In the poorer parts of Anima City, Lars sat nonchalantly on a bench as he messed around on his phone. Normally something like this wouldn't have been such a smart idea in these parts of the large city since it eventually would make some guy want to mug you, but the duelist wasn't concerned. People, at least here where he lived, had come to know of his name and abilities, and would not dare mess with him unless they wanted to risk losing and be punished in some humiliating way.

"Huh? Oh... nice."

Lars commented softly as a small smirk appeared on his face. The G-Clock Tournament had finally been initiated by the city's founder, Gero Anima. It was-

"About time!"

A shrill and childlike voice broke the silence Lars currently had around him, and instantly a strange and fiendish metallic looking creature was floating near his head.

"It's been for-frigging-ever since we started to wait for this thing to start! Are we going to go now? Do we get to duel more people? Do I get to make a stunning performance while Steelswarm Mantis-"

Lars cut him off out loud.

"Yes, Scout!"

"To everything?"

"Obviously. Now, want to keep it down a bit? It's compelling for me to just shout at you when you're being hyper even if other people can't see or hear you. That in turn just provides for a weird looking picture."

"Ok." Scout laughed and then sat himself on Lars shoulder. The teenager stood up and began to head in the direction of where the tournament would be held. It was obviously a long walk from here to there, but obviously he'd be making use of some transportation systems along the way. He didn't mind walking for long periods of time anyway, at least not anymore since he moved here.

Besides, it gave him time to think and mentally prepare himself. Lars pulled out his signature deck from a box found in the inner pocket of his coat, running his fingers over the cards everyone around had come to be wary of. Steelswarms, the destructive horde of demonic creatures. He had used this deck for some time now and couldn't wait to finally use it against other people from different places. Placing it back in the box and the box within his inner coat pocket, Lars continued to walk and think of several possible scenarios and the things he could do with his cards to deal with them.

This would be a fun and interesting thing, and he hoped that he'd get more out of it than what he anticipated.