"Would you be so kind as to unhand him~?"
"Before I redecorate this room..." She lifted her axe high, Her eyes went black and predatory, as her smile stretched unnaturally across her face.
"WITH WHATS LEFT OF YOU!!!"
The weapon came down in a blur of white, lodged into the circuitry-laced floor with a thunderous CRASH as some sparks flared. Kaiba luckily had barely dodged back just in time, releasing Mash as he evaded the killing strike.
"HHAAHH" Mash gasped, clutching at his chest for air. "Thanks… Lovely…"
"It's fine, Darling~" she purred, yanking her axe free with a wicked almost deathly grin. "After all, someone needs to teach this arrogant bitch a lesson~."
Kaiba stood unshaken, though he began to notice something as he look at the place where her axe was lodged. [It created a deep cut!? Isn't she supposed to be just a hologram!?]
Before the thought finished, Lovely vanished because almost in a blink, she was behind kaiba, her axe was ready for sweeping.
"Peek-a-boo~!"
Lovely swung her axe in a brutal horizontal arc aimed at Kaiba's torso, but he ducked under it just in time. "Don't underestimate me!" he snarled, driving a right punch straight toward her face.
But the punch go through her face like a hologram.
Kaiba was shocked. "What!?"
"Bad move, you brat~" Lovely smirks as she then grabs Kaiba arms in her face and twist it to the left, "ugh!" Kaiba groaned as he leaned sideways, leaving his body open.
"Ho ho~ checkmate." Lovely discarded her axe, coiling her fist before driving it straight into his gut.
"GAHH!" Blood speckled his lip as he was hurled across the room, crashing him hard against the wall.
"and THAT'S payback for laying your filthy boots on my Darling! O HO HO HO HO HO~!" Lovely laughed.
Mash winced at the sight. "…Uhh. Is he dead?"
As the smoke cloud clears, Kaiba was sitting on the ground with a bit of blood on his mouth, still alive. "Cough. cough. Mokuba, Do you hear me?"
From Kaiba's earpiece a familiar voice can be heard, "Krssk. Yes brother! I hear you! Are you okay!? I saw everything from the CCTV camera inside the room! She literally send you flying! How is she-"
"Mokuba!" Kaiba snapped. "Focus. I need one thing from you."
Mash exhaled in relief. "Phew. I thought Kaiba was dead for a second."
"Oh, he will be in a second~!" Lovely's grin sharpened as she charged again with her axe.
"HEY, LOVELY!" Mash shouted.
"Mokuba..."
"HEY HEY~!" Lovely dashed toward Kaiba, this time, her axe was ready for a swing as she holds it above her head.
"Disable Mash duel disk."
"On it." The sound of furious typing rattled through the earpiece.
Mash's duel disk beeped erratically. "What the—!?" Sparks shot out, and with a fizzle it shut down. At the exact moment Lovely's axe was about to cleave Kaiba's head in two, her holographic form shatter into hologram particles and she reappeared at Mash's side, swinging at empty air.
"Huh!?" Lovely's face twisted in confusion. "Why am I here?"
"I knew it. You're a duel spirit…" Kaiba glaring at them. "that so-called girlfriend of yours, Mash."
"Wait a minute, you know about duel spirit?" Mash asked.
"Hmph, of course." Kaiba explained. "Because I've been studying and researching them for years to make one of my own cards."
"And one of those cards I presume is a self-insert card called, {Kaibaman}"
"That is just the result of my experiments, that's all!" Kaiba snapped. "And also one of the result of my experiment is that duel spirit is able to interact or even possess some electronic devices, and it seems that yours possessed my duel disk hologram projector."
"Correct." Mash muttered.
"But there's still one question left unanswered. How is she able to interact physically if she was a hologram. it seems I have found my answer." Kaiba eyes pointed towards two floating silver mannequin hands, in which one is holding a silver battle axe similar to Lovely.
