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Chapter 1343 You-Know-Who

Poke - Poke -

Squatting on the ground, Judai looked curiously at the empty space in front of him, poking it tentatively with a branch he picked up.

"It's amazing! I poked a hole in the ground." Judai said in amazement as he pulled up the branch and watched the hole he made on the ground heal quickly, "but it disappeared in the blink of an eye."

"And the trigger mechanism seems to be 'continuous strokes'. If you don't pull out the branch, you can keep drawing without self-repair." Using the mud on the ground as a drawing board, Maeda Hayato drew a large picture in one stroke, which seemed to be the shape of the [Death Koala]. "Ah, it's broken."

He accidentally used too much force and broke the branch. The drawing that Maeda left on the ground disappeared just as quickly as the hole that Judai had poked, leaving only a flat and empty ground.

"Hehe, so didn't I tell you before, Maeda, to find a better branch?" Judai proudly raised the "branch sword" in his hand that was long, straight, of the right thickness, and even had symmetrical forks as a hand guard, and said proudly, "For example, my 'Invincible Ultimate Hero Immortal-level Spiral Flash Wheel Dance Roar Heaven and Earth Unparalleled Crackling Lightning Pill'!"

"The name is too long, Judai. Why not just call it 'Denkomaru'?"

"Then isn't it a waste for me to choose such a long name? Even if it's an abbreviation, it should at least be called 'Tian Shang Tian Xia Tian Di Wu Shuang Dao', right?"

Hearing Judai and Maeda squatting on the ground and actually discussing the naming of the "branch sword" and even the attribute settings such as "cutting the taste" and "critical", Marufuji Sho covered his face helplessly: "Why are we wasting so much time here..."

"Brother, if we don't leave now, I'm afraid that Manjome and Asuka-san will reach the end soon."

Hearing Marufuji Sho's urging, Judai said confidently, "It's okay, Sho. Look, there's no time limit written on this task panel. This means that if you want to reach the finals venue, it's either a matter of seconds or a long task. This is my experience after playing so many RPG games."

I have seen many quests with such instructions in the games I have played in the past. Some are short, such as "Equip weapons", which can be completed in the blink of an eye, and some are long, such as "Search for Princess Theoda", which may not be completed until I lose interest in the game and AFK (Away-From-Keyboard, which means taking my hands off the keyboard, meaning not playing the game for a long time or permanently).

  If the location of that huge tree was near where Judai and his friends entered the virtual world, then the mission they received, "Reaching the End of the World," was one that could be completed in one go, and Judai wouldn't put it off for too long. But that tree was so far away that Manjomu and his friends had to ride on summoned card monsters as mounts to reach it?

This is probably a long-term task, so you can take your time.

Moreover, Judai used his amazing wisdom to think that maybe the way Manjome and the others traveled by riding card monsters was wrong, because although the task description only said "arrive" at the destination without restricting how to arrive, even the task prompt only said the inexplicable "Odin's horse", those who didn't know might think it was hinting that others should ride "horses" or mounts to arrive as soon as possible.

However, Judai's amazing wisdom told him that the word "step to" in the mission name [Step to the End of the World] might be important information that cannot be ignored. Maybe the correct way to complete the mission is to step on the ground like them and move towards the direction of the huge tree.

"Even if you say so, big brother." Looking at Judai who was still poking the ground with a branch and then laughing at the disappearing hole, Marufuji Sho complained, "It's been almost an hour since we set out, but we only walked less than 50 minutes through the grassland and into this forest. We have already wasted more than 10 minutes here."

"Huh? Has it been that long? The sun hasn't moved much." Judai looked up at the sky with some confusion. Because of the clouds, he didn't feel any glare even if he looked directly at the sun. Not to mention that this was a virtual world, so he didn't have to worry about his eyesight being damaged. The sun he saw seemed to still be hanging at the same height as when he set out.

"Although the sun in the sky didn't move, the task panel provided by this virtual world did display the time. However, it didn't seem to be synchronized with the real time when we came in. Instead, it started at 8 o'clock in the morning. It was about 8:30 when we set out, and now it is 9:30."

Maeda said to Judai in a somewhat strange tone, "When we entered this world, it was probably around three in the afternoon. We have been in this world for about an hour and a half, but I am not hungry at all? I am used to eating at five o'clock."

"Teacher Hayato once told us that we don't need to understand too much about Kaiba Group. It's good not to feel hungry, otherwise we have to find something to eat." Judai said as he picked up a piece of grass from the roadside and put it in his mouth. "For example, eating wild grass? This world can't have restored the earthy smell of grass - bah!"

"Wow, it smells exactly like the grass in real life."

