Duels should be played with a smile.

It really comes down to looks. If you're good-looking, even if your clothes aren't great, it won't matter.

This uniquely styled duelist is only slightly less attractive than Yuki-onna, and her unique aura, which belongs to powerful duelists, adds a special kind of brilliance to her.

"You're staring at her like that... does that mean you've got your eye on her? Should I go talk to her for you, and then you can beat her and add her to your harem?"

Unsurprisingly, the Snow Woman started stirring things up. In many ways, she and Leyou are the same type of person—the kind who thrive on chaos and only shout "Fight! Fight!" when trying to break up a fight.

"Don't make fun of me, I was just with that little boy." Leyou reached out and held down the snow woman who was trying to cause trouble, vigorously ruffled her head, messing up her snow-white hair, before letting her go. He covered her mouth and handed her over to Ella to keep an eye on.

"This kid... might become the King of Duel in the future."

At the end of the line, besides the female duelist who looked like she was a skilled card player, there was also a little boy who also seemed to be a very good card player.

Judging by his height, he's probably only around junior high school age, but his unruly and flamboyant hairstyle, along with his dark blue and orange-red hair color, subtly hints at his strength, or rather, potential, in dueling.

Soon, the students entered the museum one after another. After waiting for a while at the entrance, Leyou led the Snow Maiden and Ella inside for a visit.

This museum wasn't originally the one Isis used to display the ancient artifacts and stone tablets, but while admiring the collection, Leyou discovered quite a few interesting things.

The most eye-catching of them all is a white pyramid, which, if all goes as expected, is the Pyramid of Light of Anubis.

However, the Pyramid of Light that is now standing here is just an ordinary cultural relic, and none of the three sensed anything special about it.

In addition, there are many other items characteristic of the DM era, but they have all lost their former glory, such as the Orichalcos barrier that was originally able to imprison people's souls.

The museum does indeed bear many traces of the past, and the staff inside will tell you some stories about the time before and after the dimensional upheaval. Through these stories, whether true or false, Leyou has at least gained some understanding of what happened during that period.

While slacking off, Leyou also gathered some potentially useful information. After a short rest, he prepared to leave. Judging by the time, Isono's preparations should be almost complete.

Just as Leyou was about to call Snow Maiden and Ella to leave together, a somewhat childish voice came from beside him.

"Are you a duelist too? Is this your duel disk? It looks so cool!"

The person who uttered such an exclamation was none other than the little boy, or rather the teenager, whose hairstyle was even cooler than Leyou's Duel Disk. At this moment, he was staring at Leyou's Duel Disk with shining eyes.

Glancing at his right arm, Leyou immediately understood why the boy was so envious of his Duel Disk. The boy was using the most basic type of Duel Disk—the same type that Fusion Academy provided to all students. Only students who successfully graduated would be given a more advanced Duel Disk.

Junior high school is the age when curiosity is at its peak, and children of this age are particularly attracted to all sorts of novel things. For a child who loves dueling, nothing is more attractive than a cool duel disk like Leyou.

"My name is Yusa Naoma. You must also enjoy dueling, right? How about a duel?"

The boy named Shangmo smiled and showed off his deck. Leyou immediately noticed the card at the bottom of the deck that had the words "Heavenly Might" on it.

“I wouldn’t mind dueling with you, but you might not have the time.”

Smiling, she pointed behind Shang Mo. In that instant, Shang Mo seemed to understand something and turned around stiffly, only to meet his sister's smile, which carried a hint of murderous intent.

"I'm very sorry, I'm Yuza Akane, and I'm Hisamoto's older sister. I hope he didn't cause you any trouble just now?"

With a hint of apology, Yang Yu pulled Shang Mo behind her and gently rubbed his head.

My younger brother is great in every way, except that he can be a bit too familiar with others, especially when he encounters other duelists, he seems rather naive.

"It's no trouble at all, and to be honest, if we weren't about to leave, I would really like to have a duel with him."

After a brief introduction and a few more casual words, Isono sent a message that everything was ready. After saying goodbye to Yusa and her brother, the three of them went to the departure point according to Isono's message.

The fastest way back to the academy is still by plane, but this time... well, it just goes to show that even though Kaiba is gone, the influence he left behind is still very profound.

