Chapter 223

Judai clenched his fist and shouted, "It's not over yet! My Elemental Hero hasn't attacked yet!"

"Go! Elemental Hero against Manjoume... uh, Lightning, attack directly!"

"Ah!!"

"""Ah!!"""

Manjoume and the audience from the North Academy simultaneously let out cries of resentment.

At this moment, Elemental Hero raised his hands high and then slammed his fists down onto the ground.

Boom--!!!

The shockwave immediately traveled along the ground towards Manjoume.

"Ughhh--!!"

Manjoume was instantly attacked and blown away, falling to the ground.

[Manjoume "Lightning": LP2600→0]

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--!!

As the winner was decided, the Duel Academy erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Principal Samejima stood up excitedly, disregarding his own image, and cheered for Judai with obvious pride. "Great, Judai! You are my pride!"

Some were happy, some were sad. Principal Ichise, sitting to the side, looked utterly devastated. "Waaaaah! Manjoume- kun, my reward is gone!"

Meanwhile, Manjoume collapsed to the ground, dejected and unable to believe what had just happened.

"Zhun, what are you doing? Do you know what you've done?"

"This is utterly discrediting the Manjoume clan!"

Hearing his two older brothers' stern words, Manjoume lowered his head even further. "I'm sorry..."

"Hey you, what's wrong with the card we gave you?"

"Why not use it? That would allow you to build a stronger deck!"

Manjoume closed his eyes tightly. "I want to win with my own deck."

Masashi grabbed his collar angrily, "You idiot younger brother!!"

That's why I call you the worst student!

The two older brothers were about to explode in anger.

Judai, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer. "Stop it! That's enough! Manjoume was fighting desperately just now."

"Hmph, what right do you, an outsider, have to meddle in our affairs?"

Judai stepped forward and said bluntly, "As a duelist on par with Manjoume, you two outsiders shouldn't be pointing fingers at him."

""You!!""

The two who were belittled were furious on the spot, glaring at Judai as if they wanted to kill him with their eyes.

"That's enough, aren't you two brothers embarrassed enough? Please go back."

The audience couldn't stand it anymore either.

"Yes, please go back!!"

"Manjoume "Lightning"! Well done, as expected of Lightning!!"

"Manjoume "Lightning"! Lightning! Lightning! Lightning!"

The students of the North Academy not question their king just because Manjoume lost once. In their hearts, Manjoume is the only king, and no one can shake his position, not even Principal Ichise.

"We misjudged you, Jun! Let's go, Seiji!"

The audience's shouts drowned out the two brothers' voices, so they had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

At this moment, Judai walked up to Manjoume and was about to speak.

"Judai, I can handle my own affairs. You don't need to comfort me."

Manjoume, abandoning his usual arrogance, spoke to him with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Judai nodded. "Really? I believe you."

"However, I still have something to say to you."

Manjoume looked at him in confusion. "What is it?"

Suddenly, Judai smiled and said, "Manjoume, you are a powerful and proud duelist. You did nothing wrong."

"Is that so...?"

"So..." Judai suddenly changed the subject, flicking his finger at Manjoume: "I won, what an interesting duel!"

"You!"

Manjoume was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but he stopped when he saw the right hand that Judai was offering.

He chuckled easily, took the other person's hand, and said, "You... are as annoying as ever, Judai."

"Hehe, same to you."

The two exchanged a smile, as if all their previous grudges had vanished.

Chapter Fifty-Four Ancient Ruins

Manjoume stood on the dock, bidding farewell to the junior students from the North Academy aboard the submarine.

"I won't be going back to the North Academy; there are still things I haven't finished here."

He looked like he had made up his mind.

"Lightning!"

"No!"

"What will we do if you don't come back with us?"

A group of people said, sobbing.

"Stop nagging, and no crying allowed!"

"You must practice your dueling skills diligently when you get back!"

"We'll meet again someday. But if you haven't improved when we meet again, you're dead!"

Unable to bear the weeping and wailing of these people, Manjoume spoke with an arrogant expression.

After promising them a rosy picture, the group finally stopped lingering.

