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

"Thank you."

After taking the phone, Akari immediately waved it in front of Soreva as if showing off.

"They just said we can't bring our phones in during the interview, so I left mine with them for safekeeping. How was I supposed to know you'd call me? *sigh*"

Just as Akari made a face at Soreva, Mr. Kokoro chuckled and smoothed things over for the two of them:

“Miss Akari, Mr. Sorewa was just worried about your safety. However, I also need to apologize to you for causing this misunderstanding.”

Mr. Xinyuan actually bowed slightly to him and apologized, while Soreva remained silent with a dark face.

Perhaps Mr. Xinyuan's reasoning makes logical sense, but Soreva still felt something was off. If it was just a normal interview, why would Mr. Xinyuan have Ghosh hold him back?

There must be a problem here, but given the current situation, it's not appropriate to confront Mr. Xinyuan directly in the open.

Therefore, Soreva could only turn to Akari and say:

"Since the interview is over and you've taken most of your photos, Akari, I'll take you home."

"Oh, what's the rush? It's a rare opportunity to come to an amusement park of this caliber, can't you let me explore it a bit more?"

"What's there to see? Let's go."

Watching Soleva and Akari leave together, Mr. Kokoro's face still wore a smile, but the words that came out of his mouth seemed less warm than his smile:

"I really didn't expect that Mr. Soreva seems to have kept a lot of things from me, such as Ms. Akari's younger brother who is also collecting [No.] cards."

However, it's not entirely incomprehensible. Since he can't bring himself to do it, let Kaito do it.

That's right. Just now, during the interview, Mr. Kokoro tested Akari about the [No.] card. Naïve Akari had no idea what Mr. Kokoro was up to and foolishly betrayed Yuma's secret.

It was during these events that Mr. Kokoro also discovered that, although Soreva was present on several occasions, Soreva did not attempt to seize the [No.] card and even concealed these matters from him.

And so, a seed of distrust began to sprout in Mr. Xinyuan's heart.

So, for the first time, Mr. Kokoro didn't summon both Soleva and Kaito, but only Kaito:

"Kaito, I'm going to give you a task. Go find the person who's being tracked, and then capture her."

Facing Kaito, Mr. Kokoro directly sent a tracking and location message to Orbit 7.

And the person being tracked and located is undoubtedly Mingli, after all, Mr. Xinyuan has had her phone for so long, he could have done almost anything he could have done.

Kaito was completely bewildered when he received this news, since the missions he had always received were to retrieve [No.] cards and kidnap people, and this was the first time.

"Why do this?"

"Among the people close to this target, there is one who possesses a large number of [No.] cards. I hope you can use her as bait to lure that person out and retrieve the [No.] cards from him."

Kaito neither confirmed nor denied this reason; there was nothing he wouldn't do to reclaim [No.] cards:

“I understand, I’ll go find Soreva right now.”

"No! This mission must be carried out by you alone, and you must not inform Soreva."

Chapter 331 Finding Kaito of the Uesugi

"I never expected that Mr. Xinyuan would be talking about this person."

Guided by Orbit 7, which had transformed into a steel wing, Kaito quickly found the person being tracked. Having met Akari a few times before, Kaito immediately recognized her as Soreva's friend and Yuma's sister.

He simply couldn't bring himself to attack someone he knew.

Then, Kaito, his face ashen, immediately spoke to Orbit Seven:

"Track Seven, contact Mr. Xinyuan and request that this mission be abandoned!"

However, after a period of waiting, Kaito received only the panicked voice of Orbit Seven:

"Something's wrong, Lord Kaito! We couldn't get through to Mr. Kokoro, he only left us a recording!"

"A recording? Track Seven, what did he say in the recording?"

Upon hearing from Orbit Seven that Mr. Kokoro had only left behind a recording, Kaito was immediately stunned. Previously, Mr. Kokoro had never refused to contact him, so this was the first time he had been so indifferent.

However, after thinking about Mr. Kokoro's unusual behavior of suddenly leaving him to carry out the mission alone without Soleva, Kaito felt that his unusual behavior was actually quite normal.

Kaito immediately confirmed with Orbit 7 what Mr. Kokoro had left in the recording.

"This, this..."

Seeing that Orbit 7 was hesitating, Kaito frowned and immediately urged him on:

"Speak, Orbit Seven."

"Yes, Lord Kaito."

After responding, Track Seven spoke again.

"Mr. Kokoro said that this operation must be carried out and cannot be abandoned. He also said that if you, Kaito-sama, cannot retrieve the new [No.] card, it will be difficult for him to proceed with the next stage of treatment for Kaito-sama."

"Damn it! This bastard is actually using Yang Dou as leverage to blackmail me!?"

Upon hearing Mr. Kokoro threaten Kaito with Haruto as a hostage, Kaito's face instantly contorted with anger and hatred, and he clenched his fists tightly.

But the fist quickly loosened, after all, Kaito knew the situation. The situation was that both he and Dr. Fica had to rely on Mr. Kokoro's funding and support to treat Yang Tou.