This plane is basically an enlarged version of the Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon, but this design seems to have some special uses. At least along the way, the plane did not encounter any unexpected situations and safely carried the two seriously injured people back to the academy.

But... it's only been a few days since I left, how come things have changed so much?

When we arrived at the academy, it was nighttime, and the scene was simply festive and decorated.

A huge banner hung above the academy's main gate, reading "The First Entertainment Duel Tournament".

"Tsk tsk tsk... The show is about to begin."

Chapter 40 I want to play XB3!

Often, people experience a strange sense of disorientation due to changes in time and space, and this is exactly what happens at Leyou.

What should have been a peaceful night was illuminated by a dazzling array of lights and fires, appearing even brighter than daytime from above.

Under the lights created by human technology and the flames depicted by the abilities of the spirits, the academy, which originally looked like a quiet place of learning, now felt rather noisy.

"Are we sure we didn't come to the wrong place? I think I've only been gone for a day or two, maybe two or three days at most?"

"According to the notification we received, the academy just held the opening ceremony of the tour today. It's a rare opportunity for such a large-scale event, so everyone is quite excited."

While instructing his men to carry two unconscious but physically injured passengers off the plane, Isono casually explained the situation to Raku.

“When I contacted the academy before, Ba Wang seemed to care about you a lot and left you a few words alone.”

"Oh? What did he say?"

Leyou was slightly surprised. He thought that when he received the news earlier, Judai might have given some kind of response, but he didn't. Instead, after he returned to the academy, he specifically asked Isono to deliver the message.

"Hmm..." Isono frowned slightly, not speaking directly. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and took out a document from his pocket, handing it to Leyou.

"What the Overlord means is, 'Please do as you please.' If you want to participate in the tour, just let me know, and I will notify the event organizers to arrange a qualifying spot. If you want to learn about the Faceless Ones, here is some internal information about the tour and the Faceless Ones. You can try to visit the locations recorded in the document; you might find something useful."

Isono's words were somewhat riddle-like, but as a seasoned riddle enthusiast, Leyou understood his meaning to some extent—it was roughly equivalent to a branching questline in an online game, that's about it.

However, Judai's attitude left him somewhat puzzled.

"Could you reserve a spot for me in the competition? I'll go check it out later. By the way, besides the Faceless Ones' information, do you have any information on the other participants?"

"Yes... but it might take a little while. How about this, I'll take the three of you to your accommodations first, and I'll bring the documents tomorrow. What do you think?"

"OK..."

This all-around helper was proficient in everything. After settling Leyou and the other two down, he rushed off to the next place where he was needed. Leyou, on the other hand, tossed the documents that Isono had just handed him to Yuki-onna.

"Oh? The things on this are quite interesting..."

The moment Yuki-onna received the data, she noticed the highlighted section in red. It stated that a key characteristic of Faceless Ones was their susceptibility to being drawn to places with many powerful duelists. The more powerful the duelists, the higher the probability of Faceless Ones appearing.

One of the main objectives of this tournament is to lure out as many Faceless Ones as possible and, with prior preparation, defeat as many Faceless Ones as possible.

The document also mentions a plan to permanently eliminate the Faceless Ones or significantly reduce their frequency of appearance. However, the document only briefly mentions it, and the specific measures are not detailed due to confidentiality reasons.

"So, when the boss told you to handle it yourself, were you just planning to go and participate like this? I feel like your recent actions have been all over the place, like you're just doing whatever comes to mind?"

"Your feeling is right. I've always been someone who acts on impulse," Le You replied casually, sprawled on the hotel bed.

"This world is so different from the Yu-Gi-Oh! world I know, and I don't have a specific goal, so I'll just go wherever the road takes me~"

"On another note, if this world is some kind of extension of the previous one, then haven't I dug my own grave? If I hadn't gone so far as to cause trouble before, would I be in this situation now..."

With a quick turn, Leyou sat up in bed and suddenly realized that sometimes, even causing trouble should be done in moderation.

"Who knows~" The snow woman flicked her hair, scattering snowflakes that landed on Leyou's face, making him shiver from the cold and allowing him to "calm down" while also dispelling the distracting thoughts in his mind.

