"I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead!"
Joey Wheeler hurried back and rushed into the KaibaCorp building.
He had spent the entire day here, carried away by excitement after obtaining Red-Eyes Xyz. But he had celebrated too soon. Just as he was about to head home, he suddenly realized something important.
A week ago, Mai Valentine had given him an amulet she had specifically obtained for him. Since Joey often found himself forced into dangerous duels, she had great confidence in Jōno-chi's dueling—especially his Dice Strength—but there were always greater people beyond greater people, higher heavens beyond higher heavens. Especially in this era of frequent Different Dimension conflicts, no one could tell what kind of expert might appear next.
After all, Joey was strong, but he could not yet be called invincible in this age. There might well be enemies even stronger than him in the Xyz Dimension.
That was why Mai had specially given him this amulet, hoping it would ensure he emerged victorious from every battle ahead.
However, the thick-nerved Joey had gotten so carried away after obtaining Red-Eyes Meteor Dragon today that he did not realize until very late that he had somehow lost that important amulet.
The shock was no small matter. Joey could instantly picture Mai's furious reaction upon learning what had happened. Maybe she would pin his head down with her fist and use the Spinning God Technique on him all night, grinding the skin right off his forehead.
And Joey had spent the entire day in KaibaCorp without going anywhere else, so it had to have fallen somewhere along the route he had taken during the day.
That was why he had hurried back to KaibaCorp to search for the lost amulet.
To his surprise, however, his return brought an unexpected gain.
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