Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Upon hearing Mai's voice, Jonouchi took a deep breath, as if finally issuing the order for the duel. He raised his head and met Mai's gaze without flinching, saying to the beauty before him, "Won't we go to Domino City together, Mai?"

"Nice!" x2

Behind Jonouchi, Otogi and Honda gave each other a high five, happy that Jonouchi had finally said something decent.

Seemingly realizing that what she said was a bit odd and incoherent, Jonouchi quickly added, "Well, what I mean is, look, Mai, when you came to Domino City before, it was because of Duel City, and we didn't really spend much time with you exploring Domino City because we were too busy dueling. But this time when we came to San Francisco, you spent a lot of time with us."

"I'm so sorry, even though we're such good friends, I didn't go shopping with you in Domino City."

Seeing that the tongue-tied Jonouchi had come up with a rather weak reason to invite her, Mai's eyes were full of undisguised laughter.

"In short," despite her determination to say something nice, she realized she lacked the words to express herself and simply gave up and went straight to the point. Looking into Mai's amber eyes, she asked, "Shall we come together, Mai?"

While facing Jonouchi, the usually assertive Mai was the first to turn her head away, turning her body to the side so as not to look at Jonouchi.

"No, thank you."

The peacock dance was refused.

Upon hearing Mai's refusal, Jonouchi was slightly taken aback and his mood dipped. But just then, he heard Mai's next words.

"My name is Mai Peacock. As a duelist, my goal is to become a world-class female professional duelist and prove to others that women also have the ability to reach the top."

Turning to face Jonouchi, Mai suddenly began to introduce herself, just like back in Duel Kingdom when she introduced herself to the game without looking at Jonouchi, who was standing next to the game.

"There are more professional duelist tournaments in America than in Japan. If I want to achieve my goals, it's better to stay here. Otherwise, it would be a shame to give up on my dreams without even trying."

"However, if one day, as a celebration of achieving my goal, or as a consolation for not being able to achieve my ideal, I wonder if there would be someone willing to take me for a stroll through the streets of Domino City?"

"Personally, I prefer places like parks."

Turning her head, Kongque Wu looked at the city and revealed a bright and charming smile, even winking playfully like a little girl, which was rare for her.

The disappointment on Jonouchi's face turned into a bright smile: "Oh! The tour guide assignment that Jonouchi-sama promised is valid indefinitely!"

"Besides, I'm a local from Domino City, so it's no problem for me to accompany you to all the parks."

——————Not very good at romance scenes——————

Throughout the journey, Jonouchi maintained a silly grin, even when he was transformed into a turtle more than once by [Red-Eyes Black Dragon], [Steel Magic Knight], and [Demon Dragon] during his duel to pass the time with Hayato. He remained calm and smiling the whole time.

"To be honest, I don't understand at all. What's going on with Jonouchi? Has he made any real progress with that Mai the Peacock?"

After manually shuffling his deck, Malik placed the cards back on the table, drew the top card, and asked Hayato a question.

"I haven't seen them confirm their relationship or anything, so what is that guy grinning about like an idiot for?"

Hayato shrugged and said, "It's hard for me to explain this to you, you three-year-old. After all, I'm just a heartless card player."

"Furthermore, by linking your draw earlier, I activate [Strong Knockout] to send the card you drew to the graveyard."

Malik, with his dead fish eyes, laid out the [Lava Demon] he had added to his hand, along with the other cards in his hand: "Why don't you just send me to the graveyard? This card is unplayable."

"Hmm, well done, what a pleasant duel." Because of Malik's surrender, although the duel was not conducted using the Duel Disk, Hayato still received 500 DP from the system settlement, and smiled as he tidied up the cards on the field.

"Isn't it just you who's having a good time, brother-in-law?" Malik complained, glancing at his sister Isis, who was sitting on the other side of the cabin chatting with Kyoko, a little distance away from the "card game area" on this side. He lowered his voice and leaned close to Hayato's ear, "Speaking of which, brother-in-law, how far have things progressed between you and my sister?"

"Did you hit home run? Or third base? Second base?" Malik asked with a gossipy look. "You can't have missed first base, can you?"

"Stop talking nonsense all day long. Your sister and I are completely innocent."

"Hehe, brother-in-law, stop pretending." Malik's smile became quite lewd, making it hard to connect him with the former leader of Gurus whose facial expressions could scare children. He looked more like a pimp. "Look at my sister's chest, look at my sister's waist, look at my sister's butt. You dare say you don't have any thoughts about her?"

As Malik spoke, his voice became slightly out of control, prompting Hayato to raise an eyebrow and say seriously, "Malik, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to talk about your sister like that?"

