Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Yeah, I'm fine." Thanks to Yugi being underneath her, Kyoko was only startled and not seriously injured. "But Yugi, you bumped into something, didn't you? Let me see if you're hurt."

"It's alright, Anzu. It's just that the metal made a loud noise when it was knocked over." Yugi, pretending to be unaffected, looked at Anzu's serious face and smiled gently, saying, "Instead of that, you should get up first. I'm having trouble breathing because of you."

"Ah? Sorry, sorry." Upon hearing this, Kyoko quickly stood up, holding onto the armrest of the chair next to her, and also pulled Yugi along.

As she restarted the game, Kyoko belatedly realized, "Huh? Wait a minute! Game, did you say I've gained weight?!"

"Ugh, I knew it! I ate too much high-calorie food in America recently, and my weight has definitely gone up again!"

Yugi sighed in exasperation. "Truly, she's a girl who loves beauty," he thought. The plane had almost crashed just moments before, and now Kyoko was worrying about her weight because of his comment about being "suffocated by the weight." While Kyoko's dream is to be a professional dancer and she values ​​her figure, wasn't she being a little too concerned?

However, when it comes to professional dancers, even the game couldn't help but take a look at Kyoko's figure. Although Kyoko said she had gained weight, she didn't have much unwanted fat on her waist, legs, or face. On the contrary, it was her two semicircles at the front and back that were most likely to gain weight...

'cough cough'

Inside the Millennium Puzzle, Yami Yugi coughed, drawing Yugi's attention. Slightly embarrassed, she explained to her alter ego, "Um, I was just checking if Kyoko was hurt or something, um, that's all."

"Yes, yes, I completely believe you, Aibo." Yami Yugi said this, but the smile in his voice was too obvious, clearly indicating that he did not believe Yugi's words.

To the game's relief, a door leading to the rear section of the cabin suddenly opened not far away. Hayato and Malik walked out of the slightly sloping corridor, with Malik shaking his hands as if he had just washed them and was drying them.

"Hayato, how's the situation back there? Are you all alright?"

Hayato nodded to the game, glanced at a flight attendant who was hunched over in the corner with his butt sticking out and rolling his eyes, and said, "Looks like you guys were also attacked by assassins who infiltrated the crew?"

"Nothing happened in the second half of the cabin either. I've dealt with the attacker and confirmed that he's unlikely to attack us again. However, I don't know what happened to the plane just now."

"Also?" Yugi noticed the details Hayato mentioned and instantly understood that Hayato and his companions must have been attacked by assassins disguised as flight attendants in the latter part of the cabin. He even went so far as to think that the attacker, who appeared to be a vampire, might have boarded the plane as a flight attendant.

Hayato nodded, confirming the game's guess: "It's just like you thought. That vampire also boarded the plane as a member of the flight crew. I'm starting to wonder if the flight crew of this plane is some kind of S.H.I.E.L.D. or something. It's too easy to be infiltrated."

"Perhaps even the driver has been infiltrated."

Just then, Jonouchi arrived and overheard Hayato's words. He said with a strange expression, "Uh, you were right, Hayato. That co-pilot attacked me and Honda for no reason. He seems to be an assassin. He even killed the captain."

"Oh, the captain was killed." Hayato nodded subconsciously, repeating Jonouchi's words, then suddenly looked up, "Huh!? The captain was killed?"

Yugi and Hayato asked in unison, "So who's piloting the plane now!?"

"I learned to fly helicopters in Hawaii, but who knows how to fly this small passenger plane!" In the cockpit, Honda sat in the driver's seat, his hands gripping the control stick tightly. "Get someone to help me quickly, Jonouchi!"

Among the many dashboards, the altimeter, one of the few that Honda could decipher after applying helicopter piloting skills, was displaying a rapidly decreasing number.

【Osiris the Sky Dragon】Although he is a divine dragon with the ability to soar through the sky, he can only maintain the balance of the plane and control the descent speed. In reality, the plane is still falling continuously!

Chapter 685 Groudon: Is this never going to end?

Throughout history, regardless of region, the vast majority of people have harbored a grand dream: to fly. Of course, it's possible that some mythical beasts that cannot fly might share this dream, but how could there be mythical beasts that can't fly?

Although it seems difficult, flying is actually a very simple thing, just like swimming. You just need to make the upward force on yourself greater than the downward gravity.

However, being able to fly does not necessarily mean that one can carry other things with them. For example, right now, although the Sky Dragon of Osiris has the power to fly, it needs to carry a heavy aircraft. Combined with its own weight, the sum of the two far exceeds the lift, causing the small passenger plane that Hayato and the others are in to sink into the clouds and fall into the sea below.

That's so lame.

