A duelist never gives up!

"That kind of important person, even if we wanted to be angry, we wouldn't be able to hurt him in the slightest, right?"

"Tsk, you have no ambition! The opponent is just an old man whose hands shake even when he drinks tea! If you are afraid of an opponent of this level, how can you be called a professional duelist!" Yisha waved his little fist and said in a sonorous voice.

"But I'm not a professional duelist," Mio said helplessly, spreading her hands. "I've failed the professional duelist exam countless times. Now I'm just an ordinary investigator, unlike a trainee investigator like you."

"Anyway... what I mean is, we need to be impressive!" Yisha hugged the two of them and said in a deep voice, "We are members of the 'original' Shigure team. We must achieve results and not let others look down on us!"

As soon as Yisha said this, the eyes of the remaining two people suddenly became determined.

That’s right, the “original” member of Shigure’s team.

The reason for saying this is that the Shigure team was forcibly disbanded by the Alliance a month ago. The team leader Shigure was forced to suspend his duties, and all the team members were disbanded and assigned to other teams or even left the search department. The reason for this was because Shigure's sister, Yukikaze, joined the Anti-Duelers Alliance and defeated Avis in the Anti-Duel prison break incident, which indirectly led to the success of the Anti-Duelers Alliance's prison break and released a large number of terrorists in Weihai society, causing huge losses to the Alliance and society.

In addition, someone reported that Honglian, who was also a member of Shigure's team, was also very active in the prison break, so the alliance naturally cast its suspicious eyes on Shigure - there were only a few who rebelled against the Anti-Duelers Alliance, and among them were your sister and subordinates. How dare you say that you have no problem?

"According to the Alliance's theory, aren't the Duelist Academy and Avis, which trained Yuan Qi and others, the ones with the most problems? Why doesn't the Alliance take any action against them?!" Yisha said unhappily.

"They're picking on the weak," Mio sighed. "It's not enough to just assign us to other departments, they're also deliberately assigning us difficult tasks to make things difficult for us... Is the Alliance trying to force us to resign?"

"Quitting? Sounds like a good idea...but will I be arrested as a potential member of the Anti-Duelers' Alliance as soon as I quit?" Yuko said with a worried look on her face.

Mio glanced around briefly and said calmly, "Who knows? Isn't it said that the Alliance has a department specifically responsible for cleaning out internal traitors? There might be a man in black hiding in the bushes right now, watching our every move."

"Ugh...what you said gave me goosebumps." Yisha shrank her neck, feeling a little uncomfortable. She was most afraid of things hiding in the shadows.

"So what should we do?" Seeing Yisha's terrified face, Mio changed the subject. "If Mr. Nakamura doesn't let us in to guard, we'll definitely be the ones to blame if anything goes wrong."

"There's no other way..." Yisha lowered his head and glanced at his watch. "It's only an hour until nightfall. We should sneak in..."

"Snapped!"

Before Yisha could finish her words, she felt someone tap her shoulder. Like a frightened kitten, she jumped to the side, took a defensive stance, and shouted, "Who?!"

"Eh? Did I scare you? Sorry... I saw you guys seemed troubled, so I couldn't help but come and talk to you."

A gentle voice sounded beside Yisha's ears. Yisha looked closely and found that a white-haired girl in a khaki windbreaker was looking at him apologetically. Behind the girl stood a white-haired girl in a black maid outfit. Judging from the suitcase in the maid's hand, they seemed to be a master and servant on a long journey.

Yisha looked at the girl warily and couldn't help but ask, "You can't help but talk to someone when you see them in trouble? Even if you're making up an excuse, could you please make it more convincing?"

The white-haired girl looked at Yisha in confusion: "Excuse? What's that?"

Yisha said irritably, "I mean... well!"

Before Yisha could finish her words, Mio covered her mouth. Yisha quickly communicated with Mio through her eyes:

"What are you doing?! Someone showing up out of nowhere like this is incredibly suspicious. He might be a spy from the Anti-Duelers League!"

"Idiot, how could spies walk around openly like this, carrying a suitcase? This isn't a shopping street. Their presence here might have something to do with the Nakamura family!"

"you mean?"

"We can use... no, ask her for help!"

In just a second, the two had a heated exchange and reached a conclusion.

"We are really in trouble, can you help us?"

Yisha gave the girl a standard smile - this was something she learned when she worked part-time as a waitress in a clothing store during her student days.

