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Chapter 391: Kobayashi Hayato vs. Kobayashi Hayato
"Speaking of which, this thing really looks like me."
"Really looks like me."
"It's just annoying how it copies what I say."
"Copies what I say."
Standing beside "another me," Hayato tentatively reached out to touch "Kobayashi Hayato," but his hand passed right through, leaving only some red light and shadows on his palm.
Mokuba glanced at "Kobayashi Hayato," who was imitating Hayato's movements and also putting his hand through Hayato's body, and said helplessly, "The prototype for this thing is actually the Virtual Projection System used for Duel Monsters, as well as the Duel Robot that Older Brother used before abandoning it."
"Duel Robot?" Hayato had some recollection. "Ah, is it that one that Kaiba punched and blew up with Obelisk the Tormentor back then?"
"Punched and blew up that one?" the Virtual Projection of "Kobayashi Hayato" repeated.
"That's the one. Even though it had data from all the famous Duelists recorded, Older Brother used it to simulate potential Duels against Yugi Mutou and you, Hayato. However, after discovering that the Duel Robot couldn't even contend with Obelisk the Tormentor, Older Brother just discarded it."
"It cost a lot to complete this Duel Robot that simulates a Duelist's thinking, so it would be a shame to just waste it like that." Mokuba looked regretfully at the red ring above his head. Hayato followed his gaze and looked up, also vaguely seeing some similarity between the red ring and the Duel Robot he had seen before.
"So, I thought I'd try out this modified Duel Robot here at Kaiba Land in America."
As he spoke, Mokuba walked over to a screen embedded in the wall nearby and tapped it repeatedly with his finger. "Users can challenge the Legendary Duelists whose data is stored in this machine, based on their own skill level and dueling style."
"That's how it was supposed to be."
"That's how it was supposed to be? Did something happen?"
"Did something happen?"
Mokuba turned back, looking somewhat helpless at Hayato, who had deliberately overlapped himself with the Virtual Projection. "Just now, the Duel Robot went out of control. The Duelist originally selected was supposed to be Jounouchi Katsuya, the lowest difficulty, but the one projected was you, Hayato."
"In the original process, regardless of whether the Duel result was success or failure, the Duel Robot should have been canceled. But your projection, Hayato, can't be canceled no matter what. It seems it can only be dispelled by being defeated in a Duel."
"What's worse, the Duel Robot's processing power is connected to the Kaiba Land mainframe. If we don't fix it quickly, not only will this area be unable to operate normally, but it will also affect other amusement facilities in Kaiba Land, and even the match currently underway at Kaiba Dome."
Mokuba's words made Hayato even more confused. "In that case, isn't it even simpler? It's just a robot. Just defeat it."
"Just defeat it."
"It sounds simple, but it's really not that simple." Mokuba said with some helplessness. "Hayato, why do you think Maximillion Pegasus is here?"
"Yes, Hayato-boy." Maximillion Pegasus nodded with a helpless expression. "Even though it's just a robot, it's quite strong, isn't it? Even I became a loser~"
"A Duel Robot that even Maximillion Pegasus can't defeat? Well, I guess so. Not to mention you don't have the Millennium Eye now; even if you did, you couldn't read a robot's thoughts." Hearing this, Hayato moved away from his original position and looked at his Virtual Projection again.
"Even so, it feels like an interesting opponent. The experience of dueling yourself isn't something you get every day."
"Something you get every day."
Hearing Hayato's words, Mokuba was a little surprised. "Hayato, are you going to step in? I was thinking that reconstruct code would take too long, so it would be great if you, Hayato, could defeat the Duel Robot."
"However, Hayato, you need to be careful. Although it couldn't simulate the power of some of the cards you possess, neither the Earthbound Immortals nor the Egyptian God Cards were included,"
"But the deck it's using is the Gaia the Fierce Knight Deck you used in the Duel City Semifinals against Yugi Mutou. Both Sky Galloping Gaia the Dragon Champion and Dark Magician Knight are included."
This genuinely surprised Hayato.
He had thought that Kaiba, with his Dragon Obsession, would stubbornly believe that the "pure Dragon-Type" deck he used in the Duel City Finals was the strongest. He didn't expect his Gaia Deck to be ranked as the highest difficulty level?