After receiving help from Jonouchi, the group rushed to Honda's cockpit, only to learn that the co-pilot who had been subdued by Jonouchi and Honda was also one of the assassins. It seemed that he had prepared a backup plan, Plan C, in case Plan B failed. This plan included a virus that could hack into the aircraft's autopilot system and small explosives that had been planted on the aircraft's engine.

If he fails to return to the cockpit within the pre-set time, the virus and explosives will activate simultaneously, causing the aircraft to dive downwards under autopilot control. At the aircraft's original flight altitude, it would make no difference whether the ground below is water or land.

However, due to the aircraft control logic, the priority of autopilot is not as high as that of manual driving. After all, although the current level of technology has become very advanced thanks to the involution of a certain trench coat enthusiast, the hidden dangers of autopilot still exist, whether on the ground or in the air.

So strictly speaking, the explosives placed in the engine position were actually the co-pilot's overly cautious Plan D. Even if he could find someone who could fly the plane among the bunch of kids on board after he killed the captain, a plane without power is just an empty coffin, and even a god couldn't save it.

In any case, if I fail to return to the cockpit on time, whether the assassination fails or I am eliminated in a double-cross, it means I will most likely not survive. In that case, I might as well drag everyone down with me.

As it turns out, his preparations as a co-pilot, perfectly suited for becoming a hero in another world, came in handy. Coincidentally, after killing the captain, he was subdued by Jonouchi and Honda due to a sneak attack. Honda happened to know a little about piloting airplanes, so the explosives in the engine became the final blow. If it weren't for the Sky Dragon of Osiris desperately holding onto the plane as if it were about to die, Hayato and the others would probably have already crashed to their deaths.

Even so, the crisis was not over. Honda, with the help of the Sky Dragon of Osiris, tried his best to control the plane to glide and slow down the descent as much as possible to buy time, but it was only a matter of time before it crashed into the sea.

In that case, rather than perishing along with the plane whose inevitable fate of crashing into the sea is sealed, it would be better to—

"Is there really no other way, Hayato?" With a backpack slung over his shoulder and the securing straps around his crotch, Yugi looked at Hayato, who was also carrying a backpack, and said, "I've never parachuted before."

"What's there to be afraid of? It's just a game. Nobody here has ever skydived. Who in their right mind would go skydiving? Isn't playing cards more fun?" Hayato tightened the harness to make sure the parachute wouldn't detach from his body after the jump.

Although it was Hayato's first time wearing a parachute, thanks to his past life's experience of seeing many tourists fall to their deaths from heights because scenic spots used cheaper area-restricted safety harnesses instead of high-altitude work harnesses, he managed to learn yet another piece of useless knowledge through various popular science programs and news truth-seeking shows.

However, although it was "useless knowledge," it has become useful in this situation.

Although there was still some time before the plane crashed, it wasn't much. Almost as soon as they decided to parachute, everyone sprang into action. Their first task was to wake up the five remaining flight attendants who had fallen unconscious. From them, they learned the location of the parachutes on the plane, and each of them was given one and put on their parachutes immediately.

It is worth mentioning that although the flight attendants who had been unconscious were quite dazed when they were first awakened, and seemed to have some symptoms of anemia because they had been drained of blood by Camus, they quickly regained their senses and started to act when they heard that the private plane they were on was about to crash into the sea.

It just goes to show that you never know how much potential you have until you push yourself.

Another point is that the plane was originally prepared for Pegasus alone, and that old bachelor has never had, does now, and probably never will have any plans to get married and have children. There were only ten flight attendants and Pegasus's parachute on the plane, but Hayato and the others who took the plane this time numbered six.

Fortunately, there are now only five flight attendants left, which, together with Hayato and his group, makes a perfect six people with eleven parachutes.

Seeing that everyone had almost finished putting on their parachutes, Yugi turned his gaze to a seat in the corner of the cabin, where the assassin controlled by the [Dark Magician] and the co-pilot who had failed to ambush Jonouchi earlier were tied to the seat with a rope.

Hayato noticed that Yugi was looking in their direction and knew what Yugi was thinking. He patted Yugi on the shoulder and said, "I know you're feeling a bit down right now, but there's nothing we can do, Yugi. We can't leave other people's parachutes for them, and they were already prepared to die when they accepted the mission to kill us."

“You are a gentle person, Yugi. Even those who want to kill you can treat you gently. This gentleness is invaluable and not superfluous.” As he spoke, Hayato turned around. “But now, we have no choice.”

"We're at about the right altitude, everyone hold on tight, I'm about to open the hatch!"

After giving a shout, Hayato controlled the Sky Dragon of Osiris, which was almost at its limit, and swung its claws to tear the side of the plane's wing to prevent it from hitting the wing due to airflow after jumping out. At the same time, he suddenly opened the cabin door.

