Yu-Gi-Oh! Starting from Duel City.

Chapter 165 The first battle in the sky, Yu Zero VS Jonouchi

After using a relatively calm tone and giving a non-committal reply to the blond beauty Peacock Wu who approached him, You Ling immediately crossed his arms and talked to Isis and Peacock Wu who were standing on the left and right sides of him. , quietly waiting for the next process to begin.

Under the gaze of everyone, a bingo lottery machine with the KC logo printed on the center and based on the appearance of the three-headed "Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon" was immediately given to the machine on a cart by the bodyguards. Pushed it over and placed it in the center of the hall.

I don't know if it was Kaiba's personal aesthetic style that caused the problem, but in short, the entrance to the inside of the lottery machine and the exits on both sides showing results were the heads of blue-eyed white dragons in different postures.

According to the official description of the competition, the order of duels in the next quarter-finals will be determined by this lottery machine that is full of flaws in appearance.

1号的海马濑人、2号的武藤游戏、3号的城之内克也、4号的孔雀舞、5号的游零、6号的貘良，7号的马利克、8号的利希德。

By ranking the above eight contestants who registered in chronological order as numbers 1-8 respectively, and then using the lottery machine to shake out the balls engraved with the numbers represented by the duelists, the numbers for each duelist will be fairly distributed. A duel player.

Each time, only the two players whose numbers were drawn will duel, and after the current duel is over, the next round of drawing will be conducted.

In other words, no one will know who their next opponent will be before they actually take the field. Everything depends on God's will and luck. (Isis:?)
"Then let's start now with the selection of contestants for the first knockout round - start the bingo machine!"

Under the control of Isono, a man in sunglasses who served as the referee, the lottery machine started running automatically in everyone's sight.

As the eight labeled balls swayed disorderly and chaotically in the machine, the first ball of destiny was spit out from the exit of the white dragon's appearance.

"The first contestant to participate is You Ling with duel number 5, and his opponent is..."

After the ball on the left came out, the ball with the corresponding number on the right was quickly spit out from the mouth of another white dragon.

"...It's contestant No. 3 - Katsuya Jonouchi!"

Isono, who acted as the referee, held two white balls with numbers engraved on them in his hands and gave a fair display to the duelists gathered here: "The duel in the first round was won by the mysterious faceless duelist Yu Rei. VS "Mortal Bones" inside the city, please contestants from both sides come with me to the duel stage!"

"Faceless Duelist" refers to the way You Ling has been dressing up. He uses a black robe and a mask to cover his appearance, making it impossible for people to easily see his inner thoughts from his expression.

As for "Mortal Bones"... no matter how you look at it, it can only be regarded as Kaiba's personal bad taste...

In short, after the candidates for the first duel were selected by the machine, Yurei and Jonouchi, whose names were called, walked out of the crowd and came to Isono's side in a confrontational manner.

"Yoshi, I didn't expect that I would meet you in the first duel! You Ling!"

Clench your right fist into a fist and hit the palm of your left hand hard.

Seeing that You Ling, the benefactor who had helped him before, would have an exciting duel with him next, a look of excitement suddenly flashed in the eyes of the yellow-haired boy Jonouchi: "As a qualified duelist, even if you You helped me before, so I won’t let you down in this duel, right? I’ll take this opportunity to show you how powerful I am, Mr. Jonouchi!”

"Well, I'm looking forward to your performance."

Nodding towards the enthusiastic Jonouchi, Yu Ling, who didn't feel much emotion in his heart, responded in a perfunctory tone.

It's a pity that the opponent I met in the first game was not Malik...

"...Tsk, it wasn't me who faced him, but that Huang Mao?"

Looking at the candidates for the first game, Malik, who was looking forward to killing Yu Ling next, couldn't help but smacked his lips in regret.

Judging from his expression, he seemed to be sighing for not being able to teach a young boy like You Ling a lesson right away.

"Huh? Mortal bones versus mysterious people, right? It's interesting."

Kaiba, who also saw the contestants in the first duel, narrowed his eyes slightly and crossed his arms with a thoughtful look on his face.

His expression seemed to be looking forward to You Ling's next performance.

On the other side, Muto Yugi switched to his king-like form. While holding his chin and analyzing the known information about Yu Rei, he also had a subtle premonition about the outcome of the duel on Jonouchi's side.

Among the eight strong duelists who can stand out from the numerous duelists, there is absolutely no weak one among them.

Wang Xiang, who had seen the shocking scene where You Ling used "Red Dad" to kill his opponent in one round before, was more concerned about Jonouchi at this moment.

Within the castle...his good luck may have ended here.

The only hope is to pray that Yu Ling fails to use the powerful [True Red Eye Fusion] in one round!

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"...Kaiba, you bastard! You didn't even prepare a decent venue. Are you going to let us duel in the open air?"

After that, everyone followed the footsteps of the referee Isono and moved to the venue where the official duel was about to take place.

The so-called duel stage actually refers to a large open-air venue located at the top of the airship.

Apart from some of the most basic protective fences, there are no other additional protective equipment added here.

Although the speed of the airship has been greatly slowed down in order to coordinate with the progress of the duel to avoid the embarrassing situation of the spectators falling from here, the low air pressure at high altitude and the oncoming cold wind affected the standing position. The experience here is still quite unpleasant.

Jonouchi, who kept feeling the cold wind hitting his face from high in the sky and whose body couldn't help but trembled, couldn't help but complain.

In a place like this, if you don't pay more attention, even the card in your hand may be blown away by the wind!
"Hmph! As a duelist, you should have the will of steel and the tenacity of iron!"

