Chapter 2 If You Don’t Work Hard when You Are Young, You Will Grow up as a VTuber

"The high-paying jobs provided by Haima Entertainment Group, the star professional duelist training program jointly created by International Illusion Society and Haima Entertainment Group, and the card customization provided by International Illusion Society. My God, does the champion actually have so many rewards?"

Seeing Jonouchi's surprised expression, Honda complained: "So you and Malik went to learn about the GeneX competition by yourself before you signed up, right?"

"Don't be embarrassed, didn't Malik get to know him?" Xingzi said, paused, and laughed, "Then because he thought he could definitely win the championship, he found two VTubers in advance, and spent ten I want the rights to adapt their image for 10,000 yen.”

"Now I haven't won the championship, I've lost 100,000 yuan in money, and I lost to Jonouchi."

Hearing Kyoko's words, Yugi asked a little strangely: "Them? Weren't there two girls in the live broadcast that Malik watched?"

"There are so many cute girls on the Internet. Those two anchors wearing anime leather jackets are definitely foot-picking men in their forties or fifties. Isn't there a saying that goes, 'If you don't work hard when you are young, you will grow up to be a VTuber.' It makes me sick to think that two uncles who are two years older than me are acting cute." Kyoko rubbed her arms, as if she had goosebumps.

"It's like that. No serious person can look at VTuber. You have too little experience in this area of ​​gaming..." Looking at the game, Jonouchi rubbed his chin that had grown a short beard, "Speaking of which, it's probably more than a year. That time before, you seemed to have easily believed other people's words. Others just said that a female star was coming to school, and then you actually went to meet her."

"Even Malik, at least he still likes the cute leather case." Honda's last hit made Yugi blush even more.

"Really, even I have grown a lot during these times, and I won't be fooled like that anymore." Yugi said, looking to the side, "You must trust me in the other me."

Atum smiled and nodded: "Of course."

Without waiting for the game's reaction, Atum continued, "But if someone asks you for help, Aibo, you will still trust others easily, right? That gentleness and kindness that makes it easy to trust others, I'm afraid it's It’s a habit you can’t break for the rest of your life.”

“This is truly irrefutable.”

At this time, Tapirang turned around and said, "Everyone, the graduation ceremony seems to be about to begin."

After hearing Tapirang's words, several people returned to their serious expressions and sat in their seats without continuing to whisper. The same was true for other students of the same grade around them. At this moment, Atum was sitting in Hayato's vacant seat.

Although he said at the GeneX competition a week ago that he planned to return to the underworld immediately, Atum finally stayed to accompany the others to meet the strange looks from the audience because of Malik's performance.

And from then on, perhaps because of what Hayato holding the [Quantum Cube] did, in short Atum discovered that although he still had a real body brought from the underworld, he became like he was in the [Millennium] before. It will be the same as that time in the building blocks, and no one else will see it, except Jonouchi, Hayato, Kyoko and the others.

However, Hayato said that he didn't do anything. This was a sign that naturally appeared when the dimensional door opened by the [Quantum Cube] was closed by him until it was still a small gap away from being completely closed. If the door is completely closed, it does not belong to this world. Atum will soon be expelled back to the underworld, and if the dimensional door is opened too wide, it will cause a lot of trouble. This is the limit of what he can control.

However, Atum is quite satisfied with this situation. He can stay with Aibo for a while longer without returning to the underworld, and he will not cause trouble to Aibo because of his identity.

It is a pity that even this state cannot last long. According to Hayato's calculation, it will only last for about ten days at most, that is, until the graduation ceremony of Doushinoichi High School, which will be held after the GeneX competition. Atum felt that this was enough and there was plenty of time.

On such a day, Atum, who could not be seen by others, followed Yugi and the others to attend the graduation ceremony. Thanks to the fact that others could not see him, otherwise he would only see two "Muto Yugi" I'm afraid it will make many people think that they are suffering from a mental illness like Ushio Tetsu who was finally discharged from the hospital.

As for why Atum was sitting in Hayato's seat?

"Graduates, today, I would like to express my sincere blessings. I hope that after graduating from our Toshino City High School, you will be able to move forward in your future life to make your dreams come true." Two simple words. sentence, but the principal, who had been speaking for more than ten minutes at a stretch, paused, seemed to finally feel thirsty, and concluded, "Today's graduation ceremony is not the end of the celebration, but the beginning of the cheers. It is not a commemoration of completion, but a declaration of transcendence." .”

"As the principal of Doshino City High School, these are all my best wishes to all graduates. Next, please give a speech by Koji Tadokoro, the representative of the current students."