"So she concealed this inside the hologram, which allows her to be able interact physically, this explains why one of my punches just phase through her. And also, judging from the looks of it, the arms are made out of silver, which means that she has some sort of power to freely control or manipulate silver." Kaiba explained
"O HO HO HO HO HO~ BRAVO, KAIBA! BRAVO~!" Lovely clapped her hands and applauded. "Such a remarkable hyphotesis! It is truly befitting of such from the billionare genius, Seto Kaiba himself~! Though... if you know that I am a Duel Spirit, then you should already understand…"
Her smile stretched cruel. "…how terrifying we become when mad."
Lovely twirls her finger around and the silver mannequin arms then shot towards kaiba, grabbing both his arms and spreading them apart. "What is this!?"
With another twirl of her finger, the silver battle axe position itself in front of Kaiba, before it starts to spun faster and faster until it resembles a spinning sawblade.
"OI! ISN'T THIS TOO MUCH!?" Mash shouted desperately, but Lovely ignored him.
The spinning axe then started to move closer and closer at Kaiba. "Brother!" Mokuba shouted in his earpiece as sounds of typing can be heard, a few seconds later, the room lights flickers. "ARGH! It's no use! There's nothing I could use to stop it!"
The axe was spinning a few centimeters away at Kaiba head, which made Kaiba close his eyes seemingly accepted his fate. Until...
The axe stopped right as its about to hit Kaiba's head.
"Huh?" Lovely was confused, until she turned and saw that Mash has his finger raise at the axe. and with a simple flick, the axe was then send flying until it lodged itself deep in the wall. Mash then looks at Lovely with fury.
"D-d-darling~!? Why are you-"
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR GODDAMN MIND!!!???"
"Hiii!!" Lovely shrieked.
"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE IF YOU ACTUALLY KILLED KAIBA!!!???"
"I-i-i..."
"I tolerated you last time when you tried to decapitate Chazz, AS A JOKE! But this time!? YOU REALLY WANTED TO KILL HIM! YOU WANTED HIM DEAD! BY SPLITTING HIS HEAD OPEN WITH YOUR AXE! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT!? HUH!? IS THAT WHAT YOU-"
"HUWAAA I'M SORRY!!!" Lovely wailed.
"I-I didn't mean to-"
"It's fine, it's fine." Mash pulled her into a hug. "I know you're mad about him kicking me, but what you did crossed the line, Lovely. Never do that again."
"Hiks... hiks... y-yes..." she sniffled, wiping her tears.
Kaiba, still catching his breath, muttered flatly. "See, Mokuba. This is why I'll never get a girlfriend."
"Alright-alright. Lovely, how about you sit this one out while I negotiate with Kaiba. Okay?"
Mash sighed, stroking Lovely's hair. "Alright, alright. Lovely, sit this one out while I go and have a talk with Kaiba, okay?"
She nodded meekly, and Mash approached Kaiba. With a wave of his hand he release Kaiba binds from the silver hands.
"First of all, fuck you, Kaiba." Mash spoked, one hand rubbing his chest where the kick had landed. "That kick in the chest was really unnecessary."
"And second of all-"
Mash froze. "…? What secrets?"
"Your origin."
"!?"
"After your duel against Chazz, I did some digging into your background," Kaiba continued. "And do you know what I found?"
"Nothing. There isn't a single mention of anyone named 'Justin Mash.' Not in the school system. Not in the official registries. Nothing. Which leads me to believe you're tied to the Shadow Duelist organization."
"Hm.." Mash's expression didn't falter his poker face is ironclad but his thoughts... [I KNEW I SHOULD'VE REINCARNATED AS A BABY!! FUCKING HELL!!]
Kaiba pressed harder, circling him like a predator. "That would also explain how you conveniently have access to a Synchro card which is highly confidential mind you, and that dimensional barrier trap card of yours..." Kaiba then pulls out his tablet, then show Mash a photo of dimensional barrier zoomed in on its effect text.
"What exactly is this 'XYZ' and 'Pendulum' type card told in here...?"
[SHIT! I need to derail this conversation]
"Okay!" He clapped his hands loudly, forcing a grin. "But here's the thing: how are you even going to get the answers from me? I could just feed you fake ones, you know?"
Kaiba's smirk widened, cold and dangerous. "By dragging you out of this academy straight to KaibaCorp. Where extracting your answers would be as simple as strapping you into one of my machines."
