Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Jaden's deck is similar; in addition to relying on the Fusion Spell Card to summon powerful monsters, it also heavily relies on the "Attack" action. If it is affected by a restriction like Gravity Net, most of its threat will be removed.

The results of this observation will surely be applicable to the next one...

Thinking this, Misawa suddenly realized that the seat in front of him, where "Captain Dragonfly"—that is, Principal Hayato, whom everyone except Jaden recognized—was empty. He looked at Junko and Momoe, who were leaving together to go to lunch, and asked, "Where is Principal Kobayashi?"

"It was probably after Jaden Yuki summoned that [Lava Demon] from Asuka's monster that the principal left long ago." After Junko finished speaking, Momoe complained, "It's one thing that Asuka and Jaden Yuki were on the field focused on the duel, but you two boys were staring at the duel without blinking, completely unaware that the principal had left."

"Let's go, let's go! My stomach is growling!" "I want to eat ramen for lunch. It's so great that I can eat ramen freely at school."

Misawa, still standing in the audience, scratched the back of his head and muttered, "What's going on? This strange feeling of being the only one who hasn't joined in, of being excluded..."

"Since things have come to this, let's go back and do a couple of calculus problems to de-stress."

——————The dividing line for "Pokémon is so much fun"——————

Hayato's early departure certainly wasn't for food. Despite Jaden and the others' fondness for the convenience store, they were mostly just looking to buy Duel Bread. The Duel Academy, located overseas, naturally has a cafeteria.

However, this canteen is more like a "restaurant". The food is made to order and is not free. The price is a bit high. You need to have some money at home to eat here every day.

He doesn't need to be the son of the Manjoume Group like Manjoume, but at least Judai can afford it. He's just very enthusiastic about duel bread, which is like drawing cards and no one knows what filling you'll get.

However, Hayato's power as principal is limitless! Given that the cafeteria's funding mainly comes from the Haima Group, he has been freeloading there for as long as the cafeteria has been built and operating—although he is very rich, food that he gets for free always tastes better than food that he buys with money.

But today, Hayato wasn't eating alone; another person was waiting for him at the cafeteria entrance. Upon seeing Hayato's arrival from afar, the adult man who immediately recognized him greeted him respectfully: "Principal Kobayashi, hello."

Hayato glanced at the man in the suit and nodded, already aware of his arrival: "Hello, you must be the new student teacher?"

At the beginning of the Duel Academy's planning, all the teachers in all positions had been arranged. However, for some unknown reason, there were occasional tasks that required the academy to negotiate with the outside world. Whether by accident or coincidence, these tasks always ended up on Kira Aoki, the dormitory head of the Yellow Dormitory, as if some world's will was watching him go on business trips or working part-time.

Consequently, the classes that Kira Aoki-sensei was supposed to teach had to be postponed or canceled because of his business trips. For example, the class that Judai and the other first-year students were supposed to have this morning, which was supposed to be taught by Kira Aoki, turned into free time. Once or twice wouldn't be so bad, but Aoki is frequently away on business trips, and if this continues, the impact on teenagers will be immeasurable.

Therefore, before the start of the semester, the Haima Group recruited another intern teacher to substitute for Aoki, who was away on a business trip. If he performed well during his internship, he could be promoted to a full-time teacher at the Duel Academy.

“Aoki is currently away on a business trip, but since this semester has just begun, he doesn’t have much to hand over to you. Just continue teaching according to your own course schedule,” Hayato said to the man in the suit. “As for the Yellow Dormitory, there usually won’t be any issues. Compared to the Blue and Red Dormitories, the Yellow Dormitory is the least worrisome, and Professor Kabayama will also help with that. All you need to be responsible for is the teaching aspect.”

"Also, although the school does not restrict teachers' uniforms, everyone will still be given a set. If you have any preferences, you can submit them and the uniform will be modified to your liking. For example, Aoki wears a yellow dormitory uniform in the style of a suit, Professor Chronos lengthened the hem of the blue dormitory uniform and added a shawl, while Professor Daitokuji doesn't really like wearing uniforms."

"Regarding the specifics, Professor Chronos hasn't finished his get out of class yet. You can ask him for feedback on everything once he arrives. He's also the one responsible for evaluating your internship." Hayato paused, glanced at the glasses on the man in the suit, and suddenly asked, "By the way, I haven't asked your name yet?"

“Principal, my name is Ryuga, Kido Ryuga, you can just call me Ryuga.” With two neatly arranged strands of white hair and a curl hanging down in front of his bangs, the man in the suit smiled respectfully at Hayato. “You may not know, but I’m actually a fan of yours.”

'The largest shareholder of the International Illusion Society, a Duel King with a vast collection of powerful and rare cards, and the principal of the Duel Academy—ha, it's more accurate to say that only a minority wouldn't envy Hayato Kobayashi for having such resources.' Ryuga pushed up his glasses, which had slipped slightly from his bowing, and thought to himself, 'Because he's rich, he acquired a large number of powerful cards, thus becoming the Duel King, and then using that to become the principal of the Duel Academy.'

"Even if someone else had your luck, they could have reached this point. However, your days of being high and mighty are numbered. Once I enter the Duel Academy, I will soon be able to use my teaching to control the students' actions in the dueling world, allowing me to also gain a prestigious position and influence, and challenge your position!"

Hayato, who doesn't possess mind-reading abilities, glanced at the other person, especially at the right hand raised when the other person pushed up their glasses, and looked at the rather unique ring on the middle finger. He said meaningfully, "Dragon Fang, huh? Not a bad name. Anyway, welcome to the Duel Academy for now. You'd better perform well during your internship and not disappoint anyone."

Chapter 1080 The Emperor of the Academy

"Yoshi, I'm smoking!"

Reaching into the pile of bread, Jaden grabbed a package and, without paying at the counter, tore it open right in front of the other people buying duel bread.

In an instant, golden light burst forth from the packaging, and the bread in Jaden's hand was revealed to be a golden bread made from a golden egg that is only available once a day!

"Niiiiiiice! I got the Golden Bread!" Jaden excitedly held up the Golden Bread like a super rookie before going to the counter to pay, completely ignoring the cashier who was looking at her with resentful eyes because the people who bought the Duel Bread no longer lingered there after seeing that Jaden had already bought the Golden Bread.

At the same cashier, Asuka saw the golden bread in Judai's hand, which was constantly glittering as if it had special effects, and casually said, "Judai, you're really lucky. How many times in a row have you drawn a golden bread?"

"It's not luck, it's more like intuition. After all, Duel Bread is like drawing cards. If you feel it's right, you can draw the card you want." Jaden said with a smile. "However, it's a pity that the record of drawing Golden Bread in a row has to be recalculated starting today. I finally managed to draw it for six days in a row, almost a week, but yesterday Mr. Hayato suddenly had a craving for Golden Bread and just bought it on a whim."

Jaden's words made Asuka chuckle: "You have such good luck with the cards, yet you still can't beat Principal Hayato?"

"Who told Mr. Hayato to take advantage of his absence from class and come early to buy the Golden Bread? I can't just conjure up a non-existent bread from the Duel Bread that doesn't have the Golden Bread."

Jaden sighed as she spoke, glancing at Asuka who was also holding a Duel Bread. However, unlike Jaden, Asuka had chosen hers and come to pay first, so she hadn't had time to open it yet. "Tenjōin, you also bought Duel Bread? Hurry up and open it to take a look."

Asuka was a little confused: "But isn't the Golden Bread, the grand prize, already in your hands? There's nothing to look forward to about what the Duel Bread in my hands is anymore."

"Oh, no, that's not it! Although the golden bread is the grand prize, the process is more important than the result. Unveiling the unknown outcome is also very interesting." Judai looked expectantly at the bread in Asuka's hand. "Anyway, let's open it quickly!"

"I know, I know, you're too impatient." Asuka looked at Judai, shook her head helplessly, and opened the packaging of the bread in her hand, revealing the filling sandwiched between the two slices of bread: golden tempura shrimp.

