Chapter 245: Why the Tactical Experimental Deck Is the Best

Hayato's concise "speech" was instantly welcomed by the students in the audience after being in sharp contrast with Professor Chronos.

Several school workers removed the podium, leaving the central duel venue empty. At the same time, a 360-degree surround display device composed of several curved display screens was hung from the ceiling. The top eight students were projected one after another on it, but for the time being, they were all just dark silhouettes.

Following the podium that was moved off the stage, Professor Chronos picked up the microphone again and tried to act as a commentator again, saying, "Then the next hosting job will be handled by Chronos de Medici, the highest person in charge of practical teaching at the Duel Academy."

"After a month of selection and elimination, there are a total of eight people who finally entered the official competition. Next, please invite the contestants whose names are called to come on stage." After a pause, Professor Chronos called out the first name, "Eighth place, second grade, Obelisk Lan Tianshangyuan Fubuki!"

"Clang~"

Holding a ukulele in her hand, Fubuki was not wearing a school uniform, but a beach short-sleeved shirt, and she didn't look like a student at all. He stood up from his seat, strummed the strings, and introduced himself to the students around him elegantly like a big star: "Look up, what can you see?"

"Sky--"

He wanted to show his face handsomely and shout out his signature line "10--Join~", but before Fubuki could even start, he was dragged away by teacher Ayukawa Emi who came to his side with a sullen face: "I should have told you that you need to take good care of your body, right, Tenjouin-san? So can you explain why you are wearing short sleeves in this weather?"

"Wait, wait a minute, Emi-chan, I specially chose this outfit that best shows my temperament for my first appearance after returning to the academy. A little bit of cold air is nothing." Fubuki struggled, "You're going to ruin my image as a senior."

"You don't have that kind of thing! Go change your clothes into school uniforms!"

"Gua! Asuka, save me!"

"Brother? (Indifferent)" Asuka calmly watched Fubuki being dragged away from the scene, pretending not to know him, secretly praying in her heart that others would better not associate him with herself.

Obviously, he had disappeared once and had fallen into darkness in the past, why did Fubuki still look so unreliable after waking up? I thought he had changed a lot when I saw him trying to duel with someone a while ago - although it was when Fubuki was chatting up a beautiful school girl he met in the academy.

Wait a minute, the reason why Fubuki tried so hard was not just to show off at the academy exchange competition like just now?

Thinking of this, Asuka helplessly covered her forehead. Almost in sync with Asuka's movements, a blonde girl not far from her also covered her forehead helplessly because of Fubuki's movements.

Subconsciously, both sides looked over because of the other's movements that were exactly the same as their own, and Asuka's eyes crossed with the blonde girl's.

Fubuki being dragged away was an accident, and Professor Chronos continued to call the names of the finalists: "Ahem, Fubuki will be back soon, so I will continue."

"Next is the sixth place in the preliminaries, the third-year exchange student from the Western Branch, Reggie Mackenzie!"

"Then the sixth place is tied, the first-year, Asuka Tenjouin from the Obelisk Blue Dormitory!"

Asuka and the girl who looked at her, Reggie Mackenzie, stood up at the same time, and simply responded to the looks from the students around them, but they frowned, obviously surprised that their final results were so close to the deadline. In their estimation, she could at least enter the top five, but she ended up being sixth, or even tied for sixth.

Ruiji glanced at Asuka again, narrowed her eyes, and thought to herself: ‘Is she actually Fubuki Tenjouin’s sister? She has some skills, but the elimination match is not enough to show the full strength of a duelist. ’

‘I will not lose before I face Fubuki! ’

Asuka did not understand why Ruiji’s eyes were inexplicably full of fighting intent when she looked at her. Before Professor Chronos called out his name, she had only heard of his name but did not know him, and had never dealt with him before, but it did not prevent her from looking back with the same firm eyes.

Tied for sixth place was not the result she wanted. Let’s not guess who else was ahead. At least this woman, she had to prove that she was stronger than the other party, otherwise how could she keep up with Judai and other classmates?

"The fifth place is from the first-year student of Sun God-Yellow Dormitory, Misawa Hai, ahem, Daichi."

"You meant Misawa Haiyang, right? Why are the pronunciations of Daichi and Haiyang so similar that you can easily mispronounce them!" With a frustrated expression on his face, Misawa couldn't help but complain as soon as he stood up.

"Oh, teacher, I don't know." Professor Chronos pretended to be stupid and forced himself to get by, and continued to sign up.

