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

"Is this the real Yuya Sakaki? The hairstyle and hair color of that guy just now are completely different from Yuya Sakaki's. If Yuya Sakaki is a tomato, then this guy is an eggplant or a taro."

"Pfft!"

Despite feeling she shouldn't laugh out loud, Yuzu couldn't help but laugh when she heard Soleva's apt comparison of their hairstyles.

Especially when Yuya Sakaki was already standing in front of her, she laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight, squatting down and pointing at Yuya Sakaki's hair with her finger:

"Tomato! Hahahaha..."

As for Sakaki Yuya, looking at Hiiragi Yuzu who was laughing uncontrollably, he asked Soleva in confusion:

"Mr. Sorewa, what's wrong with Yuzu?"

"No, it's nothing. You just need to wait until he's finished laughing."

Awkwardly turning her head away, Soleva feigned nonchalance and tentatively approached Sakaki Yuuya.

"By the way, Yuya Sakaki, do you ever think you might have a twin brother or something?"

"Mr. Soleva! I'm my father and mother's only child!"

He yelled at Soleva, and Yuya Sakaki's face instantly fell into a worried expression.

"Seriously, what's wrong with Mr. Soreva and Yuzu? You two seem to have become strange since we came out."

Seeing Yuya Sakaki squatting on the ground with a puzzled look on his face, Soleva had no choice but to give Yuya a brief account of what had just happened between him and Yuzu Hiiragi.

"Hey, hey, hey! Mr. Sorewa, you mean you and Yuzu just saw someone who looks exactly like me?"

Seeing that Yuya Sakaki was still somewhat skeptical, Yuzu Hiiragi quickly nodded and said:

"It's true, I swear! That person's face just now looked exactly like yours, Yuya. I almost mistook him for someone else!"

Even Hiiragi Yuzu said so, so Sakaki Yuya had no choice but to believe it. However, he had absolutely no clue about that person's background, and he touched his face while muttering to himself:

"Could it really be like Mr. Soreva said, that I have a twin brother who was switched at birth? No! I have to go home and ask my mother!"

With that, Yuya Sakaki ran towards home. After all, nothing had happened to Soleva and Yuzu Hiiragi, so there was no need for him to worry about them anymore.

"Wait, Yuya!"

Seeing Sakaki Yuya run off, Hiiragi Yuzu quickly followed. Watching their figures gradually disappear into the sunset, Soleva couldn't help but sigh:

“Is this what youth is?”

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"Sakaki Yuya-kun, what is this...?"

Soreva never expected that after just one night, Yuya Sakaki would become a completely different person. His tomato-shaped hair became messy, and his clothes were covered in dust.

Faced with Soleva's question, Sakaki Yuya covered his face and turned away, while Hiiragi Yuzu's face instantly turned bright red.

It seems that Hiiragi Yuzu knows what happened.

With this in mind, Soleva pulled Hiiragi Yuzu aside and pressed her for an explanation. Seemingly because Sakaki Yuya hadn't followed, Hiiragi Yuzu's flushed face finally subsided, and she stammered an explanation to Soleva:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Soleva. I was just accompanying Yuya back last night to ask his mother about that person. I didn't mean to leave you there alone."

Seeing that Hiiragi Yuzu was actually apologizing to him, Soreva was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and ruffled Hiiragi Yuzu's hair to comfort her:

"Don't worry, I won't take this to heart. But you, since you went back with Sakaki Yuuya last night, do you know how he became like this today?"

Hearing Soleva bring up Yuya Sakaki again, Yuzu Hiiragi's face turned bright red once more, and it took her a while to speak:

"That, that's Yuya's mother. Aunt Yoko said that Yuya is her only child, and I accidentally said, 'Could he be an illegitimate child?'"

Then Aunt Yoko suddenly became really scary, dragging Yuya along to search the house for... evidence of infidelity. They searched all night, and... it turned out like this.

Chapter 34: A Distracted Yuzu, Is Yushojuku About to Be Acquired?

After hearing Hiiragi Yuzu's account of the whole story, Soleva looked up at the sky and began to pray for Sakaki Yuusho, whose whereabouts were still unknown:

What a tragic situation this man is! Not only is his whereabouts unknown, but even if he returns, he will face his wife's misunderstanding that he has cheated on her, and even the possibility of divorce.

Miserable!

Thinking of this, Soleva couldn't help but take out his Mirror Shard [Sky Striker Princess - Zero] and give it a big kiss.

After all, your wife might want a divorce, but a woman with a knife won't. She can even use a Black Widow anchor to help you steal other people's wives for use as link material.

The only downside might be that after linking, Sky Striker Princess becomes Gate Striker.

There are no women!

Patting Yuzu Hiiragi on the shoulder, Soreva offered words of comfort:

"Alright, Yuzu, no matter how much you think about it, you can't make it disappear. Calm down and let's hurry back to the classroom. We have important classes today, so you need to pay attention."

"Yes, Mr. Sorewa."

Yuzu responded to Soleva, rubbed her face, finally managing to shake off the events of the previous night, and followed Soleva to the classroom.

"Alright, students, today I'm going to teach you a very special type of monster in deck building, which you can call hand trap monsters."

These monsters typically don't have particularly high attack or defense, but they all share a common characteristic: they can activate their effects from their own hand even during the opponent's turn, thus preventing the opponent from launching their own attack.