I don't know what kind of cutting-edge technology the convenience store uses. I heard it's the Duel Bread making process provided by Haima Group. Unlike most ready-to-eat foods, the fillings in the Duel Bread are not cold. Instead, they are kept in the most suitable state for consumption. For example, the egg in the Golden Bread is soft-boiled, and the batter of the fried shrimp is also very crispy.

Don't ask, the answer is that Haima Group's science and technology are number one in the world!

However, Asuka couldn't help but complain: "Yakisoba bread is one thing, but who came up with fried shrimp bread? Isn't this even more excessive than carbs plus carbs? The calories consumed are way too much."

Although she doesn't really like how others always focus on her appearance and ignore her abilities, Asuka is, after all, a teenage girl, and she actually pays quite a bit of attention to managing her figure. If she ate this fried shrimp bread for lunch today, she'll probably have to be more careful about what she eats tonight.

Although Asuka could accept fried shrimp bread, the fact that her dinner was affected by food she didn't particularly like made her a little unhappy, but she couldn't just throw the food away.

But at that moment, Jaden said enviously, "Wow, it's fried shrimp bread! I only had it once yesterday, but I love the taste. Can I trade you my golden bread, Tenjouin?"

Could there be anything more to Asuka's liking? Of course she was happy to do so, and said to Jaden with some gratitude, "Of course I'm willing, but isn't it a bit unfair of you to do this? The Golden Bread is the grand prize among duel breads."

"Although it's a grand prize, I've been eating it for almost a week now, and even the best food gets boring after a while. But I'm not tired of the fried shrimp bread yet; in fact, I love fried shrimp the most." Jaden handed his golden bread to Asuka, then took Asuka's share, and said with a smile, "It's like how [Ancient Saint Dai - First Dragon] is hard to use in my hands, but [Beloved Hero] is a card I really love."

"Even though it's called Duel Academy, you're really thinking about Duel Monsters all the time." Asuka glanced at the shrimp bread in Jaden's hand and then at the golden bread in her own hand when she heard Jaden mention the cards they had exchanged. She smiled and said this.

The two sat at a long table in the convenience store where students could buy food and then eat. They took a bite of their bread together, their faces showing expressions of enjoyment.

"So this is what golden bread tastes like? It's amazing!"

"The taste of fried shrimp is the best!"

As the two were eating bread, Asuka suddenly remembered something strange and asked Judai, "By the way, Judai, why haven't I seen Marufuji, who's always by your side?"

"Sho? It seems he was called in by the teacher because his answers to the test questions in the Duel Basics (Chain) class were terrible. Even I know that [Whirlwind] can't be chained to [Divine Declaration]."

Judai said helplessly, looking at Asuka, "Speaking of which, Makuta and Hamaguchi weren't with you either, were they?"

“Because, just like on your side, they were also called away by that new intern teacher.” Asuka said, glancing at Judai, and complained with a hint of dissatisfaction, “I’ve been calling you ‘Judai’ all along, but you’ve been calling me ‘Tenjōin’. You’re the one who says we’re friends, and you’re the one who uses such an unfamiliar form of address.”

"Ah, sorry, sorry. I'm just used to calling people by their last name. For example, even with Manjoume, I usually call him by his last name." Judai apologized quite sincerely after hearing Asuka's words.

"Thinking about it, it seems you do address most people by their surname, which doesn't quite match your warm and welcoming demeanor." Asuka took a bite of her bread and added, "Wait a minute, what about Marufuji Sho? Didn't you keep calling him by his name?"

“Because Sho’s situation is a little different, he took the initiative to say that he wants to recognize me as his older brother.” Judai patted his chest. “Although it’s my first time being an older brother, it would be too formal if the older brother addressed the younger brother by his surname.”

"You really do have a reason. But Marufuji Sho acknowledging you as his older brother... tsk tsk." Saying something Judai couldn't understand, Asuka shook her head, turned away helplessly, and continued eating her bread. Just as Judai was about to continue eating his bread, his sharp eyes suddenly noticed Junko and Momoe walking together towards the convenience store in the distance through the glass.

"Huh? Oh my god... Asuka, isn't that Makita and Hamaguchi?"