As he said that, the principal moved his chubby body away from the microphone and gave the microphone to a high school sophomore who looked to be about 24 years old and was too precocious. He walked aside and drank some water, as if to wait for a while. The child can talk happily again and regain his strength.

Backstage, Hayato couldn't help but complain: "Is it necessary for such a smelly junior to exist?"

"Is that someone you know?" Next to Hayato, Sera asked with some confusion. She glanced at the student on the stage who was holding a speech script and reciting lines, curious about what was special about that person.

"Hey, don't look too much. If you look at it again, the gas will explode." Hayato rubbed Sera's hair. Sera, who was only 1.5 meters tall, was just at the height that Hayato could reach out and touch. Keihei, who is the same height, is much better. "It's just that the name happens to be the same as someone I know. It's not someone I know."

"Just like Zhang San is not always a criminal suspect, there is also the possibility of becoming a victim of Li Si's murder."

Sera was being rubbed by Hayato. She did not show any resistance, but looked at him with contempt and said: "I can actually call the police. Regarding your current behavior of touching little girls, in Japan Is this a place where people will die socially? You don’t want to make a 90-degree bow and then ‘Red Bean Paste Private Marseille’ on TV, right?”

"You're right, but as long as I have a fight with you, won't I be able to completely avoid being framed?" Hayato said, smiling, "A fight is just about entering the detention center. It's like instead of having you take my life away from me, It’s a monster, a minotaur, so I might as well free it myself.”

"I played a turn-based card game developed by the International Illusion Society."

Sera complained, looking towards the auditorium from the backstage where Hayato was, and saw the students sitting neatly in the square formation, and the parents of the students behind the students' formation. Among them, Sera saw a very conspicuous person at a glance. The gray starfish-headed Sugoroku Muto, Jonouchi's younger sister Shizuka, and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, who had such a dio look on his face that no one but the first two wanted to sit next to him.

Last time in Egypt, Hayato's father Hiroyuki Kobayashi was manipulated by Tenma Yakou because of the [Tyrant Neptune] in his deck, even though Hayato had taken [Tyrant Neptune] before and he had the card in his deck. [Golden Minister-Eldridge], who was in a more than half-awakened state, couldn't get rid of it even with help. It wasn't until he was defeated by Hayato that he escaped from control in a coma.

When Hayato went to defeat Pegasus Yakou, Kobayashi Hiroyuki was also sent to the hospital. As a result, the hospital gave him a diagnosis that everything was normal, and the results of the physical examination were that he was healthier than normal adults except for some cervical spondylosis. Ten times or even nine times.

When Hayato and the others went to the hospital, they even saw him energetically telling the nurse, "Bring my lunch here with all the respect, like a flight attendant serving caviar and red wine to a first-class VIP!"

Moreover, Hiroyuki Kobayashi seems to have no memory of the period when he was controlled. He only has the memory of traveling to Italy with Hayato's mother, Sumire Kobayashi. Sumire Kobayashi, who was called by Hayato after receiving a call from Hayato, told Hayato that Hiroyuki Kobayashi was in a certain place. Tian suddenly disappeared when he went out to buy bread. She had been looking for him for a long time in Italy. If it weren't for Hayato, she would never have known that Hiroyuki Kobayashi secretly bought a plane ticket and flew all the way to Egypt.

With a chilling smile on her face, she pulled Hiroyuki Kobayashi's ears and taught her husband a lesson. Sumire Kobayashi finally forgave him. Then, after Hiroyuki Kobayashi was discharged from the hospital, the couple did not even think about following Hayato. They went back to Doshino City together, but flew back to Italy to continue their journey.

Until today, because it was Hayato's graduation ceremony, Kobayashi Hiroyuki flew back to Doshino City to attend the graduation ceremony, while Kobayashi Sumire stayed at her parents' home in Italy - although it sounded a little strange, Hayato was also surprised , His mother's father is actually an Italian, and when his mother accidentally said "mobilizing his subordinates to find Hiroyuki Kobayashi", it can be heard that it seems that what he did was not just for nothing, combined with the particularity of Italy.

Could he change his mind and say that his dream is to become a Yangko star someday?

However, even if it seems strange, whether it is the hairstyle that Yugi and Muto Sugoroku inherited from each other, and even the hair style that is exactly the same as that of Pharaoh Atum who lived in Egypt three thousand years ago, or the evil savior-like temperament of Hiroyuki Kobayashi who is exactly the same as Hayato. , or maybe Jonouchi’s sister instead of his father or mother came to attend the graduation ceremony, but Sera didn’t care. She just said with some envy: “It’s great. I can successfully end my campus life under the watch of my family.”

