Just then, light, quick footsteps came running over from the stands.
Jaden Yuki hurried onto the Dueling Arena with Alexis Rhodes, Bastion Misawa, and the others.
"Exactly! Everything Yūki said was the truth!"
Jaden ran up to them and planted his hands on his hips, his face breaking into a brilliantly sunny smile as he nodded emphatically at Chazz Princeton's two brothers.
"Chazz was seriously amazing today!"
"From that tight defense at the start, to boosting [Armed Dragon LV5] all the way to four thousand attack points in one go, and even blocking Magic Cylinder with a Counter Trap-watching all that really got my blood pumping!"
Jaden scratched the back of his head and spoke with utter sincerity.
"Honestly, if I'd been the one up there just now, facing such fierce attacks from Chazz, I really might have lost to him!"
Standing beside him, Yūki heard Jaden's cheerful declaration. The corner of his eye twitched almost imperceptibly, and he silently rolled his eyes.
Oh, please, Jaden. Save that line for people who don't know any better.
If you'd really been up there, never mind whether all those bizarre-looking fusion HEROs of yours would have left Chazz completely baffled on the spot. With that passive skill of yours that pulls a heart of the cards draw in a desperate situation and prints cards on demand, Chazz would probably still have lost-and you'd have scattered his ashes with a smile.
But now that Jaden had spoken up, Asuka naturally wasn't about to stand by and do nothing.
Although she normally wasn't close to Chazz, with his arrogant young-master airs, she was a duelist with exceptionally high standards. Now, she folded her arms across her chest and spoke with a serious expression.
"Jaden isn't exaggerating. The judgment and tactical proficiency Chazz demonstrated in