Chapter 186
That person's voice came from behind Judai.
"Hmm! I'm just getting ready to go to the Duel Academy to take the exam!"
Upon hearing the question, Judai turned his head and answered.
"Who are you..."
After tidying up his deck, Judai stood up and looked at the person. He felt that the person was somewhat familiar. Of course, he knew that the person was the famous King of Games Yugi Muto, but he felt a different kind of inexplicable familiarity.
"Here you go! I think these two cards are perfect for you!"
Just as Judai was pondering this, Yugi handed him two cards.
"Thanks..."
Judai took the two cards and glanced at them.
"This is..."
Judai's eyes widened when he saw the two cards.
--[Winged Kuriboh], [Mask Change]!
"Masked... Hero!!"
Judai stared at the card in surprise. In his newly awakened memories, the [Masked HERO] series was very powerful. He felt that as long as he used this [Mask Change] card, he could summon the monster he wanted.
"Keep it up!"
While Judai was still looking at the cards, Yugi walked past him and left.
"Yes!"
Judai turned around and quickly responded to the Yugi's encouragement, then saw the Yugi leave with a thumbs-up.
Judai nodded in agreement, then quickly turned around and headed back to Kaiba Land, which served as the examination venue.
"Looking forward to fighting you! My Other Me!"
Yugi turned to look at Judai as he walked away and said.
Outside the examination hall, staff members, seeing that the exam was about to end, prepared to pack up and leave.
"Etc--!!"
Judai only arrived in a hurry now, so the staff looked at Judai upon his arrival.
"Exam number 1, Yusei Fudo, is the timing perfect?"
He asked the staff member, panting.
That's right, it's not number 110 from the original work, but number 1, because Judai awakened his past life memories ahead of time, and the Duel Academy's written test was no challenge for him, given his excellent dueling knowledge.
So after explaining the situation to the staff, I went to the examination room.
Inside the examination hall, a man with Pot of Greed was observing the exam.
"Excuse me, there's one more candidate who just barely made the time."
The staff rushed to Cronos's side to report.
What was your ranking in the written exam?
Cronos turned and asked.
"Your exam number is 1!"
"That's what the staff member replied."
"Hmph! Someone who has the ability but doesn't strive for improvement?! Our academy doesn't need such arrogant students!"
"Cronos said with dissatisfaction."
"But at least I made it in time, didn't I? I believe I'm qualified to take the exam!"
"And the reason given was also a trolley accident..."
"Wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate to exclude him?"
The examiners around him tried to persuade Cronos to change his mind, but Cronos became increasingly dissatisfied.
Suddenly his phone rang.
"Hello! Who is this?... Oh! Chancellor!... Huh!?... Ah, I know..."
The Chancellor personally came to persuade Cronos to agree to allow Judai to participate in the exam.
"Hmph! I'll challenge that examinee to a duel!"
Displeased, Cronos immediately got up and headed to the examination hall.
"Please... please wait a minute!! Professor Chronos, please use this deck specifically for the exam!"
An examiner quickly handed the deck to Cronos, who was about to leave.
"Hmph! I don't need that kind of thing. Since that examinee is number 1, I'll use my own deck!"
Cronos is clearly trying to make things difficult for Judai, but Judai certainly won't care.
After hearing the exam notice, Judai went to the duel arena and met Cronos, who was waiting there.
"State your name!"
Cronos, on the other side, asked Judai.
"I am Yusei Fudo!"
The Judai answered with spirit.
"Listen up, Judai! I am Cronos, and I am the highest-ranking person in charge of combat supervision at the Academy!"
Cronos also revealed his identity.
"A sparring match against the person in charge of actual combat!? That's something to look forward to!"
Judai responded confidently.
The two then engaged in Duel Disk, and Judai's trial officially began.
I won Chapter Two! What an interesting duel!
"He's candidate number one!? I never expected Professor Chronos to personally take the exam!?"
"I can't believe it!" said Jun Manjoume, surprised.
"Interesting! But Duel Academy doesn't need two kings. He'll be defeated by me sooner or later! Heh heh heh heh!"
He said it with great confidence.
Soon the duel began offstage.
"Duel!!" ×2
[Yusei Fudo: LP4000]
[Cronos de Medici: LP4000]
"My turn! Draw a card!!"
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 5→6]
After drawing his cards Judai immediately picked out two cards from his hand.
"I'll first Defense Position summon [Elemental HERO Clayman]!"
A rock warrior was projected onto Judai's field.
[Elemental HERO Clayman: Defense 2000]
"HERO Deck ~~! Nothing special, just a very ordinary hero~~!"
Cronos held it in utter contempt.
"Flip one more card! My turn is over!"
The first move of the Judai is quite simple.
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 6 → 4]
"What a completely unremarkable starting hand!!"
Cronos scoffed, then reached for the deck hanging around his neck, and a card popped out automatically.
"My turn! Draw a card!!"
[Cronos de Medici hand cards: 5→6]
"Hmph! A perfect hand!"
Cronos looked at his hand and said smugly.
He first placed a card from his hand onto the Duel Disk.
"First, I'll activate the Continuous Spell [Ancient Gear Castle] from my hand!"
The attack power of the [Ancient Gear] monsters on the field increases by 300.
A fortress appeared behind Cronos.
"Then activate the Field Spell [Gear Town]!"
While this card is in the Field Zone, both players can reduce the number of [Ancient Gear] monsters they need to Tribute by 1 if they can Summon them.
"This way I can directly summon a level 6 [Ancient Gear Beast]!"
An old mechanical beast was projected onto Cronos's field.
[Ancient Gear Beast: Attack Power 2000 → 2300]
"At this very moment! Based on the effects of [Ancient Gear Castle]!"
While this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, each time a monster Normal Summon, place 1 counter on this card.
[Ancient Gear Castle: Indicator 0→1]
"Then I activate the Spell Card [Double Summon]! This turn I can perform another Normal Summon! And based on the other effect of [Ancient Gear Castle]!"
If you Tribute Summon a [Ancient Machine] monster face-up, you can Tribute Summon this card instead of any other card with the required number of Tribute Points placed on it.
"I sacrifice [Ancient Gear Castle], which has a counter placed on it, to summon [Ancient Gear Golem] from my hand in Attack Position!!"
The fortress on the field vanished instantly, replaced by an ancient mechanical giant.
[Ancient Gear Golem: Attack Power 3000]
[Ancient Gear Beast: Attack Power 2300 → 2000]
"Finally, activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed]! Destroy all Spell and Trap Card on the field!!"
[Cronos de Medici's hand cards: 6→0]
After Cronos activated this card, a storm swept across the field.
"Wow, that's full power, Master Cronos! Well, I can't back down either! Chain activation of the Trap Card [D2 Shield]!!"
Target 1 face-up monster you control. The targeted monster's DEF becomes twice its original DEF.
[Elemental HERO Clayman: Defense 2000 → 4000]
"Oh my god!! Defense 4000!?"
Cronos was taken aback.
This prevents him from launching an attack.
"Then let's continue my chain! The effect of [Gear Town] destroyed by [Pot of Greed] activates!!"
You can activate this effect when this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. Special Summon 1 [Ancient Gear] monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
"Come forth! [Ancient Gear Dragon]!"