Hearing Judai address her, Asuka's lips unconsciously curled up. She looked in the direction Judai was looking and saw her two best friends. But then she frowned: "Something seems off. Why are they looking so dejected?"

"Could it be that Ryuga-sensei's tutoring is too torturous? I've seen people cry out to the heavens, 'No! No! I can't do this problem!' because they can't solve a problem. They look so pitiful. I'm a little worried that Sho might do that too." As she spoke, Judai stood up. "Anyway, let's go ask your friends what's going on."

After leaving the convenience store, Judai and Asuka approached Junko and Momoe and realized that they hadn't been mistaken. Both Junko and Momoe looked absent-minded and dejected. Even though Judai and Asuka didn't try to hide their feelings and walked straight towards them, even standing right in front of them, Junko and Momoe still didn't notice them.

"Junko, Momoe." Seeing that the two hadn't noticed her, Asuka spoke up directly, "Why do you two look like that? Did something happen?"

"A-Asuka?!" It wasn't until Asuka called their names that they noticed their best friends standing in front of them. After a brief moment of surprise, Junko and Momoe hugged Asuka like children, crying, "Our cards were stolen!"

"The card was stolen!? What happened?!" Hearing Junko's words, Asuka's expression turned serious. She helped Junko up and said, "Calm down and tell me slowly."

The relatively calmer Momoe recounted their ordeal to Judai and Asuka. From Momoe, they learned that the person who stole their cards was none other than Ryuga Kido, the intern teacher who had specially called them in for "after-school tutoring"!

"Besides having teaching abilities, teachers at the Duel Academy also need to have enough strength to command respect. Therefore, Professor Chronos, who was in charge of assessing Teacher Longya's internship, assigned him a task: to complete fifty duels with students within the academy. At the same time, each student who was defeated would have a rare card chosen by Teacher Longya."

Asuka frowned. "Isn't this rule a bit too strange? Why would a card-betting rule be implemented in the academy?"

"Stealing someone else's card... as a duelist, this is something that cannot be forgiven!" Although she wasn't very familiar with Junko and Momoe, they were Asuka's friends, and Asuka was also her friend. Therefore, Jaden felt that she couldn't just listen to it and remain indifferent. "Even if it's a teacher, you absolutely cannot do such a thing!"

"No, people who would steal someone else's card are unforgivable!"

(Hayato, who spent the whole morning fishing at the lake but came back empty-handed: Achoo!)

“But, however, Professor Ryuga does have a document stamped by Professor Chronos, authorizing him to duel with his students.” Junko recalled her experience. “That can’t be faked. We probably won’t be able to get our cards back.”

“If you say it’s impossible before you even start, then miracles will never happen, right? Only by trying can you know whether you can succeed or not,” Judai said firmly.

Asuka nodded in agreement: "Besides, although he may not be the most handsome, Professor Chronos is definitely not the kind of person who would agree to the existence of card gambling rules on campus. There must be something wrong with this."

Although they weren't very confident that Judai and Asuka could get their stolen cards back, Junko and Momoe still told them where the classroom where Ryuga had given them after-school tutoring was located. After letting the two exhausted girls go back to rest, Judai and Asuka immediately set off for their destination.

Upon arriving near the target classroom, before they even opened the door, they heard Kido Ryuga and Marufuji Sho's voices from inside: "Oh? Even though it's the Osiris-Red Dormitory, doesn't it have some pretty powerful cards in its deck? You drew them into your hand but didn't use them?"

"That card is no good! No, that card won't do!"

"Hmph, well then, I'll accept this [Power Welding] that you 'gifted' to me, Marufuji Sho-kun."

"You bastard, stop right there!" Upon hearing this, Judai was unable to calm down and understand the situation. He rushed into the classroom and saw the intern teacher, Kido Ryuga, putting a card into his card box and casually throwing a stack of cards at the kneeling Marufuji Sho, scattering the cards all over the floor.

"Damn it! I felt like I forgot something earlier. Just like Makita and Hamaguchi, Sho, you were also targeted by this guy and had your cards stolen too!" Judai said angrily, looking at Ryuga's behavior of not valuing other people's cards at all. "Unforgivable, Ryuga-sensei!"