In other words, even though he loathed Mr. Xinyuan's actions, he could only obediently become a knife in Mr. Xinyuan's hands.

"Think about it, there must be other ways..."

Raising his hand to support his forehead, Kaito began to mutter to himself.

"What Mr. Kokoro needs is just the [No.] card, no, to be more precise, the [No.] card held by that guy named Yuma."

Then I don't need to bother with this woman. I can just go find that guy named Yuma Tsukumo and take his [No.] card.

Although Soreva said to keep that guy around and play the long game, ... I have to do it for Yangdou's sake, and besides, he seems to have collected quite a few [No.] cards, so this fish is big enough.”

As if he had convinced himself, Kaito raised his head and looked at the gate of the Tsukumo family. Yuma, who had been collecting news for Akari all day, was now returning in the sunset.

"Huh? That's strange, why did it suddenly get dark?"

Seeing his vision suddenly darken, Yuma immediately asked a question. But after looking up and around, Yuma realized that it wasn't dark, but that he was being enveloped by a huge shadow.

This also made Yuma turn around and look behind him:

"What is that? A big bird? Waaaaaah—"

However, just after Yuma turned his head, he was lifted off the ground and felt the strong winds from the high-speed flight hitting him in the sky.

However, it seemed that Yuma's screams were too piercing, even Kaito, who was holding Yuma and soaring through the sky, couldn't help but complain:

"It's noisy!"

Hearing the somewhat familiar voice, Yuma finally mustered the courage to open his eyes. Seeing that the person who had captured him was none other than Kaito, who was partnered with Soleva, he immediately shouted:

"You, aren't you the guy who was with that old man, the one who called himself [No.] Hunter?"

However, Yuma's characteristic large, sweeping movements caused Kaito's body to sway momentarily as he flew through the air. Startled, Yuma quickly used both hands and feet to hold onto Kaito tightly, preventing him from falling off.

Kaito, unable to bear Yuma's clinging to him any longer, immediately ordered Orbit Seven to bring the two of them to a nearby rooftop.

"Hey, shouldn't you come down now?"

Hearing Kaito's voice again, Yuma opened his eyes once more. Seeing that he was no longer standing on empty air but on a solid floor, Yuma got off Kaito, stood up, and asked him:

"I remember, your name is Kaito, right? Aren't you Uncle's partner? Why are you arresting me?"

Then, Yuma saw Kaito raise his wrist and coldly say to him:

"You haven't forgotten, have you? I'm a [No.] Hunter, and my purpose in capturing you is naturally to hunt your [No.] card! Orbit 7!"

"Understood, Kaito-sama!"

As Orbit Seven transformed back into a robot from its wing, it immediately opened its head, and a crescent-shaped D-panel flew out and was installed on Kaito's wrist.

With a shout of "Photon Transformation!", Kaito transformed his black trench coat into a pristine white, then addressed Yuma:

"Now, let's duel! Let me hunt your [Number] cards!"

However, Yuma was still completely bewildered by such rapid developments, and immediately asked Kaito:

"Why did you choose me as your prey this time? Haven't we met several times before? You didn't lay a hand on me, did you?"

"I only did it before because of Soreva, but this time, someone else has their eyes on you, and even I can't change that."

As he spoke, Kaito stretched out his hand, and a hazy white light enveloped it.

"If you don't intend to duel, I might try to forcibly take your [No.] card."

"Yuma, since we can't reason with them, let's settle this with a duel."

As Kaito's figure drew closer, Astral's voice suddenly rang in Yuma's ears, causing Yuma to nod involuntarily:

"I understand. In that case, let's duel!"

After saying that, Yuma unfolded his D-Panel, took out his D-Vision Glasses and put them on, then posed for a duel with Kaito.

"Duel!" ×2

The two shouted in unison, their voices echoing across the rooftop of the high-rise before dissipating into the howling evening wind under the setting sun.

And so, this duel, which belonged solely to the two of them and had no spectators except for Starlight, began with Yuma's first attack:

"I got the first strike! My turn, draw a card!"

Chapter 332 Yuma VS Kaito, the Ruler of Color Makes a Comeback

After drawing the top card from his deck and adding it to his hand, Yuma drew a card from his hand and placed it on his D-pad:

"I Normal Summon [My Sister] from my hand!"

As the card was placed on Yuma's D-pad, a blonde girl appeared on Yuma's field, wearing a light pink wizard's hat, a white fluffy shawl and a pink and white mini skirt, and black boots decorated with pink ribbons.

Immediately afterwards, [my sister] raised her golden key-like magic wand, and Yuma's voice rang out again:

When [I-I-I-My Sister] is successfully summoned, you can add one Spell/Trap Card with [I-I-I] in its name from your Deck to your hand!

I choose to add [I-I-I-Mirror] to my hand!

After catching the card spat out by the D panel, Yuma immediately revealed another card in his hand:

"Then, I activate the effect of [GagGagGag] in my hand! This card can be Special Summoned from my hand while there is a monster with [GagGag] in its name on your field!"