Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Hurry up! Look, Coach Napoleon! Don't hold me back!"

With all his might, Professor Chronos charged headlong toward the port.

"He actually ran... What happened, Professor Chronos? Is there someone among the new students you've taken a liking to? Someone you need to rush over to greet..."

The short, stocky man with a mustache, whose height barely reached Professor Chronos's waist, struggled to keep up behind Professor Chronos while asking this question.

"...Does that even need to be said? Today is the new principal's first day here! I have to build up my reputation first. Maybe once my rating goes up and I leave in place of the principal, I'll become the new principal!" Professor Chronos lowered his head, waving his fingers, and spoke of his ambitions.

He doesn't need to do anything special; as long as he endures long enough, he can outlast all his competitors.

"Pfft... That's impossible..."

"Kisama (you bastard)..."

"Well, I'm quite interested in this year's freshmen... It would be impossible to say that there aren't any ideal freshmen among so many people."

Not wanting to dwell on this boring topic any longer, Coach Napoleon changed the subject.

"An ideal freshman? Yes, there is."

As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the port.

With a mysterious smile on his face, Professor Chronos stopped and immediately pulled a magazine from his pocket.

Napoleon the Coach: "Hmm?...What is that?"

"Hehehe... Don't be shocked after you hear what I'm about to say!"

Professor Chronos unfolded the magazine, pointing towards Napoleon, and pointed to a section with illustrations. He continued, "Among today's new students... there's that young, talented duelist who's active in the World League—Ed Phoenix! Look!"

Following the direction Professor Chronos was pointing, Coach Napoleon immediately turned his gaze there, and then he saw the image of a half-body girl printed in the magazine, occupying a large portion of the space.

Her long, silvery-white hair was tied into high pigtails, falling to the left and right sides of her shoulders respectively.

A few strands of hair fell around her ears, highlighting her snow-white skin.

A faint melancholy lingered in her eyes, which shone like jewels.

A pretty girl in a white dress, with a slightly languid expression, was chewing gum listlessly, looking at the camera with an indifferent attitude.

That posture exuded the composure of a professional player.

Although she is a young girl, she gives off an impression of being aloof and unapproachable.

"What...you mean that the genius girl...she got into our academy?"

Staring directly at the beautiful girl in the magazine, the shocked Napoleon's eyes widened suddenly, and his jaw unconsciously dropped to the floor.

"But... why would she, a very active professional duelist, specifically come to our Duel Academy?"

"That must be because she was captivated by the charm of our college!"

Seeing Napoleon's mouth agape in shock, Professor Chronos put away the magazine with satisfaction and began to marvel at his own narcissism.

As expected of a girl hailed as a dueling prodigy, she certainly has an eye for talent! Hahahaha...!!!

Napoleon the Emancipator: "Is...that so?"

Professor Chronos: "That's right, exactly!"

"Oh! This is the Duel Academy!"

"So... I'll be living here for the next three years?"

"Wow, amazing! I didn't know there really were islands like this in the middle of the ocean!"

As the two chatted, a large number of freshmen emerged from the ferries at the port, looking around with curiosity.

Upon seeing this scene, the two immediately ended their chat and rushed off to greet the new students.

Welcome, everyone!

"That's right, welcome! A warm welcome!"

There were no troublemakers like last year among today's new students, so the orientation went very smoothly.

However, to the surprise of Professor Chronos and Napoleon, the acting principal and the genius girl were not included in this list.

Perhaps they didn't come by boat, but used other means of transportation?

……

"That Yusei guy said he had something to do and had to go out for a while, but then he just disappeared..."

With a blade of grass casually dangling from his mouth, Jaden Yuki lay back under the shade of a tree near the Red Cliffs of Osiris, gazing at the azure sky. He couldn't help but think to himself, "What could possibly be going on at this time of year? Could it be that he, like Sho, is using an excuse to chat up the pretty girls among the freshmen?"

Women are such a pain in the ass!

What's more interesting than a duel?

Yusei! When will you finally understand this?

"Big brother... someone's looking for you! It's a cute girl!!!"

"...Huh? What girl?"

Just as Jaden Yuki was lamenting Yusei's lack of ambition, his younger brother's voice suddenly snapped him out of his thoughts.

With a puzzled look in his eyes, Jaden Yuki stood up and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Then, he saw the pathetic underling, Marufuji Sho, who was acting like a lovesick sycophant, leading the way for someone, and a silver-haired beauty in a black and white dress, walking leisurely not far behind him.

"Xiang? What happened?"

Seeing his younger brother's humble posture, Yuki Judai's lips twitched involuntarily.

