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# Blue-Eyes' Darkness
"Draw!"
Using the effect of Trade-In, Kaiba drew two cards fiercely from his Deck. Even though he hadn't flipped the card backs to reveal the Card Art on the front, Kaiba felt a familiar presence from the cards he drew, faintly hearing a Dragon Roar.
A rare smile curved the corners of his mouth, and he said with Confidence: "Hmph, I drew this card, did I?"
"Although it's the Secret Ace I left for Yugi Mutou and Hayato, it should be fine to reveal it here," Kaiba said, drawing one of the cards out. "Let me show you the abyssal darkness hidden behind the ultimate LIGHT Attribute White Dragon."
"Activate Ritual Spell Card Chaos Form! To deal with you, a Ritual Monster is the most suitable!"
As Kaiba activated the Ritual Spell Card, five high-tech pillars rose on his Field, pointing straight up into the air. The pentagonal area surrounded by the five pillars was transformed into a deep Void under the influence of an unseen force.
"A Ritual Spell Card!?" Bakura frowned, quite surprised. The first point was that, as far as he knew, Kaiba had never used even a single Ritual Monster. The second point was that Kaiba's Ritual Spell Card was activated when he only had one card in his Hand.
The three elements of a Ritual are the Ritual Monster, the Ritual Spell Card that can Summon that Ritual Monster, and the Tribute Monster used for the Ritual. But now Kaiba only had one card in his Hand. Whether that card was a Tribute or a Ritual Monster, the Ritual could not be established.
Unless, Kaiba had a card similar to Ritual Raven in his Graveyard? Something that could be Banished from the Graveyard to serve as a Tribute for a Ritual Monster?
A white figure appeared on Kaiba's Field under Bakura's surprised gaze. The noble phantom of the White Dragon glared at Bakura, who was controlling Demise, King of Armageddon. After letting out a soft cry towards Kaiba, it spread its wings and flew resolutely into the pentagonal Void.
"In this Ritual process, the Tribute I am offering is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon sleeping in my Graveyard," Kaiba said, frowning as he watched the Blue-Eyes White Dragon disappear into the Void.
For some reason, even though offering monsters was a completely normal thing, watching the Blue-Eyes White Dragon throw itself into the Void so readily to create a Victory for him in the Future, Kaiba felt an inexplicable surge of anger in his heart. Annoyed, he decided to take it out on this guy named Bakura in front of him.
Bakura, on the other hand, couldn't understand why Kaiba could use Blue-Eyes White Dragon as a Tribute.
"I remember Blue-Eyes White Dragon was supposed to be a Normal Monster with no Effects. Aside from its high Attack and high Defense, it shouldn't have any other special traits. How did the Blue-Eyes in the Graveyard become a Tribute for a Ritual Summon?"
Kaiba snorted coldly: "Hmph, don't compare me to the likes of you. As long as you hold hope for the Future and press forward, even a Blue-Eyes that has already been Destroyed can fuel my advance."
"Chaos Form is a Ritual Spell Card specifically for Chaos Ritual Monsters. To Summon them onto the Field, the combined Levels of the Tributes I need must equal their Level."
"However, as an alternative to Tributeing monsters from my Hand or Field, I can Banish the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Graveyard to satisfy the Level requirement."
As he spoke, Kaiba finally raised the card in his Hand above his head, serving as a beacon from the Void to reality, guiding the figure lurking in the Void to manifest:
"The Level of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that offered its Soul is Level 8. Let this power be ignited as fuel, guiding the great power that leads to the Future!"
"Ritual Summon, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon!!"
With a resounding dragon roar, the pentagonal Void surrounded by pillars above Kaiba's head shattered. Drawing new power from the Void, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, whose very body had become imbued with technology, returned to Kaiba's Field!
However, it was more appropriate to call her Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon now.
Her originally sturdy, muscular body transformed into a streamlined form covered in metal armor. One after another, blue gems that pulsed brighter and dimmer with Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's breathing adorned her entire body. The wide wings behind her transformed into illusory light wings, as if containing power capable of changing the Future.
Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon [Level 8/DARK Attribute]
[Dragon-Type/Ritual/Effect]
[ATK 3000/DEF 0]
After evolving into a new form, it wasn't just Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's appearance that changed. As the cost for drawing new power from the Void, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's Attribute changed to the DARK Attribute, diametrically opposed to Blue-Eyes White Dragon's own LIGHT Attribute. Her Defense of 2500 points, enough to defend against 2400 Attack points, was also reduced to 0.
However, as a Ritual Monster form that completely abandoned Defense and concentrated all its power on Attack, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, after appearing on the Field, quickly responded to Kaiba's demands and fully displayed her power.
"The time for worship is over. Next is Blue-Eyes' counterattack. I enter the Battle Phase," Kaiba, who had played all the cards in his Hand and had already decided to end this Duel this turn, pointed a hand towards the sky. "Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, prepare to attack!"
Hearing Kaiba's command, the slender Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon didn't open its mouth to charge like Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Instead, it gently flapped the brilliant gradient light wings behind it, dragging its slender tail as it circled around Kaiba once, protecting him.
As Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon soared, the blue gems on its body lit up one after another and transformed into intense purple. The path its tail traced seemed to slice through space. The trace of the Void that Bakura had glimpsed when Chaos Form was activated earlier reappeared, and it generated a surge of truly terrifying gravitational force!
In an instant, the soul fire fiercely burning behind the two Demise, King of Armageddon on Bakura's Field was extinguished by the Void storm. The Demise, King of Armageddon, like demon kings, felt "terror" for the first time under the gravitational force coming from the Void, which seemed to want to drag out and crush their souls. Their bodies uncontrollably curled up and prostrated on the ground, unable to move.
Even Bakura, feeling that surge of terrifying power that was beyond his expectation, said somewhat panicked: "What's going on? What kind of monster is this?!"
"Hmph, it's merely the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that evolved from Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Remember this name, this monster that is about to inflict Defeat upon you," Kaiba said coldly and proudly, crossing his arms over his chest. "When Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, summoned by using Blue-Eyes White Dragon as a Tribute for the Ritual, declares an attack, it has an Effect that can be activated."
"The chaos power that Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon governs can change the Battle Position of all monsters on the opponent's Field. Monsters whose Battle Positions are changed by this power will be stripped of all their power. Both their Attack and Defense will drop to 0."
"Furthermore, this turn, when Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon attacks a Defense Position monster, it inflicts damage to the opponent Duelist equal to the amount by which Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's Attack exceeds the Defense value of the Defense Position monster!"
"What?!" Hearing this, Bakura looked in surprise at the monsters on his Field that had completely lost the ability to resist.
Demise, King of Armageddon [ATK 2400 → DEF 0]
Demise, King of Armageddon [ATK 2400 → DEF 0]
The Demise, King of Armageddon that had originally served as a barrier in front of him had absolutely no ability to resist against Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's Effect. Now they were simply fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others!
Especially since Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon also possessed piercing damage. The two Demise, King of Armageddon that had already become Defense Position were as good as nonexistent to it. If he took this damage as high as 3000 points, Bakura, whose Life Points were only 2000 points left because he had activated Demise, King of Armageddon's Effect earlier, would suffer complete Defeat!
Spreading the wings behind it to their maximum extent, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon left Kaiba's side and soared up. The blue-green gradient light wings stretched longer and longer as she climbed towards the sky. After reaching the highest point of the Kaiba Dome, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon changed her direction of flight and dived down towards Bakura!
"D-damn it! I don't want this result again!" Bakura's mood was quite irritated. He angrily pressed the activate Set Card button on his Duel Disk. "At least let me win once!"
"Activate my Set Card, the Trap Card Sakuretsu Armor!"
"Responding to Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's attack declaration, this card can cause the attacking monster to be directly Destroyed!"
"Go back to the Graveyard, Blue-Eyes!"
