Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Chapter 1804 Past Events

"Junior! When did you arrive!?"

Looking at the panicked "Ghana Malden", Jaden's expression changed: "Actually, I didn't realize Malden was possessed. I was just making a joke. But it turned out to be true."

"As for why I'm here," Jaden said, having finished his princess carry of Saotome Rei and setting her aside, he didn't notice her lingering expression. Instead, he pointed to "Gana Malden" on the steps and said, "It's because of the message Hayato-sensei sent us. From the very beginning, he told us that you were very likely to attack the students in the academy again!"

"His message said we should stay in the academy, ostensibly to keep us safe and avoid danger, but actually it was to warn us of your presence." Asuka followed closely behind, stepping out from around the corner of the stairs and standing next to Judai, subtly separating Rei and Judai, which made the girl a little unhappy. "After we thought we had all left the school, you really did slip up!"

"In this world where card spirits can materialize, I've been wanting revenge on you for a long time!" With a cold laugh, Manjoume appeared at the front of the corridor, clenching his right fist and slamming it into his palm. Beside him stood Marufuji Sho and Misawa Daichi, seemingly having been lying in wait for quite some time. On his already unfolded Duel Disk, the card [Dragon of Light and Darkness] was placed, ready to be summoned at any moment.

“This is the only way to the temporary cafeteria. Hayato-sensei initially estimated that someone might tamper with the school's food, so we ambushed them here. Although the process was a little different, it turned out that you were the one who attacked Saotome,” John stood next to Judai, side by side, “but as long as the result is correct, there's no problem!”

“Just like John Anderson said, you have nowhere to retreat!” Not only were the stairs and corridor leading down blocked, but Amon, Jim, and O’Brien also appeared behind “Gana Malden”, and the three of them blocked the way back at the end of the corridor.

Even with the sound of calm footsteps, "Gana Malden" saw Kaiser Ryo in a black trench coat and Tenjouin Fubuki appear together from the stairs leading upstairs, completely blocking his "up, down, left, and right" paths!

"Is even the so-called 'Caesar left first' part of a lie to deceive me?!"

“No, that’s the only thing that’s true.” Fubuki said with a smile, “Caesar really did leave first, but he didn’t leave outside the academy. Instead, he went to the floor above where I was talking. Caesar went directly to the original monitoring room inside the campus to help us observe which students were acting abnormally.”

“But I didn’t give anything away.” “Gana Malden” said with a puzzled expression. After all, she hadn’t interfered with Malden’s actions in the early stages of the possession. It was definitely Gana Malden herself who helped Saotome Rei with her work, so how could she have given anything away? “Why do you suspect me?”

“We’re not specifically targeting you. We’re just equally suspicious of anyone acting alone, even if you and Rei are acting together,” Judai said confidently. “After such a dangerous battle, who would have the mind to think about anything else? Most people chose to stay in the gymnasium and rest. They didn’t even feel like eating.”

Saotome Rei remained silent. Was she about to tell Jaden that she was the one who was thinking about other things—meaning she wanted to date Jaden?

However, she kept it a secret, while "Gana Malden" glared at her and said, "So that's how it is. So the person you suspected wasn't me, but Saotome Rei, that love-obsessed idiot!?"

—I don’t know how “Maldives” has the nerve to say that Li is love-struck.

"Ahem, of course I trust Rei, hmm." Jaden repeatedly emphasized his trust in Rei with interjections, unfolding his Duel Disk and placing the card [E·Hero Neos], then took a step up the stairs. "Anyway, the time has come to punish you, you golden bastard! This time you won't escape!"

“This is a trial, and I believe it is a trial to overcome the past!” Jaden said. “It was because I didn’t defeat you when I first met you that you dragged so many people into this dangerous world; it was also because I let you go in the duel with Amon that Malden became the second victim.”

"I must overcome the mistakes of the past. Only by overcoming those mistakes can one grow. That's what I believe. — And you, golden bastard?"

Listening to Judai's words, "Gana Malden" lowered his head and suddenly laughed: "Past mistakes? Hmm, that's very true, Judai. You said you wanted to overcome past mistakes. But you don't even remember exactly when and what kind of mistake you made in the past. That in itself is your biggest mistake and your immaturity!"

(What a tragic couple!)
"It's heartbreaking, Judai. I loved you so much, how could you betray me?" Judai saw tears glistening in the eyes of "Gana Malden" as he looked up. "Don't you remember anything from the past?"