"Compared to that, I'm more curious about why you know the taste of grass, big brother? Are you imitating those characters in the anime who put grass in their mouths and lie on the grass to look cool?" Marufuji Sho complained.

However, Judai just looked at the grass, said "Huh?", lowered his head in confusion and did not answer Marufuji Sho's words.

"Is there anything there, Judai?" Maeda asked curiously, and walked to Judai's side and lowered his head. Even Marufuji Sho, who was eager to get on with his journey, was aroused by the two and came over.

Pulling aside the grass, the three looked at the mysterious runes engraved on the ground and covered with grass, and exclaimed in unison: "This is..."

"Who wrote English letters so ugly? Some of them were even written backwards!"

Hearing that none of the tenth generation people knew what was written on the ground, one of them could no longer sit still and corrected them, "No, if you don't know the Runes, don't talk nonsense, meow!"

"Hey, Judai, do you know these characters?" "I've never heard of them. What are 'Runes'?" "Brother, do you know these characters?"

After the three of them spoke at the same time, they were stunned. Among them, Judai, who was stared at by Marufuji Sho and Maeda Hayato, was the most confused.

"Wasn't it you, Big Brother, who just spoke?"

Hearing Marufuji Sho's words, Judai immediately denied it: "How is it possible? Who would use such a strange habit of "meow" when speaking?"

"Actually, it's not impossible." Maeda suddenly thought of someone and swallowed.

Judai and Marufuji Sho also thought the same as Maeda, and a squinting face appeared in the minds of the three of them: "You mean, big——"

Before Marufuji Sho could finish his words, a figure suddenly stood up and appeared in front of the three of them, holding Judai's shoulders with both hands. Under a pair of squinting eyes, there was a warm smile on his lips: "Bingo! It's me, the teacher, meow~"

And the next moment, Judai, Maeda, and Sho all subconsciously threw punches and shouted in horror, "Ghost!"

Several people started to run, and Xiang shouted in panic: "Brother, this is the time for heroes to show up!"

"Weird monsters and evil organizations are the heroes' opponents, catching ghosts is the business scope of Onmyoji!"

"Wait for me, you two! I'm very afraid of ghosts!"

After the three of them ran almost 100 meters, Maeda, who started the slowest and was running at the back, had time to look back in panic. He found that no one was chasing them, so he slowed down a little. Although there was no physical limit in the virtual world, the panic just now made them subconsciously forget this point. They felt a little tired mentally, and took two deep breaths. Maeda stood in place and looked behind and found that there was no movement. He also called Judai and Xiang: "It seems that no one is chasing us?"

"Was that just my hallucination? Maeda, you and big brother should have seen it too, that Daitokuji teacher actually appeared again." When Marufuji Sho heard Maeda calling him, he slowly stopped and saw that there was indeed no danger behind, so he slowly walked back, asking Maeda and Judai as he walked.

"If this is an illusion, it would be too real. I can feel that my fist really hit something just now." Judai clenched his fist. Although it was very brief, he did have the feeling of touching something solid.

"I thought I was wrong, but Judai, you and Sho also saw it, and felt that you hit something?" Maeda also clenched his palms, as if he was savoring the feeling of hitting the existence that was probably a "person" just now. "In terms of the feel, it feels exactly the same as a punch in the face of Daitokuji Sensei. Could it be that that was really a big-"

"Shh! Don't say the other person's name, Maeda! You might actually attract a ghost!" Maruto Sho nervously covered Maeda's mouth to stop him from saying anything else, and said, "At times like this, just use 'You-Know-Who' to refer to him."

"Compared to that, I'm more curious about why you, Maeda, know what it feels like to punch the 'mysterious man' in the face."

Hearing Judai's words, Maeda scratched his cheek awkwardly: "During the Obon Festival last year, I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night and found Dade, the 'mysterious man', hiding in the corner with blood all over his face, scaring people. I subconsciously punched him in the face just like before."

"Then I found out that the 'mysterious man' took advantage of the fact that we students were asleep and used the fish caught by the principal to fillet fish and make seafood hot pot for himself and the Pharaoh."

"It really sounds like something the 'mysterious man' would do." Marufuji Sho said with shame, remembering that he had also seen Daitokuji teacher secretly frying tempura and eating it alone in the middle of the night.

"But shouldn't the 'mysterious man' have already..." Thinking of the duel he had with Daitokuji Sensei, the last member of the Seven Stars, not long ago, and how Daitokuji Sensei, who lost the duel, turned into "ashes" in front of him and Asuka, Judai said with a heavy heart, "Was that person just now really the 'mysterious man'?"

