Chapter 67: The Winner is Decided, the Loser Eats Dust
"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!" Looking at Hayato's smug expression across the way, Weevil, whose attack had failed, pounded the Duel Platform in frustration. "My Turn ends like this!"
He still had a Basic Insect on his Field. Although it could Attack, facing Gaia the Dragon Champion would only be a suicide mission, so he had to stop there. If he had been able to defeat Hayato just now, his action of drawing and Summoning Basic Insect could be said to have been quite decisive and wise.
But the problem was, Weevil's Great Moth was now blocked by that annoying Rainbow Kuriboh that suddenly appeared, preventing it from Attacking, while Gaia the Dragon Champion had survived instead. This way, in his next Turn, he would have to face Gaia the Dragon Champion's Attack on Basic Insect.
[Weevil: 1900 LP, Hand 0]
Great Moth (Rainbow Kuriboh) [ATK 2600]
Basic Insect [ATK 500]
"My Turn, Draw a Card." As soon as Hayato drew a Card, before he could even look at it, he heard Weevil yelling:
"Don't get too cocky, Hayato!" With a look of displeasure all over his face, Weevil said to Hayato, "Your Gaia the Dragon Champion only has 1900 ATK. Even if it Destroys my Basic Insect, it can only deal 1400 points of damage to me. I still have 1900 Life Points!"
"When it's my Turn, I'll definitely take you down!"
Hayato heard this and laughed. "Heh heh, heh ha ha ha ha! Then you're probably going to be disappointed, because you won't have another Turn, Weevil!"
"Because the Card I drew is this Card!"
Hayato flipped over the Card he had just drawn into his Hand. It was a Spell Card, Eternal Rest.
"Eternal Rest's Effect is—".
"Destroy all Monsters on the Field equipped with Cards?!" Hayato said the first half, and Weevil automatically finished the second half. "But I haven't Activated a Spell Card on my Field."
"Wait, could it be!"
"That's right, Great Moth is currently equipped with Rainbow Kuriboh, so it will be Destroyed by Eternal Rest's Effect!" Hayato extended his palm towards the airborne Great Moth, then clenched his fist. "Moth soaring in the sky, Attain Buddhahood now!"
The Rainbow Light Band circling around Great Moth suddenly tightened as Hayato played Eternal Rest, turning into a noose of death around Great Moth's neck. The seemingly cute Rainbow Kuriboh pulled continuously on one end of the Rainbow. With a "snap," Great Moth was strangled by the Rainbow Light Band and vanished into dust along with Rainbow Kuriboh.
"Because Great Moth disappeared, the Poison Scale Powder on the Field also Dispersed, and Gaia the Dragon Champion's ATK is restored!"
Gaia the Dragon Champion [ATK 1900→2600]
"No, could it be!" Weevil looked at the Dragon Knight on Hayato's Field and the Basic Insect on his own Field. "No, it can't be! Don't do it!"
"Charge forth like this, unleash your full fury! Gaia the Dragon Champion launches the final Attack on Basic Insect!"
"Sunwheel, obey death!"
Curse of Dragon's mouth spewed out seemingly endless raging flames. The flames transformed into a tornado, completely wrapping around the Lance in Gaia's hand, turning into a spiraling flame Lance. Aiming at the Basic Insect on the ground with nowhere to escape, the Lance in Gaia's hand shot forth, trailing waves of fire.
Looking at the scene that resembled the end of the world, Weevil couldn't accept the reality. He collapsed in despair in front of the Duel Platform, crying and shouting loudly, "Don't come near me!!!"
"Boom!!!"
[Weevil: 1900 LP→0]
[Winner: Hayato Kobayashi]
The waves of fire slowly Dispersed as the Duel ended. From the smoke simulated by the System, Hayato saw Weevil across the way, his Life Points reduced to zero, collapsed in front of the Duel Platform with a charred face. His System also promptly provided the Duel statistics:
[Congratulations on achieving a Duel Victory
Rating for this Duel: 3000 DP
Comeback Victory: 2500
Used 3 Spell Cards: 100 DP
Used 3 Trap Cards: 100 DP
Weak Resistance (Dealt over 2000 points of damage in one Attack Declaration): 300 DP]
Hayato noticed that with the change in Rules, triggering the "Weak Resistance" evaluation only required dealing 1000 points of damage during the 2000 LP era, but now, with 4000 LP, it required 2000 points of damage to get the same evaluation.
In the past month, Hayato had Dueled quite a few times, so the ten Newbie Double Bonuses he initially had were already used up. Therefore, even though he got a full 3000 DP this time, he couldn't Double it anymore.
Looking at the Balance in the upper left corner, which finally broke through to a full 10000 DP after adding this Duel Reward, Hayato was satisfied and was about to step off the Duel Platform when he noticed the System suddenly popped up another prompt:
[Detected Duelist's Current Environment has changed, detected Loadable Patch exists for System (Note: This System upgrade will grant Spirit Power *1, Psychic Barrier *1)]
'Psychic Barrier? What's that?' Hayato, stepping onto the slowly descending platform to return to the ground, was a bit confused.
The System explained: [Mind Scan User detected, new version System will apply Psychic Shielding Function to prevent their special ability from prying into the Duelist's Inner Thoughts.]
Hayato couldn't help but glance at Pegasus on the Terrace: 'Since that's the case, then the System should upgrade. Oh, don't just say 'should', System, upgrade for me.'
[Authorization granted, Sai Q Duelist System upgrading, remaining time: 60 seconds]
While Hayato was descending on the Lift Platform to the ground, waiting for the System upgrade to complete, Pegasus, who served as the Referee for this "Exhibition Match" on the Terrace, also began his concluding remarks: "Very thank Hayato boy and Haga boy for presenting this Exhibition Match for everyone. Me announce, the Winner is Hayato Kobayashi!"
"Although me very much want to encourage Haga boy to keep trying hard in the upcoming Matches, unfortunately, he bet all his Star Chips in the Match against Hayato boy. It is truly regrettable, Haga boy has become the Duelist Kingdom's first Eliminated Duelist."
"Industrial Illusions staff will escort Haga boy off this Island, and the same goes for all Players who lose all their chips in the upcoming Matches. Therefore, defend your qualification to stay on this Island with the Winner's glory as much as possible, all you Duelists!"
"Go Battle! In the next 48 hours, quickly seize enough Star Chips to exchange for the qualification to enter the Castle!"
Saying this, Pegasus no longer lingered here but walked towards the inside of the Castle. The two Black-Clothed Staff behind him also closed the door to the Terrace.
Hayato came down from the Duel Platform. He didn't immediately go look for Yugi and the others but instead went around to the other side of the Duel Platform to find Weevil.