" Ugh.." Mash teeths clenched in irritations.
" Kaiba..." Lovely is already holding her battle axe with a murderous glare at him. "I'm going to make sure that you're-"
As lovely walked closer at Kaiba, Mash raised a hand sharply, stopping her in her tracks. "You know that it's impossible to drag me out by force right?"
"Right now? Yes. It's impossible," Kaiba admitted. "But later? I can." His glare sharpened. "And the first step would be by expelling you from the Academy."
"Tch." Mash clicked his tongue, his face shadowed. [Damn you, Kaiba! You've really put me in a bad spot here… But luckily for me, which is rare, I came prepared.]
Slowly, Mash slipped a hand into his uniform pocket pulling out something."
Kaiba's eyes narrowed. "…Is that a PDA?"
Mash's lips curled into a smirk. He tapped a button on his Duel Disk, and the PDA screen lit up. From it, a booming voice erupted:
"Krssk! ALMIGHTY GOD OF DESTRUCTION!"
"!" Kaiba's eyes widened. "That's… recording from our duel!"
"Correct!" Mash shouted, holding the PDA aloft like evidence in a courtroom. "I knew something bad was bound to happen while dueling you, so I made sure to record everything. I poked a tiny hole in my uniform pocket and let the PDA do its job!"
Mash grin widened. "And guess what? It didn't just capture you kicking me in the chest, Kaiba! it also got your 'still-very-new-prototype Synchro Summon'… and, oh yeah, the part where Seto Kaiba ragequits because he realized he lost to a Slifer Slacker—"
"Mokuba. Wipe Mash's PDA clean."
"Done," Mokuba's voice replied almost instantly through the earpiece.
Mash's PDA screen glitched, then blinked blank.
Mokuba's smug voice carried through the earpiece in speaker mode. "Oh, Mash, is it? You really thought the greatest hacker in KaibaCorp couldn't just hack into your PDA and delete it? Well, think again, Mash-"
"AHA!" Mash cut him off with a shout. "I knew you'd immediately delete it after I revealed it! That's why I already transferred the recording to my dorm laptop—"
"Done," Mokuba interrupted again, his keystrokes echoing faintly. "I knew you'd try to back it up somewhere after you revealed it, so I already wiped your dorm laptop in preparation to-"
"AHA!" Mash shouted louder, puffing his chest. "I knew, that you knew, that I knew you'd try to wipe everything! That's why I saved it on this—!" He whipped out a USB stick dramatically from his pocket. "No matter how much great of a hacker you are, it is impposible for you to hack into an unconnected USB stick!
"…Wait." Mokuba paused. "So then why did you reveal you saved it on your laptop just to bait me into wiping it?"
"Today's dorm inspections." Mash grinned wide with a smug. "And I forgot to delete my 'homework' folder, so... Thanks for deleting it~"
"WHAT!!??" Mokuba's voice cracked with outrage. "MASH, YOU LITTLE—"
"Enough, Mokuba!" Kaiba snapped. "Dealing with this kid's antics will get us nowhere."
"Alright!" Mash clapped his hands. "You guys get the picture, right? If anything bad were to happen to me, I could just easily upload the video on this USB stick to the internet and poof! Everyone will be calling Kaiba, 'The Billionaire who lost to a Slifer.' or I could just give it to a random students and it would have the same effect."
"Tch, get to the point." Kaiba snapped. "What do you want, Mash?"
Mash's smile faded into a serious expression. "Let me stay in Duel Academy."
Kaiba's eyes narrowed. "And why should I allow that?"
"Well, first off, don't you think I would just escape and hide in the shadow after you expelled me? With lovely by my side that would be easy thing to do."
"So why not let me stay at Duel Academy where you could monitor me at all times without risking me running away to a place where you're not able to get any information out of me."
Kaiba didn't answer immediately, instead he calculate it in his mind.
"Hold it, Brother!" Mokuba's voice cut through from the earpiece. "Don't fall for it! He could be trying to sabotage Duel Academy from the inside and then—"
"Fine." Kaiba response decisively. "I'll monitor you."
Mash's eyes widened. "Wait—seriously?"
