Chapter 66: The Duelist with Zero Fighting Spirit and the Great Wisdom with Full Fighting Spirit
It was another sunny morning. In the bustling Seahorse Dome, Peacock Dance looked at the big screen on the center stage with a strange expression.
On the screen, the players who will compete in the first duel of today's KC Cup are displayed. However, Yugi, Hayato, Honda and others are already seated in their seats, but Jonouchi, who is most enthusiastic about the KC Cup, is not present. It can be seen that Jonouchi is about to play in the first game again.
Honda on the side had just finished a phone call to his younger sister Shizuka, who was far away in Toshino City on the other side of the ocean. Seeing Maou Wu staring at the screen, he complained: "That guy Kaiba must have tampered with the KC Cup duel arrangements. Otherwise, why is Jonouchi the first to play every time?"
The time now is eight o'clock in the morning, but the time difference between Japan and the United States is a full fourteen hours. It is almost ten o'clock in the evening in Japan. When they first arrived in the United States, it took them quite a while to arrive. Adjust to jet lag.
Although due to the relationship with the Kaiba Group, Shizuka can watch the KC Cup broadcast on TV without delay even in Japan, but ten o'clock in the evening is still a bit too late for Shizuka who has never been used to staying up late. After all, before completing her eye surgery, Shizuka had always maintained good habits to protect her eyesight and try to slow down the weakening of her eyesight, although it was of no use.
In addition, Shizuka did not ask for leave from school like the others in the game, and she had to go to school the next day. Although Shizuka wanted to see her brother Jonouchi's heroic appearance on TV, she could only go to bed early with great regret.
Fortunately, Shizuka's TV at home still retains the recording function. You can record the programs played on the TV and play them later. Shizuka did the same thing the day before yesterday.
However, instead of waiting until she came back from school the next night to watch the recorded program to learn about her brother's battle situation, Shizuka had a faster way, because she had accompanied Shizuka after the surgery last time in Duel City. Honda got her cell phone number.
Honda has been watching the KC Cup extremely seriously these past two days, not because he loves Duel Monsters so much, but because he can remember the duelists who have appeared and their duel situations in his mind, so that he can compare with just now. After watching the video, Shizuka had more topics to talk about.
By the way, every time Honda will estimate the time in Japan in advance and send a text message to Shizuka in Japan at about five o'clock in the afternoon in the United States, so that Shizuka, who just got up at seven o'clock, can know it as soon as possible. The fighting situation in the city.
How much does international phone calls and text messages cost?
Does Honda lack that money? It's just a legitimate reason to contact Shizuka with just a small phone bill. In his opinion, it's a huge profit, right?
Hearing Honda's complaints, Peacock Dance also looked away from the screen. However, the reason why she stared at the screen was not because of the "Joey Wheeler" displayed on the screen, which was Jonouchi's English name, but because she was looking at the name of Jonouchi's opponent displayed on the other half of the screen.
No.1919, Northwood Reiko, seems to be a Japanese name, and "Reiko", "Lingzi"? It sounds like a woman.
A strange sense of crisis suddenly arose in Peacock Wu's heart, and then she suddenly blushed with embarrassment.
Really, Jonouchi, let alone his opponent being a woman, even if he finds a girlfriend, it has nothing to do with him!
However, even she couldn't convince herself of the idea of peacock dance. No one knows what she thinks.
However, thinking of Jonouchi's rough nerves, Peacock Wu felt more or less relieved.
It doesn't matter even if he meets a female opponent. With Jonouchi's character of low emotional intelligence, who else can he attract? How could anyone like that kind of straight man?
With almost no deck preparation, Jonouchi walked out of the player preparation room with a proud look on his face. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the cheers of his fans in the audience, although they were few but there were. He walked onto the duel stage and waited. The appearance of his rival.
Jonouchi was indeed a little unhappy with Kaiba at first as he was once again arranged to be a duelist in the first duel, and he even imagined Kaiba's disdainful expression when he was tampering with the KC Cup.