"I don't know, but I think we should go back and take a look." Maeda suggested with courage, "Not to mention that we should have continued to move forward. This is a virtual world and we don't have to worry about encountering any danger."

"Come to think of it, there's no need for us to run away. Maybe the other party is just a monster that can transform into the characters in our imagination." Maruto Sho also reacted and realized that there was nothing to be afraid of in the virtual world. He suddenly became brave, "Maybe I can easily get rid of the other party without Big Brother's help."

Contrary to the order of their previous journey, this time it was Maruto Sho who walked in front of the three people and took the lead into the forest, heading towards the open space they had discovered before. Not far away, he returned to the area where he had just escaped.

However, just as he was about to approach the open space, Maruto Sho suddenly froze and stopped moving forward. He turned around in a panic and said, "I, I suddenly feel that this opportunity to show off should be given to you, big brother."

"It's not because I heard crying."

Judai and Maeda listened carefully and also heard the faint sobbing hidden in the sound of wind and leaves rubbing against each other. They barely mustered up the courage to stick their heads out, only to see that the "mysterious man" who was suspected to be from Daitoku-ji was squatting in the same place where they were just now, with his back to them and crying.

"I've seen this scene before when I was playing games. We'd better not alert the Witch." Maeda Hayato glanced at Marufuji Sho, "Leave it to your [Robot]. Sho, use firepower to tell him that times have changed."

"Don't, don't. What if the opponent is not afraid of physical damage? Maeda, you can also use your [Death Koala]."

"I think [Death Koala] would just stuff eucalyptus leaves into my mouth to eat."

Neither Marufuji Sho nor Maeda Hayato dared to attack the "mysterious man" who looked quite strange, but Judai was not afraid of the rather spooky atmosphere. Instead, he stood where he was, closed his eyes and thought about the past.

Every moment I had spent with Daitokuji Sensei came to my mind, and the last scene was the smile Daitokuji Sensei showed me on his face, which was cracked like shattered porcelain: "Don't forget the feeling of having your friends by your side when you dueled with me, Judai, walk on the path of light—"

"I will certainly never forget the feeling of traveling with my friends, Daitokuji-sensei. But likewise, I will never forget you." Muttering to himself, Judai said to Maeda and Sho, "Leave it to me to deal with the other party's problems. However, before that, I want to see what Daitokuji-sensei looks like again."

"That sounds too dangerous, doesn't it? Brother, won't you consider it again?"

"Yeah Judai, if it doesn't work we can just take a detour."

It was not just because he was worried that Judai's actions would alert the opponent before he could attack, putting Judai in crisis. As the few people who knew the final outcome of the "Seven Stars" incident, Maeda and Sho both knew that it was Judai who defeated the last "Seven Stars". To some extent, Judai could be said to be the one who sent Daitokuji on the last journey of his life.

Asking Judai to destroy "Daitoku-ji Temple" again, even if that "Daitoku-ji Temple" is very likely to be fake? That kind of thing is too difficult for Judai!

But Judai was determined to leave and rejected Maeda and Sho. Judai walked out from behind the tree where he was hiding and walked towards "Daitoku-ji Temple" while greeting them from afar.

"Daitokuji-sensei? Do you remember me?"

"Remember? Of course I remember." After hearing Judai's words, "Daitokuji" who was squatting on the ground stood up, revealing a face covered in blood that looked quite ferocious, and said to Judai, "How could I forget you, meow!"

"It's been so long since we last met, so it's fine if you didn't say hello properly, but what's the point of each of you punching me, your teacher, meow!" Pointing at the "panda eyes" on his face that were extremely symmetrical, Daitokuji said excitedly, "The point is that it wasn't just my eyes that were hit. Who just punched me in the nose? I got a nosebleed all over my face, meow!"

Marufuji Sho looked at the blood stain on his hand that was accidentally stained just now, wiped it on the tree next to him as if nothing had happened, and whistled as if nothing had happened.

"Really? You're really full of energy, Daitokuji-sensei. I really miss you when I see you like this." Judai smiled and raised his hand, pulling out a card from the duel disk that appeared. "That's enough. Next, I'll send you off again and let you rest in peace."

"【E·Hero Wingman】, use Wing Storm on 'Daitokuji Sensei'!"

Seeing Judai summoning [E·hero Wingman] to attack him, Daitokuji panicked and said quickly: "Wait, wait a minute, Judai, why are you attacking me, meow! Teacher, I am really the teacher, meow, you should be able to recognize my teacher, meow?"

"Could it be that you punched me in the nose just now, so you want to silence me, meow!?"

It has been raining heavily in the south recently, and the express delivery has been much slower. My AC04 will not arrive until tomorrow (crying