Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Hayato's concise and concise "speech" was instantly warmly welcomed by the students in the audience after being sharply contrasted by Professor Kuronos.

Several school staff removed the podium and vacated the central duel venue. At the same time, a 360-degree surround display device composed of several curved screens was hung from the ceiling. The top eight students were displayed one after another on it. It was thrown out, but for the time being it was just a dark silhouette.

As the podium was moved off the stage, Professor Kuronos picked up the microphone again and tried to act as a commentator again: "Then the next task will be presided over by the top person in charge of practical training at Duel Academy, Kuronos de... Medici will take charge.”

"After a month of selection and elimination, a total of eight people finally entered the formal competition. Next, the contestants whose names were called will be invited to come on stage." After a pause, Professor Kronos called out the first name, " Eighth place, second grader, Obelisk Blue’s Tenjoin Fubuki!”

"Qiang~"

Holding a ukulele in her hand, Fubuki was not wearing a school uniform, but a beach short-sleeved shirt, not looking like a student at all. He stood up from his seat, strummed his strings, and elegantly introduced himself to the students around him like a big star: "Look up, what can you see?"

"sky--"

He wanted to show off his handsome face and shout out his signature line "10——Join~", but before Fubuki could even start his movements, he was slapped by teacher Emi Ayukawa who came to him with a black face. Dragging away from the scene: "I should have told you that you need to take good care of your health, Tenshoin-san? So can you explain why you are wearing short sleeves in this weather?"

"Wait, wait a minute, Emi-chan, I specially chose this outfit to best express my temperament for my first appearance after returning to the academy. A little bit of cold air is nothing." Fubuki struggled, "My Your image as a senior is going to be ruined.”

"You don't have that kind of thing, do you? Go and change your clothes into school uniforms!"

"Quack! Asuka save me!"

"Brother? (No concern)" She watched Fubuki being dragged away from the scene with a calm expression. Asuka pretended not to recognize him, secretly praying that others would not associate him with herself.

He had obviously disappeared once and had fallen into darkness in the past. Why did Fubuki still look so out of character after he woke up? It was a shame that he had tried so hard to duel with someone a while ago - even though it was Fubuki who he met by chance in the academy. When the beautiful school girl struck up a conversation with him, I thought he had changed a lot.

Wait a minute, the reason why Fubuki works so hard is just to shine in the academy exchange competition like just now, right?

Thinking of this, Asuka helplessly covered her forehead. Almost in sync with Asuka's movements, a blonde girl not far from her also covered her forehead helplessly due to Fubuki's movements.

Subconsciously, both sides looked at each other because of the actions that were completely consistent with their own. Asuka's eyes crossed with that of the blonde girl.

It was an accident that Fubuki was dragged away, and Professor Kuronos continued to call the names of the finalists: "Ahem, Fubuki-san will be back later, so I will continue."

"Next is the sixth place qualifier, a third-year exchange student from Western Branch—Rikki Mackenzie!"

"Then we are tied for sixth place, Asuka-san, a first-year student from the Obelisk Blue dormitory, Tenjoin!"

Asuka and the girl who looked at her, Rikki Mackenzie, stood up at the same time. They simply responded to the looks cast by the students around them, but they both frowned, obviously concerned about their final results. Surprised to be so close to the dead line. In their estimation, they could at least be in the top five, but they turned out to be sixth, or even tied for sixth.

Riki glanced at Asuka again, narrowed her eyes, and thought to herself: 'Is she actually Fubuki Tenjoin's sister? There were two moments, but the knockout rounds were not enough to show the full strength of the duelists. '

'I won't lose until I face Fubuki! '

Asuka didn't understand why Riki's eyes were inexplicably full of war when she looked at her. She had only heard of the other party's name before Professor Cronos reported her name but did not recognize him. She had never fought before. However, it didn't stop her from looking back with the same firm eyes.

Tied for sixth place was not the result she wanted. Let's not speculate about the other masters ahead of her. At least this woman had to prove that she was stronger than the opponent. Otherwise, how could she keep up with Judai and other classmates?

"The fifth place is the Sun God who is also a first-year student in the Huang dormitory, Misawa Hai ahem, Daichi classmate."

"I want to say Misawa Ocean! How come the pronunciations of earth and ocean are so close that you can mispronounce them so easily!" With an aggrieved expression on his face, Misawa couldn't help complaining as soon as he stood up.

"Ah, sir, I don't know." Professor Kronos pretended to be dumbfounded, forced himself to pass, and continued to sign up.

