Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Wan Zhangmu is so popular in the academy?"

Seeing that in addition to the eye-catching younger students, there were also many people who seemed to have little contact with each other among the students who were also shouting his name, this made Judai and the others a little difficult to understand.

Why do they give people the feeling that they have received money?

Jonouchi scratched his itchy scalp and said, "Wan Zhangmu seems to have heard of this surname somewhere before?"

"The one who was in the next class in high school and was Honda's love rival."

Hearing Hayato's reminder, Jonouchi looked like he suddenly realized: "Yes, Shoji's eldest son of the Manjomu Consortium is named Manjomu. Wait a minute, is that what I thought? That poser standing on the field The one who poses is the kid who sold duel disks with Masashi? "

"I thought it was obvious. Jonouchi, you just didn't react until now?" Hayato complained, "Obviously that guy Shoji is working in Doshino City now, but you haven't met Shoji Manjome on the street. Do you have the uncanny vision when you grow up?"

"Hayato, do you have any misunderstandings about the mayor? He is not a patrolman on the street. If you can meet that guy Shoji casually while walking on the road, it only means that he is fishing every day." Jonouchi paused. He paused, "Besides, the Duelist Agency under the name of that bastard Kaiba has a full schedule of commercial performances, endorsement ads, etc. I don't have much free time all year round. I can only spend one month a year in Doushino City." It’s pretty good.”

"So Jonouchi, you deliberately did not participate in the competition this year, in order to avoid the endorsements and other things that you received after winning the championship from affecting your honeymoon with Mai, right?" Yugi said with a smile, "This year's Professional Duelist World Championship The championship was finally won by Ryuzaki.”

"He has been looking forward to winning the championship for many years, and this year he got his wish - although he said that the gold content of the championship you won if you did not defeat Jonouchi is too low, but if he didn't curl up the corners of his mouth when being interviewed by reporters, then If it's higher, the persuasiveness of these words may be higher," Hayato said, "It's also because old people like you Jonouchi no longer occupy a position. This year's World Championship is rare to be like the previous two when the World Championship was first held. The intensity is such that many people want to take advantage of the fact that you are not participating in the competition and try to compete for the championship position.”

"Just like Hayato, you told me before, 'It won't be the old people who create a new era.' In that case. Unlike the guy who just hopes that a stronger strong man will be born and Kaiba, like this World Championship A duel monster environment where excellent duelists are constantly emerging is a better environment for most people.”

Hearing Jonouchi's words, Hayato nodded: "This is also the reason why I didn't reject that guy Kaiba and finally became the principal of the Duel Academy. Watching the students being trained into outstanding duelists one after another, even I can't help but Feeling excited."

"I care so much about the next generation of Duel Monsters. There is no duelist who cares more than me."

Hearing Hayato's words, Rebecca subconsciously asked: "Whether it's the kid named Yujo Judai in the first game or the very convulsive guy named Tenjoin Fubuki in the second game, who wins?" The last trick is very 'coincidentally', it involves liberating monsters, and even shouts your mantra of 'this is a necessary sacrifice'."

"Could it be that it's because you became the principal of Duel Academy, Hayato Kobayashi, that's why...!"

"Hush - Rebecca-chan, this is a topic that cannot be touched." Kyoko said very seriously, "Hayato is very petty, be careful that he plots against you because you said bad things about him."

"Ahem, how can I be so narrow-minded and just watch the competition?" Hayato coughed slightly and motioned for others to look at the duel field, "Let's look at the next generation of duelist monsters. Speaking of which, this year's professional duelist circle We are about to welcome a new group of people, and one of them is someone from the field.”

While Hayato and the others in their twenties (Kiri) were chatting, amidst the cheers of thousands of fans, Caesar had already walked to the stage, looked at the surrounding audience, and asked doubtfully: "Previously A few days ago, someone came to me and said, "Want to hire me and let me call your name enthusiastically when you go on stage to duel?"

"Although I don't want to admit it, the people who are looking for you are most likely my brothers." Looking at the surrounding auditorium, Wan Zhangmu noticed that some people were carrying quite professional video equipment, and he rubbed his forehead helplessly. He said, "I was shocked when I asked why there were more people calling my name than the ones I arranged for."

