"This time, I'll make sure you can't get back up again!" Mr. T threatened.
Judai laughed, "Interesting, that's exactly what I was going to say to you..."
He raised his Duel Disc, ready to begin. But before he could act, a voice filled with amusement sounded from behind, "It's a bit unfortunate to say, but I fear it's not likely to thoroughly defeat this guy through just one duel."
Judai brightened up immediately upon hearing the voice, turning excitedly, "Yugen?"
Sure enough, upon turning back, he saw Yugen leisurely emerging from the woods, hands in his pockets, slowly approaching the two.
Mr. T frowned under his sunglasses at his appearance, coldly saying, "Duel King Yugen, you've finally turned up."
Mr. T, or rather Darkness, had been active around Duel Academy more than once. But his recent moves had been repeatedly blocked by Yuki Judai, with Mr. T sent by Darkness to Duel Academy being the third one, and each time he was stopped by Yuki Judai first.
On the contrary, as the most famous representative of Duel Academy and regarded as the true behind-the-scenes Boss of the Academy, Fujiki Yugen had not shown himself... until now.
Judai immediately left Mr. T and happily approached Yugen, "You're back?"
"Yeah." Yugen smiled, "Thanks for your hard work at the Academy during this time."
"Hehe, not at all, not at all."
Judai rubbed his nose, smiled, then put on a serious face looking at Mr. T across from them.
"Be careful, Yugen, this guy isn't simple. He possesses incredible powers too, and it's not my first time encountering him, but every time he uses a different deck..."
"Mm, I know." Yugen said, "This person is not the real body, that's why I say you can't expect to utterly defeat him just through this duel."
After a pause, Yugen smiled, "Well, but if there's enough darkness power, it's not impossible to injure the real body through this guy."
He waved his hand, signaling Judai to step back, and moved forward himself, saying, "Sorry, Judai, I'll take this duel for now, is that alright?"
"Alright then."
Judai shrugged and retreated to the back.
It was as if he had returned to the old days at the Academy, where various cards seeking challenge were snatched away by Yugen...
But as Yugen became famous, he gradually spent more time away from the Academy, and it had been a long time since he competed with Judai for cards. Now, with time passed, Judai actually felt a bit nostalgic about this feeling.
Watching Yugen's figure walking onto the field, he felt a bit disappointed at not being able to play cards himself, yet there's an extraordinary sense of reassurance.
As if just seeing that figure means everything is resolved.
Mr. T coldly said, "It seems you're a necessary obstacle for implementing plans, Fujiki Yugen."
"Probably." Yugen shrugged indifferently, "I have quite a lot to do, so let's settle this quickly."
"Hehe, is this the confidence of a king... or arrogance?" Mr. T adjusted his sunglasses, chuckling, "Then I'll make you regret this arrogance."
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP4000]
[Mr. T, LP4000]
"I'll go first, draw a card."
Yugen took the initiative.
After drawing, he glanced over the starting hand, then suddenly glanced back at Judai, smiling mysteriously.
"Then, I'll borrow your new strength, Judai."
Judai: "Eh?"
Then Yugen played a Magic Card: "Activate Magic Card 'Transformation Contact'."
If there are no monsters on your field, send a 'New Space Hero' monster from your hand and deck to the graveyard and draw two cards from the deck!"
Judai suddenly brightened up, excitedly saying, "Oh, my New Space... go ahead Yugen, use it! Charge!"
Seeing his companions appearing in Yugen's hands, Judai was excited too. Especially knowing that Yugen's decks have a different style from others.
New Space Hero was unique worldwide so far, with only Judai having it. But it also meant that all strategies had to be pioneered by himself, with no other people's thoughts to reference.
And Yugen happened to be the most innovative duelist Judai knew, he already foresaw this duel could possibly unveil new paths for New Space.
"I'll send 'New Space Hero: Earth Mole' and 'New Space Hero: Dark Panther' to the graveyard from the deck."
The shadows of the Mole and Panther flashed above Yugen, transforming into a black and gold beam, shooting into his graveyard.
Yugen: "Then draw two cards!"
"Next, in Defense Position Normal Summon 'New Space Hero: Water-colored Dolphin'!"
Azure water flows appeared on Yugen's field, transforming into pulsating whirlpools. The blue cosmos warrior with a dolphin face and sleek body emerged from the water whirlpool, his arms spreading open, blasting transparent bubbles across all directions.
[New Space Hero: Water-colored Dolphin, Defense Power 800]
"Water-colored Dolphin's effect," Yugen said, "Discard one card, you can inspect your opponent's hand and choose one Monster Card. If there's a monster on your field with higher Attack Power than the one in the opponent's hand, destroy that monster and inflict 500 damage on your opponent."
Yugen sent one card to the grave, "Echolocation!"
Water-colored Dolphin opened his dolphin mouth, sending out transparent sound waves. Mr. T's six cards in hand immediately revealed themselves before Yugen.
Yugen observed the opponent's hand, pondering, "Let me see. Future Fusion, and Dragon's Mirror... Tsk tsk, not bad, a dragon-specialized deck.
Let me guess, the target for Future Fusion should be..."
"Haha, not bad. But what if you saw it?" Mr. T sneered, "Then let me tell you in advance, you're facing what's known as the strongest dragon race in history, Five Emperors Dragon!"
Yugen gasped in surprise, "Five Emperors Dragon!"
Mr. T smirked in satisfaction.
But before he could say anything else, Yugen continued, "A fish that couldn't even qualify as a wall..."
Mr. T's smile froze on his face, "..."
He then huffed heavily, coldly speaking, "You can only be stubborn for now. Alright, choose the Monster Card from my hand."
He paused before coldly sneering again.
"But as you see, I don't have a monster with Attack Power lower than your dolphin's minimum. And Water-colored Dolphin's effect requires selecting a Monster Card in the opponent's hand if present. If its Attack Power is higher than all monsters on your field, you yourself will receive 500 backlash damage!"