"What did you say!?"
Kaito immediately turned around.
He had always harbored some misgivings toward Kira, merely keeping them suppressed for the time being. Now that Kira had taken the initiative to provoke him, if he still did not get angry, then he would not be Brother Kaito.
"I said, could it be that you're scared?"
"Scared of me, or scared of dueling itself?" Kira smiled. "After all, you lost to me last time, and now you're thinking of giving up, aren't you?"
Yuma looked at him in surprise. "Kira, how—"
Before he could say anything more, Astral extended an arm to stop him. "No, this is fine."
Yuma blinked. "Eh?"
Kaito narrowed his eyes at Kira. "You said I'm scared? Of you?"
"Well, who knows?" Kira chuckled. "Otherwise, why have you kept silent when you clearly still harbor doubts and hostility toward me?"
"I see. It seems I really have been underestimated."
Kaito took a deep breath.
Orbit 7, the robot beside him, nervously reminded him, "Lord Kaito, your current physical condition is not suitable for a duel—"
"I know my own body. I don't need you to remind me, Orbit 7!" Kaito suddenly raised his voice, planting his hands on his hips as he faced Kira. "Perfect. I only lost last time because I was careless. I've been wondering when I might get a chance for a rematch."
Why wait for another day? Come on!
As he spoke, Kaito had already activated his Duel Disk.
"Interesting. You think you were merely careless last time, but I never said that what you saw then was my full strength."
Kira unhurriedly activated his Duel Disk as well.
"Can't be helped. I'll play with you a little longer, then. Just this once."
"Duel!" x2
``` [Kira, LP 4000]
[Kaito, LP 4000]