'If a third-rate duelist like Jonouchi with a second-rate deck appears in the middle of the KC Cup, the popularity of the KC Cup that has finally been heated up will definitely be lowered by that mediocre person, and it will only be in the end. It would be a bad ending, so let him appear first. ’
Although he didn't hear Kaiba say these words himself, Jonouchi firmly believed that Kaiba thought this way.
But later, Jonouchi had a big heart and thick nerves far beyond ordinary people, and he easily convinced himself with other ideas.
"Being the first one to appear is obviously because I am very strong and suitable for the opening ceremony." Standing on his own court with his hands on his hips, Jonouchi showed a silly smile, "And no matter how the other duelists performed after that, Excellent, how can I impress others like Mr. Jonouchi?"
If the needle doesn’t poke, the first one to come out will not poke, hey hey hey~
Jonouchi smiled and smiled, and suddenly found that at some point, a black-haired girl wearing glasses was standing opposite him, looking at him with fear and resistance.
"Ahem, um, you are my opponent!" Jonouchi coughed twice, trying to ease the slightly awkward atmosphere on the duel stage at the moment, and took the initiative to say, "That, is called..."
As he spoke, Jonouchi raised his head and looked at the screen next to the duel stage. Although he had read the opponent's name before going on the field, as we all know, Jonouchi's memory only lasts for 3 seconds. With just "1, 2, bang!", Jonouchi can completely forget certain memories and write them into new memories. It's simply Just like Pokémon.
"Northwood Reiko? Northwood Reiko?" Jonouchi first read out the name of the girl displayed on the screen in unskilled English, and then translated it into Japanese and said it again.
Jonouchi feels that he is quite lucky. After participating in the KC Cup, from the audition to the present, it is amazing that most of the opponents he has met can speak Japanese. He even met an American who is similar to Becas and speaks Japanese better than English. People, Jonouchi does not have to force himself to communicate with people in English with a heavy accent.
In the last round, he met Ryuzaki. This round, the girl named "Kitamori Reiko" seems to be Japanese too, which is really lucky.
Looking at Jonouchi, Kitamori Reiko nodded timidly, opened her mouth slightly as if she wanted to say something, but hesitated two or three times but couldn't say it. Finally, she made up her mind and said softly: "That, that, you, you OK, I’m Kitamori Reiko.”
After saying such words intermittently, Kitamori Reiko seemed to have finally mustered up the courage, and finally said smoothly: "Anyway, I will work hard for the duel."
Although he said words that seemed to cheer him up, no matter how Jonouchi looked, he couldn't see the slightest fighting spirit from Kitamori Reiko.
‘Is this guy really a duelist? ’ Jonouchi looked up and down at Kitamori Reiko. She was wearing a long-sleeved white cashmere shirt, a black sleeveless shirt, and a light gray pleated skirt that reached her knees, paired with white stockings that were not too long. It has a girl-next-door feel.
Jonouchi even felt that Kitamori Reiko was just a female high school girl that could be seen everywhere in Japan, and she was also a good girl with good academic performance.
‘You don’t have the motivation of a duelist at all, your fighting spirit is zero’
Jonouchi commented in his heart.
Although Jonouchi's heart is quite pure, he is sincerely judging Kitamori Reiko's character and has no idea of spying on her beauty. After all, Jonouchi is a determined person. If he likes blond hair with big waves, he likes blond hair with big waves, no matter if he is 18, 38 or 58. This is true.
But no matter what, he looked up and down at Kitamori Reiko's dress, because the image on the big screen was completely visible to the peacock dance in the audience.
"That pervert in the city, if you don't start the duel properly, what are you looking at!?" Peacock Dance clenched her fists very tightly, and flames seemed to ignite behind her with the sound of "Fire Drawing the Sword".
The referee didn't let Peacock Mai, who got angry for no reason, wait too long. At Kaiba's signal, the referee announced the start of the duel.
