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

"Well, as you know, Kotori, Yuma is often that stubborn."

Tie Nan shrugged, his voice filled with helplessness, but it quickly turned serious.

"However, just leaving Yuma alone isn't a good idea. It would be terrible if he encountered any danger. Why don't we go and look for clues too? If we find any information, we can tell Uncle and the others so they can deal with the danger before Yuma does, what do you think?"

Everyone immediately nodded in agreement with Tie Nan's suggestion.

"Since we exist to investigate [No.], let's call our little group the [No.] Club! Our first mission after the [No.] Club's formation is to find the culprit behind this duelist attack before Yuma does!"

"Oh!"

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However, no matter how hard they searched, by the time they met up at dusk, they had not found a single clue related to the [No.] card.

However, the squad leader and other members did not return alone.

"Hmph, I heard you're looking for the [No.] card? You think you can find it so stupidly? That's utterly foolish!"

"You guy!"

Upon hearing this bespectacled Tokunosuke, who had once stolen [No. 39 Hope of the Emperor] from Yuma using a [Baby Tiger Dragon] card, utter such words, Tetsuo was immediately enraged, but was stopped by the class representative, Rikihiko Todoroki.

"Wait, Iron Man, let's hear what this guy has to say first."

Seeing that someone was protecting him, Tokunosuke immediately patted his chest smugly and said:

"Since there are no clues in the surface world, why don't we try to find a solution in the inner world? Come with me!"

After saying that, Tokunosuke led the group to a quaint, castle-like building.

"We've arrived! This is the legendary fortune teller's shop in the other world, where every prediction is absolutely accurate!"

Chapter 305 The fisherman is also a fish.

"Divination...divination?"

Upon seeing that Tokunosuke Origami had come up with this method, Tetsuo's lips twitched slightly. However, Tokunosuke Origami failed to detect any doubt in Tetsuo's words and continued confidently:

"That's right! A divination that never fails will definitely find the culprit who attacked the [No.] card holder!"

"But does divination really work?"

Faced with the bird's doubts, Tokunosuke immediately gave a thumbs up and said:

"No problem, since nobody's got a clue right now, right? Let's just follow the divination. If we actually find it, that's great. If the divination is wrong, then we can just ruin his reputation for being infallible, right?"

Tokunosuke's malicious idea immediately drew a sarcastic remark from Takashi Todoroki:

"Isn't this just shifting all the responsibility to other people?"

At that very moment, outside the eerie castle, the tightly closed iron gate slowly opened amidst a series of teeth-grinding scraping sounds. The group saw a thin, grayish-white mist slowly rise from the gate, and a figure hidden under a black cloak, with only the strange tattoo on his chest and a beast tooth pendant visible, slowly emerged.

"It has been a long wait. Thank you for guiding you to this fortune-telling shop, lost sheep. Now, I will use my power to give you the right guidance."

Although the man's sinister words instilled fear in the children, in order to find the culprit who attacked the holder of the [No.] card, they ultimately chose to follow the eerie figure into the gloomy castle.

After traversing a gloomy corridor illuminated only by torches on the walls, and ascending a spiral staircase leading downwards, the group finally arrived at a spacious basement. Here, the only light source was a sphere emitting a ghostly blue glow.

Following the strange man, they arrived at a circular platform in the basement that was a completely different color from the other floor tiles. Just as Tie Nan was about to ask a question, he heard the strange man speak:

"I can clearly see who you are looking for, can't I?"

"How can they even know something like this?"

Faced with the bird's questioning, the man immediately raised his hands high and said in an exaggerated tone:

"Of course! The person you're looking for..."

As he spoke, the man placed his hands flat on his chest, overlapping them. Then, as he separated his palms, one above the other, a purple ball of light appeared between his palms.

With the light emitted by the purple orb, the little bird and the others could see the blue tattoos that symmetrically extended from the man's thin face to his eyes, and the terrifyingly exaggerated lipstick on his lips.

And then his voice rang out:

"The person you're looking for seems to be related to something square and thin? This should be a card, right? And not an ordinary card. This kind of card contains immense power. These should be Duel Monster [No.] cards!"

As he said this, the man's eyes blinked and then suddenly emitted a pure white light.

Little Bird and the others were completely shocked by the man's appearance and the fact that he had guessed correctly:

"Are you kidding me? We don't think we've ever said 'No.' to him before, have we?"

"Could there be some secret behind this?"

"What secrets are you talking about! Divination has no secrets!"

While the others were arguing, the little bird walked directly up to the man and asked:

"Um, I'd like to ask you to help me divine the identity of the perpetrator in the recent cases of attacks on [No.] card holders!"

Upon hearing the bird make such a request, the man's heart skipped a beat. After all, he knew better than anyone who had committed these crimes—it was himself!

For a fleeting moment, the man even thought that the group from [No.] Club had come to expose him.