"Ah... it's like this, when I was chatting up girls at the port... oh no! When I was giving directions to the freshmen, this junior girl... hehehe... came up to me and said she wanted to see how I used the Hero Deck!"

With his hands clasped together on the side of his face, head tilted, and body twisting, Marufuji Sho continued, "So, I brought her to our dorm... After all, besides Yusei and my older brother, there aren't any other hero users in our academy..."

“That’s right, my name is Ed Phoenix, and I would like to have a duel with my respected senior.”

Ed, who politely placed his hands on his stomach in a docile manner, continued speaking towards Jaden Yuki: "I heard that there are very powerful Hero Deck users in this Duel Academy... so I came here specifically for this Duel Academy. Please, please accept my challenge."

"...A hero? That has to be me!"

Standing in front of the Osiris Red Dormitory, Jaden Yuki, who was being spoken to by a white-haired girl with twin tails, immediately smiled and confidently pointed to himself: "No one understands heroes better than me, freshman, you've come to the right person!"

As a user of a pure hero deck, Jaden Yuki believes that he understands the spirit of heroes better than Yusei.

Therefore, the moment Edward finished speaking, he accepted the duel challenge without hesitation.

As for whether the other person is a beautiful girl... Jaden Yuki said he didn't care and had no interest.

A duel, as long as it's a duel.

I, Jaden Yuki, have fallen in love with duels! Nothing can separate us!

"Alright... Enough talk, let's get this over with, freshmen!"

Jaden Yuki, clenching his right fist and pounding his chest, put on the brand-new Duel Disk assigned to him by the academy and said with a laugh, "Let me, your senior, take your attack! Hahahaha..."

"Still so energetic, Judai." The person temporarily in charge of the daily life of the Osiris Red Dorm came out upon hearing the voice, hugged Aunt Domi who was holding Pharaoh, and looked at Judai Yuki with a silly grin on his face, and couldn't help but sigh.

This optimistic attitude is very much in line with his style.

"Hmm... He's only just entered his second year, and my older brother is already acting like a senior to the new students..." Seeing that the duel was about to begin, Marufuji Sho stood aside on his own initiative and felt that his older brother was a bit embarrassing.

Every now and then, he would turn his gaze toward Edward.

Ah... what a beautiful girl! Her perfect appearance almost surpasses Asuka's, right?

If there's one shortcoming, it's probably that her heart isn't as big as Asuka's...

"...Nice to meet you." The girl, smiling and nodding, smoothed her hair and raised her duel disk: "Duel!"

"Oh! Duel!" Seeing this, Jaden Yuki also raised his Duel Disk.

"...Judai, is he dueling with a newcomer?" Just as Judai's duel with Ed Phoenix had begun, Asuka and Manjoume appeared here.

Looking at the two people not far away, Asuka uttered this question.

The freshman across from me... that girl, she seems... somewhere I've seen her before?

However, there shouldn't be such a person in the junior high school... Could it be that he was transferred to the senior high school and is a freshman who was admitted from outside?

"A freshman? Who is that guy on the other side? How dare he have such audacity!" Manjoume, who could never defeat Yuki Judai no matter what, couldn't help but show a look of astonishment on his face when he heard this news.

How dare he challenge that god-tier draw guy? There's actually such a brave soul among this year's freshmen?

"What...it's actually a beautiful girl?"

"...Manjoume?"

"Uh……"

Manjoume's mouth was agape in surprise, wide enough to fit a duck egg. Realizing his rudeness, he smiled sheepishly and closed his mouth after Asuka reminded him.

Ahem... You've got the focus wrong. We should be putting our attention on the duel now.

……

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Upon receiving a message on his phone, Yusei rushed from his dormitory to the helipad behind the mountain, where he was waiting for someone to arrive.

Just like what Jaden Yuki thought, he did indeed come to meet a woman.

However, contrary to his expectations, for Yusei, this was less of a flirtation and more like a parent coming to inspect the place.

"Long time no see, Yusei. How have you been lately?"

A black-haired girl, her hair pulled back and dressed in a women's formal suit, stepped out of a private helicopter bearing the logo of the Kaiba Entertainment Group and approached Yusei, who was waiting there.

"Hmm...not bad, I guess I'm doing alright?" Yusei scratched his head and looked at the long-unseen Tengu Musubi across from him, saying somewhat uncertainly.

He utterly defeated the original main characters one by one, and almost single-handedly resolved the demon chaos caused by Kagemaru.

Yusei is currently enjoying unparalleled popularity, and he seems to be surpassing Caesar in his prime.

If you say it's not going well, then it definitely doesn't count.

But to be fair... the living environment hasn't changed. It's pretty much the same as before, so it's not exactly great.