White Knight

The warm sunlight gently shone over the lawns of Duel Academy. Judai Yuki sat lazily by the sea with a fishing rod in hand and let out a long yawn.

"Ah, this is so boring."

Judai smacked his lips twice, his head bobbing as though he were practicing some kind of nodding technique. He looked like he could fall asleep at any moment.

It shouldn't have been like this.

The GX Tournament at Duel Academy had entered its final stages over the past two days, the climax of the competition. By this point, the students trying to muddle through and the duelists merely making up the numbers had mostly been eliminated. Those left were all elites and experts.

That was how it should have been.

But where had everyone gone?

Judai was deeply frustrated.

He had been thrilled when the GX Tournament first began, thinking he would get to face all kinds of powerful opponents. But as it went on, he realized that no one was willing to play with him at all.

It was no wonder. Judai had become fairly famous around Duel Academy, and the GX Tournament had a rule that a player could not refuse their first challenge of the day. So whenever most students spotted Judai from afar, they went out of their way to avoid him.

It had been the same in the Original Anime, except Saiō would occasionally send some strong duelists over to try and seize the Satellite "Sky" Keys Judai was safeguarding. Thanks to Saiō's friendly sponsorship, he could at least get in a few duels from time to time.

But now even his biggest sponsor, Saiō, had been taken out early by Kira. Judai was truly bored and could only fish by the shore to pass the time. It perfectly reflected