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Chapter 324: Can't Handle Losing?
After defeating the enemy, the three [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] let out a roar towards the sky, then nodded towards Hayato and Kaiba, their forms slowly dissipating. Kaiba, uncharacteristically, said something nice: "Hmph, well played."
That probably counts as nice, assuming Kaiba wasn't aware of something like "Hearthstone".
"You don't need to approve of that, Seto." Hayato waved his hand and directly claimed the Task Reward after completing the Achievement.
Just like with past Achievements, the reward was a guaranteed 1000 Duel Points, plus a special reward somewhat related to the Achievement: a random Dragon Structure Deck.
Hayato wasn't asking for much else; a Dragonmaid Deck would be great, and even a [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] Deck would be acceptable if it came down to it. At worst, the four Elemental Dragons would also be okay.
As the sealed Deck was opened, the Phantom Images of forty Cards appeared before Hayato's eyes, but Kaiba saw nothing.
Seeing the first two Cards in the Structure Deck, Hayato was a little excited—[Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos], and [Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders]!
Yatta! Got the Elemental Dragons!
However, Hayato had rejoiced too soon. As he continued looking, he discovered that this Deck only contained these two Elemental Dragons.
[Fusion Dragon], [Tiger Dragon], [Dragon Soldier], [Folk Art Dragon], [Hard Armored Dragon], etc. At first, Hayato thought he had gotten a four-Element Elemental Dragon Deck, but it turned out to be an EARTH Attribute specialized Dragon-Type Deck.
However, Hayato wasn't too disappointed; getting anything was good enough. Although he couldn't collect all four Elemental Dragons at once, obtaining [Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos] and [Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders] unlocked the "Elemental Dragon" prefix for him, allowing him to slowly draw them using Duel Points later. Of course, for Hayato, who found it hard to save Duel Points, this was practically hopeless.
Since he was still in the Virtual World, Hayato couldn't use these newly acquired Cards for the time being. He waved his hand to dispel the Cards' Phantom Images. He then saw that Kaiba had already leaped from the high platform, used a large tree in the center of the Field for leverage, and moved to the platform where Noah lay, still not getting up.
Although this was the Virtual World, the body template each person controlled was based on their real-life body. This guy Kaiba must have come running over from Baki next door, right?
The figure of [Gaia The Fierce Knight] appeared beside Hayato. He was just about to borrow Gaia's horse to follow Kaiba when, at that moment, Hayato and Kaiba heard someone calling their names from a distance—
"Over there! I see Hayato and Kaiba!"
With such a loud and energetic voice, you could tell it was Joey Wheeler just by hearing it.
From afar, Hayato saw Yugi Mutou's striking starfish hair, as well as Mai Valentine, Joey Wheeler, and Ishizu rushing towards them.
And following behind the four of them were four charging Duel Monsters—[Nightmare Penguin], [Sea Warrior of the Deep], [Sergeant Major], and [Jinzo - Jector]. One could tell with a guess it was The Big Five—or rather, the remaining four of The Big Five.
"You guys are way too persistent!" Joey Wheeler was riding on [Thousand Dragon], which had grown due to [Time Wizard]'s effect. Mai Valentine was riding the same Dragon. Behind them, [Nightmare Penguin] and [Sergeant Major] were in hot pursuit. Seeing this, he drew a Card from his Deck. "[Spike Seeder]!"
The Pitfall that suddenly appeared on the ground almost made [Nightmare Penguin], who was just about to catch Joey Wheeler, fall in. Although it successfully flew out of the Pitfall with the help of [Sergeant Major], the distance between the two of them and Joey Wheeler widened again.
As for Yugi Mutou and Ishizu, the Combo of [Kuriboh] and [Multiply] blocked the electrified water stream attack launched by [Jinzo - Jector] and [Sea Warrior of the Deep].
As early as when Hayato and Noah began their Duel, everyone else had already repelled their respective enemies and were wandering through the Virtual World searching for their companions. Then, the Lava World, Great Flood, and Noah's manifested brain during Noah and Hayato's Duel gave them a unified direction to head in, and they rushed towards this location.
However, halfway there, the four of them once again encountered The Big Five, who had been given a second opportunity by Noah. After learning from their previous defeat, The Big Five exchanged the information they had gathered and switched opponents for their battles.
For a time, because their opponents knew their decks and Deck Master effects inside and out, all four of them fell into trouble. Of course, after a tough fight, it still ended with The Big Five's defeat.