"That's because the Duel Robot doesn't just record your decks, Hayato. It even has records of when you would draw which cards," Mokuba explained, seeing Hayato's surprise. "The same goes for your Rainbow Kuriboh, Hayato, so be careful."
"Don't worry about that. Just so you know, I'm very strong." Upon learning that the Duel Robot was using his Gaia Deck, Hayato's competitive spirit was somewhat roused. He retrieved his deck from the system and inserted it into the Deck Zone on his wrist Duel Disk. His Duel Disk unfolded.
"This time, I'm using a 'Pure Gaia' Deck."
Unusually, the Duel Robot didn't imitate Hayato's words this time. Detecting that someone on the opposite side had deployed a Duel Disk, "Kobayashi Hayato" also entered Battle Mode, deploying the Duel Disk on its wrist with a blank expression.
And in its Deck Zone, Duel Monster Cards appeared out of thin air.
"Duelist detected, Duel Mode activated, duel level confirmation in progress..."
"error! error!"
"Hazard on!"
"Duel level error, Hazard Mode activated, level fixed at LV10!"
"Duel, start!"
Several blocks of abnormal garbled code flickered across Virtual Hayato's body. Its facial expression changed, revealing a battle-ready smile that was extremely similar to Hayato's. "Just so you know, I'm very strong!"
"Honestly, copying people is really annoying." Hayato pouted, annoyed. Seeing an identical "himself" provoking him felt annoying no matter how he looked at it. He turned back and glanced at Mokuba. "I say, Mokuba, even if I go too hard and break this thing, it should be fine, right?"
Without waiting for Mokuba's answer, Hayato drew five cards from his deck, holding them up in front of him with both hands. "Alright, now begins the Duel Robot's Error Removal Surgery. Surgery difficulty Lv100."
"My level is 1000% of yours!"
The Duel Robot also drew its cards. The two Kobayashi Hayatos, whose appearances were basically identical, looked at each other and said in unison:
"Duel!" X2
[Hayato: 4000LP]
[Virtual Hayato: 4000LP]
"Speaking of which, this thing really looks like me."
"Really looks like me."
"It's just annoying how it copies what I say."
"Copies what I say."
Standing beside "another me," Hayato tentatively reached out to touch "Kobayashi Hayato," but his hand passed right through, leaving only some red light and shadows on his palm.
Mokuba glanced at "Kobayashi Hayato," who was imitating Hayato's movements and also putting his hand through Hayato's body, and said helplessly, "The prototype for this thing is actually the Virtual Projection System used for Duel Monsters, as well as the Duel Robot that Older Brother used before abandoning it."
"Duel Robot?" Hayato had some recollection. "Ah, is it that one that Kaiba punched and blew up with Obelisk the Tormentor back then?"
"Punched and blew up that one?" the Virtual Projection of "Kobayashi Hayato" repeated.
"That's the one. Even though it had data from all the famous Duelists recorded, Older Brother used it to simulate potential Duels against Yugi Mutou and you, Hayato. However, after discovering that the Duel Robot couldn't even contend with Obelisk the Tormentor, Older Brother just discarded it."
"It cost a lot to complete this Duel Robot that simulates a Duelist's thinking, so it would be a shame to just waste it like that." Mokuba looked regretfully at the red ring above his head. Hayato followed his gaze and looked up, also vaguely seeing some similarity between the red ring and the Duel Robot he had seen before.
"So, I thought I'd try out this modified Duel Robot here at Kaiba Land in America."
As he spoke, Mokuba walked over to a screen embedded in the wall nearby and tapped it repeatedly with his finger. "Users can challenge the Legendary Duelists whose data is stored in this machine, based on their own skill level and dueling style."
"That's how it was supposed to be."
"That's how it was supposed to be? Did something happen?"
"Did something happen?"
Mokuba turned back, looking somewhat helpless at Hayato, who had deliberately overlapped himself with the Virtual Projection. "Just now, the Duel Robot went out of control. The Duelist originally selected was supposed to be Jounouchi Katsuya, the lowest difficulty, but the one projected was you, Hayato."
