Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Unlike the previous fragmented dolls that looked terrifying and were filled with negative emotions, the one appearing now is an adorable little girl doll wearing a red candy dress.

From the monster before them, Jaden Yuki and Yusei could vaguely sense a warm and positive emotion.

The appearance of this monster signifies that Alice herself has broken free from the shadows of the past and bravely taken steps toward the future.

"The effect of 【Beautiful Porcelain Doll - Aishira】 is activated! This card gains 1000 ATK for every set of 【Doll Parts】 (4 different parts) monsters in your Graveyard!"

In the previous duel, all three sets of "Puppet Parts" monsters in Alice's deck had been sent to her graveyard.

therefore……

"Therefore, at this moment, the attack power of [Beautiful Porcelain Doll - Aishira] will increase by 3000 points!!!"

A red light appeared on Aishira's body. Bathed in this light, her attack power also increased dramatically, soaring to 4000 points in an instant, reaching the God Realm of Duel Monsters!

Freed from the shackles of darkness, the doll was reborn from the inside out at this moment!

"Battle begins! Jaden Yuki... I launch a direct attack on you with [Beautiful Porcelain Doll - Aishira]!"

With a smile on her face, Alice waved her arms and gave the order to attack her monster.

After being hit by the effects of the trap cards, Jaden Yuki no longer had any monsters on his field.

If all goes well, this attack from the beautiful porcelain doll, Aishira, will bring Alice an unshakeable victory!

but……

"Wow, Alice is amazing! She's incredibly strong!!!"

With his right fist clenched and placed against his heart, Jaden Yuki, his face beaming with excitement as he watched the doll approach, immediately activated his face-down card: "But... I'll activate [Magic Cylinder]!!!"

Alice: "..."

Youxing: “…”

Good guy...

Seeing the face card that Jaden Yuki opened, not only Alice, his opponent, but also Yusei and the others watching from the sidelines couldn't help but show a speechless expression.

This is... the light you were talking about?

Jaden Yuki, so you've started playing with deep pits too!

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[Magic Cylinder]

(Trap Card)

Effect: When an opponent's monster declares an attack, you can target 1 attacking monster. Negate that attacking monster's attack and inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK.

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Two magic cylinders with strange patterns engraved on their surfaces appeared in front of Jaden Yuki as a trap card was activated.

【The beautiful porcelain doll - Aishira】with a high attack power of 4000 points, she threw her little fists at Jaden Yuki.

However, this final blow, which carried Alice's hopes, was instead reflected back onto Alice herself through the magic tube.

After suffering damage far exceeding her maximum health, Alice could only helplessly accept her defeat.

(Alice LP: 800→0)

"Hehehe~~ I won! What a pleasant duel!"

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, after winning the duel, Jaden Yuki put away his duel disk and then extended his right index and middle fingers towards Alice opposite him, half-closing his eyes and striking that standard victory (or rather, swagger) pose.

"Judai, that's enough!" Yusei walked up to Yuki Judai, speechlessly reached out and covered his arm, then gave Alice an apologetic look: "Sorry, Alice... this guy's emotional intelligence is just like that!"

"N-nothing...it's alright..." Alice's lips twitched, concealing the frustration and shame welling up inside her, and maintaining her feminine composure, she slowly said, "A duel that's fun regardless of winning or losing, that's what you entrusted to me..."

After saying this, Alice's body floated up.

Surrounded by moonlight, she slowly vanished from sight before everyone's eyes.

All that remained of her were those heartfelt words that echoed around everyone: "Kenzan, Jaden, Yusei... I will never forget you, thank you... I was truly happy during this short time we spent together..."

"Alice..."

Seemingly sensing Alice's feelings, Kenzan, who was in a coma, unconsciously let out a gurgling sound.

……

"……Meow?"

"Great! They're back!"

"...This little cutie went missing for a while yesterday! I was so worried about her~~~"

The next day, Aunt Domi, carrying the fat cat Pharaoh, returned to the room she had cleaned earlier.

Looking at the glass display case, a relieved smile appeared on her face after she saw the Alice doll placed inside.

"Alice..."

