In the Ra Yellow Dormitory group, Bastion Misawa glanced at Yūki beside him.
"You signed up for a Higher-Rank Challenge?"
"I saw the Higher-Rank Challenge option before handing in my paper this morning, so I signed up while I was at it."
"Why?"
"Obelisk Blue Dormitory offers higher practical assessment ratings, and double the credits for winning."
Bastion adjusted his glasses.
"So you're mainly doing it for the credits?"
"To test a new deck, too."
Yūki answered quite frankly.
If the Obelisk Blue Dormitory students were willing to offer double credits, he was certainly willing to honor their kindness.
The large central screen switched to the matching interface.
The same-dorm matchup list began scrolling. The dozen or so duel arenas were divided into three batches, with multiple duels taking place simultaneously in each batch.
The Higher-Rank Challenge group was marked separately and given priority use of the public arenas in the central area.
Syrus and Jaden were in the third batch.
Yūki's name appeared in the first batch of Higher-Rank Challenge participants.
The list of Obelisk Blue Dormitory candidates scrolled rapidly.
Three seconds later, two names stopped at the same time.
[Ra Yellow: Fujiwara Yūki] [Obelisk Blue: Chazz Princeton]
Yūki looked at the big screen with a slightly odd expression.
Chazz Princeton?
This rematch came this soon?
He had thought the matching system would randomly pick an unfamiliar student from Obelisk Blue Dormitory, a perfect opportunity to test Fire Princess.
Instead, he had drawn Obelisk Blue Dormitory's top student right off the bat.
The opponent was certainly strong enough.
But Chazz had only just lost to him once, and their ante duel was still a secret.
In less than a month, the two of them would face each other publicly before all the new students.
The academy's random