“What did I say, brother-in-law? Isn’t it normal for men to be lustful? Besides, my sister has such a great figure, she can be picky no matter what.” Malik completely ignored the subtle look Hayato gave him and continued, “Although my sister is very rigid and her cooking is terrible, she is still very gentle and considerate. You should seize the opportunity to pursue her.”

"But your sister's rigid personality is a problem too. If you really can't stand it, I can introduce you to two hot girls I met while I was racing. They have great figures and are very outgoing. Why don't you bookmark their numbers on your phone?"

"Malik?"

Hearing the voice behind him, Malik froze instantly, mechanically turning his head to look behind him. There stood Isis, smiling gently as always. However, from Isis's tender expression, Malik felt a chilling coldness.

It's murderous intent, absolutely murderous intent!

"Hayato, I suddenly remembered that I have a few words I wanted to say to Malik. Is it alright if I interrupt your duel a little?"

Despite having the same expression without any change, Isis's gentle smile towards Malik contained an undisguised murderous intent, but when facing Hayato, Isis's demeanor transformed into pure gentleness and shyness.

"Ah, no problem at all. Malik and I just finished our duel." Completely ignoring Malik's pleading winks and helpful expression, Hayato patted Malik on the shoulder with a cheerful smile. "You need to keep a good relationship with your older sister, Malik-san~"

No one knows what Malik went through after being dragged away by Isis. All that is known is that after returning to his seat, he remained in a state of utter terror until the plane reached the skies above Domino City.

Although it is a jet aircraft, since the Seahorse adopted the Blue-Eyes White Dragon as its exterior design, it naturally spared no expense in packing all sorts of advanced technologies into this aircraft, including the amazing "vertical takeoff and landing" function, which makes the landing extremely smooth, almost like riding an airship.

As Hayato stepped off the plane, he casually turned off airplane mode on his phone, which had been on the whole time. However, this seemingly insignificant action caused a flood of messages to pop up on his phone almost instantly.

These messages weren't spam; they were all sent by the same contact, and the top message clearly stated—

"Hayato, your dad and I are back! We'll be at Domino City Airport in half an hour. Aren't you surprised and delighted?"

Looking again, I realized it had been sent about half an hour earlier.

Jonouchi, who was following Hayato off the plane, heard a series of ringing sounds from Hayato's phone indicating a message had been received. Somewhat puzzled, he asked, "Was that your phone, Hayato? What's wrong?"

"Hmm, it's quite amazing and a coincidence." Hayato looked at a black dot on the horizon that was gradually growing into the shape of an airplane, and pointed in that direction with a helpless expression. "My parents seem to have returned to their country. They're on that plane behind us, I think?"

In the waiting hall, Hayato waited for the plane to land. Yugi and Jonouchi stayed with Hayato instead of leaving. It was the first time they had seen Hayato's parents.

Speaking of which, Hayato hasn't seen his mother for quite some time. The last time was two years ago, when he had just transmigrated into this world. And the very next day, his mother went abroad to visit his father, whom he had never met before, for some time alone together.

After her mother finished her month-long annual leave, her company sent her abroad on a business trip, so she hadn't returned to Domino City for the past two years. She would only occasionally send Hayato emails and photos, as well as transfers from her bank account.

However, according to the series of text messages just now, it seems that all the overseas business has been resolved, and her mother's business trip is over and she can return to China. Her father, who is a diplomat, has also just completed his work handover and has been transferred back to China, so the two of them are coming back together.

Through the glass of the waiting hall, Hayato saw the plane that seemed to be his parents getting closer and closer to the ground. The landing gear unfolded, and the plane landed on the long runway and began to taxi.

Not long after, at the arrivals area, Hayato met his parents, but—

"Hmph, airplanes, with their outstanding power and speed, are the perfect means of transportation."

"Ah, sir, please don't occupy the space by the door, please move in a little further in."

"Heh heh, are you ordering me around? Ordering me, Kobayashi Hiroyuki?" The 1.95-meter-tall man stood motionless in the middle of the airport bus, arms crossed. "The airport is quite spacious, drive!"

"Don't cause trouble for others, you idiot!" Beside the man, a woman who seemed to be the other party's spouse grabbed his earlobe and forcibly pulled him out of the car. The man, who was being pulled, said with a face full of resentment, "Oh dear, how could you treat me, Xiaolin Hiroshi, like this? I must repay this humiliation, which is more shameful than rat droppings in a toilet!"

"You're the one making a fool of yourself, you idiot!" The woman angrily let go of her hand. "The child looks so much like you, I'm starting to worry about how he'll find a girlfriend in the future."

"Hmph, that kid Hayato will never find a girlfriend, let alone a girlfriend he's even close to. This is my deep understanding of him as his father, who inherited my personality!"

