Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Chapter 1611 A man must be strong for others

"Haha, you didn't run away? Obviously, the location of the Duel Academy is directly covered by the asteroid, and this is the first place to be affected by the asteroid's fall. But Ed, you didn't run away and wanted to duel with me instead?"

Sai sneered and said, "Originally, I wanted to say that I don't have time to waste here being held back by you, but if it's you, Ed, then um, okay, let me, your best friend, announce the end of your fate."

Ed had an angry expression on his face: "Who allowed you to speak like that with Saiou's body!"

"Duel." Saiou didn't care about Ed's anger. Rather, he was enjoying Ed's performance at the moment. "Why be angry, Ed? When the world is purified and everything is reset to zero, your anger at this moment will be nothing more than the most insignificant thing in that pure white new world."

"Ah, speaking of this, I seem to be a little overwhelmed right now."

"Don't worry, Lord Saiou." Behind Saiou, Okin took the initiative to speak without his instructions, "The next task will be completed for you by me, whether it is to eliminate the duelists on this island or to hinder Kaiba Keihei's actions."

"Everything for the white future!" Shouting like a cultist, Okin walked away.

"Don't even think about it. Stop right there!" Jonouchi would not sit idly by and watch Ogin continue to command his troops to attack the duelists on the island, and he was about to follow him immediately.

"I'll go too!" Kongquewu and Kitamori Reiko said in unison, and followed Jonouchi's steps to chase after Aokin.

Although the Duel Academy Island is not without any defensive capabilities due to the continuous transformation of the Kaiba Group in recent years, it is ultimately just a small island in the sea. It is a bit difficult to resist the attack of even a small country's army, not to mention that Okin still disregarded international relations and mobilized all his troops in a high-profile manner.

"I don't understand other rockets, fate, and other things, but the safety of other people on the island..." Turning back to greet Hayato, Jonouchi waved his hand, "Just leave everything to me, Hayato and Kaiba!"

"Don't order me around, you mediocre guy!" Kaiba glared at Jonouchi unhappily, then looked at Tachibana Ikkaku, Yuki Judai and John, and snorted, "Aren't you guys going to help that mediocre guy?"

"That's true. Although I don't know what I can do, I hope I can help in whatever way I can, as a way to atone for stealing the cards." Tachibana Ikkaku didn't care about Kaiba's arrogant tone. To be honest, this was ten or even nine times better than the treatment he received at the northern branch. He even felt that Kaiba was a very gentle person. He only told him what to do without insulting him at all.

But Judai refused without hesitation: "I don't want it. I want to stay here and help Ed."

"Come on?" Looking at Judai, Kaiba still couldn't forget the memories and said coldly, "Do you think Duel Monsters is a performance game where you can gain an advantage by getting support from outside the arena? Humph, you are such a naturally arrogant brat. This level of naivety is really funny."

"No way!" Judai knew Kaiba, but it seemed like this was the first time he saw him in person at such a close distance. For some reason, he couldn't help but think of the "Kaiba man" wearing the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] helmet who beat him up last semester. His tone towards Kaiba was also a little colder, "Are you going to deny the influence of the power of the heart on the duel?"

"The mind of the card is just an illusion. The young brat really doesn't understand."

"You have no idea how Ed feels right now. I can sense that he is angry and sad because of what happened to his trusted friend. He has not recovered from the previous incident and cannot be left alone. How can he have an interesting duel if he is upset?"

When Judai heard Kaiba stubbornly denying the card's soul, he argued with him, "How can an adult like you be so narrow-minded!"

"So, President Kaiba, even if it's just to prevent that guy named Saiou over there from using cheating methods, we also want to support Ed Phoenix here." Compared to Judai, John was obviously much more polite. Perhaps it was because he and Kaiba's trump cards were both dragon monsters, so the bond between the dragon users allowed them to communicate normally?

Judai had never told him about Ed, but after all, he was last year's champion, and John was not like the jellyfish-headed kid from the red dormitory who only cared about watching special effects and didn't pay any attention to current affairs news. It was natural for him to recognize Ed, and the reason he stayed was very simple, that was, Judai said that Ed was also his friend.

Since everyone is Judai's friend, he feels that he also needs to support Ed here. Besides - he hasn't found the "Death" card yet, which is related to his final extra points!

