Mole Strikes!

Kira realized he might indeed have returned to Duel Academy a little too rarely lately. He had somehow missed even such major news from the school.

Aster Phoenix was coming to Duel Academy.

At first glance, it did not seem particularly surprising, since Aster had already enrolled as a first-year student at the academy at the start of the term.

But the truth was, he had not shown his face at the academy even once since school began. He had skipped the opening ceremony, missed every class, and had even ditched the periodic assessments.

Of course, the academy had given him the green light for all those absences so far, because Acting Principal Chronos placed great importance on this Professional Duelist student. Aster's enrollment had indeed brought positive influence to the academy, and it was without question the most important achievement Chronos had made during his tenure as acting principal.

There was no need to mention the fact that Aster had personally donated a huge sum of money to the academy.

So in truth, Aster's situation was somewhat similar to Kira's. No one doubted that even if the two of them failed to show up until the end of the term, they could still finish it with outstanding grades without a hitch.

But now Aster Phoenix had appeared of his own accord, and he had announced why he was here.

For one person—a student of Duel Academy.

Judai Yuki.

In fact, when Aster said he wanted to challenge a Duel Academy student, everyone, including Acting Principal Chronos, assumed he was definitely going to name Kira. After all, Kira was now the Duel King. There were at least dozens of people every day who wanted to challenge him, if not hundreds.

One could imagine that if he accepted every challenger who