Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1335 Missing Persons
Duel Academy, classroom.

Morning light, like liquid amber, poured in through the gaps in the blinds, casting dappled patterns on the function formulas on the left side of the blackboard. As Professor Chronos's right hand, holding chalk, traced white paths in the air, tiny specks of chalk dust danced in the beams of light.

Like a robot with low battery, Yukichi Judai mechanically repeated the cycle of "nodding - waking up". His arm, which was supporting his chin, was stiff like a sculpture, with only his index finger still unconsciously tapping his cheek, as if to keep time for sleepiness.

It wasn't until the arm supporting his chin finally shifted to a sufficient angle that his entire head slammed onto the table, jolting him awake.

The surrounding students all looked at him. Judai scratched his head sheepishly, yawned, and even stretched arrogantly.

Professor Chronos: "."

In the past, Professor Humor would probably have lost his temper. But seeing this scene, the professor was surprisingly patient. He took a couple of deep breaths, turned back to his lecture, and pretended not to have seen anything.

That’s all.

He's already in third grade. Three years. To be honest, he's developed feelings for this student he used to find fault with.

Anyway, this person has an invincible right hand, and can turn danger into safety no matter what the situation. There is only one person in the entire academy who can beat Yuki Jaden. No, it can even be said that there are probably very few people in the current dueling world who can defeat him.

If Yukichi Judai doesn't listen to the lesson, so be it; it's none of his business.

Chronos turned and wrote on the blackboard, a touch of sadness creeping into his heart.

Time flies! These rascals are almost graduating.

After this year, I'm afraid I won't see that rascal yawning anymore, and I'll probably miss him then.

At this moment, Marufuji Sho, sitting in the audience, whispered, "Big brother, you never listen in class, so why are you even here?"

Marufuji Sho was very puzzled. Could it be that he slept better in class than in the dormitory?
Judai chuckled and said, "Because graduation is just around the corner. We'll only hear Professor Chronos's voice once in a while."

Marufuji Sho: "."

So the older brother came specifically to hear the professor's voice.

Jaden casually twirled the Winged Man card in his hand when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure near the back door of the classroom.

A boy in a blue uniform was furtively peering through the doorframe. Just as Jaden turned his head curiously to look, their eyes met in mid-air.

The person instantly recoiled as if electrocuted, leaving only a tuft of hair sticking up by the door before vanishing without a trace.

The card that had been twirling in Jaden's hand fluttered lightly onto the table. He squinted at the empty doorway, feeling a strange unease about it.

"Big brother?"

Marufuji Sho came closer.

Were you just looking at Taniguchi-kun by the door?

"Huh? Sho, you saw it too?" Judai asked. "Taniguchi, is he a classmate you know?"

"Of course I know him."

Marufuji Sho was surprised.

"Brother, don't tell me you don't know Taniguchi."

Judai tilted his head in confusion: "Should I know him?"

"You're lying, aren't you? You really don't remember?"

Marufuji Sho was even more surprised.

"Taniguchi is a celebrity at school. He's won numerous awards in competitions and has represented the college in competitions. He's a big star. How could you forget that, brother?"

Judai was even more confused.

Although he usually paid no attention to school affairs, he felt he should have heard of such a famous student.

Given Judai's past behavior, he would have definitely gone to play cards with such a famous student in the academy by now. But he really didn't remember this person at all. The arithmetic student behind him nodded in agreement, saying, "Indeed, it's rare even for Judai to not remember such a famous person."

The man beside him, Manjoume, scoffed, "Hmph, this is what they call 'the important people have bad memories.' That wretched Judai, just because he had a bit more luck with the gacha pulls, he thinks he's above everyone else."

"You all remember?"

Judai found it even stranger.

Why do all my companions recognize this person, but I don't?
This is so abnormal.

"Taniguchi?"

The more Judai thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and suddenly he stood up from his seat.

"Ok?"

Professor Chronos, who had been ignoring his little antics, finally couldn't pretend he hadn't seen him any longer and asked helplessly, "What's wrong, you poor student?"

Although the relationship between Professor and Judai is no longer as tense as it was when they first enrolled, and Professor Chronos no longer dislikes him as much, the term "bad student" is still a term that has been used for a long time and cannot be changed overnight.

Judai didn't mind and smiled, "Let's go to the infirmary, teacher."

"oh oh."

Chronos didn't ask any further questions. After all, it was already a big favor that the underachieving student was even attending class, and he didn't want to know what Jaden was up to.

After leaving the classroom, Judai did not go to the infirmary, but instead went to the archives.

Yubel floated behind him: "What? Is there a file you need to check?"

"I suddenly remembered, I feel like I've seen this person named Taniguchi somewhere before."

The tenth generation activated the computer in the archives and began searching for information.

Yubel crossed his arms: "Your classmates all say he's a very famous student, right? So it's not surprising that you've heard of him before, is it?"

"No, it's a little different."

Judai shook his head and said.

"I remember this person is... Haha, sure enough, there he is."

He opened a file on the computer.

Yubel leaned closer and squinted. "Oh, I see. That's certainly interesting."

The computer files do contain Taniguchi's file and photos, but they are not his current student file.

Instead, he was one of the missing persons from the old dormitory.

It wasn't just Tenjouin Fubuki and Fujiwara Yusuke who disappeared from the abandoned dormitory; many more students vanished in that forbidden area. It's possible that some of them, like Fujiwara Yusuke, were once obsessed with research into dark forces.

This valley entrance is one of them.

Yubel, stroking his chin, said, "But if this person was a student who disappeared back then, then in your classmates' memories he was actually a student."

“Hmm.” Judai nodded. “He probably used the ability to influence other people’s cognition, or even to tamper with memories, so that the people around him would naturally accept the possibility that Taniguchi, who had long been missing, would return to the school.”

And the guy who has the ability to do that

Before he could finish speaking, a cold voice rang out from the doorway of the archives room.

"Of course, it's the all-powerful Darkness."

Jaden and Yubel turned around at the same time, only to see Taniguchi already standing at the door of the archives room, staring at them with a cold gaze.

(End of this chapter)