Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"...Is that so?"

"You guys are lucky today, let's go!"

Wan Zhangmu waved his hand, signaling his two male followers, A and B, to follow him.

After the three left, Tenjōin turned around and said to Yusei and the other two, "Don't let Manjōme and the others provoke you. They're not people to mess with."

The girl's tone revealed deep apprehension, as if she was well aware of Wan Zhangmu's methods.

"Eh~ Is that so?" Judai Yuki's attitude was somewhat perfunctory, as if he did not intend to believe Tenjouin's words.

"Coming all this way just to tell me this... could it be that you've fallen in love with me at first sight?" You smoothed his hair, then pointed to himself and said somewhat narcissistically.

From the moment he enrolled, he was surrounded by all sorts of grown men. It was rare to run into a female classmate, especially such a beautiful girl. Yuxing couldn't help but act a little flirtatious.

"This kind of thing is impossible..." Marufuji Sho rarely spoke such a truth.

“…Hehe.” The girl heard Yusei’s flippant words but remained silent.

She blinked, then covered her mouth and chuckled, changing the subject: "Speaking of which, Osiris-Red's welcome party is about to start. Are you sure you don't want to go?"

"Yeah, we should hurry back to the dorm." Yuki Judai, who had suggested going out for a walk earlier, only remembered this now.

"Wait for me, big brother!"

"Oh right, my name is Yusei. You helped us out of that situation earlier, but I didn't have a chance to ask your name yet." Seeing Yuki Judai and Marufuji Sho running towards the exit, Yusei quickly asked the girl's name.

"Tenjōin Asuka." The girl smiled slightly and told the three people who were about to leave her name.

"Ah... I'm Judai Yuki! Nice to meet you!" Upon hearing the girl introduce herself, Judai Yuki, who was running towards the exit, quickly turned around and announced her name.

After saying his name, Yuki Jaden quickened his pace and left.

"My name is Marufuji Sho, and I'm Judai's little brother..." Marufuji Sho grinned foolishly and pointed to himself. Then he ran away after Yuki Judai. The few seconds that his eyes met Asuka's made his heart pound and he was incredibly shy.

"Well, I'm leaving too. See you later." Yusei said goodbye to Asuka after seeing the two leave, and followed behind them.

“Yusei…” Asuka watched Yuusei’s departing figure and repeated his name to herself.

……

...

Time flew by and evening arrived. Each dormitory held a welcome party for the new students, arranged by the teachers.

As mentioned earlier, Obelisk's dormitory is similar to a European castle, and naturally, large banquets are held there.

The banquet was held in the dormitory lobby.

Professor Kunonos, as the teacher of the Blue Dormitory, raised a glass of beverage and delivered a passionate speech to the new students of Obelisk Blue.

The situation was similar in the Obelisk girls' dormitory on the other side.

The girls gathered around the indoor fountain, chatting about all sorts of interesting things that happened before they came to the Duel Academy.

Compared to the blue dormitories, the yellow dormitories seem rather ordinary.

Although there was no large party, the freshmen in Huang's dormitory were able to sit at a long table and share a table full of delicious food.

As for the red dormitory...

"What the hell is this?"

The freshmen gathered in the dilapidated and cramped cafeteria of the dormitory, looking at their dinners on metal trays, and said somewhat speechlessly.

Yusei glanced at the dinner on the iron tray: a bowl of white rice, a small plate of salted fish, a little Jerusalem artichoke, and a bowl of miso soup made with kelp.

The so-called welcome party was just an ordinary, even somewhat poor, dinner...

The differences between the three dormitories are just too great.

"Hey! The food in the other dorms is really good." Some freshmen seemed to have seen the food in the other dorms, probably because some of them were assigned to the yellow dorm.

"At least the teachers in the other dorms are human, but our dorm leader is a cat..." The person speaking glanced towards the kitchen, where a fat orange cat with brown tiger stripes was lying on a table near the kitchen.

The orange cat heard people talking about it, so it sat up and meowed to make its presence known.

"Is this fat guy... a cat?" the freshman asked uncertainly.

As they were talking, the curtain to the kitchen was opened, and a man with a middle parting, long black hair tied back, square-framed glasses, squinting eyes, and a slender but somewhat tall build walked into the cafeteria.

The man walked up to the orange cat, gently picked it up, and then greeted the new students: "Hey! I'm Otokuji, the dormitory head, and I teach alchemy-related courses. Nice to meet you."

058 The Duel of Ten Thousand Jangs

Yusei, Yuki Judai, and Marufuji Sho chose to sit at a four-person table near the exit.

"It's delicious!" As soon as Daitokuji-sensei finished introducing himself, Yuki Jaden, who was sitting opposite Yusei, couldn't help but express his opinion on the dinner.

Jaden Yuki's words of praise were filled with genuine emotion, not like he was deliberately pretending.

Everyone's gaze couldn't help but turn towards the direction of Jaden Yuki.

Skeptical at first, Yusei picked up a piece of salted fish with his chopsticks and tasted it, finding the flavor to be exactly as described.

It didn't taste very good...

Youxing: “…”

That makes sense. Appearance and taste are usually directly proportional. Osiris-Red is a gathering place for underachievers, so how could there be any gourmet food? At most, it's just enough to fill your stomach.

