Joey Wheeler shouted with all his might, "Activate-Graceful Dice! Come on, give me a good roll!"
The little angel tossed the blue die. With everyone praying, it actually landed on "Six!"
"Yeah!!!"
"What are you cheering for? Can't you do math?" Kaiba was somewhat speechless.
"Uh..." Everyone fell silent. Something seemed off. Bakura and Anzu, who had the best grades, couldn't stand watching anymore and pointed it out together. "Panther Warrior's attack is 2000 + 600 = 2600, while the white dragon's attack is 3000 − 100 = 2900. Joey still loses."
"Huh?!" While everyone counted on their fingers, Kaiba burst out laughing. "Hahahaha..."
"Seriously, I haven't had this much fun in ages. Joey Wheeler, you'd make a pretty entertaining comedian."
Standing beside Kaiba, Mokuba felt, for a fleeting instant, as though he could see the big brother he remembered from childhood. He hadn't seen that smile in a very, very long time, not since Gozaburo adopted them.
Looks like Dark Yugi and Teacher Li were right! He resolved to persuade his big brother to turn back.
Once Kaiba had laughed enough, he said sternly, "But as a Duelist, you don't make the cut! I take back what I said. You're not even small fry, you disgraceful beaten dog!"
"Put an end to this farce, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Boom! The terrifying white light blasted Panther Warrior to pieces.
Joey Wheeler LP: 2000 → 1700
"Damn it, is it really hopeless?"
"What happened to all that bravado? I just love knocking self-important people like you out of heaven and straight into hell."
"Come on, Joey!"
"Don't give up!"
Unlike Kaiba, who only had Mokuba, Joey had all his friends cheering loudly for him, including Rex Raptor and Mai Valentine.
If anyone asked, they simply couldn't help getting swept up