Listening to Bakura's arrogant words, Kaiba, rarely, wasn't angry because the opponent was showing contempt towards Blue-Eyes. He just revealed a cold smile: "Idiot, my winning equation is much more perfect than you imagine."
Bakura's Set Card in the backrow opened. A laser beam burst forth from Sakuretsu Armor, rapidly attacking the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that was diving down and constantly accelerating, like a spike on a suicide attack. The exaggerated relative speed between the two caused Sakuretsu Armor, not long after being activated, to instantly hit the location where Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon was. The smoke from the explosion enveloped Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon.
"D-did I get it?" Bakura, who didn't understand the "smoke without injury rule", accidentally said a death flag.
Just as Bakura's words fell, in the next second, a trace of transparent illusion flew out from within the smoke and dust, and quickly transformed from an illusion into a physical form. It was the completely unharmed Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon?!
Even more unexpectedly, the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that continued to dive down was flying so fast, yet the cloud of smoke and dust behind her didn't show any change due to the air current, as if Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon didn't exist in this world at all!
"Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon will not become the target of the opponent's card Effect, nor will it be Destroyed by the opponent's Effect. It's just a mere Sakuretsu Armor. Do you think that kind of card, which I've barely seen successfully activated, can obstruct my path to Victory?"
Kaiba watched as Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon finally flew to the front of the powerless Demise, King of Armageddon and launched a "billion-ton impact" that seemed like a suicide attack. The shockwave brought by the attack made Kaiba's trench coat flutter in the wind. At the same time, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, which had once again transformed into a quantum state, returned to Kaiba's front in an instant and turned back into a physical form.
Looking at Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, Kaiba revealed a gentle smiling face that he had almost never shown to humans: "Well done, Blue-Eyes."
"Roar~"
Hearing Kaiba's praise, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon also seemed very happy, revealing an expression that was probably a smile. She narrowed her eyes, then turned into a phantom image and dissipated from in front of Kaiba.
The shockwave completely dissipated, revealing Bakura, who had been knocked to the ground by Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's attack, which was no different from a Direct Attack, and his Life Points, which had been cleared to zero.
[Bakura: 2000LP → 0]
The outcome of the Duel was quite obvious.
"The winner is, Seto Kaiba!" The referee promptly declared the outcome of the Duel, raising his hand representing Kaiba's side above his head. At the same time, the audience in the audience seats who adored Kaiba began to cheer because Kaiba had won another Victory.
"Lord Kaiba!"
"Lord Kaiba, scold me!"
"Lord Kaiba is the strongest!"
There were even a few female audience members who had just sat in a suitable angle and just happened to capture the moment Kaiba showed that gentle smile towards Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon. While covering their noses that were bleeding, they frantically saved copies of the photos they took, shouting loudly, "This old man's life is worth it!"
Because Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon had left from in front of him due to the end of the Duel, Kaiba returned to his usual face that looked like everyone owed him money. After glancing at Bakura, who stood up from the ground and silently adjusted his hood as he left the Duel Platform, Kaiba, having no interest in the loser, ignored the noisy shouts of the surrounding audience. His gaze quickly found Hayato and the others sitting together.
'Hmph, that mediocrity, he's only relatively good at things that rely on luck.' Kaiba thought, annoyed, knowing the reason why Hayato, Yugi Mutou, and the others could always sit together even though the principle was random seat selection. His gaze looked directly at Hayato, who was currently competing for a new bucket of popcorn with Marik, who was sitting side-by-side with him.
Hayato's gaze met Kaiba's. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marik reclaimed his popcorn and immediately stuffed a handful into his mouth.
'Although using my ace card because of this third-rate Duelist was somewhat unbecoming, Kobayashi Hayato, did you witness the might of my brand new Blue-Eyes?'
'Before Dueling me, ponder to your heart's content on the method to defeat Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, Kobayashi Hayato!'
Kaiba thought this.
'Kaiba actually pulled out a one-hit wonder, huh, he's got something. Speaking of which, what kind of snacks should I go buy next?'
Hayato thought this.
"Draw!"