"Speaking of that kid named Ed Phoenix, he actually got ahead of me. Humph! Kobayashi Hayato, look at your students. Are all the kids nowadays so ignorant?"

Looking at Ed who challenged Saiou to a duel before him, and Judai and Johan who were not afraid of danger and wanted to stay here, Kaiba snorted coldly and said to Hayato unhappily.

"Don't give me that shit, don't act like you have nothing to do with the Duel Academy." Hayato waved his hand to show that he would not take the blame, "Besides, I still recognize the strength of Judai and Ed. At least they are considered to be the best among the new generation. Compared to these, you have more important things to do now, right?"

"Hmph, Keipi can handle it." Kaiba said confidently, and was about to contact Keipi with the AR glasses he was wearing, "How are the preparations going, Keipi?"

However, to Kaiba's surprise, a harsh "sizzling" sound briefly appeared in his communication, and then it was restored. Keipi's voice was a little suppressed: "There is no way to proceed!"

"Hmm?" Since Hayato did not interrupt the communication with Keihei, the sound Kaiba heard naturally came from his duel disk. He asked curiously, "Could it be that Kaiba Group failed to successfully recover the previous booster rocket, or there is no way to refill enough fuel in a short time?"

"No, it's not that problem. There are other factors." The sound of keyboards came from Keipi's communication. "Because of the approach of the asteroid, I have observed more detailed data. The asteroid seems to have changed a lot since the first observation this year."

"At the beginning of this year, NASA, with the help of the Seahorse Group, successfully launched the Pluto probe 'New Horizons' into Pluto's orbit and was approaching it. But just now, the asteroid '2006-RH120' collided with it. However, the image captured by 'New Horizons' after it came into contact with it was that the asteroid directly swallowed up the debris and destroyed it without leaving anything. This does not conform to the normal laws of physics. It is as if the asteroid is a living being and has eaten 'New Horizons'!"

"Because of the incident on the New Horizon, there is no need for the Kaiba Group to issue any announcement. The news of the 'planet impact' has already spread internationally. The code name of the asteroid has been officially changed to 'Sartre'!"

"The fire giant that destroyed the world at the end of Ragnarok? I really want to let the [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] who has already ascended to heaven meet his fellow countryman." Hayato raised his eyebrows and joked.

"You can still joke now, Hayato-kun, you have a really good mentality." After a pause, Keipi added, "Also, you may not remember, but the card called [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] you mentioned was placed in the 'New Horizons'." "What a pity, I had wanted him to go to space and give up thinking and stay with Kaz, RIP." Hayato was sad for a second because of the disappointment of [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt], ​​but anyway, it was the card elf of [Shadow of the King's War - Lopt] who died, and Hayato had kept a copy of his card as a collection, so it was not such a pity.

"In short, the original plan is now likely to become ineffective. No one can guarantee whether the bombs in space can still effectively destroy it. And because of the space environment, lethal phenomena such as flames and shock waves will no longer appear, and it is impossible to cause damage to it by detonating it at a distance."

"We don't have more chances to try and fail. We only have time to try once. If the probability is not 100%, we don't have the capital to gamble at all!"

"But you should have thought of a solution, right, Keiping?" Kaiba said, "I just saw something being called up from Kaiba Group's database."

"Brother, do you still remember Professor Bein Stein?"

"I don't remember. Is he some great duelist? Can he beat Blue-Eyes?"

Kaiba's answer did not surprise Keiping at all. He always felt that although his brother had developed more and more black technologies over the years, leaving the times far behind and making it impossible for people to keep up with his pace, his thinking circuit had evolved more and more in the direction of "Dueling Idiots". Almost all his needs had become "How to play cards happily", "How to play cards more efficiently" and "How to play cards better".

"He is the duel physicist who has won the Duel Physics Award for ten consecutive years. As the name suggests, he is both a duelist and a physicist, but primarily a physicist. He is the founder of the 'Digital Research Theory Teaching School' and also proposed the 'Duel Grand Unified Theory'. The Duel Academy has arranged to invite him to give a lecture this year, so he has come to the Duel Academy in advance and participated in the 'Second World Martial Arts Tournament'."