Chapter 2: I don’t know either…

"That is to say..."

The girl held her smooth chin in her hand, sorted out the information from Yisha and the other two, and concluded, "The bad guys from the Anti-Duelers' League are hunting down duelists who hold festival quotas. As a public quota holder, grandpa is likely to be targeted by the bad guys from the Anti-Duelers' League. So, you were sent by the League to protect grandpa, but he turned you away?"

"Indeed, your summary is very accurate." Yuko nodded slightly. "Although we believe that Mr. Nakamura's strength is not inferior to any duelist, he is after all in his twilight years. Moreover, the opponent is no ordinary character. The leader of the Anti-Duelers League, Hara Nana, is actually..."

"Cough cough!!"

Before Yuko could finish her words, Yisha coughed twice and interrupted her, saying, "Anyway, those guys from the Anti-Duelers League are not to be trifled with. Especially that Hara Nana, he's an extremely dangerous person. For Mr. Nakamura's safety, we must enter the house and protect him!"

As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Yuko, signaling her not to disclose secrets casually.

Yuko quickly realized what was happening and agreed, "That's right. That Duelist named Hara Nana is extremely dangerous. Not only did he organize the remnants of the Anti-Duelers Alliance to break out of the prison, he also recently fought off the Alliance's pursuers. It would be very difficult for Mr. Nakamura to handle it alone, so please help us. This is also for Mr. Nakamura's safety."

Judging from the way the girl addressed Mr. Nakamura just now, the girl in front of him was probably Mr. Nakamura's granddaughter. If he could get her help, he might be able to break into the gate standing in front of him and others!

"Hmm..." The girl pursed her rosy lips, looking a little unsure. "Is what you said true? I remember Yuan Qi being the hero who saved the capital. Or is it just a coincidence that we have the same name?"

"Oh, that's news from back in the day! It's long outdated!" Yisha said to the girl angrily, hands on her hips. "Listen, that duelist named Yuan Qi has actually been an undercover agent sent into the Duelist Academy by the Anti-Duelers Alliance from the very beginning. Their purpose was to get him to participate in the National High School Competition and work together with the Anti-Duelers Alliance!"

"Huh?" The girl's eyes widened as she looked at Yisha in disbelief, "Then why did he want to save the capital?"

"That was an internal conflict! There are actually factions within the Anti-Duelers Alliance. Yuan Qi and Hong Zhong happened to belong to two different factions. There must have been some unexpected situation at the time, so Yuan Qi took the opportunity to eliminate Hong Zhong and even staged a grand show of saving the royal capital in front of everyone!" Yi Sha became more and more excited as he spoke, and his hands began to gesture excitedly. "Otherwise, think about it carefully. Why was Yuan Qi able to stand up and duel when everyone was unable to move?"

"Because he's a member of the Anti-Duelers League. He knew about this plan a long time ago and made preparations in advance!"

The girl was shocked, her small mouth almost opened wide enough to fit an egg. "So that's how it is! I had no idea!"

The maid behind the girl, who had been silent the entire time, couldn't help but twitch her lips and muttered to herself, "I don't know either..."

"Hehe, these are all secrets within the alliance. I won't tell anyone." Yisha touched his nose and glanced at the girl. "After all I've said, you should now understand how dangerous Mr. Nakamura, or rather... your grandfather, is."

"Yes! I understand!" The girl nodded seriously and stretched out her hand, saying, "You guessed it right. I am Grandpa Nakamura's granddaughter, Nakamura Mihui. Please let me lend you a hand!"

Yisha and the other two looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

"Thank you then!"

After half an hour.

"Miss Meihui, it seems like you have a few more personal maids than last time. And... why do they all have their heads bowed? Have they really learned etiquette lessons properly?"

The wrinkled head maid stood on the marble-paved road, looking at the three maids behind Meihui with their heads lowered and shoulders hunched with a scrutinizing look.

"Recently, our family's cloth business has been profitable, so we have hired a few more trainee maids. Grandpa has called me to the royal capital, so I would like to take this opportunity to let them come out and see the etiquette of an excellent maid. Please feel free to give them some advice." Meihui said, bowing to the head maid.

"Really?" Upon hearing this, the head maid turned her gaze away from the maids and walked ahead. "Profit is good, but if you want to learn etiquette, don't look for an old bone like me. The etiquette I learned back then is already outdated. Only the master doesn't despise me and still keeps me in the Nakamura family."

