he could speed up time to tomorrow's daylight and quickly follow Hayato.
In an exciting duel with monsters, "But the championship bonus is not that easy to get. If you take the initiative to participate, don't blame me for taking the initiative to find you, Hayato Kobayashi!"
————MadeInHeaven————
"Surprise?"
"It's shock."
Hayato looked at Kaiba, who was standing opposite him with a proud look on his face, and helplessly covered his forehead.
As expected of Kaiba, he saw through my perfect disguise easily.jpg
It's a pity that Hayato didn't bring Tequila, otherwise he would have really looked like a cosplayer in this famous scene. It's just a pity that he could replace Kaz's character and get lunch yesterday.
(The voice actor of D.D. and Kaz are both Inoue Kazuhiko)
Inserting the deck into the duel plate, Kaiba ignored the cheers of the audience who gathered around him because of his reputation, and said to Hayato with high spirits: "Since you have participated in the audition, no matter what opponent you encounter, you should not
I’m surprised, after all, the Haima Group’s matching program is quite smart and will only match players with similar levels together.”
"Okay, let's start the duel quickly, 'Tanli Du'!"
Hayato looked at Kaiba, who had a serious face, and his face was a little serious: "I see, that's it."
"That's true. Although I feel a little unhappy, since I'm facing you, this is the only way to do it, Seth."
As he spoke, under Kaiba's expectant gaze, Hayato patted his left arm and thigh with his right hand that was not wearing a duel plate: "The famous President Kaiba, the legendary duelist Seto Kaiba, I don't need to duel with you.
You can't get on my strong arms and thighs. The first thing is——"
Hayato's hand went to the card box on his waist where the deck was placed, but just when Kaiba thought he was going to take out the deck and duel with him, Hayato suddenly raised his hand: "Referee, Isurrender (Referee, I surrender)"
!"
After hearing what Hayato said with his hand raised, the referee on the sidelines of the duel nodded and announced: "Winner, No. 1, Seto Kaiba."
"N-Nani?!" The expression on Kaiba's face was also stunned, and then he reacted - although he didn't know how Hayato did it, but his current identity is not the duel king, he is just a person who just won the KC Cup
He is just an ordinary duelist who has achieved a little bit of fame, but when he meets the legendary duelist Seto Kaiba, the runner-up in Duel City, there is no shame in abstaining or surrendering.
And this is not a formal competition where you lose the qualification if you lose, it is just an audition stage. Even if Hayato surrenders and admits defeat, he will only be deducted a few points. His accumulated points are still ranked in the top 20 of all contestants.
Among them, losing one point will not affect his qualifying.
Feeling that he had been tricked by Hayato, Kaiba angrily took a step towards Hayato, but Hayato, who had already planned his escape route, smiled evilly at Kaiba: "Then now, please help me~"
With that said, Hayato told Kaiba what he was going to do when he said "use his thighs" before - he took off with a sprint and jumped about nine meters away, which was close to the world record, and disappeared into the crowd, leaving only countless Kaiba.
of admirers remained at the edge of the duel ring.
"Uno type!"
Listening to Kaiba's angry roar coming from behind, Hayato chuckled. Before the matching system arranged a new opponent for him, he began to wander around the audition site.
Walking through the crowd, Hayato unexpectedly saw many familiar figures - "Dinosaur" Ryuzaki, Kajiki Yuta, "Super" Aluminum Field, etc. He even collected star chips for Hayato during the Duel Kingdom.
The "King of Shipping" Anassis also participated in the KC Cup.
Hayato even heard Uncle Anassis bragging to his opponent that even the duel king—that is, Hayato himself—had a hard time fighting with him in a duel and almost lost. In equivalent terms, Hayato
Narcisse, Hayato Kaiba Seto, so Anasis ≈ Kaiba Seto.
Hayato couldn't help but sigh, this man with a chin that looks like his butt is really a math genius.
As he walked, Hayato saw a duel stage where a duel had just ended. On one side of the duel stage, the loser of the duel just now was kneeling on the ground in despair, as if he could not accept his defeat.
He was defeated, while his opponent pushed up his glasses calmly.
"So strong. He is obviously just a minor, but he has such strong dueling ability."
"Children from wealthy families are indeed different from ordinary people like us. They must have received elite education from the beginning, right?"
"Huh? That's not the case. Don't you know him, Amon Gallem?"
"Gallum? Could it be that he is the adopted son?"
"So it has nothing to do with prenatal education. Speaking of which, I seem to have seen several young brats who were quite terrifying in dueling monsters."
From the mouths of passers-by, Hayato could barely hear the name "Amon Gallem", which was not unfamiliar but not familiar either. Hayato's eyes lingered on the face of the young man wearing plain glasses.
In appearance, Amon Gallem looks nothing like Ptah Gallem, whom Hayato had met once during the Duel Kingdom. After all, he is an adopted son. In terms of age, he looks older than what Hayato has ever seen.
Wanzhang's eyesight is accurate. Youcheng Shidai and the others must be a little older. They are probably eight or nine years old, but the kind of plainness on their faces that is not sad or happy due to victory or defeat is difficult for ordinary people to have even if they are thirty-eight or nine years old.<
/p>
As if aware of the eyes of the crowd, Amon Gallem looked towards Hayato. After seeing Hayato's face, he was slightly stunned, and then tilted his head in confusion, as if he was thinking.
Why do I feel so familiar when I see Hayato, but I can't remember where I have seen him?
And just at this moment, Hayato heard the voice of the radio: "No., DanKuroto, Pleasegotochallengearena44."
Hayato glanced at the stage again, and he was also happy - although the number "44" would make some Italians unhappy, the execution stage that Hayato came to while wandering happened to be the 44th stage. In other words, Hayato's next opponent is Amon Garam.