At the GeneX competition, after Hayato defeated Blue God and later captured the [Quantum Cube] with the help of Atum, Hayato discovered that with Atum returning to the human world, although the signal seemed not to be very good at first The general reaction was a little slower, but after he got the [Quantum Cube], the collective consciousness of Prana, who was connected to it, actually began to collapse.

It wasn't just the chat room that was shut down. Hayato observed that it was closer to the fact that with the arrival of Atum from another dimension in the underworld, the foundation of Prana's existence was destroyed, and was even destroyed by Kaiba. The golden inverted triangles on the foreheads of Blue God and Sera's Prana companions who were controlled by the group's security department actually separated from their bodies and rose into the air and disappeared.

Speaking of Blue God, after Hayato closed the dimensional door opened by the [Quantum Cube] little by little, he was spit out from the dark side of the dimension. It seems that the talent of Prana in him is better than that of other Prana. The consciousness was pulled back with the last help given before it broke away and returned to this dimension. However, the symbol of Prana on him also rose into the air and disappeared like the others.

The only exception was Sera, who was closest to Atum who returned to the world at that time. She was the only one who still retained the Prana symbol on her forehead. For this reason, although Kaiba let go of all others, including Everyone including Lan Shen left, but only asked Sera to stay and take responsibility for the losses caused by their Prana to the Kaiba Group.

——Although Hayato sped up his actions at Keipei's urging, because he wasted some time before, the dimensional gate transformed into the [Quantum Cube] still swallowed several virtual ones installed on the dome of the Kaiba Dome. There were projection devices, but because there were so many devices, they did not have an impact on the virtual projection in subsequent games.

However, the damage to the device was a fact, and despite having the ability to transfer and escape from the Kaiba Group, Sera still accepted the compensation. However, after learning about the past of Sera and others, Kaiba's final compensation plan was that Sera would not be allowed to leave Doshino City in the near future, and during this period, she would have to possess a [Quantum Cube] that could sense Prana. Hayato came to look after her.

And so today, Sera appeared here with Hayato.

After hearing Sera's words, Hayato also looked outside and said with a smile: "Although I don't like studying, I can't deny that campus life is indeed a very happy time, full of youth experienced with like-minded friends. Memories of the years.”

But Hayato did not mention the "family" that Sera mentioned. He couldn't describe the beauty of his family to an orphan, right? Even he couldn't do such an immoral thing unless he added more money.

"So, do you want to go to school too?"

Hearing Hayato's words, Sera was stunned: "Huh? Me?"

Will I be able to go to school? How could something like that be possible? I never even went to elementary school or even preschool. How could it be my turn to go to school?

But, so excited

Seeing Sera's resisting but somewhat tangled expression, Hayato ruffled her hair again and said: "Humph, of course I'm teasing you. Before paying off the debt of the Kaiba Group, you still have to pay off the debt." Want to go to school without being monitored by Kaiba? Hahaha, just dream!"

"You, you nasty guy!"

Hearing Hayato's words, the disillusioned Sera became a little angry. She rarely made childish movements suitable for her age and punched Hayato. However, Hayato had already learned the "Free Ultimate Intention Kung Fu" at the Hawaii training class in Doshino City. With a subconscious reaction, he easily dodged Sera's attack, left the backstage and ran onto the stage.

However, Hayato himself probably knows whether he is teasing Sera or not, after all, he has not told Kaiba about it yet.

The representative of current students has finished reading his speech, but the principal who looks like a fat G is still drinking water. Hayato, who is the graduate representative, walked to the microphone and held a speech script, saying "It's really drinkable."

Hayato just glanced at the speech twice, and was completely uninterested in reading a long paragraph of Rory's words. He just paused for a moment, crumpled the speech into a ball of paper without hesitation and threw it aside. He said to the audience:

"The so-called warriors have to fight to the end as long as they are alive. As long as they keep moving forward, the road to the future will continue to stretch! This graduation ceremony is just a supply station. Come on, gentlemen, to keep moving forward on the road to the future! "

"Let me see the performance of other people of my generation!"

"It will not be the old people who create a new era! The glory of victory belongs to you!"

"Then I would like to announce that the 1998th Graduation Ceremony of Tongshiye City High School has come to an end. Next, I would like to ask the principal to issue graduation certificates to the graduates!"

The principal, who was holding the water glass, nodded in confusion, and realized belatedly that his speech had ended before it even started. It was obvious that he had only spoken for about ten minutes to warm up for this annual graduation ceremony. I deliberately memorized the speech script for a long time and planned to give it without any script. This is completely different from the previous rehearsals!

I haven’t concluded yet! Honore Kobayashi Hayato!