Unwilling to fail again, The Big Five saw that both consecutive Duels had resulted in failure. Throwing caution to the wind, they decided to carry out Noah's orders by directly using their bodies, transformed into Duel Monsters, to pursue the four. This pursuit led them all the way here.
"Absolutely, absolutely will not let you reach Kobayashi Hayato!"
"We cannot disappoint Lord Noah again!"
"This is our last opportunity!"
"Stop right there! You kids!"
Watching The Big Five chase after Yugi Mutou and the others, approaching this way, Kaiba had jumped to the edge of Noah's platform. He was thinking of grabbing the lying Noah on the ground to force him to release them from this Virtual World. Just as he took a step, he was surprised to find that his body suddenly couldn't move.
"Stand there and don't move, Seto. I'll deal with you last."
Noah's body, which had been lying on the ground, didn't use any leverage. Instead, it floated up from the ground against gravity, suspended in the air, his expression twisted with anger as he glared at Hayato: "How dare you make me, a god, lose face! Your crime is unforgivable, Kobayashi Hayato!"
"Here we go again. Do all you Game Administrators who call yourselves gods like to pull this kind of stunt?"
Looking at Noah, who was angry because he lost the Duel and even seemed like he was about to throw a childish tantrum and flip the table, Hayato, however, had a calm expression.
"Hmph, to think I would lose to you in Duel Monsters, damn it!" In his anger, Noah glanced at The Big Five not far away and immediately used them as an outlet for his anger. "This game called Duel Monsters is just boring trash!"
"You guys are trash too!"
Saying this, Noah extended his hand and clenched his fist towards The Big Five. In an instant, The Big Five, who had transformed into Duel Monsters, actually had their bodies shatter simultaneously, and after screaming, they disappeared from this world?!
Yugi Mutou and the others belatedly realized that the pursuers behind them had disappeared. Meanwhile, Hayato looked at Noah, who had turned his gaze onto him. As if he hadn't seen the killing intent in Noah's eyes, Hayato said with a smile: "Noah Little Friend, why do you seem to be in a bad mood? Do you feel like losing the Duel was embarrassing? You're really a sore loser, aren't you?"
"Kobayashi Hayato!" Noah angrily shouted Hayato's name, raised his hand and pointed at him. "Repay your offense against me with your life!"
After defeating the enemy, the three [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] let out a roar towards the sky, then nodded towards Hayato and Kaiba, their forms slowly dissipating. Kaiba, uncharacteristically, said something nice: "Hmph, well played."
That probably counts as nice, assuming Kaiba wasn't aware of something like "Hearthstone".
"You don't need to approve of that, Seto." Hayato waved his hand and directly claimed the Task Reward after completing the Achievement.
Just like with past Achievements, the reward was a guaranteed 1000 Duel Points, plus a special reward somewhat related to the Achievement: a random Dragon Structure Deck.
Hayato wasn't asking for much else; a Dragonmaid Deck would be great, and even a [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] Deck would be acceptable if it came down to it. At worst, the four Elemental Dragons would also be okay.
As the sealed Deck was opened, the Phantom Images of forty Cards appeared before Hayato's eyes, but Kaiba saw nothing.
Seeing the first two Cards in the Structure Deck, Hayato was a little excited—[Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos], and [Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders]!
Yatta! Got the Elemental Dragons!
However, Hayato had rejoiced too soon. As he continued looking, he discovered that this Deck only contained these two Elemental Dragons.
[Fusion Dragon], [Tiger Dragon], [Dragon Soldier], [Folk Art Dragon], [Hard Armored Dragon], etc. At first, Hayato thought he had gotten a four-Element Elemental Dragon Deck, but it turned out to be an EARTH Attribute specialized Dragon-Type Deck.
However, Hayato wasn't too disappointed; getting anything was good enough. Although he couldn't collect all four Elemental Dragons at once, obtaining [Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos] and [Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders] unlocked the "Elemental Dragon" prefix for him, allowing him to slowly draw them using Duel Points later. Of course, for Hayato, who found it hard to save Duel Points, this was practically hopeless.
Since he was still in the Virtual World, Hayato couldn't use these newly acquired Cards for the time being. He waved his hand to dispel the Cards' Phantom Images. He then saw that Kaiba had already leaped from the high platform, used a large tree in the center of the Field for leverage, and moved to the platform where Noah lay, still not getting up.
Although this was the Virtual World, the body template each person controlled was based on their real-life body. This guy Kaiba must have come running over from Baki next door, right?