"!?" Mokuba was shocked. "Brother! Are you sure that letting him stay is a good idea-"
"We have no choice, Mokuba." Kaiba interrupted. " We have our hands full dealing with 'her.' Putting Mash under house arrest here is the most we can do. For now."
There was a pause. Then Mokuba exhaled through the mic. "...Alright. Then I'll alert the security staff on the island. Make sure that Mash isn't able to even set a foot out of the island."
[Nice! Expulsion crisis averted!] Mash smirked "Okay then, guess that about wraps this up—"
"Not so fast, Mash." Kaiba interrupted. "You're not out of the bush yet, because at new years holiday, we'll meet again, and this time... You better have your answers prepared."
With that, Kaiba finally turned, his coat swaying sharply as he strode out of the room. A sound of a door being opened can be heard before it was shut.
"uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Mash deflated like a balloon from stress.
"Darling~!" Lovely rushed to Mash as she scoop up the puddle of Mash.
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That night after having a really silent dinner with Jaden and the others, Mash then heads into his dorm room to rest.
"aaaaaaaahhhhhhh" Mash plops down on his bed. "Nothing feels better than laying on your bed after an exhausting day..."
"Though it would be better if Lovely was here..." Mash recalled her saying, "Sorry, Darling~! I'm a bit busy tonight, so I won't be sleeping with you~" before disappearing into her card.
Seeing that, Mash can't help but think that Duel Monster cards are just a gateway that connect the spirit worlds to the real world and isn't actually their home. [I'll have to ask her that when she comes back.]
Mash sighed and finally relaxes as he lay down on his bed.
though it seems old habits die hard because out of habit he pulled out his deck and begin to skim through it, analyzing each of his card for new strategies.
Until he landed on the son of a bitch that started all this mess.
{Chaos Angel}
Mash looked at the card with a vexed face. "If only I wasn't panicking, I could've come up with another play that isn't summoning this bastard! Then none of this wouldn't happen!"
"Hm? why are you blaming me when it's you who summoned it?"
"Well it's because of- wait, who said that!?" Mash got up then turned to his right to see, Chaos Angel head peeking from a rift.
"CHAOS ANG- UMPH!" A black hand from a portal shut Mash mouth up.
"I would like to hear you scream... But, I don't want to attract unwanted attention, Mash." Chaos Angel said calmly, as he slowly came out of the rift.
Even though it's not as powerful as last time, the aura this 'thing' impose is still so powerful that Mash was sweating bullets.
As soon as the black hand release Mash mouth, he instantly jumped out of bed. "I'M SORRY, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR ACCIDENTALLY CALLED YOU SOMETHING BAD!"
"It's fine... It's fine." Chaos Angel waved his hand. "After all... I like you, and I am here to bring a message to you as a herald of chao-"
"Hold on!" Mash interrupted. "Speaking of like, I remembered something." Mash then flick his finger down and the MD system popped up.
"You're a monster with a summoning animation right! Which means that you'll be able to give me some sort of spirit power!" Mash excited.
"Uhh... But first the message-"
"Let's see..." Mash ignored him and instantly going to his inventory to check on Chaos Angel card to see it's bond level.
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{Chaos Angel}
{Bond level: 8}
{♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♥︎♡♡}
{Spirit power lvl 6 unlocked}
{Spirit power lvl 9 locked}
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"Hm... It's not 9 hearts which gives me two spirit power... But it's fine! Let's see the level 6!"
"Mash..."
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{Spirit Power lvl 6: Chaos pocket
Create a pocket dimension where you could store items.}
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"Meh..." Mash was a bit disappointed. "I thought you're power is going to give me something more combat oriented rather than a typical Isekai infinite storage..."
"MASH!!!!" Chaos Angel shouted releasing his chaotic aura at Mash who then winced.
"OKAY-OKAY-OKAY! I'LL HEAR YOU OUT!!!" Mash screamed.
Chaos Angel sighed. "I. Herald of Chaos, shall deliver a message to you."
"From who?" Mash asked
"From me, because I really like you, Mash... Specifically of what your about to bring to this worl-"
"So you're gay?" Mash interrupted.
"... No."
