Kira got up early the next day.
He brought the luggage he had packed long ago, Duel Disks of various models, several completed decks, and the Super Expanded Side Deck, which had already grown to over a hundred cards, that he carried as a backup.
He boarded the special plane Duel Academy had sent for new students and flew toward the legendary haven for newcomers—the location of Duel Academy.
It had to be said that the academy President Kaiba had invested in was outrageously luxurious. The island was enormous. When Judai returned after wandering the world with his Neo-Spacian Deck in the anime's second year, he had actually gotten lost on the academy island for days and couldn't find the school. Looking at the series as a whole, the island also hid ancient ruins, secret laboratories, and all sorts of other facilities.
So while it was called a school, it looked to be at least the size of a small town.
As the plane drew closer, Kira studied the isolated island through the window. From high above, he took in its shape, the lush green forest, and the massive volcanic crater at the rear. He felt as though he had seen it somewhere before.
A flash of insight struck Kira's mind, and he suddenly remembered something.
Wait a second. From this aerial view... didn't it look a little like "Island of the Fire King"?
Island of the Fire King was a core Field Spell Card in the Fire King deck, but there shouldn't have been anything like that in the GX anime.
Kira had never noticed before, but only now, after personally arriving above Duel Academy Island, did he realize that it looked ninety, if not a full hundred percent, identical to that card's artwork.
It had to be a