The figure of [Gaia The Fierce Knight] appeared beside Hayato. He was just about to borrow Gaia's horse to follow Kaiba when, at that moment, Hayato and Kaiba heard someone calling their names from a distance—
"Over there! I see Hayato and Kaiba!"
With such a loud and energetic voice, you could tell it was Joey Wheeler just by hearing it.
From afar, Hayato saw Yugi Mutou's striking starfish hair, as well as Mai Valentine, Joey Wheeler, and Ishizu rushing towards them.
And following behind the four of them were four charging Duel Monsters—[Nightmare Penguin], [Sea Warrior of the Deep], [Sergeant Major], and [Jinzo - Jector]. One could tell with a guess it was The Big Five—or rather, the remaining four of The Big Five.
"You guys are way too persistent!" Joey Wheeler was riding on [Thousand Dragon], which had grown due to [Time Wizard]'s effect. Mai Valentine was riding the same Dragon. Behind them, [Nightmare Penguin] and [Sergeant Major] were in hot pursuit. Seeing this, he drew a Card from his Deck. "[Spike Seeder]!"
The Pitfall that suddenly appeared on the ground almost made [Nightmare Penguin], who was just about to catch Joey Wheeler, fall in. Although it successfully flew out of the Pitfall with the help of [Sergeant Major], the distance between the two of them and Joey Wheeler widened again.
As for Yugi Mutou and Ishizu, the Combo of [Kuriboh] and [Multiply] blocked the electrified water stream attack launched by [Jinzo - Jector] and [Sea Warrior of the Deep].
As early as when Hayato and Noah began their Duel, everyone else had already repelled their respective enemies and were wandering through the Virtual World searching for their companions. Then, the Lava World, Great Flood, and Noah's manifested brain during Noah and Hayato's Duel gave them a unified direction to head in, and they rushed towards this location.
However, halfway there, the four of them once again encountered The Big Five, who had been given a second opportunity by Noah. After learning from their previous defeat, The Big Five exchanged the information they had gathered and switched opponents for their battles.
For a time, because their opponents knew their decks and Deck Master effects inside and out, all four of them fell into trouble. Of course, after a tough fight, it still ended with The Big Five's defeat.
Unwilling to fail again, The Big Five saw that both consecutive Duels had resulted in failure. Throwing caution to the wind, they decided to carry out Noah's orders by directly using their bodies, transformed into Duel Monsters, to pursue the four. This pursuit led them all the way here.
"Absolutely, absolutely will not let you reach Kobayashi Hayato!"
"We cannot disappoint Lord Noah again!"
"This is our last opportunity!"
"Stop right there! You kids!"
Watching The Big Five chase after Yugi Mutou and the others, approaching this way, Kaiba had jumped to the edge of Noah's platform. He was thinking of grabbing the lying Noah on the ground to force him to release them from this Virtual World. Just as he took a step, he was surprised to find that his body suddenly couldn't move.
"Stand there and don't move, Seto. I'll deal with you last."
Noah's body, which had been lying on the ground, didn't use any leverage. Instead, it floated up from the ground against gravity, suspended in the air, his expression twisted with anger as he glared at Hayato: "How dare you make me, a god, lose face! Your crime is unforgivable, Kobayashi Hayato!"
"Here we go again. Do all you Game Administrators who call yourselves gods like to pull this kind of stunt?"
Looking at Noah, who was angry because he lost the Duel and even seemed like he was about to throw a childish tantrum and flip the table, Hayato, however, had a calm expression.
"Hmph, to think I would lose to you in Duel Monsters, damn it!" In his anger, Noah glanced at The Big Five not far away and immediately used them as an outlet for his anger. "This game called Duel Monsters is just boring trash!"
"You guys are trash too!"
Saying this, Noah extended his hand and clenched his fist towards The Big Five. In an instant, The Big Five, who had transformed into Duel Monsters, actually had their bodies shatter simultaneously, and after screaming, they disappeared from this world?!
Yugi Mutou and the others belatedly realized that the pursuers behind them had disappeared. Meanwhile, Hayato looked at Noah, who had turned his gaze onto him. As if he hadn't seen the killing intent in Noah's eyes, Hayato said with a smile: "Noah Little Friend, why do you seem to be in a bad mood? Do you feel like losing the Duel was embarrassing? You're really a sore loser, aren't you?"
"Kobayashi Hayato!" Noah angrily shouted Hayato's name, raised his hand and pointed at him. "Repay your offense against me with your life!"
