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Chapter 1451 What I Learned in Hawaii

"Beep beep beep~ We've encountered an engine failure, insufficient power output, we need to reduce the load and prepare to parachute."

Hayato removed the microphone, a look of utter astonishment on his face: "My God, did you hear what the captain said? Are you kidding me?"

"It was clearly Hayato-sensei who was talking into the microphone just now!" Jaden complained, only to be completely ignored by the shameless Hayato.

Manjoume, on the other hand, had an expression that said he had expected this: "After all, it's 'wilderness survival.' Even if there is no danger in reality, we should at least assume a situation that would put us in danger and force us to parachute."

"It's like the setting in a game of house." Asuka nodded calmly.

Beside Judai, Marufuji Sho looked completely bewildered: "Skydiving? Skydiving? What skydiving?"

"Ahem, everyone, put on the backpacks I gave you. They have a disposable parachute pack integrated into them." Hayato raised his hand, signaling everyone to quickly put on the backpacks he had just been given out.

Upon hearing this, Judai, Manjoume, Kenzan, and Atobe were the first to put on their backpacks. Without Hayato's prompting, they fastened the five-point harnesses on their legs and chests, and finally put on the shoulder straps to secure the backpacks.

Marufuji Sho, however, still looked confused: "Is it the skydiving I was thinking of? Skydiving?!"

The fact that Judai and the others were so skilled surprised Fubuki, who was standing to the side. He was also skilled at putting on a backpack, but that was because he had often used extreme sports equipment such as paragliding when he was working as "Darkness" in the past, and thus learned how to put on a skydiving backpack. But Judai and the others were also skilled at it.

"Luckily, I enjoy extreme sports like skiing and surfing, and I also know a little about skydiving, so I wasn't completely flustered," Edward said casually.

"Hehe, I used to learn wingsuit flying to experience what it felt like to fly like a pterosaur. Parachuting is a prerequisite skill for wingsuit flying, you know." Kenzan proudly pointed to himself with his thumb, then looked at Jaden beside him, "Big brother, you seem to know it too? As expected of the big brother!"

“There’s a ‘Hawaii Training Center’ in Domino City where I learned to skydive. As for Judai, he used to live in Domino City too, but he moved to America because of his parents’ work. He was in the same hobby class as me back then.” Noticing the looks from the others, Manjoume briefly explained the reason.

"Huh? They actually moved away from Domino City? Doesn't that mean my brother's family suffered a huge loss?" Kenzan looked at Judai in surprise. "Now the house prices in Domino City are almost the same as the price of using rare cards to pave the floor, and ordinary people can't even register their household there."

"Haha, no, not at all. I just moved to America when I was in junior high school. I didn't sell the house. In fact, I got several more houses because of the demolition and reconstruction in Domino City. And I've already moved back to Domino City now," Judai said with a smile, seemingly not caring at all about how much money his family had.

"Don't worry about Judai's family. The main reason he moved away is because his father works for the International Illusion Company, and the International Illusion Company gave his outstanding employee a house as a reward. The number of houses his family owns doesn't matter to him at all." Manjoume paused, then arrogantly pointed to himself, "However, my attitude towards others never changes because of whether they are rich or not, because none of them are as rich as my Manjoume Group."

"That's a classic rich guy's statement." Marufuji Sho glanced at Manjoume speechlessly, then looked at Judai. "But this is the first time I've heard about my brother's family."

"Hey, family is family, no matter how much money they have, it can't affect my duel, right?" Jaden said with a smile, then looked around and reminded Marufuji Sho, "But Sho, you'd better hurry up and put on your backpack, we're just waiting for you."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Marufuji Sho quickly looked to the side and saw that after Fubuki put her backpack on, she was also instructing Asuka to secure the straps. Although Misawa had never experienced skydiving, he had anticipated it when he saw Hayato leading them onto the helicopter. He had already looked up relevant information before leaving Duel Academy Island and losing cell phone signal, and fumbled to put on his backpack.

It turned out that I was the only one who simply carried the backpack in my hand without tying it with even a single strap.

Seeing this, Hayato reminded the others to check again, and then took the initiative to lift the backpack from Marufuji Sho's hands and put it behind him, letting him put on the two shoulder straps and tighten them: "Never tried the military MC-4 parachute?"