Due to the huge pressure difference between the inside and outside, almost instantly, everyone in the cabin was thrown out by the airflow, their vision spinning, and the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] completely dissipated, the plane, now without support, plummeted downwards at full speed.

The moment the cabin door opened, Hayato, being the closest to it, was naturally the first to be swept out of the plane by the airflow. In a dizzying spin, he barely managed to figure out which side was the ground and which was the sky, struggling to control his body's rotation and try to regain his balance.

Their skydive was different from ordinary skydiving. Conventional skydiving involves boarding an aircraft with a professional skydiving platform and jumping from the tail of the aircraft at a constant altitude where airflow interference is relatively minimal, in order to experience the thrill of being a high-flyer.

However, parachuting from a crashing plane is a completely different story. The most important thing in a normal parachute jump is to open the parachute at the right altitude. But for Hayato, the most important thing right now is to regain his balance. Otherwise, if he blindly opens the parachute while spinning, the parachute ropes may get tangled around his body and prevent it from opening.

The parachute not opening is a minor issue, since there is usually a reserve parachute in the parachute pack in addition to the main parachute. However, if the rope gets tangled around his neck or something similar, Hayato might be strangled to death in mid-air.

Although not a Newtype with a strong sense of space, Hayato was still quite fast. He quickly regained control of his body's rotation and used airflow to make his body fall downwards in a balanced, prone position. He relaxed his head, which was almost shaken clean, and began to observe the condition of the others.

Although they had only undergone a very brief training session with the flight attendants on the plane, everyone took the life-or-death crisis very seriously. Hayato saw that Yugi and Jonouchi had almost returned to normal falling almost the second after he regained his balance. Honda and Kyoko were a little slower, but they also recovered in a short time.

As for the other flight attendants, needless to say, although they were easily infiltrated by four assassins, their team's professionalism was unquestionable. They recovered their balance even faster than Hayato, and they could probably handle the timing of pulling the parachute themselves.

The problem is, there's one person who still hasn't found his way up or down, and is tumbling and falling rapidly through the air.

"Ugh ugh ugh ugh (That's why I don't want to go back to Egypt)!!!" Because air rushed into his mouth during the fall, Malik's cries became muffled, "Ugh, ugh ugh (Brother-in-law, help me)!"

Who's your brother-in-law?!

Even though he couldn't hear or understand what Malik was saying, Hayato guessed that he was calling him brother-in-law again. Although Hayato usually disliked Malik, he had no choice but to help him now.

Hayato isn't a professional skydiver; his limit is being able to land prone to slow down, and he can't perform dives for acceleration or fancy flying maneuvers. However, as a duelist, he has his own methods.

Instead of opening the card box at his waist, which would be blown around by the wind if opened, Hayato directly took a card from the system's inventory, held it between his fingers, and flung it out against the raging air currents: "The gathered starlight will illuminate a new miracle. I forgot the rest. The situation is urgent now. Come out, wagatamashi!"

"The strongest [Dragon Radiance Technique] standing at the pinnacle of the ritual—[Announcer of the Radiant]!"

Although Hayato thought he shouted with great force, he couldn't actually change the physical phenomena. His words, like Malik's, were just made into some "uh-uh-uh-uh-uh" sounds because the wind was blowing into the air.

However, just as being immune to all monsters doesn't mean being immune to all duels, Hayato's inability to deliver cool lines due to the airflow didn't prevent the cards he threw from defying aerodynamics and flying straight to the tumbling Malik, turning into expanding light.

Malik felt the air around him suddenly shrink, and he bumped his head into the monster that had suddenly appeared beneath him, successfully stopping his tumbling. Before he could even see what the monster under his feet looked like, he saw the [Announcer of Light], which had only materialized for a moment, become transparent and disappear again. He quickly got into a prone position before it disappeared.

Seeing that Malik had regained his balance, Hayato breathed a slight sigh of relief, a wave of exhaustion washing over him. Although Hayato was no longer the same person he was at the beginning of the duel, his abilities had still grown within the realm of humanity. He had expended a great deal of energy maintaining the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] form for so long in order to slow down the plane's descent.

Thinking about it now, it turns out you traitorous dragon tricked me again, unforgivable Osiris!

Around that time, Hayato, looking down, witnessed the Hindenburg, the aircraft they had been on, crash into the sea after its descent, turning into a giant firework blooming on the ocean.

If Hayato and the others hadn't jumped out of the plane, they would have been just a tiny, insignificant piece of flammable material in the fireworks.

Despite having escaped the plane crash, it was not time to relax yet. Hayato struggled to open his eyes against the strong wind, looking down at the seemingly endless sea below.

Because their route to Egypt was mostly over the sea far from land, they were also in the air above the sea when the plane crashed. Although the parachutes would have prevented them from dying, if there was no land to land on, they would only have the possibility of drowning after exhausting their strength while adrift at sea.

