"Start now, the grouping of the top eight players in Duel City."
After resting for a night, everyone gathered in the lobby of the airship. As the night passed, a large device covered by a red cloth appeared in the lobby, and Isono was standing in front of this device, and the duel officially began.
Previous hosting work.
As the red cloth was pulled away by two staff members, a strange machine filled with Seto Kaiba's unique aesthetic appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"What the hell is this =_=?" The expressions of everyone present were surprisingly consistent at this moment. Even Malik couldn't hold back the grin on his face and looked at the machine in front of him strangely.
Kaiba, on the other hand, snorted coldly and introduced seriously: "Humph, can't you see? This is the machine used to determine the groups, [Blue Eyes White Dragon Lottery Machine GO!GO!]."
In a transparent spherical container, there are eight yellow balls with numbers "1" to "8" written on them. Below the container are connected the heads of three extremely recognizable [Blue Eyes White Dragon]. Among them
A raised head bites on the transparent container, while the other two drooping heads also open their mouths.
Jonouchi complained: "I think everyone can see that this is [Blue Eyes White Dragon]. How much do you like [Blue Eyes White Dragon]!" He remembered the last time he entered Kaiba Paradise at night and was almost cornered.
The experience of being frightened by a [Blue Eyes White Dragon] statue.
"So why does the lottery machine have this weird shape? Besides, shouldn't the three heads be [Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon]?"
"It's so noisy, you guys!" Hearing Hayato's trouble, Kaiba roared back angrily, turned back to Isono and said, "Continue to explain the rules!"
Isono, who did not laugh because he had received professional training, nodded calmly and continued to speak into the microphone: "The eight yellow balls in the container represent the numbers of the top eight players. This lottery machine will draw a number at a time.
Two balls are selected, and the selected players will be divided into groups for a duel to determine the top four."
As he said that, Isono had already pulled down a lever on the side, and the balls in the "Lottery Machine GO! GO!" with a rather rude name were bumping around under the action of the stirrer inside.
Jonouchi looked at the ball that was still rebounding rapidly in the container, and said nervously: "No one knows who they will meet until their numbered ball comes out."
Within a few seconds after he finished speaking, a ball fell out.
On the ball, "1" is written, which represents the duelist who is Kaiba.
"Humph, shall I start the first battle?" Seeing his number ball being taken out first, Kaiba couldn't help showing a proud smile, turned around and looked at the other people, his eyes were on the game, Hayato was still there
There are three Maliks patrolling.
‘Although I can’t wait to play against the game now, the main course should be left to the end.’
'Hayato who holds the [Winged Dragon of Ra], and Malik Isildar who holds the [Sky Dragon of Osiris], the [gods] in your hands are destined to fall into my hands!'
"Is the first person Kaiba?" Isis stood next to Hayato, who looked tired, and looked at the future with the [Millennium Jewelry] curiously. She saw a dazzling white beam in the darkness.
A scene swallowed by darkness.
And in the next second when Isis was peeping at the future scene, another small ball was spit out from the mouth of another [Blue Eyes White Dragon], with "8" written on it. This is the ball representing the tapir.<
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Seeing the result of the draw, Isono dutifully said loudly: "The result has been announced. The first match between the eight duel cities to advance to the semi-finals. The duelists on both sides are——"
"Seto Kaiba, and the tapirō!"
As soon as the results were announced, everyone had different reactions.
Because Kaiba didn't meet the Hayato and Malik he was expecting, he glared at Isono with some displeasure. This made the honest Isono start to recall with some confusion that he shouldn't have offended the president recently, right?
Keppei, who was standing on a chair, patted the honest-minded Isono on the shoulder and sent him away so that Isono could prepare the venue for the duel, lest Isono would be fired from Kaiba tomorrow for walking into the company with his left foot first.
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Malik seemed a little uninterested after confirming that he didn't have his No. 3 ball, and glanced provocatively at Hayato, who looked like he hadn't slept well. But Hayato, who stayed up late last night sorting out his deck, didn't take Malik's provocation at all.
Keeping it in mind, I just comforted Isis who was worried about Malik's current condition.
Jonouchi and Maou Wu were worried about the fact that Tapira, who seemed a bit weak, was going to play in the first game, and faced the strong Kaiba Queen, so they comforted him with some worry, telling him not to be too upset even if he lost.
A lot of pressure.
It's Yugi. Standing behind Yugi, he is exchanging opinions with "Dark Yugi" in his heart. Although Yugi now looks like the weak and handsome boy in their class, Yugi is always the same.
It feels like there is a layer of darkness shrouding Tapirang's body. Coincidentally, not only the game, but also "Dark Game" feels the same way.
After waiting for a while, after receiving a report from Isono who had left early, Kaiba and Tairio walked to two independent elevators. The two duelists who had arranged to fight would take these two elevators and go directly to the "Sky Duel" on the airship.
"The duel is completed on the spot, and Hayato and the rest of the audience naturally have another way to go to the auditorium.
As soon as he arrived outside the airship, facing the cold wind from high altitude, Cheng Nai couldn't help but sneeze several times: "Sneeze, sneeze, sneeze!"
"Hey, are you okay Jonouchi?" Honda said somewhat unexpectedly, "You must have caught a cold, right? Isn't it said that idiots don't catch colds? Ah sneeze!"
"You guys are the same, aren't you!" Jonouchi retorted immediately.
After stepping out of the airship and feeling the cold air outside, several men immediately took off their coats and put them on the ladies. Wearing Jonouchi's clothes, Peacock Dance also said unhappily: "That Kaiba one
Bastard, you actually let us compete in a place like this!"
Shizuka tightened her Honda school uniform and asked Jonouchi with some concern: "Are you okay, brother?"
"It's okay, sneeze! It's okay!" Jonouchi showed off his strong biceps to prove that he was completely fine, but was blown by the cold wind and sneezed involuntarily again.
"Hmph, I can't even overcome the cold wind. I'm just mediocre after all." Taking his place on the duel field in front of the audience, Kaiba's cloak swayed with the airflow and sarcastically said to Jonouchi. Without waiting for his reply, he went too far.
He looked at Isono who was standing on the referee's bench beside him.
After Kaiba and Tapira completed shuffling the decks under the supervision of their respective inspectors, Isono raised his hands and said loudly:
"The duel begins!"
This chapter has been completed!