Want to play cards? I'll use my King's Deck!

"Hey, there's something I want to ask you."

A certain thought popped into his mind, and Himeya suddenly tensed up.

Based on his years of experience, he suppressed his feelings for the time being and finally asked, "When you were a child, around two or three years old, were you kidnapped?"

"Eh? How do you know?"

Xing Yewu couldn't help but show a surprised expression: "I don't think I've ever told anyone else about this except Xiao Xi, right? Where did you find out? You didn't hear it from Father Anderson, did you?"

really……

Upon hearing Xing Yewu's words, Bing Jianya closed his eyes, confirming his suspicions.

Although there are still many questions I want to ask, there probably won't be any more people who can use the more than 100 No.s that can only be used by people of their bloodline and who also fit this experience.

When coincidences overlap, they cease to be coincidences.

Therefore, what he should do is clear.

Himi-ga opened her eyes and, before Hoshino-mai could make another move, placed her hand over her card deck.

"I surrender."

"………………ah?"

Xing Yewu blinked, somewhat taken aback.

After waiting a few seconds, I realized what had happened and what Hyoumi had just said. I noticed that Hikari's LP had suddenly dropped from over 8000 to 0, and a victory signal popped up in my Duel Disk.

This time she was truly dumbfounded.

"Wait, wait, wait, what's going on? I don't understand, Himi-senpai, why are you surrendering?"

Xing Yewu scratched her head, completely bewildered.

Even though Hikari has a huge advantage right now, and it would be an exaggeration to say that it would be impossible for him to turn the tide, why would he take the initiative to give up this situation and willingly hand over the victory?

This was the first time Xingyewu had encountered something so inexplicable.

"Since you are my opponent, I have no reason to continue fighting you. I am not here for this reason."

Himeya put down the Duel Disk, looked directly into Hoshinobu's eyes, and said in a deep voice, "We'll talk about the rest later. You may not be able to accept it right now, but for now, just know that I will stand by your side no matter what."

"??"

Xingye Wu felt her head was full of questions, and she couldn't understand Bingjian Ya's situation anymore.

But the sudden 180-degree turn in Himi's attitude occurred after that strange conversation, which means his reason for doing so was hidden there...

"what!"

Xing Yewu wasn't stupid; she immediately connected the dots and pointed at the young man opposite her, saying with surprise and uncertainty, "You, you wouldn't happen to be..."

"Yes, it's what you think."

Seeing that Xing Yewu had guessed it, Bing Jianya nodded slightly: "I am..."

"Were you one of the children who were abducted like me?"

"Uh...ahem!"

Himi Ya was almost choked by Hoshino Mai's words when he was only halfway through his sentence. He looked at Hoshino Mai speechlessly: "Why would you think that? I was never kidnapped!"

"Eh? Isn't it?"

"of course not."

Himegi reiterated her denial, then sighed wearily, deciding to stop playing coy and saying, "Actually, I am..."

"It doesn't matter what it is, Himi-ga, you betrayed us."

Himi still couldn't bring himself to say what came next.

Inside this vast temple, a third voice suddenly rang out.

The voice was extremely cold, carrying an alien sense of oppression. The moment Bing Jianya heard this voice, his expression changed.

"This sound is..."

As Xing Yewu tried to recall where she had heard that somewhat familiar voice before, the owner of the voice revealed himself. With a series of heavy footsteps, a young man with an expression as cold as his voice walked in.

"Amagi Naruto."

Himeya turned around, her brows furrowed as she stared at the newcomer.

Xingye Wu noticed that Bingjian Ya's body was slightly tense, and his attitude was much more serious than when he was facing her.

Himi-ga seemed quite wary of Amagi Naruto.

"Why are you here?"

"Of course we have to come. If we don't come, it will create a huge loophole in the teacher's plan."

Amagi Meito said calmly, "Hyoumi Kiba, I knew you weren't trustworthy. Luckily, I arrived here immediately after dealing with those guys in the Pendulum Gate. Since you broke the contract and became a traitor, you should understand what your fate will be."

"Ha, what a joke. Our agreement was that you would help me find my sister, and I would help you break the seal on this temple. Now that I've found her, she's still your enemy. I must be out of my mind to continue helping you."

Hyoumi sneered and reopened his Duel Disk: "If you have any complaints, come at me. Don't even think about hitting Mai!"

"Huh? He called me by my name right away?"

"You don't need to tell me."