He snorted disdainfully and posed with his arms crossed in the cold wind, letting his chin in his windbreaker roll up in the wind. He looked at the yellow-haired boy who was complaining to him with a leering look: "It's just a matter of time." You can't stand the cold wind, which means you are nothing more than a lost dog!"

"What? Who said I can't stand it anymore! I was just talking casually!"

Jonouchi held himself up, not wanting to be looked down upon by Kaiba. He suppressed the desire to sneeze, imitated Kaiba's cup-filling posture, and raised his head high in the cold wind.While crossing his arms, he simultaneously stopped complaining.

Damn Kaiba, he actually plans to use such despicable means to make me look embarrassed. I can't fall for his trick!If you want to use this method to make Mr. Jonouchi surrender, go ahead and dream of your dreams!

"A duel ground in the sky? That's fine... If it's here, you can show off your skills without restraint."

On the opposite side of the castle was Yu Ling, who was fully armored and therefore was not affected much by the cold wind.

He was ready for a duel at any time and was calmly scanning his surroundings.

According to the rules of Duel City, the winner of the duel will have the right to get a rare card from the loser.

However, for the current Yu Ling, even if he defeated Jonouchi, he would most likely not get any substantial benefits.

The only thing that can be obtained in the city is probably the so-called [True Red Eyes Black Dragon].

That kind of card might be able to deal with a passerby duelist who has little experience, but if it's against Rei Kamigami, there's only one ending waiting for Jonouchi, and that's defeat without any suspense!

"Next, the first game is about to begin."

Seeing the players from both sides and the spectators taking their places, Isono, who was serving as the referee, immediately stood in the middle of the two people and raised his hands high towards them: "Two-handed players, please exchange decks for shuffling. Card!"

"Hehehe...Here you go, this is my powerful deck, remember to shuffle the cards well for me!"

Carelessly handing his deck to Yu Ling who walked up to him, the yellow-haired boy Jonouchi, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem and expected to shine in the upcoming duel, wiped the tip of his nose with his index finger. , showing a bright smile to You Ling.

Looking at his ignorant behavior, Yu Ling, who was thinking about what deck to use to deal with him next, also handed over the choice to fate at this moment, randomly choosing from the deck he currently owned, blindly He chose one of the decks and handed it to Jonouchi: "OK, then I will also wash my deck for you. It is also quite interesting to let you decide your destiny with your own hands. Woolen cloth."

Unlike cards in reality that need to be carefully protected with transparent card sleeves, the cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh World are so hard that they can almost be used as hidden weapons at certain times.

Depending on the user, it is not impossible to use cards to cut gold and jade, or to block the impact of bullets.

Therefore, protecting the card is more about the mind than the action.

As for why Wang Xiang was able to tear off Gurus' card with his bare hands before, it can only be said that he was gifted.

After confirming that both sides had shuffled their respective decks and returned them to each other, Isono nodded and raised his hands again: "Next, the players from both sides who have received their respective decks will please take their positions and start. Prepare for the next duel!"

Hearing Isono's voice, Yurei and Jonouchi immediately retreated at the same time, giving each other enough space for a duel.

The two faced each other, and at the same time they opened the duel discs on their arms towards each other.

"Alright...the duel begins!"

"——Duel!"×2
(Jounouchi Katsuya LP: 4000)

(You Ling LP: 4000)

"I won the first attack! My turn, draw cards!"

Reluctantly holding the cards in his hand that were almost blown away by the strong wind, Jonouchi, with a high fighting spirit burning in his heart, quickly waved his arms and took the lead in this duel.

While forcefully pulling out a new card from the deck, Jonouchi raised the arm that drew the card and pointed it at Yu Ling: "Yu Ling, although you are a sincere heart A powerful duelist, but the victory in this duel will eventually be the property of the master in my city! This duel has been won by me!"

"Oh, really? It's up to you."

Stretching out his palm in the direction of Jonouchi and politely making a "please" gesture, You Ling put on a calm look and said, "Jounouchi, please don't hold back, just let me take advantage of this opportunity. Let’s see your true strength!”

"Oh! I'm on it!"

In fact, before this, there had been a one-on-one duel between Yu Zero and Jonouchi, who had not met each other yet.

However, in that duel, Yu Ling, who pretended to be a member of Grus, used the mass-produced [Exodia] deck copied by Grus.

Relying on various filtering methods, Yu Ling gathered five [Exodia] body parts in his hand. With almost no effort, he easily won the duel by relying on the rules of special victory. Victory also unlocked his own "Red Eye" deck.

At this moment facing Jonouchi, Yu Rei, who handed over the right to choose the deck to fate, lowered his head and looked at the five initial cards in his hand.

I don’t know if it’s fate or coincidence, but the deck Yu Ling is currently using is the “True Red Eye” deck that was unlocked in the previous duel with Jonouchi!
My red eyes, meeting your red eyes...

Let's take this opportunity to see which side is stronger!

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, thinking of You Ling here, and a look of pleasure flashed across his face hidden under the mask.

"Enter, entering the main phase 1, I normally summon this monster from my hand to my field, come on - [Legendary Black Stone] (Attack: 0)!"

Corresponding to the [Legendary White Stone] matching the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], the [Legendary Black Stone] belonging to the [True Red-Eyes Black Dragon] suddenly emerged from the ground following Jonouchi's actions, with eggs glowing with blood. The appearance appeared on the front court of the city.

After summoning this monster with 0 attack power, Jonouchi then waved his arm and activated the monster's effect: "Then, I activate the effect of [Legendary Black Stone] to release this card and activate it from Special summon a [True Eyes] monster below 7 stars in the deck to the field!"

"Needless to say, the one I want to summon is naturally my ace monster!"

　Next episode, Death in the Jonouchi (Funny)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)