Chapter 837

"Everybody listen!"

Under the neon blue electronic dome, one hundred thousand seats swallowed and spat out the boiling crowd, and the incoming sound wave was almost enough to suffocate everyone who had just entered the entrance.

The vibrating subwoofer, the roaring sounds of stereoscopic monsters one after another, mixed with the cheers and applause of the audience, collided into a scorching vortex in the circular venue.

In the center of the stage, the commentator with a pompadour, wearing a red dress, who ran through the entire 5D's and was still working hard to explain until the end of the world, was standing on the podium, holding the microphone and speaking passionately.

"The long-awaited Fortune Cup tournament has finally opened!"

"First, let us cheer for the descent of the King's Dragon!"

It was as if the dragon's claws tore through the void, the dark red scales revealing the heat like cooling basalt, and molten lava flowing between the cracks. As the dark red long tail swept across the air of the venue, the realistic stereoscopic special effects actually melted red dents on the steel frame.

Red Dragon Archfiend!

"Red Dragon Archfiend!" the pompadour commentator shouted passionately, "The D-Wheel rider who follows is naturally our King—"

"—Jack Atlas!"

The white D-Wheel flew out, the entire shape was a huge white ring, like a whole rolling tire, and the driver sat in that tire.

The one who appeared was our King of Flipping... ah no, the King of New Domino City, Jack Atlas!

Jack's D-Wheel rushed out in a high-profile manner, and his signature Red Dragon Archfiend flew around the venue. The cheers and shouts of the entire venue reached their peak at this moment.

"There is only one King!"

Jack pointed his right finger to the sky very arrogantly.

"That is me!"

Pompadour commentator said: "Then, the duelists who are lucky enough to get the dream match with the King and get the lucky ticket! Appear!"

The floor in the center of the venue slowly opened to both sides, and a huge elevator slowly rose from the ground.

Including Yusei Fudo, the gathered Signers and all the participating players stood on this platform and rose to the ground.

"Oh, oh, Red Dragon Archfiend! It's the real Red Dragon Archfiend!"

Leo was the most excited.

"And the King! It's my first time seeing the King so close..."

His sister Luna said helplessly on the side: "You're too noisy, Leo."

In the original work, only Luna received the invitation letter, but Luna was a complete homebody who hated being in the spotlight, so in the end, her twin brother Leo disguised himself as her to fight on her behalf.

But now the world line has changed, and Fujiki You Xuan gave Leo an extra invitation letter. Although Luna still didn't want to play cards in front of people, she couldn't stand her brother's soft and hard persuasion, and was finally dragged here by Leo.

Akiza Izinski's face was cold and stern from beginning to end, as if she didn't see anyone around her, including Jack Atlas, who was the King.

From beginning to end, her gaze looked straight behind the podium, where the organizer's seats were.

That is, where Lei Kesi Goodwin, the Director of the Security Bureau, was.

That was a look without hesitation, with a firm direction, and at the same time a look full of hatred and resentment.

Her goal was very clear, and there was only this one reason for coming here.

She wanted to win, to become stronger, stronger than the King.

And then go to take revenge on that high-ranking Director.

It was Yusei Fudo's appearance that caused a commotion in the venue when he was given a close-up.

"What's going on?"

Someone muttered in the audience.

"Is that a mark?"

"Scum with marks can also participate? What's the situation?"

"Did he steal someone else's invitation?"

The mark, that is, the lightning-shaped yellow mark branded on Yusei's face when he was in the detention center. In this city, this is the mark of the lower class, and no matter where he goes, he will be discriminated against and will be a crowd that is automatically kept away from.

Yusei was expressionless, seemingly turning a deaf ear to these voices.

If it were in the anime, at this time, a participating player named Boomer would stand up to speak for Yusei. But at this time, there was none.

That player named Boomer did not appear on the field.

The Fortune Cup invitation list that Fujiki You Xuan got in his hands did indeed have Boomer's name on it. But later, the personnel in charge of the players came back to report that Boomer's whereabouts were unknown, and they couldn't find where he had gone.

At that time, Fujiki You Xuan frowned, but thought that Boomer's influence on the plot shouldn't be that big, and there was no way if he couldn't be found, so he gave up and let the people below replace him with other duelists.

The Fortune Cup itself was a tournament held to stimulate the awakening of the Signers. Although Boomer was also a very strong duelist in the original work, it was a pity that the one he faced was Yusei Fudo. No matter how strong Boomer was, the gap with Yusei was still too big, and he was eliminated by Yusei without being able to stimulate Yusei's awakening.

Seeing the audience booing, even the pompadour commentator was a little embarrassed. Fujiki You Xuan got up and came to the microphone on the podium.

"Quiet," he said coldly.

The whole venue fell silent instantly.

"I am Lei Kesi Goodwin, the administrator of the Security Bureau," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Everyone standing here is a fair and square duelist who has received a formal invitation to participate."

"Duelist, only this identity, regardless of wealth or poverty. True equality lies on this field."

After he finished speaking, he stepped back and signaled the host to speak.

Pompadour hurriedly took over the Director's words: "Then, then, let's announce the first round of the battle list first!"

The battle list was said to be random, but in fact, they were all fixed. Every opponent that every Signer faced was carefully selected by the Security Bureau, the opponent most likely to stimulate their potential.

And in the first round of clashes, the Signers were intentionally avoided from each other, and there was no civil war between Signers. This was also the strategy of the Security Bureau.

In the first two rounds, professional duelists with similar hypnosis and profiling abilities were allowed to dig into the hearts of the Signers and stimulate the awakening of their power. Only after two rounds were the Signers allowed to collide with each other, directly accelerating this process through the collision of dragons.

It seems that at least so far, the direction of the Fortune Cup has largely maintained consistency with the original history, without too much deviation.

Deep in the Satellite Sector.

It was still the dilapidated old house, dim candlelight, the gathering place of the Dark Signers.

"... Are you okay, boss?"

The blue-haired Dark Signer looked at Rudger who had just returned and frowned.

"Where did you go yesterday? After coming back, it seems like you've been out of state."

"I... I'm fine."

Rudger shook his head and said.

"Compared to this... what about the newcomer?"

He looked around.

"Didn't a newcomer come? Where did he go?"

The Dark Signers looked at each other.

"Didn't see him."

Rudger stood up suddenly.

"Damn it, that guy... could it be that he acted ahead of schedule without authorization?"

(End of chapter)