"You are joking..."

The two chatted casually, and the "maids" standing behind Meihui breathed a sigh of relief.

"I was so scared, I thought I was going to be exposed... Although I consider myself knowledgeable, I really don't understand maid etiquette..." Yisha patted his flat chest and said in a low voice.

"I've heard of it, but this is my first time wearing a maid outfit." Yuko looked at her black and white maid outfit and couldn't help but curl her lips slightly. "It's a pity there's no mirror, otherwise I'd really like to see what I look like."

"Don't forget we're here to carry out a mission. If there are too many flaws, it might arouse suspicion." Mio said, turning her gaze to the white-haired maid beside her and said, "Could you please tell us some basic qualities of a maid?"

A certain white-haired maid turned her head to look at the three of them and whispered, "It's okay, you already have that kind of thing."

"Huh? When did it become available? How come I didn't know about it?" Yisha blinked and asked with a puzzled look.

The white-haired maid explained, "Maids nowadays are basically just for show, so..."

"Looking good is enough."

"..."

The head maid did not lead everyone into the villa, but followed the path to a courtyard full of flowers.

"The master is waiting for you inside. I have other important matters to attend to, so I'll excuse myself for now." After the head maid said this, she turned around and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Does she mean for us to go in on our own?" Yisha couldn't help but hesitate as she recalled the ferocious look of the old man.

At this moment, a white-haired maid suddenly said, "Come on, let's go in."

"Yeah." Meihui nodded and walked into the courtyard first. Not long after walking, she saw an old man with a strong build and a solemn face wearing a thin white suit sitting on a cold stone bench with his eyes closed as if he was resting, but his straight back ruled out this possibility.

He was just closing his eyes and resting.

Meihui then pulled out the golden envelope from her pocket and asked with a puzzled look, "Grandpa, may I ask why you called me to the capital in such a hurry?"

Nakamura Koichiro slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Meihui and said in a hoarse voice, "My granddaughter, Nakamura Meihui, is she still alive?"

Chapter 3: Purpose.

As soon as Nakamura Yukichiro finished speaking, Yisha, who was standing behind "Nakamura Mihui", couldn't help but look up in surprise and looked at the girl in front of her, with drops of cold sweat constantly oozing from her forehead.

Isn't Nakamura Mie standing right here? Why is Mr. Koichiro asking this question? Could it be... that this Nakamura Mie is fake?!

If she was fake, then the only people who wanted to sneak into the Nakamura family at this time could only be... members of the Anti-Duel League!

When he thought of this, Yisha couldn't help but want to raise his arm and use his duel disk, but he suddenly felt his body sink, as if his whole body was fixed by a huge air pressure and he couldn't move!

"Don't do unnecessary things."

The white-haired maid standing next to Yisha lowered her head slightly, lowered her eyelids, and said to her, "Just watch here quietly. If you record what happens here, the Alliance should not continue to embarrass you."

"Are you... from the Anti-Duelers League?" Although she already had some guesses in her heart, Yuko couldn't help but ask.

"Yes." Without any hesitation, the white-haired maid answered her question.

"Are you here for Nakamura Yukichiro's spot? Why are you trying to snatch the spot for the festival?" When Mio saw that the white-haired maid in front of her answered Yuko's question, she quickly opened her mouth and tried to get some information out of the maid.

But it was obvious that the white-haired maid was no fool. She wasn't some single-celled organism that answered every question. Facing Mio's question, she simply smiled and said, "It seems the Alliance still doesn't know why we're fighting for the spot... or maybe your level is too low, so they didn't tell you?"

"Tsk, you're playing tricks! If you have the guts, stop those little tricks and let me teach you a lesson with a duel!" Yisha said gritting his teeth.

"If you can't lift the duel disk under this kind of pressure, then I advise you not to duel with me." The white-haired maid said seriously.

"What did you say?!" Yisha felt like a lit fire, her whole body was about to burst into flames, but the next second, Mio beside her poured a basin of cold water on her.

"She's right," Mio said solemnly. "Legend has it that top duelists can suppress other duelists by releasing their dueling power. Faced with this dense dueling power, duelists with thin dueling power would have difficulty even moving, let alone mobilizing it. If I'm right... the dueling power of this guy in front of me far surpasses yours!"

"Far superior to me?!" Yisha looked at the white-haired maid in disbelief, but saw her nod slightly.

