As the duel ended, we change perspective to the audience and.... Well the YuSho gang were in complete shock of what they saw. They fully expected to see Ancient Gears not.... Whatever that was. "That.... She didn't even get to play for more than a turn and even then.... She was stopped so easily" Yuzu says. Mokuba chuckles "yeah, well honestly I'm here to make sure they don't face Ancient Gears considering the fact it's his strongest deck."
Himika is fucking pale white at what she saw, she thought that Akira would be weak, that he would be easy to beat. Boy was she wrong and now, the students are gonna suffer the consequences of her actions. The LDS duo are talking, thinking of ways to counter Dinomorphia.
Declan in the shadows was impressed at that, and how unique the strategy is and now he wanted to duel Akira. Yet he also noticed that it seemed like he wasn't trying at all, just toying with his prey. And that's worrying considering the fact that his next opponent is gonna use a deck that is harder to counter so he must try more. He also thinks of the possibility that Akira may have a deck for each summoning method.
As they all settle down Akira says dryly "next time, aim for a monster with more than 1800 attack as your first fusion, it's effect is decent but get a good body on the field at the same time." Mosumi nods numbly as she walks towards the LDS side, thinking of how she could've even thought of winning that duel. While everyone was distracted he switched decks to one that'll be revealed next chapter as Soldier appears next to him. "Commander, may I ask why you did that?" Akira nods and says "she needed to get a reality check on that, Gem-Knights are a good fusion archetype, but not the best" his voice low so the others can't hear him.
Once everyone calmed down, Diper walked down smugly saying "I'll show you what the top of the XYZ course can do" as he readies his duel disk. Akira was completely indifferent to this as he shuffles his deck and draws his beginning hand. Diper noticed and does the same as they do the chant that I won't type out, and both yell "DUEL!"