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Chapter 1412 Graduation Duel

"Graduation duel? It seems like that's what happened."

Pushing up the decorative plain glasses on his nose, Hayato looked at Marufuji Ryo in front of him with some confusion: "Wait a moment, let me take a look at the transcripts of this year's graduates first."

Every year at the end of the semester, the Duel Academy would hold an event called "Graduation Duel". Although it was called "Graduation Duel", all students in the school could participate, except that there were special requirements for third-year graduates.

In the graduation duel event, graduates need to accumulate 100 duel points, and the natural way to obtain points is to duel.

Regardless of the outcome of the duel, you will get one duel point for each duel. If you duel with a first-year student and win, you will get an extra point. And so on, if you duel with a second-year student and win, you will get two extra points, and if you duel with a third-year student, you will get three points.

However, you can only get points once for the same opponent, regardless of winning or losing. Fortunately, duel points can only increase and will not decrease due to losing. Therefore, in theory, if you only duel with third-year students and win consecutively, you only need to duel 25 times to get 100 points and complete the graduation duel. Even if you duel with first-year freshmen, you only need 50 times to complete it.

But the graduation duel is not such a simple activity. What's more important is that the scores of this duel can be accumulated infinitely. If you can do it, it will be no problem for one person to beat all the students in the school. The accumulated scores will be added together with the credits obtained in each semester of previous years, and finally used as the final score of the graduation test.

Theoretically, if one relied on this activity to improve his grades in one go, even if he never attended classes or took exams properly in the first three years, he would still be able to make up the points required for graduation, and even graduate with excellent grades. After all, the most important thing for a duelist is actual combat rather than theory - this rule was even set by the founder of the Duel Academy, Seto Kaiba himself.

As for students like Hayato Maeda who have many deficiencies in dueling but are quite talented in other areas, the school naturally has corresponding special plans. Let's take Hayato Maeda as an example. He went through the school's special channels and went directly to the International Illusion Society before graduating. His studies at the Duel Academy were not "graduation" but "completion", and did not violate the relevant graduation regulations.

Of course, there is another reason why there is no upper score limit for the graduation duel. That is, after the final score is added to the grades of previous years to get the final score, a ranking is made for all the students in the school. Because the credits of previous years account for the largest proportion, no matter how hard the first two years try, it is difficult for them to compare with the third year students, so the top dozens will basically only be third year students.

As the first place winner, although they will have to perform and commemorate a special graduation duel, they can also get a special graduation gift at the same time. Sometimes it is a rare card, sometimes it is a way to arrange a job after graduation, all depending on the wishes of the graduate - in other words, the first place reward can even be understood as a "wish".

The one who will make the "wish" come true is the entire Duel Academy, and even the Kaiba Group and the International Fantasy Club behind it. Naturally, this also includes the Duel Academy's principal Hayato Kobayashi, who will also provide strength for the "wishes" of the graduate representatives.

With such a huge supply of resources, as long as the wishes are not outrageous such as "revive someone", "collect all seven dragon balls", "I want a [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]", "give me the Yama Sword", etc., basically any wish that can be realized in modern society can be realized.

Even if he just asked for 100 million US dollars, there would be no problem. It would even make Kaiba, who knew about this wish, surprised. He would say something like "I thought it was just another daydream, but it turns out it's just a beggar's wish." Kaiba could definitely say it.

Even because Hayato possesses the [Quantum Cube] and can freely open the door to the underworld, if the wish is not for "resurrection" but just to see someone who has died, even this level of wish can be fulfilled.

Therefore, even if they don't know the second half, the mere wish reward of making a wish like $100 million is enough to make students excited. After all, for most people, even if they have a decent job with a good income, it is difficult to earn $100 million in a lifetime.

"Hmm~ Sayaka Shindo from Obelisk-Blue, 941 points; Kenichi Yamashita from Apollo-Yellow, 945 points; Atsuhisa Matsumoto from Obelisk-Blue, 966 points, and the dorm-mate who is Yamaguchi Silly Thing... I mean Satoshi Yamaguchi, 971 points. And then there's Yasukimi Urakami from the same dorm as Blue, 987 points."

"Oh? You got the highest score, Marufuji Ryo, with a perfect score of 1000. Your results are pretty good, so you're going to participate in the graduation duel as the representative of this year's graduates."

Looking up at Caesar, Hayato said with a smile, "Have you decided who you want to duel with? You can choose any student in the school."

"No, I don't have any opponent I want to duel with in school. The duel with Yuki Judai is the only one I can look forward to, but that will never happen now, but should happen in the future when I grow stronger." Shaking his head, Caesar looked straight at Hayato and said, "Principal Hayato, the opponent I want to choose is you."

"Me?" Hayato pointed at himself and asked Caesar for confirmation.

Caesar nodded. "That's right. And I'm not challenging Hayato Kobayashi as the principal of the Duel Academy or as a teacher. I hope you can duel with me as the legendary duelist, the undefeated and invincible Duel King, the absolute strong man Hayato Kobayashi. And this is the 'wish' I want to fulfill after receiving the 'wish' as ​​the representative of the graduates."

Kaiser's words made Hayato feel strange: "But the problem is, even as a teacher in the school, you have never defeated me, right?"

"It's different. Even though you have been fighting with us as a teacher and have maintained an undefeated record for a long time, I and all other students know that you, Principal Hayato, have never used your full strength." Caesar said seriously, "I want to use the graduation duel with you to see how broad the world is."

"I see. This duel is indeed a good choice as a graduation gift for you who is about to enter the world of professional duelists."

