Chapter 9 KC Cup

The effect of [Destruction of the Thumbwheel] took away the last 100 points of the ten generations to the basic points. At the same time, Hayato's dark game also punished the captured hand [Yubel].

[Yubel], who stretched out his hand towards Judai and had been standing behind Judai like a spirit behind him, seemed to want to catch something, but was completely suppressed by the power of the dark game, sealed and returned to his card, unable to do so. Appear.

Because this duel ended so easily, only 200 DP was obtained at the time of settlement, which was not even enough for Hayato to activate the Dark Game just now, but it was better than nothing.

Putting away the duel plate, Hayato walked up to Judai who was sitting on the ground.

Although the main target of Hayato's dark game is the [Yuber] held by Judai rather than Judai himself, and [Yuber] also actively blocked part of it for Judai, it is a dark game after all, and he loses the duel. Judai's childish face looked slightly dazed.

Standing on the sidelines of the duel, Banjo Meshoji didn't understand why Hayato wanted to duel with this brat until the end of the duel. Just as he was about to say something, the phone in his pocket rang. After he answered the call, Banjome Shoji couldn't help but smile on his face. After hanging up, he excitedly said to Hayato: "He must have woken up!"

"You go ahead, Shoji. I still have something to say with this boy." Hayato waved his hand to Banzhang Meizhun. He had already expected Banzhang Meizhun's awakening. After all, the culprit who caused Banzhang Meizhun's coma had just been killed. Seal yourself.

It's just that Hayato was somewhat surprised that Banzhang Eyes woke up so quickly. He has the same weak physique as Jonouchi.

"Has he woke up, Banjome-chan?" Because he was the one who caused Banjome to pass out, Judai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and seemed a little happy after hearing the news that he had woken up, "That's great... ....”

"It's all because of me, Yubel..."

As he was talking, Judai suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Hey! It seems that I was just like before, only thinking about winning the duel." Jushiro suddenly stood up from the ground and looked at Hayato with concern on his face, "Mr. Hayato, are you okay?"

"Hmph, I'm not that easy to defeat, Judai." Hayato smiled and rubbed Judai's jellyfish head. On the other hand, he collected the remaining dark magic power of [Yubel] from Judai's body. .

Because Hayato knew the inside story of Yubel's protection of Judai, while launching the dark game, Hayato did not choose to kill [Yubel], but sealed it back into the card.

Although I don’t know how long this dark game can seal Yubel, at least for a long time, Judai will not hurt others due to duels, especially after Hayato cleans the dark energy from Judai. In clean condition.

However, in the end, it is treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

The source of Yubel's power is not himself, but Judai himself, who is gradually awakening from the dark power of his previous life. As Judai grows older, one day Yubel's seal will be awakened again by Judai's power. Therefore, Hayato really did not deceive Judai, but really wanted him to feel other joys besides victory in dueling monsters.

However, Hayato is not a Uzumaki O who is good at talking. All he can do is teach Judai the things that make him happiest.

So, after waking up and confirming that everything was normal, Wan Zhangmu hurriedly came to the open space downstairs of the hospital and heard exactly what was happening. At the edge of the open space, two figures, one large and one small, were sitting side by side with their heads lowered and holding hands. Something whispers—

"Mr. Hayato, do you want [Holy Shield - Power of Reflector -]? I don't feel like this card is for a hero."

"You have to change your mind. A hero's mission is to uphold justice and protect the weak. This [Hanno's Noble Power] is a card that represents the will to protect."

"What about [God's Declaration]?"

"What kind of hero is he without the means to counter evil? The best way to achieve justice is to thwart the evil forces' plans before they unfold."

"I see, then you also need to put three copies of [Bottomless Pit] and [Demon Chain], right, Hayato-sensei!"

"Congratulations, Judai-san, you have learned how to answer quickly!"

Seeing that trap cards accounted for more than half of Judai's forty-card deck, Hayato nodded with satisfaction. Well, although it is not a complete body and does not have the version answer [Causal Cutoff] and the invincible [Book of the Moon], it does have a somewhat "yin" and male element.

Kobayashi Hayato, you have done all the bad things!

While Judai was adjusting his deck, Hayato also took his cherished [Yubel] card from Judai's hand.

After being sealed by Hayato, [Yubel]'s card became quite ordinary. Not to mention the special feeling of awakening the card spirit, there was not even a trace of dark power left. It seems that the remaining dark magic power in Judai's body is the last thing left by Yubel.

