Judai won.
The duel had ended fairly quickly, with little suspense as Judai secured an easy victory. Fubuki was thus freed from Darkness's control and did not fall into darkness again.
However, after this duel, the mask sealing a fragment of Darkness's power seemed to have grown dimmer, far more despondent than usual.
If there was any message to be gleaned from it, it was probably—
—Stay the hell away from me!
The Dark Personality had become a little withdrawn.
There had already been one person at Duel Academy who shut down over card games back then. Now, after all this time, the Dark Personality had finally poked his head out to look at the outside world again, only to discover that the once-cheerful young HERO had somehow turned into this kind of mess.
Right off the bat, there was this thing called Yubel, covered head to toe in Counter Damage armor. The harder you hit her, the happier she got—but while she was genuinely enjoying herself, you were the one genuinely hurting. There was simply no way to attack.
Not only were your attacks sealed, but the other side then brought out that righteous HERO, Lampard Guardian. Its huge ass sat across the Field, directly draining your Life Points every turn.
Tell me, did that look like something a HERO should be doing?
Still, Judai felt rather innocent about the increasing number of people saying his dueling was starting to resemble Kira's.
He did not think he had intentionally imitated Kira. He still dueled the way he always had, playing whatever came to mind. If he had to name any difference from the past, it was probably that his horizons had broadened, and the ideas that flashed through his mind had changed somewhat.
For example, he now had Yubel