Chapter 289

Mebius conjured another ice spear in his hand and hurled it towards the Flame Scarab, piercing it through in the blink of an eye.

Boom--!!

The Flame Scarab exploded into dust in an instant.

"Well..."

[Yusei Fudo: LP4000→2900]

After the attack ended, Garnet had nothing left to do, so Judai ended the opponent's turn.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 3→4]

Judai glanced at his hand and a smile involuntarily crept up his lips, "Time to finish this quickly!"

While clutching the card, he tossed out the card Asuka had just handed him. "Spell Card [Monster Reborn] activated. Special Summon one monster from the Graveyard."

"Come on, [Elemental HERO Neos]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of white light shot out from the entrance of the graveyard of the Judai, Ultraman suddenly leaped out of the light and landed beside the Judai.

[Elemental HERO Neos: Attack Power 2500]

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 4 → 3]

What's going on?

When was that card placed in the graveyard?

Regarding the questions about Garnet and Marron, Judai explained, "Need I say more? Of course, this card is discarded when activating [Mask Change II]."

He then inserted the card he had drawn that turn into his Duel Disk: "Next, I activate the Equip Spell [Neo-Space Power], [Elemental HERO Neos] gains 800 ATK."

'Drink--!!'

[Elemental HERO Neos: Attack Power 2500 → 3300]

"It's not over yet! When you only have one Warrior-type monster on your field, activate the Equip Spell [Assault Armor]! Neo-HERO's ATK increases by another 300 points!"

Powered by the two equipment cards, Ultraman suddenly unleashed a powerful aura.

[Elemental HERO Neos: Attack Power 3300 → 3600] Si

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3→2] 8

"Attack power 3600 points...!?" Garnet and Marron each took a step back in shock.

Because Judai also has Mole Cricket on the field, he can KO it with a single hit no matter which side he attacks.

Of course, Judai had more to think about than just that.

Chapter 162 Mizuchi Saio, Encountering the Umbrella of Edo Again

"Another effect of the Equip Spell [Assault Armor] activated!"

"Send this equipped card to the Graveyard. During this turn, the monster equipped with this card can attack twice!"

[Elemental HERO Neos: Attack Power 3600 → 3300]

Once Judai was ready, he launched an attack without hesitation. "Let's fight! First, use [Neo-Spacian Mole Cricket] to attack [Raiden, Hand of the Storm]!"

At his command, the Mole Cricket put the drill on its shoulder back on its head and charged rapidly toward the Thunder Emperor.

"Activate the Mole Cricket's effect again; when attacking, bounce this card and Zaborg back to your hand."

Clang!

The moment the drill struck the Thunder Emperor, the two monsters transformed into streaks of light and flew back into their hands.

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 1→2]

[Marron hand cards: 1→2]

"Oh no!!" Marron immediately sensed something was wrong.

Judai then issued another command, "[Elemental HERO Neos] Attack the player directly!"

Ultraman, radiating rainbow light, immediately flew over and delivered a chop to Marron.

"Ughhh--!!"

[Marron: LP2700→0]

"Damn it, Marron, you useless bastard, you got defeated so quickly!"

Seeing Garnet's exasperated state, Judai and Asuka couldn't help but chuckle.

"You're not much better off, are you?" Judai pointed at Garnet again and shouted, "The battle of the Neo-HERO isn't over yet!"

"Neo-HERO attacks Mebius!"

Neo-HERO turned around and delivered another chop to Hyotei.

Boom--!!

Hyotei was instantly shattered into dust.

[Garnet: LP2700→1800]

"It's not over yet! When Neo-HERO destroys an opponent's monster in battle, due to the effect of [Neo-Space Power], it deals damage equal to the destroyed monster's attack power!"

"What did you say?!" Garnet's pupils suddenly contracted upon hearing this.

At the same time, the rainbow light emanating from Ultraman standing in front of him burned his body.

"Hmph! Ahh..."

[Garnet: LP1800→0]

As the duel ended, Garnet and Marron collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.

"Damn it... this means... we can't complete Mishiu's mission..."

Upon hearing Marron's words, Judai and Asuka were immediately startled.

"Mishiu!?"

"Wasn't we talking about the Prince of Zhai? Where did this guy come from?"

Garnet struggled to lift his head and explained, "Didn't we say...? We are... Mizuchi Saio's subordinates..."

Judai & Asuka:????

The two were stunned; they hadn't expected the answer to be like this.

"Mizuchi Saio? Or Takuma Saio?"

The two men lying on the ground were unable to answer Judai's question, as they had both passed out, clearly having exhausted all their strength in the duel.

"Could it be that our long-held suspicions about the enemy have been wrong?"

