Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Michelle is the best, no arguments allowed!

Marufuji Sho held exactly that thought in his heart.

"Nonsense! Absolutely nonsense! You guys are driving me crazy!"

Upon hearing Marufuji Sho's outrageous remarks, Misawa Daichi immediately frowned and retorted, "As long as you keep practicing... once you reach the state of extinguishing thoughts and desires, the crisis will naturally pass!"

"Huh? But we don't need to fight the Seven Stars..."

"Stop saying such spineless things! Clear your mind of evil thoughts! Let's continue our cultivation!"

“…1! 2! Draw a card!” Ignoring the speechless looks from everyone, Misawa Daiji resolutely repeated the card-drawing action.

“Mizawa…you…”

After pausing, Yusei glanced at the people around him, then tentatively asked Misawa Daichi, "...Don't you have any interest in girls at all?"

He has the standard square face that screams honesty, excellent written test scores and physical fitness, and the fighting skills that allowed him to defeat Manjoume head-on, which is no weak skill.

Given Misawa Daichi's advantages, he should theoretically be able to attract the attention of some girls...

However, it seems that Daichi Misawa has never had a close romantic partner.

This made Yusei wonder if he was deliberately avoiding the issue, deliberately trying to avoid close contact with other women...

After all, even Yusei, who did this unconsciously, unknowingly gained fans like Junko and Momoe, who were Obelisk Blue.

Not to mention Asuka, who has an even closer relationship with him and is just one step away from confessing her feelings, Rei Saotome, who made a promise to him, and Yui Amamiya, who stands silently behind him.

"Varied……"

Upon hearing Yusei's rather blunt question, Misawa Daichi froze on the spot, and even his hand, which was drawing a card, began to tremble slightly.

372 The Amazon Queen makes her grand entrance!

"Women... they only slow down my card-drawing speed!"

As the "last samurai," Daichi Misawa's mind is now solely focused on dueling and studying.

For him, playing cards alone has already occupied the vast majority of his life, leaving him with no time, interest, or energy to think about anything else.

If love were a game, then Misawa Daichi would definitely be the first one to give up.

This requires a significant investment of time, money, and energy... yet there's no clear positive or negative feedback...

And in this process, you also have to constantly consider the other party's feelings, and it requires a certain amount of luck to achieve a relatively reasonable result... He would absolutely never do that!

Love? Ha...

...What a piece of trash game! I'm not playing it anymore!

Instead of wasting time on romance, I'd rather do more math problems and explore the truths of the universe!

This was exactly the thought that Yosawa Tenku held in his heart.

"I see... So that's what you think about this part!"

Seeing Misawa Daichi set such a huge goal for himself, vowing never to degenerate into a vulgar man who likes women, Yusei couldn't help but rest his chin on his hand and fall into deep thought.

As expected of the world of the King of Gaming...

Anyone you randomly pick from here is a heartless card-playing machine...

……

The beautiful morning hours passed by in a flash during morning exercise and casual chat.

Before we knew it, it was time for class.

Today's lesson was, as always, the alchemy class taught by the Daitoku-ji master, which made everyone want to drowsily prepare for the day...

"Ugh... what on earth happened?"

Looking at the even more pitiful attendance rate today compared to usual, and the still very few students when class time arrived, Daitokuji-sensei, who was stroking the fat cat Pharaoh in front of the podium, couldn't help but utter a sound of doubt.

Before this, there were quite a few people who came here to slack off and sleep, even if it was just for academic credits.

Although they didn't intend to attend the class, they could at least make up the number of students and liven up the classroom atmosphere, preventing the teacher on the podium from feeling too embarrassed.

But... none of these people showed up today; they completely stood the teacher up...

What exactly is going on?

Could it be that they've run out of patience and are just going to give up?

That shouldn't be happening...

Even so, surely there shouldn't be so many fewer people all of a sudden?

They couldn't possibly... agree to slack off on something like this, could they?

"Everyone……"

"Moshi moshi... Is Master Daitokuji here?"

