DUEL!!
Green Life Point numbers abruptly lit up on their Duel Disks, and a piercing buzzer rang throughout the arena.
"I'll go first! Draw!!"
Chazz shouted first, sweeping his right hand from the top of his Deck in a razor-sharp arc, the rush of his fingers almost slicing through the air.
Looking at the six cards he had drawn, Chazz's eyelid twitched slightly.
The shadow stirred up by Yūki's mention of a "brand-new Deck" in the VIP lounge still lingered in his mind.
In the past, he would certainly have slammed down a powerful monster at the start and roared with wild arrogance.
But after Yūki had repeatedly battered him with all kinds of Netherworld Traps, Stall Burn, and Lava Golem, Chazz's body had instinctively developed a rigorous reflex system for defending against such nastiness.
Against Fujiwara Yūki, even if he held a god card, he absolutely could not recklessly charge ahead on the first turn!
Who knew what deranged, filthy thing that scheming brat might have lying in his back row?!
"Hmph! Since you said you brought a new Deck, I'll see what you're made of first!"
Chazz snorted and slammed a Monster Card sideways and face-down onto his Duel Disk's front row.
"First, I Set one monster in face-down Defense Position!"
With a soft hum, an enormous stone card projection rose from the Duel Disk's front row and lay sideways on the field, radiating a steady defensive glow.
Then, without hesitation, Chazz pulled out another card and slid it into a back-row slot.
"Next, I Set one card in my back row! Turn end!!"
Chazz folded his arms and lifted his chin slightly, an arrogant yet wary sneer on his lips.
"Yūki? It's your turn! Let me see just what sort of shady thing this so-called 'brand-new Deck'