After hearing the referee's words, Jonouchi inserted the deck into the duel plate and said with high spirits: "Let me explain in advance, I am very strong, don't get burned by my knife!"
"Duel!"
"Hey!" Slightly startled by Jonouchi's loud voice, Kitamori Reiko finally summoned up the courage to retreat, "I, I will also duel seriously, Duel..."
[Kitamori Reiko: 4000LP]
[Within the city: 4000LP]
"Yoshi, I get to go first. My turn is to draw a card!" Jonouchi grabbed the right to go first with great interest and drew a card from the deck.
Kitamori Reiko quickly bowed slightly: "Oh, oh, you're welcome. Please give me your advice."
Jonouchi scratched his cheek slightly embarrassed. Jonouchi was very experienced in dealing with opponents with bad attitudes, but this was the first time he had encountered such a polite opponent like Kitamori Reiko, so he was somewhat uncomfortable with it.
"Really, don't make the atmosphere so weird."
"Yeah, sorry!"
"I said goodbye... No, forget it, anyway, I'm starting my turn." Jonouchi gave up the idea of asking Kitamori Reiko to be less polite and want her to be a little more serious.
‘Really, with such an opponent, I feel like I won’t feel any sense of accomplishment even if I win.’
Looking at the card he just drew, Jonouchi activated it directly: "I activate the magic card, [Ruby's Treasure Card]. The effect of this card is that I can discard a level 7 card from my hand☆ [Red-Eyes] monster, and then draw two cards from my deck. After that, I can send another level 7☆ [Red-Eyes] monster from my deck to the graveyard.”
After drawing two cards, Jonouchi sent one of the [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] retrieved from the deck to his graveyard.
"Then, I activate the ritual magic card [Black Dragon Arrival], and from the card in my hand, I use the [Red-Eyed Flying Dragon] with a level of 4☆ as the sacrifice required for the ritual summoning. The level requirement is 4☆. I use the card from my hand Lieutenant General, this monster is ritually summoned!”
Jonouchi rarely used a ritual magic card. He sent the monster he had just drawn due to the effect of [Ruby's Treasure Card] from his hand to the graveyard, and put the other drawn card into the graveyard. On his duel ground.
"Seize the light, and the dark sword ruthlessly dominates the dark dragon!" Jonouchi waved his fist excitedly, "Ritual summons! [Paladin of the Black Dragon]!"
On the field inside the castle, the phantom of the [True Red-Eyed Flying Dragon] that had just been used as a sacrifice to activate the ritual magic card appeared. Under the influence of [Black Dragon Arrival], its body shape was distorted, replacing the appearance of the [True Red-Eyed Flying Dragon]. He is a warrior standing on the back of a black flying dragon, holding a sharp sword.
【Black Dragon Paladin】【4☆/Dark】
[Dragon/Ritual/Effect]
【1900/1200】
The 1900 attack power of [Black Dragon Paladin] is second only to the lower-level monsters used in the city after the [Jet Black Leopard Warrior], which needs to release monsters to attack. After all, ritual monsters require at least three sacrifices, rituals, and ritual monsters. It can only be summoned with a card. While he has a good figure, he also has pretty good effects.
"The relationship between [Black Dragon Paladin] and the black dragon is not that of master and mount. He is the leader of the black dragon and can summon the appearance of the black dragon with his own power." Jonouchi said and ordered, "[Black Dragon Paladin] can Using myself as a sacrifice, I will special summon a [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] from my deck and hand!"
The knight who controlled the black dragon did not have a chance to participate in the battle, so after receiving Jonouchi's order, it turned into a whirlpool and dissipated. From the dark whirlpool, the most trusted ace monster in Jonouchi - [True Red Eyes Black Dragon] was dignified. Come on stage!
【True Red Eyes Black Dragon】【ATK2400】
"Roar!!!"