And so, the delegation from the North Academy sailed away from the Duel Academy's dock in their submarine.

Incidentally, Principal Ichise left with a tearful expression on his face.

The reason is that after losing the match, the mysterious reward was obtained by Principal Samejima.

The reward was rather surprising—a kiss from "Miss Duel Academy," Aunt Tome.

Therefore, the essence of this competition is the rivalry between two love rivals for the affections of their sweethearts (the jealousy and rivalry among the elderly), which is why Principal Ichise is so heartbroken.

Judai and the others were speechless when they learned of this. All that hard work in the duel for such a trivial matter?

'Wait a minute, I haven't gotten my [Armored Dragon] back yet!'

"Waaaaah!!"

After the submarine departed, Principal Ichise realized that she had lost both her love and her precious card, and she cried even harder.

The students at the North Academy, unaware of their Chancellor's true feelings, assumed he was crying because he was reluctant to part with Manjoume.

So the group of people started crying and sobbing again.

"The Chancellor cried!"

"Waaaaah!"

Let's cry together!

"Manjoume "Lightning"! Lightning! Lightning!!"

And so, everyone waved goodbye to Manjoume.

The latter, however, remained at the Duel Academy Main Campus because their student status was still valid.

Daidouji smiled and said to Manjoume, who had stayed behind, "But even if you stay here, Manjoume "Lightning", you can't stay in Obelisk Blue because you've been absent for three months, meow~."

"Huh?"

Manjoume was shocked when he heard what Teacher Daidouji had said.

The latter continued, "Now you can only stay in Osiris Red, which has nothing to do with attendance."

"What? I'm going to be assigned to such a terrible dorm in Osiris Red, just like that Judai guy?"

Manjoume looked disgusted.

At that moment, Judai walked over and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him, "Don't worry about it, Manjoume. There's nothing wrong with the Red Dorm. Look at me, I've never minded this issue, and I'm still doing fine."

"Stop arguing!"

Judai put his arm around his shoulder and said with a grin, "Alright, alright, I'll cook you some nice dishes later to celebrate moving into the dorm."

"I refuse!"

"""Ha ha ha ha!"""

A few days later.

Judai appeared outside the academy's Teaching Building with his schoolbag on his back, along with Teacher Daidouji, Sho, the Koala (Hayato), and Asuka.

The reason we gathered together was because it was a weekend extracurricular activity arranged by the Teacher Daidouji, a picnic at an Ancient Ruins on the island.

Since Judai, Sho, and Hayato were all students in the Red Dorm, they were invited over by Teacher Daidouji.

Since I had nothing to do around the Judai, I accepted the invitation and came along.

Teacher Daidouji, carrying his schoolbag and looking beaming, exclaimed, "I'm so happy to have everyone together today! Meow!"

Sho complained, "There were supposed to be everyone, but there were only four of us, and we were only called over by Teacher Daidouji."

Hayato didn't seem to care. "But I am quite interested in Ancient Ruins. That particular ruin is very close to the volcano and has always been a restricted area."

"By the way, I didn't expect you to be here too, Asuka."

Judai turned to look at the girl beside him.

"That ruin was built of stone, and it's said to be related to the Dark Duel. Perhaps it's also connected to my brother's disappearance."

"Oh? Is there such a rumor? I'll look into it for you later."

Asuka gladly accepted Judai's offer, saying, "Thank you, Judai."

"You don't need to be so polite with me."

Yes, that's right.

Soon, the group set off under the guidance of the Teacher Daidouji.

"Finally here, meow~, this is the entrance to the ruins~ meow."

After trekking through mountains and rivers and truly experiencing a wilderness adventure, the group finally arrived at the so-called Ancient Ruins on the island.

The crowd looked at the excited Daidouji, pointing to the broken stone archway and the dilapidated ancient ruins in front of it.

'Really!'

Unlike the others who were more oblivious, Judai clearly sensed the faint Dark Power permeating the surroundings.

So he moved closer to Asuka and whispered, "Be careful, Asuka."

'What's wrong?'

'I sensed Dark Power here; this ruin is very likely related to the Dark Yami.'

Upon hearing Judai's words, Asuka immediately became serious.