Without the instruction of Wan Zhangmu himself, his younger brothers would naturally not hold up banners on their own initiative. His purpose of doing this was to show his face as much as possible in this competition, and then cooperate with him in the duel. The outstanding performance in the competition let others know who is the No. 1 in Duel Academy.

Coincidentally, his two brothers thought the same way.

In the animated version of the timeline, the two brothers of Wan Zhangmu caused trouble twice in the Duel Academy, and their purpose was without exception to achieve their brothers' ambitions-that is, the three brothers became the best in three fields. The first is to be strong and dominate in all aspects, so as to make the Wan Zhangmu Consortium bigger and stronger and create greater glory.

With Samejima as the principal, because of his gentle personality, the brothers acted quite arrogantly and domineeringly, and even had ambitions to include Duel Academy in the business domain of their Manzomu Foundation. However, those are possibilities in another world.

Hayato didn't even need to take the initiative to do anything. His existence alone brought about a big enough butterfly effect to change many things. As early as on campus, Manjo Meshoji had already come into contact with people including Hayato. These legendary duelists played games and experienced the gap between top duelists and amateurs early on.

At the same time, the International Illusion Society and Kaiba Group's promotion of duel monsters to the world has been accelerated countless times due to Hayato's many influences. Today's duel monsters are no longer a huge industry that can be swallowed up by a mere conglomerate. Now, the Duel Academy, which plays an important role in producing outstanding duelists, has become something that the Wanzhangmu Consortium dare not touch because of Hayato's presence.

How difficult it is to surpass Hayato Kobayashi in the realm of dueling monsters. This old classmate, Bankhou Meshoji, is one of the three Bankhoume brothers. If his younger brother, Bankhou Meshun, had not insisted on becoming a duelist, Bankhou Meshoji would have even There are plans to change the plan set by the eldest brother in the early years for the three brothers to dominate all aspects of business and politics, and let Wan Zhangmuzhun change his career to perform comics or Noh dramas.

However, since Banjo Mujun insists on becoming a duelist and has set a strange goal of "even if he cannot surpass Hayato Kobayashi and become the strongest duel king, he must at least defeat Yujo Judai", then as the older brother I can only support my brother——

The specific implementation is that Wan Zhang Mu Zhu's two brothers started to prepare after learning about the college exchange competition. They spent money to find a "trustee" in the college several days in advance on the premise that Wan Zhang Mu Zhu can advance to the competition. The Internet has started to hype up the situation, and they are just waiting for the video of the event to be released to promote Wan Zhangmuquan as a star duelist.

It's just that Wan Zhangmu's consortium is not very good at doing things, but it can hire people to hire Caesar, who is also a contestant. Wan Zhangmu is so accurate that he can't help but feel embarrassed by the abilities of his two brothers.

What he thinks is that being a star in the academy is enough. It won't be too late to become famous after he defeats Caesar, Judai and others and becomes the legitimate strongest. His brother is probably too impatient (annoyed).

"Although I'm not sure what's going on, it's probably something that has nothing to do with the duel, so don't worry about it." He raised the duel plate, and from the beginning to the end, Caesar had no intention of specially adjusting the composition of his deck for Wan Zhang Mu. He opened the duel disk and entered the duel preparation state, "Please give me some advice, classmate Wan Zhangmu." "Huh, you really have the leeway of a superior person. Caesar, you have been like that since the beginning of school. You always seem to be calm and leisurely. , and even seems to be qualified to guide others." Wan Zhangmu also raised the duel disk and hesitated for a moment after taking out the card deck, but thinking that Caesar had not adjusted the cards in the deck, he simply put the deck together. He inserted the card into the card slot and unfolded the duel plate, "I don't need any advice, because I don't want to duel with you like a housewife."

"Victory and then domination! I want to be the man who stands at the top of Duel Monsters, and the strongest throne in Duel Academy is my first goal. It's time for you to give way from there, Caesar!"

"Duel!"

[Extremely accurate: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"Is the Duel Academy the strongest? Just defeating me is not enough, right? You haven't defeated Judai Yujo yet, right?" He turned his head and glanced at the audience, looking forward to the duel on the field with happiness on his face. , Judai, as if he was not an audience but a contestant, Ryo Marufuji said casually, "The important thing about Duel Monsters is not just victory."

