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Chapter 755: The Millennium Ring Likes Me, Hayato Kobayashi!
"Bang!"
Bakura, who had just been incredibly arrogant, was kicked in the chest and sent flying backward, crashing into the rock wall.
Although Hayato's 【通灵外质体】 was just jokingly called a "Substitute" by him, the nature of the two did indeed have many similarities. Just the characteristic of "only Hayato can attack others, and others cannot attack the 【通灵外质体】" was enough for him to pull off various tricks.
Even someone as strong as Diabound Kernel, who had gained the power to resist or even suppress a "Divine-Beast," still couldn't touch the 【通灵外质体】 and could only watch as it freely approached Bakura and successfully attacked.
The only slight regret was that the 【通灵外质体】 itself wasn't a Monster Card but a Spirit awakened from a Spell Card. Its ATK limit was the same as Hayato's own power limit, and being able to beat up Bakura was already its ultimate capability.
If this were the 【通灵外质体】 awakened by Tristan or Joey Wheeler, it would be a sure kill. Forget about hitting Bakura with three pages of fancy [Ora Ora Ora] combos, even punching straight through his chest wouldn't be impossible. Unfortunately, it couldn't be swapped.
But, it didn't matter. He had already achieved his goal.
The 【通灵外质体】 returned to Hayato's side and handed the Millennium Ring, snatched from Bakura's chest, into Hayato's hand. Looking at the golden disk in his hand, Hayato showed a satisfied smile.
However, while Hayato was satisfied, Bakura, whose proud ability was inexplicably broken through and who had also been kicked, was not satisfied at all.
Getting back up, the first thing he did was make Diabound Kernel return to his side to avoid being hit by a sneak attack again like before. At the same time, he looked at Hayato, who was receiving the Millennium Ring from the 【通灵外质体】's hand.
"What in the world is going on!"
Bakura's voice was filled with confusion and unwillingness.
Hayato weighed the Millennium Ring in his hand and said with a relaxed expression, "This is a Spirit I awakened from the 【通灵外质体】. He is the transformation of my soul. External attacks cannot interfere with him in the slightest, but I can let him attack others with freedom."
"I've already heard about that ridiculously double-standard ability, but did anyone ask you about that!" Bakura suppressed his angry feelings and glared at the Millennium Ring in Hayato's hand. "Just now, I clearly used the Transparency Power! Why was that power suddenly dispelled? What did you do to my Millennium Ring, Hayato Kobayashi!"
But facing Bakura's fury, Hayato said unhurriedly, "What nonsense are you talking about? What 'your' Millennium Ring? Isn't this clearly *my* Millennium Ring? Nonsense, I cannot understand."
As he spoke, Hayato tied a knot in the rope that had just been broken and put the Millennium Ring around his neck, saying, "Just now, the Millennium Ring felt the bonds of destiny and connection between us, so it rejected being used by you."
"The Millennium Ring likes me, Hayato Kobayashi!"
Imitating a certain man who lost because of a gust of wind, Hayato gave Bakura a thumbs-down gesture. "Now then, enjoy your trip to Hell."
"How could such nonsense exist!" Bakura said angrily, completely disbelieving the reason Hayato gave.
The Millennium Ring likes Hayato Kobayashi so it rejected being used by me? That kind of thing...
"I cannot accept this!"
Along with Bakura's angry shout, Diabound Kernel beside him also attacked again to vent its User's wrath. A spiral wave spread out, but The Winged Dragon of Ra beside Hayato immediately countered by spitting out blazing flames.
And at the same time, from Hayato, who had put on the Millennium Ring, a power that Bakura was extremely familiar with spread out!
In just an instant, as a domain encompassing dozens of meters around Hayato was opened from his starting point, both Diabound Kernel and The Winged Dragon of Ra, which were covered by it, completely disappeared before everyone's eyes.
"This is... Mahad's move!?" Bakura recognized this technique. This was the move Mahad had planned to use against Bakura in the Underground Magician Training Ground back then, but Bakura had learned it himself after obtaining the Millennium Ring. It could be said to be an ultimate technique that pushed the Millennium Ring's power to its ultimate limit through development.
But how could this guy, Hayato Kobayashi, learn it the moment he put it on? Could it really be true, as he said, that the Millennium Ring likes him?
"I didn't expect the Millennium Ring to have a move like this! Although it was a little difficult, it was still quite simple for me, who possesses divine talent, to learn!" Hayato said proudly. "Without Diabound Kernel, Bakura, you're just an ordinary person."
"There's only one person on the other side, let's go together!"
As the Millennium Ring's power spread, the spirits around were all dispelled, leaving Bakura to face the crowd glaring at him all by himself. Among them were agile fighters like Priest Seto, and guys like Tristan and Joey Wheeler, who were flexing their limbs and clearly looked ready to fight.
