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Chapter 441: The Troubles of Young Manjoume
Although the sight of the **Vampire Fraulein** being crushed under the rules of the Dark Game was quite gruesome, very few people actually witnessed this scene.
It wasn't that the many audience members in the Kaiba Dome Venue were blind; it was because most people didn't have the ability to see Card Spirits, not even powerful duelists like Joey Wheeler and Kujaku Mai.
In the understanding of the vast majority of the audience, the female duelist named Tila Muku simply had a slightly strange "XP" for Duel Monsters, liking to call her monsters "Master." At most, she was a bit wild after summoning her ace monster; everything else was quite normal.
As for the one named Dan Kuroto, who was second only to the legendary duelist Kaiba Seto during the qualifiers, he won the duel as usual. Although the strategy he used to decide the victory at the end was a bit disgusting, practically writing "Stall Tactic" on the card face.
However, the winner is justice, and they still offered applause and cheers for Dan Kuroto's advancement.
As for **Vampire Fraulein**, in their eyes, she was just an ordinary Duel Monsters monster that had disappeared when the duel ended.
However, it wasn't that no one saw the scene of **Vampire Fraulein** begging Hayato for mercy. Besides Alister and Yugi, Judai Yuki, who was sitting in his seat, also saw that moment.
"He decisively rejected the evil temptation? As expected, that's a true hero! So cool!"
Although it was strange that besides Hayato and himself, there were others who also possessed the **E HERO** Deck that Hayato said would only be released next month, perhaps due to the mutual admiration between fellow hero users, Judai had a high basic affection for Hayato's disguised identity, Dan Kuroto.
Coupled with Dan Kuroto's display of extraordinary understanding with the **E HERO**s and his firm resistance to evil temptation, which had only been seen in the TV anime, Judai thought Dan Kuroto was incredibly cool.
However, while Judai approved of Dan Kuroto, Manjoume Jun, who happened to be sitting right next to Judai, was unimpressed by the attention-grabbing Dan Kuroto: "What kind of Stall Tactic is that? If it were me up there, he absolutely wouldn't have had a chance to win."
Although he had repeatedly confirmed that the seats in the Kaiba Dome Venue were completely randomly assigned, Manjoume found it completely unacceptable that Judai always seemed to be seated next to him for three consecutive days. He felt that this must be related to Judai's parents who work in the Card Design Department at Industrial Illusions; it was definitely a rigged operation.
Even though Judai told him that even if his parents had enough influence, they couldn't interfere with KaibaCorp from Industrial Illusions, and that even if there was a rigged operation, the probability of it being done by KaibaCorp's President Kaiba Seto himself was higher, Manjoume still scoffed.
Are you kidding? Kaiba Seto is a legendary duelist who dueled the Duel King Hayato Kobayashi in Battle City! How could he possibly engage in a rigged operation?
Could it be that the great Kaiba Seto would specifically interfere to arrange the duel order to guide certain people to face each other? Impossible, okay? No one understands Kaiba Seto better than Yours Truly.
Glancing at Judai Yuki next to him, who was replaying the strategy Dan Kuroto had just used, trying to learn something from it, Manjoume Jun stood up, hands on his hips, and said proudly, "Sigh, the vision of an Eliminated Duelist like you is only this much. After all, you're just a guy of this level."
"Unlike Yours Truly, I'm going to charge forward all the way and become the most dazzling rising star in this KC Cup, and then win the championship!"
Just looking at Manjoume Jun's arrogant appearance, it was as if he had already defeated a host of strong players like Mutou Yuugi, Kaiba Seto, and Katsuya Jounouchi, and was about to duel Hayato Kobayashi as the champion of the KC Cup under the spotlights.
"You're really confident, Lightning-chan~" Although Manjoume looked down on Judai, Judai just laughed cheerfully, not taking Manjoume's words to heart. "You have to keep that kind of aura! Go duel your best, even though you've never beaten me."
"It's Manjoume-san! And don't get ahead of yourself! I'm different from you; you've already been eliminated, and I haven't lost yet!"
"But you really haven't beaten me, have you?"
"I am the Young Master of the great Manjoume Conglomerate! I am an elite!"