"I... I've only ever seen skydiving on TV." The Marufuji family wasn't exactly wealthy, so they didn't have the opportunity for Marufuji Sho to experience various extreme sports from a young age. Besides, with his courage and talent, he didn't have that much courage and energy to learn skydiving. He was already grateful that he could just keep his grades from slipping. "I've never jumped out of an airplane."

"And why are there so many straps?"

"I can provide a three-point harness that covers your waist, abdomen, and shoulders. If you want your ribs to break instantly when the parachute opens or your backpack to separate in mid-air, you can try it out." Hayato said with a joke that made Marufuji Sho shudder, as he helped him tie several straps and then pulled them tight.

"Ugh!" The feeling of being tightly bound all over his body made Marufuji Sho look uncomfortable due to the pain, but Hayato ignored him and walked to the cabin door, raising his hand to elbow him.

The activated switch opened the helicopter door, which Hayato easily pushed open with his elbow. As the door opened, the loud noise of the helicopter rotor, which had been kept out, entered the cabin, and at the same time, the scenery outside the helicopter appeared before everyone's eyes: a lush island came into view.

While Judai, Manjoume, and Kenzan were busy marveling at how huge the island was, Ai, Misawa, and Asuka took advantage of the time while they were still overlooking the entire island from the air to quickly memorize its general terrain and find easily identifiable landmarks.

"Ah, it's been so long since I've gone skydiving, I'm already itching to try it." Fubuki looked out the door, smiling easily and expectantly.

As for Marufuji Sho? Marufuji Sho was already frightened by the cold air that rushed into the cabin and the strong wind. Not to mention that he was a little afraid of heights. Just seeing the forest made up of trees that were as small as sesame seeds made his legs go weak. He muttered to himself, looking for an excuse.

"The helicopter will fly around the island, and you can parachute in every three minutes, one person at a time," Hayato explained, his voice rising slightly. "Now you can start parachuting. Who wants to be the first?"

“I’ll go!” Edward immediately stepped forward. If everyone were to line up, there would be no need to fight over such a small time difference. However, if each person was to go down every three minutes, the first and last person could be more than twenty minutes apart, which could very well affect who would be the first to reach the center of the island.

“Good, very energetic. Now you can set an example for the others, Edward.”

"Now—let's go!"

With Hayato's wave of his hand, Edward, who had confirmed that Hayato's explanation matched his memory, put on the goggles available for the group and jumped out of the helicopter's open door without hesitation.

But Edward's preemptive move made Marufuji Sho even more hesitant to jump. He said in a panic, "I... I don't think I can jump. I have some mouth ulcers from eating barbecue a few days ago!"

"At least say something like 'I have a terminal illness that will kill me if I parachute,' right?" Hayato didn't look down on Marufuji Sho because of his cowardice. Instead, he pulled him over to stand by the hatch and said, "Listen up, Marufuji-kun. Parachuting isn't difficult. You just need to overcome your fear."

"I've included instructions for all the items in the backpack. All you need to do now is remember how to use the parachute. There are two fiber straps on your shoulder straps; just pull the top buckle to open the parachute bag."

"The main umbrella can be opened after the umbrella bag is inflated. The blue pull ring is the main umbrella, and the red one is the reserve umbrella."

Marufuji Sho looked bewildered, partly because the influx of information overloaded his brain, and partly because the wind was so loud that he could only make out parts of Hayato's words.

Seeing this, Hayato also used hand gestures to explain: "In short, you need to pull the blue ring, pull it hard!"

Subconsciously, with his back to the hatch, Marufuji Sho followed Hayato's movements and pulled down the blue pull ring.

"No, I'm not asking you to pull now! We're still on the plane, you idiot!"

Hayato was amused by Marufuji Sho's coin-minting operation and couldn't help but curse.

Unfortunately, Marufuji Sho didn't seem to have a chance to hear what Hayato said, because in the next moment, the parachute bag on his backpack was opened by the fiber webbing, which deployed the parachute. The inflated parachute bag opened the main parachute and instantly pulled Marufuji Sho out of the cabin.

"Wow, Sho is so cunning. Didn't they say that only one person could jump every three minutes?" Judai said with a hint of resentment, pointing at Marufuji Sho who had "voluntarily" jumped. "We won't be able to see each other for a long time, and I haven't even had a chance to say goodbye yet."

"I don't think he has the time either."