Asuka couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Judai stroked his chin, also somewhat puzzled. "Perhaps this person named Mishiu is the mastermind behind the Society of Light. The fact that she shares the surname Saiou might be a coincidence, but it could also be something else. If she is a relative of Takuma Saio, then that makes sense too."

"Then let's look at the information more carefully later and see if the two are related," Asuka suggested after thinking for a moment.

Judai nodded upon hearing this. "That's all we can do for now. The most important thing right now is to get these people to the hospital."

So he picked up his phone and called an ambulance, then he and Asuka waited there.

Just then, Sugoroku Muto, who had been lying on the ground for a long time, finally woke up, "Hmm, hmm..."

"Mr. Sugoroku?!"

"Sugoroku!"

Upon hearing Sugoroku's voice, Judai quickly stepped forward to help him up. "Are you alright, Mr. Sugoroku?"

Sugoroku frowned, looking completely bewildered. "Strange... what happened to me? How did I end up in a place like this?"

Judai explained with a wry smile, "Just now, when we weren't paying attention, Mr. Sugoroku, you were kidnapped..."

Hearing this, the old man suddenly perked up. "Ah! Come to think of it, I think someone suddenly tapped me on the head, and before I could even react, I lost consciousness!"

"By the way, Judai, where is the person who kidnapped me?"

"Look, that's them! We've already defeated them in a duel!"

Judai pointed to the two adult men lying to the side.

Asuka stepped forward and continued, "After the duel, both of them collapsed. We've already called an ambulance, and then we'll accompany you to the hospital to check if you're injured."

"Thank you so much for taking such good care of an old man like me."

Judai shook his head, saying guiltily, "No, it's what we should do. After all, you were implicated because of us. They kidnapped you to lure us here."

"Judai is right, we should be apologizing to you."

"It's alright, it's alright..." Sugoroku Muto waved his hand to indicate that he didn't mind. "You're all good kids, you just ran into bad people. Besides, this isn't the first time I've been kidnapped, I'm used to it (Millennium Hostage)."

Judai: Scared!?Σ(っ°Д °;)っ

Asuka: Is that even possible!? Σ( ° △ °|||)

Having gotten used to being a hostage, the two were immediately speechless...

Shortly after, an ambulance arrived at the building. After the paramedics took the two unconscious extras away, Judai carried the old man to the hospital.

After a hospital check-up revealed that Sugoroku Muto was mostly unharmed, the three of them returned to the hospital via the same route.

After taking the old man home, Judai and Asuka left, preparing to return to the base camp the academy had set up for their school trip.

On their way back, they encountered another unexpected person on the street.

"Judai!"

"Edo!? What are you doing here? Are you here to fight me too?"

Upon seeing the handsome young man with silver hair, dressed in a silver fitted suit, Judai and Asuka couldn't help but show expressions of surprise.

To Judai's question, Edo shook his head and replied, "It was just a coincidence. I'm here looking for someone's whereabouts."

After denying the other party's guess, Edo then said, "But since we've run into you here, it's a good opportunity to settle things once and for all!"

Chapter 163 Edo's Obsession, The Third Challenge

Faced with Edo's challenge, Judai did not immediately agree.

"Instead of that, I'd like to ask you a question."

"What's the problem?"

"I remember your manager's name is Takuma Saio, right?"

"So what if it is?"

Judai nodded, then asked, "Do you know someone named Mizuchi Saio?"

"Mizuchi Saio!?" Edo frowned slightly. 'Isn't that Sai-ō's sister, Mishiu? Why is he bringing her up?'

So he asked Judai, "So what if you know her? What good will it do you to understand her?"

Upon hearing that he knew her, Judai perked up. "Can you tell me who she is? What's her relationship with Takuma Saio? Which of them founded the Society of Light? I want to know her purpose and why she's causing us trouble?"

Upon hearing this, Edo immediately understood. 'He's probably acting on instructions from the King of the West. What exactly is he planning?'

He had too many questions in his mind.

However, compared to these doubts, he was more concerned about the outcome of his match against Judai. After losing to Judai twice, his desire to defeat Judai had become an obsession, and he wanted to prove the strength of the Destiny HERO at all times.

So he chose not to answer directly...

"Fight me, Judai! If you defeat me in this duel, I'll tell you everything I know."

Judai:...

In the end, they couldn't avoid the duel. Judai had no choice but to turn around and instruct, "Asuka, give him the Duel Disk!"

"OK."

Asuka deftly removed the Duel Disk that hadn't been returned after the previous duel and tossed it to Edo, who had nothing in his hands.

Afterwards, Judai and Edo found a secluded spot under a bridge where few people passed by to fight.