"But you haven't won against me, you know."
Manjoume was getting frantic: "You! Don't bring that up again!"
"Also, I was the runner-up of the Domino City Elementary and Middle School Duel Monsters Tournament, which gathered countless strong players!"
"Ah, I remember that too, but I was the champion, right?"
"YAKAMASHI!"
And just as Judai was teasing and Manjoume was getting exasperated, a person wearing a cloak passed by them in the aisle.
Looking at the two playful youths, or perhaps just staring at the carefree Judai Yuki who was chuckling foolishly, the white-haired, rabbit-eared man's face, obscured by the hood's shadow, revealed a bizarre smile. He seemed to casually move his body slightly closer to them.
Sensing a certain dark power that was sealed by the power of the **Millennium Ring**, which he was quite familiar with, the man's hand emerged from his robe sleeve. He subtly hid a card in his palm, swinging it seemingly unintentionally with his steps as he walked, as if accidentally bumping into the Duel Disk Manjoume was wearing as he stood up.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I bumped into you by accident."
His Duel Disk was lightly bumped. Manjoume turned his head, looking at the cloaked figure who was apologizing after accidentally hitting his Duel Disk.
The face revealed beneath the hood looked quite handsome. The white-haired man, who seemed to be around the same age as Hayato, had a look of apology: "I'm truly sorry, I was spaced out just now and didn't notice you. Are you alright?"
Although he always put on an arrogant front in front of familiar people, Manjoume Jun was actually quite polite in front of strangers. The other party apologized directly and politely, and his attitude was sincere. Also, he looked quite handsome. Manjoume replied, "Ah, it's nothing. It was my fault for standing too far out."
He lowered his head and looked at his Duel Disk. Because the impact was very light, Manjoume's Duel Disk, which was of reliable quality and production, showed no sign of damage, not even a bit of paint chipping. Manjoume didn't take the matter to heart.
However, he didn't notice that in his Deck, which he had conveniently placed directly on his Duel Disk, an extra card seemed to have accidentally appeared.
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(End of Chapter)
Although the sight of the **Vampire Fraulein** being crushed under the rules of the Dark Game was quite gruesome, very few people actually witnessed this scene.
It wasn't that the many audience members in the Kaiba Dome Venue were blind; it was because most people didn't have the ability to see Card Spirits, not even powerful duelists like Joey Wheeler and Kujaku Mai.
In the understanding of the vast majority of the audience, the female duelist named Tila Muku simply had a slightly strange "XP" for Duel Monsters, liking to call her monsters "Master." At most, she was a bit wild after summoning her ace monster; everything else was quite normal.
As for the one named Dan Kuroto, who was second only to the legendary duelist Kaiba Seto during the qualifiers, he won the duel as usual. Although the strategy he used to decide the victory at the end was a bit disgusting, practically writing "Stall Tactic" on the card face.
However, the winner is justice, and they still offered applause and cheers for Dan Kuroto's advancement.
As for **Vampire Fraulein**, in their eyes, she was just an ordinary Duel Monsters monster that had disappeared when the duel ended.
However, it wasn't that no one saw the scene of **Vampire Fraulein** begging Hayato for mercy. Besides Alister and Yugi, Judai Yuki, who was sitting in his seat, also saw that moment.
"He decisively rejected the evil temptation? As expected, that's a true hero! So cool!"
Although it was strange that besides Hayato and himself, there were others who also possessed the **E HERO** Deck that Hayato said would only be released next month, perhaps due to the mutual admiration between fellow hero users, Judai had a high basic affection for Hayato's disguised identity, Dan Kuroto.
Coupled with Dan Kuroto's display of extraordinary understanding with the **E HERO**s and his firm resistance to evil temptation, which had only been seen in the TV anime, Judai thought Dan Kuroto was incredibly cool.
However, while Judai approved of Dan Kuroto, Manjoume Jun, who happened to be sitting right next to Judai, was unimpressed by the attention-grabbing Dan Kuroto: "What kind of Stall Tactic is that? If it were me up there, he absolutely wouldn't have had a chance to win."
