Youyu: "..."
Watching a group of musclemen with glowing faces, talking big and toasting, with a few of them engaging in some inexplicable performance art...
...for a moment, he thought he might have opened the door the wrong way.
Yet the Gatekeeper seemed to think nothing was amiss and instead laughed heartily with his hands on his hips: "See, I told you it's lively, right? Hahaha!"
Youyu cast him a sidelong glance, speechless.
Indeed, it was lively...
...a lively mess!
This is clearly abnormal, right? Aren't we supposed to be a card club?
So could someone explain why those guys over there are on the Duel Stage, not playing cards but dancing a striptease?
Noticing Youyu's odd gaze, the Gatekeeper quickly explained: "Oh, that. Well, to be honest, it was you who started this tradition..."
Youyu thought to himself, what nonsense.
You guys can't just say anything. What does a bunch of musclemen doing a hot dance have to do with me?
You better watch what you say, because if something happens in the future, you'll be responsible, understand?
"Yo, isn't this Youyu!"
It was none other than Mr. Kuroda, who Youyu first dueled when he joined the club. He was sporting just a giant pair of shorts that suspiciously looked like the Hulk's, a sight that was at least less of an eyesore...
"You've seen it, huh? Hahahaha!" Mr. Kuroda pointed to the guys dancing on the stage and laughed loudly, "Well, I never expected that our duel back then would start a trend.
Now that you've become the Duel King, you're everyone's role model and target. When I mentioned your first duel when you joined, and your condition for a Dark Duel was that the loser had to dance a striptease. Now it's an unwritten rule; everyone wants to follow your lead..."
Youyu: "..."
No words could suffice.
Hey, weren't the striptease conditions your own request? This is malicious slander!
"By the way, our organization has recently gained a lot of fresh talents. These newcomers are really interesting, one more so than the last!" Mr. Kuroda continued.
Youyu quickly realized what Kuroda was talking about must refer to the members joining lately.
Because of Youyu, the Nightwalker World's attention level has been rising globally, especially among the players.
So more and more players have been uncovering the prerequisites for joining the group. Many players had been working overtime non-stop, completing a series of repetitive tasks, finally fulfilling their wish to join the harmonious and friendly big family of Nightwalker World.
Reflecting on when he first joined, although the organization was already filled with macho men, the style didn't seem as bizarre?
It seems that ever since the players joined, the organization's style has become increasingly weird...
Mr. Kuroda went on: "These duelists have genuine personalities and will be the pillars of our organization in the future! Especially that newcomer called 'Inescapable Jae,' he's quite something! He handles things efficiently and never drinks in moderation; overall, he's very courageous! I like him a lot!"
Youyu thought that maybe they should just be together, as they seem to fit well...
Scanning around, Youyu suddenly noticed something, raising his eyebrows in surprise.
Among those burly men drinking in a circle, he actually spotted...
...a girl?
What kind of open-minded girl would drink and play drinking games with a bunch of musclemen in a place like this? (And the game was strip rock-paper-scissors.)
Moreover, she seemed to have quite an explosive and well-endowed figure.
To describe her in a more elegant way, she was alluring and delicate, slightly arching her eyebrows, blinking seductively...
...in layman's terms, she was voluptuous and fair-skinned.
Upon closer look, Youyu was even more astonished.
Isn't this Quine, who got beaten by an angry Dark Magician Girl to the point where she couldn't take care of herself? That beautiful vampire lady?
But wasn't she with the Ghouls? Why is she here, blending in with the musclemen as if she's one of them?
"..."
A few minutes later, in President Tosawa Mukuro's office.
"Ahem, yes, I approved her membership." President Mukuro nodded in confirmation, "Quine was previously with the Ghouls, but now she's completely severed ties with them and has expressed her determination to devote herself to Nightwalker World."
Youyu glanced at Quine, who sat next to him—she had her head down, resembling a schoolgirl caught in trouble and sent to the principal's office, docile and obedient.
Youyu looked at the president with a face full of suspicion: "But didn't you say before that she was a two-timer and completely unreliable?"
"Ah, well... that was the situation at the time." The president coughed lightly, "Things change. Quine has proven her worth to us; we, in Nightwalker World, pride ourselves on our mercy in the Inner World, always willing to grant a second chance to duelists who once went astray..."
Kusunoki Manager said expressionlessly: "Quine offered too much."
With a dark expression, President Mukuro took out a Duel Disc from under his desk: "Alright, today I'll make you mute."
Youyu coughed: "Well... I don't really have any objections. But is this really alright, President? After all, she's a vampire and was previously with the Ghouls, our enemies.
She's likely looking for a new path because the Ghouls have fallen apart, right? Can we trust someone like that?"
After the Duel City Tournament concluded, the misunderstanding with the Gravekeeper Race was resolved, and Marik's Dark Personality was eliminated, the Ghouls basically became a shadow of its former self.
Originally, it was a group that Marik had recently gathered, with no background or foundation, and it was rampant in the Inner World relying solely on Marik's Millennium Rod and the powerful God.
Now not only are those gone, but there's also division within the Ghouls, with all sorts of rogues emerging to claim the title of leader after their boss ran off, creating a chaotic mess internally.
Quine approaching at such a critical juncture makes her motives hard to trust.
Besides, Youyu seemed to remember having taken her Card Deck...
At this moment, Quine raised her head and smiled: "If you're worried about me betraying you, Lord Youyu, I absolutely won't... or rather, I can't."
"Oh? Why's that?"
"Do you remember our previous Dark Duel?"
"Yes." Youyu crossed his arms, "Your condition was quite disastrous."
"Yes, I regret foolishly challenging you." Quine sighed, "Do you also remember the penalty for losing that I mentioned when we initiated the Dark Duel?"
Youyu thought for a moment: "The loser has to let you suck their blood? Wait, no..."
"Indeed, at the time I said if I won, I would take your body." Quine seemed a bit embarrassed here, "But I lost, so..."
Youyu: "?"
Quine blinked coquettishly, heavily hinting: "My penalty for losing still hasn't been paid, so I can't harm you.
As the winner, you can ask me to do anything~ Anything at all..."
Quine: Obedient.JPG.
Youyu pondered.
Like this, anything at all?
Then in that case...
He thought for a moment, looking at Quine without expression: "Then go run ten laps around this building... no, make it fifty. We can talk after you finish."
Quine: "???"