Chapter 178: Compared to Victory, Looting Corpses and Opening Boxes is More Exciting
The next morning, Hayato stretched comfortably and woke up from the large bed.
He habitually reached out to fiddle with Kaiba's body, which should have been sitting by the Round Table, but seeing the empty seat, Hayato remembered that Kaiba had already woken up.
After Pegasus released the Souls, Grandpa Solomon's condition couldn't be immediately known by Yugi and the others due to the distance across the ocean, but Keipei and Kaiba had successfully awakened.
After learning about the many things that happened while he was sealed, Keipei was quite grateful to Hayato and Yugi for saving him. However, Kaiba was a complete tsundere, only saying to Yugi, "You didn't betray my Trust."
Getting out of bed helplessly, Hayato pulled open the curtains, feeling that today's sunlight was exceptionally bright—
"Rumble!"
A loud thunderclap didn't startle Hayato, but it did scare Ojama Yellow, who was standing on the Round Table. It had just been lecturing Hayato's newly awakened Card Spirits. Gaia, Armed Dragon, and Rainbow Kuriboh weren't interested in managing the newly awakened Performapal animals, so Ojama Yellow took advantage of Hayato's name to put on a senior's airs.
Rain Coat Goat, Sword Slasher, Spiked Eagle... Thanks to the Mystical Power that evaporated from Pegasus's Millennium Eye when he lost the Duel, the number of Hayato's Card Spirits soared from single digits to over a dozen.
Among them, Sky Magician, who had fused with Dark Magician during the Duel and delivered the final blow to Thousand-Eyes Restrict, absorbed the largest portion of the Mystical Power. It had even awakened to the second stage, just like Gaia and Rainbow Kuriboh, gaining a certain degree of Materialization ability.
However, despite being strong, perhaps out of Dark humor or something else, Sky Magician was currently cooperating with the strutting Ojama Yellow as a "junior," helping it establish authority over the Performapal animals.
Unable to properly enjoy the sunlight, Hayato quickly washed up and left the Room to find Yugi and the others. In yesterday's gamble, although Yugi and Hayato's most core Goal was the Souls of others held by Pegasus, in reality, their Spoils were not limited to just those.
Glory of the King's Right Hand symbolized a large amount of Wealth, with a total Prize Money of about five million US dollars. Not to mention paying for Joey Wheeler's sister Shizuka's medical treatment, it would even be enough to pay five million for a certain Mr. Lu.
Correspondingly, Glory of the King's Left Hand symbolized status, serving as proof of the Duel King challenging Pegasus. However, this Card's effect wasn't limited to that—now that Hayato and Yugi had jointly defeated Pegasus, Glory of the King's Left Hand had transformed into proof of a Prize.
Anyone holding the two Glory of the King's Left Hand Cards belonging to Hayato and Yugi could use them to claim the 60% shares of Industrial Illusions held by Pegasus.
Relying on the ability of his Millennium Eye, Pegasus started from scratch with only three thousand US dollars from his family and built Industrial Illusions. And until he lost the Duel against Hayato and Yugi, he still held 100% of Industrial Illusions' shares.
Of course, 30% of his shares would soon be split between Hayato and Yugi.
Imagining whether he should print some exclusive Cards for himself like Pegasus after getting the shares, Hayato arrived at the banquet Hall and immediately saw Yugi and the others gathered around a few tables, passing the time Dueling.
"Alright! Time Wizard rolled Heads! With this, all the Monsters on your Field are Destroyed, Yugi!" Joey Wheeler's luck seemed good. He had a Red-Eyes Black Dragon equipped with Metalmorph on his Field and had successfully Activated Time Wizard's Effect.
But Yugi, sitting opposite him, wasn't flustered at all. He flipped over his Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone: "You're celebrating too early, Joey Wheeler. I Activate Trap Card, Divine Wrath! I Negate your Time Wizard's Effect and then Destroy it."
"Then, I use Super Magical Swordsman - Dark Paladin to Direct Attack you."
Under Yugi's kind smile and Tristan and Téa's unsurprised Expressions, Joey Wheeler's Challenge to Yugi ended in failure once again.
"Yo, you guys are having fun," Hayato said, walking up to them with a sandwich in his hand for breakfast. "Dueling so early in the morning."
"Hayato-kun, you're awake," Yugi said with a smile, holding the Super Magical Swordsman - Dark Paladin Card in his hand. Although it was a Card temporarily created during yesterday's Duel, Yugi easily accepted the magical setting that "Cards can be printed out of thin air." After the Duel ended, this Card did not disappear.
Hayato didn't have any need for this Card; after all, this Monster's Fusion Material requirement was Dark Magician or Dark Magician Girl, so he entrusted it to Yugi. Yugi, on the other hand, valued this Card greatly, feeling it was proof of the Bond between him and Hayato.
It's worth mentioning that when it was just printed, the Card Art showed Dark Magician and Sky Magician standing side-by-side. However, after Yugi took it and the page turned, Sky Magician's position was replaced by Yugi's Dark Magician Girl.
"There's one thing that bothers me. Why is my Sky Magician in the 'Apprentice' position after the Fusion?" Hayato Ranted. "Look, whether it's appearance or Effect, my Sky Magician's Mystical Power is clearly stronger, right? I think Sky Magician should be Dark Magician's Master."
"Then wouldn't Sky Apprentice be on equal footing with Dark Magician?" Joey Wheeler successfully picked up on Hayato's Rant. "But it's useless no matter how unwilling you are. Dark Magician's Card clearly states that Dark Magician is 'the highest level as a Mage'."
"Then wouldn't Mystical Elf be an invincible Divine-Beast?" Hayato fiddled with the Card in his hand and looked up at the clock. It was already nine in the morning.
Not long after the Duel ended yesterday, Hayato had returned to his Room early to rest. Pegasus had a relatively deep control over the Millennium Eye, and Yugi and the Pharaoh's two Souls shared the Damage. Only Hayato, although protected to some extent by the Millennium Ring, suffered the full brunt of the Dark Game's Damage, which is why he slept until this time.
But that guy Pegasus, most of the Damage should have been borne by the Millennium Eye that initiated the Dark Game. How could he sleep so late and still not come over to hand over the shares?
Just as Hayato swallowed the last bite of his sandwich and was about to take Yugi's place to play a casual Duel with Joey Wheeler, he saw the Old Butler walk in through the door, his face anxious: "This is bad, Mr. Hayato, Mr. Yugi!"
"Master Pegasus has been attacked!"