"Everyone's looking over here! Big brother, your voice is too loud!" Sitting next to Yuki Judai, Marufuji Sho looked around and couldn't help but remind him.

"Is that so? But this food is really delicious!" Yuki Judai said, while constantly putting food into his mouth.

"Uh... I have some extra food here, feel free to take it if you don't mind." Yusei pointed to the few remaining salted fish in the bowl and plate in front of him and said to Yuki Judai.

Yusei doesn't have a big appetite, but the portions at Duel Academy are really small, so he finished his dinner quickly. However, everyone around him looked uncomfortable with the food, so Yusei didn't feel comfortable asking for more rice.

"Is that so? Then I won't be polite." As Yuki Judai spoke, he picked up the salted fish from Yusei's plate with his chopsticks and quickly ate it with rice.

"Holy crap, this guy..."

"How can you eat this kind of vegetable with such relish?"

"It's probably a reincarnated starving ghost..."

Everyone was stunned by Yuki Judai's nonchalant attitude and was speechless for a moment.

"Big brother, the teacher is still greeting everyone!" Marufuji Sho looked at Daitokuji-sensei walking towards the three of them, feeling a little uneasy.

"Don't worry about these little things!" Daitokuji walked up to Yuki Judai, put his hands behind his back, bent down slightly, and said to the three of them.

Daitokuji's tall stature blocked the light shining from the ceiling of the dining hall, casting huge human-shaped shadows on the tables. Coupled with his perpetually squinting eyes and his smiling, tiger-like demeanor, he gave off a terrifying aura no matter how you looked at him...

"Uh..." Judai Yuki looked at Daitokuji and realized that he seemed to be the center of attention. He looked at Yusei sitting opposite him, wanting to confirm his thoughts.

Yusei shrugged and gave Jaden Yuki a helpless look, indicating that, bro, you've definitely become the center of attention.

"Well... it doesn't matter." After saying that, Yuki Judai stood up and prepared to go to the kitchen to get more rice.

"Then I'll go get some too..." Seeing Yuki Jaden like this, Yusei felt that he didn't need to be too restrained. He should just do what he wanted and not care what others thought.

"You two are really something..." Marufuji Sho said helplessly as he watched the two of them get up. The food in front of him had barely been touched.

Looking at the two of them, Daitokuji smiled without saying a word.

He adjusted his glasses, walked to the cafeteria entrance, then turned to the new students and said, "Well then, everyone, please take care of me from now on!"

……

...

After dinner, Yusei and his two companions returned to their dormitory.

When they returned during the day, they had already picked up their bedding, toiletries, and other daily necessities, and had spent some time arranging their dormitory, so they could rest now.

"Ah~ I'm full~ I'm full~" Yuki Judai sat on the tatami, patting his bulging belly and showing a satisfied smile.

After finishing his speech at Daitoku-ji Temple, he went to have several more meals until he was finally full.

"Why isn't anyone asking for more rice? It's so delicious!" Judai Yuki asked, rubbing his stomach with some confusion.

"Well, the food isn't very good, just enough to fill your stomach..." Yusei sat on the bed and gave his opinion.

"The only ones who would choose to have another bowl are you two." Marufuji Sho poured the brewed tea into cups, then handed them to the two of them on a tray.

"Thank you~" Yuki Judai gratefully accepted the tea that Marufuji Sho brought him; he really needed to digest it.

"+1~" Yusei took the teacup and sipped it.

"Hayato, would you like some tea?" Marufuji Sho asked Hayato, who was in the upper bunk of Yusei.

Hayato has been lying in bed ever since they entered the dorm. He's too lazy to eat or drink anything; he's basically living like a corpse.

"I don't need it." Hayato rolled over in bed. Yusei, sitting on the lower bunk, could feel the bed trembling slightly. This is how it is when a large person sleeps on the upper bunk.

"Why not? It's rare for Sho to brew tea for you..." Jaden Yuki complained, looking at Hayato. Although Jaden Yuki said that there was no friendship between duelists, his current attitude clearly showed that the three of them had become quite familiar with each other.

"It's alright, big brother." Marufuji Sho waved his hand, indicating that he didn't take it to heart.

"It's not because the food is bad that I don't go to the cafeteria. It's just that thinking about my sad situation makes me feel uneasy, and that's why I can't eat," Hayato explained.

"The Red Dorm can't be this hopeless..." Yusei felt that Hayato's behavior was far too passive. If everyone was just waiting to die like him, then the Red Dorm would have no reason to exist.

Just as he was about to refute Hayato's point of view, the electronic manual in his pocket suddenly beeped. Yusei took out the device and found it was a video text message from someone.

Yuki Judai and Marufuji Sho heard the noise and came over.

Yusei opened the message and found that it was from Manjoume, whom he had met during the day.

"Yo~ Osiris's underachiever, I'll be waiting for you in the daytime duel arena at midnight tomorrow."

"A card duel is wagered on the best cards of both sides."

"You can all come at me together!"

"Bring it on if you dare!"

The video shows Manjoume with a mocking sneer on his face, as if he sees Yusei and his two companions as nothing more than lambs to the slaughter.

"A card duel? Does that mean the loser has to give their best card to the other?" Marufuji Sho looked frightened. After all, cards are incredibly important to duelists, and few people would willingly give up their cards, let alone their best ones.