Chapter Summaries

Jiang He warned Alexis, Akiza, and Rei that an unknown watcher had been spotted near the cottage, then Ishizu caught the intruder when he broke in during the night. Jiang He recognized the captured psychic duelist as Sayer, who had likely come to claim Akiza for his schemes.

• Jiang He told Alexis, Akiza, Rei, and Camula that someone had watched them from the woods and advised the girls not to go anywhere alone.
• Akiza was moved by Jiang He's concern, while Alexis realized how little genuine care Akiza had received but remained determined not to give up Jiang He.
• A black-cloaked intruder used a Quick-Play Spell Card to enter the cottage, where Ishizu held him at dagger-point and warned him against using his psychic powers.
• Little Sphere Kuriboh and the Ojama Trio woke Jiang He and reported that Ishizu had caught the intruder downstairs.
• Jiang He, Alexis, Rei, and Akiza went to the living room, where Jiang He recognized the captive as Sayer and suspected he had targeted Akiza.

Jiang He exposed Sayer’s true plan to exploit psychic duelists and trapped him in a Shadow Duel when he tried to escape. He prepared a blank Monster Card to seal Sayer and revealed that he intended to avoid paying the duel’s price himself.

• Sayer claimed he led the Arcadia Movement to protect psychics, but Jiang He used Sphere Kuriboh’s detection of malice to expose his act.
• Under pressure from Jiang He’s threat involving the Ojama Trio, Sayer admitted that he planned to use psychic duelists as tools for money and status.
• Akiza realized Sayer had likely spread rumors about the Arcadia Movement to lure her into joining and became furious.
• Sayer tried to escape with Emergency Teleport, but Jiang He’s Shadow Duel power kept him trapped beside the Slifer Red dormitory.
• Jiang He explained that losing would seal Sayer in a blank Monster Card, then admitted he planned to avoid paying the Shadow Duel’s price if he lost.

Jiang He began a Shadow Duel against Sayer, whose Psychic Synchro strategy gave him an early Life Point boost. Jiang He set five cards behind Lord of the Heavenly Prison, then revealed There Can Be Only One as Sayer prepared to continue his plays.

• Jiang He and Sayer started a Shadow Duel with 4000 Life Points each.
• Sayer used Emergency Teleport to summon Psycho Wheeleder, Normal Summoned Mind Protector, and Synchro Summoned Magical Android.
• Sayer set a card and gained 600 Life Points from Magical Android's End Phase effect.
• Jiang He revealed Lord of the Heavenly Prison to protect his set cards, then set five cards and ended his turn.
• Sayer summoned Krebons, but Jiang He activated There Can Be Only One, restricting each player to one face-up monster of each Type.

Jiang He used a series of traps to restrict Sayer’s Psychic-Type monsters and destroy his set cards, then Special Summoned Lord of the Heavenly Prison. As Sayer hoped to turn the duel around on his next turn, Jiang He revealed that he had another move prepared.

• There Can Be Only One forced Sayer to send Krebons to the Graveyard and keep Magical Android.
• Jiang He Special Summoned Lord of the Heavenly Prison from his hand, prompting Sayer to switch Magical Android to Defense Position and Set a card.
• Skill Drain negated Magical Android’s effect and stopped Sayer from recovering Life Points.
• Jiang He used Twin Twisters to destroy Sayer’s set Holy Barrier - Mirror Force and Call of the Haunted.
• Jiang He pointed to his Duel Disk’s Graveyard slot and challenged Sayer’s belief that he had no cards left.

Jiang He used Skill Drain to preserve Beast King Barbaros’s full attack, destroyed Sayer’s Magical Android, and struck Sayer directly, leaving him badly injured and at 1,600 LP. Sayer continued the duel, summoned another Krebons, and used Psychokinesis to destroy Jiang He’s There Can Be Only One, leaving Sayer with 600 LP before hinting he still had a move.

• Jiang He drew Broww, Huntsman of Dark World’s effect, then summoned Beast King Barbaros with 3,000 attack because Skill Drain negated its attack-reducing effect.
• Beast King Barbaros destroyed Sayer’s Magical Android, and Lord of the Heavenly Prison attacked Sayer directly, reducing him from 4,600 LP to 1,600 and leaving him badly injured.
• Jiang He reminded Sayer that he would lose if he could not continue the Shadow Duel, so Sayer forced himself to stand and insisted he could keep dueling.
• Sayer drew with Pot of Greed, summoned a second Krebons in Defense Position, and activated Psychokinesis.
• Sayer paid 1,000 LP to destroy Jiang He’s There Can Be Only One, dropping to 600 LP, then smirked that he could still make a comeback.