Our gaze falls on Edward, who was the first to jump from the helicopter. Instead of opening his parachute immediately after jumping, he tried to get as close to the ground as possible, which would effectively reduce the time required for landing and create a time difference between him and the people who jumped after him.

However, he was not a blocky person who could land on "water". After using the altimeter function on his watch to confirm that he was close to the limit distance, he calmly pulled the pull ring, let the opening parachute grab him, and then suddenly slowed down and slowly floated downwards.

Ed noticed that although it looked like the island was right below them from the helicopter, once they jumped out, they found that the helicopter was still above the sea around the island. If they just descended in a straight line, they would end up falling into the sea and having to swim a distance with their backpacks on.

Ed didn't want to try how far he could swim with this heavy backpack, nor did he want to try how long it would take to dry his clothes to avoid getting sick from getting wet, and he certainly didn't want to try out how waterproof his card case was.

Fortunately, after jumping out of the plane, I intentionally adjusted my attitude in the air to get closer to the island, and I was also able to slightly control the direction of gliding by pulling on the parachute. Although it was not as efficient as paragliding, as long as there was no strong wind, I was still able to control the landing point on a suitable ground.

It was at this moment that he looked up. Although the parachute blocked most of his view, he could still clearly see that less than three minutes after he jumped out, someone else followed suit. However, unlike him, the other person opened their parachute early and slowly descended from the sky. Judging by that speed, he would probably not be able to land until the last person to jump. He would have to pray that he wouldn't be blown to some ridiculous place by the wind.

"How cunning! To win first place, they'd actually resort to such despicable means? The students of Duel Academy have no sportsmanship whatsoever!" Edward said angrily, his expression turning cold. He muttered to himself, "But I will not lose. This is the fate decided by the divination that Saiou performed for me on this trip!"

Everyone had made some preparations for this "wilderness survival" event, which was announced three days in advance. For example, Misawa had researched a lot of survival-related information beforehand, and Manjoume spent a lot of money to urgently purchase quick-drying and thermal clothing—although it looked exactly the same as what he was wearing before.

Even Judai, thinking "who knows if we'll go hungry on the island," asked Daitokuji Temple for a special meal and ate all of his next month's worth of fried shrimp in advance to replenish his energy.

As for Edward, his preparation was to first consult the oracle of the King of the West to predict his future fortune.

The result is the reversed "Empress", the upright "Sun", and the upright "Chariot".

In Saiō's interpretation, this means that Edward may initially encounter dangerous environments or unsolvable problems in this "wilderness survival" journey, but he will eventually achieve a satisfactory result and succeed in the end through his efforts, with a smooth and auspicious journey.

Since that's what Saiu's divination said, then without a doubt, the advantage lies with us!

After receiving the divination answer from Saiou, Edward hung up the call without telling him about Hayato's knowledge of the special power in his deck, because Edward assumed that Saiou was capable of divination in such matters.

He also didn't tell Saiou that he planned to check if Yuki Judai had the ability to change Saiou's fate along with him, because he wanted to give Saiou a surprise.

"After this event, it'll be my turn to fight you, Jaden Yuki. Let me see what you're capable of." With his feet firmly planted on a patch of muddy ground outside the woods, Edward skillfully unfastened the harness, allowing the parachute to detach from the top of his backpack. He didn't waste the parachute, patiently folding it up. Such a large piece of fabric could be used as a tent or mattress, and the rope could be used to tie things up—it couldn't be wasted. "But before that, I need to win this 'wilderness survival' competition and achieve that wish!"

In the seawater behind Edward, a small animal poked its head out.

Chapter 1452 From today onwards, this forest will transform into a duel forest!

Time never stops.

After Marufuji Sho, the third person to skydive was Judai. Without even bothering to memorize the island's terrain, he excitedly leaped into the air.

"To send everything to its end in an equal manner."

After the tenth generation came Manjoume, who, having failed to make it into the top three, refused to give up fourth place.

"The future's glory is limited; those who wish to protect it, please do so."

Asuka didn't intend to memorize the entire island's terrain. Instead, she focused on memorizing one area from the beginning. The helicopter was now hovering over the area she was specifically trying to memorize, so she naturally wouldn't miss this perfect opportunity.

"One year—let's journey through this given time."