"All that happened in the past." Judai wanted to retort, "What past did you and I have?" but the words stuck in his throat, and he could only manage half a sentence, muttering it repeatedly. Something in his mind seemed to be about to come back to him, but he just couldn't remember it, couldn't recall it clearly. "The past, the past."

Seeing that Judai still couldn't remember anything, "Gana Malden" laughed instead, but his laughter was full of bitterness and resentment: "Don't come near me, Judai! I'm on top, you're on the bottom!"

"Who wants to listen to you!" Seeing the conversation end, Manjoume was the first to make a move. He had been thinking about avenging the pain he had suffered in the past for a long time. He immediately summoned the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] beside him and breathed a dragon's breath at "Gana Malden", without caring that the real Malden's body might be injured.

"Ghana Malden" immediately used golden dueling energy to materialize a demonic wing to block the dragon's breath, but O'Brien and the others also fired simultaneously, forcing him to unfold another wing to protect his body.

But after blocking the attacks from the left and right sides, she was helpless against Caesar's attacks from above.

"Seba Drogon!" With a wave of his hand, Caesar commanded the [Cyber ​​Dragon] he had summoned to launch an attack, "Evolutionary Flame!"

A powerful beam of light struck "Gana Malden." With no extra strength for defense, she had no choice but to move to dodge the attack, taking several steps forward to narrowly avoid it. Meanwhile, the evolved flames of the [Electronic Dragon], which missed her, pierced through the floor and blasted into some unknown classroom downstairs.

But none of those present held back for the damage they had caused to the school. In fact, people like Marufuji Sho and Kenzan attacked even more fiercely—not only because eliminating this dangerous individual was paramount, but also because openly "bombing the school" was something countless students dreamed of. "Gana Malden" didn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief after dodging Caesar's attack, because the next moment, Judai had already rushed up the stairs, the summoned [E·hero Neos] beside her, its fist wreathed in spherical light, and punched her hard in the abdomen!
"Ora!" Not afraid of not getting enough, not only [E·hero Neos] attacked, but Jaden also swung his right fist and delivered a heavy blow to "Gana Malden's" face. With a battle cry, he directly shattered "Gana Malden's" defensive stance. As his two wings disintegrated into specks of light, "Gana Malden" was also sent flying backward by this heavy punch!
"Buga—!"

"Wow!"

The crowd's expressions suddenly changed, not because they felt pity for "Ghana Malden's" cries of pain, but because the "crash" sound was clearly the sound of him smashing the glass in the corridor!
While the combined power of Jaden and E. Hero Neos is indeed enough to send someone flying or even through them, it's simply unrealistic to send someone flying while simultaneously shattering the reinforced glass in the academy—it's clearly "Gana Malden" using Jaden's attack to deliberately break the glass while being sent flying, thus escaping!

"Ouch, that hurts! Judai, is this your deep love for me? I'm so happy!" As he flew backward, watching Judai and the others gather around the broken glass and chase after him, "Gana Malden" maintained his backward flight posture in mid-air while simultaneously transforming his wings, which had just dissipated, to allow him to fly even further. "But this is my real escape route. As for strategy, you're still far from catching me!"

"Damn it, don't even think about getting away!" Jaden took out the card [N·Sky Hummingbird], fused it with [E·Hero Neos], and after they merged into the form of [E·Hero Sky Neos], he grabbed Jaden's arm and made [E·Hero Sky Neos] carry him through the broken glass to catch up. John also skillfully followed Jaden and grabbed [E·Hero Sky Neos]'s other arm.

Having missed the chance to catch up with Judai, Asuka immediately took out her [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon] and rode the long celestial dragon to catch up with Judai and the others. Saotome Rei also immediately hitched a ride, unwilling to let Asuka create an opportunity to fight alongside Judai.

The others also used their own methods to catch up with Judai and the others, leaving only Caesar and Fubuki standing by the broken glass, watching the departing crowd.

"Aren't you going to follow them, Caesar?" Fubuki looked at her friend beside her with a questioning look. "Shouldn't you want to have a duel with that mastermind?"

"You know perfectly well what I'm asking." Caesar glanced at Fubuki and said calmly, "Do you think I can catch up with you now? And is it my turn to duel?"

"Haha, you're right."

Fubuki chuckled twice, about to say something more, when suddenly an angry voice rang out: "Who did this? Who did this?!"