A cold sweat couldn't help but trickle down Bakura's forehead.
C-crap, I clearly had the advantage just now, and I wasn't even messing around, so how come in the blink of an eye I feel like I'm about to be defeated again?
Damn it, close combat with these brutes is fundamentally not my strong suit. Last time, it was thanks to the Time Stop Item that I managed to take down Mahad, but even if I had another Time Stop now, I couldn't take down this many people here!
No, I absolutely cannot stop here. As long as I don't stop moving, I still have a Future. Although this scheme resulted in losing both the wife and the soldiers, where there's life, there's hope!
"Hmph, Hayato Kobayashi, consider yourself lucky this time. You won't have such good fortune next time!" Seeing Seto and Joey Wheeler and the others approaching him, although he had already decided to escape, Bakura still spoke toughly. "You got away with your life!"
Then, Bakura actually turned and ran away without looking back. As arrogant as he was when speaking tough, his escape was just as pathetic.
Joey Wheeler and the others were about to chase after him, but just then, the moment Bakura disappeared from his line of sight, Hayato let out a sigh of relief and sat directly on the ground, gasping for air.
From Just now, that confidence appearance had been completely faked by Hayato. Don't forget that he was using the power of The Winged Dragon of Ra without a Duel Arena. Even if The Winged Dragon of Ra itself didn't mind being used by Hayato, the burden of that power was an unavoidable existence. It could be said that merely summoning The Winged Dragon of Ra and engaging in a Beam Struggle with Diabound Kernel had already greatly exhausted Hayato's energy.
But Hayato had to appear as if he still had plenty of energy, and he also had to multitask his operations at the same time, sending the 【通灵外质体】 to sneak attack Bakura and snatch steal the Millennium Ring. Only by doing this would Bakura truly believe that Hayato genuinely had remaining strength beyond controlling The Winged Dragon of Ra.
As for the nonsense like "The Millennium Ring likes Hayato," that was purely Hayato talking nonsense. The reason Bakura's Transparency Ability suddenly disappeared was that Hayato already knew that The Winged Dragon of Ra had a passive ability to negate the power of "Transparency". He had read the script, after all.
It's not possible that the Millennium Ring actually likes him, right?
Hayato, wearing the Millennium Ring, didn't notice. A flash of gold light flickered on the Millennium Ring on his chest. At the same time, the 【通灵外质体】, which hadn't returned to his body, also blinked.
"Bang!"
Bakura, who had just been incredibly arrogant, was kicked in the chest and sent flying backward, crashing into the rock wall.
Although Hayato's 【通灵外质体】 was just jokingly called a "Substitute" by him, the nature of the two did indeed have many similarities. Just the characteristic of "only Hayato can attack others, and others cannot attack the 【通灵外质体】" was enough for him to pull off various tricks.
Even someone as strong as Diabound Kernel, who had gained the power to resist or even suppress a "Divine-Beast," still couldn't touch the 【通灵外质体】 and could only watch as it freely approached Bakura and successfully attacked.
The only slight regret was that the 【通灵外质体】 itself wasn't a Monster Card but a Spirit awakened from a Spell Card. Its ATK limit was the same as Hayato's own power limit, and being able to beat up Bakura was already its ultimate capability.
If this were the 【通灵外质体】 awakened by Tristan or Joey Wheeler, it would be a sure kill. Forget about hitting Bakura with three pages of fancy [Ora Ora Ora] combos, even punching straight through his chest wouldn't be impossible. Unfortunately, it couldn't be swapped.
But, it didn't matter. He had already achieved his goal.
The 【通灵外质体】 returned to Hayato's side and handed the Millennium Ring, snatched from Bakura's chest, into Hayato's hand. Looking at the golden disk in his hand, Hayato showed a satisfied smile.
However, while Hayato was satisfied, Bakura, whose proud ability was inexplicably broken through and who had also been kicked, was not satisfied at all.
Getting back up, the first thing he did was make Diabound Kernel return to his side to avoid being hit by a sneak attack again like before. At the same time, he looked at Hayato, who was receiving the Millennium Ring from the 【通灵外质体】's hand.
"What in the world is going on!"
Bakura's voice was filled with confusion and unwillingness.
Hayato weighed the Millennium Ring in his hand and said with a relaxed expression, "This is a Spirit I awakened from the 【通灵外质体】. He is the transformation of my soul. External attacks cannot interfere with him in the slightest, but I can let him attack others with freedom."
"I've already heard about that ridiculously double-standard ability, but did anyone ask you about that!" Bakura suppressed his angry feelings and glared at the Millennium Ring in Hayato's hand. "Just now, I clearly used the Transparency Power! Why was that power suddenly dispelled? What did you do to my Millennium Ring, Hayato Kobayashi!"