I wasn't praising you!

The noisy couple easily attracted the attention of others, especially the man's tall stature and his distinctively Dio-like manner of speaking, which was exactly like Hayato's. Jonouchi asked Hayato, "Hayato, I said those are your parents, right?"

"No, those are social terrorists I don't know."

Chapter 484 Serious Dragon Maid Who's Taking Care of Little Blue?

"Duel!" x2

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Hiroyuki Kobayashi: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

"Then I'll take the first turn, Hayato!" With an arrogant air, Hiroyuki Kobayashi drew a card from his deck.

At this point, some people might be wondering if they've missed reading a chapter.

The airport an hour ago.

"Oh, you're back, Hayato." Kobayashi Hiroyuki said casually, sitting on a bench in the arrival hall with his legs crossed and his hands clasped on his knees.

Hayato remarked, "Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say 'I'm back' in a situation like this?"

As he spoke, Hayato cast a helpless glance at his mother, Sumire Kobayashi, who returned the same helpless expression.

"If you count it up, it's been almost ten years since we last met. The last time we met was when you were ten years old." Kobayashi Hiroshi looked Hayato up and down, revealing an arrogant smile. "You've grown quite a bit taller, but in my opinion, you haven't grown up much."

"I bet you're still the same as when you were a kid, unable to make a single friend, or even a close female friend, huh? Hahaha!"

As he talked to himself, Kobayashi Hiroichi turned his head with a smile and met Yugi's gaze. The tall, imposing Kobayashi Hiroichi with his fierce eyes brought a great deal of pressure to Yugi, who even took a half step back.

"What are you looking at, handsome guy?"

“Hey, Dad, that’s enough.” Hayato walked in front of Yugi, blocking Kobayashi Hiroyuki’s view. “Yugi is my friend, as are Jonouchi and the others.”

"Oh my, are you Hayato-chan's friends?" Upon hearing this, Kobayashi Sumire's gaze swept across the group behind Hayato, instantly locking onto Kyoko and Isis. After giving them a special look, she gave Yugi a gentle smile. "You must be Yugi-kun? Thank you for taking care of Hayato."

"Ah, no, no, it's Hayato who's been helping us the whole time," Yugi said shyly, waving his hand.

Unlike Sumire Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi looked utterly shocked when Hayato said that Yugi and the others were his friends: "B-Baka!?"

"How is it possible that kid Hayato has made so many friends, including women?!"

I just made some friends, what's with that look on your face?!

Hayato mentally complained, ignoring his father's sudden gloomy expression, and introduced his friends to his mother.

"Yugi, Kyoko, Jonouchi, Honda and Otogi, they were all my classmates at school, but our friendship is more than just that of classmates. It would be an exaggeration to say that we are comrades who have risked our lives together."

"Although Honda and Jonouchi seem like delinquents, they are both kind and good people."

"That last sentence is unnecessary!" Jonouchi complained, greeting Kobayashi Sumire along with Yugi.

"Then came Malik and Isis, he—"

After introducing the game's characters, Hayato was about to introduce Malik and Isis to his mother when Isis stepped forward and introduced herself to Sumire Kobayashi: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Isis, Hayato's friend, and this is my younger brother, Malik."

Malik felt strange standing behind Isis. Why was his sister suddenly introducing herself?

"Oh, Isis, how are you?" A strange light flashed in Kobayashi Sumire's eyes. Although Isis didn't say anything, as a woman herself, she understood Isis's thoughts, and an unusually gentle smile appeared on her face.

I used to worry that Hayato, whose personality is exactly like my husband's at times, might not be able to find a girlfriend in the future, but now I think there's no need to worry at all.

Yugi and Jonouchi accompanied Sugoroku home. Isis also left to return to her post at the Egyptian Antiquities Exhibition. Hayato and his parents went home, along with Malik, who was a burden.

Kobayashi Sumire was very welcoming of Malik, Isis's younger brother, staying at her house. After all, in her eyes, Malik was a very cute and handsome kid. He was also Isis's younger brother, who had a rather ambiguous relationship with Hayato. Apart from being very anime-loving, he had no flaws. The guest room in the house was just sitting empty anyway.

However, Hiroyuki Kobayashi has a different opinion on this.

"Hmph, what I hate most in this life is people living in other people's houses, especially a man living in mine." Kobayashi Hiroyuki was extremely upset about Malik having lived in his house before, and even wore a sour face because of it.

“I hate storylines like ‘Malik the Invader,’ ‘Letters from the Past,’ and ‘Youth Spent with Malik.’”

"No, what you're talking about is completely off-topic, and besides, our family doesn't have a tradition of being gentlemen for generations, right?" Hayato retorted, placing the luggage he was carrying on the living room carpet.