Although he was quite touched by Yubel's "idiotic" behavior of leaving the power to protect Judai even if he was sealed, this did not mean that Hayato planned to let Yubel go. He did not intend to change Yubel's original fate, and planned to let him take a trip to outer space on a rocket launched by the Kaiba Group, just like the original plot.

Let Yubel absorb a circle of the power of the greatest boss in the future GX era, the Light of Destruction, and then ask Judai to fool Yubel back with his talk. Such a thing that benefits others at the expense of others makes Kobayashi feel excited just thinking about it.

What, the final boss of GX is Darkness? Sorry, I'm not familiar with who that is.

Looking at [Yubel] with 0 attack and 0 defense on the divine panel, Hayato solemnly took out a card holder and sealed it, connected it to a chain of the same style as Kaiba and returned it to Judai: "[Yubel] is very powerful. monster, I can’t solve its problems for the time being. In short, if you don’t want to hurt other people, don’t use [Yubel] to duel with others, Judai-san.”

"Even Hayato-sensei can't do anything about [Yubel]?"

Hayato looked at Judai who had a slightly depressed expression on his face, and spread his hands helplessly: "Actually, I have an idea, but, I have to find someone for help first."

"The guy in question is suffering from a severe card addiction. If I ask him for help, it will definitely turn into his 'battle of revenge'. I even wonder if that guy is using my duel data to beat the human machine. "

Say Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive.

"I am the storm that's approaching~~"

The music filled with tiles sounded from Hayato's cell phone. Hayato looked at the caller ID, and the note was "Dragon Cancer Man-Machine King" - it was a call from Kaiba.

After connecting the phone, Hayato heard Kaiba's deep voice coming from the other end of the phone: "Kobayashi Hayato..."

"Hey, Seth. Listening to your voice, I feel that you are not in a good mood?"

"Humph, just now, I suddenly sneezed three times. No matter what I think about this kind of thing, it is only possible that you are talking bad about me behind my back." Rarely, Kaiba, who has always been unsmiling, also followed Hayato's words. A joke.

Contrary to what Hayato said, he was actually in a very good mood, but his mood was generally not shown on his face.

"No matter what, you know me, I never slander others behind their backs." Because what I said is the truth, eh.

"Hmph, whatever, I'm not rich in time for this small talk." Kaiba let out a stiff laugh, making it clear that he didn't believe what Hayato said, "At this point, you should have watched Bei Cass sent you and the video tape of the game. If you have a phone number, you don’t have to send the video tape. I really don’t know what that guy is trying to do.”

No, no, no, of course it's because that guy in Becas feels that phone calls are not as convenient as direct face-to-face video conversations. Hayato complained in his heart, because he knew that Kaiba was superstitious about science, and Hayato didn't bother to explain to him that Becas still had some [Millennium Eye] power.

"Well, I have already read it. He said that he plans to accept your invitation and come to Tongshiye City next Saturday to discuss the issue of jointly releasing the restricted card list with the International Illusion Society and the Kaiba Group. By the way, he also invited I."

At this point, Hayato paused for a moment: "Theoretically, even if we want to discuss specific regulations, Bekas has no need to come to Japan thousands of miles away, and he even specially invited Yugi and I to sign the international Equity Transfer Agreement of Illusion Society.”

"In addition, Seth, you called me specifically. Let me guess, what you are going to announce next Saturday should go far beyond the list of banned and restricted cards, right?"

Kaiba's chuckle came from the other end of the phone: "It is indeed easier to talk to you than to talk to mediocre people. You will know when the time comes anyway, so it doesn't matter if I tell you in advance."

"The response to Duel City's hosting was quite good. Whether it was the licensing fees for the Kaiba Group's virtual projection system or the International Illusion Society's card sales, they have increased globally. The Tongshiye Municipal Government also received a reputation due to the influx of a large number of outsiders. With a large amount of tax money, I plan to strike while the iron is hot and hold another Duel Monsters event while the popularity of Duel City is still there.”

"It's just that since there is already a high-quality Duel Monsters event like Duel City, I plan to modify the rules so that everyone can participate to maximize the popularity of Duel Monsters."

Hayato complained: "In other words, the hunger marketing of Kaiba Group's Duel Disk is over. Now we can start distributing goods in large quantities to recover the cost, right?"

"Hmph, it's your business if you insist on thinking that way." Kaiba did not agree, but he also did not refute Hayato's statement, because this was indeed one of his purposes.

Hayato thought for a while: "But if it's a duel for all, you won't be able to use the card gambling rules used in Duel City to gain popularity. If it's not attractive enough, don't give me a poor report then. The number of participants, after all, not everyone can be satisfied just by playing cards like you."

