While Korbin was waiting for his opponent to arrive in the classroom, he had asked for her duel record. The student named Rebecca had revealed to him that she only had nine wins out of twenty-six. He held himself back from making a snide remark, instead saying it in his head. [I]She probably won't even be able to perform a Ritual Summon.[/i] Korbin's record was fourteen duels, thirteen wins. His one, haunting loss was against his Xyz Summoning teacher, Professor Alexander. It was a good duel, but it was clear to see that the Professor would be the obvious winner.

Once Gale had entered the classroom, Korbin began to dig around in his bag for his duel disk and deck box. She was saying something to him, probably a greeting, but he chose to ignore it. Once he stood up, his duel disk attached to his arm, he stared at Gale's outstretched hand for a moment. He didn't really know what to do with it... After a moments pause, he shook her hand hesitantly. "My name is Korbin," he said after pulling his hand away.

"I'd rather duel with my duel disk rather than on a table if you don't mind," he said, starting for the hallways. "If you're the kind of duelist I'm looking for, this will be quite the spectacle."