Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

In the real world, starting from the elevator platform where the golden energy life form, [Yubel], and Jaden were located, a white light curtain unfolded and rapidly expanded.

Expanding from the SAL laboratory to the lake on the island, the Obelisk-Blue dormitory was immediately surrounded by the light curtain. Then the light curtain crossed the mountains and enveloped the Sun God-Yellow dormitory next to the academy. It then included the main building of the Duel Academy headquarters and even extended to the distant coastline, covering the last Osiris-Red dormitory.

Professor Chronos and Coach Napoleon, who were originally supposed to stay on campus to take care of the students who had collapsed and were gathered in the gymnasium, are now running between dormitories to comfort the students, because Ayukawa-sensei said that there are plenty of people who can lend a hand. As the two highest-ranking teachers, they should do what they should do and what only they can do.

"Finally got the red dorm sorted out, aru. They don't even have a dorm supervisor to manage them, and they only have a cat or something," Napoleon muttered, expressing his dissatisfaction. "But the only redeeming quality of these bad students is that they're relatively obedient."

"You can't say that, can you? Among those searching for Professor Cobra for the students' safety are some students from the Red Dorm," Professor Chronos said, speaking up for Jaden. "Besides, being a 'bad student' is only a temporary state. Take Marufuji Sho, for example, who's now in the Yellow Dorm. He's worked hard to improve himself and get rid of the 'bad student' label, hasn't he?"

"To be able to fight to the death with Dilano Jianshan, one of the best second-year students, and fall together in the 'exposing duel,' you certainly have some skills, aru." Coach Napoleon couldn't refute this, so he could only change the subject, "Alright, let's leave the small talk here and get on with the rest of the work, aru."

"Let me see. We've already confirmed the situation at the Yellow Dormitory, and Ms. Kabayama will help manage it. We've also worked together to calm the students down at the Red Dormitory. As for the Blue Dormitory, although I, as the head of the boys' dormitory, and Ms. Ayukawa, as the head of the girls' dormitory, are both unavailable, the new teachers, Mr. Malik and Mr. Lishid, have some management experience, which has put the students at ease. Okay, let's see."

After a pause, Professor Chronos was still a little confused. When Malik was managing the students in the Blue Dormitory in front of him, it looked like a mafia boss disciplining his underlings. But it must have just been his imagination.

“Due to the special circumstances, we need to remind the students not to go out and take risks. I have also asked Mr. Ameruda in the cafeteria to provide the students with a unified meal supply. Ms. Domi in the convenience store has also provided us with all the existing supplies. Unfortunately, the convenience store does not have many medical supplies. The medicines that the infirmary originally had are not enough to take care of so many students who have collapsed.”

Upon hearing Professor Chronos's words, Coach Napoleon said helplessly, "Although we have already sent extra supplies to the island, one day is only enough to complete the dispatch and deployment. Fortunately, Anasis Shipping Company reached an additional cooperation agreement with the academy and provided cargo ship transportation, so it should arrive tomorrow, Aru."

“Yes, our urgent problem will be solved tomorrow. I’ve also arranged for school workers at the dock to keep us informed as soon as there’s any news—” Professor Chronos subconsciously looked at the dock in the distance, which was somewhat dimly lit by lamplight after the sun had set, but he noticed a layer of white “fog” blocking his view.

"What is that, huh?" Coach Napoleon also looked puzzled. Like Professor Chronos, he hadn't noticed when that strange white substance had appeared around them.

But upon closer inspection, he noticed something was amiss. It wasn't the fog that surrounded them; otherwise, they would have been unable to see the Osiris-Red Dormitory, which was some distance away, just as they couldn't see the dock. Yet now, they could see everything clearly in every direction except for the direction towards the dock—or more precisely, towards the island's outskirts.

"That's not fog, it seems to be some kind of curtain?" Professor Chronos's eyes widened. "Could it be that it's enveloping the entire academy!?"

(The ever-expanding light curtain)

When Professor Chronos and Coach Napoleon discovered the light barrier, it was already quite late. Just a few seconds after they saw it, the light barrier released by [Yubel] had already expanded. Then, everything within the light barrier was enveloped by the power converted from duel energy by [Yubel], and a feeling of weightlessness enveloped everyone inside the light barrier!
"boom!"

Startled by the noise behind him, the school worker on the dock, who was exchanging information about shipping with the dock workers in Domino City, instinctively turned around, but saw nothing.

"What's wrong? Why is there such a loud noise over there?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I didn't see anything." At first, he didn't think anything was wrong. After all, if there had been an explosion, he should at least have seen flames or black smoke rising. But he didn't see anything at all; he could see the volcano behind the school at a glance.
Cloth exchange?!
Turning his head sharply to look behind him again, the school janitor's face was filled with disbelief, and his voice trembled slightly: "I...I didn't see anything!?"

"If I didn't see anything, doesn't that mean everything is normal?"

"No, that's not it! What I mean is—" the school janitor said, "I can't see anything where the Duel Academy used to be. There's nothing there—the Duel Academy has disappeared!"

"Disappeared!?"

From the perspective of the extremely lucky school staff who were not surrounded by the light curtain, there was only a loud "boom" before the Duel Academy completely disappeared. If you looked down at Duel Academy Island from high above, you could see that a large piece of land on the island had been scooped out like a spoonful of ice cream, revealing the rock underneath.

To Jaden and the others, after the brief period of weightlessness, they were still standing on the elevator platform, and nothing in front of them had changed. If it weren't for the undeniable feeling of weightlessness and the disappearance of the mysterious and strange golden energy life form from their sight, Jaden would have thought he was hallucinating.

"What happened just now?"

