Back inside the ruins.
Tetsuhiro's clone made the trees grow taller and taller, sealing off the entire area before Eliphas and Nash could rush out.
"Hahaha..." He laughed.
"Now you can't escape! Nobody's leaving until you duel me!"
"You! You're utterly unreasonable," Eliphas snapped.
"Fine. I accept." Nash activated his Duel Disk without hesitation.
"That's more like it. Why make me go to all this trouble?" Tetsuhiro's clone crooked a finger toward the ground below.
The trees on the ruins' floor rapidly stretched upward, forming a broad platform beneath their feet.
Clack!
The moment everyone landed, Tetsuhiro's clone activated his Duel Disk too.
"I hope you can take more punishment than Old Don. Come on, show me a good time! Duel!"
After a long internal struggle, Yuma finally stepped forward. "I can't let Shark face a powerful enemy alone. Clone guy, I'm going to stop you!"
"Since you're all joining in, you won't mind if I participate too, will you?" Eliphas said, activating his Duel Disk as well.
"Hahaha! Good, very good! One against three-oh, counting Astral, that makes it one against four. I never thought I'd get the same treatment as my buddy Paradox."
After laughing and saying something none of them understood, Tetsuhiro's clone immediately activated his Duel Disk.
"DUEL!!!" ×4
"Urk!"
Just as a satisfied smile spread across the clone's face, a dark figure flashed behind him, and a large, thick palm landed heavily on his shoulder.
His whole body shuddered, and his smile froze.
He wanted to escape, but the hand held him with such strength that he couldn't budge.
"You lot are making trouble for me again."
Only then did everyone get a clear look—it was Tetsuhiro!
After absorbing all the Chaos power and "Number" cards, he had immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to