"Do you believe that? It's just because you have always been the winner that you can say such words with a relaxed face. Stop being so disgusting, Caesar." Wan Zhangmu snorted coldly and said with some disdain, " After you have tasted the taste of failure that others have long been tired of, can you say something like that again?"

"As for that jellyfish-head Yuki Judai, I will naturally go find him after I defeat you."

Without answering Wan Zhangmu's words, Marufuji was silent for a brief moment, with a trace of confusion and hesitation flashing in his eyes.

Rameses II, Hayato Kobayashi, Katsuya Jonouchi, Ryo Marufuji, he had tasted the taste of failure several times and even miserably before graduation, and he was vaguely aware of the existence of himself in Hayato's deliberate guidance again and again. The problem.

Is victory in the duel important? Not important? Is it important? Not important?

Ryo Marufuji didn't know the answer to the question, but he knew that he could at least defeat the man who asked the question with a duel while searching for the answer.

"I'm not showing off, I'm just stating what I know at least at this moment. For me, who is standing on the duel field and about to duel you, Manzhangmu-san, the important thing in a duel is not just the victory in the result, but The joy of the duel is equally important."

"The joy in a duel? Stop making me happy. Only the winner can smile in a duel. How can the loser smile? The so-called 'duell brings smiles' is just that." Wan Zhang He sneered, "How about you try first and see if you can still laugh after losing to me. Right now, right here!"

Hearing what Wan Zhangmu said, Marufuji Ryo shook his head and said: "That's not possible. I have made an agreement with someone in advance to meet again in the finals and have a perfect and wonderful duel. I can’t lose before then.”

"With that guy Fubuki Tenjoin?"

Banzhangmu said casually, but his eyes widened in surprise at Marufuji Ryo's answer.

"No, Fubuki is more concerned about dating girls than dueling right now. Just now after the duel, he asked me if I could just abstain. He wanted to take time off to watch a movie with that Riki Mackenzie. Come on." Ryo Marufuji said seriously, "It's Judai who made an appointment with me to duel together."

"Huh? Judai? This is impossible! I even have chat records saved here. He clearly made an appointment with me to be in the finals——"

Banzhangmu denied it subconsciously. He clearly remembered that Judai had sincerely made an agreement with him to "duel together in the finals". How could he possibly meet this guy Caesar again——

"Judai did personally agree with me to duel again in the finals, in person." Marufuji frowned and elaborated again. At the same time, he also emphasized that Judai did not do it online, but in person. Make a pact with yourself.

Even Judai also made an agreement with Banzhangmu, but obviously the one who made the agreement personally is more important on his side, right?

The two looked at each other at first, and then both moved their gazes to the same position, looking at Judai who was unaware of anything in the audience.

"Then we made a deal, Asuka, let's meet again in the finals to determine the champion." Judai stretched out his little finger to hook Asuka, and said with a smile, "Let's have an interesting duel together, we made a promise!"

"Well, isn't that of course? Mr. Hayato often tells us that we must do what we have agreed upon, otherwise there will be an evil swordsman who will hunt down those who do not abide by the agreement and ask others whether they surrender to him. Or die in his hands. In short, I will definitely reach the finals!”

"Ah, do you want to make a promise with me for the fourth time? Because I mispronounced the name, so I won't use it? Huh~~"

It was unclear what Ryo Marufuji was thinking. Anyway, his fist was hard.

Is the agreement to meet again in the finals just for me or for everyone else? Looking at the situation in the auditorium, hum, I knew that it wouldn’t be my turn even if someone else picked the rest.

It was the first time I was shortlisted for the top eight in the college exchange competition, and it was the first time I made such an important agreement with someone. The two happy things together should have been double the happiness, but how could it become like this...

Yujo Judai, why are you so skilled at making agreements with others?

He was so angry that he didn't even care that Caesar hadn't even shouted "Duel", even if it was just a slogan that was more ceremonial than practical, and directly grabbed the initiative and drew cards from the deck: "I have the initiative, draw the card. !" (End of this chapter)