Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

"Then let them fend for themselves."

After making that gloating remark, Soreva suddenly scratched his head.

"By the way, why did I end up here? I've kind of forgotten..."

As he scratched, Soreva suddenly realized:

"Oh no, I forgot to tell Yuma about Vector!"

Just turning his head and looking at the long flight of stairs he had already climbed back and forth once that day, Soreva's lips twitched immediately.

"Forget it, I don't want to climb mountains anymore. I'll wait until I have a chance to see Yuma again before I tell him."

After thinking it over, Soreva started walking again, heading towards the city of Heart Garden in front of him.

For the rest of the day, Soleva's life returned to the routine of partnering with Kaito, hunting [No.] cards, and strolling around town in his spare time.

The only minor incident was when he and Kaito defeated the host of [No.] card again in a shopping mall and took the [No. 56 Golden Rat] card from him, only to be caught by Yuma.

"Ah! Uncle, and that guy who called himself a [No.] hunter with you last time, it's you again!"

Squeezing through the crowd whose time seemed to have stopped, Yuma immediately pointed at Soleva and Kaito, yelling. Only then did he belatedly realize that he seemed to have witnessed this scene before.

"Wait a minute, I remember there was a time before when everyone ended up like this! Could it be that you guys did that too?"

Faced with Yuma's questioning, Soreva immediately shrugged:

"Yeah, after all, recycling [No.] cards shouldn't affect ordinary people, right? Besides, stopping time like this makes it easier for us to run away, doesn't it?"

"But it's such a hassle for me! Uncle, do you know how hard I struggled to climb up the elevator last time? I even missed my [No.] card!"

Yuma's accusations immediately made Soreva roll his eyes.

"Please, Yuma, although we're good friends, we're rivals when it comes to collecting [No.] cards. It's good for us to cause you trouble."

Besides, you were so slow that day. Kaito and I had already collected the [No.] cards and escaped downstairs when we saw you struggling to climb back up.

"you……"

Although Soleva's sarcastic remarks infuriated Yuma, upon reflection, Yuma realized Soleva was right, and in the end, all he could do was hurl a vicious curse.

"You stinky old man!"

Seeing that Soleva seemed about to start a fight with Yuma, Kaito immediately put his hand on Soleva's shoulder, interrupting their pointless, word-padding behavior.

"Alright, now that the [No.] card has been collected, let's not waste any more time here. Or are you planning to stay and experience what it's like to be a hero who subdues criminals?"

"Then it's better to say goodbye."

Soreva shook his head abruptly and quickly returned to Kaito's side.

"Let's leave as soon as possible!"

As the mechanical wings unfolded behind Kaito, the two began to slowly lift off the ground, and Yuma hurriedly caught up.

"Wait, sir, don't run away!"

"Even if we don't leave, what can you do? Have a duel with us, risking your [No.] card? But do you think you can beat both of us on your own?"

This time, it wasn't Soleva who spoke, but the ever-cold Kaito. Yuma wanted to say something too, but before he could open his mouth, the astral figure floating beside him spoke up, reminding him:

"Don't be impulsive, Yuma. They are both very strong, and we are no match for them at the moment."

"I...I understand."

Although he was very unwilling, reason told Yuma that challenging Soleva and Kaito at this time was indeed too reckless, so he could only reluctantly utter this sentence.

Kaito, seeing that Yuma had no intention of fighting anymore, continued to urge Orbit 7 to leave, but just then, he heard Soleva's voice:

"Kaito, wait a minute. Let me leave him a message so he has something to remember me by, then we'll leave."

A mere word wouldn't make much of a difference, so Kaito nodded and stopped Orbit 7. Looking down at Yuma, who was now gazing up at the two of them, Soreva spoke:

"Yuma, if you want to duel with us, why not wait until the WDC World Duel Carnival? I'll be waiting for you on that stage for duelists!"

After Soleva finished speaking, Kaito activated Orbit 7 again, carrying Soleva out through the hole in the glass dome they had just crashed through during their descent, leaving Yuma on the ground shouting:

"Hey! Uncle! It's a deal, you have to duel me back then!"

However, by the time Yuma uttered those words, Soleva and Kaito had already disappeared into the horizon. Whether they heard Yuma's words or not, only heaven knows.

Shortly after Yuma shouted, time resumed, but Yuma had already escaped from the [No.] card's host and was hiding to discuss their next move with Astral.

"Anyway, before the WDC opens, we'll continue collecting [No.] cards, and whenever we have time, we'll go to the Duel Hall to train and duel with Grandpa Rokuro. When we get to WDC, we'll definitely teach that old bastard a lesson!"

But just as Yuma made up his mind, the astral body suddenly raised a question:

"But, Yuma, don't you think our current situation is too passive?"

"Hmm? Too passive?"

