What Respect Means

"Your Highness!"

The woman in pink who had arrived with Prince Ojin immediately stepped forward to help him up.

But Prince Ojin waved her away. Then he looked up and stared meaningfully at Kira for quite a while.

After a long moment, he finally squeezed out a single word.

"Impressive."

Several more seconds passed before he added,

"I admire you."

Of course he did. How could he not?

The legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the symbol of power in the Dueling World, Seto Kaiba's invincible strongest sword, had actually been twisted into this kind of shape.

Before today, perhaps no one in the entire Dueling World could have imagined that one day Blue-Eyes would appear in such a posture—repeatedly rising from the dead and leaping back into action, getting launched again and again from Catapult Turtle's rail cannon to gradually chip away at the opponent's Life Points while crushing his spirit.

The team Prince Ojin had brought with him was dumbfounded. The Mizigaruzeng Kingdom seemed to be a fairly simple and honest place, as could be seen from how Prince Ojin, both their national leader and dueling representative, held aggressive OTKs in such high regard.

And the simple, honest people of Mizigaruzeng had barely set foot in Duel Academy before witnessing the dangers of the outside world. Prince Ojin, who had spent years immersed in every kind of Satellite OTK, had never imagined outside duelists could play this dirty.

"How should I put it... that's Kira for you."

Misawa, who knew Kira best, held it in for a long time before finally speaking.

"But for Blue-Eyes White Dragon to actually... hmm."

He shook his head, indicating that he had nothing to say.

To turn even Blue-Eyes White Dragon into something that made people shut down in despair—one could only say that