## Chapter 142: Cyber Style - Samejima Iemitsu
" Joey Wheeler ..." After the Duel ended, the Pharaoh returned to the Millennium Puzzle, and control of the body returned to Yugi's hands. With softened facial contours and a somewhat timid expression, Yugi looked at Joey Wheeler across from him with worry.
After Dark Magician delivered the final Attack, Joey Wheeler lowered his head. The shadow cast by his golden hair covered Joey Wheeler's face, making it impossible to see his Expression.
Hearing Yugi call out his name, Joey Wheeler's shoulders twitched slightly. He raised his Right Hand to brush back his hair, and the corner of his mouth pulled into a very forced smile. "Congratulations, Yugi, you won. That was truly... an interesting Duel."
"I'm sorry, Joey Wheeler ..." Yugi saw the sorrow between Joey Wheeler's brows and said apologetically. Joey Wheeler's sister needed a large sum of money for her Surgery, and the only method he could think of was the Duelist Kingdom Prize Money. And he had personally crushed Joey Wheeler's last hope.
Joey Wheeler laughed when he heard Yugi's words. "Hey, hey, Yugi, what kind of Expression is that? You won against me, cheer up. Why do you look like you're about to cry? I'll figure something out for Shizuka's situation. Don't you also have someone you want to save?"
"Joey Wheeler ..."
"Yugi..."
Watching those two guys on the Duel Platform calling out each other's names so affectionately, Hayato couldn't help but get goosebumps. Too mushy, couldn't stand it, couldn't stand it.
He stood up from his seat, and Samejima Iemitsu, who was beside him, also stood up simultaneously, their movements synchronized. The two exchanged glances and smiled.
"The famous Cyber Style, huh? I missed Mr. Samejima's Duel yesterday, but now I can finally feast my eyes."
"Hahaha, Hayato-kun, you are also a powerful Duelist. I've been quite looking forward to this Duel with you," Samejima replied with a smile. "Well then, see you on the Duel Platform."
The two nodded to each other and walked down from the Spectator Area from two different Directions, entering the Player Waiting Room in the Backstage area via the Passage to prepare for the second Duel that was about to begin in a few minutes.
As soon as he entered the Player Waiting Room, Hayato saw Joey Wheeler with his head hanging low, sighing, and getting ready to leave. Even when Hayato walked in, he didn't notice, just walking and muttering to himself, "Ahhh, what's the point of just trying to look cool and show off? How am I going to save enough money for Shizuka's medical treatment?"
"Joey Wheeler." Hayato greeted him, startling Joey Wheeler.
"Ha-Hayato! Ahaha, oh yeah, the next Match is between you and Mr. Samejima, right?" Joey Wheeler, who had shivered all over, noticed Hayato's presence and instantly performed a Sichuan opera face-changing act. The melancholy and gloom on his face were swept away, replaced by a bright smile towards Hayato. "Well then, good luck. Mr. Samejima is very strong."
"Uh, I'll be going now. You prepare well!" Saying that, Joey Wheeler didn't wait for Hayato to reply and hurriedly pushed open the door of the Waiting Room, leaving in the Direction Hayato had come from.
"Doesn't want his troubles to affect his Friends, huh? Joey Wheeler, you really are a gentle guy."
Hayato sat down and took out the Deck he had stored from the System, making the final adjustments before the Battle.
His opponent was Samejima Iemitsu of the Cyber Style. Although according to Joey Wheeler and Yugi, who had watched the Match, Samejima hadn't used Cyber Dragon, the biggest symbol of Cyber Style, during his Duel against that Lemuria, the Deck he used was still mainly Machine Type overall.
And the Deck Hayato was going to use today was also a pure Machine Type Deck. It wasn't that he didn't want to use the Warrior Type Deck he had used initially, but because after Pegasus sealed the Card Spirit of Dark Knight - Gaia, Hayato had secretly experimented many times.
Gaia, who used to always appear in his Hand at the right time under suitable circumstances, had become a super Bricked Hand item. Either his first Turn Hand was full of Spell and Trap Cards plus one Gaia, or he drew Gaia with an Empty Hand and Empty Field. The Deck used to play like a dream, smooth as silk, but now it was Bricked like a gear assembly that hadn't been oiled in hundreds of years.
After re-checking the Deck, Hayato stood up and walked towards the Duel Platform. As if there was a silent understanding, when Hayato arrived before the Duel Platform, Samejima Iemitsu also appeared on time across from Hayato, simultaneously taking the automatic passage onto the Duel Platform.
Hayato glanced at the Spectator Area beside him. Tristan and Joey Wheeler were joking around with their arms around each other's shoulders, accidentally bumping into Bakura, who was watching. Then, under Téa's stern gaze, they apologized to Bakura, earning unrestrained laughter from Kujaku Mai, who was enjoying the show, while Yugi smiled and watched everyone.
Shifting his gaze, Hayato noticed a green figure in the corner of the Spectator Area. After losing to Samejima, that Lemuria hadn't left like Keith and Putah but had stayed in the Castle like Kujaku Mai.
However, Hayato clearly remembered that during Yugi and Joey Wheeler's Duel earlier, that guy hadn't appeared at all, but he suddenly showed up for his Duel.
Did he wake up late? Or did that guy actually have some ulterior motive regarding me? Hayato couldn't be sure.
The Old Butler's voice called back Hayato's wandering attention. "Time is on the dot. Both Players are in position. I announce that the second Match of the Duelist Kingdom Top 4 Player Match is between Player Hayato Kobayashi and Player Iemitsu Samejima."
"The Semifinals officially begin!"
As Hayato and Samejima placed their respective Decks into the Duel Platform, both of them, with incredible synchronicity, simultaneously shouted:
"Duel!" X2
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 5]
[Samejima: 4000 LP, Hand 5]
"I'll take the First Turn, Draw a Card." Different from the Cyber Style Hayato knew, Samejima unexpectedly didn't choose the Second Turn but fought him for the First Turn Right, swiftly Drawing a Card from his Deck.
Hayato was naturally pleased about this. As everyone knows, the most Shady blessing one could give a Cyber Style Duelist is none other than "May you always go First."
Although Samejima hadn't used Cyber Dragon, he must be using an aggressive OTK Deck. Taking the First Turn was very advantageous for Hayato—
"Summon one Monster in Face-Down Defense Position, then Set five Cards. My Turn ends!"
Nani!
Samejima's Turn ended so quickly that Hayato almost didn't react to how outrageous the Operation he performed was.
Looking at the "T" shape setup on Samejima's Field, then looking at Yugi in the Spectator Area, Hayato thought: It must be Kaiba's fault. He and Keipei took my bed and made me sleep on the floor. I must have caught a cold and am hallucinating.
When did "Cyber Style" become Trap-Heavy Deck?!?!?
(End of this chapter)