Mr . Armstrong Armstrong , known as Takasu in the Japanese version and simply Chief in " " , is the Chief of The Facility . He is a large , overwhelming man with a cruel personality and a particularly loud , booming voice . He seems to have large , muscular arms but also a thick , fat , and slightly jutting / overhanging belly , giving him a generally bulky and stocky overall appearance . He is noticeably uncouth as well ; one of his favorite interrogation techniques is to pull out his own nose hair and blow it into his victim ' s face ( this is edited in the dub , where he simply has foul breath , presumably due to his huge appetite ) . He is devoted to Goodwin , and often serves as his bodyguard when he visits the prison . Design . Appearance . Mr . Armstrong is a dark skinned male with brown eyes and a bald head which is covered by a Sector Security cap . He also has a large , pointed black beard . Mr . Armstrong ' s most notable features are his height and weight , both of which make him one of the largest characters in the series . His weight problems are made more evident in the English adaptation as he warns Yusei to not make him miss his lunch due to his blood sugar levels . His outfit consists of a dark green Sector Security uniform with the sleeves rolled up to his shoulders , a black belt with a rope and Deck box attached . He also wears brown arm bands that extend from his wrists to his elbows . Personality . Mr . Armstrong is a tyrant who runs The Facility with an iron fist to the extent that he abuses his power , finding amusement in torturing the inmates as well as framing them for crimes they didn ' t commit . When upset enough he is willing to even go against Rex Goodwins orders ( which was to only keep observing Yusei . In the dub however he doesn ' t go against Rex Goodwin ' s order ; for Rex Goodwin ordered him to set up a situation so Yusei would Duel him ) . He also holds a great deal of hatred towards Yusei , as he believes someone from Satellite isn ' t worthy of being a Signer . He is also shown to be a sadist as he thoroughly enjoyed torturing Yusei for information about his Signer birthmark as well as finding pleasure in pulling out his nose hair and blowing it into the inmates ' faces . In the original , Mr . Armstrong refers to himself using the honorific " ore - sama " ; the rough translation of this in English would be " My honorable self " . Like other characters seen early on in the series , he looks down on residents from Satellite , referring to them as " trash " . Mr . Armstrong is also shown to be extremely cunning and devious as during his Duel with Yusei , he rigs the chain attached to his Duel Disk to prevent the electric current from electrocuting him . In addition , he utilizes the cameras around The Facility to gain information about the cards in Yusei ' s hand and field . Biography . Fortune Cup . After Yusei Fudo is admitted to The Facility , Rex Goodwin inquired that Armstrong keep an eye on Yusei as he ' s a potential Signer . Armstrong observed Yusei ' s Duel with Bolt Tanner and informed Rex Goodwin about it . After the Duel , Armstrong had the majority of inmates transferred to a ward where their time is extended to a minimum of six months . In order to acquire information on Yusei , he framed Bolt for concealing a switchblade , which he used as an excuse to drag him to an interrogation room where despite his best efforts , Bolt refused to sell out his friend . Because of this , Armstrong beat Bolt up and informed the other inmates that because of his " crime " , they all lost privileges to leaving their cells for one year . With this , the inmates display their annoyance to which Armstrong insulted them , stating that they ' re all unneeded . Hearing this , Yusei defended his fellow inmates to which Armstrong proposed a Duel where if Yusei wins , the inmates will be allowed their free time back and Bolt ' s " crime " will be overlooked , but if Yusei loses , he ' d be at Armstrong ' s mercy for the rest of his life . Armstrong then has Yanagi ' s Deck confiscated so that Yusei wouldn ' t have access to any cards , meaning he ' d lose his end of the bargain . However he was shocked when Yusei revealed he had acquired a Deck consisting of the various inmate ' s favourite cards . Armstrong then forces Yusei into a Duel where if they take damage , they recieve an electric shock . However , when Yusei managed to inflict damage to Armstrong , he joked that his Duel Disk was broken , when in fact he rigged it so that the electric current wouldn ' t flow to him . As the Duel continued , Armstrong began to destroy Yusei ' s Deck , joking that the cards that belonged to the inmates belong in the trash . He also utilized the various cameras located around the duel field to spy on Yusei ' s hand and field . Yusei eventually came to know of this and used a power outage caused by Alex ' s friends to conceal a card in his hand up his sleeve as well as switch his Set cards . As Yusei gained an advantage , the electric current shocked Armstrong . Alex is then caught and reveals that instead of escaping , he used the opportunity to sabotage the machine that prevented the current from hitting Armstrong . Despite managing to Synchro Summon " Iron Chain Dragon " and reduce Yusei ' s Deck to zero , he lost after Yusei used the card he concealed to defeat Armstrong . Despite losing , Armstrong attempted to lock Yusei back up , backing out of his end of the bargain . However , Rex stopped him , revealing that he watched the Duel and was disappointed in Armstrong , telling him to leave ( in the dub Goodwin fired him as a result for abusing his position ) . Non - canon appearances . In " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s Duel Transer " , Mr . Armstrong can be fought at the Yggdrasil Entrance . During the story he was the first test subject of the Transcender robot duelist . He ultimately lost . He was seen again as the first victim of the Bifrost war song , and he had a stronger Deck than he did before . Beating him will allow you to reach the goal panel of this level and allow you to move on . Decks . In the anime Mr . Armstrong uses an " Iron Chain " Deck focused on milling the opponents Deck and inflicting Effect damage . Although he is only featured once in the anime , he is featured in multiple video games , with his Decks being a mix of a Mill and Lockdown strategies .