In the audience, Maruto Sho said curiously: "Asuka and Wuzhe have also been shortlisted for the top eight, but are they all ranked outside the top four? The competition seems to be very fierce."

"Caesar can be counted as one, and I was ranked second as of last night, and Manjome seems to be right behind me in third place." Judai counted on his fingers, "Originally, after Sizuoyun3, he seemed to be ranked behind Manjome, but he was surpassed by others?"

"Huh?" Looking at the next contestant's name, even Professor Chronos paused in surprise and looked twice to make sure he didn't see it wrong. After confirming that it was correct, although he was still a little confused, he still said, "The next fourth contestant is also "A student of the same grade, from the Obelisk Blue Dormitory, Manjomu, a prospective classmate, is so annoying!"

"Don't add your weird accent after my name, Mr. Chronos!" Manjomu stood up with a dark face and protested, "If you want to call me, call me Mr. Manjomu!"

"But, I'm the fourth? How is that possible!"

"Lightning? It sounds like a very arrogant name, but it turns out to be a little kid?"

As Manjomu's voice fell, a sturdy man not far in front of him turned around and looked at Manjomu with contempt.

Clenching his fists in dissatisfaction, Manjome glared at the big guy with a fierce look: "It's Mr. Manjome! What's wrong with calling me Mr. Manjome!"

"After all, what qualifications do you have to be so arrogant?"

The big guy raised his mouth when he heard Manjome's words: "Qualification? Of course my qualification is-"

Professor Chronos' voice sounded at the same time: "Then the third place is the third-year student from the Northern Branch, Edogawa Yuri."

As the silhouette of the third place lighted up on the display above the central duel field, the The big guy who arrogantly challenged Manjomu also stood up and said the second half of his sentence: "--My ranking when I entered the competition was higher than yours!"

"That guy is actually ranked third? Is that true?" Judai looked incredible, "He doesn't feel that strong, but his ranking is higher than Manjomu?"

"Feelings, are they really accurate? And I feel that the other party looks very dangerous." Looking at Edogawa Yuri, who doesn't look like a student at all, but rather a gangster, Marufuji Sho said weakly.

"Just trust Judai's instinct, just trust it. Trust doesn't need a reason." Maeda Hayato agrees with Judai's instinct, "This is the conclusion I came to after losing to Judai more than a dozen times in the game of drawing ghost cards."

"As for the ranking, after all, the elimination round is only based on the final score of each person to rank, and it cannot accurately represent the strength of each selected player. Just like the Tenjouin Fubuki who made Judai suffer, didn't she only get the eighth place in the end?"

After a pause, Maeda smiled and said, "Besides, even if the ranking can represent the strength, Judai is above that person."

"The second place player is, uh, the first-year student of Osiris-Red Dormitory, Yuki Judai." When reading Judai's name, Professor Chronos There was still some dissatisfaction in his tone, and he was even unwilling to give Judai the same amount of time to show off as the others. Instead, he paused briefly after announcing his name, and finally shouted in an excited tone, "And the Duel Academy's 'Caesar' who everyone is looking forward to, who advanced to the official competition with the first place!"

"Obelisk Blue, third-year student Marufuji Ryo!"

After Professor Chronos called out Marufuji Ryo's name, before he even stood up, the audience instantly erupted in extremely warm cheers:

"Wow! It's Caesar, it's Lord Caesar!"

"Lord Caesar, we respect you!"

"It's worth the price of admission to see Lord Caesar's duel, even if I die!"

Listening to the cheers from almost the entire audience, Marufuji Ryo sighed in his heart. In fact, he was not good at dealing with such situations. The longer he was in school, the more he missed the peaceful life he had when he first entered school and had not yet made a name for himself. Even though he was gradually called "Caesar" because of his outstanding abilities, at least he had Fujiwara Yusuke and Tenjouin Fubuki to help him share the burden.

After the two of them disappeared one after another, he gradually became the only "top streamer" in the Duel Academy. He didn't want such popularity at all, and Fubuki liked such lively scenes. If possible, he would like to transfer such popularity to Fubuki, but unfortunately he couldn't.

However, even if he was not good at dealing with it, he had been in school for three years anyway. He also knew that his most appropriate reaction now was to keep a straight face and say nothing or do nothing. Whether it was a gentle response or a strong refusal, it would only arouse greater heat. After all, no one could tell how weird these fans' XP were. There were many masochists who would yell for you to scold them again after being scolded.