Hayato closed the graduate transcript on the computer screen, saved the game, and then stood up and said, "Okay, I accept your invitation to duel. I did hear your wish, and you are the destined one."

It's a pity that he didn't have a 500 yen coin on hand, otherwise Hayato felt that he would have been more powerful when he said this line.

"But speaking of which, you want to become a professional duelist after graduation, right? Have you found a professional duelist agency to sign with?"

Caesar nodded. "Every year, the Duel Academy sends its graduates to Kaiba Group's professional duelist agency for interviews. I've passed the initial interview and will be able to sign a contract with the agency after graduation." "It's not bad to be under Kaiba's name. At least it's a formal agency that won't send contracted duelists to underground dueling arenas without permission." Hayato smiled. "Also, although it's a very competitive and involuted place for most people, it's quite suitable for strong people with real skills. After all, Kaiba is really willing to spend money on this."

"For example, Jonouchi saved enough money to buy a house in Tomino City in five years."

"Mr. Jonouchi Katsuya, the champion of the four consecutive Professional Duelist World Championships. Should I say that the housing prices in Domino City are high, or should I sigh that the prize money for the world champion is generous?"

Even Caesar couldn't help but speak after hearing what Hayato revealed.

The reason why the housing prices in Domino City are high is that even a legendary duelist like Jonouchi Katsuya had to use up all his prize money for four years to be able to afford a house; the reason why the prize money for the world champion is generous is that Jonouchi was able to afford a house in Domino City with only four prizes.

However, this is also because Jonouchi did not use the installment mortgage provided by the Haima Group that most people would choose, but paid the full amount in one go. Moreover, the place he chose was not a remote area in a corner, but a house in Xindu, Tongshiye City, and it was even a three-story building.

When Hayato went to Domino City before, he took a look at Jonouchi's house. Jonouchi told Hayato that he had made plans. The first floor could be rented out to a quiet shop such as a cafe to collect rent, the second floor would be used as an office for his own duelist office that he planned to open in the future, and the third floor would be where he would live. Fortunately, Jonouchi hated gambling and only drank lightly, otherwise Hayato would be really worried that he would quarrel with Peacock Dance and separate, and then he would have to live with his daughter.

The graduation model duel between Caesar and Hayato, as representatives of the graduates, is scheduled for Friday, which is also the last day of this semester. When the graduation model duel ends, it will also announce that Caesar and other students from the class of 03 have officially graduated.

Let’s not talk about Hayato who was still playing games in the office and didn’t seem to be worried about the duel at all. But after issuing a "declaration of war" to Hayato, Caesar came to the vice-principal's office.

"Please come in."

"Liang?" Samejima was a little surprised to see that the person who appeared in front of him after opening the office door was Caesar. "Shouldn't you be preparing to select an opponent for the graduation model duel now?"

"I have already chosen my opponent. It is Principal Hayato."

"Oh, it's Judai, I knew you would choose. Wait, Hayato?!" Subconsciously thinking that Caesar chose Judai as his opponent for the graduation model duel, Samejima was halfway through his speech when he suddenly realized that Caesar was actually talking about Hayato, showing a surprised expression, "Why did you think--"

"No, it's Hayato. He's right. It can only be Hayato." Samejima thought about it and understood why Caesar chose Hayato. "You've tasted the taste of failure and experienced the joy of victory. Now you have the passion for duels and the desire for victory. As a professional duelist, the only thing you lack is probably vision, right? And a duel with Hayato is exactly the choice that can broaden your horizons."

"Will you win?"

"I will lose." Caesar said calmly, his face was calm. "I have won too many times in the past and have long been numb to victory. It was not until recently that I realized how sweet victory is compared to the pain of failure. But it is precisely because of this that I need a heavy enough failure the most now."

"The aim of the sword brought me the pressure of being on the verge of failure; Yuki Judai gave me a real failure, which made me more eager for victory; and Principal Hayato, even before the duel began, I knew that I could gain precious things from the duel with him, and I was completely defeated."

"Only continuous failures can make me fall into hell completely, and if I can become a ghost in hell, I can see a different horizon."

"Really? That's what you think now?"

Because in the world of "Duel-Links" he could clearly see Caesar's current mind through his duel with Judai, Samejima knew that his most proud disciple had not fallen into the darkness as deeply as he appeared, but was merely walking in the darkness in his own way chasing the light of the duel. Therefore, he did not try to preach to Caesar today to correct his thoughts.

After all, today's Caesar is an adult who is about to graduate. He will soon enter the society and enter the circle of professional duelists to become a real duelist. "The master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you" also applies to dueling. No one can follow the path of their predecessors completely, and they must forge their own path.

Looking at Caesar in front of him, the image of the young boy who practiced in the Electronic Flow Dojo several years ago emerged in Jiaodao's eyes. The two faces overlapped but were staggered. Jiaodao knew that although Caesar was still the young boy he was back then, he could no longer look at Caesar with the same eyes as that young boy.

Because now Caesar is already an excellent duelist who is no weaker than him.

Retracting his gaze from the memories and refocusing his eyes on Caesar in front of him, Samejima smiled and said, "You've grown up, Ryo. No, you call yourself 'Hell Caesar' now, right? You've really made it, Caesar."

"Even though you are about to graduate from Duel Academy and will no longer be a student of Duel Academy, you are still Samejima-sensei, and it's okay for you to call me 'Ryo'." Caesar said seriously, "Thank you for your care all the time."

"I have never been partial to you, Liang. As the vice-president of the school, I just provide the best help to the outstanding students in the school." Samejima stood up and patted Caesar on the shoulder. "Before graduation, go find Professor Chronos. He cares about you even more than I do."

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