However, looking at the little bird and the group of people behind it, the man quickly dispelled his doubts. After all, judging from their unguarded appearance, they probably had no idea that he was the one who did these things.

The man, instantly intrigued by their investigation, looked intently into the bird's eyes and asked, as if guiding the question:

"So, why did you want to find this prisoner?"

Little Bird felt that it might not be right to say it out loud, but when her gaze inexplicably met the man's shining eyes, she felt a little dizzy, and her subconscious told her that the person in front of her could be trusted.

And so, in a moment of distraction, the little bird revealed the reason for its investigation:

“Our friend Yuma also has a [No.] card, and we're worried he might be attacked by this criminal. So we thought we'd find the criminal and have the uncle catch him…”

Although the man didn't know who the "uncle" the little bird was talking about was, he knew that since her friend held the [No.] card, she was his prey.

It would be best to silence those children who were trying to find him.

"I never expected your friend to be the holder of [No.] card. It really is fate!"

Seeing the smug smile on the man's face as he approached the bird, even the Iron Man and the others standing behind sensed something was wrong. But before they could react, the man jumped back, and his entire body floated up like a weightless ghost.

The disc beneath their feet cracked as the man jumped.

"Then you shall remain here and become my sacrifices!"

In the end, the disc completely collapsed. Except for the kitten, who reacted quickly and had better motor skills and managed to escape in time, the others fell into the large crater formed by the collapse of the disc.

Watching the kitten escape, the man didn't give chase. After all, he needed bait to lure their friend, Yuma, the holder of the [No.] card, here.

Moreover, they had already fallen into his trap from the moment they arrived.

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"Kaito, take a look at this."

Kaito was still wondering when Soleva handed him a tablet, which displayed the same information as the news that Riki had found.

Upon seeing these familiar faces, Kaito couldn't help but clench his fists.

"these people……"

"They look a lot like the person whose [No.] card was taken away by the power of the photons, don't they? And, according to the news, these people also used to hold [No.] cards."

Setting down the tablet, Soleva looked directly at Kaito and said,

"Kaito, it seems that besides us, there are other people collecting [No.] cards, and they seem to have succeeded quite a few times already."

Are you interested in this big fish?

"Ha, obviously! I have no reason to pass up the opportunity to recycle so many [No.] cards at once."

Chapter 306 Kaito's Fans

"Yes, although that energy appeared only briefly, based on the information we detected, the guy who stole other people's [No.] cards should be right here."

Standing on the rooftop opposite the castle, gazing at it across the distance, Kaito slowly began to speak.

"So, Soleva, should we go and deal with this guy?"

"No, Kaito, it seems that someone else has taken care of dealing with this guy."

Upon hearing Soleva's voice, Kaito couldn't help but look in the direction Soleva was staring at, only to find two figures running towards the castle.

Moreover, one of them was Yuma, whom both of them knew.

"Tsukumo Yuma? What's this guy doing here?"

"I don't know, but he's probably here for the [No.] card, right? He's probably going to deal with that guy who stole someone else's [No.] card."

Seeing that Yuma had already entered the castle, Soleva stood up, stretched, and said to Kaito,

"Since Yuma made the first move, why don't we observe the situation? That way, we can gather some information beforehand, right?"

"Well, since you put it that way, let's go take a look."

Kaito responded and stood up, put on the flight wings that Orbit 7 had transformed into, and flew down towards the castle with Soleva in tow.

Following Yuma and Koneko, Soleva and Kaito also successfully infiltrated the castle, but...

"There's only one staircase... If we keep going like this, we'll easily be discovered, won't we?"

Faced with Soleva's concerns, Kaito immediately spoke up:

"Don't worry. Track Seven, activate remote imaging mode. You're in charge of infiltrating and filming."

Upon hearing that it was Kaito's order, Orbital Seven immediately raised its retractable arm and readily agreed:

"I understand, Lord Kaito!"

After saying that, a tablet quickly popped out of Orbit 7's head and landed in Kaito's hand. Orbit 7's mechanical body then formed a flat flying pattern and flew down the stairs in the direction where Yuma and Neko had gone.

The scene seen by Orbit 7 was successfully transmitted to the tablet.

However, as they followed Yuma and the kitten to the end of the stairs and were about to reach the empty basement, Orbit Seven suddenly pressed his body against the ceiling of the stairwell, hiding himself and only extending his camera to film the basement.

As Yuma and the others rushed into the basement, the first thing that caught his eye was the group of Kotori and his companions, trapped in the magma and standing on a solitary rock within the sphere of light. Yuma remembered that he immediately called out their names:

"Little Bird! Tetsuo! Everyone! Are you all alright?!"

However, no matter how the birds opened their mouths, Yuma couldn't hear their voices from the ball of light. This made Yuma anxious, and he wanted to rush over and rescue them.