"But other things are not important. Brother, you only need to know that the theory of 'Duel Grand Unification' he proposed points out that the boundaries between worlds can be opened by the energy of duels. Since even the space between worlds can be crossed by the energy of duels, if the 'Communication Duel System' is used, people can transmit the energy of duels to the universe without being in the universe in person!"

Hayato understood: "You mean, playing cards with asteroids?"

"It doesn't necessarily have to be a card game. I mean a duel. All you need to do is output enough duel energy to break the defense of the 'Sartor'. The rest will be done by the explosives."

Keipi said, sending a data to Hayato and Kaiba: "After my brother completed the brainwave duel system 'Duel-Links', he completely abandoned the communication duel system, but fortunately I found an early prototype left here at the Duel Academy. Maybe I left it in the headquarters building because I disliked it. Anyway, no matter if it's my brother or Hayato, as long as one person goes there, he can use the communication duel system to output duel energy to destroy the asteroid."

"As for me, I am hiding in a safe place now, and I have found Professor Bein Stein to provide me with theoretical services. However, it is very dangerous outside, Hayato-san and you must be careful."

"Chichi-"

The noise that had just appeared sounded again. Fortunately, Keipi had finished speaking, because the communication was cut off the next moment, and both Hayato and Kaiba ended their calls with Keipi.

Although Saiou needed to be defeated, it was obviously more urgent to stop the asteroid, so Hayato handed Saiou over to Juudai and Ed and acted with Kaiba without hesitation, rushing to the address given in the document sent by Keipi.

"Hehe, your teacher abandoned you without hesitation." Saioh drew five cards from the deck and said provocatively, "Kobayashi Hayato may be a legendary duelist, but he is just an ordinary human being after all. He said he was going to save the world, but maybe he just took the opportunity to escape with his friends?"

"After all, even if the asteroid cannot be stopped and reaches the Earth, it is not likely that the entire world will be attacked. With their financial resources and power, they can easily hide in the basement to avoid the disaster, right?"

[Zaiwang Takuma: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"That kind of talk is useless to me, Puppet Saiou of 'Light of Destruction'." Ed said coldly, and also drew five cards from the deck.

"Talking skills? Although you lost your parents when you were young, you are not a homeless orphan, Ed. On the contrary, you have been living a comfortable life because of your father's inheritance." Sai Wang looked at Ed and smiled mysteriously, "But I am different. You know? People with abilities will be envied or even rejected by those without abilities. Even biological parents, when they see that their children have the ability to foresee the future that cannot be explained by science, the first thing they think about is not to make money with it, but whether the dark secrets in their hearts have been known by these two 'monsters'."

"Yes, 'monster'. This was my childhood. Because of the power of prophecy, my sister and I were regarded as 'monsters' by the world. I couldn't stand the disgusting darkness that filled the world. Is there anything wrong with me wanting to change the world and reset all the filth in it?"

"Ed, have you ever imagined that if there weren't villains like DD, your father would still have suffered a tragic death? If the world became equal and pure, such tragedies would never happen to you or even more people. Isn't saving countless people what you admire as a 'hero'?"

Judai could no longer tolerate Saiou's sophistry, and he interrupted Saiou without hesitation: "What kind of 'hero' is that? A true hero is not someone who saves others by sacrificing others!"

"A man must be strong for others!"

"Yes, you, Judai Yuki, who has a complete family, of course cannot understand the pain of losing your parents." But facing Judai's accusation, Saiou brought the topic back to his family. This was the biggest difference between Judai, who had a family, and the other three people present - Saiou who was abandoned by his family, Ed whose father died tragically, and John who was an orphan. As a result, Judai was completely unable to give any response to this point.

Looking at Ed, King Sai did not give up recruiting him, and said again: "Ed, do you remember who has been holding an umbrella for you all these years when you lost your family? People live to feel at ease, and the person who has been holding an umbrella for you and making you feel at ease in this storm of fate is not Hayato Kobayashi or your father, right?"

"Although you no longer have a father, you still have me, so come and join me, and witness me guide the future of the world towards light!"

Looking at the hand extended by Saiou, Ed simply sneered and drew a card from his deck without hesitation: "I'll take the first attack, Draw!"

[Ed Phoenix: 4000LP, hand 5→6]

The title is a reference to "Hero", one of the Nexus theme songs. Whether it is "Green Fruit" or "Hero", it is equally suitable for the tenth generation.