Chapter 72 It’s Time for the Show to Begin, Here’s to the Thunderous Applause

At nine o'clock in the morning on the second day, Hayato and others came out of their respective rooms and went to the hall where the dinner was held yesterday.

After a day's rest, Hayato and the four of them have regained their energy, and the decks they used have been more or less adjusted to adapt to various situations that may arise in duels.

Even in the Thousand-year-old City, for the first time, cards like [Tornado], which cannot directly increase attack power, were added to the deck.

As soon as they arrived in the hall, Hayato and the others found that someone was already waiting here.

"Oh, is someone finally here?" The speaker was a middle-aged uncle wearing a peaked cap. After noticing the arrival of Hayato and his group, he put aside the coffee he was holding, stood up from his seat, and actively greeted , "Hello, my name is Samejima Iemitsu. People who know me call me Samejima."

"Hello, Mr. Samejima." Hayato shook hands with him enthusiastically, "My name is Kobayashi Hayato, just call me Hayato."

"Hello, Hayato."

Seeing Hayato enthusiastically greeting the people he just met, Jonouchi lowered his voice and said to Honda on the side: "Hey, what do you think?"

"I think they are weird." Honda paused, "This guy Hayato isn't a very enthusiastic person, is he?"

In the hall, there was not only Samejima but also Hayato and his group who had just arrived: "Humph, it's so noisy, a bunch of boring guys."

The thief Keith leaned back on the chair and put his feet on another chair. Looking at the lively atmosphere of Hayato and the others, he shouted dissatisfied: "I saw you guys chattering away so early in the morning. It's annoying. It’s all so annoying.”

Hayato and the others didn't say anything, but Samejima said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Mr. Keith, I disturbed you."

"snort!"

Samejima acted like a good gentleman. According to what Jonouchi and others knew about Keith, he should be arrogantly taunting Samejima and showing off his status as the United States Champion. But for some reason, he heard Samejima's words. , Thief Keith just snorted and became quiet.

Samejima Iemitsu, if there are no accidents, should be the "Samejima". Looking at Samejima's hair exposed under his hat, Hayato thought with some uncertainty.

When he heard Mai mentioning that there was a duelist using "electronic flow" among the top eight, Hayato's first reaction was that he would meet Ryo Marufuji, but he quickly rejected this.

You know, until the story of Yu-Gi-Oh GX happened in 2012, Ryo Marufuji was just 17 years old, and now it is just 2000. Even the child prodigy Ryo Marufuji, who has shown extraordinary dueling abilities since he was a child, is only now 17 years old. Only five years old.

In this way, Hayato remembered Marufuji's previous generation of electronic duelists, Marufuji's teacher, and the principal of the Duel Academy - Principal Samejima. The "Samejima Iemitsu" in front of me looks to be in his early thirties, and he will be forty years old in ten years. Although it is a bit tragic to become bald at the age of forty, it does match the age of "Principal Samejima" superior.

"Um, Mr. Samejima?"

"Oh, what's the matter, Hayato-kun?" Samejima smiled kindly. Samejima, like Mirai, is a rather amiable person and is quite friendly to young duelists, otherwise Kaiba would not have appointed him as the principal of the Duel Academy.

"That hat on your head is too tight. If you wear it too much, you will easily go bald."

As soon as Hayato finished speaking, someone not far away answered: "That guy, it doesn't matter if he's bald."

Turning around to look, Hayato saw a guy who was walking quite arrogantly and could even compete with Keith. Beside that guy, there was a girl dressed as a maid, carrying an aluminum alloy suitcase following him.

While walking towards Hayato, the arrogant guy's eyes were fixed on Samejima: "Samejima Iemitsu, didn't you expect that? I said, don't think that defeating me once is the end, you just Just wait for my revenge."

Hayato turned to look at Peacock Dance, and she nodded: "As I said yesterday, the eldest son of the Garam Consortium, Putah Garam. He lost to Samejima over there once."

"Huh, that's a thing of the past!" Obviously, hearing about his disgraceful record made Putah Gallem a little embarrassed. Staring at the innocent-looking Peacock Wu, Putah walked away without looking back. At the same time, he was annoyed in his heart as to why he was so distracted yesterday that he told the woman named Peacock Wu about his affairs.

Yugi silently counted the number of people present in his mind: "Maiko Mai, me, Jonouchi-kun, and Hayato-kun, that's four people, as well as Mr. Samejima and the thief Keith, plus the words of Putah Garam just now." Seven people. The last duelist should be——’

"Oh, it's so lively. It turns out everyone came so early." A voice suddenly appeared behind Yugi, startling him. Looking back, the guy who came to their table at dinner last night was standing behind Yugi, "I thought I would be the first to arrive."

"Lemuria." Hayato frowned and read out his name that the other party reported last night.

Among the top eight players, Thief Keith is good at gambling cards and mechanical monsters. Jonouchi is also good at gambling cards. Games, or king-like decks, pay attention to bonding and coordination.

Mai's deck is proficient in backfield destruction. Even if Samejima's cards are not the invincible Sebadragon, they are most likely dominated by the Machine Tribe. The only ones whose information is unclear are that of Prach Gallem and the ones in front of him. of Lemuria.

As a duelist, Hayato's sixth sense kept telling him one thing - the Lemuria in front of him was a formidable enemy.

"Oh, Mr. Hayato, your eyes are so scary." Lemuria noticed Hayato's gaze and pretended to say, "Or are you already impatient to fight me? You are really passionate about dueling. .”

In the hall, the thief Keith and Jonouchi, who dislike each other, were bickering. Samejima and Yugi were chatting about each other's understanding of duel monsters. Maura looked at her nails in boredom, and Putah took the one handed over by the maid. deck, and Hayato was playing "whoever blinks first loses" with that Lemuria.

"Ahem." An old voice came, and the castle's deacon appeared at the door of the hall at some point, reminding everyone of his presence, "All the duelists have arrived, so please follow me to the duel hall. Lord Becas is waiting for you there.”

Under the guidance of the old deacon, everyone followed obediently to the place where Kaiba and Bekas had their duel yesterday. Just as the old deacon said, Becas is still wearing the same red suit that has not changed for thousands of years and has been waiting here for a long time.

"Wel! Dear duelists~, welcome to my castle." Old Becas said, "First of all, congratulations to anyone, for passing the first level of selection, becoming the top eight in the duel kingdom, and having the opportunity to compete. Qualifications for the title of 'Duel King'."

"It's just that I believe anyone has also seen that there are seven other players standing next to you, blocking you." Bekas said, with a smile on his face, "So I announced that the selection for the top eight will begin. !”