Using the effect of Trade-In, Kaiba drew two cards fiercely from his Deck. Even though he hadn't flipped the card backs to reveal the Card Art on the front, Kaiba felt a familiar presence from the cards he drew, faintly hearing a Dragon Roar.
A rare smile curved the corners of his mouth, and he said with Confidence: "Hmph, I drew this card, did I?"
"Although it's the Secret Ace I left for Yugi Mutou and Hayato, it should be fine to reveal it here," Kaiba said, drawing one of the cards out. "Let me show you the abyssal darkness hidden behind the ultimate LIGHT Attribute White Dragon."
"Activate Ritual Spell Card Chaos Form! To deal with you, a Ritual Monster is the most suitable!"
As Kaiba activated the Ritual Spell Card, five high-tech pillars rose on his Field, pointing straight up into the air. The pentagonal area surrounded by the five pillars was transformed into a deep Void under the influence of an unseen force.
"A Ritual Spell Card!?" Bakura frowned, quite surprised. The first point was that, as far as he knew, Kaiba had never used even a single Ritual Monster. The second point was that Kaiba's Ritual Spell Card was activated when he only had one card in his Hand.
The three elements of a Ritual are the Ritual Monster, the Ritual Spell Card that can Summon that Ritual Monster, and the Tribute Monster used for the Ritual. But now Kaiba only had one card in his Hand. Whether that card was a Tribute or a Ritual Monster, the Ritual could not be established.
Unless, Kaiba had a card similar to Ritual Raven in his Graveyard? Something that could be Banished from the Graveyard to serve as a Tribute for a Ritual Monster?
A white figure appeared on Kaiba's Field under Bakura's surprised gaze. The noble phantom of the White Dragon glared at Bakura, who was controlling Demise, King of Armageddon. After letting out a soft cry towards Kaiba, it spread its wings and flew resolutely into the pentagonal Void.
"In this Ritual process, the Tribute I am offering is the Blue-Eyes White Dragon sleeping in my Graveyard," Kaiba said, frowning as he watched the Blue-Eyes White Dragon disappear into the Void.
For some reason, even though offering monsters was a completely normal thing, watching the Blue-Eyes White Dragon throw itself into the Void so readily to create a Victory for him in the Future, Kaiba felt an inexplicable surge of anger in his heart. Annoyed, he decided to take it out on this guy named Bakura in front of him.
Bakura, on the other hand, couldn't understand why Kaiba could use Blue-Eyes White Dragon as a Tribute.
"I remember Blue-Eyes White Dragon was supposed to be a Normal Monster with no Effects. Aside from its high Attack and high Defense, it shouldn't have any other special traits. How did the Blue-Eyes in the Graveyard become a Tribute for a Ritual Summon?"
Kaiba snorted coldly: "Hmph, don't compare me to the likes of you. As long as you hold hope for the Future and press forward, even a Blue-Eyes that has already been Destroyed can fuel my advance."
"Chaos Form is a Ritual Spell Card specifically for Chaos Ritual Monsters. To Summon them onto the Field, the combined Levels of the Tributes I need must equal their Level."
"However, as an alternative to Tributeing monsters from my Hand or Field, I can Banish the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Graveyard to satisfy the Level requirement."
As he spoke, Kaiba finally raised the card in his Hand above his head, serving as a beacon from the Void to reality, guiding the figure lurking in the Void to manifest:
"The Level of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon that offered its Soul is Level 8. Let this power be ignited as fuel, guiding the great power that leads to the Future!"
"Ritual Summon, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon!!"
With a resounding dragon roar, the pentagonal Void surrounded by pillars above Kaiba's head shattered. Drawing new power from the Void, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, whose very body had become imbued with technology, returned to Kaiba's Field!
However, it was more appropriate to call her Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon now.
Her originally sturdy, muscular body transformed into a streamlined form covered in metal armor. One after another, blue gems that pulsed brighter and dimmer with Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's breathing adorned her entire body. The wide wings behind her transformed into illusory light wings, as if containing power capable of changing the Future.
Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon [Level 8/DARK Attribute]
[Dragon-Type/Ritual/Effect]
[ATK 3000/DEF 0]
After evolving into a new form, it wasn't just Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's appearance that changed. As the cost for drawing new power from the Void, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's Attribute changed to the DARK Attribute, diametrically opposed to Blue-Eyes White Dragon's own LIGHT Attribute. Her Defense of 2500 points, enough to defend against 2400 Attack points, was also reduced to 0.
However, as a Ritual Monster form that completely abandoned Defense and concentrated all its power on Attack, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, after appearing on the Field, quickly responded to Kaiba's demands and fully displayed her power.
"The time for worship is over. Next is Blue-Eyes' counterattack. I enter the Battle Phase," Kaiba, who had played all the cards in his Hand and had already decided to end this Duel this turn, pointed a hand towards the sky. "Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, prepare to attack!"
Hearing Kaiba's command, the slender Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon didn't open its mouth to charge like Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Instead, it gently flapped the brilliant gradient light wings behind it, dragging its slender tail as it circled around Kaiba once, protecting him.
As Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon soared, the blue gems on its body lit up one after another and transformed into intense purple. The path its tail traced seemed to slice through space. The trace of the Void that Bakura had glimpsed when Chaos Form was activated earlier reappeared, and it generated a surge of truly terrifying gravitational force!
In an instant, the soul fire fiercely burning behind the two Demise, King of Armageddon on Bakura's Field was extinguished by the Void storm. The Demise, King of Armageddon, like demon kings, felt "terror" for the first time under the gravitational force coming from the Void, which seemed to want to drag out and crush their souls. Their bodies uncontrollably curled up and prostrated on the ground, unable to move.
Even Bakura, feeling that surge of terrifying power that was beyond his expectation, said somewhat panicked: "What's going on? What kind of monster is this?!"
"Hmph, it's merely the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that evolved from Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Remember this name, this monster that is about to inflict Defeat upon you," Kaiba said coldly and proudly, crossing his arms over his chest. "When Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, summoned by using Blue-Eyes White Dragon as a Tribute for the Ritual, declares an attack, it has an Effect that can be activated."
"The chaos power that Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon governs can change the Battle Position of all monsters on the opponent's Field. Monsters whose Battle Positions are changed by this power will be stripped of all their power. Both their Attack and Defense will drop to 0."
"Furthermore, this turn, when Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon attacks a Defense Position monster, it inflicts damage to the opponent Duelist equal to the amount by which Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's Attack exceeds the Defense value of the Defense Position monster!"
"What?!" Hearing this, Bakura looked in surprise at the monsters on his Field that had completely lost the ability to resist.
Demise, King of Armageddon [ATK 2400 → DEF 0]
Demise, King of Armageddon [ATK 2400 → DEF 0]
The Demise, King of Armageddon that had originally served as a barrier in front of him had absolutely no ability to resist against Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's Effect. Now they were simply fish on a chopping block, at the mercy of others!
Especially since Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon also possessed piercing damage. The two Demise, King of Armageddon that had already become Defense Position were as good as nonexistent to it. If he took this damage as high as 3000 points, Bakura, whose Life Points were only 2000 points left because he had activated Demise, King of Armageddon's Effect earlier, would suffer complete Defeat!
Spreading the wings behind it to their maximum extent, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon left Kaiba's side and soared up. The blue-green gradient light wings stretched longer and longer as she climbed towards the sky. After reaching the highest point of the Kaiba Dome, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon changed her direction of flight and dived down towards Bakura!
"D-damn it! I don't want this result again!" Bakura's mood was quite irritated. He angrily pressed the activate Set Card button on his Duel Disk. "At least let me win once!"
"Activate my Set Card, the Trap Card Sakuretsu Armor!"
"Responding to Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's attack declaration, this card can cause the attacking monster to be directly Destroyed!"
"Go back to the Graveyard, Blue-Eyes!"