As Soleva's lecture began, Yuzu Hiiragi still couldn't concentrate; her mind was still preoccupied with something:

Who was that person who looked exactly like Yuya yesterday? Where did he go after he disappeared?

"Boom!"

It wasn't until she heard a tapping sound on the table in front of her that Yuzu Hiiragi snapped out of her daze and found Soleva standing in front of her, staring intently at her.

"Yuzu, you answer this: if your opponent starts drawing cards using the effect of [Multiplying G], which of these cards should you use to stop them from drawing cards?"

Looking at the four cards in Soreva's hand, named [Ash Blossom], [Ghost Rabbit], [Floating Cherry Blossom], and [Yashiki-warashi], Hiiragi Yuzu instantly felt a headache coming on.

She didn't recognize any of these four cards!

Fortunately, Yuya Sakaki, who had been paying close attention in class recently, noticed Yuzu Hiiragi's embarrassment and immediately whispered a reminder to her:

"Choose [Ash Blossom]!"

"Mr. Soleva, it's [Ash Blossom]!"

Seeing Hiiragi Yuzu quickly provide her answer, Soreva narrowed his eyes, then spoke in a sinister tone:

"Sakaki Yuya-kun, please stand up!"

Upon hearing Soleva's words, Yuya Sakaki froze instantly. He realized that he had been discovered for reminding Yuzu Hiiragi of the answer, and could only obediently stand up.

Seeing Sakaki Yuya stand up, Soleva couldn't help but sigh:

"Sakaki Yuya-kun, you know, even if you gave the correct answer, that would be one thing, but you actually gave the wrong answer and misled Hiiragi Yuzu. If she had looked at the effects of these four cards carefully just now, maybe she could have given the correct answer."

"This, how is this possible! Mr. Soreva, didn't you just say that when encountering [Proliferating G], you can use [Ash Blossom] to nullify its effects!"

Yuya Sakaki stared wide-eyed at Soleva, questioning him. He couldn't understand why Soleva had suddenly changed his mind, when this was exactly what he had just said.

Seeing Yuya Sakaki's bewildered expression, Soleva could only walk up to him with [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] in hand, pointing to the [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] effect frame and saying:

"Sakaki Yuya-kun, please take a good look. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring's effect can only be activated after other cards are activated in a chain. When the opponent draws a card using the effect of [G-Spell], it means that the opponent has already successfully activated [G-Spell], and at this time, [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] cannot be activated."

Upon understanding Soleva's words, Yuya Sakaki was immediately taken aback:

"But then, Mr. Soreva, wouldn't all four cards in your hand be unable to prevent [Proliferating G] from drawing cards?"

"That's right! That's the answer I want to hear! Don't let my questions limit you."

With that, Soreva walked back to the podium, drew a card from his deck, and said,

"Look closely, after the effect of [G of Proliferation] is activated, the hand trap that can prevent it from drawing cards is this card, [Clown and Lockbird]. Its effect is that when the opponent adds a card from the deck to their hand outside of the draw phase, this effect can be activated, and neither player can add a card from the deck to their hand this turn."

Looking at Sakaki Yuya, who had suddenly realized something and whose eyes were shining, and Hiiragi Yuzu, who was once again lost in thought, Soleva could only sigh:

"Alright, you can all sit down. Yuzu, especially you, remember to pay attention in class."

"Yes."

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Finally, Soleva's morning classes ended, but just as he was worrying about how to get Hiiragi Yuzu to pay attention, the headmaster of Yushojuku, Hiiragi Shuzo, suddenly burst in, grabbed Soleva's hand, and said breathlessly:

"Mr. Soreva, something terrible has happened."

“Mr. Shuzo Hiiragi, please calm down, take a good breath, and speak slowly.”

Patting Shuzo Hiiragi on the back to help him catch his breath, Soleva finally heard the reason for Shuzo Hiiragi's anxiety:

"Mr. Soleva, LDS is coming to acquire our Yushojuku!"

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"Danglang"

Hearing the door open, the woman sitting on the sofa in the Yusheng Academy's reception room didn't even look up, and spoke arrogantly:

"Mr. Shuzo Hiiragi, what have you decided regarding the acquisition by LDS?"

"Excuse me, ma'am, I am not Mr. Shuzo Hiiragi."

Hearing an unusually young voice beside her, the woman finally opened her eyes curiously and looked at Soreva, who was standing at the door of the reception room:

"You are……"

Straightening his clothes, Soreva extended his hand to the woman in front of him, whose wine-red hair was curled into two strange arcs:

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Soleva, and I am currently a teacher at Yushojuku. Mr. Shuzo Hiiragi has just entrusted me with handling the acquisition. May I ask who you are?"

The woman extended her hand and shook hands with Soreva, and she gave her answer in return:

"Akaba Himika, Chairperson of LDS."

Upon hearing the answer from the woman in front of him, Akama Himika, Soreva froze instantly. He didn't understand why Yushojuku, a small school, would send someone of LDS's status, the chairman, to come in person. He had thought it would be some senior employee or department head.

Good heavens! In a business novel, this would be like the boss blocking the door!? This is ridiculous!

Chapter 35 Clash with LDS

"So it's Ms. Akama Himika! But, Ms. Himika, as the chairperson of LDS, surely it wouldn't be necessary for you to personally come to acquire such a small private school as Yushojuku?"

Although she sensed the sarcastic undertone in Soreva's words, implying she was making a mountain out of a molehill, Akama Himika wasn't angry. She simply smiled and said: