Yu-Gi-Oh! Your Friends Are Fighting Out of the Underworld

Chapter 254: Information Asymmetry

Under the moonlight, the fighter jets that had been surrounding and "escorting" the aircraft, along with the large transport plane belonging to the Shredder Group, had completely retreated.

In the night sky where it seemed as if the Iron Curtain had never appeared, the duel airship continued to fly slowly.

"Now, the fourth round of the first Super Expert Rules Tournament - Duel City Elimination Tournament officially begins."

As always, the diligent referee Isono stood in the center and announced loudly:

"Then, both duelists, take your positions."

And amidst that serious voice, a certain yellow-haired duelist—Mr. Jonouchi—couldn't help but look around:
"No, why did it become so deserted when it was my turn?"

"What are you talking about, Jonouchi? Don't you take me, Honda-sama, seriously?"

"Well, after all, our Jonouchi-san wants to become a duel superstar."

"No no no..."

Looking at the obvious mockery of Peacock Dance, Jonouchi shook his head desperately.

"I just wanted to ask—"

After scanning the area again, he was truly certain that the arrogant guy was not there:
"Where's that bastard Kaiba?"

"The president is naturally busy with business."

"No, he was clearly there the entire time before, right? Why was he gone when it was my turn to play?!"

"Is that so? So, brother hopes that Mr. Kaiba can watch his game."

Shizuka's sigh was obviously unconscious, but after she said this, she, who was somewhat naturally dark, the scene fell into a strange silence.

At the same time, someone in the city felt an indescribable chilly wind blowing.

Including Peacock Dance, Jonouchi could clearly feel that their gazes had become different.

Shocking, weird, and even a little unbearable:

"Wait, Shizuka, that's not what you said, right?"

"?"

But looking at his sister's pure eyes without any impurities, he felt that he could not say anything harsh.

"Really? You should be able to understand what the situation is now, right?"

Finally, he turned the conversation to the man standing opposite him.

"Hongye...is it okay to call you that?"

"Of course, Mr. Jonouchi."

"Don't you think Kaiba is going a little too far?"

Hearing this, Xiang Hongye's originally smiling expression gradually became serious.

but……

"It doesn't matter. I'm not standing on this stage just to gain recognition from anyone."

"Brother Hongye! Come on!"

Glancing at the boy who seemed completely lost in the situation, Hongye simply smiled and took off her glasses.

"No matter what, I should give my best duel to the little fan who was willing to accompany me here."

"The best duel ever..."

After hearing what Hongye said, Jonouchi couldn't help but laugh:
"Yes, I was overthinking it. Let's begin our duel."

He held up his deck.

“This is the best…”

But at this moment, a strong cold wind blew and blew the card away.

"Ah, cards!"

"Jounouchi what are you doing?!"

"Honda, shut up and watch me!"

Jonouchi stretched out his hand, and under the red light that was like a flame, a red light that was almost about to condense into a shape brought back the blown away cards.

"this is……"

"I've already sworn that I'll show my friends a better version of myself, so I absolutely cannot lose."

Gently placing the recovered deck onto the Duel Disc, Jonouchi couldn't help but laugh:
"So, I'm sorry, Momiji—let's go, Red Eyes!"

"The duel begins!"

At Isono's command, a loud dragon roar echoed right above the duel boat.

…………

"It looks like the battle has begun." "Yeah."

"I don't know who will advance between Hongye and Jonouchi."

“It’s really suspenseful.”

"So you don't want to go and take a look?"

After a moment's silence, Zach finally couldn't help but speak.

He raised his head and looked at the man sitting opposite him:

"Youming."

This man had been sitting right opposite him, motionless, since before.

"For you who have already advanced, you should pay as much attention as possible to your next opponent."

Hearing this, You Ming just twitched the corner of his mouth:
"That's true. I'm actually curious to see how the Hero deck performs, and I'm also interested in the things about Jonouchi that interest me."

"Then we should..."

"However, your current condition makes me a little worried."

"..."

"After all, you're probably still upset about what Kaiba said, right?"

Hearing this, Zack was stunned, and a look of helplessness appeared on his originally tense face.

But before his brain could continue working, he saw the man in front of him reach out and knock on the table between them.

"Anyway, I came here just to sort out what happened before for you."

"Combing?"

"Yes."

Facing Zack's puzzled gaze, You Ming shrugged helplessly.

"To be honest, I don't really want to do this kind of thing, but Kaiba doesn't know how to speak human language."

"I wonder if he learned from that BYD Kaiba Gozaburo that he only knows how to look down on people."

"Not only does he never say a single nice thing, but when faced with certain misunderstandings, he's also unwilling to explain himself out of pride. In my opinion, he's pure cerebral palsy."

"..."

After hearing this series of gossip, Zack's originally puzzled expression became confused.

To be honest, he didn't know how to describe the current situation.

Theoretically, the man in front of him should have something to say to him, but it seemed that he was taking the opportunity to complain... or insult the president of Kaiba Group.

"Actually... Mr. Kaiba is not that bad."

"No, there's no need to speak well of him against your conscience. He's just a bad person by nature. Even to some extent, it's not a problem to say that he's selfish."

"..."

"But even for such a guy, he has his own reasons for what happened today."

"reason……"

Not sure if he was numb from hearing it or if he was genuinely doubtful, but Zach just subconsciously repeated the word that seemed to be very crucial.

"Well, I think you should also know what happened more than a month ago?"

To some extent, this can be regarded as You Ming's own dark history.

I've tried my best to keep "Dimension Fusion" out of the boundary, and I've tried my best to make this mess go away.

As a result, he was backstabbed by some wise creature. Although it was finally resolved, the feeling of failure made him unable to hold back until now.

"In short, extreme climate change and other disasters all have traces that can be traced."

But what if I can’t hold it in? I still have to explain it clearly.

But at this moment, something unexpected happened:

"what are you saying?"

"Ok?"

When he came to his senses, You Ming only saw Zach looking at him with a puzzled look.

"What disaster?"

In an instant, You Ming's heart skipped a beat.

"You do not know?"

(End of this chapter)