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

I was mainly scared by Judai's naturally naive attitude and forgot about this part.

Jaden and Misawa stood up. "Alright, let's hurry up and find the culprit."

"That's right."

Chronos was so moved by Jaden's forgiveness that he shed tears: "You guys are still the most reliable, Grandma!"

'Fine, I won't target you on purpose anymore, Jaden Yuki.'

As he was thinking this, the three of them set off again.

......

"Uhhhhhh-!!!"

The three people who had just stepped out of the teaching building suddenly heard a scream coming from a distance.

Misawa asked in confusion, "Whose voice is that?"

Jaden recalled for a moment, "Was it someone named Marufuji Sho who lived in the same dormitory as me?"

Asuka exclaimed in surprise, "Ryo's younger brother? What exactly happened?"

"I don't know, let's go check it out first."

So the three of them changed course and headed in the direction from which the sound came.

......

On a coastline.

Kagurazaka stood on the rocks by the shore, looking down at Marufuji Sho who was sprawled on the ground. "Amazing! I'm this strong! With this deck, I can't lose to anyone anymore! Hahahaha!"

Just then, the three of them, including the Tenth Generation, arrived at the scene.

"Kagurazaka!"

Are you the prisoner?

Upon seeing the newcomers, Kagurazaka said with disdain, "So it's you guys, Jaden Yuki, Daichi Misawa, and Asuka Tenjouin."

Asuka frowned and said, "So you stole the Duelist King's deck? If Professor Chronos finds out, he'll make a huge fuss. You'd better return it quickly."

Kagurazaka sneered, "Hmph, I don't want to."

Then he turned his gaze to Jaden beside him and shouted, "Let's duel, Jaden Yuki! I will defeat you with the strongest deck in the world and take the throne of Duel Academy's King of Talk!"

Judai: Holy crap!

He was speechless for a moment.

'No, the deck isn't even yours, so how dare you take it?'

"What's wrong? Are you scared?"

Faced with Mob's aggressive challenge, Jaden couldn't stand it. "Fine, I accept the challenge. But if you lose, you'll have to return the deck."

Kagurazaka smiled and said, "You actually think you can beat me, who has the strongest deck?"

"You'll know if you try it."

Jaden then took the Duel Disk from Marufuji Sho's hand, who was lying on the ground, and put it in his own hand.

Chapter 31 VS Kagurazaka

As the sea breeze blows, Jaden Yuki and Kagurazaka set up their Duel Disk together.

"Duel!!" ×2

[Yujo Judai: LP4000]

Kagurazaka: LP4000

"You go first. Facing the strongest deck in the world will save you from not even having a chance to draw cards!"

Looking at that arrogant, haughty extra across from me, I had no idea where his confidence came from.

"In that case, I won't be polite."

Jaden, naturally, paid no attention to Mob's provocation and drew a card from his deck without hesitation.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 6]

After quickly checking his hand, he slammed one of the cards onto the Duel Disk. "I'll set up a Defense Table monster first."

A face card was placed across his frontcourt.

"Then cover two more cards, and the turn ends."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 3]

Judai ended his turn without any hesitation.

Kagurazaka then immediately drew a card from his deck.

"My turn!"

[Kagurazaka hand cards: 5→6]

After glancing at his hand, he inserted the person into the Duel Disk without hesitation. "First, I activate the Spell Card [Angel's Charity] from my hand, draw three cards from my deck, and then discard two cards from my hand."

After drawing three cards from the deck, choose two of them and discard them into the graveyard.

He then drew three more cards from his left hand and revealed them.

"I'm fusing [Beast King Gazel] and [Baphomet] from my hand!"

A golden light flashed before him, and a unicorn and a winged, four-clawed demon appeared simultaneously, merging into two forces under the influence of the Fusion Magic Card.

"Appear, [Winged Beast Chimera]!"

As soon as the voice fell, a two-headed chimera combining the characteristics of both appeared.

【Winged Mythical Beast Chimera: Attack Power 2100】

[Kagurazaka hand cards: 6→3]

"At this moment, the special effect of the [Phantom Beast Crosswing Bird] in my Graveyard increases the ATK of all [Phantom Beast] monsters on the field by 300, as long as this monster exists in the Graveyard."

【Winged Beast Chimera: Attack Power 2100 → 2400】

Misawa: "As expected, it's a [Phantom Beast] deck. Kagurazaka went all out from the start."