Jiang He used layered Trap Cards to stop Sayer’s comeback and win their Shadow Duel. After sealing Sayer in a card, Jiang He returned to his room, while Sayer later woke to find Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, and Ojama Black watching him.

• Sayer revived Magical Android with Monster Reborn, but Jiang He activated Zero Space to prevent either player from Special Summoning.
• Sayer equipped Magical Android with Psychic Sword and sent it to attack Lord of the Heavenly Prison, but Jiang He used Compulsory Evacuation Device to return it to the Extra Deck.
• Sayer fainted in rage, and the Shadow Duel ruled him defeated; his unconscious figure was sealed in a monster card.
• Jiang He decided to keep Sayer sealed because he considered him an irredeemable villain, then returned to his room to sleep.
• Sayer woke inside the Sealing Card and saw Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, and Ojama Black peering down at him.

Jiang He gave Rei two Synchro Monsters from Sayer’s deck while Akiza quietly wished he would give her a gift too. Later, Chancellor Sheppard gathered the Fortune Cup participants and presented equipment for Turbo Duels, leaving them to discover what Vice Chancellor Bonaparte had brought.

• Jiang He offered Rei Saotome Magical Android and Thought Ruler Archfiend, and she happily accepted the cards.
• Akiza felt envious of Rei receiving a gift and hoped Jiang He might give her one someday.
• Jiang He, Alexis, Akiza, and Rei played tennis during health class while other students watched enviously.
• Teacher Kawa and Professor Crowler summoned Jiang He, Jaden Yuki, and the other Fortune Cup participants to Chancellor Sheppard’s office.
• Chancellor Sheppard explained that the Fortune Cup finals might require Turbo Duels and said he had used Duel Academy’s limited funds to prepare equipment.
• Vice Chancellor Bonaparte carried a large cubic box into the office as the group recognized it might contain a D-Wheel.

Jiang He and the Duel Academy students accepted a skateboard disguised as a D-Wheel for the Fortune Cup after Chancellor Sheppard admitted the academy lacked funds. Later, Alexis nearly told Jiang He she wanted to marry him but backed away, while Jiang He reviewed the Emotion Points he had gained from recent duels.

• Chancellor Sheppard and Crowler revealed the academy’s D-Board and asked the students to use it for free publicity, and the students agreed.
• Jiang He refused to use the D-Board and thought about the D-Wheel he had arranged to have built using copied New Domino City technology.
• Alexis blushed as she tried to tell Jiang He that she was nearly old enough to marry, but she changed the subject and left the hot spring.
• Jiang He misunderstood Alexis’s hesitation as a possible hint about her birthday and later checked his system panel.
• Jiang He saw that he had 52,000 Emotion Points and credited much of his recent increase to Sayer.

Jiang He exchanged for the Servants of the Dragon skill and three decks, then traveled to New Domino City with the Fortune Cup participants. On arrival, a Satellite fugitive raced into the supposedly secure wealthy district, embarrassing Lazar and drawing Jiang He's mockery.

• Jiang He exchanged for Servants of the Dragon, which awakened Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon's Duel Monster spirit.
• Jiang He exchanged for the Red Dragon Archfiend Deck, the Chaos Thunder Dragon Deck, and the Tierra, Source of Destruction Deck.
• Jiang He waited at Duel Academy until the Fortune Cup approached, then traveled to New Domino City with Alexis Rhodes, Jaden Yuki, and the others.
• Lazar welcomed Jiang He and the group and explained that security in the wealthy district was strict.
• A red motorcycle-riding fugitive from Satellite sped into an alley in the wealthy district as a Security Maintenance Bureau vehicle pursued him.
• Jiang He mocked Lazar after the fugitive's escape contradicted his claims about the district's security.

Jiang He and the Duel Academy group arrived at the Fortune Cup, where Aster Phoenix revealed that Goodwin had commissioned him to defeat a twin-tailed child. The tournament began with Aster matched against Luna, while Jiang He recognized Goodwin’s hidden manipulation behind the event.

• After Lazar left, Chazz boasted about the tournament, and Bastion warned him that he could be matched against Jiang He.
• Jiang He told the group that Goodwin likely influenced the supposedly random matchups, and Aster Phoenix later confirmed he had been hired to defeat a twin-tailed child.
• Jiang He spotted Luna in the stands and a lookalike boy among the participants, while Alexis noticed a marked contestant resembling the fugitive from earlier.
• Goodwin opened the Fortune Cup and the host announced the first-round matchups.
• The host introduced Aster Phoenix and Luna as the opening duelists.