The source of the sound was quite close to them, it even felt like it was coming from under their feet. Under their feet?
First, they looked out of the academy through the glass and found no one outside. Fubuki and Caesar then went to the large hole leading downstairs that Caesar's attack had created earlier. They saw Misawa standing next to what was probably a blackboard, cursing angrily: "I was just leaving to go to the toilet, and I just finished writing this equation! Who did this?!"

He suddenly looked up and saw Caesar and Fubuki.

Fubuki subconsciously turned her head to look at Caesar. After all, although the goal was to kill the guy who was possessing Gana Malden, it was indeed Caesar's [Cyber ​​Dragon] that destroyed the blackboard used by Misawa Kaimi.

Unexpectedly, Caesar, under Fubuki's gaze, said without changing his expression, "It was the guy who caused this spatial transfer. He's escaped now, and Jaden and the others have caught up with him."

When he said this, Caesar's face didn't even turn red, and he didn't look like he was lying at all, which made Fubuki, who was standing next to him, stare in astonishment. How come he hadn't seen in the past three years that Caesar, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was so good at lying through his teeth?

"That damn bastard, I have to teach him a lesson for my sake, Judai!" Misawa was indignant. After all, all the research he had done since arriving in this other world was written on that blackboard, but it was destroyed like that. He was furious.

Meanwhile, on the escape route of "Gana Malden," she landed in a desert after flying a long distance away. Suddenly, she noticed that Coach Napoleon was leading a group of students on patrol around the school. Because Professor Chronos was injured, Coach Napoleon was now in charge of many affairs at the school. Even though Hayato was repelling the monsters that kept approaching the school, basic patrols were still necessary to prevent any from escaping.

"Damn it, is there no way out?!" Ghana Malden's first thought was that even if he wanted to defeat Napoleon and his students, it would take some effort and energy, and that time would be enough for the Jade Generations to catch up with him and drag him into a fierce battle.

She didn't have many card spirits left, and could only delay Kobayashi Hayato's actions for a few tens of minutes at most. She didn't have the extra resources to waste with Jaden and the others. Otherwise, she wouldn't have escaped from the academy. After all, if Kobayashi Hayato's fighting power were unleashed, she would really be doomed.

But soon, she realized her current identity.

His wings instantly transformed into a cape, concealing his mutated, scaled hand within. "Gana Malden" walked out calmly and openly, standing before Napoleon and the others.

Just moments ago he saw nothing, but in the blink of an eye he spotted Malden's figure ahead. Napoleon, the instructor, thought he was seeing things, but then he heard one of his students say, "There seems to be a lone student up ahead?" "Is it an illusion created by the enemy?"

He was now certain that he hadn't misread the situation; Malden was indeed there. But why wasn't Malden inside the school but outside? Without thinking, he quickly stopped the students who were trying to summon monsters to launch a probing attack, fearing they might harm Malden, and jogged over to him.

"Marten? Marten!" Calling his son's name repeatedly, Napoleon approached anxiously, becoming more relaxed as he got closer. After all, he really didn't see any lurking monsters that would suddenly jump out, and he was certain that the person in front of him was definitely his son, Marten—although the cloak that had suddenly been put on was a bit abrupt, it's normal for a grown-up child to have his own personal aesthetic sense, right?
After placing his hand directly on Malden's arm, Napoleon completely lowered his guard, because the Malden before him was not a false phantom, but a real being. He also completely abandoned his suspicion that "it might be a monster similar to an lanternfish using phantoms as bait."

He still didn't understand why Malden was here. No matter how he called Malden's name, Malden only glanced at him and then stared at the ground with a strange smile, as if he had accidentally picked up Fukuzawa Yukichi on his way to throw away the trash.
When Jaden and John were carried to the vicinity by [E·hero Sky Neos], they saw Napoleon standing with "Gana Malden". Jaden's pupils shrank and he hurriedly shouted a reminder: "Get out of here quickly, Napoleon! Get out of Malden!"

TCG released a new card for Oni-Bone (related to Pumpkin King), which also benefited Jonouchi's Red-Eyes character (one of the cards is Red-Eyes, and Jonouchi did indeed defeat him in the story).
The labyrinth from two years ago, the Flame Swordsman from the year before, Rishid from last year, and Oni-kotsu from this year—it seems like TCG is really becoming the go-to source for anime upgrades.