To Hayato's slight surprise, when he looked down at the sea, he discovered a sizable island in the distance, a lush and green expanse that clearly indicated it was a small island rich in natural resources.

But Hayato clearly remembered that he had specifically checked the location information before parachuting and knew that there shouldn't be any islands near their current location. So where did that small island come from? This isn't a desert, so it's unlikely to be a mirage.

But Hayato didn't have time to worry about that anymore; landing on a seemingly suspicious island was better than drowning in the sea. At their current altitude, if they deployed their parachutes, they should be able to glide successfully to the island, barring any major turbulence issues.

After exchanging gestures with Yugi, Jonouchi, and the others, the group didn't waste much time and decided to head to the island. They immediately pulled the pull cords on their parachutes, and colorful parachutes unfurled in mid-air, carrying the group who had jumped out of the plane towards the island.

Chapter 686 Hayato Kobayashi and Friday

Compared to the tense and exciting skydiving process, the step of waiting for landing after opening the parachute is relatively calm and peaceful. After all, it is difficult to fly from a low place to a high place, but it is much easier to land from a high place to a low place.

Especially for high-altitude skydiving, the biggest problem—the turbulent airflow that causes the parachute to deviate from the intended landing point—was also solved by the elves around them. For example, Malik came up with a unique move called "Lava Demon Flame Propulsion," which is exactly what it sounds like.

After a long time, as the altitude decreased, Hayato found himself on a lush grassy field. He took several dozen steps forward, cushioning his fall, and successfully landed on the island. Yugi and the others followed suit.

But then, Hayato suddenly realized that the five flight attendants who had jumped out of the plane with them earlier were not moving with them. Instead, they deliberately changed their gliding path by adjusting the airflow of their parachutes and flew towards the other side of the island.

"Hey! You're going the wrong way, we're on this side!" Looking at the five flight attendants flying towards the other side of the island, Jonouchi was a little confused, but he still looked up and shouted loudly into the air.

He had looked down at the island's general shape while gliding through the air. Although he couldn't see it clearly due to the thin fog covering the island and the dense vegetation, he could confirm that there seemed to be no trace of human presence on the island.

This means that it is unlikely that the five flight attendants wanted to change course and seek help because they saw the existence of human civilization.

While Jonouchi didn't quite understand, Honda was the first to realize what the group was thinking. He patted Jonouchi on the shoulder and said, "Alright, Jonouchi, save your energy. Those people just don't want to be with us."

"Huh?" Jonouchi was taken aback. "Why? Shouldn't we survivors stick together and help each other after a plane crash? It's safer to stay in a group, right? As long as we wait for rescue—"

“It is indeed safer now, since there is at least mutual support when multiple people are involved. But don’t forget that with the same harvest, the resources distributed among more people will be less.” Hayato said without looking up, continuing to fiddle with his Duel Disk.

"Ultimately, the solid barrier between our classes—we're Pegasus's guests, and they're his subordinates—is one of the reasons they don't want to work with us," Malik said, a sneer playing on his lips. "They're afraid we big shots intend to continue reaping the benefits, so they're trying to stay as far away from us as possible?"

"Well, I've been looking at my phone since the beginning." Because of the game's voice, Jonouchi turned to look at him, only to find that the game had a helpless expression on his face. "Probably because this place is too remote, there is no cell phone signal at all. We probably can't even send out a distress signal. We can only wait for passing ships to pass by to call for help."

"In that case, wouldn't it mean we can only rely on luck to be saved?" Kyoko said with a worried look. "If no ship passes by, won't we be like the protagonist in Robinson Crusoe, unable to return to human society for decades?!"

"Is there really such a good thing? If we were Robinson Crusoe, where would we pick it up on Friday?" Hayato finally looked up when he heard this, but he joked easily, "Relax, relax, let me see where it is. Ah, found it."

As he spoke, Hayato actually took a thin square from his Duel Disk, which looked about the size of a remote control.

"This is?"

Seeing that Yugi was a little curious, Hayato said proudly, "This is a little gadget that I specially asked Keihei to install in my Duel Disk. It was prepared specifically for this situation. As long as there are satellites in the sky, it can transmit location signals anytime, anywhere."

“I’ve already sent a distress signal directly to the headquarters of Haima Group using this thing. Although I don’t know if Guiping has received the message since there’s no receiving device, they can’t possibly not know about a plane crash. They’ll notice the distress signal and location information I sent soon.”

“Speaking of which, it’s all because of your sudden disappearance last time, brother-in-law. Everyone thought you were dead,” Malik said, looking at Hayato. “Now that we’ve sent the signal, all we need to do is ensure our own safety until the rescue arrives. We thought we were here for a vacation, but it turned into a wilderness survival challenge in the blink of an eye.”