Chapter 41: Teppanyaki Deck VS Disruption

“‘Game Carnival’ or whatever is just hilarious. Duel Monsters is the best game in the world; no other game has any value!” Goro Inoshira, a Class D Cultural Festival Executive Committee member sporting a hairstyle that looked suspiciously like an official cap and screamed "pro duelist," looked down at the person before him with pure contempt. “Even if you make me say it again, my answer remains the same.”

“If Bekas saw a fanatic like you, he’d surely be thrilled, wouldn't he? But unfortunately, while I also love Duel Monsters, I cannot forgive you for destroying our class's venue.” Hayato looked at the blackened iron plate, frowning as he spread a cloth over it before setting down his deck.

After Goro Inoshira of Class D forcibly occupied the venue that Class B had almost finished setting up, he even coerced the other students of Class B into replacing their completed decorations with his own. Not only that, but Goro also had Miho Nosaka—who lacked much physical strength—deliver a message to the remaining students in the Class B classroom

*A Game Carnival isn't something just anyone can host. If you want to take this venue from us, then go ahead and send your class's strongest duelist!*

In other words: *I’m annoyed that your Game Carnival doesn't involve dueling, so hurry up and find someone to duel me.*

Hayato sighed, thinking to himself that this was truly *Yu-Gi-Oh!*—the dueling mindset was already starting to take over.

Regarding the selection of the duelist, Jonouchi, Yugi, and Honda had all competed for the spot. While Jonouchi’s fighting spirit was commendable, considering that this duel determined the ownership of the class venue, even Hayato had thought about letting Yugi step up.

However, Yugi had only just expressed with an awkward face that—because Chicken酱 had been discharged from the hospital yesterday—he had to catch up on all his schoolwork this morning, and he had accidentally left his deck at home.

Although Yugi’s presence in class was quite low due to his personality and stature, he was universally recognized as the strongest when it came to Duel Monsters. Many students in the class had experience with the game, but to this day, no one had ever defeated Yugi. Hearing that the class's strongest player had left his deck at home, many faces were filled with disappointment.

But soon, Hayato was recommended by Yugi, who claimed, “Hayato-kun’s dueling skills are top-tier; even when I went all out, I almost lost to him.” Having his strength affirmed by the strongest, Hayato thus became the representative for Class B.

Looking at the "pro-duelist" hairstyle of Goro Inoshira, Hayato shuffled his deck and asked for confirmation: “If I win this match, you will leave our venue and not come back here again, right?”

“You don't have the right to negotiate, Class B,” Goro Inoshira said arrogantly. “While there is zero chance, if you actually win, I will naturally take Class D away and even help you restore the venue. However, in exchange, if I win, Class B's activity funds will belong to us!”

“Whatever, the winner is definitely going to be me anyway.” Hayato gave a confident smile, his hand resting atop his deck.

“Quite the big mouth.”

“Duel!” “Duel!”

【Hayato: 2000 LP, Hand: 5】 【Goro: 2000 LP, Hand: 5】

“I'll take the first move. Draw!” Getting a step ahead of Goro, Hayato drew his fifth card. He drew a card from his deck with practiced ease, glanced at it, and immediately played it: “I activate the Spell Card, [Foolish Planning]! If there are no monsters on my field, I can directly summon a Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from my deck!”

“Level 4 or lower? Hmph, what kind of powerful monster could that be? Just a bunch of small fry.”

Ignoring Goro’s sarcasm, Hayato selected a monster from his deck and shuffled it: “[Baby Dragon] is summoned to my field by its card effect, and then I summon [Wyvern Warrior] from my hand.”

【Baby Dragon】【3☆/Wind】【Dragon/Normal】【1200/700】 【Wyvern Warrior】【4☆/Earth】【Beast/Normal】【1500/1200】

After summoning the two monsters in Defense Position one after another, Hayato set the remaining three cards from his hand and then activated another Spell Card: “This is getting intense, isn't it? I activate [Pot of Greed] to replenish both players' hands to 6 cards. Due to the card's effect, you can draw one card.”

“The duel has barely even started, and aren't you supposed to draw six cards yourself?!” Goro Inoshira grumbled as he drew a card, watching Hayato replenish his empty hand back to six. If it weren't for the two monsters on the field and the three face-down cards, one might have thought Hayato's turn had only just begun.

Having felt a secret surge of joy from activating the original effect of [Pot of Greed], Hayato looked at his six cards and played two more: “I activate this Spell Card, [Double Summon]. Its effect allows me to Normal Summon once more, and then I summon my Tamashi in Attack Position!”

“Is Hayato going to summon [Death Stalker]?” Honda guessed while watching the duel, but Jonouchi reminded him, “I'll bet a thousand yen that Hayato is definitely summoning something else.”

Sure enough, although the card Hayato played had a yellow body just like [Death Stalker], its awkward appearance looked provocative no matter how you looked at it.

“Ehehe, as expected, I really am Aniki's favorite monster card~” From a perspective invisible to the onlookers, the strange yellow monster on the card Hayato played was shyly wiggling its butt, which was clad in red underwear.

【Disturbance Yellow】【2☆/Light】【Beast/Normal】【0/1000】

Unlike the previously summoned [Baby Dragon] and [Wyvern Warrior], the [Disturbance Yellow] Hayato summoned this time was actually in Attack Position.

“Are you insulting me, you bastard?! How dare you summon a monster with 0 Attack in Attack Position!” Goro Inoshira’s face changed instantly. In his eyes, Hayato's move was nothing short of a provocation.

“You're more than welcome to try and attack me.” Hayato offered no explanation and simply ended his turn.

【Hayato: Hand 5 → 6 → 1 → 6 → 4】

“My turn!”

Goro Inoshira drew a card. Seeing the monster on the card, he froze for a moment before bursting into arrogant laughter: “How dare you insult me! I'll show you my true power. The essence of a barbecue is a raging fire! Come forth, [Flame Swordsman]!”

【Flame Swordsman】【4☆/Fire】【Pyro/Normal】【1700/100】

“Go, [Flame Swordsman]! Crush that 0-attack small fry!”

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*For a duelist, nothing feels better than the opponent playing a combo and dropping a Maxx "C", or enjoying the original [Pot of Greed] when your hand is empty. Of course, that doesn't apply when you drop "C" on a "junk" deck, or play [Pot of Greed] while empty-handed against a Pure Fire deck...*

*Anyway, please recommend this chapter.*

(End of Chapter)