Listening to Bakura's arrogant words, Kaiba, rarely, wasn't angry because the opponent was showing contempt towards Blue-Eyes. He just revealed a cold smile: "Idiot, my winning equation is much more perfect than you imagine."
Bakura's Set Card in the backrow opened. A laser beam burst forth from Sakuretsu Armor, rapidly attacking the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that was diving down and constantly accelerating, like a spike on a suicide attack. The exaggerated relative speed between the two caused Sakuretsu Armor, not long after being activated, to instantly hit the location where Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon was. The smoke from the explosion enveloped Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon.
"D-did I get it?" Bakura, who didn't understand the "smoke without injury rule", accidentally said a death flag.
Just as Bakura's words fell, in the next second, a trace of transparent illusion flew out from within the smoke and dust, and quickly transformed from an illusion into a physical form. It was the completely unharmed Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon?!
Even more unexpectedly, the Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon that continued to dive down was flying so fast, yet the cloud of smoke and dust behind her didn't show any change due to the air current, as if Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon didn't exist in this world at all!
"Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon will not become the target of the opponent's card Effect, nor will it be Destroyed by the opponent's Effect. It's just a mere Sakuretsu Armor. Do you think that kind of card, which I've barely seen successfully activated, can obstruct my path to Victory?"
Kaiba watched as Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon finally flew to the front of the powerless Demise, King of Armageddon and launched a "billion-ton impact" that seemed like a suicide attack. The shockwave brought by the attack made Kaiba's trench coat flutter in the wind. At the same time, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, which had once again transformed into a quantum state, returned to Kaiba's front in an instant and turned back into a physical form.
Looking at Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, Kaiba revealed a gentle smiling face that he had almost never shown to humans: "Well done, Blue-Eyes."
"Roar~"
Hearing Kaiba's praise, Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon also seemed very happy, revealing an expression that was probably a smile. She narrowed her eyes, then turned into a phantom image and dissipated from in front of Kaiba.
The shockwave completely dissipated, revealing Bakura, who had been knocked to the ground by Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon's attack, which was no different from a Direct Attack, and his Life Points, which had been cleared to zero.
[Bakura: 2000LP → 0]
The outcome of the Duel was quite obvious.
"The winner is, Seto Kaiba!" The referee promptly declared the outcome of the Duel, raising his hand representing Kaiba's side above his head. At the same time, the audience in the audience seats who adored Kaiba began to cheer because Kaiba had won another Victory.
"Lord Kaiba!"
"Lord Kaiba, scold me!"
"Lord Kaiba is the strongest!"
There were even a few female audience members who had just sat in a suitable angle and just happened to capture the moment Kaiba showed that gentle smile towards Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon. While covering their noses that were bleeding, they frantically saved copies of the photos they took, shouting loudly, "This old man's life is worth it!"
Because Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon had left from in front of him due to the end of the Duel, Kaiba returned to his usual face that looked like everyone owed him money. After glancing at Bakura, who stood up from the ground and silently adjusted his hood as he left the Duel Platform, Kaiba, having no interest in the loser, ignored the noisy shouts of the surrounding audience. His gaze quickly found Hayato and the others sitting together.
'Hmph, that mediocrity, he's only relatively good at things that rely on luck.' Kaiba thought, annoyed, knowing the reason why Hayato, Yugi Mutou, and the others could always sit together even though the principle was random seat selection. His gaze looked directly at Hayato, who was currently competing for a new bucket of popcorn with Marik, who was sitting side-by-side with him.
Hayato's gaze met Kaiba's. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marik reclaimed his popcorn and immediately stuffed a handful into his mouth.
'Although using my ace card because of this third-rate Duelist was somewhat unbecoming, Kobayashi Hayato, did you witness the might of my brand new Blue-Eyes?'
'Before Dueling me, ponder to your heart's content on the method to defeat Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon, Kobayashi Hayato!'
Kaiba thought this.
'Kaiba actually pulled out a one-hit wonder, huh, he's got something. Speaking of which, what kind of snacks should I go buy next?'
Hayato thought this.
