"Duel Champion!?"
Yuma's gaze toward Kira immediately became solemn and respectful.
After all, Yuma's greatest dream was to become a Duel Champion. If that was true, then the man before him was practically an idol to Yuma.
Of course, although Yuma had still failed to win the title of Duel Champion by the end of the anime, considering his experiences and the duels he had won, he had probably long surpassed the realm of an ordinary champion.
Although ZEXAL's story had never explained who the champion of this world was, they probably could not compare to Don Thousand. After all, by the later stages of the anime, dueling had already reached world-destroying levels.
"I'll go first. Draw a Card," Kira said.
He knew that Kagurazaka was being controlled. There had been similar cases in the ZEXAL anime, where insignificant extras controlled by Barian became minor boss-level duelists in an instant. Not only that, even the Decks they originally used might change, especially since they would certainly possess the card symbolizing Barian Power.
Rank-Up Magic—Barian Power allowed Xyz Monsters to rank up and gain the Chaos power of Barian.
Therefore, it was only natural that the controlled person would be using an Xyz Deck. Kira knew that although he appeared to be facing Kagurazaka, the one truly dueling him was the Barian behind the scenes. The opponent's Deck was most likely not Kagurazaka's original Deck either.
He could not determine what kind of strategy his opponent would use for now, so he would observe for a while and gather information first.
"I Normal Summon 'Banshee of the Underworld' from my hand."
Kira slapped the monster card in his hand onto his Duel Disk. As its projection system activated, a new Zombie-Type monster was summoned onto the Field.
Silver hair fluttered as