"Besides, you just said that talking to me takes less effort than talking to mediocre people. You also called Jonouchi? It's really strange."

"Although he is a mediocre person, he can at least be considered a second-rate duelist. He is better than some fourth-rate duelists, and can improve the quality of the duel somewhat." Kaiba said in a tone that looked down on Jonouchi, but if he really looked down on him, in half the time He won't send cards to Jonouchi after the finals, he's so arrogant.

"Competing with slightly famous duelists, the champion can be qualified to duel with the duel king. I think these should be attractive enough for ordinary people who dream of reaching the sky in one step."

After a pause, Kaiba added: "There is also a bonus of 5 million yen for the champion, 3 million yen for the runner-up, and 1 million yen for the third place."

"The last one is the most attractive," Hayato complained, "I was just wondering what you used to seduce Jonouchi, but now I understand."

"Don't even think about commanding me, Kaiba, I'm not your subordinate!" I'm afraid Jonouchi wanted to say this at the time, but Kaiba gave him too much.

"But Kaiba, you said that the winner of this competition can duel with the Duel King?" Hayato narrowed his eyes, sensing the opportunity to rip off, "I don't know when I agreed to this."

"If the champion comes to you to fulfill your promise, but finds that you have not negotiated this matter with me at all, the impact on the Haima Group will be immeasurable."

The seahorse on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, but then laughed and said: "Did you forget something? I never said that as the organizer, I will not participate. Anyway, the first place may be me. , it doesn’t matter what the champion’s trophy is, because it will only fall into my hands.”

This familiar overconfidence is indeed Kaiba. Hayato couldn't help but remind him: "You just forgot one thing. Although it is mysterious for Jonouchi to beat you, where did you get the confidence to win the game steadily?"

Hearing Hayato's words, Kaiba on the other end of the phone seemed to have been waiting for this question for a long time, and said proudly: "Even with [Obelisk] in hand, I am not sure that I can defeat Muto Yugi. But , I am no longer what I used to be, and with the stronger strength in my deck, I can be 1000 sure that I can beat Muto Yugi!"

"It will be you when the time comes. I will definitely take the title of Duel King away from you. Don't be afraid to avoid fighting just because you have seen my powerful power, Hayato Kobayashi!"

As he spoke, Kaiba looked at a card placed in his hand.

As long as I have this card, I have the power to determine the future. Any misfortunes that I refuse to accept will be far away from me. Holding this card, I will be eternally and absolutely lucky.

I will become the duel king, and the duel king will definitely be my possession!

Hearing Kaiba's confident declaration, Hayato also smiled: "Since you have mentioned this, okay, I will attend the press conference next Saturday to support you. But my help is not in vain. As a deal, after I defeat that lucky Mr. Champion, you have to do me a little favor, Kaiba.”

"Huh, whatever request you make is fine, but the premise is that you can defeat me. You can defeat me who became the champion of the 'KC Cup' this time."

With that said, Kaiba hung up the phone,

"It is indeed the KC Cup, but according to Kaiba, is the International Illusion Society and Kaiba Group united? Although it is not the first time, but not long ago, the two groups that were fighting each other so fiercely can actually work together in such a united manner. , I have to sigh that there are no eternal enemies in the business field, only eternal interests."

Putting the phone away, Hayato muttered to himself and turned his head, only to see Banzhang Menquan and Yujo Judai looking at him expectantly.

"KC Cup..."

"champion..."

"Duel with the Duel King!"

Banzōmu, who had been very unhappy with Judai before, was quite in sync with his movements and said in unison: "Mr. Hayato/Sensei, we also want to participate in the KC Cup!"

Hayato looked at Judai and Manzōme, who had very sincere expressions, as if they would evolve from "craftsmen's spirit" to "Earth Stars" if he didn't agree to it. He rubbed his chin and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "You can participate. join."

What Kaiba just said gave Hayato a good idea.

————Haiba is in the printing card ————

Under the influence of the Crimson King's power, time flew by, and several days passed in the blink of an eye.

On Saturday morning, in front of the newly completed Tongshiye City Sports Center, contracted by Haima Group, a press conference jointly organized by Haima Group and International Illusion Society was officially held.

At the press conference, the two champions of Duel Kingdom, Hayato Kobayashi and Yugi Muto, attended with 100% equity holders of International Illusion Society, genius game designer, father of Duel Monsters, and one-eyed silver-haired naive gringo (crossed out) Mr. Becas J. Croftor formally signed a share transfer agreement, each holding 30% of the shares of International Illusion Society.

