The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

A dilapidated, bronze-colored mechanical dragon makes its appearance.

[Ancient Mechanical Dragon: Attack Power 3000]

"My turn is over..."

Unfortunately, Chronos's monsters couldn't get past Nendoroid and had to end their turn.

"Professor Chronos, you've run out of things to do. Now it's my turn!!"

Judai looked at the deck and prepared to enter his turn.

"It's my turn! Draw a card!!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 5]

"Um!?"

Jaden smiled when he saw the card he had drawn; it was the [Masked Transformation] card.

"Let me end this duel as soon as possible, Master Chronos!"

He put the card away and said that.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Chronos was unaware that Jaden was about to instantly kill him.

At this moment, Judai drew two cards from his hand.

"First, activate the Spell Card [Fusion]! Fusion with [Elemental HERO Electroman] in my hand and [Elemental HERO Clayman] on the field! The fusion condition is 2 [HERO] Normal Monsters! Appear! [Elemental HERO Magnificent]!!"

With the fusion of the two warriors complete, a Frankenstein's monster, possessing all the lower-level Normal Monsters of the Elemental Heroes, appears on Jaden's field.

[Elemental Heroes: Grand Knight - Attack Power 0]

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[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 3]

"Why are you summoning a lowly monster with zero attack power?! What are you doing, examinee?"

Chronos frowned in displeasure.

"Hehe! That's where you're wrong, Master Chronos! There's a monster in the world of duels that you absolutely cannot underestimate!"

Jaden smiled and warned Chronos.

"Nani!?"

Chronos was stunned, not understanding what Jaden was talking about.

"Often, monsters with zero attack power can be very troublesome! Especially those high-star monsters with only zero attack power!"

For example, Gandhara or something.

"What is the effect of [Elemental Hero Grandmaster]?"

Chronos looked at the magnificent hero and asked.

"My [Elemental HERO Grandmaster]'s effect isn't very strong! Based on this card's effect!"

This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the original Levels of the monsters used as Fusion Material for this card, which is increased by 300.

[Elemental Hero Grandmaster: Attack Power 0 → 2400]

"Has your attack power increased!? But this level of attack power can only destroy [Ancient Mechanical Beasts]!"

Kuronos immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I know! That's why this card is the key! I activate Field Spell! Hero's Battle Arena [Skyscraper]!!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 1]

Suddenly, tall buildings rose up on the field.

"This is......"

Chronos watched the scene with unease.

"Go! I'll attack the Ancient Mechanical Dragon with Elemental HERO Grandmaster! And at this very moment, according to the effect of Skyscraper! The ATK of Elemental HERO monsters only increases by 1000 when attacking a monster with a higher ATK!!"

[Elemental Hero Grandmaster: Attack Power 2400 → 3400]

"Oh dear!!"

Kuronos panicked immediately.

Then, the Magnificent Warrior fired a lightning bolt from his hand cannon, shattering the mechanical dragon.

[Klonos de Medici: LP4000→3600]

"Then activate the effect of [Elemental HERO Grandmaster]!!"

When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can Tribute this card to activate this effect. Special Summon 1 Elemental HERO Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. A monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack monsters with a Level lower than its own.

The Magnificent Hero then disappeared.

"Come on! [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman]!!"

A one-winged human with a red dragon head on his right arm makes his appearance.

[Elemental Heroes Flame Wingman: Attack Power 2100]

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"Go! I'll continue attacking the Ancient Mechanical Giant with [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman]! Skyscraper Shot!!"

[Elemental Heroes Flame Wingman: Attack Power 2100 → 3100]

Flame Wingman was engulfed in flames and crashed into the mechanical giant, destroying it.

[Klonos de Medici: LP3600→3500]

"Next up is the effect of [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman]!"

This effect activates when this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK.

"Take this 3,000 points of damage, teacher!"

The dragon head on Flame Wingman's right arm spewed a stream of flame at Chronos.