"In the original process, regardless of whether the Duel result was success or failure, the Duel Robot should have been canceled. But your projection, Hayato, can't be canceled no matter what. It seems it can only be dispelled by being defeated in a Duel."
"What's worse, the Duel Robot's processing power is connected to the Kaiba Land mainframe. If we don't fix it quickly, not only will this area be unable to operate normally, but it will also affect other amusement facilities in Kaiba Land, and even the match currently underway at Kaiba Dome."
Mokuba's words made Hayato even more confused. "In that case, isn't it even simpler? It's just a robot. Just defeat it."
"Just defeat it."
"It sounds simple, but it's really not that simple." Mokuba said with some helplessness. "Hayato, why do you think Maximillion Pegasus is here?"
"Yes, Hayato-boy." Maximillion Pegasus nodded with a helpless expression. "Even though it's just a robot, it's quite strong, isn't it? Even I became a loser~"
"A Duel Robot that even Maximillion Pegasus can't defeat? Well, I guess so. Not to mention you don't have the Millennium Eye now; even if you did, you couldn't read a robot's thoughts." Hearing this, Hayato moved away from his original position and looked at his Virtual Projection again.
"Even so, it feels like an interesting opponent. The experience of dueling yourself isn't something you get every day."
"Something you get every day."
Hearing Hayato's words, Mokuba was a little surprised. "Hayato, are you going to step in? I was thinking that reconstruct code would take too long, so it would be great if you, Hayato, could defeat the Duel Robot."
"However, Hayato, you need to be careful. Although it couldn't simulate the power of some of the cards you possess, neither the Earthbound Immortals nor the Egyptian God Cards were included,"
"But the deck it's using is the Gaia the Fierce Knight Deck you used in the Duel City Semifinals against Yugi Mutou. Both Sky Galloping Gaia the Dragon Champion and Dark Magician Knight are included."
This genuinely surprised Hayato.
He had thought that Kaiba, with his Dragon Obsession, would stubbornly believe that the "pure Dragon-Type" deck he used in the Duel City Finals was the strongest. He didn't expect his Gaia Deck to be ranked as the highest difficulty level?
"That's because the Duel Robot doesn't just record your decks, Hayato. It even has records of when you would draw which cards," Mokuba explained, seeing Hayato's surprise. "The same goes for your Rainbow Kuriboh, Hayato, so be careful."
"Don't worry about that. Just so you know, I'm very strong." Upon learning that the Duel Robot was using his Gaia Deck, Hayato's competitive spirit was somewhat roused. He retrieved his deck from the system and inserted it into the Deck Zone on his wrist Duel Disk. His Duel Disk unfolded.
"This time, I'm using a 'Pure Gaia' Deck."
Unusually, the Duel Robot didn't imitate Hayato's words this time. Detecting that someone on the opposite side had deployed a Duel Disk, "Kobayashi Hayato" also entered Battle Mode, deploying the Duel Disk on its wrist with a blank expression.
And in its Deck Zone, Duel Monster Cards appeared out of thin air.
"Duelist detected, Duel Mode activated, duel level confirmation in progress..."
"error! error!"
"Hazard on!"
"Duel level error, Hazard Mode activated, level fixed at LV10!"
"Duel, start!"
Several blocks of abnormal garbled code flickered across Virtual Hayato's body. Its facial expression changed, revealing a battle-ready smile that was extremely similar to Hayato's. "Just so you know, I'm very strong!"
"Honestly, copying people is really annoying." Hayato pouted, annoyed. Seeing an identical "himself" provoking him felt annoying no matter how he looked at it. He turned back and glanced at Mokuba. "I say, Mokuba, even if I go too hard and break this thing, it should be fine, right?"
Without waiting for Mokuba's answer, Hayato drew five cards from his deck, holding them up in front of him with both hands. "Alright, now begins the Duel Robot's Error Removal Surgery. Surgery difficulty Lv100."
"My level is 1000% of yours!"
The Duel Robot also drew its cards. The two Kobayashi Hayatos, whose appearances were basically identical, looked at each other and said in unison:
"Duel!" X2
[Hayato: 4000LP]
[Virtual Hayato: 4000LP]