Subsequently, Bekas and Kaiba Kehei, the vice president of Kaiba Group, jointly issued a new duel monster rule called "Master Rules", which restricted and modified the effects of some cards in the duel monster cards, such as [Chaos Emperor] Cards such as "Dragon - Messenger of the End" and "Bataiwu" are classified as prohibited cards and are not allowed to be used in official duels.

Cards such as [Treasure Cards Falling from the Sky], which are powerful but do not have as great an impact as banned cards, are listed as restricted cards, and only one can be placed in a deck at most.

At the end of the press conference, when the reporters had started to sort out today's manuscripts and were preparing to leave, the wind suddenly started blowing up at the conference venue, and with the roar of propellers, the wind became stronger and stronger.

Under the accustomed gazes of Hayato, Yugi, and Keihei, Kaiba stood beside the door of a helicopter in the shape of "Blue Eyes White Dragon", holding the armrest with one hand and pressing the earphones in his ears with the other. His voice came from the venue. Came the sound: "The most important news cannot be saved until the end."

"Duelists watching this press conference, do you still remember the Duel City not long ago? Do you regret that you failed to enter the top eight and compete with the Duel King for the supreme throne?"

"Want to experience the wonderful experience of colliding with the passionate duelist souls of top duelists again? Then celebrate, your opportunity has come!"

"The fiery duel competition is about to be held again! A week later, the largest monster duel event in history, co-organized by the Kaiba Group and the International Illusion Society, will kick off in San Francisco, USA. So, let's celebrate the fierce duel again. Bar!"

The white windbreaker on Kaiba standing next to the helicopter was dancing in the wind. Hayato really couldn't figure out whether Kaiba had any strange preference for helicopters. Why did he have to stand on the helicopter every time he wanted to announce a Duel Monsters event?

But when he saw Kaiba's windbreaker, Hayato suddenly understood. Maybe it's because the airflow in a helicopter is relatively large, and the windbreaker he's wearing is so handsome when it's blown up?

Although the other three people at the press conference also focused on the Haima travel car, they felt that the disadvantages were mainly concentrated in the external styling. They probably also think it’s cool to use a helicopter for travel?

"Kaiba's aesthetics are indeed so... uh, unique?" I have to say, Yugi's words are really extremely emotionally intelligent.

Even Guipei looked helpless: "Obviously I reminded my brother not to use that helicopter before setting off. It's not like the Haima Group doesn't have normal helicopters..."

Becas, on the other hand, is very interested in the helicopter in the shape of the "Blue Eyes White Dragon": "What? Haima Boy's helicopter is obviously super kawaii. Oh My God, I think such a helicopter is simply a work of art. It makes me... It’s funny when people see it!”

Naturally, Kaiba in the air couldn't hear the whispers of the people on the ground. He started to introduce the process of the KC Cup while blowing the cold wind.

First of all, compared to Duel City, the KC Cup has no restrictions on duelists’ deck quality, duel strength, etc. As long as your deck composition is correct and contains 40 cards, and you have a properly usable duel disk, you can sign up. Participate in the competition. But at the same time, the KC Cup also added the audition process. Only by gaining enough points through duels in the auditions can you be shortlisted for the official competition and appear in the live broadcast of the competition.

With Duel City testing the waters, this time the KC Cup boldly expanded the number of people in the official competition to a full 64 people. The official players were divided into four groups ABCD with sixteen people in each group, and the players competed in pairs. The strongest among the four groups will be determined, followed by the semi-finals and finals to select the KC Cup champion.

It can be said that Kaiba has completely mastered the game. Putting aside the profits from Duel Monsters' popularity, the TV broadcast alone during the duration of the KC Cup is a huge sum of money.

In addition, even if someone wants to try their luck to see if they can turn a bicycle into a motorcycle and compete for the 5 million yen prize for the championship, they will have to buy a duel plate monopolized by the Kaiba Group first. This guy Kaiba is in trouble.

"Wait and have hope, duelists!" Kaiba's speech came to the last few words, "Whether it's wealth or honor, everything is waiting for you on the throne of the Duelist King!"

"Show your fangs towards the throne!"

"Ohhhhhhh!!!"

Kaiba's [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] helicopter flew away from the press conference, leaving behind everyone at the venue who was incited by Kaiba and stared at Hayato like hungry wolves trying to eat people. Even Hayato was stared at by such a look, which made his heart tremble.

Afterwards, he thought: No, why have I never heard of the honor and wealth on the duel king's throne?

Damn, that bastard Kaiba must have taken the kickback!