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

Judai clenched his fist and shouted, "It's not over yet! My Earth Warrior hasn't attacked yet!"

"Go! Earth Warrior, attack Manjuro... uh, Lightning, go straight for him!"

"what!!"

"""ah!!"""

At the same time, the audience members from both Manjoume and the Northern Academy cried out in frustration.

At this moment, Earth Hero raised his hands high and then slammed his fists down onto the ground.

boom--! ! !

The shockwave immediately traveled along the ground towards Wan Zhangmu.

"Ughh ...

Manjoume was instantly attacked and blown away, falling to the ground.

【Manjōme Lightning: LP2600→0】

Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!

As the winner was decided, the Duel Academy erupted in enthusiastic cheers.

Principal Samejima stood up excitedly, disregarding his image, and cheered for Judai with obvious pride: "Great, Judai! You are my pride!"

Some were happy, some were sad. Principal Ichise, sitting to the side, had a heartbroken expression: "Waaaaah! Manjoume-kun, my reward is gone!"

Meanwhile, Wan Zhangmu collapsed to the ground, dejected and unable to believe what had just happened.

"Zhun, what are you doing? Do you know what you've done?"

"This is simply a disgrace to the Manjoume clan!"

Hearing his two older brothers' stern words, Wan Zhang lowered his head even further: "I'm sorry..."

"Hey you, what's wrong with the card we gave you?"

"Why not use it? That would allow you to build a stronger deck!"

Manjoume closed his eyes tightly: "I want to win with my own deck."

Masashi grabbed his collar angrily, "You idiot brother!!"

That's why I call you the bottom of the class!

The two older brothers were about to explode in anger.

The Jaden, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it any longer: "Stop it! That's enough. Manjoume was fighting desperately just now."

"Hmph, what right do you, an outsider, have to meddle in our affairs?"

Jaden stepped forward and said bluntly, "As a duelist like Manjoume, you two laymen shouldn't be pointing fingers at him."

""you!!""

The two who were belittled were furious on the spot, glaring at Judai as if they wanted to kill him with their eyes.

"That's enough, aren't you two brothers embarrassed enough? Please go back."

The audience couldn't stand it either.

"Yes, please go back!!"

"A thousand-foot-long lightning bolt! Well done, as expected of lightning!!"

"Ten Thousand Eyes Lightning! Lightning! Lightning! Lightning!"

The students of the Northern Academy will not question their king just because Manjoume lost once. In their hearts, Manjoume is the only king, and no one can shake his position, not even Principal Ichise.

"We misjudged you, Jun! Let's go, Seiji!"

The audience's shouts drowned out the two brothers' voices, so they had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

At this moment, Judai walked up to Manjoume and was about to speak.

"Jūdai, I can handle my own affairs, you don't need to comfort me."

Manjoume, unlike his usual arrogant self, spoke to him with a serious expression.

Upon hearing this, Judai nodded: "Really? I believe you."

"However, I still have something to say to you."

Manjoume looked at him in confusion: "What is it?"

Suddenly, Judai smiled and said, "Manjoume, you are a powerful and proud duelist. You did nothing wrong."

"Is it......"

"So..." Jaden suddenly changed the subject, flicking his finger at Manjoume: "You won, what an interesting duel!"

"you!"

Manjoume was about to unleash a torrent of curses, but he stopped when he saw the right hand that Judai was offering.

He smiled easily and grasped the other person's hand. "You... are still as annoying as ever, Judai."

"Hehe, same to you."

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if all their previous grudges had vanished.

Chapter Fifty-Four Ancient Ruins

Manjou stood on the dock, bidding farewell to the junior students from the northern academy aboard the submarine.

"I won't go back to the universities in the north; there are still things I haven't finished here."

He looked like he had made up his mind.

"lightning!"

"No!"

"What will we do if you don't come back with us?"

A group of people said, sobbing.

"Stop nagging, and no crying allowed!"

"You must practice your dueling skills diligently when you get back!"

"We'll meet again someday. If you haven't improved your strength when we meet again, you're dead!"

Unable to bear the weeping and wailing of these people, Wan Zhangmu spoke with an arrogant expression.

After promising them a rosy picture, the group finally stopped lingering.