"So then why do you really like me?" Mash questioned.
"Mash... you're going to bring the greatest Chaos in this world." Chaos Angel said with an eery tone.
"I'll bring the greatest WHAT!?" Mash was shocked. "But how!? What did I do!?"
"Mash..." Chaos Angel floated slowly towards Mash. "Don't you ever think that your actions has consequence?"
"Of course I do!" Mash answered. "Today is one example where because I summoned you, Kaiba fucking-"
"Not that one..." Chaos Angel interrupted. "The consequence you'll about to bring is going to be a thousand times greater than what you've experienced today..."
"What!?"
"Your consequence is not just going to affect you... It's going to affect your friends, people, everyone... And the whole universe."
Mash was speechless. "What kind of consequence I did that it affects the whole universe...!? Can I prevent it!?"
" You can't, Mash..." Chaos Angel said calmly. "You have sow the seeds of chaos the moment you touched your foot into this world... And ohh... am I excited to see it grow, Mash! How you'll gonna plunge this world into CHAOS!!"
Mash didn't say a word, in fact, Mash can't even comprehend it. [The fuck did I do, bruh...]
"That is all the message I shall give you." Chaos Angel then creates a rift in the room and was about to enter it, but he turned to Mash. "Though... I'll give you a little hand, Mash..."
Chaos Angel lift a finger up. "Once, and once ONLY. call upon my name and I shall help you with whatever problem you face." Chaos angel then turned his back at Mash. "Well then... See you soon." He floated into the rift and disappear.
Mash just look at the empty place where Chaos Angel left with a really tired expression. "I'm so fucking done today..."
Mash then plops down to bed and go to sleep.
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Domino city at night, in a fogged alleyway.
"AARGH!!"
{LP: 1000 -> 0}
"A-a-a-AAHHH!!!" The bald stranger screamed, clutching his chest as waves of pain and panic crashes in. "OKAY OKAY OKAY! You won alright! Please just take everything you want, pleaaassseeee!!!"
From the far end of the alley, stood a tall, broad figure. He wears a iron mask that hid his face beneath the shadow of a black fedora, and a long trench coat draped heavily over his frame. Strapped across his chest was a custom duel disk, his arms also has a custom gauntlet like duel disk where he plays his cards. But most striking of all was the pendant hanging from his neck, an artifact unmistakably resembling Yugi Muto's Millennium Puzzle.
"What I want..." He lifted his pendant, "Is your soul!" and a bright golden light burst out from the pendant.
"N-NO PLEASE HAVE MERCY!!" The bald guy cried out.
"Mercy?" The figure's voice twisted into a dark laugh. "You'll find no mercy from the Shadow Duelist… TITAN!" The golden light burst brighter even more, engulfing the whole fogged alleyway. Visions of eye of the millenium puzzle flashes through the bald guy minds.
"HUWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!" The bald guy screamed before finally knocking himself out on the floor.
"Rest in peace…" Titan growled, stepping over him. "…in the Shadow Realm. Hahaha…"
Then—brrring! His phone buzzed. Titan answered without pause. "Speak."
"Duel Academy?"
"Be on standby...?"
"I'll be there..." Titan said with an ominous tone, before hanging the phone call and walks out of the alley.
As he walked into the moonlight streets of Domino City, he spotted a figure crouched on the sidewalk. A short, chubby woman with messy black hair tied into a bun, black-rimmed glasses slipping down her nose, and an untidy office uniform. Her cheeks were flushed red, a half-empty bottle dangling from her hand.
"Heyy... Mister..." She called out.
[Ignore her. Ignore her. Ignore her. Ignore her. Ignore her.] Titan thought as he walked fast passing her.
"HEY!" she barked suddenly—appearing right beside him.
"Urgh!" Titan recoiled. "What the hell do you want!?"
She hiccuped, wobbling on her feet. "Isn't it—hik!—rude not to help a drunk girl… hik!… lost on the crosswalk?" Her glasses glinted as she swayed. "Now… hik!... could you maybe tell me… hik!… where the nearest station is?"
"Tch! Fine!" Titan snapped, jabbing a finger down the street. "Go there, turn right, turn left at the Blue-eyes statue and keep walking straight! Now scram!"
