After finished the first duel, Ryuji walk out of the field to take a break. The tournament only last for a single day, so the participants only have 15 to rest before starting the next round.
But he was quickly surrounded by his fangirl from the club, even some journalists trying to squeeze in, but they were stop by Riko. Letting the little girls getting close to Ryuji is her limit, after all, they can be considered her junior and the next generation of the club her founded.
But of course, they still need to pay a price for getting close to her man. And she already has plan for it after the tournament end. A corner of Riko's mouth curve up as she looks at Ryuji, who was stand in the middle of a group of beautiful girls.
"As expect of Ryuji-san, easily defeat your opponent like that!" One of his fangirls say as she hands him a can of lemon tea.
Ryuji take it with a surprise look on his face. "Thank you for the tea, I didn't expect my fan even know my favorite drink."
The girl slightly blushes as his finger touching her when she hands him the can. "Hehe, it's nothing. I have watched all of your duel in the tournaments before and notice that you drink this every time, so I figured that you must like this a lot."
"Ah! I see, I'm really lucky for having such a considerate fan like you." Although Ryuji says those words with a bright smile. Those who pay close attention to him can still notice that he secretly takes a few steps backwards.
The girl feel like her heart was shattered when she sees his actions. Kari quickly interferes to control the girls, as mentioned in the previous chap, she currently has the highest authority among the group.
Ryuji sigh tiredly as he opens the can of lemon tea, he takes a sip and let out a satisfied sound. 'Lemon tea is the best!'
As he takes a sip of the drink, he unconsciously thinks of an old woman. If you ask Ryuji if there's someone, he's unwilling to let, go from his previous life. The he will answer without hesitation that one of the two person he can't let go from his past is the gentle, kind woman that adopted him after he run away from home.
'Grandma Emily... I wonder how's she doing right now? Let's hope that she doesn't go after my mother for revenge.' He can't help but let out a long sigh thinking about his savior, the second ray of sunlight in his previous life.
'Come to think about it, Grandma Emily and my childhood friend are the only two who truly love me in my previous life. Quite pathetic of me, considerate what kind of world I live in, a literally paradise to build a big harem. Well, whatever something bad happen to me, blame my mother.'
The life worse than that of an orphan? My mother faults.
Bullied by the whole class? My mother faults.
Nearly starve to death countless time in my own house? My mother faults.
The reason I died? Also, my mother fault.
'Oh well, it doesn't matter anymore. In this life, I has been loved by a lot of persons, I has been making a lot of friends. Aside from my revenge, all regret I have in my past life can be completed in this life.
So, mother, I hope you live the rest of your life paying the price for my death, and please stop hitting on my childhood friend. One harem can't contain two yuri queens.'
Ryuji shake the unpleasant memories out of his head. The break time has end and he has to go back to the field.
<2 hours later>
"I use Heavy Armored Train Ironwolf to attack you directly!"
"NOOOOO!"
[Opponent, LP: 1800 -> 0]
[Winner: Ryuji]
"Lady and gentlemen, we finally have the first winner among the four group. By the rule, the semifinals are determined by the order of the winner of each group. Since Ryuji-san is the first, his next opponent is the second person who defeat their group." The one who speak is the president of Broadcasting Club.
Ryuji doesn't surprise that he is the first to finish. After all, he only needs 1-2 turns to finish the duel. The reason why it took 2 hours for him to defeat his group is mainly because he has to wait for others to finish their duel.
Ryuji turn his eyes towards the direction of blue group, he knows for sure the winner of three other groups is gonna be Kaito, Nistro and Dextra. Among the three of them, the one he wants to fight against the most is Kaito. As for Nistro and Dextra, he has beat them several times in a 1v2.
Just as Ryuji about to find a place to rest, he hears a sound of footsteps behind him. He turns around with curiously, then a smile bloom on his face. "I thought that you would take a few more minutes to finish your duel. Look like I underestimate you, or perhaps I overestimated your opponent."
Kaito look at Ryuji emotionlessly, he silently raises his hand, showing his duel disk. Ryuji stop talking and also raise his hand. They both activate their duel disk at the same time. "Duel!"
[Ryuji, LP: 4000] VS [Kaito Tenjo, LP: 4000]
[Going first: Ryuji]
"Look like I still have decent luck. My turn, draw! I activate Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards from my deck. I Normal Summon Silver Gadget; When this card is summoned to my field: I can Special Summon 1 level 4 machine monster from my hand. I Special Summon Green Gadget from my hand.
Green Gadget effect; I add 1 "Red Gadget" from my Deck to my hand. Then, I overlay both of my monster to Xyz Summon Gear Gigant X!"
[Gear Gigant X, atk: 2300]
"Gear Gigant X effect: I can detach 1 material from this card; Add 1 level 4 or lower Machine monster from my Deck or GY to my hand. I use this effect to detach Silver Gadget and add Gold Gadget to my hand.
Next, I activate Monster Reborn to Special Summon Silver Gadget from my graveyard. I activate Double Summon to Normal Summon Gold Gadget from my hand. Gold Gadget has the same effect as Silver Gadget, because of that, I Special Summon Red Gadget from my hand.