And so, the Northern Academy delegation sailed away from the Duel Academy's dock in their submarine.

Incidentally, Principal Ichise left with a tearful expression on his face.

The reason is that after losing the match, the mysterious reward was obtained by Principal Samejima.

The reward was rather outrageous—a kiss from "Miss Duel Academy," Aunt Tomie.

So the essence of this competition is the rivalry between two love rivals for the affections of their sweethearts (the jealousy and rivalry among the elderly), which is why Principal Ichise is so heartbroken.

When Jaden and the others learned of this, they were speechless. Was all that hard work in the duel for such a trivial matter?

'Wait a minute, I haven't gotten my [Armed Dragon] back yet!'

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!"

After the submarine departed, Principal Ichise realized that she had lost both her love and her precious card, and she cried even more bitterly.

The students at the northern universities, unaware of their principal's true feelings, assumed he was crying because he was reluctant to part with Wan Zhangmu.

So the group of people started crying and sobbing again.

"The principal cried!"

“Waaaaah!”

Let's cry together!

"Ten Thousand Eyes Lightning! Lightning! Lightning!!"

And so, everyone waved goodbye to Manjoume.

The latter, however, remained at the Duel Academy main campus because his student status was still valid.

Daitokuji smiled and said to Manjoume who had stayed behind, "But even if you stay here, Manjoume Lightning can't stay in Obelisk Blue because he's been absent for three months, meow~."

"what?"

Manjoume was shocked when he heard what Daitokuji-sensei had said.

The latter continued, "Now you can only stay in Osiris Red, which has nothing to do with attendance."

"What? I'm going to be assigned to such a terrible dorm in Osiris Red, just like Jaden?"

Manjoume looked disgusted.

At this moment, Judai walked over and patted him on the shoulder, comforting him, "Don't worry about it, Manjoume. There's nothing wrong with the Red Dorm. Look at me, I've never minded this issue, and I'm still doing fine."

"Stop talking!"

Judai put his arm around his shoulder and said with a grin, "Alright, alright, I'll cook you some good dishes later to celebrate moving into the dorm."

"I reject!"

"""Ha ha ha ha!"""

......

a few days later.

Jaden appeared outside the academy's teaching building with his schoolbag on his back, along with Professor Daitokuji, Sho, the koala (Hayato), and Asuka.

The reason we gathered together was because it was a weekend extracurricular activity arranged by the teacher of Daitokuji Temple, which involved a picnic at an ancient site on the island.

Since Judai, Sho, and Hayato were all students in the Red Dormitory, they were invited over by Daitokuji-sensei.

Since I had nothing to do around the tenth generation, I accepted the invitation and came along.

Teacher Daitokuji, carrying his schoolbag, looked delighted: "I'm so happy to have everyone together today~ Meow!"

Sho complained, "There were supposed to be everyone, but there were only four of us, and we were only called over by Daitokuji-sensei."

Hayato didn't seem to care: "But I am quite interested in ancient ruins. Those ruins are very close to the volcano and have always been a restricted area."

"By the way, I didn't expect you to be here too, Asuka."

Jaden turned to look at the girl beside him.

"That ruin was built of stone, and it's said to be related to the Dark Duel. Perhaps it's also related to my brother's disappearance."

"Oh? Is there such a rumor? I'll look into it for you later."

Asuka gladly accepted Judai's kindness, saying, "Thank you, Judai."

"You don't need to be so polite with me."

"Yes."

Soon, the group set off under the guidance of the teacher from Daitoku-ji Temple.

......

"Finally arrived, meow~, this is the entrance to the ruins~ meow."

After trekking through mountains and rivers and truly experiencing a wilderness journey, the group finally arrived at the so-called ancient ruins on the island.

The crowd looked at the excited Daitoku-ji Temple, pointing to the broken stone archway and the dilapidated ancient ruins in front of it.

'really! ’

Unlike the others who were oblivious to the danger, Jaden clearly sensed the faint dark power permeating the surroundings.

So he moved closer to Asuka and whispered, 'Be careful, Asuka.'

'What's wrong?'

'I sensed a dark force here; this ruin is very likely related to the Dark Game.'

Upon hearing Judai's words, Asuka immediately became serious.