The Next King of Games

In Domino City, a tall young man with spiky brown hair passed through a crowd of people standing in the street on his way to the Kaiba Dome. Strapped to his back was a bag containing a collapsible silver metal staff.

He had prepared himself to register for the Duel Academy entrance exams being held there.

'Well, let's hope I successfully pass my entrance exam.' He thought to himself. On his belt were six deck boxes.

A few minutes later, he spots someone with multi-colored hair up the street.

'Hey, who is that.' The teen thought out loud as he didn't recognize the figure.

"Excuse me!" He called out to the stranger who turned in his direction.

"Who are you?" The teen asked.

The stranger said nothing. Instead he threw a card in the teen's direction.

The teen looked at the card that he had received from the stranger. It was a monster card.

'Winged Kuriboh, huh?' He thought, staring at the card in his hand.

"Well, anyway. There's somewhere I need to be right now." The teen continued walking to the Kaiba Dome.

Eventually he arrived at his destination and scaled the side of the building.

"Excuse me." He called out to some people that were working at a desk. "Would I be too late to register for the exams."

"No actually." A older-looking man replied. "Sign your name on this sheet."

After completing registration, the teen entered the Kaiba Dome and saw several duels in progress.

'Looks like there's some worthwhile competition.' He thought to himself.

He went to the other side of the Kaiba Dome and stood next to a blue-haired boy who was wearing glasses.

"Hey, how's it going?" He asked the blue-haired boy.

"I'm Syrus." The boy introduced himself.

"Ryan Walker." Ryan greeted Syrus back.

"I have something called test anxiety, I have no idea who I managed to win my duel." Syrus muttered.

"I was expecting you to have more confidence, but whatever." Ryan shrugged his shoulders.

A blonde haired man with a long blue coat got wind of this late arrival and wasn't pleased.

"Where is the person that dared to show up late?!" He angrily demanded.

"He's on the other side of the arena." A teacher gestured across the Kaiba Dome.

"Ryan Walker, report to exam field 1." The PA system announced.

"Well, guess I'm dueling." He made his way down to the arena.

The blonde haired man, who turned out to be Dr. Crowler stood in front of him.

"Ryan Walker, I'm dueling you personally. Get your deck ready." Crowler instructed.

"Aren't you a instructor? Kind of a unfair advantage if you ask me." Ryan questioned him.

"You can leave right now if you want to."