Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds: The Path of Evolution

Chapter 148-Awakening

Izayoi Akatsuki lost.

The entire audience cheered for Kanpaku's victory.

However, a small number of viewers actually felt sorry for Izayoi's defeat.

Just yesterday, they hated her.

Because she also injures people in duels, most people believe that she is indeed, as rumored, a witch who enjoys hurting others.

But today, some people have been able to set aside their prejudices and cheer for Izayoi Aki.

The reason for this is that few innocent people were injured in this duel.

The people in the Yu-Gi-Oh! world are also human beings.

Just fight a normal duel.

Give them a fierce battle, and they will develop a good impression of you.

But if you hurt someone in a duel, or if it affects the audience, it's normal for them to feel fear and rejection.

Deweyne sent Izayoi, who had no control over her powers, out to play cards.

It's probably meant to make Izayoi's power go out of control and hurt people, so that the audience would hate and reject her as they remember her.

And he, as the savior, would be able to better control Izayoi's mind.

DeWine's little tricks were really shady and vicious.

According to the original timeline, that is indeed the case.

In the semifinals, Izayoi's original opponent was Kuromiya Torado, who had been replaced by Kanpaku.

During the duel, Izayoi was opened by Miyako Torado, who directly ignited her power, causing her to go berserk and injure all the audience members.

Aki Izayoi, hated by the group, almost turned completely evil and succumbed to her destructive desires.

If it weren't for Crab Bro's presence, Izayoi Aki would probably have already gone berserk and injured someone on the spot.

And now, there is the existence of Bai.

Then things took a completely different turn.

The audience members were mostly unharmed during the duel.

It's not that Kanpaku's spirit power is really that strong.

He couldn't possibly counter Izayoi's offensive while simultaneously protecting all the spectators present.

The main point is that in this battle, the Kanpaku almost completely overwhelmed Izayoi Aki.

Guan Bai didn't give her many opportunities to unleash the power of a mental duel.

The audience wasn't hurt by Izayoi's antics; instead, they witnessed her struggle until the very last moment.

The current situation is that the number of people who hate Izayoi and the number of people who like Izayoi are now evenly matched.

Sensitive as she is, she also sensed the goodwill emanating from the crowd.

It turns out that there are more people in this world than just those who hate her.

The long-held vision that Dewayne had constructed for her—that mind duelists were enemies of the world—began to crumble.

The wavering stemmed not only from her own feelings.

It also stemmed from the series of events she had observed over the past few days.

In this world, there are duelists as sunny, optimistic, and self-assured as Arata Enya.

He loves dueling and will not be easily swayed by external factors.

Even knowing the bleak future of the Mind Fighter, he would still walk the path he had chosen.

There is a gentle man, just like Fudo Yusei.

He was able to understand the situation of Yanwu's new power going out of control and chose to complete the duel with him.

A duelist as powerful as him must be able to tolerate his own pain.

There are even people like Kanpaku.

He possesses mental strength comparable to his own, yet he can control this power with ease.

According to DeWine, this man should also be in a hell of rejection and fear.

However, he can bask in the sunlight, enjoy the cheers of everyone, and experience friendship and family affection.

These three individuals serve as counterexamples, tearing a crack in the closed-loop logic that DeWine had woven with language.

A question arose in Izayoi Akira's mind.

If she hadn't been working for Dewayne all these years, but instead had devoted all her efforts to controlling power.

Will she then gain the world's recognition?

In that case, my old friends might come back, right?

In that case, would Mom and Dad no longer be afraid of me?

Izayoi Akatsuki is very confused.

She's now a bit lost about where to go next.

On the other side, Kanpaku was also caught in a state of surprise and doubt.

Not for any other reason, but because he found an extra card in his pocket.

Dragon Rider Knight - Slaying Spear Dragon Knight.

He recalled that when the duel ended, a faint red light seemed to flow into his body.

If he tried hard to recall, Kanpaku seemed to be able to hear the dragon's roar echoing in his ears.

What is this?

Is it the power of the red dragon?

Is this a reward for me because I accidentally caused the Dragon Seals' powers to resonate with each other?

Perhaps, only this answer can resolve Guan Bai's doubts.

Yes, that's very good.

The arrival of this card gives Kanpaku a greater sense of confidence in the final duel.

Before leaving, Guan Bai glanced at her expression.

He noticed Izayoi Aki's confusion.

He could roughly guess what Izayoi Aki was thinking; it was probably because the audience's voices had questioned Dewayne's authority.

This is a good thing.

Being able to break free from brainwashing through one's own logical thinking is a sign of personal growth.

The confusion that girls experience now is just growing pains in the process of growing up.

However, the length of this painful period is beyond Kanpaku's prediction.

He's not a psychologist, nor has he ever been brainwashed, so he has absolutely no idea about this.

This kind of thing should be left to Brother Crab, the future leader of the dragon, to consider.

With that in mind, he took the elevator back to the athletes' lounge.

Top floor of the stands.

Dewayne nearly ground his teeth to powder.

"Damn it, Izayoi actually lost to such a nobody!"

He knew, of course, that Guan Bai was quite powerful and had a mysterious background; he was definitely not the kind of nobody described in the intelligence reports.

However, the fact that the plan was being disrupted by Kanpaku made Dewayne very unhappy.

He couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks using the false information he found in the intelligence.

Enraged, Dewayne failed to notice the bewildered expression on Izayoi Aki's face.

After calming down, he reassessed the duelist named Kanpaku.

His intuition was warning him.

"Damn it, this regent has been going against me time and time again. Is he planning something against the Taoyuan Movement?"

Years of hard work and experience have made him have unwavering faith in his intuition.

Sometimes, he would rather abandon answers derived from logical reasoning and trust the judgments provided by his intuition.

Therefore, this Kanpaku was a formidable enemy that he could not tolerate!

So what if my intuition is wrong?

This person has repeatedly hindered me; he is courting death!

We must find a way to get rid of him; we absolutely cannot let him affect our grand plan!

Players' entrance.

Walking down the corridor, Guan Bai aimlessly looked at the walls on both sides.

The iron walls with their cold, gleaming sheen aren't really that attractive.

Just playing one game of cards took a bit too much of a toll on his mental energy.

He doesn't want to think right now; he just wants to wander around aimlessly.

I ran into a familiar face—Yego.

"Yohoho, Mr. Kanpaku, I've been waiting for you here for quite a while~"

A strange voice rang out, jolting Guan Bai's half-shutdown mind awake.

He looked at the little dwarf in front of him, somewhat speechless.

Yego, your voice has successfully made me feel irritated —

But since the other party hadn't offended him, Guan Bai wouldn't vent his resentment at being disturbed.

He gathered his thoughts slightly and looked down at Yego.

"Commander Yego, is there something you need from me?"

"Haha, no need to be so serious. I'm just inviting you on behalf of Commander Godwin to a friendly tea party with him."

Yego tried his best to make his voice sound both friendly and authoritative.

Unfortunately, his strange voice had no authority whatsoever with Guan Bai from the very beginning.

Guan Bai forced himself not to laugh and asked a brief question.

"Should we go now?"

"Yes, let's go now."