Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

In the audience, Sho Marufuji, overcome with excitement, hugged Hayato tightly again. "Great! That means we don't have to drop out of school!!!"

“That way, they can stay in the academy.” Misawa Daichi said with a smile as he watched the two who had won the duel.

"Are you happy that they've become such strong competitors?" Asuka couldn't help but ask, seeing the smile on Daichi Misawa's face.

"And what do you think?" Daichi Misawa countered Asuka's question.

"I just felt that if they dropped out of school because of me, I wouldn't be able to sleep well at night..." Asuka blushed slightly as she recalled her self-blaming thoughts, and couldn't help but avoid Daichi Misawa's gaze. "This result is really great."

"Gulp..." Unable to accept the reality before him, Manjoume, who was so angry that his lungs were about to explode, stood up forcefully from his seat and stormed out of the dueling arena.

"Manjou Musang...?"

After exchanging glances, his two henchmen decisively followed behind Wan Zhangmu.

"Ha, as expected of the man who defeated me."

Marufuji Ryo, sitting atop the platform, had a slight smile on his lips.

He had witnessed Yusei's repeated counterattacks, and after observing today's duel, the man known as Caesar raised Yusei's level of threat in his mind to a whole new level.

……

"Ahem... This is the time to..." Yusei, who had won the duel and was surrounded by cheers, winked at Jaden Yuki beside him.

Jaden Yuki, understanding the implication, smiled and nodded at Yusei.

The two exchanged a knowing smile, then turned around simultaneously. Facing the kneeling Labyrinth Brothers and Professor Kunonos beside them, who was trembling, gritting his teeth, and displaying a look of utter resentment, they extended their fingers, half-closed their eyes, and said in unison, "We won! What an interesting duel! Let's have another chance to fight!"

With this double boost, this is... the ultimate mockery of Professor Kunonos's ridiculous conspiracy!

"Damn it... Damn it!!! The legendary duelist actually lost... I can't believe it! I must be dreaming!!!" Professor Kunonos, feeling a surge of anger and mixed emotions, swayed and sat down heavily on the ground behind him after feeling the taunts from the two.

"Wow~ Our Osiris Red students are quite capable... They're really amazing!"

With a beaming smile, Master Daitokuji squatted down next to Professor Chronos while holding the Pharaoh, and mercilessly delivered a critical strike to the fallen Professor Chronos.

"Meow~" Pharaoh licked Professor Kunonos's cheek with a sympathetic look.

"A cat! It's a cat! I hate cats!!!"

With a series of indecent wails, Professor Kunonos, whose plot had failed once again, suddenly stood up and hid behind Principal Samejima, who had rushed to their side.

“We won, so there’s nothing more to say, right?” Yusei said to Principal Samejima, who had walked to the edge of the dueling arena, and Professor Kunonos, who was hiding behind him, trembling with resentment in his eyes.

As previously agreed, now that they have won the team duel, their expulsion due to violating school rules is over.

"Of course, you've given us a very good duel, and the decision to expel you will naturally be reversed." Principal Samejima cleared his throat and continued, "However! Although your expulsion has been revoked, you still have a penalty notice for entering the prohibited area, okay?"

"What?!" This time it was Yusei and his companion's turn to be shocked.

"Thirty reports on dueling tactics, I'll leave the supervision to Mr. Daitokuji~ Good luck!" With a wave of his hand to everyone, Principal Samejima turned and left, leaving the two of them standing bewildered in the wind...

"Alright, leave it to me." Patting Pharaoh's head, Teacher Daitokuji accepted the task assigned by Principal Samejima with a smile.

"Eh? Why is this happening..."

"No way! Writing 30 reports is too much of a torture!!!"

And so, to the utter bewilderment of the Labyrinth Brothers, Yusei and Jaden, having emerged victorious, clutched their heads and collapsed to their knees in agony on the dueling field…

(Finished work..._(:3」∠)_)

197. Isn't this art style a bit off?

The crisis of dropping out of school, triggered by the old school building incident, came to an end after Yusei and his friends won the team duel.

The day after the duel ended, after Yusei and the others handed in the report they had written overnight to their teacher Daitokuji, life returned to normal.

The baseball stadium inside the gymnasium at the Duel Academy headquarters.

Physical education class is in progress.

Wearing a tracksuit, a red ribbon tied around his left arm, and protective gear, Jaden Yuki, the batter, waited expectantly for the opposing pitcher's attack, while Yusei and Sho Marufuji watched from the sidelines with their arms crossed.

"You have to win, Judai!"

"Big brother, I'm entrusting this to you!"

The two encouraged the confident Jaden Yuki.

"Alright, leave it to me! If we hit a home run here, we'll win!" Facing this decisive blow, Jaden Yuki's eyes sharpened.

"Hey! Wait a minute, the match can wait!"

Just as the opposing pitcher was ready to throw the baseball toward Jaden Yuki, a hurried shout suddenly came from the entrance of the stadium.

"Ok?"

Curious, Yusei looked in the direction of the sound and saw Misawa Daichi panting heavily, reaching out to stop him as he sped towards the arena.