Asuka nodded: "We guessed right, but we don't know how Jaden will respond."

The two looked curiously at the three cards covered at Judai's feet.

At that moment, Kagurazaka shouted, "Go! Chimera, Sonic Impact!"

At his command, the two-headed phantom beast pounced forward, and Judai's front-row card was about to be forced into a reversal.

However, at that moment, Jaden swung his right hand toward the faceplate at his feet and shouted, "Open the faceplate at this instant!"

"Trap Card [Clay Impact] activated!"

You can activate this effect when your Elemental HERO Nendoroid is targeted for an attack (if the targeted card is face-down in Defense Position, that card must be revealed). Destroy the attacking monster and the targeted Elemental HERO Nendoroid, and inflict 800 damage to your opponent's Life Points.

"what?"

Kagurazaka was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, the face-down card on the front field flipped over, revealing a Clayman made entirely of rock.

So the clay warrior charged towards the oncoming mythical beast.

Bang bang—!

The result of the two monsters colliding was that they both perished and disappeared from the field.

Kagurazaka: LP 4000 → 3200

"But then you won't have any monsters on your field."

Kagurazaka clenched his fist and shouted, "Chimera's special effect activated!"

"When this card is destroyed, you can Special Summon either Baphomet or King Gazel from your Graveyard."

"Rise, [King Gazel of the Beasts]!"

A beam of white light instantly shot out from the entrance of his tomb, and a unicorn phantom beast appeared on the field.

"And because of the effect of the [Phantom Beast Crosswing Bird], attack power increases by 300 points."

[King Gazel: Attack Power 1500 → 1800]

Kagurazaka smiled smugly: "You've miscalculated, Jaden Yuki. Now that you've lost your shield monster, you won't be able to stop my attack."

"Is that really true?"

"What do you mean?"

Just then, Jaden pressed the button for another face-down card, "Activate the Trap Card, [Soul Tsuna]!"

"When a monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this card by paying 1000 Life Points to Special Summon a Level 4 monster from your Deck."

[Yujo Jaden: LP4000→3000]

"Show yourself, [Elemental Hero Sky Knight]!"

A flash of light appeared in front of him, and the figure of Sky Knight was projected in an instant.

【Elemental Hero Sky Warrior: Attack Power 1800】

"Then, due to the effect of [Elemental HERO Sky Ranger] when it enters the field, I can add a [HERO] monster from my deck to my hand."

"I chose [Elemental Hero: Flame Warrior]."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 4]

Seeing Jaden take the card into his hand, Kagurazaka frowned: "The Mythical Beast King's attack power is the same as Sky Warrior's, so I'm giving up on attacking."

"However, my normal summoning right for this turn has not yet been used up."

As he spoke, he revealed another card in his hand.

"If this card is Tributed to a Mythical Beast monster, you can Summon it using only one Tribute."

"Therefore, I offer up [King Gazel of the Beasts] on the field as a sacrifice."

"Show yourself, [Phantom Beast Giant Rock Lizard]!"

As he slammed the card onto the duel disk, Gazeldon vanished from the field, and a half-lizardman appeared in his place.

This half-lizardman's lower body is supported by four legs, and its entire body is covered with rock armor, with the uncovered parts of its body being blood red.

[Giant Rock Lizard (Phantom Beast): Attack Power 2200 → 2500]

[Kagurazaka hand cards: 3→2]

After Kagurazaka summoned this monster, his turn ended immediately.

"Huh? You didn't even set a single trap card?"

Jaden looked on in surprise: 'So confident? Or...?'

He glanced at the Duel Disk opposite him; the key might lie in a card in the Graveyard.

If we're talking about a type of graveyard that can provide defense, there actually happens to be one card in the Mythical Beasts series.

With that in mind, Judai decided to test the waters first.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 5]

After drawing the card, he immediately placed the card he had drawn in the previous turn onto the Duel Disk, saying, "I summon [Elemental HERO Flameman] in Defense Position."

Another golden light flashed across the field, and a warrior engulfed in flames was called onto the field.

[Elemental Hero: Blaze Warrior - Defense 1800]

"Furthermore, due to the special effect of Flamebringer's appearance, another [Fusion] card will be added to your hand from your deck."

Chapter Thirty-Two: Divine Wind, New Star Lord

After Jaden retrieved the Fusion Spell Card, he did not play it immediately, but instead revealed another card in his left hand.