Mr. Armstrong

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Mr. Armstrong (or Takasu in the Japanese version and also known as Chief Armstrong) was a minor antagonist of the first season of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds. He was originally the Chief of The Facility, a prison in New Domino City until Goodwin fired him due to learning about him going back on his world.

In the Japanese Dub, he was voiced by Koji Ishi and in the English dub, He was voiced by David Wills, who also voiced Gozaburo Kaiba and Seeker from Yu-Gi-Oh!

Biography

After Yusei was sent to The Facility due to trespassing into New Domino City while his Duel Runner and Deck were confiscated, Mr. Armstrong was first introduced after watching the duel between Yusei and Jin Himuro. After Yusei defeated Jin, Goodwin had Armstrong observed Yusei in order to see if he had the mark of The one of the Dragon Birthmark.

In the first two-part episode "Feelings Hanging for the Cards: A Planned Lightning Deathmatch" Armstrong played a major role where he framed Jin by claiming he had a switchblade on his person and after beating him for some information on yusei but Jin refuse, which led to Armstrong to punish him and the inmates by extending their cells time to one year instead of Six Months. Yusei is then challenged by Armstong to a duel where if Yusei wins then he and the inmates will be allowed their free time back and to overlook Jīn's so-called crime but if Armstrong wins, then Yusei would be at Armstrong's mercy for the rest of his life.

As Yusei enter the center, Armstrong informs him that since his deck was confiscated a while back, he can't duel, making Armstrong the winner by default but to the surprise of Armstrong and the other guards, Yusei is revealed to have a deck, which shocked Armstrong as he wondered where he got it and in a flashback, it was revealed that before the duel, Each Inmate gave Yusei one card, just enough to have a full deck. While he did say that it's normally against the rules for an Inmate to have a deck, he decides to let him duel and told the guards to get the Duel Disk, which are shown to be connected to a chain and a weight, which will only be removed by the winner of the duel.

After Yusei's monster was defeated in battle, it was revealed that the chain and weight are connected to a system where when a duelist's monster is destroyed in battle, the duelist is given an electric shock. However it turns out that when Armstrong monster is destroyed in battle, he doesn't get shocked as he claimed that his Duel Disk was broken, but is actually the disk is rigged so that even if his monsters are destroyed, he won't get shocked, but Yusei will get shock instead.

In the second two-part episode "Deck Zero: Break the Chain Trap Loop", Armstrong continued to dominate the duel as he used tactics that will allow him to force Yusei to send his cards to the graveyard (and when Yusei is out of cards, he will lose the duel). However, a blackout occurred, which resulted in the duel to be stopped until the power come back. As Yusei manage to summon a monster and gave it an increase on its attack point, he had it attack one of Armstrong's Chain Monsters but something happened as after it was destroyed, Armstrong was then shocked, followed by being shocked again when Yusei attacked his monster again, causing him to fall to the ground.

After getting back up, he was informed by one of his guards that an inmate named Kohei Aoyama (who was Yusei's roommate) has broken into the Electrical Control Room and upon learning how he escapes, he told one of his guards to cut the power of his duel disk but Kohei revealed that he can't as one of the guards revealed that the control panel has be destroyed and will remain like that for the rest of the duel. Enraged that now he will get shocked, Armstrong explain that once he defeats Yusei, he will kill him for his actions, but Yusei decides to up their deal where if Armstrong loses, then Kohei's action would be overlooked and if Armstrong wins, Kohei will share the same fate as Yusei, which he agreed.

Unbeknownst to Yusei and the others, Armstrong has security cameras place behind Yusei, which will allow his guards to see his deck and know which one to watch out for. Knowing that the card called "Battle Mania" would cost him the duel, Armstrong used "Cylone" to remove the card, but to his horror, he found that he got rid of the wrong card, and Yusei active "Battle Mania". Armstrong then talked to one of the guards (via small transmitter) that the card he destroyed was supposed to be "Battle Mania" but the guards think he might have switched them during the blackout.

Not wanting to lose, Armstrong summon his strongest chain dragon and had it attacked Yusei, leaving him with only 100 LP. However, to his shock, Yusei revealed that he knew about the cameras and how knew Armstrong was cheating, which allowed him to summon his last monster; "King of Rubble" when he has more than 30 cards in his graveyard. To make matters worse, Yusei summons his last trap card; "Ruins Blasting" which inflect 3000 worth of damage to Armstrong if Yusei has more than 30 cards in his graveyard (all thanks for Armstrong and his tactics), which not only shocked him but also caused him to lose the duel.

Even more enraged, Armstrong orders his guard to take Yusei and Kohei away, even lying that he didn't make any promises for the duel, unfortunately Goodwin (who was watching the duel) and informs Armstrong that due to inability to keep order in the Facility (and breaking his promise), Armstrong was fired which led him to hang his head in disgrace.