"Sorry, I've been playing the piano, so I'm late..." Daichi Misawa, who was supposed to be Jaden Yuki's opponent, finally arrived at the baseball stadium with an apologetic expression.

"Do you want to throw?" the referee asked Daichi Misawa in front of him.

"Yes!" Nodding to the referee, Daichi Misawa tied a yellow ribbon, a different color from the one on Jaden Yuki's arm, to his hand.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you! Pitcher change, the current pitcher is Misawa!" The referee blew his whistle and announced the change of pitchers.

"Here it comes! Misawa! Watch me hit your ball right there!" Jaden Yuki raised his bat and pointed to the sky outside the field as Daichi Misawa, who was taking over from the original pitcher, caught the baseball.

His meaning was clear: facing his opponent, Daichi Misawa, he intended to hit a home run!

Whether we can achieve this goal is another matter, but at least we can't lose in terms of momentum!

"No, you can't hit it."

With a confident expression, Daichi Misawa chuckled and assumed a pitching stance. "The reason I say this is because I've figured out your entire strategy!"

"Really?"

With an interested expression on his face, Jaden Yuki tightened his grip on the baseball bat.

"Here I come! Take this, Jaden! Bring on my formula tiger pitch!!!"

With Misawa Daichi's shout, the baseball flew faster from his hand. In mid-air, the baseball suddenly generated multiple afterimages, rushing towards Yuki Jaden like tigers descending a mountain...

"Fuck...o(?Д?)っ!"

Seeing this incredibly bizarre scene, not only Jaden Yuki, who was wielding a bat, but even Yusei, who was just watching from the sidelines, was stunned.

Holy crap! Isn't this supposed to be the world of Poker King...? How come there's suddenly a killer ball...? Is the art style messed up?

"nice shot!"

As expected, Daichi Misawa's Magic Ball easily broke through Jaden Yuki's defense.

"I'm not reconciled!"

Unable to catch Daichi Misawa's pitch, Jaden Yuki, who had boasted so much, was filled with resentment.

Next, it was the turn of the pitcher and batter to switch, and Daichi Misawa came to defend against Jaden Yuki's attack.

"An eye for an eye, Misawa, this time I'm going to beat you!" Jaden Yuki declared, pointing a finger at Daichi Misawa, who was beaming with smiles.

Unlike card duels, baseball games place more emphasis on the players' individual physical abilities; if you're good, you're good, and if you're not, you're not.

Compared to Jaden Yuki, Daichi Misawa, who can throw the Magic Ball, naturally has stronger physical abilities.

"Hehe, that's impossible. If you want to know why, it's because I've found a way to return your ball!" With his second goal, Daichi Misawa once again made a bold statement to Judai Yuki.

Having learned his lesson from last time, Jaden Yuki was no longer careless this time, and his expression began to turn serious.

"Let's settle this once and for all, Misawa!"

"Come on! First place!"

Behind Jaden Yuki and Daichi Misawa, the faint phantoms of a dragon and a tiger appeared. Caught in the vortex of the struggle, the two could no longer see anyone else in the outside world. At this moment, all that remained in their minds was the thought of defeating each other.

"Take this! My Heroic Strike!"

With a blazing fire in his eyes, Jaden Yuki mustered all his strength and threw the strongest pitch of his life at Daichi Misawa.

Just like the Tiger Ball that Daichi Misawa threw earlier, the ball that Jaden Yuki threw this time carried the imposing power of a blue dragon as it hurtled straight toward Daichi Misawa, determined to crush him in one fell swoop!

"Ah this..."

Seeing this sudden change in the style of the scene, Yusei, who was watching, was completely dumbfounded.

"Seriously... that Manjoume guy is useless! We need to find a replacement quickly!"

Just as Jaden Yuki and Daichi Misawa were engaged in their epic battle in front of a bewildered Yusei, Professor Quinnos reappeared around them.

As if guided by fate, Professor Kunonos, feeling depressed after the conspiracy was thwarted once again, went out of his office to clear his head and ended up at the baseball stadium by some strange twist of fate, and coincidentally stumbled upon the duel between Yuki Jaden and Misawa Daichi.

"Azure Dragon, is it? Break!"

Jaden Yuki's all-out attack was thwarted by Daichi Misawa, who was also unleashing his full power.

Professor Kunonos, whose mind was wandering, noticed the sound of wind rushing past him and instinctively turned his gaze in the direction of the sound, just in time to see a round object flying towards him...

Professor Kunonos: "?"

"boom!!!"

And so, the baseball, sent flying by Daichi Misawa's full force, flew precisely towards Professor Kunonos's handsome face, knocking his face and body down into the pile of debris beside him...

"Oops……"

When the people involved, Yuki Jaden and Misawa Daichi, saw that the baseball had injured a passerby, they immediately put down their game and rushed to the vicinity of the pile of debris.

After scratching his head, Yusei followed behind the two of them.

If I'm not mistaken, the person they just knocked away seemed to be Professor Kunonos...

198 I'll remember this grudge!

Seeing Yuki Judai run towards the pile of junk, Marufuji Sho, as his underling, naturally followed closely behind him.

"Um... I'm sorry..." Jaden Yuki scratched his cheek and said apologetically, pointing at a foot sticking out from the pile of clutter.