Chapter 194: The Joyous Festival Duel

A loud, sudden ringing of a bell interrupted the clamor of the school festival, slicing through the air of the entire venue. The students suddenly fell silent, all eyes turning in unison toward the stage ahead.

The performing students had already retreated at some point, and the one who appeared next was that tall senior from the Duel Club.

It is embarrassing to say, but to this day, Zhang Ka does not remember the senior's real name.

"Assault Duel!"

The senior held the microphone and said with a smile.

"Entering the duel segment of the school festival, everyone must choose an opponent from those around them within thirty seconds to duel! Each victory earns one point, and after the event ends, the person with the highest score will receive a small prize specially prepared by the Duel Club for the school festival!"

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The scene went quiet in an instant.

At that moment, Zhang Ka felt as if a whole circle of gazes had fallen upon him, whether intentionally or not.

In just about a second, the style of the scene around him changed abruptly. It was as if a paused, static image had suddenly been set to high-speed playback; all the students hurriedly and frantically grabbed their Duel Disks and rushed toward the nearest opponent around them.

To them, who they wanted to duel no longer mattered.

As long as they weren't caught by the Great Demon King, they were winning!

Yamamoto Yuichi from the Yellow Dormitory launched himself like a mortar, heading at full speed toward a female student from the Obelisk Blue Dormitory not far away. The girl was startled by his posture; just looking at that murderous momentum, one might have thought she was about to be pinned against a wall.

That's right, it was none other than Yamamoto Yuichi, the number one member of the Zhang Ka Victims Association among the new students at the Duel Academy. Now, he discovered with horror that he had been extremely unfortunate to have wandered right next to the Great Demon King just as the Assault Duel activity began.

In Yuichi's mind, the fear of being dominated by the Lord Huangyi Demon King during the dormitory exchange battle instantly resurfaced.

His gaze was firmly locked onto the Blue Dormitory girl. This time, no matter what, he absolutely would not repeat the last duel!

But he was just a little bit off.

The moment he was about to succeed, he saw another student from the Yellow Dormitory flash out from nowhere, having already deployed his Duel Disk to block the girl: "Sorry, can you duel me?"

The girl nodded.

Yuichi, who was charging at full speed, immediately face-planted into the ground.

Looking up full of resentment, he saw that the guy who had snatched his target was actually a buddy he was usually on quite good terms with. That buddy turned his head to look at him lying on the ground, pushed up his glasses, and said in a deep voice: "Sorry, Yuichi."

But better a dead friend than a dead self; today my buddy got there first, so you'll just have to sacrifice yourself again.

Yuichi: "You motherf..."

However, before the curse could leave his mouth, someone's shadow had already fallen upon him.

Then came that gentle, polite demonic whisper: "Huh? Isn't this Student Yamamoto? Why are you lying on the ground? Can't find an opponent? What a coincidence, I haven't found an opponent yet either. It looks like I'll have to ask for your guidance again, Student Yamamoto."

Yuichi let out a long sigh, got up, and deployed his Duel Disk with a look of hopelessness.

His expression was as if to say, fine, fine, I'm lying flat, just hurry up and do whatever you're going to do.

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"Activate the Spell Card 'Hand Destruction', then chain the Continuous Trap 'Call of the Haunted' to Special Summon 'Guardian of the Temple' from the Graveyard."

"Sorry, Student Yamamoto. You must discard your entire hand, and according to the effect of 'Guardian of the Temple', you cannot draw cards. Then I will accept the effect of 'Hand Destruction' and draw four new cards."

Yuichi: "."

"Huh? Student Yamamoto, you're ending your turn without doing anything again? You're too polite. Then it's my turn again. 'Chief Zale' attacks directly! It seems you've lost."

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Having happily finished another duel, Zhang Ka bid farewell to the wind-blown Student Yuichi and turned to find his next target.

According to the rules set by the Duel Club, the duel activity cannot be conducted with the same opponent twice. So, he just needed to find another pair currently dueling and wait nearby. Once that match ended, there would naturally be a lone student available.

Just like that pair of the bespectacled guy from the Yellow Dormitory and the girl from the Blue Dormitory just now.

The two of them, in the middle of their duel, were just congratulating themselves that they had picked an opponent fast enough to avoid the Great Demon King. However, after only a few turns, they suddenly felt a chill down their spines for no reason.

Turning their heads, their hands and feet went cold instantly.

The Lord Huangyi Demon King was actually standing right next to them, watching their duel with a smile!

What does this mean?

It was clearly a case of waiting for a rabbit to hit a tree, waiting for their match to end so he could immediately pick the next victim at random!

What to do?

Intentionally throw the duel and drag it out a bit longer?

No. That would be match-fixing, the most shameful thing for a duelist, and it violates school rules.

Seeing that the match was about to end and the bespectacled guy's LP was about to hit zero, both duelists were extremely anxious.

The girl looked as if she wanted to say, are you kidding me? I only moved twice and you're already on your knees?

The bespectacled guy also had a mournful face. But out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw what looked like a savior.

Yuichi, who had just been ruthlessly snatched away by him, was now watching from the sidelines with great interest after being beaten up.

Saved!

The bespectacled guy's eyes lit up.

As long as he waited for this duel to end and grabbed his buddy, he could avoid the Great Demon King by dueling Yuichi...

The moment his Life Points hit zero, the bespectacled guy forcibly withstood the virtual impact from the opponent's attack and lunged toward Yuichi: "Yuichi! Let's settle our grudge today! Come on, let's fight!"

"No."

Yuichi rolled his eyes at him, ignored him completely, and strode toward the Blue Dormitory girl behind him.

"Excuse me, student, can you duel me?"

The Blue Dormitory girl nodded repeatedly, full of gratitude.

"Yuichi! KISAMA (You bastard)!" the bespectacled guy roared.

Yuichi gave him a cold sneer.

Heh, the hell I've experienced, let my brother experience it too.

Thus, the Lord Huangyi Demon King appeared before the bespectacled guy, smiling as he raised his Duel Disk: "It seems it's just us left, student. So, before we begin, is there anything else you want to say?"

Bespectacled guy: "."

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"Activate the Trap Card 'Ojama Trio', Special Summon three Ojama Tokens to your field."

"Then activate the Continuous Trap 'Rivalry of Warlords'. Because there are Beast-type Ojama Tokens on your field, you cannot summon other monsters."

"Alright, now it's your turn, make your move. Take your time, no rush."

Bespectacled guy: "."

Seeing the opponent's face flush red, staring at his hand in deep thought as if he couldn't play any cards, Zhang Ka began to zone out.

Come to think of it, how come I haven't seen Yugi?

It's unscientific; shouldn't he be the most active in this kind of card-playing activity?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 195 =====