Could he really... not beat this guy?
Just as Jack sank into self-doubt, a sharp shout suddenly rang out.
"Don't give up!"
Jack jolted awake and turned toward Yusei.
Yusei's gaze remained clear as he looked firmly at Jack. "Don't give up, Jack. Maybe we're still immature. Maybe our strength still isn't enough.
But no matter how many times we fall, all we have to do is get back up again, right?"
Jack: "Yusei..."
"Yusei's right!"
Crow spoke up from the side.
"Think back, Jack. We grew up in the Satellite Sector, at Martha's Orphanage. Before Team Satisfaction was formed, how many setbacks did we face along the way? How many times were we beaten?
But no matter how many times it happened, we always got back up again in the end, didn't we?"
Jack: "Crow..."
"We people from the Satellite Sector were like weeds by the roadside. Anyone could step on us, and we suffered setback after setback.
But in the end, we always got back up, didn't we? We fell again and again, then gave ourselves to one another as companions and stood back up time after time. That was how we became as strong as we are now, wasn't it?
Or did spending two years as king in the city make you forget how we got this far?"
Jack: "!"
The solitary king gently closed his eyes.
That was right. Wasn't that how they had always made it this far?
Why had becoming king made him forget that?
Even if he had failed to finish his opponent off this time, he had at least given it everything he had. He had at least tried. Even in failure, he had left more possibilities for his teammates.
Jack looked at the remaining cards in his hand.
His turn was