Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"thousand!"

As that voice rang out, Manjoume could no longer contain his emotions: "Ahhh... I'll say it myself from now on!"

"...Ten Thousand Eyes Lightning!"

"Hahahahaha..."

Joyful laughter echoed continuously around the harbor.

Despite still wearing an extremely unwilling and arrogant expression on his face, Manjoume followed the crowd's actions and shouted out his chuunibyou (delusional) nickname.

After doing all this, Manjoume realized that his actions had essentially constituted tacit consent, so he covered his head and squatted down.

His face showed considerable frustration: "Ahhh... What a nightmare! I can't believe that I, Mr. Manjoume... have become these guys' partners..."

326 A Vague Premonition

After that, Manjoume moved into the Osiris Red Dormitory.

Unlike the others in Osiris Red, as the third son of the Manjoume Group, he possesses a space that belongs solely to him.

The room wasn't large, but it had everything you needed.

Compared to the four-person room shared by Yuki Jaden and Yusei, Manjoume's treatment was much better, at least in terms of personal space and privacy.

After the duel between the two schools officially ended, Yusei, with the principal's promise, obtained a luxurious single dormitory room of his own, Obelisk-Blue.

However, Osiris Red's side did not cancel Yusei's bed.

In this way, Yusei can stay overnight in either of the two dormitories at will.

Although Obelisk Blue is truly move-in ready, requiring no additional preparation.

However, Yusei currently has no plans to move there.

After all, most of the people he knew were in Osiris Red, and the atmosphere of life there was much stronger than in Obelisk Blue.

Therefore, this room is currently in a semi-vacant state, and Yusei is using it as a storage room.

Some items that were not suitable to be placed in public spaces, such as spoils of war seized from the Dark Duelist Titan in the past, and some packages that he received from time to time, were placed in Obelisk Blue's room.

Occasionally, Yusei would stay in Obelisk Blue for a few days.

However, his main area of ​​activity is still in Osiris Red.

……

"...It's taking a while to tidy up the room. Is it already this late?"

After leaving Obelisk Blue's personal dormitory, Yuxing walked to the vicinity of Osiris Red's dormitory, looked up at the moon hanging high in the sky, and couldn't help but sigh.

The meaning of life lies in taking risks and making progress.

Without my knowledge, I had accumulated so many items.

The room, which could have been tidied up quickly, took half a day to clean due to various reasons...

By the time everything was basically settled, the moon was already high in the sky.

"Ah... If only there were a dragon maid here right now! She could do anything, and even help out when there's nothing to do... Cough cough cough!!! What am I even saying..."

Muttering rambling words, Yusei stepped onto the escalator leading to the second floor of the Osiris Red Dormitory.

Before setting off today, Yusei had already told Jaden and the others that he would be back very late and that they didn't need to wait for him.

Before returning, he had already taken care of the toiletries at Obelisk Blue.

So all Yusei needs to do next is go back to bed and lie down.

"Huh? There's light?"

At that moment, he suddenly noticed that the door to the dormitory supervisor's room... that is, Professor Daitokuji's room, was slightly ajar.

Every now and then, a faint glow could be seen emanating from inside.

"...Is it this late? Hasn't Master Daitokuji rested yet?"

Feeling somewhat curious, Yusei glanced at the "Pharaoh" hiding at the bottom of the stairs beneath his feet, then quietly turned around and walked to the front of the room, peering inside.

Through the crack in the door, Yusei saw Daitokuji's motionless back.

At this moment, he is sitting in front of the computer, talking to someone on the other side of the screen.

"...It's about time we gave it a try."

The voice coming from the computer was slightly aged.

Although the voice was somewhat aged, it contained the authority of a superior and an unquestionable tone of command.

Daitokuji Temple: "But... if we were buried in a grave, we would suffer for years..."

Yusei: "...A tomb???"

The words that came from Daitokuji Temple were somewhat incomprehensible to Yusei.

"...Don't worry, when that time comes, as long as we have that power, we can put him back into a deep sleep..."

"...I'll think about it some more."

"...Hmph! Daitokuji, you just need to do as I say."

"..."

"Master Daitokuji, who was he talking to? And what is this tomb? Is someone going to hold some kind of ceremony?" Seeing that the conversation between the two was about to end, Yusei quickly left and quietly went up the stairs to return to his dormitory on the second floor.

Yuki and the others, fast asleep, were completely unaware that Yusei had returned.

"...Why do I always have this ominous feeling in my heart?"

"Is something big about to happen?"

Even after lying back in bed and closing his eyes, Yusei's mind was still filled with these thoughts.

……

"In summary……"

"For this reason... medieval alchemy typically involved mixing chemicals like this to create gold..."

The next day, at the Duel Academy headquarters.

Today's class, as always, was an extremely hypnotic alchemy class taught by Daitokuji-sensei.

At that moment, as he spoke, he dripped the orange liquid from the dropper in his right hand into a glass container containing some kind of solution in his left hand, and then gently shook his arm.

It seems he wants to reconcile the two.

However, as he shook the vessel in his hand, the expected gold ore did not appear. Instead, a violent explosion occurred, leaving Daitoku-ji Temple covered in dust and dirt.

"But...it's impossible to do it this way..."

Having personally demonstrated the experience of failure, Daitokuji fell backward with a thud.

At that moment, the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class.

"Oh! Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!"

Yuki Jaden stretched out his hand and yawned widely, using the ringing alarm clock as an alarm to wake himself from his deep sleep. He stretched vigorously.

"...You're finally awake! Judai."

"Hey hey hey..."

Looking at Yuki Jaden beside him, Yusei uttered words of greeting.

Every time Yusei attends an alchemy class, a question inevitably arises in his mind—

Why……

In an academy that teaches dueling, would there be a completely unrelated course like alchemy?

Yusei had asked Principal Samejima about this matter, and the answer he received was that Daitokuji was recommended by Chairman Kagemaru, and he himself was not very clear about his specific background and information.

As the principal, he had no need to object to the chairman's decision.

Therefore, Principal Samejima has always held an ambiguous attitude towards the Alchemy course itself.

It's fine if it's there, it's fine if it's not.

And that's exactly the case; most students, including Yusei, didn't even put these things into their heads.

Master Daitoku-ji himself didn't seem to take these things to heart, and continued to do what he was supposed to do, regardless of whether anyone was listening.

"Wait! Wait a minute, you guys..."

Seeing that Yusei and the others were about to leave the classroom, Teacher Daitokuji quickly called them back and then pulled out a stack of papers from under the podium.

It looks like some kind of printed material.

"Teacher... what is this? Are you planning to assign homework?"

Yusei tentatively posed this question, pointing in the direction of Master Daitokuji.

If that's really the case, then I, You, must be the first to run away!

As long as I run fast enough, my homework will always be one step behind me and can never keep up with my pace!

"not like this……"

Adjusting his glasses, Daitokuji-sensei squinted and replied, "It's a plan for exploring some ruins on the island this weekend~ Meow!"

"...Anyone who wants to go can participate!"

"Ruins? Maybe they're related to my brother's disappearance..." Upon hearing Daitokuji-sensei's explanation, Asuka, sitting high up, raised her eyebrows and showed an expression of interest.

“…You should have said it was an adventure! I want to go!” Upon hearing about the picnic, Yuki Judai was the first to reach out and excitedly took the printed leaflet from Daitokuji’s hand.

Normally, the area around the ruins is a dangerous zone that is off-limits to visitors.

This is a rare opportunity, especially with teachers leading the group. How could we not go?

“If Big Brother goes, then I’ll go too!” Marufuji Sho, the younger brother, imitated him and did the same thing.