Standing in front of the glass display case, looking at the girl he had spent time with before, Kenzan, heartbroken, sighed deeply.

Seeing the disappointment on Kenzan's face, Yusei and Jaden Yuki exchanged a glance before placing their hands on his shoulders, one on each side, to comfort him. "Well, Kenzan... Alice has broken free from the influence of darkness. You should be happy for her now!"

"Big brother..."

Looking at the two people beside him, Jian Shan's expression hardened.

As if he had made up his mind, he raised his head and clenched his fist tightly: "I will keep working hard so that I can reunite with Alice someday!"

"Hehehe... This sentiment is enough." Patting Kenzan on the shoulder, Yusei turned to look at Alice in the glass display case.

Now it has reverted to the appearance of a doll, losing its previous characteristics.

But as long as Kenzan's will is strong enough, then the two of them will surely meet again someday!

558 A new rival in love?

"Oh? This question... it's interesting! It's another one of my friends' series!"

That night, in the Osiris Red Dormitory.

With nothing to do, Youxing was casually scrolling through his phone, appreciating the latest news and current events.

However, recent news has been mostly just meaningless drivel.

Feeling bored, Yusei swiped his finger and clicked into an anonymous chat forum he often browsed.

In this place, he happened to see a rather interesting question.

The gist of it is: I have a friend who is too shy to confess his feelings to the girl he likes, and he hopes to get help from everyone.

Of course, everyone knows that.

In general, "this friend" refers to the person asking the question.

However, generally speaking, no one would actively expose this obvious fact.

"...Friends, right?"

Just as Yusei was finding it interesting and was about to reply to the question, the voice of Yuki Jaden, who had just woken up from a nap, suddenly echoed in his ears.

"Huh? Yusei, aren't you asleep yet?" Jaden Yuki asked his roommate while yawning.

Xiang and Jianshan were fast asleep, like dead pigs. Judging from their posture, they probably wouldn't wake up even if the sky fell.

Therefore, Jaden Yuki and Yusei can communicate freely without having to deliberately lower their voices.

"Well, wait a minute, I just found a forum that's pretty interesting~"

"An interesting forum? Let me check it out..."

Yusei waved to Jaden Yuki, a pleased expression on his face.

Curious about this, Jaden Yuki also moved his head over and looked at Yusei's phone screen.

"Well... I have a friend who wants to pursue a girl who's everyone's idol, not someone easily won over... But every time he tries to make up his mind, he gets stage fright and gives up... I'd like to ask everyone what to do in this situation..."

Scratching his head, Judai Yuki, who knew absolutely nothing about romance, read the message displayed on his phone while a big question mark popped into his head: "Uh... what is this? Is this so-called friend actually himself?"

"Ahem, that's roughly it... Just keep it in mind."

Clearing his throat, Yusei nodded, confirming Jaden Yuki's guess.

In these anonymous chat forums, no one knows anyone else, so people can do things they wouldn't normally dare to do. Even introverted people can bravely share their thoughts with other strangers.

Anyway, no one will know who said it.

However... even the emotionally challenged Jaden Yuki had already discerned the hidden meaning in this statement, despite the somewhat overwhelming amount of information it contained.

As for Yusei, it goes without saying.

The guy who posted this question seems to be a bit careless and completely lacks cunning.

"Yusei, can I borrow your phone for a second?"

"Hmm, are you planning to give him advice?"

Yusei handed the phone to Jaden Yuki, and a look of curiosity appeared on his face.

He was actually quite curious about Jaden Yuki's answer.

After all, romance is something that has absolutely nothing to do with him!

Yusei couldn't even imagine the scene of Yuki Jaden and someone having a normal relationship like any other couple.

This situation falls into his area of ​​blind spot.

"Oh...like this...and then like this...umm~~~"

With his fingers flying across the phone screen, Jaden Yuki smiled as he conveyed his thoughts through a text message: "...You won! Boy, the duel is now yours!"

Incidentally, he used Yusei's account during this process.

Therefore, the screen display resulted in the following situation—

【Let's be friends!】: Don't give up before you start drawing cards! Build your best deck and then go into a duel in style!!!