Tenjo Hikari stepped onto the platform and greeted his opponent briefly. Seeing Tenjo Hikari wearing a mask, the opponent simply sighed and didn't dwell on it.
In the last few days, this tester had seen a lot of duelists dressed in bizarre outfits, so now seeing Tenjo Hikari just wearing a strange mask, he didn't think too much of it.
Although today is just the registration day, in fact, there have already been many preliminaries in the past six months. Only duelists who pass the preliminaries can register as a team for the upcoming WRGP duel tournament, so during this process, he has also witnessed how peculiar the ecosystem of duelists can be.
Of course, he himself is no better.
Previously, the 5DS Team had already performed the "first attack" and "second attack," so in this duel, Tenjo Hikari starts first.
"Duel!" X2!
"Ryo", LP: 4000.
Duel tester, LP: 4000.
"My turn."
Tenjo Hikari held the card and glanced around slightly.
Nearby, several people noticed him.
The first to notice him was the recently arrived "Nordic Trio." The three of them saw Tenjo Hikari take the stage for the duel and became interested.
"Is that guy called Ryo?" "Huh, no sign of Jack?" "Humph, that guy must think this registration duel is too low-level and is too lazy to come, humph, arrogant guy."
Though the three had different points of focus, they all watched the duel simultaneously.
The opponent is a member of that "Jack Atlas" team, and moreover, a "Dark Signer," the Divine Chosen. No matter how you look at it, they are future opponents, so they definitely can't miss this opportunity.
"Hmm?" After briefly chatting with his partners, Team Ragnarok's captain Harald suddenly squinted, focusing on Tenjo Hikari—
More precisely, on his [eyes].
"That guy, isn't looking at his hand cards!?" On the stands, many observant duelists noticed this detail.
Although wearing a mask, you could still see his eyes moving, and because of this, everyone could see where his gaze landed.
"Not looking at hand cards, isn't that disrespectful to the opponent?" Within the Pendulum Dimension's sightseeing group, several couldn't help but voice their concerns.
They were the "excellent students" of the three major Duel Academies under Leo Company, each adept with Gem-Knight, X-Saber, and Constellar decks, and one of the "sightseeing members" for this Pendulum Dimension.
In the row behind them sat Sakaki Yuya, Hiragi Yuzu, and Quanxian Ban Sheng, some of whom were participating duelists, while others were simply brought by Akaba Reiji.
Over the past few months, Sakaki Yuya seemed more confident than before, and because of this, seeing "Ryo" not even glance at his hand cards piqued his curiosity.
It's one thing to discuss respect, but how does one duel this way?
On the outer side of the lounge, within the "reception room," Akaba Reiji gently pushed up his glasses, silent.
This person...
"From the hand cards, I set two cards, set a Monster, and end my turn." Tenjo Hikari directly threw cards from his hand without looking at them.
This move surprised quite a few people.
Isn't he afraid of playing the wrong cards?
Or did he know what those cards were the moment he drew them?
If so, that would be quite impressive.
"Such an ordinary turn?" The tester found Tenjo Hikari's turn dull.
This is KING's team, and the opening is so boring?
If it were his own deck, maybe he could win easily—
"Draw."
"I activate the Spell Card, Foolish Burial. This card can send one Monster from the deck to the Graveyard. I'll send the LV 4 Dimension Fortress Weapon from the deck to the Graveyard."
"Normal Summon, the Tuner Monster, LV 3 Black Salvo.
When this Monster is successfully Summoned, you can Special Summon one Machine-Type Dark Attribute 4-Star Monster from your Graveyard in face-up Defense Position. This effect negates the Effect Monster Special Summoned.
Awaken, Dimension Fortress Weapon."
"Tuner Monster and Synchro Material Monster!"
"Is it coming? The Synchro Dimension Synchro Summon?" The guy from the Pendulum Team using X-Saber brightened his eyes, immediately showing his interest.
"Tuning the LV 3 Black Salvo and LV 4 Dimension Fortress Weapon."
"Lightning Warrior!"
ZZZAAAP—
With a flash of lightning, a blond swordsman extending his hand appeared on the field.
Lightning Warrior, LV 7, Light Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 2400.
"Battle, Lightning Warrior attacks the Set Monster!"
ZZZAAAP—
Lightning Warrior swung the long sword in his hand, slashing towards the Set Monster on Tenjo Hikari's field.
"My Set Monster is LV 1 Worm Hope. When this card is flipped due to an attack, you draw one card from your deck."
Tenjo Hikari drew a card from the deck, not looking, and placed it aside.
ZZZAAAP!
BANG—
Worm Hope was instantly shattered.
"When Lightning Warrior destroys a Monster in battle and sends it to the Graveyard, it inflicts damage to the opponent equal to the number of cards in their hand times 300. With that extra card you drew, you'll take an additional 300 points of damage."
"When Worm Hope is destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, you must send one card to the Graveyard."
You could see Tenjo Hikari hold his hand cards, his right hand unmoving, yet from his left hand cards, one card floated up and flew to the Graveyard.
Ryo, LP: 4000→3400.
"Although not inflicting battle damage, the effect has caused 600 points of damage. If only as a tester, it's still somewhat decent, right?" Not seeing a massive birth of Synchro Monsters, the X-Saber guy was slightly disappointed but took interest seeing Lightning Warrior cause effect damage.