At noon, a grand banquet with sponsors, guests, and participants was held in the central venue of Kaiba Land.
Players led by Xue Lang quickly confirmed that this should be a large event themed around eating. President Kaiba was very generous, providing a sumptuous buffet for all guests, including everything from abalone to lobster.
Of course, players didn't need to eat, but that didn't stop them from having realistic taste sensations in the game. Eating was purely an enjoyable process for them, though the system limited the amount of food intake, preventing them from "eating the host into bankruptcy".
Like chapters from the animation, Youyu soon noticed some inexplicable contestants here.
For instance, there was the detective contestant with a pipe and a deerstalker hat, introduced as a "detective Duelist" who masterfully controlled situations with strict logical thinking and reasoning, mercilessly defeating opponents.
It was unclear how strong this detective was, but it made Youyu wonder if the little Grim Reaper next door would be equally skilled at card games if they crossed over here, perhaps even competing for the Duel King throne.
Then he saw a fellow called the "Wandering Duelist", wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a cigar in his mouth, dressed like a western cowboy, with a gold belt at his waist...
Sharp-eyed players immediately recognized him, exclaiming—McRay! Is that you, McRay!?
There was also a famed surgeon Duelist. If it were just this, it would be fine, but this one showed up in surgical scrubs, mask, and gloves, with two nurses inexplicably following behind, as if interrupted during surgery by a call to duel...
In short, it highlighted an all-out Duel for everyone, where experts emerged from all sorts of industries and backgrounds.
"Ha! Look at that Duelist over there, just like Sherlock Holmes!" said Zai Jienantao, who came along as part of the "contestant supporter group".
"And that one over there, looks like he ran out of an operating room; I just want to ask if the patient in bed is okay?" this time Xue Lang chimed in.
"These NPCs are really funny, just playing cards and they're dressed so bizarrely for what?" said Nora Tatsu, a local who was eliminated but still mingling with Lang for the fun of it.
"Just showboating, some people are like that..."
"..."
Hearing their murmurings behind, Youyu couldn't help but roll his eyes at them—especially eyeing their weird animal headgear.
In this room, you guys are the last ones qualified to call others strange...
"Wow! Is that... Youyu, perhaps!?"
Hearing a girl's exclamation, Youyu turned towards the source, only to be met by two large and round entities approaching.
Youyu swore to the heavens, events happened too quickly at that moment, he really wanted to dodge, but didn't have the chance.
With no room to react, the other party rushed forward with a pounce, and when he came to his senses, he was already engulfed by two large and soft sins...
This was Vivian Wang, in a yellow cheongsam, with buns in her hair, long black twin ponytails, her appearance quite decent, and her figure rather ample.
She was an original character from the Yu-Gi-Oh! animation's KC Chapter, yet her attire and image was practically a replica of Chun Li...
What's striking about her is her characteristic of having a crush.
In the animation, upon seeing Yugi for the first time, no words were spoken before she charged headfirst, bewildering our innocent Yugi...
Here, the one honored with such treatment was Youyu.
While Youyu was dazed, Chinai-chan, who obediently followed like a little tail, was instantly bewildered too.
As Chinai-chan came to her senses, she got mad.
What was with this woman?
Suddenly rushing forward and colliding like this, come on!
Vivian enthusiastically grabbed Youyu's hand, expressing her admiration, saying she didn't expect him to be more handsome than on TV, her face fully displaying infatuation, her eyes nearly filled with heart shapes.
However, Youyu didn't take any of this seriously.
After all, that was her character. She reacted this way upon seeing Yugi, and the same upon seeing Kaiba.
Getting serious with her means you lose...
He could ignore her entirely, but others didn't think the same.
Not only Chinai-chan, but even Dark Magician Girl appeared in a transparent form, looking angrily at this woman who didn't play by the rules.
She actually dared to ambush my master!
So... so envious!
The girl floated nearby, sneaking a glance at her master, starting to dream of eating peaches again.
In line with her scale of magnanimity, the peaches she imagined were naturally larger than ordinary ones.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Vivian turned her head as if she saw President Kaiba, her eyes lighting up, immediately leaving Youyu and going towards him.
But given her target was President Kaiba...
...good luck to her.
"Youyu?"
Youyu turned around, immediately spotting Muto Yugi, Jonouchi Katsuya, and those little friends who always stuck around them.
Youyu was somewhat surprised: "You guys came too?"
According to the animation plot, Yugi, who was the Duel King, accepted Kaiba's invitation to attend the competition to lend it prestige.
However, since Youyu was already here with Kaiba, there was no special need to invite Yugi over this time.
"Yeah, because this park is Kaiba's dream after all." Yugi nodded, "We also wanted to come witness it."
Jonouchi gritted his teeth: "Damn, that Kaiba guy! The KC Grand Prix didn't invite me, the Duel Kingdom runner-up and Duel City top eight Jonouchi! Is he looking down on me?"
"Hmph, a Normal Monster should have the awareness of a Normal Monster."
Kaiba Seto's voice rang out timely.
"What did you say!?" Jonouchi flared up as usual.
President Kaiba, seen today, had uncharacteristically taken off his usual coat and switched to a white suit, making him look tall and straight...
...almost causing one to forget he was actually the same age as Yugi.
Kaiba crossed his arms as he looked at Yugi: "Is that guy leaving?"
Yugi knew Kaiba was referring to the other self residing in the Millennium Pendant, Dark Yugi, whom Kaiba saw as a rival.
Yugi remained silent for a moment, then nodded.
Neither Yugi nor Dark Yugi had actively brought up this topic these days.
Perhaps because of the brief separation in the Orichalcos chapter, they cherished their remaining time together even more.
Kaiba waved his hand grandly: "That won't do! Prepare yourself, Yu↑gi↓! We still have our destined final battle to complete, and before we resolve our future duel, I won't allow you to run away!"
Youyu found it a bit amusing inside.
If he remembered correctly, President Kaiba already claimed it was his final duel with Yugi during Duel City, right?
Youyu looked at Yugi with a bit of schadenfreude.
Ha, Pharaoh, you probably won't expect that even if you go to the Netherworld, you can't escape the persistent President...
He was chuckling with schadenfreude when he suddenly saw President Kaiba turn back sharply.
"And you, You↑yu↓!" President Kaiba said coldly, "You get ready too. Once the KC Cup concludes and Kaiba Land's construction is complete, you and I also have a duel waiting!"
Youyu: Smile gradually disappears. JPG