On the fifth day of the Friendship Cup, today is an entertainment-style "Tag Duel."
However, despite being labeled as entertainment, this world doesn't teach Duelists how to tag duel, so Goodwin found a pair of friends from the Professional Duelists, while the Elder Council provided the Duelists they favored as nobility Duelists.
But regardless, their ages were far from the stated range, wildly exceeding the "student" range.
Of course, Goodwin had already discussed with Kaiba that this duel is purely for show, so it won't count towards the final results.
"Are those two sisters going to face the Professional Duelists?" Asuka was quite interested in the Tyler Sisters, her fellow female Duelists, but she had tried to approach them recently and was met with disdain.
Or rather, pure hostility.
She didn't quite understand it herself, but each time the Tyler Sisters saw her moving around, they couldn't help but want to beat her up.
From the perspective of "femaleness" alone, the Tyler Sisters were crushed, and it was a miserable defeat.
"Professional Duelists... The ordinary Duelists of this world, even those neglected so-called Satellite Area Duelists aren't weak, so the Professional Duelists must be the elite of this world. Those sisters are students, right? Can they really do it?" a staff member voiced a doubt, "What does the president say?"
"A true Duelist does not fear challenges—he said that."
That's quite in Kaiba's style.
"Originally, it seemed the opponents allowed the young Duelists here some extra advantages in dueling the Professional Duelists, like choosing whether to go first or restricting the opponent's Monsters, but the Tyler Sisters apparently didn't want any advantages at all."
Manjome heard their discussion, nodded slightly, folded his arms, and said, "It seems those Fusion Army guys are at least very confident about dueling."
"Confident?" Gloria Tyler, with sharp ears, turned around with a bright smile on her face. With a single wave of her hand, she seemed to stir the air, like a valiant female general.
Manjome slightly furrowed his brow.
"It's not just confidence." Her sister, Grace Tyler, elegantly turned at this moment, curtsied lightly, pulled her skirt, and spoke to the members of the Fusion Department.
"We are the strongest Tag Duelists."
"Please, Fusion Department, do witness this—"
After saying that, the twin Duelists strode towards the Dueling Arena, leaving Judai and Manjome looking at each other.
"Are they really that confident? American Duelists sure are confident," even John was somewhat amazed, "But seriously, Judai, do they have a grudge against you?"
"Doesn't John have any?" Judai was curious.
"What."
"Fusion Army."
John shook his head.
This was a blind spot of knowledge.
Although they often hung out together these days, neither of them knew much about each other's school situations, and since John was a super directionally challenged person who couldn't find his way back to school or base without a guiding Spirit, he rarely ventured out and wasn't well-informed about the outside world.
As representatives of the Arctic Circle Duel Academy branch, their school was so remote that even Akaba Leo hadn't reached it. As a Northern European, he naturally didn't understand the matters of the Fusion Army.
Moreover, after getting to know Judai, he spent these days hanging out with him and hadn't visited those Duelists from the Fusion Army, thus remaining completely clueless on the matter.
In response, Manjome coughed a few times and briefly explained the relevant situations, mentioning Tenjo Hikari's efforts over the year, and touched on the vendettas between them and the Integration Department.
Of course, judging from the subsequent results, it was actually a one-sided beatdown by them against the Integration Department.
Despite this, John felt enthusiastic after hearing it, lamenting that he missed out on such good things. Otherwise, he'd have definitely wanted to Duel with Judai against the Integration Department—though he had never used Fusion cards before.
"Does that mean those people are the [enemies] you'll face next semester?"
Manjome gently nodded his head.
Though there were "bystanders" like John, now analyzing it, the contestants this time were essentially the students from the Fusion Department and the students from the Fusion Army, with both factions distinctly divided and their objectives clear.
They were here to have fun, or like Manjome, aimed to showcase themselves and attract attention, while the Fusion Army was here to "display their muscles" to gain prestige and then observe Tenjo Hikari and others up close, seizing the chance to demonstrate their strength!
"Fusion Summon, appear, LV 8, Amazoness Empress!"
"I'll go too—Fusion Summon, appear, LV 7, Amazoness Pet Liger!"
The sisters each Fusion Summoned their ace on their turn, then attacked the opponent. Upon seeing the cards they used, initially, Tenjo and the others weren't amazed, but rather...
"Eh? Amazoness?" Manjome was taken aback.
"Hmm... Amazoness, huh..." Judai folded his arms, looked deep in thought, and seemed a bit troubled.
Asuka sighed helplessly, putting a hand to her forehead, "It's actually Amazoness..."
"What's wrong with Amazoness?" John didn't understand.
"Uh... well... that's another story." Tenjo Hikari's corner of his mouth twitched, not explaining the matter to John.
Who knows what Mitsuzawa Daichi, still watching the live broadcast in their world, was feeling.
"Don't worry, they're human, ghosts and spirits don't like them!"
"Don't make Mitsuzawa sound like a pervert!" Judai couldn't help but speak up, defending Mitsuzawa Daichi.
"I think that guy is pretty weird though..." Asuka muttered quietly.
Some time ago, during the Seven-Star Incident, Mitsuzawa Daichi lost to an Amazoness Spirit, which left him obsessed with the female Spirit to the point of losing appetite, although after losing a Duel, the female Spirit turned into a tiger, yet he remained infatuated.
Now, seeing a pair of females using an Amazoness Deck, Judai and the others found it hard not to make connections.
However, Tenjo Hikari thought they were overthinking it.
Mitsuzawa Daichi's preferences were either muscular women or petite lolis...
In any case, amidst their awkward discussion, the duel quickly reached a conclusion.
Although the two Professional Duelists made a great effort to cooperate, ultimately, they hadn't experienced many Tag Duels, and during the duel, they occasionally blocked each other's cards. Fortunately, they knew each other's Decks well enough; otherwise, if it were unfamiliar Duelists, using some specific type of restriction would absolutely make their teammate curse.
Before crossing over, Tenjo Hikari once used an Insect Deck's self-restriction that could only special summon Insects, resulting in three consecutive complaints from his teammate.
In contrast—
The Tyler Sisters were not just Duelists specialized in Tag Duels but were also genuine twin sisters. When they spoke, it was as if they took turns; never mind their Decks being the same, even their thoughts could almost intertwine. Facing Professional Duelists unfamiliar with Tag Duels and whose Decks lacked coordination, they delivered a performance akin to a wipeout, leaving the onlookers and police in astonishment.
Tenjo Hikari, upon seeing this, wasn't surprised.
In the original work, the Tyler Sisters were the true definition of the "strongest Tag Duelists," they effortlessly defeated all the Tag Duelists from the Xyz Dimension within the plot. Even the protagonists couldn't win against them in Tag Duels and had to rely on the efforts of the protagonist and Kurosaki Shun using "Entertainment Duels" to narrowly secure a victory.
Honestly, even Judai and Manjome felt the pressure.
The performance of these two sisters absolutely lived up to their claim of being the "strongest Tag Duelists."
No wonder they confidently stated they'd compete after transferring.
"However, I will definitely defeat them with Hikari!" "Hmph, I will win against them with Tenjo!"
Both spoke simultaneously, then froze for a moment, exchanged glances, and then, like gladiators in the arena, engaged in a physical contest, still muttering things like "I'm more suitable" —the Tyler Sisters had declared to Tenjo Hikari they wanted to Duel with him, leaving only one remaining spot open.
"Hahaha..." Tenjo Hikari sweatdropped.
Mitsuzawa, who must still be avidly watching the broadcast, was surely desperate to participate in the subsequent duels, right?