Aster Phoenix began his duel against Leo, who was secretly competing in place of his twin sister, and summoned Destiny HERO - Plasma using D - Cubed. Leo then started a Morphtronic combo, while Jiang He watched and recognized the setup as an obvious strategy.

• Leo posed as his twin sister Luna, but Aster Phoenix exposed that he was a boy before their duel began.
• Aster Phoenix summoned D - Cubed, then used two more copies from his hand as Tributes to Special Summon Destiny HERO - Plasma.
• Aster Phoenix activated the Continuous Spell D - Force to unlock Plasma's full effect, then ended his turn.
• Yusei Fudo sensed the danger in Plasma's power through his Dragon Tail Mark and warned the others.
• Leo summoned Morphtronic Magnen U, activated Cost Down, and discarded another Magnen U to the Graveyard; Aster Phoenix saw through his plan.

Aster Phoenix dismantled Leo’s defensive combo with Destiny HERO - Plasma and built a powerful field through repeated draws and revival effects. He absorbed one of Leo’s monsters, leaving Dreadmaster with 3,900 attack as the duel neared its end.

• Leo revived a second Morphtronic Magnen U and claimed the pair would prevent Aster’s monsters from attacking.
• Aster revealed that D - Force negated all of Leo’s monster effects, then used D - Boost and Graceful Charity to draw cards.
• Aster revived Destiny HERO - Dreadmaster with Monster Reborn, and Dreadmaster brought back Destiny HERO - Drilldark.
• Aster used Plasma to absorb one of Leo’s Morphtronic Magnen U and raise Plasma’s attack to 2,300.
• Aster explained that Dreadmaster’s attack had risen to 3,900 from the Destiny HERO monsters on his field.

After Aster Phoenix won the opening duel, Goodwin learned that no Crimson Dragon Mark energy had been detected from Luna, whose aura Jiang He had secretly concealed. Jiang He then faced Toramichi Saio and turned Saio’s psychological provocation against him, leaving Goodwin to smooth things over before the duel began in earnest.

• Aster Phoenix defeated Morphtronic Magnen U and won the opening match against Leo.
• Lazar told Goodwin that the venue’s detectors had found no Crimson Dragon Mark energy from Luna, while Jiang He revealed that Gravekeeper Assailant Ishizu had concealed the real Luna’s aura.
• The host introduced Jiang He and Toramichi Saio as the second duelists, and Akiza Izinski warned Jiang He about Saio’s information-gathering and psychological tactics.
• Jiang He told Saio he might have royal assassins sent after him, leaving Saio and the spectators stunned.
• Goodwin apologized to Jiang He and urged Saio not to display his usual tactics, promising Jiang He a gift to make amends.

Jiang He began his duel against Toramichi Saio by using his Ojama Deck, while Saio prepared a counter designed to destroy Tokens. Jiang He searched a growing number of cards and summoned Deep Sea Diva and Atlantean Marksman, leaving his strategy in motion.

• Jiang He accepted the first turn and used his divine-draw ability, drawing the attention of Goodwin, Yusei Fudo, and the other spectators.
• Jiang He activated Ojamatch, discarded Ojama Magic, and added Ojamachine Yellow and Dark Armed Dragon to his hand.
• Jiang He activated Ojama Magic from the Graveyard and added Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, and Ojama Black to his hand.
• Toramichi Saio recognized Jiang He's Ojama Deck and revealed that he had Token Collector ready to counter its Token strategy.
• Jiang He summoned Deep Sea Diva and used her effect to Special Summon Atlantean Marksman from his Deck.

Jiang He summoned Tierra, Source of Destruction and used its effect to return every card in both players’ hands, fields, and graveyards except itself to their decks, leaving Toramichi Saio without a hand before his first turn. Saio drew and summoned Token Collector in Defense Position, prompting Bastion Misawa to identify it as a monster designed to counter Tokens.

• Jiang He used Pot of Greed to draw two cards, then revealed Tierra, Source of Destruction and summoned it by returning ten differently named cards from his hand and field to his deck.
• Jiang He activated Tierra’s effect, returning Saio’s five starting hand cards to his deck and leaving him unable to use Mad Data Collector as planned.
• Jiang He ended his turn and taunted Saio about playing a game of drawing and playing one card at a time.
• Saio drew a card and summoned Token Collector in Defense Position.
• Bastion Misawa recognized Token Collector as an Effect Monster meant to counter Token monsters, while the other duelists asked him to explain.