"Ahhh~! Thank you, mister! You're a lifesaver!" she beamed, suddenly wrapping her arms around him.
"Hey! get off me!" Titan snarled, trying to shove her away but he was surprise at how strong this woman grip is. [Why is she so strong!?]
She finally released him, stumbling back with a goofy grin. "Ehehehe... hik!... Well then... hik! I put something in your coat, mister... Hik! Think of it as a thanks~"
Titan's eyes widened. He plunged his hand into his pocket and pulled out a small box. "What…?" He turned it over. "A Dark World... Structure Deck!? You gave me a deck box? Something I could buy at a kids' toy shop? That's your thanks!?" His voice rose in fury. "HEY—"
But when he looked up, the woman was gone.
"…Tch." He glared at the box, about to hurl it into a trash bin... then paused. Something inside it made his hand freeze as if it isn't allowing him to throw it away. "Hmph. Whatever. A free deck is still a free deck." He muttered, "Though..."
"…what the hell is a 'Yu-Gi-Oh'? And what is this… 'Konami' on the box...?"
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Back in the alley, the bald man groaned awake, clutching his head.
"Whoa... I can't believe it..." His voice cracked with giddy hysteria. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!"
The bald man then spotted the office woman strolling toward him. "Hey, Lady~! You can't guess what happened to me tonight!"
"I. SURVIVED. AGAINST A SHADOW DUELIST!!!" He screamed but the office woman expression is hidden.
"So... Lady~" The bald guy then creeps closer at the woman. "wouldn't you like to celebrate with me by having a drink with me? you're body seems kinda nice-"
The bald guy then disintegrated into nothing as soon as the woman touch him.
"Sigh... Useless extra."
She untied her messy bun. Her hair cascaded long and smooth down her shoulders. She then throw away her glasses as her chubby face then turned slim and sharp, her pupils also turns deep crimson red. The shabby, chubby disguise melted away, revealing a tall, slender figure dressed in a sharp black suit, accented by a crimson tie.
With a sharp whistle, a black-and-red rift split open beside her. Beyond it lay a vast, dark chamber, dominated by a colossal round table. Two figures sat waiting.
"Ugh… I'm back…" she muttered wearily, stepping inside.
"AND.... CUT!!" A gremlin voice exploded. "AHAHAHAHA! WELCOME BACK SIS! THE SCENE AND TAKE YOU DID WAS SIMPLY PERFECT!! AHAHAHA!! SO, HOW'S THE PLAN GOING?!"
"She nodded slowly," another voice purred, smooth and melodic. "She wondered if our little scheme will truly unfold as we desire… she can hardly wait to hear the answer from her sister. Her nails already carve into the wood of the table~"
The woman rubbed her temples, sighing. "We were supposed to be resting after finishing it. But thanks to someone's antics, our vacation's ruined... and now we're cleaning up the mess." She sighed tired. "If this goes on for long enough... it will get stale and boring. Sigh..."
"BWAHAHAHA! WHICH IS WHY OPERATION: 'BUFF THE VILLAINS' SHALL BEGIN NOW! HAHAHAHA!!" the gremlin voice echoes the room.
" 'She' glared her eyes toward her... 'She' can't believe that she just spoiled the big reveal to everyone now... how sad... 'She' can't help but feel sorry... and she needs some punishment."
"Sigh... this is not what we're supposed to do... but." The woman then turns toward YOU, her crimson eyes pierce through your soul as she smirked.
"I hope that you all await our grand debut, dear viewer~"
With that, she turned and the portal snapped shut, leaving the alley dark and silent once more.
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Hey everyone! IG here!
So...... I guess I'm going to introduce to you all, the main villain for season 1 of my fanfic! I hope you'll like them since, this is where the fun will really start...
well then, as an extra I'll put something here for those who don't skip this part to read.
{Justin Mash}
Birthday: 29 Febuary
Height: 169 (Nice!)
Weight: A slight increase
Favorite food: Mashed Potatoes
Disliked food: Melon
Hobby: In the past his hobby is playing Yugioh, but here, he started to learn how to cook more complex food.
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