"Ugh!" Accompanied by the roar of [True Red-Eyed Black Dragon], Kitamori Reiko, who was facing the black dragon, subconsciously wanted to hold her head and squat in defense, but luckily she still remembered that she was in a duel, even though she screamed in fright , but still kept standing, but his legs were trembling slightly.
Jonouchi naturally noticed this and looked at Kitamori Reiko quite speechlessly. He hasn't launched an attack yet, why is this guy so scared?
"Yes, I'm sorry, because I feel that duel monsters are a bit scary, and so are the duelists, so unknowingly..." Kitamori Reiko apologized again, quite weakly.
"You guys are really, ugh." Jonouchi was really speechless, "[Red-Eyes Black Dragon] cannot attack in the round summoned by [Black Dragon Paladin], but since it is the first round, it doesn't matter."
"Then I activate the Continuous Magic Card [Dangerous Machine Type 6]."
As Jonouchi inserted a card into the duel plate, a mechanical sphere decorated with six light-emitting devices slowly rose from the ground next to his [Red-Eyes Black Dragon].
"The effect of [Danger Machine Type 6] is to roll a dice every time I reach the preparation stage, and then force its effect to be activated based on the number of the dice. However, since it is not yet time to activate, I can ignore it for the time being." As Jonouchi spoke, he glanced in the direction of the auditorium with some embarrassment.
Although I have told Honda and Hayato more than once that I will not use gambling cards even if I lose a duel with monsters, starve to death, die outside, or jump from above.
Anyway, it smells really good.
"After that, cover two cards, and my turn ends." Jonouchi inserted all two cards in his hand into the magic trap area, snapped his fingers with his free hand, and showed a proud smile, "Then in my In the end phase, the [Red-Eyed Flying Dragon] existing in my graveyard has an effect and can be activated."
"Huh? The monster effect is activated from the graveyard at the end of the phase?" Kitamori Reiko said with some surprise, "Can the monster effect be activated automatically?"
"Is it possible that you think monster effects are only active?"
Hearing Jonouchi's words, Kitamori Reiko was very nervous and said quickly: "Yes, yes, I'm sorry! I don't have much experience in dueling monsters, and I haven't fully understood the rules of monster effects."
"Huh?" Jonouchi was really surprised, because in Jonouchi's opinion, his knowledge of duel monsters was insufficient. If it weren't for the hell tutoring from Master Shuangroku, he might not even know many cards. However, even if I am untrained, I at least know that there are differences in the effects of dueling monsters.
Active activation, passive activation, and regular activation. Even Honda and Kyoko, who don't often play duel monsters, know these things well. Why does this guy named Kitamori Reiko not even know this? How did she advance to this point? ?
When he thought of this, Jonouchi suddenly realized - yes, this guy is not an ordinary person on the roadside. This is the KC Cup and it is already in the second round. Kitamori Reiko is one of the top 32 equal to himself, and it is absolutely impossible to duel. The monster doesn't understand at all.
This guy is definitely using the tactic of "pretend that he doesn't know anything about dueling monsters, and then let others take it lightly." He plays tactics with a dirty heart. What a vicious woman!
I totally get it!
A little frightened by Jonouchi's suddenly sharp eyes, Kitamori Reiko said hesitantly: "Ah, I, I have been exposed to duel monsters for just, exactly one month..."
"One month?" Humph, Mr. Jonouchi is very smart, don't try to deceive me, "That's it, that's really awesome. You can advance to the top 32 of the KC Cup in one month."
"However, the effect of [True Red-Eyes Flying Dragon] in my graveyard continues to activate." Jonouchi firmly believed in his reasoning and declared, "Although I have specially summoned [Black Dragon Paladin] and [True Red-Eyes Black Dragon], but because I haven’t made a normal summons.”
"At the end of the round that is not normally summoned, I can remove the [Red-Eyes Wyvern] that exists in my graveyard from the game. I can activate it by targeting a [Red-Eyes] monster in my graveyard and special summon that monster. !”
"Come out, the second [True Red-Eyed Black Dragon]!"