Although he had repeatedly confirmed that the seats in the Kaiba Dome Venue were completely randomly assigned, Manjoume found it completely unacceptable that Judai always seemed to be seated next to him for three consecutive days. He felt that this must be related to Judai's parents who work in the Card Design Department at Industrial Illusions; it was definitely a rigged operation.
Even though Judai told him that even if his parents had enough influence, they couldn't interfere with KaibaCorp from Industrial Illusions, and that even if there was a rigged operation, the probability of it being done by KaibaCorp's President Kaiba Seto himself was higher, Manjoume still scoffed.
Are you kidding? Kaiba Seto is a legendary duelist who dueled the Duel King Hayato Kobayashi in Battle City! How could he possibly engage in a rigged operation?
Could it be that the great Kaiba Seto would specifically interfere to arrange the duel order to guide certain people to face each other? Impossible, okay? No one understands Kaiba Seto better than Yours Truly.
Glancing at Judai Yuki next to him, who was replaying the strategy Dan Kuroto had just used, trying to learn something from it, Manjoume Jun stood up, hands on his hips, and said proudly, "Sigh, the vision of an Eliminated Duelist like you is only this much. After all, you're just a guy of this level."
"Unlike Yours Truly, I'm going to charge forward all the way and become the most dazzling rising star in this KC Cup, and then win the championship!"
Just looking at Manjoume Jun's arrogant appearance, it was as if he had already defeated a host of strong players like Mutou Yuugi, Kaiba Seto, and Katsuya Jounouchi, and was about to duel Hayato Kobayashi as the champion of the KC Cup under the spotlights.
"You're really confident, Lightning-chan~" Although Manjoume looked down on Judai, Judai just laughed cheerfully, not taking Manjoume's words to heart. "You have to keep that kind of aura! Go duel your best, even though you've never beaten me."
"It's Manjoume-san! And don't get ahead of yourself! I'm different from you; you've already been eliminated, and I haven't lost yet!"
"But you really haven't beaten me, have you?"
"I am the Young Master of the great Manjoume Conglomerate! I am an elite!"
"But you haven't won against me, you know."
Manjoume was getting frantic: "You! Don't bring that up again!"
"Also, I was the runner-up of the Domino City Elementary and Middle School Duel Monsters Tournament, which gathered countless strong players!"
"Ah, I remember that too, but I was the champion, right?"
"YAKAMASHI!"
And just as Judai was teasing and Manjoume was getting exasperated, a person wearing a cloak passed by them in the aisle.
Looking at the two playful youths, or perhaps just staring at the carefree Judai Yuki who was chuckling foolishly, the white-haired, rabbit-eared man's face, obscured by the hood's shadow, revealed a bizarre smile. He seemed to casually move his body slightly closer to them.
Sensing a certain dark power that was sealed by the power of the **Millennium Ring**, which he was quite familiar with, the man's hand emerged from his robe sleeve. He subtly hid a card in his palm, swinging it seemingly unintentionally with his steps as he walked, as if accidentally bumping into the Duel Disk Manjoume was wearing as he stood up.
"Ah, sorry, sorry, I bumped into you by accident."
His Duel Disk was lightly bumped. Manjoume turned his head, looking at the cloaked figure who was apologizing after accidentally hitting his Duel Disk.
The face revealed beneath the hood looked quite handsome. The white-haired man, who seemed to be around the same age as Hayato, had a look of apology: "I'm truly sorry, I was spaced out just now and didn't notice you. Are you alright?"
Although he always put on an arrogant front in front of familiar people, Manjoume Jun was actually quite polite in front of strangers. The other party apologized directly and politely, and his attitude was sincere. Also, he looked quite handsome. Manjoume replied, "Ah, it's nothing. It was my fault for standing too far out."
He lowered his head and looked at his Duel Disk. Because the impact was very light, Manjoume's Duel Disk, which was of reliable quality and production, showed no sign of damage, not even a bit of paint chipping. Manjoume didn't take the matter to heart.
However, he didn't notice that in his Deck, which he had conveniently placed directly on his Duel Disk, an extra card seemed to have accidentally appeared.
Please, I like Recommendation Tickets!
(End of Chapter)
