Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

【Let's be friends!】: As long as you have the love for dueling and the respect for your opponent, there is nothing to fear!

"..."

Taking the phone and looking at Jaden Yuki's reply, Yusei couldn't help but show a speechless expression: "Jaden, the question was about love, and your answer has absolutely nothing to do with it!"

"Huh? Is that so?" Scratching his head in confusion, Jaden Yuki smiled somewhat sheepishly. "But, I think love and stuff are pretty much the same as dueling, right?"

"But isn't the person who asked this question lacking the courage to confess their feelings?"

"Uh...this..."

Upon hearing Yusei's words, Jaden Yuki also realized his own problem.

However, what's done is done, and what's said can't be taken back now.

Now, all we can do is pray for the person who asked the question to have good luck...

……

"A love for dueling... and a respect for your opponent... is that right?"

"...I feel like...I think I'm finally finding the courage!"

On the other side, the former Obelisk Blue dormitory is now the headquarters of the Society of Light.

In a private room, a young man dressed in a white trench coat uniform from the Society of Light, with square-framed glasses perched on his nose and exuding an aura of a typical otaku, was intently staring at the computer screen in front of him.

As the one who asked the interesting question, he couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression after seeing the answer made by Jaden Yuki using Yusei's phone.

After pondering the problem intently for a moment, he seemed to have figured it out. He clapped his hands vigorously and exclaimed in sudden realization, "...So that's it! So that's all I needed to do!"

"Thank you so much! To the kind person with the ID 'Let's be friends!', after seeing your message, I feel like I can finally muster up the courage!"

After typing his answer into the forum, the bespectacled man raised his head, adjusted his glasses, and looked at the wall in front of him.

On that wall, there was a poster of Asuka Tenjouin that had been secretly photographed.

Asuka in the picture is not wearing her current white uniform, but rather the Obelisk blue ocean-themed skirt suit that Yusei is familiar with...

In the poster, Asuka gently places her hand over her mouth as she walks and chats with her two best friends, Junko and Momoe, laughing and talking.

He seemed completely unaware that someone had secretly taken this photo of him.

"...Tomorrow! Tomorrow I'm going to confess to Tenjouin!"

Gazing at the blonde beauty on the poster on the wall, the bespectacled man silently clenched his fists, a resolute determination seemingly welling up within him: "Asuka! You absolutely have to wait for me!!!"

……

"Hey! Don't run so fast, Kenzan!"

"Hehehe~~~ It's because Marufuji-senpai's legs are too short, you can't keep up with us!"

"Oh~~~ Yusei...this jogging route is pretty good!"

"Well... after all, this road passes by the Obelisk Blue dormitory, so it's naturally much more luxurious than our Osiris Red..."

The next day, Yusei and his group, who were planning to go to the Duel Academy, decided on a whim to take a detour and pass by Obelisk Blue's dormitory.

As they experienced the beautiful scenery around them, so different from their usual surroundings, a sense of novelty, unlike anything they had felt before, welled up within them.

At the top of the bushes they were passing, lurked a figure resembling a voyeur.

That was the bespectacled man who, last night, unexpectedly received encouragement from Yuki Judai and decided to cause trouble.

"Found her, Asuka~~~ She's definitely studying diligently in her dorm..."

"Today... I must confess to Asuka today! But... at this crucial moment, I just can't muster the courage..."

After struggling internally for a long time, the bespectacled man, who had finally prepared to confess his feelings, began to feel discouraged again, just like the previous times.

He hid on a tree trunk outside the dormitory and used binoculars to spy on the scene inside the dormitory.

Lacking the courage to speak to Asuka in person, he could only find meaning in his life through this method.

In his own words, this behavior is called the solitary watchman.

But in reality, he was nothing more than a voyeur.

Incidentally, during this time, the bespectacled man didn't see anything of value. Asuka, being cautious by nature, wouldn't allow others to have the opportunity to peek into her private life.

"Ugh... I listened to the advice of netizens and built a deck that I was really proud of, but... sigh! Judging from the current situation... I guess I won't be able to use it anymore, right?"

Just as the bespectacled man pulled out his deck, lamenting his powerlessness and cowardice, a gentle breeze blew by, and one of his cards broke free from his grasp, drifting freely towards the foot of the tree.

And this card just happened to land in front of Yusei and his group who were passing by.

"...Huh??? What the heck? A card falling from the sky?"

"what is this?"

