Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

With trembling fingers, Misawa, speechless after being told what to do, could only helplessly watch them leave.

Unable to bear the negative atmosphere permeating the room, Daichi Misawa gritted his teeth and quickly fled to the second-floor balcony.

Looking at the bright moon hanging in the sky as always, his mood gradually calmed down.

“Ed told me earlier that the King of Zaitsev intends to recruit as many powerful duelists as possible into his society…”

"But...why? Why wasn't I chosen? Yusei and Jaden Yuki both had people actively challenging them...but me..."

"I'm strong! I'm clearly number one, but why? Why wasn't I targeted???"

As if to vent his resentment, Daichi Misawa pounded on the balcony railing.

Feeling the pain in his hand, a morbid sense of satisfaction also arose in his heart.

ah ah ah...

These blind fools!

Since you won't come looking for me, then I'll come looking for you!

Look closely, the land of Misawa is definitely not some forgotten air!!!

……

The next day, at the port of Duel Academy.

Misawa Daichi, with many thoughts swirling in his mind, was still weighing the pros and cons of his plan. At this moment, he was still engaging in extracurricular activities with Yusei and the others.

However, seeing Yusei and Jaden Yuki fishing on the beach, Misawa Daichi, feeling like an outsider who couldn't join in, couldn't help but grit his teeth and reveal a resentful expression where no one could see.

“Yawn~~~”

Yawning deeply, and looking at his empty fishing rod, Yusei couldn't help but tease, "I'm so tired of eating fish sashimi. I really want to try something different~~~"

"I mean... look at that private luxury yacht over there, Ed... he must be having a fancy meal on it, right?"

Pointing to the deck of a white cruise ship docked at the harbor, Jian Shan couldn't help but show a hint of envy in his eyes: "You know, dinosaurs are carnivores! The little bit of stuff Osiris Red had wouldn't even be enough to fill my teeth! Now, I guess I have no choice but to come here and feed myself!!!"

"Ed? Is he there?"

Following the direction Jianshan pointed, everyone looked towards the cruise ship.

On that deck, the silver-haired girl was elegantly using her knife, savoring the fine steak on her plate, bite by bite.

On the table next to her were cakes, red wine, and other fine food and drinks.

Compared to Yusei and his group who were waiting to go fishing, she seemed to belong to another world entirely.

Although they were in the same space, Yusei and the others were treated like stepchildren, with no one caring for them and experiencing completely different treatment from Edward.

"I'm so angry and cold! When will boys ever be able to stand up for themselves?!"

"...yet I am still waiting in vain, which is truly lamentable!"

"Aaaaaah... I can't take it anymore, I'm going to rebel against this unfair world!!!" Shaking his head violently, stimulated by Kenzan's words, Jaden Yuki forcefully threw out the fishing hook in his hand.

Guided by the force of gravity, the fishhook veered off course and flew toward Edward's location.

It looked like he was about to snatch the steak from Ed's plate.

"……snort!"

With a soft, cold snort, Edward raised his arm and with a slight slash, cut the fishing hook and line that Judai Yuki had thrown at him in two.

With a sharp sound of a blade slicing through the air, the hook, having lost its power, broke free from the fishing line and fell into freefall onto the deck at Edward's feet.

Yuki Judai: "..."

Looking at the retrieved fishing line, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Just as he was about to get up to ask Edward for the fishhook back, he noticed Misawa Daichi's figure behind them: "Huh? Misawa... when did you get here? I didn't even notice you?"

"...I've always been here!!!"

Large beads of sweat appeared on Misawa Daichi's forehead. His heart was pierced by Yuki Jaden's merciless words, and his expression began to become anxious.

"Is something the matter? Misawa, you look pretty serious."

Seeing that he hadn't caught anything, Yusei put away his fishing rod, got up and went to Misawa's vicinity to inquire about his purpose.

"Why are you guys so relaxed? The Society of Light has been making so many big moves lately..."

Looking at Yusei and the others with a disappointed expression, Daichi Misawa continued angrily, "Just yesterday, our Sun God Yellow dormitory was also attacked by them!!!"

Jaden Yuki: "Huh? Is that so?"

Yusei: "Speaking of which, those guys in white have started making moves again lately~"

Kenzan: "Yeah, yeah, they're as persistent as door-to-door salespeople. We've lost count of how many groups we've defeated..."

Marufuji Sho: "Hmm? Didn't they go to your place in Misawa?"

"Well... that's how it is..."

Misawa Daichi, whose vulnerability was touched by the unintentional remarks of the crowd and who was very concerned about being ignored by the Society of Light, couldn't help but shift his gaze slightly away.

In fact, if he hadn't heard these words, he wouldn't have known that an assassin group called the Society of Light was active on Osiris Red's side.