After Asuka came Misawa. It wasn't that he specifically sought out an area to memorize like Asuka did, but rather that he had already memorized the island's terrain. Since that was the case, there was no need for him to stay on the helicopter any longer.

"Trust your own heart."

Kenzan was the seventh person to parachute. The reason he wasn't in a hurry to jump first was simple: he was confident that he had the ability to make up for the time difference, even though he was now a full twenty minutes behind Edward, who had jumped first.

Even in the most ordinary of days, we must move forward with unwavering determination.

The last person to parachute was Fubuki. He was quite laid-back, showing no interest in competing for a top-three finish to receive Hayato's wish. He was more concerned about his younger sister than the principal's impromptu "outing" activity.

However, before jumping off the plane, he asked Hayato with some curiosity, "Hayato-sensei, what have you been chanting since just now?"

"It's just a blessing for your journey."

"I'll take it seriously then." Fubuki shrugged, not caring about Hayato's perfunctory answer; after all, he'd only asked casually. "Well then, Ciao~"

As she spoke, Fubuki crossed her arms in front of her chest, leaned backward towards Hayato, jumped off the helicopter, and even imitated an eagle's cry in mid-air.

"What leap of faith?" Hayato muttered, then, seeing that the helicopter was empty, he knocked on the wall facing the cockpit. "Knock-knock?"

Who's there?

"Your brother-in-law."

A hand pulled open the panel separating the previously raised compartment from the cockpit. Through the exposed window, Malik, sitting in the co-pilot's seat, turned around and complained to Hayato, "Can you even come up with a knock-on joke here?"

"Those kids all left too? You're really dedicated to your students, brother-in-law." Malik said with a smile, glancing at the cabin where only Hayato remained. "So, when are you and my sister—"

“Go learn how to fly a helicopter.” Hayato pressed Malik’s head back, making him continue watching Isono’s operation in the pilot’s seat. “If you hadn’t said you wanted to learn how to fly a helicopter, I wouldn’t have brought you along. I don’t want you, you card-playing devil, to corrupt my student.”

"Don't let Isono's current position as the head of the security department at the Kaiba Group fool you; he used to be the personal driver for the Kaiba brothers for a long time. This is Isono; no one can drive better than him."

"You flatter me, Mr. Hayato," Isono said modestly, continuing to pilot the helicopter attentively.

"Putting aside why you think I can learn to fly a helicopter just by watching, you don't have the right to say I'm 'underworld' when it comes to playing cards, do you?" Malik retorted. "Even if you add up Lishid, my sister, and me together, it's not as many as you alone—okay, why didn't you say anything?"

Seeing Hayato glare at him, Malik immediately gave a Gallic salute. He thought for a moment, then changed the subject, saying, "But speaking of which, brother-in-law, have you been busy with things on this island during your vacation? It seems you've called quite a few people over, even Lishid came. Is there something special about this place?"

"It wasn't there originally, but it appeared after I arrived." Hayato smiled mysteriously. "What exactly is it... would you like to experience some thrilling 'wilderness survival'?"

“No thanks. I have no interest in spending my time in the mountains. I suffered enough of that before I was ten. What’s the appeal of modern technology? Are games not fun anymore or anime not entertaining enough?” Malik said matter-of-factly. “Since you said there’s internet at the villa, I’ll stay there for the next month and never set foot in that forest.”

Hayato glanced at Malik. Although he didn't gain weight much due to his physical condition, he had been staying at home or riding a motorcycle to get around in recent years, which made Malik's once thin face gradually become rounder: "...If you keep going like this, you'll really become a fat otaku, you know."

"Fine, whatever makes you happy. I can't control you anymore. Anyway, you're not some clueless brat who needs to be taken care of." Hayato sighed and stepped back, standing by the still-open cabin door. He casually pressed the door-closing button on the outside of the cabin and jumped out of the plane before the door closed. "Ciallo~"

The hatch closed, and Malik casually pulled up a panel to shut the window. Suddenly remembering something, he asked Isono, who was standing to the side, "Speaking of which, did my brother-in-law take a parachute pack just now?"

"..." Iso, who hadn't turned around at all, responded with silence, because he was just an emotionless driver.

Unable to get a response, Malik pouted in boredom and looked out the window, where he happened to see a flock of birds taking flight in the forest. However, the appearance of the birds made Malik's eyes widen.

He couldn't help but rub his eyes and exclaimed, "That's... a harpy?"