Red Gadget effect; I add 1 "Yellow Gadget" from my deck to my hand. Finally, I overlay all 3 monsters to Xyz Summon Evilswarm Ouroboros in attack position!"
[Evilswarm Ouroboros, atk: 2750]
'This monster... Even without a duel spirit, it still gives me an immense pressure.' Kaito usually cold face change slightly when the monster descends to the field.
Outside the field, Kari and her friends once again go crazy after seeing Ryuji using the monster they made. No matter how many time they see it, they will still feel proud every time they see him using it in a duel.
"Ouroboros effect; I can detach 1 material from this card to send 1 card on my opponent's hand to the GY. I send the card furthest to the left on your hand to the graveyard."
Kaito emotionlessly put the card on his hand to the graveyard. Compare to seeing Ryuji set up a field with 4-5 negates, this is far easier to accept.
"I set 2 cards and end my turn." If this is his dinosaur deck, Ryuji won't simply just summon 2 monsters on the field. But his Gadget deck doesn't have anything with an effect to disrupt opponent on their turn so this is all he could do for now.
Well... That's only limited to monster effect~
Kaito look at Ryuji set card cautiously, he has watch some of Ryuji previous duel and know about the combo between his gadget and Ultimate Offering.
"My turn, draw!" Kaito look at his hand and found no way for him to get rid of Ryuji set cards. 'That leave me only 1 choice, make sure he don't have any LP left to activate Ultimate Offering.'
"Because right now I control no monster, I can activate Photon Thrasher effect from my hand to Special Summon itself to the field. Next, I Normal Summon Photon Delta Wing from my hand; If this card is Normal Summoned: I can Special Summon 1 "Photon Delta Wing" from my hand or Deck in Defense Position, but I cannot Special Summon for the rest of this turn, except LIGHT monsters.
By this effect, I Special Summon the second Photon Delta Wing to the field. I overlay both Photon Delta Wing to Xyz Summon Galaxy Photon Dragon!"
[Galaxy Photon Dragon, atk: 2000]
"Galaxy Photon Dragon effect; I can detach 1 material from this card to add 1 "Photon" or "Galaxy" card from my Deck to my hand or send it to the GY. I use this effect to add Photon Advancer to my hand. Photon Advancer effect; I can Special Summon this card if there's a "Photon" monster on the field. Because Galaxy Photon Dragon is on the field, I Special Summon this card from my hand.
I overlay Photon Thrasher and Photon Advancer to Xyz Summon Starliege Lord Galaxion! And because Galaxy Photon Dragon is on the field, every Light monster I control gain 500 atk."
[Starliege Lord Galaxion, atk: 2000 -> 2500]
"Starliege Lord Galaxion effect; I can choose to detach 1 or 2 materials from this card to activate different effect. I choose to detach 2 materials from this card!"
For a moment, Kaito eyes sharpen and his voice turn solemn. "I can now Special Summon my ace directly from my deck. Come here, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"
As Kaito voice die down, a gigantic figure appears behind him. Its body glow as bright as a star, it mere presence send chill down the spine of the people present.
[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, atk: 3000 -> 3500]
Riko look at the colossal dragon with amaze. "No matter how many times I see it, the aura this dragon gives me is no difference from a high tier Number monster."
Hart watches the dragon and the figured stand before it. He can't stop praising his brother handsomeness.
Ryuji don't say anything, he merely watches his opponent ace with a calm, but interest look. 'Here it comes, Zexal Blue-Eyes.'
The current 11 years old Kaito has managed to summon his ace in the first turn, this is already far stronger than his original self from the beginning of the anime. This mostly happen because of Ryuji's existence, he alone dominates the entire group of Number Hunter, causing them to constantly get stronger.
The current Nistro and Dextra are already surpassed themselves from the anime, even at the end of the series. They just need to graduate from Heartland academy to become an official Number Hunter just like Riko.
"Now, I enter the Battle Phase! I use Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to attack Evilswarm Ouroboros!" As Kaito give his command. Galaxy-Eyes immediately gather a huge amount of cosmic energy inside it mouth and launch it towards the opposite dragon.
The impact causing from the attack create thick smoke covering the field. Ryuji playful voice come through the smoke. "The blast just now is really powerful, as expected of your ace monster."
[Ryuji, LP: 4000 -> 3750]
His current LP causing some people to frow. "This isn't right, is it? The difference between 2 monster atk are 750, his LP should be drop to 3250."
"Idiot, look at his Trap Zone!"
Kaito and the audience lock their eyes to Ryuji field. Ryuji smile a little. "Before you declare attack, I activate Light-Imprisoning Mirror. When this card remain face-up on the field; Negate all LIGHT monster effects activated on the field or in the GY. Surprised? This is a card I specially prepare for you."
[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, atk: 3500 -> 3000]
[Starliege Lord Galaxion, atk: 2500 -> 2000]
A corner of Kaito mouth twitch unconsciously as he looks at the negate addiction duelist before him. "Even with an offensive deck you are using now, you still manage to find a way to torture opponent with negate. Should I praise or complain you now?"
Ryuji shrug his shoulder, unbothered with Kaito frustrated. "Are you want to continue your turn or not?"
"Tch! I set 1 card and end my turn." Since none of his other monsters have atk higher than Gear Gigant X, he can't continue to attack.
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I'm not dead.