Curious, Yusei picked up the card from the ground and stopped, a look of confusion immediately appearing on his face.

Unlike cards commonly seen in peacetime, this card features a large "30" printed on it, and its effect description is also very unique.

Kenzan: "The card name is... [Obelisk-30]?"

Jaden Yuki: "Hey! This seems like a pretty interesting card!"

Marufuji Sho: "Big brother... there seem to be some problems written on it!"

Curious about the card, the crowd gathered around Yusei and began to examine the information of this card that had fallen from the sky with him.

"...This card's effect panel doesn't have an effect description, it's a question, right?" Raising an eyebrow, Yusei continued reading: "...Please name three cards that have special victory conditions."

"Special victory conditions? Ah! I know, I know!"

Upon seeing the question, Kenzan immediately curled his lips into a smug smile and said triumphantly, "As long as you collect all five parts of the [Dark Archmage], you can unconditionally obtain a special victory!"

The effect of the [Dark Archmage] is a victory based on the rules. Once all parts of it are gathered in the player's hand, the duelist can ignore all rules and claim the crown of victory in the duel.

In his youth, Kaiba's president fell victim to Yugi Muto's (Yama's) incredible five-body-piece draw...

"The Summoning Disc that Dark Bakura used also counts, right? As long as you gather all the letters, you can win the duel."

"Two are already, but there's still one more..."

"There's another one, what was it again?"

Just as Yusei was pondering the card for his third special victory, the bespectacled man above them, a smug smile on his lips, leaped down and appeared right in front of them.

"……who is it?"

"Hehehe... You don't even know the answer to this kind of question?"

The bespectacled man, adjusting his glasses, stood up and looked at the crowd: "The final condition for victory is the [Countdown to the End]!"

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The countdown to the end.

(Normal Spell Card)

Effect: Pay 2000 Life Points. 20 turns after this card is activated, you win this duel.

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【Countdown to the End】This card often appears in some defensive decks. It is used in combination with 【Number 59 Rebel Chef】, an all-resistance monster that is Xyz Summoned by 【Right-Handed Shark】 which has the ability to be "not destroyed by battle", to bring a different and new experience to the opponent.

Forcefully drag the fight through 20 rounds, then win the duel while your opponent is in a state of extreme frustration.

Anyone who has encountered this shameless duo will instinctively raise their middle finger and then join the ranks of the evil forces...

This is a typical example of someone who joins a fight if they can't win.

"Ah... I see! It really is the [Countdown to the End]!" Only after the bespectacled man reminded him did Yusei remember the existence of this off-the-beaten-path card.

but……

"Speaking of which... who the hell are you? Why did you suddenly pop up like that?"

"Yeah, yeah, that's really suspicious! If I remember correctly, this should be the girls' dormitory area, right?"

"You wouldn't... be spying on me, would you?"

"Uh...this..."

Faced with the suspicious gazes of the crowd, the bespectacled man, who felt seen through, instinctively took a few steps back, and beads of cold sweat began to appear on his forehead.

In a moment of quick thinking, he suddenly pointed behind everyone: "Ah! Look over there... there are flying seahorse people!"

"What?! A seahorse man?"

"Ah...that kid got away!"

Although they knew it was unlikely, everyone who heard these words instinctively looked away and gazed behind them.

The bespectacled man, seizing the opportunity, quickly jumped and slid into the roadside bushes.

His hurried demeanor was just like that of a primary school student caught sneaking online by their parents...

559 Yusei: I tried it, it's very moisturizing.

The bespectacled man, fleeing from the crowd, was as fast as a wildcat whose tail had been stepped on; he vanished in the blink of an eye.

His hurried manner suggested that he didn't even intend to keep the card he had left behind...

"Varied……"

"That kid, he's got a really fast escape!"

"Hmph! Suspicious guy, let's hurry and chase after him! This kid is definitely up to something! Loitering around the girls' dormitory, he might be a perverted peeping tom!"

"...You can never judge a book by its cover! This bespectacled man looks quite honest, how could he do something like this!"

Speechless at the bespectacled man's actions, the group exchanged bewildered glances before deciding to follow him.

However, at this moment, a voice tinged with anger suddenly echoed in their ears, forcibly pulling them back from their steps.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Yusei paused for a moment before instinctively turning his head to look in the direction from which the voice came.

"...What are you guys doing here?"

Along with this voice, Asuka, her face showing displeasure, appeared before everyone.