"That's right. You have no chance of winning a duel with me, so how about we both conserve our energy?" the white-haired maid said, looking at the Nakamura "grandparents" not far away. "Let's watch Mr. Nakamura's duel that's about to begin. If he wins, we'll naturally leave here."

During the conversation among the maids, "Mie Nakamura" also answered Nakamura Yukichiro's question.

"Ms. Nakamura Mie and her maid were released when we arrived in the royal capital, but in order to prevent her from disrupting the plan, she should still be sleeping now, right?" "Ms. Nakamura Mie" said as she tore off the skin on her face, revealing a pure and lovely face, which made the maids behind her exclaim in surprise.

"You are... Xuefeng?!" Yisha looked at the familiar face in surprise and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's me." Xuefeng scratched his cheek embarrassedly and said, "I think I've caused trouble to you and my sister. I'm very sorry."

"You..." Yisha looked at the face that looked like Shi Yu, and there were countless curses and reproaches in his heart that wanted to burst out at this moment, but he couldn't spit them out at all, as if there was a fishbone stuck in his throat.

"What are you sorry for? You're not a member of our team, nor have you ever joined the Duelist League. It's not a betrayal. We're in this situation simply because we lack the background to become the League's scapegoat. What is there to apologize for?" Mio said calmly, looking at Yukikaze. "Don't use words like apology or sorry without permission. Do you think that bowing your head first can solve everything and make everyone live in harmony?"

"Don't be ridiculous. There's only one reason you're our enemies—you're criminals, that's all."

"Hahaha..." Xuefeng laughed dryly and nodded somewhat dejectedly, "Sorry... No, anyway, I'm still very happy to see you again. Um... Although I really want to say a lot, time is tight, so I'll excuse myself for now."

After saying this, Xuefeng turned to Nakamura Yukichirou again and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting while I was catching up with a friend. But before we duel, I have one question: How did you see through my disguise? Was there anything I did wrong?"

Nakamura Koichiro glanced at Yukikaze's hair and said, "Meihui's hair is a little more silver than yours."

"...I really shouldn't have been lazy and not worn a wig." Xuefeng sighed. He had originally thought that since Nakamura Mihui had white hair and he also had white hair, he wouldn't have to waste time making a wig for Nakamura Mihui, nor would he have to wear a thick wig. He didn't expect to be exposed because of this.

"And I sent Meihui to the capital with the letter just to lure you into the trap from the very beginning." Nakamura Yukichiro said slowly.

"Eh? Is it intentional? In other words - it's a trap?!" Xuefeng suddenly looked at the flowers around him in panic, as if a bunch of strong men holding duel disks would jump out of the bushes in the next second.

"There's no one in the flowers." The white-haired maid behind Xuefeng spoke quickly.

"That's right, I'm the only one waiting for you here from the beginning to the end." Nakamura Yukichiro said with narrowed eyes.

"You let the wolf into the house without preparing a trap... What on earth do you want to do?!" Yisha frowned and couldn't help but question Nakamura Yukichiro.

Nakamura Yukichiro looked at Yisha and said calmly, "You seem to be the girl sent by the alliance? Don't you know the reason why I did this?"

"I know...what do you know?" Yisha pursed her lips, as if she had thought of something but didn't dare to say it out loud.

"See, you really do know." Nakamura Yukichiro smiled. He slowly stood up, his whole body like a lion waking up from sleep, emitting a majestic aura. "The reason why I lured the Anti-Duelers Alliance and drove out the people sent by the Duelists Alliance is of course for only one purpose!"

"That means a duel with the leader of the Anti-Duel League—the God of Duel!!!"

Chapter 4: Duel!

“Are you…are you crazy?!”

Yisha looked at the old man in front of him in disbelief. He let his granddaughter fall into a trap, drove away his helpers, and waited alone in the garden, just to duel with the leader of the Anti-Duelers Alliance?

What a joke!

"The idea that the leader of the Anti-Duelers' Alliance is the God of Duel is sheer nonsense. Just for such a far-fetched reason..."

"There's no mistake! I can feel that dueling power that's beyond the purity of ordinary people... That's right, there's no mistake..." Nakamura Yukichiro slowly raised his hand, pointed at the white-haired maid with a firm gaze, and said, "You are the God of Duel!!!"

"Huh?!!" Yisha, who was standing by, was almost scared out of his wits.