In the audience, Sho Marufuji said curiously: "Asuka-san and Fifty-fold students are also shortlisted for the top eight, but are they all ranked outside the top four? The competition is so fierce."

"Caesar can be counted as one, and my ranking as of last night was second, and Wan Zhangmu seemed to be third right behind me." Judai crossed his fingers, "Originally, the next four fortunes. No. 3 He seems to be ranked behind Wan Zhangmu, but has he been surpassed by others? "

"Huh?" Looking at the names of the contestants that followed, even Professor Kronos paused in surprise and looked twice to avoid mistaking it. After confirming that he had seen it correctly, although he was still a little confused, he He still said, "The next fourth contestant is a first-year student from the Obelisk Lan dormitory, Na Nuo Nie, a classmate with ten thousand eyes!"

"Don't add your weird speech habit after my name, Mr. Kuronos!" Wan Zhangmu stood up with a dark face and protested, "If you want to call me, please call me Mr. Wan Zhangmu!"

"But, I'm actually fourth? How is this possible!"

"Lightning? It sounds like a very arrogant name. Is he actually a kid?"

At the same time as Wan Zhang Mu's words fell, not far from the row in front of him, a stout man turned back and glanced at Wan Zhang Mu Dao with disdain.

Clenching his fists in displeasure, Wan Zhangmu glared at the big man with fierce eyes: "It's Mr. Wan Zhangmu! Is there anything wrong with calling me Mr. Wan Zhangmu!"

"After all, what qualifications do you have to be so arrogant?"

When the big man heard Wan Zhangmu's words, the corner of his mouth curled up: "Qualifications? Of course my qualifications are -"

Professor Kuronos's voice sounded at the same time: "Then the third place, the third-year student from the Northern Branch, Edogawa Yuri-san."

As the third-place silhouette lit up on the screen above the central duel arena, the arrogantly provocative big man stood up and said the second half of his sentence: "——My ranking when I was shortlisted, He still ranks above you!" "That guy is actually ranked third? Is it true?" Judai said with an incredulous expression, "He doesn't seem to be that strong, but he is ranked higher than Wan Zhangmu. ?”

"Feelings and stuff, is that kind of thing really accurate? And I feel that the other person looks very dangerous." Edogawa Yuri looked like a social gangster at all, not like a student, Marufuji Sho felt a little weak. said.

"Believe in Judai's intuition, just believe it. You don't need a reason to believe." Hayato Maeda agreed with Judai's intuition, "This is what I learned after losing to Judai more than a dozen times in playing cards. conclusion.”

"As for the rankings, after all, the knockout rounds only rank based on the points each person got in the end. It cannot accurately represent the strength of each selected player. Just like Fubuki Tenjoin and Fuya Sai who made Judai also fall into a hard battle. Only the final eighth?"

After a pause, Maeda said with a smile, "Besides, even if ranking can represent the level of strength, Judai must be above that person."

"The second-place contestant is... tsk, Yujo Judai, a first-year student in the Osiris Red Dormitory." When he read out Judai's name, Professor Chronos still had a somewhat unhappy tone, and even didn't like it. He was willing to give Judai as much time as the others to show off, but paused briefly after announcing his name, and finally shouted in an excited tone, "And what everyone is looking forward to, advance to the official competition with the first place result." The Duel Academy's 'Caesar'!"

"Obelisk Blue, third-year student Ryo Marufuji!"

After Professor Kronos called out Ryo Marufuji's name, even before he could stand up, the audience instantly burst into cheers:

"Wow! It's Caesar, it's Lord Caesar!"

"Lord Caesar, we love you!"

"Being able to see Lord Caesar's duel is worth the price even if you die!"

Listening to the cheers from almost the entire audience, Ryo Marufuji sighed inwardly. In fact, he was not good at dealing with this kind of situation at all. The longer he stayed at school, the more he missed the peaceful life he had lived when he first entered school before he became famous. Even though he later became known as "Caesar", but at that time at least Fujiwara Yusuke and Tenjoin Fubuki helped him share the burden.

After the two of them disappeared one after another, he gradually became the only "top player" in Duel Academy. He didn't want this kind of popularity at all. Fubuki liked this kind of lively scene. If possible, he would like to do it. His popularity has transferred to Fubuki, but it's a pity that he can't change it.

However, even if he is not good at coping, he has been in school for three years anyway. He also knows that the most appropriate reaction for him now is to keep a straight face, say nothing, and do nothing, whether it is a gentle response or a strong refusal, It will only arouse more enthusiasm. After all, no one can say how weird the XP of these fans is. There are quite a few of them who will yell at you to curse a few more words after being scolded.