"They actually did hold card-betting duels at the academy, just as Junko and Momoe said?!" Following behind Judai, Asuka walked in with a frosty expression, glaring at Kido Ryuga, who merely glanced at her without showing any emotion. "You're completely unfit to be a teacher at the Duel Academy!"

"Whether I can be a teacher at the Duel Academy is not for you students to judge, is it? And who told you that I was engaging in card-gambling duels? It's clearly just that the student who lost to me realized his shortcomings and gave his card to me, who likes to collect cards."

“How could this be? I didn’t…” Sitting amidst the scattered cards, Marufuji Sho’s voice was weak. He was filled with resentment and anger, but he didn’t dare to loudly refute Kido Ryuga, who had just defeated him.

Ignoring Marufuji Sho, whose rare card he had already taken, Ryuga looked at Judai and Asuka and said contemptuously, "Besides, I use my non-working hours to tutor students, which is clearly proof of hard work. Where is that going too far? Sometimes, instead of complaining about how strict the teachers are with you, you should think about whether you worked hard when you were studying."

"What kind of weirdo is that!" Jaden was furious. To him, duels were something that brought smiles and fun, not tools for Ryuga to steal other people's cards for his own gain. "Since you want to duel so badly, I'll be your opponent!"

"Me too, I'm betting on the cards of Junko and Momoe that you stole!" Asuka and Judai stood side by side, raising their Duel Disks in unison, ready to deliver a crushing defeat to Ryuga.

However, Ryuga recalled the deck information of Jaden and Asuka that he had seen in the student files and refused without hesitation: "No, I have no interest in dueling with you. Although your decks have rare cards, they are the kind of cards that have very low compatibility with other decks and are only suitable for use in a complete deck. I have no interest in collecting those kinds of cards."

"You bastard, you've just exposed that you were only after other people's cards!"

Hearing Judai's words, Ryuga raised an eyebrow: "What do you mean? You must have misheard. The bad student in the Red Dorm, what I mean is that it's not convincing to only challenge first-year students to duels to prove my ability as a teacher. So I've decided to go and challenge those upperclassmen who have better card reserves... I mean, students with better dueling skills."

Despite saying that, Longya's expression clearly conveyed, "I love seeing those expressions on your faces, those expressions of wanting to hit me but being unable to," which was incredibly provocative.

"Really? A senior student. So, what about me?"

A calm, somewhat cold male voice came from behind Judai and Asuka. The boy in the blue dormitory uniform walked into the classroom, bypassed Judai and Asuka, and walked straight towards Ryuga. He said coldly, "How about I be your opponent, teacher?"

Hearing Asuka beside him staring at the boy's retreating figure, Jaden exclaimed in surprise, "What's that person doing here? 'Marufuji'? Could it be—"

"How could I possibly refuse you, user of [Cyber ​​Dragon], emperor of Duel Academy, Kaiser Ryo!"

Chapter 1081 Taking the Initiative Against the Electronic Dragon

Marufuji Ryo stared expressionlessly at Kido Ryuga, who had accepted his duel. His calm face made it impossible to fathom what he was thinking.

It's lunchtime now. According to Marufuji Ryo's daily routine, he should usually be eating in the school cafeteria at this time, and he wouldn't be wandering around the school. After all, he's already a third-year student, not one of those freshmen who are full of curiosity about the campus.

However, on his way to the cafeteria, he ran into Maeda Hayato, who shared a dorm room with his younger brother Marufuji Sho. Not only was Yuki Judai, who had caught his attention during the entrance exam, absent from Maeda's side, but Marufuji Sho was also not with him.

Although one was a top student in the third-year Obelisk-Blue dormitory and the other was a bottom student in the Osiris-Red dormitory who had repeated a year, Ryo Marufuji had previously heard Professor Chronos's evaluation of Hayato Maeda: "Although his practical skills are really unacceptable and his theoretical grades are just so-so, his passion for Duel Monsters is commendable, and he also has excellent artistic skills and design talent." So he had indirectly gotten to know this roommate of the younger brother of the man with a very distinctive appearance who was about the same as his own dormitory head teacher. He casually asked why the other was alone.