"No matter what you do, in the end you'll all be doing the same thing, right? You still have to find those guys, and then... wait?! What are you doing?! Ella! Sister Ella!! Help me!!! Waaah—"

……

"The people up here are really quite interesting."

Early in the morning, still feeling a bit sleepy, Leyou flipped through the materials sent by Iso. When she saw a certain contestant, her eyes lit up and her sleepiness vanished instantly.

"Alright, stop fooling around."

Leyou pressed down on the snow woman next to him, who was poking him with her outstretched fingers like a punching bag, and carefully read the information about Jack Atlas.

"The former 'Duel King' of Synchro Dimension, a Synchro deck user, with an aggressive playstyle, and a cool, handsome, and powerful personality... *chuckles*..."

"To be fair, the beginning of this document is quite serious, but the last few sentences probably weren't added by some fangirl with a fan filter."

Leyou acknowledges Jack's strength. Although he has the nickname "King of Unexpected Failures," he is, after all, a former Duel King. As long as the Red Dragon Card Printer can keep up with Jack's speed, Jack can be quite formidable in a fight.

However, as for those cool, handsome, and powerful types, Leyou can only say that those who can't maintain that persona usually end up as comedians.

"Look at this. If I remember correctly, these are the two siblings from yesterday?"

Ella also had some player information in her hand. After seeing the information of the Yuza siblings, she handed it to Leyou as well.

Upon hearing news of the two siblings, Leyou became interested and set aside the potentially distorted information about Jack, which might have been misrepresented due to fan behavior, and began analyzing Yuza Naoma's information.

Ella took this opportunity to remove Leyou's hand from the Snow Woman, freeing her from Leyou's oppression.

Immediately afterwards, the mischievous Yuki-onna, after being caught secretly sticking her tongue out at Leyou, was caught again and held down by Leyou.

"You, you~"

After a brutal and inhumane ordeal, the Snow Woman was forced to transform into her [Snow Woman - Damaged] form.

Faced with the snow woman's pleading gaze once again, Ella could only shrug helplessly, indicating that she was also powerless to help.

"Waaaaah, Kurushi..."

At this moment, the Snow Woman seemed to be possessed by Xiao Lan, letting out a mournful wail like a defeated dog.

Meanwhile, the ruthless oppressor, Rakuyu, was still looking through Yuza Naoma's file.

"This kid... he's not very old, but he knows a lot of different decks!"

On an ordinary A4 sheet of paper, Shangmo had recorded the decks he had used, from Tianwei to Longxing, as well as Flame Knight, Gaia, Cyberse, Magic Key, and a series of other decks. Moreover, Leyou noticed that he actually had a very brilliant record.

He defeated another duelist who used Dragon Light Technique using Arctic Bear.

To Leyou, this was simply a fantasy!

Unless the opposing player, Long Huiqiao, is incompetent and makes some kind of mistake like 1+1+2=4, Leyou doesn't know why Long Huiqiao could lose to Arctic Bear!

Arctic Bear is nicknamed Bear Loss Brilliance, how could he possibly beat Dragon Radiance Brilliance, who has an excellent card-earning ability!

Or perhaps this clever player from Longhui also learned from Leyou and used two 12-star big brothers to stack up Asus?

With her doubts in mind, Leyou opened the file on Shangmo's older sister, Yangyu.

When Leyou first heard the name Yuza Yangyu yesterday, he immediately connected it with a certain Tanosi person, since they were both named Yangyu.

But when I looked through Yang Yu's information and saw the deck he used, I felt a chill run down my spine.

Goodness, it looks ordinary, but the deck it's using is actually Trap Crypt Lord!

Another entry in Yusa Ageha's resume is that she won the world championship in the elementary school division during her elementary school years, earning her the nickname "Insect Bewitching Ageha".

It seems that it was precisely because of this extremely rare honor, coupled with his own strong dueling skills, that Yuza Ageha was specially hired to be a teacher at the Fusion Academy.

"I wasn't really interested in this dueling tournament at first, but after reading the information on these three people, I thought it might be interesting."

"Fairwoe specifically asked me to participate, so out of respect for her, I'll reluctantly go and have some fun!"