“It’s so nice… Misawa, no one bothers you, and you don’t have to put up with those noisy guys…” Yuki Judai glanced at Misawa Daichi with a hint of jealousy and continued, “I just don’t understand what those guys are thinking. They’ve been defeated, yet they keep coming to challenge me… To be honest, I’m starting to get face blindness with these guys; I can’t tell them apart anymore…”

"But...but, nearly half the students in the academy are already members of the Society of Light! Aren't you worried about this situation?"

Noticing that Yusei and the others didn't seem anxious, Misawa Daichi couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are you guys just going to watch them continue expanding like this?"

"...Don't you ever feel uneasy or uncertain about your stance?"

"Well... so far, they haven't caused us any inconvenience." Looking at his roommate, Yusei scratched his head and chuckled, "Someone comes to wake us up every day... and they even provide a punching bag service. Honestly, it's quite comfortable..."

"Yeah, yeah, those guys from the Society of Light, every time they get defeated they drop some of their personal items and cards. It feels like we're playing a game, it's quite fun!"

Taking over Yusei's topic, Jaden Yuki also honestly expressed his own thoughts.

Contrary to what Misawa Daichi had imagined, Yusei and his friends didn't feel a strong sense of crisis towards the Society of Light. On the contrary, they acknowledged their existence to some extent, treating the Society of Light like monsters in a game, repeatedly grinding for experience and equipment...

If Manjoume knew about this, he'd probably wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat...

"Speaking of which, Misawa, you really didn't need to do all this, did you?"

Patting Misawa Daichi on the shoulder, who seemed hesitant to speak, Yusei said to him, "What does it matter to me what others do?"

"If we care about what others think, then we basically don't need to live our own lives."

“Look, Osiris Red is constantly ridiculed as a loser, but we who live there are doing just fine, aren’t we?”

Daichi Misawa: "..."

"...Is that so? Is this what you all think?" Having received the responses from Yusei and Jaden Yuki, Daichi Misawa then turned his gaze to Kenzan, his roommate: "Kenzan, what do you think?"

"Huh? Me?" Pointing to himself, Kenzan raised an eyebrow: "Hahaha... I think the Light Society's uniform is pretty tacky. I can't do something as shameful as joining them and patrolling the academy like a guard!"

"……I see."

Nodding, Misawa Daichi's brows furrowed, and he left the port with a heavy heart.

The entire conversation of the group also reached Edward's ears on the ship.

Edward glanced at Misawa Daichi, who was leaving alone, and then narrowed his eyes, revealing a thoughtful expression.

It seems that after being provoked by himself during the school trip, this guy has unknowingly fallen into a state of obsession.

……

That night, at the Huang dormitory of the Sun God.

Having left the group, Misawa Daichi locked himself in his room alone.

With the doors and windows tightly shut, he kept muttering phrases like "I'm strong!" and "I'm not wrong" while writing intricate formulas on the dormitory walls.

Fortunately, most of the people in the dormitory had already left for the better-equipped Obelisk Blue dormitory, so even though Misawa Daichi was making so much noise, no one came to complain about his disorderly behavior.

Because of the lack of outside interference, Misawa Daichi gradually began to doubt himself and slowly walked into a dead end.

"Why? Why aren't those guys from the Society of Light challenging me?"

"Why...why did Judai tell me he envied me? Was he mocking my incompetence? If anyone should envy someone, shouldn't it be me envying them?"

"During the entrance exam, I excelled so much, defeating the instructor who was testing me with [Destruction Wheel]... Logically speaking, I should be an elite duelist who surpasses ordinary people, like Yusei, Jaden, and Manjoume! Where, where did things go wrong?"

"Why...why did things turn out like this?"

"...Was it a mistake of me to choose a dormitory back then? If I had entered the Osiris Red Dormitory with Yusei and the others, would my fate have been completely different?"

"Aaaaaah... Can anyone give me a definitive answer???"

"Ughhhhh... Nobody's here? Since nobody understands me, then... I'll use my own two hands to forge my own future!!!"

"Saiou or Manjoume! Just you wait, you guys from the Society of Light!!!"

"I will prove with my own hands that Misawa Daichi is not someone to be ignored!!!"

……

The past few days have passed by in a flash.

Just as rumors began to circulate in the Duel Academy about a strange person who locked himself in his room.

While in a state of frenzy, Misawa Daichi, with unwavering faith in his heart, finally completed his new deck after repeated deliberation and research, filling the room with offensive attacks.

"Finally... I'm finally done! This is the brand new deck I've built!"

"With this, I won't lose to anyone!"

"...Next, I will use this deck to prove that I, Misawa Daichi, am truly an elite member of this Duel Academy!!!"

At this moment, Misawa Daichi, having not taken care of himself for several days, gave off an extremely slovenly impression.

Despite having endured a period of irregular living with his beard unkempt and eyes bloodshot, he was still alive.

But his face revealed an unprecedented level of excitement.

Having already made up his mind and assembled his deck, Misawa Daichi planned to put his previous ideas into action.

After taking one last look at his room filled with formulas, he resolutely pushed open the door and left, heading towards the Society of Light.