Yu Xuan closed his eyes and, with a hint of confusion, logged into the system in his mind.
As expected, he found five new tasks in the task bar.
【Urgent Task: Complete a duel with Yugi Muto, Reward: Obelisk the Tormentor！】
【Urgent Task: Complete a duel with Malik Ishtar, Reward: The Winged Dragon of Ra！】
【Urgent Task: Complete a duel with Joey Wheeler, Reward: Skill, Lucky Strike (When your life points are below 999, the coin will always land on heads!)】
【Urgent Task: Complete a duel with Mai Valentine, Reward: Harpie's Feather Duster！】
【Urgent Task: Complete a duel with Ryo Bakura, Reward: Blank Card (A card without any markings on the front, which can directly absorb things weaker than itself!)】
The sudden appearance of five tasks surprised Yu Xuan.
There were eight duelists on the airship, excluding himself. He had already dueled Kaiba, and Rishid seemed insufficient to trigger a system task.
Everyone else had corresponding character tasks, and the rewards were quite substantial.
They were either powerful cards or useful skills, quite practical.
But the reward for dueling Bakura left Yu Xuan speechless.
A card that could seal people inside, Yu Xuan's mind flashed with images of Bakura using the Millennium Eye to take away people's souls.
Actually, using cards to take away people, a la "ta-ma-shi", was a common practice in Yu-Gi-Oh, and many people had used this trick.
But this reward still felt strange to Yu Xuan.
It could only be said that it was truly worthy of being the reward for defeating Ryo Bakura (the "Small Smart").
However, he would also have difficulty obtaining all the rewards. After boarding the airship, each player was assigned a number.
Obviously, the top eight competition would be held in order of numbers, with each player dueling one-on-one to decide the winner.
This meant he couldn't control who he fought, nor could he challenge all five people related to the tasks.
Fortunately, the tasks had no time limit, meaning that while these urgent tasks were sudden, they didn't have to be completed during the Duel City tournament.
After the tournament, he could slowly find people to duel.
"Please gather in the airship hall, the top eight competition will begin soon."
Hearing the announcement, Yu Xuan put his organized deck into the Duel Disk and went out.
He hadn't really changed his deck much, just removed some cards that might hinder his hand and replaced them with powerful single cards.
If this was a real-life duel, he would carefully consider how to modify his Side Deck to give him a better chance of winning in a best-of-three match.
But in the Duel City tournament, the top eight were all one-match deciders.
The main deck, in order to avoid dead draws, could only include those cards, so there was no need for careful modification.
Once all the participants gathered, the commentator, Isino, explained to everyone, "Now, we will begin the knockout stage. The first match draw will be done using the Bingo Machine, starting now!"
Everyone's eyes were focused on the Bingo Machine as it started.
It was a Bingo Machine in the shape of a Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, and after starting, colored balls would automatically fall from the dragon's central head.
Seeing this Bingo Machine, Yu Xuan sighed, "As expected, it's you, President. You even use a Blue-Eyes-shaped Bingo Machine."
Should it be said that you love it deeply, or that your Blue-Eyes addiction is incurable?
This Bingo Machine, actually, later Konami also released a related Magic Card called "Bingo Machine GO!GO!", which had the effect of searching for Blue-Eyes and cards with "Blue-Eyes" in their name.
But for now, it seemed there was only the Bingo Machine, and no related Magic Card in the President's possession.
"The first match contestants are Malik..."
Pulling his thoughts back, Yu Xuan looked at the results of the Bingo Machine draw.
He remembered that in the original story, the first match was between Bakura and Yugi, but it seemed to have changed here, with Malik (Rishid) being the first on stage.
Then, he should also not be replacing Isis's position and facing Kaiba, right?
"And, Raml!"
Hearing the two contestants for the first match, Yu Xuan's jaw tightened, his face full of suppressed laughter.
"What's with that expression?"
Kaiba noticed Yu Xuan's change and asked accusingly.
"Hahaha..."
Yu Xuan burst out laughing. He didn't want to laugh, but he couldn't help it.
"You've already found out that the leader of the Gurus was actually Rishid pretending, and that Raml is the real Malik?"
Yu Xuan couldn't hold back his amusement at this absurd result and whispered to Kaiba.
"Are you questioning me, the organizer, about fiddling with something like this?"
Kaiba felt insulted and retorted.
Yu Xuan thought that if Kaiba really wanted to manipulate things, his opponent should have been chosen as Yugi directly.
So, were all these changes caused by his arrival, a butterfly effect?
"You said that guy called Raml is the real Malik?"
After defending his honor, Kaiba noticed that Yu Xuan seemed to reveal something incredible just now.
Seeing Yu Xuan nod in confirmation, Kaiba also chuckled.
With a look of anticipation, he awaited this match.
Even though he had the pride of a duelist, he wouldn't stop a God Card holder from participating, even if he was the leader of the Gurus, he wouldn't manipulate the Bingo Machine.
But, since this was a random machine draw, there was nothing he could do but wait and see the show.
Joey, on the other hand, was completely unaware of the trickery between Malik and Rishid.
He just thought Raml looked a bit stiff.
But anyone would be nervous when facing a ruthless villain like the leader of the Gurus.
Joey, still kind-hearted, comforted him, "Raml, that guy is the notorious Gurus leader Malik. Be careful when you duel him. A guy like him will use any means to win.
Of course, I don't know your strength yet, but if you're strong enough, don't forget to teach him a lesson for us!"
Raml hummed in response, his eyes flickering, not sure what he was thinking.
Rishid's already gloomy face was even colder now.
Act, just keep acting.
Yu Xuan watched with amusement.
He was eager to see how these two would play their cards.
"Please, both contestants, proceed to the special Sky Arena duel stage."
Under Isino's instructions, the contestants of the first match, "Malik" and Raml, took the elevator together to the top of the airship.
Yu Xuan, of course, wasn't going to miss this exciting duel, so he followed, ready to watch.
On the top of the airship, there was a special duel arena. This open space had an excellent view, allowing duelists to duel freely without having to worry about anything else.