Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

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"Lulu~~~ Fat cat, come out quickly~~~~"

With one hand fiddling with a cat toy and the other holding a flashlight, Manjoume, who was searching the forest with his spirit, Disruptive Yellow, called out into the darkness, "Fat cat, where are you? Come out quickly!"

"Meow~"

As if enticing Manjoume, after he uttered those words, the meowing sound from the Pharaoh echoed in Manjoume's ears.

Following the direction from which the sound came, Wan Zhangmu, who had raised an eyebrow, couldn't help but turn his head.

Then he discovered the alchemical symbols beneath his feet, Daitokuji's glasses, and the figure of the Pharaoh curled up.

"I've finally found you, you rascal!"

He bent down to pick up the glasses from the ground, frowned, and stared at the mysterious symbol. A sense of foreboding flashed through his mind.

He had a feeling that he had fallen into someone's trap...

"Meow~~~"

Seeing that Wan Zhangmu did not move, but instead frowned and pondered the current situation.

The Pharaoh meowed again, raised his paws, and wagged his tail as he walked in a certain direction.

Is there something in that direction?

Filled with doubt, Manjōmu, after a moment's thought, decided to follow behind the Pharaoh.

Then, he discovered the tie and shirt that originally belonged to Master Daitokuji, scattered on the ground...

Unbeknownst to him, he had arrived at a lakeside shrouded in white mist.

"...Who on earth would play such a pointless joke?"

By the light of the flashlight, Manjou stared at the thing at his feet that looked like Daitokuji-sensei's underwear, and his brows furrowed tightly.

Who the hell wants to see men's big shorts?

Give me something good!

Mysterious man: "..."

"……who?!"

Wan Zhangmu's complaining behavior was all seen by someone.

Sensing the intense, malevolent aura emanating from someone across the lake, Wan Zhangmu frowned and inquired before turning his gaze, along with the lamplight, toward the opposite side.

"Who... exactly are you?"

Looking at the man under the lamplight, who showed no intention of hiding, his entire body wrapped in a gray cloak and exuding an ominous aura, Wan Zhangmu's premonition of something bad began to grow stronger.

At this moment, he was finally able to confirm that he had been led here by the man in front of him.

This man is definitely connected to the disappearance of Master Daitokuji!

"..."

Still, no sound was heard. The mysterious man, who was being questioned sternly by Manjoume, silently raised the duel disk in his hand.

"Hmph! A duel? You... are you perhaps the last of the Seven Star Kings?"

With a confident smile playing on his lips, Manjou watched the mysterious figure treading on the water's surface and imitated him, taking steps towards the river ahead before standing effortlessly on the lake's surface.

"...Before you're defeated, you'd better remember my name well!"

With a somewhat arrogant air, he struck what he thought was a cool pose, raised his arm, and shouted towards the sky, "I am... one, ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand Joume Lightning!!!"

"Wow!!! As expected of the eldest brother! So handsome!!!"

"That's right! Brother Manjoume! Beat that arrogant guy over there until he's crawling on the ground!"

Amidst the cheers of his brothers and the surging waves, Manjoume fearlessly raised his sword of rebellion against the mysterious figure before him, just like Asuka had fallen earlier...

Mysterious man: "..."

Without revealing any expression, the mysterious man, who had been verbally dissed, simply adopted a stance of resistance...

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

Yusei and his group, who were heading in different directions from Manjoume, found the Pharaoh's figure, who was sitting cross-legged, under a relatively secluded tree.

"Found him! It's the living Pharaoh!"

"Great... This way we can follow the clues and find out where Master Daitokuji is!"

"Good heavens, they were hiding here? I've been looking for them for ages!"

Yusei, holding the fat cat in his arms, also showed a relieved expression on his face.

With the appearance of the Pharaoh, the dead-end search will take a turn for the better.

Now, we can move on to the end.

"Pharaoh, do you know where Master Daitokuji is?" With a serious expression, Judai Yuki asked his cat master about the cat lover's whereabouts.

"……Meow?"

It seemed like they understood, yet it also seemed like they didn't understand at all.

In short, after hearing Jaden Yuki's question, Pharaoh extended his claw and pointed in a certain direction.

That direction was exactly where Manjoume had gone before.

"...Hmm? That direction?"

Could it be...?

Anyway... let's go over there and take a look!

They nodded to each other, and under the Pharaoh's guidance, the group headed towards their destination.

After passing through dense forests and narrow paths, the group arrived at the lake where Manjō had previously stayed.

Then... they saw a series of cards floating on the lake and on the shore, as well as the figures of the three brothers who were posing in a dejected forward bend.

"...Big Brother!!!"

"……how come?"

Having witnessed Wan Zhangmu's defeat, the three brothers' faces remained filled with despair.

Upon seeing this scene, Jaden Yuki dropped his flashlight to the ground...

"It seems that Manjoume had a duel with someone here and was defeated..."

Analyzing the current situation, Yusei added, "These cards scattered all over the ground, and the traces of someone who doesn't exist here... surely Manjoume must have encountered the final Seven Star King?"

"...The Last King of the Seven Stars?"

"...At this time?"

Seeing the current tragic situation, everyone had a general idea of ​​the strength of the final Seven Star King.

Manjou's strength is already among the top in the Duel Academy.

There are very few people who can consistently outdo him.

And how powerful must the Seven Star King be to defeat Manjou-moku!

415 Signs of Destruction

The location beneath the Duel Academy is where the "Three Phantom Demons" cards are sealed.

The mysterious man who defeated Asuka and Manjoume in the duel also appeared here.

After inserting the three keys, including the key to Daitoku-ji Temple, into the sealing pedestal, the mysterious person who had accomplished all this remained silent, stepped aside, and quietly awaited what would happen next.

Professor Chronos, Ryo Marufuji, Daitokuji, Asuka Tenjouin, Inazuma Manjoume...

After all five keys were collected, the sealed pedestal began to emit a dazzling, deep blue light.

Although the keys for Jaden Yuki and Yusei are still missing, the seal has already shown clear signs of loosening in its current state.

Thus, the bizarre scene that Yusei and his friends are now witnessing came about.

Accompanied by the violent shaking that occurred throughout the entire island, five rainbow-colored beams of light shot up from the bottom of the deep sea and then shot straight towards the dark sky shrouded in clouds.

These pillars of light that suddenly appeared around the island acted like some kind of barrier, directly sealing off the nearby sea area and turning the Duel Academy into a closed, isolated island.

No one can enter it, and naturally... no one can leave it either.

"What on earth is causing this unusual shaking?"

"Ahhh... Five pillars of light have enveloped the entire island... Does that mean the Seven Star King has already obtained all five keys besides ours?"

"Manjoume, and Asuka... they're already..."

"As expected, even Master Daitokuji has..."

"...You must be kidding me."

"...Is the seal on the Seven Star Sect about to be broken?"

Before he could grieve the disappearance of Manjoume and Asuka, Yusei, feeling the violent shaking that was happening across the entire island, picked up the cards scattered around him, his brows furrowing tightly.

This anomaly is far greater than any before.

Unbeknownst to them, the two guardians of the key had been defeated one after another.

Clearly, apart from Yusei and Jaden Yuki, who possess the keys, all the other keys have been placed on the sealing pedestal.

There's no need to check it yourself, and there's no need to take any chances.

The changes happening right now are the best proof.

"That's how it is..."

[Disruptive Yellow], picked up from the ground, made a crying face in the card art while complaining to Yusei and the others, "...Something bad is about to happen!"

"Aaaaaaah!!! I knew it! The seal is about to be broken... Big brother, we'd better run!!!"