Jiang He used Ojama Magic and Ojamassimilation to summon the ABC components and fuse them into ABC-Dragon Buster, turning Toramichi Saio’s confidence into alarm. He activated the Fusion monster’s effect to banish a card on Saio’s field, threatening the Token Collector that had protected him.

• Toramichi Saio ended his turn, confident Token Collector would keep Jiang He from dealing damage.
• Jiang He activated Graceful Charity, discarded Ojama Magic, and added the Ojama Trio to his hand.
• Jiang He activated Ojamassimilation, banished the Ojama Trio, and Special Summoned A-Assault Core, B-Buster Drake, and C-Crush Wyvern.
• Jiang He banished the three Machine monsters to Fusion Summon ABC-Dragon Buster.
• Jiang He used Ojamassimilation’s Graveyard effect to return the banished Ojamas to his Deck and draw a card.
• Jiang He activated ABC-Dragon Buster’s effect to discard a card and banish one card on Toramichi Saio’s field.

Jiang He defeated Toramichi Saio, then watched Yusei Fudo beat Gilles de Rais before Chazz Princeton began the Fortune Cup’s first Turbo Duel against B▶C. The chapter left Chazz and B▶C poised at the Turbo Duel starting line, their vehicles sharply contrasting in size.

• Jiang He banished Toramichi Saio’s Token Collector and defeated him with direct attacks, leaving Saio unconscious at zero LP.
• Jiang He returned to the viewing area as the host announced Yusei Fudo’s duel against Gilles de Rais.
• Yusei Fudo defeated Gilles de Rais in one turn with Junk Warrior and Junk Barrage, then greeted Jaden Yuki.
• The host announced Chazz Princeton and B▶C as the contestants in the tournament’s first Turbo Duel.
• Chazz rode onto the track on his small, yellow-duck-helmeted D-Skateboard, and B▶C arrived beside him on a massive three-wheeled D-Wheel.

Chazz and B▶C began a Turbo Duel in the Fortune Cup, with Chazz using his Armed Dragon deck against B▶C’s Spell Reactor monster. After reviving his destroyed Armed Dragon LV3 and evolving it into Armed Dragon LV5, Chazz summoned Tune Warrior as a Tuner Monster.

• The host activated Speed World, and Chazz and B▶C began their Turbo Duel with 4000 LP each.
• Chazz summoned Armed Dragon LV3 in Defense Position and set three cards.
• B▶C summoned Spell Reactor RE, destroyed Armed Dragon LV3, and set three cards of his own.
• Chazz activated Call of the Haunted to revive Armed Dragon LV3 from his graveyard.
• Chazz used Armed Dragon LV3’s effect to Special Summon Armed Dragon LV5, then Normal Summoned Tune Warrior in Defense Position.

Chazz used Tune Warrior and Armed Dragon LV5 to Synchro Summon Dark End Dragon against B▶C. He attacked Trap Reactor Y FI, but B▶C raised a hand toward his last face-down card, leaving the attack unresolved.

• Chazz summoned Tune Warrior, prompting surprise from B▶C and the spectators.
• B▶C activated Ambush Fangs to Special Summon Trap Reactor Y FI, but Chazz discarded Armed Dragon LV10 to destroy it with Armed Dragon LV5's effect.
• B▶C revived Trap Reactor Y FI with Call of the Haunted while Chazz activated DNA Surgery and changed every monster's Attribute to DARK.
• Chazz Synchro Summoned Dark End Dragon using Tune Warrior and Armed Dragon LV5.
• Chazz ordered Dark End Dragon to attack Trap Reactor Y FI, and B▶C raised a hand toward his final face-down card.

Chazz used [Dark End Dragon] to stop B▶C from summoning his ace, but B▶C drew [Black Salvo] and performed a Synchro Summon. He ended his turn with [Dark Strike Fighter] on the field, leaving the duel poised for its next move.

• Chazz activated [Fake Explosion Pentagram] to protect [Trap Reactor Y FI] from his attack and Special Summon [Summon Reactor SK], while B▶C lost 1,800 Life Points and his Speed Counter.
• Chazz used [Dark End Dragon]'s effect to send [Summon Reactor SK] to the Graveyard, preventing B▶C from summoning [Flying Fortress SKY FIRE].
• Chazz set a card and ended his turn, leaving both duelists with empty hands.
• B▶C drew and Summoned the Tuner monster [Black Salvo] in Defense Position.
• B▶C used [Black Salvo] and [Trap Reactor Y FI] as Synchro Materials to summon [Dark Strike Fighter].