[Klonos de Medici: LP3500→500]

"Candidate, your attack is over!"

Chronos is still looking forward to a comeback in the next round.

"It's not over yet! Master! I'm going to activate the Quick-Play Spell [Mask Change] from my hand again!!"

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Jaden finally activated the card that was given away in the game.

"The effect of [Mask Transformation] is..."

You can target 1 HERO monster you control; send that monster to the Graveyard, and Special Summon 1 Masked HERO monster with the same Attribute as that monster from your Extra Deck.

"Masked...hero!?"

This is a series that Chronos has never heard of before.

"That's right! It's [Masked Hero]! [Masked Hero] can only be Special Summoned through the effect of [Masked Change]! Based on the effect of [Masked Change], I'm sending the Anemo [Elemental HERO Flame Wingman] to the Graveyard! Henshin! [Masked Hero Gust]!!"

The winged fireman turned into a gust of wind with a single turn.

【Masked Hero: Gust - Attack Power 2200】

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"But the attack power of [Masked Hero Gale] is still not enough to defeat me!"

Chronos still held onto hope.

"Sorry, teacher! It's over! At this moment, I activate the effect of [Masked Hero Gale]!!"

If this card is Special Summoned, you can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; that monster's ATK is halved.

[Ancient Mechanical Beast: Attack Power 2000 → 1000]

"It's over..."

Chronos was completely speechless.

"The final blow! I'll use [Masked Hero Gale] to attack the [Ancient Machine Beast]!!"

The gust of wind carried the force of the punch, smashing the mechanical beast to pieces.

[Klonos de Medici: LP500→0]

"I won! What a fun duel, teacher!!"

After the duel ended, Jaden immediately jumped in and taunted him.

The tenth generation's assessment is finally over.

Chapter Three: The Challenge

"Unbelievable! Professor Chronos was actually defeated by that examinee, and in one fell swoop at that..."

The man with the wide, trembling eyes spoke.

"That kid might be interesting!"

On the stage, Asuka Tenjouin, resting her chin on her hand, spoke with interest.

"Wow, that candidate number 1 is amazing!"

Misawa Daichi is preparing to thoroughly analyze Jaden's duel.

......

"Hey! Isn't that the student who defeated Professor Chronos?! Why is he wearing Osiris red school uniform?"

"Probably because the professor lost to him and is making things difficult for him!? After all, he's a professor!"

"That's true! Given his stingy nature, he would definitely do something like that!"

"Hey! Are you guys out of your minds? If this gets back to the professor, he might get you in trouble!"

"..."

As Judai, wearing a red school uniform, headed to his dormitory, some students whispered among themselves behind his back.

......

"I didn't expect to be assigned to the red dormitory! But it doesn't matter!"

Judai shrugged. He didn't really care; at least he didn't have to wear that ugly, mustard-yellow jacket.

He then opened the door to look at his dormitory room, which contained only one bed.

"Looks like I won't have any roommates in the future!"

Judai still doesn't mind.

......

After packing our luggage, it was soon time for dinner.

As for dinner...

Over there, in Obelisk Blue, was a lavish royal banquet, with guests sipping wine as if at a ball; over there, in Apollo Yellow, was a long table with a lavish buffet; and over there, in Osiris Red, was—

A plate of fish, a bowl of miso soup, a side dish, a bowl of rice...

Although the taste was okay, the portion was too small and the meal was rather monotonous.

So Jaden borrowed the kitchen, found some green peppers that nobody ate, used them to stir-fry a portion of meat, and added a bowl of rice.

......

"Um... Judai-kun! Can I have dinner with you? Your stir-fried green peppers and pork smell delicious, it looks so good!!"

Master Daitokuji swallowed hard, looking longingly at Judai who was eating.

"Please go ahead, teacher!"

As he spoke, Judai pushed the plate containing the stir-fried green peppers and pork. Upon hearing his agreement, Daitokuji immediately picked up a bite.