Ten minutes ago, Judai was found by the academy students on the rooftop of the swimming pool building, weak and unconscious.
He was quickly transferred to the academy's medical room for a thorough examination.
It's said that it was Marufuji Sho, a junior who was attending swimming class with him, who first noticed Judai's disappearance and went looking for him with Kenzan, another junior.
But the one who found Judai first was actually Asuka.
After class, she changed her clothes and lingered several times outside the gym—first she forgot her Duel Disc, then her watch, delaying for a long time without seeing him come out, finally becoming suspicious, so she went back to the locker to retrieve her watch and "incidentally" went to probe around.
She encountered Marufuji Sho who was looking for Judai everywhere, and after learning the situation, joined the search.
Thus, they found Judai unconscious on the rooftop.
However, Asuka, being a girl, had limited strength, and Marufuji Sho might not be physically stronger than Asuka. In the end, thanks to the muscular Kenzan stepping in, Judai was carried directly to the medical room without a pause.
When Youyu arrived at the medical room, the basic examination had already concluded.
"There's no physical injury... it might be psychological trauma," Chinai said, looking worriedly at Judai lying unconscious on the sickbed. "I was concerned last semester if that duel could have had any impact on him?"
The thrilling battle with the Light of Destruction was witnessed by everyone, but only the involved Duelists know how burdensome that duel was.
"Don't worry," Youyu sounded rather carefree, "the kid is tough as a bull, he'll be fine."
Although he didn't think Judai had a problem, it was still necessary to figure out what happened.
Youyu also happened to know whom to question.
After the visiting friends and students left the ward, Youyu looked at an empty part of the room.
"Explain what happened?"
"..."
Moments later, Yubel appeared from a corner.
"It's none of your business," she said, "This time is different from past incidents, this is our own issue."
Upon hearing this, Youyu understood Judai's situation nearly completely.
"The Supreme King is awakening, right?"
Yubel had a surprised expression.
"How did you...?"
"I've told you before, I know more than you think," Youyu said, "From the moment I agreed to teach Judai, your problems became mine.
So you'd better explain it in detail. What happened? Why is the Supreme King suddenly awakening?"
In the original GX Animation, the plot holes increased with each season. The animation only explained Judai as the reincarnation of the Supreme King with the Supreme King's powers dormant in him, but barely touched upon his past life with just a few minutes of footage and scant lines.
The background of the Supreme King's past life, his origins, and the kingdom he ruled was entirely blank, with only Yubel and Judai having prominent roles.
But according to the original animation, the Supreme King awakened in Judai due to bearing overly heavy responsibilities, losing comrades with grief and guilt, collapsing under pressure.
Youyu thought that without such a trigger, this power would remain dormant quietly.
Yubel pondered in silence for a moment and seemed to finally decide to tell him the truth hesitantly.
"The Supreme King is inherently a part of Judai," Yubel said, "He doesn't need any trigger, he would awaken sooner or later as time progresses.
But it shouldn't be so soon... I think it must be the shock from the 'Light of Destruction' power, the ultimate power of darkness as its nemesis resonating with it, the interaction between the two accelerated this process."
She paused and added, "Of course, there was some external interference. There is a person... a Duel Monster Spirit, who infiltrated this academy.
We just encountered him."
"Spirit?" Youyu frowned.
"Yes, a spirit not belonging to this world," Yubel said, "He comes from the dimension dominated by magic among the Twelfth Dimension, where Spellcaster-Type hold the major position, and he is the top elite among them.
His name... well saying it you wouldn't know. His name is 'Ramor,' called 'Necromancer of Spellbook'..."
"Spellbook!?" Youyu raised an eyebrow.
Yubel wondered, "You've heard of it?"
Youyu knitted his brows tightly.
Not just heard about it!
The Spellbook Deck, any player experienced in those times would never forget such a deck, which is definitely a vibrant chapter in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!
If you asked a player with ten years of experience to name the most unbalanced Yu-Gi-Oh! version swept by a single deck, the person would most likely answer "Dragon Ruler Spellbook."
It was an era called "Dragon Ruler Spellbook Reign," where there were only two decks throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh! environment, with "Dragon Ruler" ranked first, followed by "Spellbook."
As for Dragon Ruler—well, it's so broken over many years that it isn't worth mentioning, since its existence almost turned other cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! card pool into mere waste paper.
The emergence of "Dragon Ruler" nearly turned past World Champion decks into toys for children's pretend games.
Eventually, the entire "Dragon Ruler" deck was locked away, finally ending an era dominated by dragons.
An entire deck had to be forbidden cards for peace to ensue, demonstrating its brokenness.
And as the sole runner in that era capable of competing with Dragon Ruler, leaving other decks far behind, the strength of Spellbook was evident to everyone.
What's worth noting is, in the end, the entire Dragon Ruler family became forbidden cards, while Spellbook only had one card "Spellbook of Judgment" locked away.
In other words, Spellbook relied only on that one key card to fight against an entire family-level forbidden monster deck, in the same era environment still able to put up a good fight, truly a miracle...
Of course, no matter how strong, knowing in advance the opponent is Spellbook makes things much easier.
"We were the strongest four under the Supreme King," Yubel said, "We were his right hands, strongest among the twelfth dimensions."
The strongest four... why does that sound like the Four Heavenly Kings? Youyu thought.
"So has that guy been dealt with?" Youyu asked.
"Probably not." Yubel shook her head, "The Supreme King's power hasn't fully awakened, Judai himself is subconsciously suppressing that power.
I estimate, that guy might still be somewhere on this island."
"Is that so? Great."
Youyu instantly got excited.
"The strongest of the Twelfth Dimension? Interesting..."
Are you saying their card deck is interesting? Yubel grumbled inwardly.