Seeing Yuma's puzzled expression, the Starlight Entity immediately spoke up:

“Yuma, look, they’ve found and retrieved [No.] cards several times before we have, and have even formed an organization called [No.] Hunters.”

It's highly likely that the existence of this organization, providing them with intelligence, has enabled them to find the host of [No.] card several times before us.

"Yes!"

The astral entity's words made Yuma instantly realize the truth, but soon, Yuma's expression turned anxious.

"What should we do about the astral bodies? We can't keep letting the older guys get ahead of us, can we?"

"Well, so I've come up with a solution."

Nodding, the astral body slowly spoke.

"We will also establish our own organization to collect intelligence on [No.] cards."

Chapter 304 No. Club

"So, Yuma, is this why you came to us?"

After listening to the story that Yuma told them, among the people gathered by Yuma, the pot-headed class leader, Rikatsuto, who had witnessed Yuma's battle with Ukyo-sensei and knew some things related to [No.] card, was the first to ask a question.

Yuma nodded in response and immediately clasped his hands together in a pleading manner:

"Um, please, everyone, I really need your help. Could you please help me gather information about the [No.] card?"

Seeing Yuma's earnest request, the little cat, who already harbored feelings of love for him, was the first to nod in agreement:

"Yes! My cats and I will definitely help Yuma!"

However, while there were supporters like Kitten, there were also those who opposed it. Tetsuo was the first to express his bewilderment at Yuma's idea of ​​collecting [No.] before Soleva and Kaito:

"But Yuma, why are you trying to collect these [No.] cards before Uncle and the others? Anyway, since Uncle and the others are doing this kind of thing, we don't need to get involved, right?"

Besides, we're all just students, right? Where would we find the free time and information channels to gather data?

However, soon after, Riki Takashi's exclamation rang out just like the blacksmith's face:

"Oh no! Look what I found!!"

With this exclamation, everyone turned to look in Takashi Todoroki's direction, where they saw him holding his tablet and facing them, on which were displayed photos of many people.

The people in these photos all share a common characteristic: they all have pale hair, blank expressions, and even appear somewhat emaciated.

"What... what are these?!"

The terrifying image immediately caused both the little bird and the little cat girls to scream. Then, Rikkyo, frowning, began to explain to them:

"These photos are ones I just saw online; they are photos of victims of the recent rise in duelist attacks. And these victims all appear to have once possessed [No.] cards."

"What!?"

Upon hearing this news, everyone screamed in unison, and the kitten even said in a somewhat frightened voice:

"Could it be that this uncle did all of this?"

"impossible!"

However, to everyone's surprise, the first person to stand up and refute this claim was Yuma, who had previously said he would collect the [No.] cards before Soleva and Kaito.

At this moment, Yuma was already clenching his fists in anger at the miserable state of those people, but he still defended Soreva, saying:

"I...I've seen the old man take away someone's [No.] card. People whose [No.] cards are taken away by the old man always return to normal and don't become like this!"

There must be someone else stealing [No.] cards from others!

Upon hearing what Yuma said, Kotori and Tetsuo nodded in agreement:

"That's right, given the man's character, he would never do such a thing!"

This incident also gave Yuma a reason to persuade Tetsuo:

“Tetsuo, look, even though Uncle and I are collecting [No.] cards together, this still happened. It just proves that we need to collect more information related to [No.] cards, doesn’t it?”

"If we had obtained the information earlier and safely removed the [No.] cards from those people, perhaps they wouldn't have been attacked and ended up like this!"

Yuma's words silenced Tetsuo, and this time, he was slowly starting to side with Yuma.

However, after this news came out, the opponents suddenly changed from tough guys to little birds:

"No, I don't agree!"

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw the little bird's worried gaze fall on Yuma.

"Yuma! Since your opponent was able to defeat so many [No.] card holders and take [No.] cards from them, he must be a very powerful duelist. Do you really have a way to defeat him?"

"This……"

Just as Yuma hesitated, the bird's voice rang out again:

"Yuma, if you lose to that person and he takes your [No.] card, will you end up like this too? This is too dangerous! Why don't we give all the [No.] cards to Uncle, and we'll help him with the intelligence so he can deal with the attacker!"

Yuma was surprised that Kotori would say that, and even Todoroki and Tetsuo nodded in agreement:

"That's right, it's too dangerous. If it were the older man, with his strong fighting skills, he definitely wouldn't lose to this despicable guy and would surely bring him to justice!"

Seeing that everyone except the kitten was denying his own abilities and affirming Soleva's dueling prowess, Yuma immediately became angry and made faces at them:

"Well—since you're not going to help, I'll figure it out myself!"

After saying that, Youma turned and ran away, ignoring even the little bird calling his name from behind. The little bird was so angry that it puffed out its cheeks.

"That idiot Yuma! We all care about him!"