After being dragged away and forced to change back into her school uniform, Tenjouin Fubuki returned to the scene and looked at the audience cheering for "Caesar". She whistled and said frivolously, "What an amazing popularity. After three years, I've become this popular. So, in order to live up to the fans who have supported me until now, I have to show some real skills in the quarterfinals."

The names and avatars of the eight contestants were all displayed on the surround screen above the central duel field, and they were scrolling in a loop for people to see. After the cheers died down a bit, Professor Chronos continued to host the event and said, "The eight qualified contestants are all ready, so the duel school exchange competition for this school year will officially begin. The first thing to do is the duel between the top eight and the top four."

"The world of duel monsters is very cruel. It's enough if one person can laugh. The same is true for the top eight contestants. If they lose in the duel with their assigned opponents, there is no way to have a resurrection match. ~"

Looking at the "bad student" who sneaked into the top eight - Judai Yuki, Professor Chronos laughed sinisterly, but soon remembered that he was hosting the exchange competition. After a light cough, he continued, "Then, first let the machine draw the first and second contestants for the first round of promotion."

The top eight avatars on the display disappeared one after another, leaving only two avatar frames still rotating, and the black silhouettes in the frames were constantly changing. The silhouettes in the rotating avatar frame switched slower and slower, and with a "ding" sound, the two avatar frames locked together and lit up to reveal the avatars of the selected players.

The rotating avatar frame showed everyone the information of the two players, and Professor Chronos raised his eyebrows and suddenly became unhappy: "In the first promotion match, there are exchange students from other branches, but the one who appeared is the poor student from Osiris-Red Dormitory. Anyway, since the result is like this, I declare-"

"The first duel will be between Yuki Judai, the second place in the selection, and Edogawa Yuri, the third place in the selection!"

"Is it actually the first one to go on the field, brother? Is it okay?" Maruto Sho looked at the seat in the distance. Edogawa Yuri, who had already opened champagne in advance and said something strange like "There has never been such a wonderful start" because he was matched with the student of the Red Dormitory, looked at Judai worriedly and said, "Although you said that you intuitively felt that the person was not very strong, it is unlikely that he would capsize in the gutter, right? You can't be careless. After all, the opponent is the third place in the selection."

"Don't worry, Xiang, it will be over soon." Judai smiled and stood up from his seat and walked towards the central duel arena.

Manjome looked at Edogawa Yuri who walked arrogantly towards the duel arena, and then looked at Judai not far away, and stood up and shouted: "Hey, Yuki Judai!"

"I will settle accounts with you later for stealing my opportunity to teach this guy a lesson, but since you have replaced Mr. Manjome, you should show me something in the duel to let that country bumpkin know his place!"

Judai heard what Manjome said, turned around and smiled, and waved his hand to indicate that he understood.

Walking to the central duel arena, Edogawa Yuri looked at Judai and said happily: "It's worth it that I mobilized my subordinates to work hard to improve my ranking. It turns out that ranking higher really brings good luck."

"A low-ranking student from the Red Dormitory sneaked into the top eight players. If my ranking was lower, maybe that arrogant kid would duel with you, right? But now I have successfully picked up the leak, I am really happy."

"I have never had such a wonderful start, cheer for me, cheer for me!" While saying this, Edogawa Yuri didn't take Judai to heart at all, as if he had already won the duel, he turned around confidently and looked at the audience shouting, and the exchange students who also came from the Northern Branch immediately responded to him and cheered.

"Eh~ So confident?" Judai scratched his head and said strangely, "It would be great if you could really switch with Manjome, because I feel that Manjome is indeed stronger than you, and a duel with him might be very interesting."

"But although you feel a little weak, just like Xiang said, maybe you can also have an interesting duel with me?" Judai's eyes lit up with an excited smile, "Come on, let's duel, Uncle Edogawa."

"Who are you calling uncle, you little brat!" Edogawa's free smile disappeared, and he said gloomily, "I just look a little older, and I just turned 18, you are a born annoying poor student! Why should the weak fight!"

"Be crushed in front of my invincible 'Survival of the fittest' deck and become a stepping stone for my promotion!"

Both sides lifted the academy's standard duel disk, and the signal was amplified and strengthened through the duel field under their feet, and they all started to duel.

"Duel!" x2

[Yujo Judai: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Edogawa Yuri: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand] (End of this chapter)