Just as the teacher, Daitokuji, was about to ask the audience about the whereabouts of the others, a staff member carrying a backpack suddenly rushed into the classroom. After glancing around the classroom, he walked up to the teacher.

"What's wrong? What's the matter?"

Looking at the backpack in the staff member's hand, Daitokuji-sensei suddenly felt a strange sense of familiarity: "This bag... if I remember correctly, it should belong to Kawada (Random) classmate, right?"

"Yes, that's right, we found this backpack in the forest..."

"After finding out it belonged to Osiris Red Student, we rushed over to give it to you, teacher... Speaking of which, if we're not mistaken, this student should be related to the recent missing persons cases..."

"...Missing person case?"

Upon noticing this keyword, Yusei, sitting in front of the podium, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Looks like something new has happened!

“That’s right. It’s not just Osiris Red; even Apollo Yellow and Obelisk Blue have reported student disappearances these past few days… And the few who do return look utterly exhausted. When asked about the specifics, they know nothing and have no idea what happened…”

"Hmm... Shouldn't you be going to Professor Chronos for something like a missing student? I don't have the ability to handle these kinds of things..."

A little embarrassed, Daitokuji adjusted his glasses and offered a reminder.

"But we can't find Professor Chronos anywhere, and we didn't find any notes or other information he left in his office..."

"So next, we plan to search the nearby forest..."

The staff member who was speaking shrugged helplessly.

After handing the backpack to the teacher at Daitokuji Temple, he turned and left, reuniting with his companions outside the door before departing.

"...What? Someone has gone missing in the forest?"

"Really... could it be haunted?"

"No! I don't think it's that simple! It might be related to the recent Seven Star King!"

"Seven Stars? They just calmed down for a little while, and now they're causing trouble again?"

"It's hard to say, I'm just guessing..."

"Speaking of which, Professor Chronos isn't here... Could he have disappeared too?"

"How could that be! That's Professor Chronos! How could he be so easily... uh... it doesn't seem impossible..."

"Forehead……"

……

Upon hearing that something interesting had happened, the students, who had been feeling drowsy due to the boring class, suddenly perked up and became energetic.

Clearly, compared to Daitokuji-sensei's alchemy class, which was practically useless for dueling, these interesting tales and anecdotes were much more likely to capture everyone's attention.

After all, it's human nature to enjoy watching and gossiping.

"Ahem... Good morning, students..."

Ring ring ring~~~~~~!!

Just as the teacher at Daitokuji Temple was coughing and trying to restore order to the classroom, the school bell, which sounded like heavenly music to everyone's ears, rang out at the same time.

Upon hearing this voice, Daitokuji-sensei could only shrug helplessly and loudly announce the end of get out of class: "Yusei, Judai, Asuka, and... Misawa... you guys stay behind for a bit, come with me later to search for the missing students... As for the other students, you can leave now~ meow."

"receive."

The people whose names were called looked at each other and then sat back down.

Those whose names weren't called on left the classroom like wild horses, rushing off to inquire about the disappearance.

Judging from their enthusiastic expressions, it was as if...

My drowsiness in class just now was just an act...

This stark contrast between the two extremes truly reflects the reality of life.

……

"Hmm... although I know there are all sorts of ruins on this island... but..."

"...What exactly is this thing that looks like a gladiatorial arena?"

"So there are places like this on the island?"

"No... As far as I know, there weren't any large Western medieval-style buildings like this here before..."

After that, Yusei and his group, led by Daitokuji-sensei, searched the forest for the missing student.

Although they didn't find the passerby named Kawada, they unexpectedly discovered a magical building.

It's an amphitheater that seems to have traveled from ancient Rome, or perhaps an arena would be a more appropriate term.

"Just standing here isn't going to solve anything... Let's go inside and check the situation first."

Looking up at the towering Western-style building, Yusei took the lead and arrived at the entrance of the Colosseum, then reached out and tried to push it open.

Contrary to expectations that it would require immense effort to push open, the heavy, ancient door was pushed open by him with remarkable ease.

then……

Pushing open the gate and entering the circular area, Yuxing was greeted by a truly bizarre scene.