Chapter 96 The Top Four Are Decided

Walking off the duel stage, Samejima exhaled, adjusting his mentality and relaxing from the intense duel. The big screen displayed the portraits of Samejima Iemitsu and Lemuria, but Lemuria's portrait had dimmed, leaving only Samejima's portrait still lit up.

The old deacon glanced at Lemuria who was leaving the duel with a strange smile. He didn't take it seriously, but began to announce: "The fourth game of the Duel Kingdom's quarter-finals selection has ended, and the winner is Samejima Iemitsu. At this point, all the contestants who have qualified for the semi-finals have been decided!”

The image displayed on the screen changed, showing the heads of four people one by one, namely Jonouchi Katsuya, Muto Yugi, Kobayashi Hayabusa and Samejima Iemitsu, and there was a line between the two duelists side by side. The avatars are connected together.

"What on earth did Hayato go to do? He has been there and hasn't come back yet." Seeing Hayato's avatar appear on the screen, Jonouchi looked around, but still didn't see Hayato.

From the time Yugi came on stage to start the duel, Yugi defeated Maiko, Samejima Iemitsu came on stage to duel, and now Samejima defeated the guy named Lemuria, Hayato has never returned to the audience.

There was some worry on Tapirang's face: "Has something happened to Hayato-kun? It's too worrying that he hasn't come back."

"Don't worry, Tapira. That guy Hayato is really good at fighting, at least half as good as me." Jonouchi boasted, "However, it's really worrying that this hasn't happened. Wait, it's time Could it be that he ate the food prepared by Becas and was poisoned!"

"Although I know you don't like that guy Bekas, don't forget, we also ate the food, right?" Peacock Dance looked at Jonouchi speechlessly and complained, "If you are thinking about this, why don't you worry about it? You yourself, you have to duel with Yugi tomorrow, in the idiot city."

"Although duels are important, I think friends are equally important." Yugi smiled and expressed his opinion, "Today's game is over. Even if we are preparing for tomorrow's duel, there is still a lot of time. , I think it’s better to go find Hayato-kun.”

After hearing Yu Yu's words, Peacock Wu curled her lips imperceptibly and said nothing more. Although she is now getting along well with Yugi and the others, Maurai is quite clear in her heart that whether it is Jonouchi, Yugi or Hayato, her views on them do not match.

For dueling monsters, Peacock Dance thinks that it is a tool to help them improve their lives. They think it is a game that places their souls on the game. Peacock Dance pursues the material reality and the victory of the result, while they enjoy the process of dueling in the game and prefer games without substance. "Friendship" and "family affection".

Even though she had dueled with Hayato, Jonouchi, and Yugi one after another, and had seen their decks respond to their hearts, the fog that enveloped Peacock Mai's heart still did not dissipate, and the dark cloud called "confusion" still covered her heart.

"What is a duel monster?" and "For what purpose?" Hayato once asked her two questions that have not yet been answered. but……

Glancing at Jonouchi who was fighting with Honda and Tairyo, Peacock Wu couldn't tell what he thought about Jonouchi. It's obvious that he's just a half-assed duelist, a guy with nothing but good luck. What is it about Jonouchi Katsuya that has been supporting him in dueling until now?

"Who's looking for me?"

A familiar voice reached the ears of Yugi and the others. Looking towards the direction from which the voice came, they saw Hayato holding the handrail of the stairs with one hand and walking smoothly back to the auditorium, with an embarrassed look on his face: "Oh, I'm really sorry, the castle is too big and I couldn't find my way back, and I almost got lost and couldn't come back."

"What, Hayato, you are too inferior. Not to mention the duel between Yugi and Miss Mai, even Mr. Samejima's duel is over."

"Sorry, sorry." Hayato walked toward a few people with an apologetic look and glanced at the big screen not far away. "Oh, oh, oh, have you even decided on your opponent for tomorrow's duel?"

"If Yugi and Jonouchi are facing each other, then my opponent," Hayato turned his head and looked at Samejima Iemitsu, who looked serious, "is Mr. Samejima, right? What a pity, I originally wanted to take a look at you. I tried to duel and modify my deck, but I completely missed it."

"Well, in this regard, I do have a certain advantage." Samejima Iemitsu scratched the back of his head with an embarrassed look and acknowledged Hayato's statement, "But Hayato-kun, I have seen your duel twice, I agree. You are a powerful duelist. So even if I am a little embarrassed, I will not give up on tomorrow's duel."

Hayato responded with a smile: "Isn't that what it should be, Samejima School... Mr. Iemitsu."

"Only a duel in which one's own body and mind are fully devoted can be regarded as showing respect for other duelists."

Looking at Hayato, the others didn't notice anything was wrong at all, but Yugi frowned in concern.

‘Aibo, have you also noticed the aura on Hayato’s body? ’

In the heart of the game, "Another Game" said. Yugi nodded: 'Well, although Hayato-kun looks as if nothing has happened, the dark power in him is really obvious. I noticed it just now when he walked past me. ’

'The other me, do you think Hayato-kun should...'

"Another game" - Wang Xiang shook his head: "Hayato's willpower is one of the best among the people I have met. Even the [Millennium Artifact] that looks quite ominous should not be that easy." Control him. ’

‘Rather than being affected by the power of the [Millennium Artifact], I think Hayato must have just come into contact with something rich in dark power, right? ’

Wang Xiang's intuition was indeed correct. The almost invisible dark aura on Hayato's body that ordinary people could not detect did indeed come from an item rich in dark power. Not only that, this dark item is still lying in the [warehouse] of Hayato's system.

It was a golden ring that was roughly the right size to wrap around a person's neck and be used as a collar. On the front of the ring is also engraved a pattern of the "Eye of Ugato" that is the same as the [Millennium Artifact]. If this collar were placed in Hayato's previous life, many people who have watched the "Yu-Gi-Oh GX" animation would probably recognize it at a glance:

Isn't this thing the dark prop worn by the vampire in Seven Stars?