Seeing that Judai was looking at her, Asuka was just looking at Judai, or rather, the distant scenery behind Judai, with an expression that looked like she wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it. She could only point and gesture for Judai to look over: "I don't know how to say it either, but... maybe Judai, you'll see for yourself and it will be more intuitive."

Looking in the direction Asuka pointed, Jaden discovered that what was originally the ocean had strangely turned into a desert, with a submarine even "stranded" on the sand. Just as one could see an endless ocean when looking out from the island, everything Jaden and the others could see in the distance from the high platform was also an endless desert.

"The ocean has turned into land?! How is that possible?!" O'Brien considered himself to be relatively receptive to the supernatural, but what he was seeing was like witnessing a woman claiming that someone's false accusation against her with a gun and sword was valid, even though she hadn't been violated. He simply couldn't accept it, couldn't believe it, and couldn't understand it. "But it's impossible that some mysterious creature made the seawater disappear," Jim pointed out. "After all, the seabed can't be that shallow, can it?"

“The back mountain is still there, and we can still see the Duel Academy. But the active volcano is gone!” John stood up and looked at everyone, who seemed to have recovered after being defeated by that golden energy life form. He breathed a sigh of relief. “Compared to the ocean being gone, I feel like we’ve been moved to another place.”

"Like a magic trick like teleportation?" Manjoume rubbed his chest. Although he couldn't see it just now, the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] had actually helped Manjoume block some attacks and weakened their power. "That inexplicable guy, the things he does are also inexplicable."

"I don't know why, but I always feel a strange sense of familiarity with that guy, as if I've met him before."

“But that guy’s appearance seems to be based on Professor Cobra’s son, right? Manjoume, you probably just met that living kid named ‘Rick’ somewhere, right?” Judai guessed.

"So, why is that guy so interested in you?" Manjoume raised an eyebrow and asked in return. "He keeps spouting weird love and pain, like a madman with chuunibyou who feels betrayed by the whole world, but he only cares about you, Jaden? You're just a jellyfish-headed guy who's no match for me in terms of strength or looks."

"At a time like this, let's stop promoting your somewhat prestigious, but not many, 'Second Best Martial Arts Tournament' championship." Asuka said, anticipating what Manjoume was about to say. "Right now, we should be thinking about how to get out of here, shouldn't we?"

Upon hearing this, O'Brien replied, "I don't think there's any need to think about that. If I had to say why, it seems that only the surface above a certain depth has been transferred. Many of the bombs I buried in the research institute have lost their signal; only the parts above the forest can still be activated."

"The height above the underground forest?" Judai breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. "Does that mean that Professor Sato, who is still in the underground forest, and Amon Garlem, who is in the underground research institute, are very likely not affected?"

“We don’t know how much of the other side of the academy has been relocated,” Asuka said, then looked at O’Brien and asked, “But does that have anything to do with us not having to think about how to leave here?”

“Of course we do! Do you remember where we boarded this lift?” Jim realized something and quickly carried Karen the Crocodile on his back, stretching his arms and legs. “Have you ever seen acrobatics like ‘balancing bowls’ or ‘spinning plates’? I personally think that the ground supporting this lift would hardly be able to do such difficult balancing actions.”

"Could it be that--"

Before Judai could finish speaking, the platform they were on began to tilt slowly—just as they had thought, the entire underground research institute had not been transferred during the [Yubel] space transfer. Naturally, only the part of the elevator platform above a certain height was transferred. The supporting pillars underneath, after being driven a certain depth into the desert, began to tilt due to the high center of gravity.

And Jaden and his friends also had to experience the dangerous stunt of rapidly running down a sloping platform, something they had only ever seen in anime like "The Adventures of Naruto".

"boom!"

The elevator platform that had appeared not long ago on the back mountain, which was suspected to have been triggered when Jaden and his group approached Professor Cobra, crashed to the ground. The loud noise brought Napoleon and Professor Chronos, who were staring blankly at the desert in front of them, back to their attention.

"Whoa! You scared me!" Napoleon was so startled that he jumped up, almost as high as Professor Chronos. "Could it be... could this not be an illusion?!"

"Ouch—that hurts!" Professor Chronos gasped in pain as he shoved away Coach Napoleon's hand, which was pinching his thigh. "Why are you pinching me, Coach Gene?!"

"It really wasn't a dream!" Napoleon exclaimed, looking utterly shaken. "But why are we here?"

"I don't even know where the end of the universe is, how could I possibly know the answer?" Professor Chronos complained, rubbing his thigh. "And why did you pinch my thigh just now?!"

"That's not the point, Professor Chronos. The point is, what exactly happened just now?" Standing in front of the school's main entrance, looking at the thick layer of sand covering the ground where the entire school had been moved, Instructor Napoleon changed the subject. "Could this also be Professor Klaus's doing? But how did he manage that?"

"The topic shift was so abrupt, huh!" Despite his teasing, Professor Chronos also took a closer look at the sand on the ground and found it quite strange. "Is this really sand? It's different from what I've seen before, huh? It's actually a bit bluish-green?"

"Could it be the lighting?" Napoleon said, looking up at the sky. "Even the color of the sky looks strange. Is it just my imagination? There are three not-at-all bright suns hanging in the sky?"

"Hmm? Three suns?" This keyword caught Professor Chronos's attention because he remembered that just two years ago, when Jaden and his classmates first enrolled, they had reported that they had stumbled into a world of card spirits with three suns within the school. Although that report was submitted to Principal Hayato, it was ultimately handled by Professor Chronos, so he had a certain recollection of it.

If he remembered correctly, several years ago, before Tenjouin Fubuki disappeared, she had submitted the same report. Could it be that this time it was his turn to travel through the world with Coach Napoleon?!

Just then, Professor Chronos suddenly spotted a black dot, resembling a helicopter, approaching the academy in the distance. (End of Chapter)