But facing Bakura's fury, Hayato said unhurriedly, "What nonsense are you talking about? What 'your' Millennium Ring? Isn't this clearly *my* Millennium Ring? Nonsense, I cannot understand."
As he spoke, Hayato tied a knot in the rope that had just been broken and put the Millennium Ring around his neck, saying, "Just now, the Millennium Ring felt the bonds of destiny and connection between us, so it rejected being used by you."
"The Millennium Ring likes me, Hayato Kobayashi!"
Imitating a certain man who lost because of a gust of wind, Hayato gave Bakura a thumbs-down gesture. "Now then, enjoy your trip to Hell."
"How could such nonsense exist!" Bakura said angrily, completely disbelieving the reason Hayato gave.
The Millennium Ring likes Hayato Kobayashi so it rejected being used by me? That kind of thing...
"I cannot accept this!"
Along with Bakura's angry shout, Diabound Kernel beside him also attacked again to vent its User's wrath. A spiral wave spread out, but The Winged Dragon of Ra beside Hayato immediately countered by spitting out blazing flames.
And at the same time, from Hayato, who had put on the Millennium Ring, a power that Bakura was extremely familiar with spread out!
In just an instant, as a domain encompassing dozens of meters around Hayato was opened from his starting point, both Diabound Kernel and The Winged Dragon of Ra, which were covered by it, completely disappeared before everyone's eyes.
"This is... Mahad's move!?" Bakura recognized this technique. This was the move Mahad had planned to use against Bakura in the Underground Magician Training Ground back then, but Bakura had learned it himself after obtaining the Millennium Ring. It could be said to be an ultimate technique that pushed the Millennium Ring's power to its ultimate limit through development.
But how could this guy, Hayato Kobayashi, learn it the moment he put it on? Could it really be true, as he said, that the Millennium Ring likes him?
"I didn't expect the Millennium Ring to have a move like this! Although it was a little difficult, it was still quite simple for me, who possesses divine talent, to learn!" Hayato said proudly. "Without Diabound Kernel, Bakura, you're just an ordinary person."
"There's only one person on the other side, let's go together!"
As the Millennium Ring's power spread, the spirits around were all dispelled, leaving Bakura to face the crowd glaring at him all by himself. Among them were agile fighters like Priest Seto, and guys like Tristan and Joey Wheeler, who were flexing their limbs and clearly looked ready to fight.
A cold sweat couldn't help but trickle down Bakura's forehead.
C-crap, I clearly had the advantage just now, and I wasn't even messing around, so how come in the blink of an eye I feel like I'm about to be defeated again?
Damn it, close combat with these brutes is fundamentally not my strong suit. Last time, it was thanks to the Time Stop Item that I managed to take down Mahad, but even if I had another Time Stop now, I couldn't take down this many people here!
No, I absolutely cannot stop here. As long as I don't stop moving, I still have a Future. Although this scheme resulted in losing both the wife and the soldiers, where there's life, there's hope!
"Hmph, Hayato Kobayashi, consider yourself lucky this time. You won't have such good fortune next time!" Seeing Seto and Joey Wheeler and the others approaching him, although he had already decided to escape, Bakura still spoke toughly. "You got away with your life!"
Then, Bakura actually turned and ran away without looking back. As arrogant as he was when speaking tough, his escape was just as pathetic.
Joey Wheeler and the others were about to chase after him, but just then, the moment Bakura disappeared from his line of sight, Hayato let out a sigh of relief and sat directly on the ground, gasping for air.
From Just now, that confidence appearance had been completely faked by Hayato. Don't forget that he was using the power of The Winged Dragon of Ra without a Duel Arena. Even if The Winged Dragon of Ra itself didn't mind being used by Hayato, the burden of that power was an unavoidable existence. It could be said that merely summoning The Winged Dragon of Ra and engaging in a Beam Struggle with Diabound Kernel had already greatly exhausted Hayato's energy.
But Hayato had to appear as if he still had plenty of energy, and he also had to multitask his operations at the same time, sending the 【通灵外质体】 to sneak attack Bakura and snatch steal the Millennium Ring. Only by doing this would Bakura truly believe that Hayato genuinely had remaining strength beyond controlling The Winged Dragon of Ra.
As for the nonsense like "The Millennium Ring likes Hayato," that was purely Hayato talking nonsense. The reason Bakura's Transparency Ability suddenly disappeared was that Hayato already knew that The Winged Dragon of Ra had a passive ability to negate the power of "Transparency". He had read the script, after all.
It's not possible that the Millennium Ring actually likes him, right?
Hayato, wearing the Millennium Ring, didn't notice. A flash of gold light flickered on the Millennium Ring on his chest. At the same time, the 【通灵外质体】, which hadn't returned to his body, also blinked.
