Chapter 213

"President Kaiba!"

"Hmm? Isono, what's wrong?"

Isono respectfully handed over a USB drive.

"This is?"

"President Kaiba, this is a video that Principal Samejima from the Duel Academy sent over overnight."

"Shami Island?"

Kaiba casually took the USB drive, inserted it directly into the laptop, and played its contents.

After watching the replay of Judai's duel tonight in just a few minutes.

"Hmph, this Yusei Fudo is quite strong, but he's still rather inexperienced and lacks the strategic mastery that Yugi possesses."

"Looks like I'll have to find some time to meet him."

As for how to meet him, the President needs to think about it carefully.

The next day.

After Kagurazaka returned the deck, the exhibition proceeded as planned, and the academy forgave him.

I won't go into the specifics for now.

However, he didn't seem to heed Judai's words from last night. After returning home, he dressed up as Judai, causing a little commotion.

After that, a period of peace and quiet followed.

Until one day, classes resumed as normal at the college.

In the classroom, the bald Chancellor was speaking in front of the screen, "Our sister school from the north comes every year."

"We'll have friendly duels with students from the Duel Academy. Last year, second-year student Ryo Marufuji defeated the representative from our sister school, bringing honor to our school."

"Our school's representative for this year hasn't been decided yet; anyone can be chosen, so everyone should strive for the opportunity!"

After making empty promises, Principal Samejima turned off the screen.

Among the group of students in the Red Dorm, a tomboy wearing a hat looked at Ryo Marufuji with admiration.

"That's my brother!" Sho Marufuji explained to her, "Saotome Rei, my brother is really amazing. Unlike me, he gets excellent grades."

'Ryo Marufuji, of course I know!'

Saotome Rei looked like a fangirl.

According to his age, he is only a fifth-grade elementary school student, and theoretically he should not be able to enroll until next year. However, in order to meet his dream master, Ryo, as soon as possible, he secretly disguised himself as a boy and changed his age to enter the school early, all for the sake of meeting the legendary strongest academy member, Kaiser Ryo.

However...

A minor character suddenly interjected, "It's a pity that Kaiser isn't the strongest person in the academy right now."

"Hmm? What does that mean?"

Saotome Rei looked displeased; her Ryo-sama was definitely the strongest.

The man continued, "Few people know about this. I only heard it from a friend of mine. Apparently, Kaiser once lost to a first-year student Yusei Fudo."

'Liar, how could that be?'

Saotome Rei looked completely incredulous.

Sho Marufuji asked suspiciously, "How did your friend find out?"

"My friend was one of Kaiser's roommates, and he told me that Kaiser said it unintentionally."

'Is it really true? No, I have to investigate!'

The girl made up her mind.

You won't believe Saotome Rei you do, you'll be shocked.

Examples include defeating the college professor in the entrance exam, teaming up with Asuka to defeat the legendary duelists, the Labyrinth Brothers, in Arbitration Duel, or defeating the Kagurazaka's deck that imitated the King of Games.

All of these events demonstrate that Judai's strength is formidable, on par with Kaiser Ryo.

Rei was incredulous. He had heard the legend of Kaiser Ryo since elementary school and desperately didn't want to believe that he had been defeated: 'Absolutely impossible, my Ryo-sama is the strongest!'

But what if...?

She shook her head; she couldn't think about it anymore. She had to go and meet him in person.

Evening.

Judai, who had just returned to his dormitory from the Teaching Building, found someone squatting at his room door.

He looked closer and said, "Uh, aren't you the student who transferred to the college yesterday? What do you need me for?"

Saotome Rei had been waiting in front of the dormitory for a long time, stood up and stared intently at Judai: "Let's duel, Yusei Fudo!"

"Huh? So sudden? May I ask why?"

"I heard you're number one in the academy, is it wrong for me to challenge you?"

Judai stroked his chin. "That's it? There's nothing wrong with it, but how did you know I was number one in the academy? My relationship with Kaiser shouldn't have been made public, right?"

Seeing Judai's expression, Saotome Rei felt a pang of anxiety: 'It seems like it really is true, what should I do?'

'No, we can't confirm whether it's a rumor or not yet.'