Amagi Naruto also activated his Duel Disk, which shimmered with starlight, saying, "Attack one by one is too time-consuming. You two can go at it together. I'll finish you off as quickly as possible; after all, there's still a crucial target waiting for me to deal with—"

"Duel!"

Chapter 311 VS Amagi Naruto, the Ginga Eye Unleashed

“I won. Now you can tell me about the seahorses.”

The traces left by the Star Sword light gradually disappeared without a trace, and the merged temple returned to peace. The only thing that remained unchanged was probably the two people fighting.

This wasn't a high-level dark duel; its binding force on both sides was merely to crush the opponent's resistance, rendering them unable to rise again for a short period. At most, some other wager conditions might be added.

Therefore, despite losing the duel, Eliza was not in mortal danger.

Her face had simply become much paler than before, and her breathing had weakened. If we were to quantify her combat strength, assuming a maximum score of 100, she would now be down to around 50.

Compared to the defeated Elizabeth, Yu Xi was in much better condition.

He stood a little distance away from Eliza, his gaze fixed on his opponent with a mixture of tension and anticipation: "Miss Eliza, you won't break this agreement, will you?"

"of course not."

Eliza, clutching the wound inflicted by the piercing Star Sword light when the "Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon" was knocked down, shook her head slightly.

"As a duelist, fulfilling the contract is the most basic duty and responsibility. Of course, I would not do anything that would dishonor the identity of a duelist. As for the Seahorse, I will tell you everything I know about them—but, Prince Yuki, are you really prepared to know?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"It means that the answer is likely not what you expect."

"..."

You Xi finally understood what Eliza meant. After a brief silence, he slowly spoke.

"Please speak, Miss Eliza. I am mentally prepared for this."

“I understand,” Eliza nodded.

She did not continue to persuade You Xi, but instead chose to respect her wishes and recounted the fate of that legendary figure in the shortest possible words.

"The seahorse successfully thwarted the Overlord's plot to invade this world a century ago, but at the cost of his own life—the Overlord killed him with his own hands."

"...Liar."

Even though Yu Xi had already sensed a bad possibility from Eliza's hints, she still found it hard to accept when the time came.

He shook his head, as if trying to shake Eliza's words out of his head.

"I don't believe it, how could Brother Lai be dead?"

They had clearly weathered countless storms in this world and become legendary duelists who created countless legends, so how could they just die in such a place?

For You Xi, it felt completely unreal.

“I am not lying to you, that is an indisputable fact.”

Eliza understood Yu Xi's feelings, but facts are facts and cannot be changed by people's thoughts: "If you ask why, it's because I saw it with my own eyes."

"Saw it with your own eyes?"

"Yes, I saw it. Of course, what I saw was not the moment when Lord Overlord killed the seahorse, but the final fate of the seahorse."

As Eliza recalled the past from several years ago, she slowly said, "When I was summoned to the palace by Lord Overlord, I saw a statue of a seahorse in the palace square—yes, the seahorses who fought against Lord Overlord were turned into bronze statues by him after their defeat. They stand there day and night in the square, enduring wind and rain, warning all traitors who dare to defy Lord Overlord what will happen to them."

Bronze statue?

Upon hearing Eliza's words, Yuki, for some reason, immediately thought of "Yu-Gi-Oh! DM".

In the Noa arc of DM, Seto Kaiba and his brother were also turned into bronze statues by the villains, although that was in the virtual world, but...

Are you sure?

Yu Xi looked up and suddenly asked Elizabeth, "Elizabeth, are you sure that bronze statue is the seahorse himself?"

"I can't be wrong."

Eliza replied with certainty: "As someone who possesses the Millennium Artifact, I am not so incapable of distinguishing between a real bronze statue and a bronze statue transformed from a human."

"Yeah."

Upon hearing this, You Xi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"In other words, it's not like there's no way to undo it. As long as we can defeat that tyrant, there's still a chance to restore him to his original state."

“…Theoretically it is indeed possible, but you are really optimistic, Prince Yuki.”

Eliza looked at Yu Xina with surprise: "Even after knowing that the Seahorse people lost to the Overlord, you are still unwavering?"

"A duel is not a game of size."

Yu Xi said earnestly, "Just because the Seahorse Man can't beat an opponent doesn't mean I can't. We'll only know after we fight. In any case, I will do everything in my power to defeat that overlord!"

"—In that case, you have even less reason to fight us."