The moment Kira finished speaking, both Mr. Heart City's group of four on the other side and Kaito and the others preparing to act here underwent a drastic change in expression.
A Barian? Here?
Neither side, good nor evil, had sensed a thing.
Yet Kira said nothing more. He simply stood with one hand on his hip, smiling as he looked into the air.
After a brief silence, a chaotic red glow appeared out of nowhere in the void. It swirled and condensed, gradually taking on a humanoid shape.
It was a remarkably burly Barian. Though masked, and with features distinctly different from those of a human, he somehow brought sumo wrestlers or professional wrestlers to mind.
The man gave a cold chuckle. "You actually noticed my presence. Very good. I acknowledge you. And you have earned the chance to battle me—the great Giragu of the Barian Emperors!"
At those words, both Kaito and Yuma's expressions changed.
Kaito said, "So this is one of the Barian Emperors?"
Astral beside him also turned solemn. "The enemy's main target has appeared."
Only Kira remained completely unfazed. He even felt like laughing a little.
Because Giragu had always left him with the impression of being the comic relief among the Barian Emperors.
That was not to say the man was weak. Anyone who had made it into the Seven Emperors definitely possessed a certain level of strength.
It was just that, as one of the Seven Emperors' advance forces to arrive early in the Human World, after coming here, apart from finding a few disposable Duelists by the roadside to turn into Gimmick Puppets and send them to their deaths, he had spent most of his time holed up in a small room drinking soda, catching up on anime, and staring at youthful,