The girl coughed twice. "Ahem, I'm just asking if you'll accept my challenge. If you don't, I'm not leaving."

She blocked the doorway firmly, with an expression that said, "You can't come in unless you agree."

Judai scratched his head, looking at her unreasonable behavior, wondering what he had done to offend her.

So he agreed, "Alright, alright, I accept your challenge, okay, young lady?"

"What young lady? Don't talk nonsense!"

The girl, exposed, jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

In fact, Judai recognized Rei as a woman disguised as a man the moment he saw her, but he didn't expose her at the beginning.

Seeing her nervous expression, it was clear she didn't want others to know, so Judai stopped bringing up the topic.

It wasn't until a little later that he took his Duel Disk and followed her to a less crowded beach for a duel.

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Maiden of Love

On a coastline not far from the student dormitory, Yusei Fudo and Saotome Rei began their duel.

"Duel!!" ×2

[Yusei Fudo: LP4000]

[Saotome Rei: LP4000]

Rei was the first to draw a card from her deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Saotome Rei card:5→6]

She glanced at the card in her hand, a slight smile playing on her lips, "Heh, summoning [Maiden of Love]!"

As she slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, a burst of light appeared, and a little girl in a princess dress appeared on the field. She even gave a cute and coquettish performance, and Judai seemed to see pink bubbles all around her.

[Maiden of Love: Attack power 400]

[Saotome Rei card: 6→5]

"... I'm having a hard time dealing with girls who are so frivolous."

Judai looked at the scene before him with a face full of black lines, somewhat losing his fighting spirit.

"I'll set one more card face down, end of turn."

[Saotome Rei card:5→4]

Li ended his turn decisively and cleanly.

Judai rubbed his forehead, looking a bit annoyed: 'Oh well, I'll just do it casually and let the water out.'

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 5→6]

After drawing his card, he first pulled out a card from his hand and placed it on the Duel Disk: "I summon [Elemental Hero Neos Alius] in Attack Position."

A flash of golden light, and an undeveloped, plant-like human was projected onto the screen.

[Elemental Hero Neos Alius: Attack Power 600]

Then Judai revealed a Spell Card, "Next, I activate the Spell Card [HERO Union] from my hand."

This effect can only be activated when there is a [Hero] monster on the field. Special Summon 2 Level 4 or lower [Elemental HERO] monsters from your hand.

"Come on, [Elemental Hero Winged HERO], [Elemental Hero Sparkman]!"

He placed his other two monster cards onto the Duel Disk in turn, and Winged HERO and Sparkman appeared instantly.

[Elemental HERO Avian: Attack Power 1000]

[Elemental Hero Sparkman - Attack Power 1600]

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 6 → 2]

Then, Judai flicked his hand and commanded, "Battle begins! Winged HERO's attack, Winged Storm!"

At his command, the Winged HERO flapped his wings, and a storm swept towards the girl.

Saotome Rei quickly waved her arm and shouted, "Activate the Trap Card, [Holy Lance]!"

"When an opponent's monster declares an attack, your Life Points are restored equal to the attacking monster's ATK."

[Saotome Rei: LP 4000 → 5000]

The next second, the girl in love was hit by a storm.

Ah--!!

The delicate little girl let out a scream and collapsed to the ground.

[Saotome Rei: LP 5000 → 4400]

Rei quickly replied, "[The Maiden of Love]'s monster effect means that as long as it's in Attack Position, it won't be destroyed by battle."

'So it's an effect that won't be destroyed in battle? But what's the point of having so little attack power?'

As Judai was thinking this, his friend's voice suddenly rang out beside him.

Curry Curry~~

"Uh, Winged Kuriboh?"

Winged Kuriboh raised its claws and pointed at the opposite side.

Judai looked in the direction it was pointing, and then he had an embarrassed expression on his face.

"Eh--?!"

Because he saw a very shabby scene--

--The Winged HERO was kneeling nervously beside the girl in love.

Winged HERO: 'Miss, are you alright?'

Girl in Love: 'It's okay, Mr. Winged HERO.'

As she spoke, the little girl turned her head away, adopting the act of a naive and innocent girl.

What the heck???