Tenjoin Fubuki, who was dragged away and forced to change back into his school uniform, returned to the scene. Looking at the audience cheering for "Caesar", he whistled and said frivolously: "It's amazing how popular it is. It has become so popular in three years." So in order to be worthy of the fans who have supported me until now, I have to show some real skills in the quarterfinals.”

The names and avatars of all eight contestants were displayed on the surround screen above the central duel field, scrolling in a loop for people to view. Professor Kronos also continued to host after the cheers subsided a little: "Eight All the qualified players are ready, so the Duel Academy Exchange Competition this school year will officially begin. The first thing to do is to advance to the semi-finals."

"The world of duel monsters is very cruel. If only one person can laugh, that's enough. The same goes for the top eight players. If you lose in a duel with your assigned opponent, there is no such thing as a resurrection match. The means Na Nuo pinch~"

Looking at the "bad student" who had mixed into the quarterfinals - Judai Yujo, Professor Kuronos laughed sinisterly, but soon remembered that he was now hosting the exchange competition, coughed lightly and continued, "Then , let’s first let the machine select the first and second players for the first round of promotions.”

The top eight avatars on the display disappeared one after another, leaving only two avatar frames still rotating, and the black silhouettes in the frames were also constantly changing. The silhouette switching speed in the rotating avatar frame became slower and slower. With a "ding" sound, the two avatar frames locked together and lit up to reveal the selected player's avatar.

The rotating avatar frame showed the information of both players to everyone, and Professor Kuronos raised his eyebrows and suddenly became a little unhappy: "Are there exchange students from other branches participating in the first promotion game? , but the one who appeared was Osiris-Red Dormitory. Ahem, in short, since the result is like this, then I declare——"

"The first duel will be between Yujo Judai, who came in second place in the trials, and Edogawa Yuri, who came in third place in the trials!"

"Is the eldest brother the first one to play? Is that okay?" Sho Marufuji looked at his rival students who stood up from the seats in the distance and started to open champagne in advance because they were in the red dormitory, shouting "Never before" Edogawa said strange words such as "Have had such a wonderful start" and looked at Judai with concern, "Although brother, you said that you intuitively feel that person is not very strong, but there shouldn't be something like capsizing in the gutter, right?" ? You can't be careless, after all, the opponent is also the third in the selection."

"Don't worry, Xiang, it will be over soon." Judai chuckled, stood up from his seat and walked towards the central duel arena.

Wan Jang looked at Edogawa Yuri who was walking arrogantly towards the duel, then looked at Judai who was not far away, stood up and shouted: "Hey, Yujo Judai!"

"I will settle the score with you after you took away my opportunity to teach this guy a lesson. But since you have taken my place, Mr. Wan Zhangmu, then give me something to use in the duel to let that country bumpkin know that the sky is high and the sky is high!"

When Judai heard Wan Zhangmu's words, he turned around, smiled, and waved his hands to show that he understood.

Walking to the central duel field, Edogawa Yuli looked at Judai and said happily: "It's not in vain that the subordinates I mobilized worked hard to improve my ranking. As expected, those who rank higher will really have good luck."

"Among the top eight contestants, there was actually an inferior student from the red dormitory. If my ranking was lower, it might have been that arrogant brat who would have dueled you, right? But now that I have successfully picked it up, I feel really good. joy."

"There has never been such a wonderful start, cheer for me, cheer for me!" As he said this, Edogawa Yuli didn't take Judai to heart at all, and turned around confidently as if he had already won the duel. He turned around and looked at the audience who were shouting. The exchange students who also came from the Northern Branch immediately responded to him and cheered.

"Eh~ Are you so confident?" Judai scratched his head and said strangely, "It would be great if you could really change with Wan Zhangmu, because I feel that Wan Zhangmu is indeed stronger than you. A duel with him might be interesting."

"But uncle, although you feel a little weaker, just like Xiang said, maybe you can have an interesting duel with me?" The corners of his mouth were raised little by little, showing an excited smile, Judai's eyes were Youguang said, "Sa, let's duel, Uncle Edogawa."

"Who are you calling uncle, you brat!" Edogawa's free smile disappeared and he said gloomily, "I'm just a little older, I've just turned eighteen, you're a born-to-hate poor student! Weak! Why fight!"

"Become crushed in front of my invincible 'the weak and the strong' deck and become a stepping stone for me to advance!"

Both sides raised the academy's standard duel disk, and the signal was amplified through the duel field at their feet, and they all started to enter the duel state.

"Duel!"

[Yucheng Tenth Generation: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Edogawa Free: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand] (End of this chapter)