Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

The group walked out of the "Giant Egg" arena, chatting and laughing. After thinking for a moment, Youche still put the Pride and Soul Dragon into his deck.

That night, everyone had a relaxed gathering at Bailong Amusement Park. Having just experienced the Orichalcos incident, some of them were physically and mentally exhausted and did not choose to experience the more thrilling rides.

At the invitation of Kaiba Keihei, the group enjoyed a big meal at the Paradise Restaurant before returning to Isono's villa to rest.

Whether it was because he had been with Seto Kaiba for too long and was influenced by him, or it was just his personality, Isono always acted very politely and reservedly whenever he met everyone. Kaiba Keihei could roughly see his predicament, so he told him that he didn't need to stay here with everyone and could come over to play whenever he wanted. After all, Seto Kaiba had already given him a break, so he should go and spend a few days with his family.

Upon receiving instructions from Kaiba Keihei, Isono was overjoyed and immediately bought a plane ticket to return to Domino City.

Late at night, everyone gathered in the corridor and began to worry about assigning rooms.

Although Rebecca and Yu Jialong live locally, the villa area is too far from the city center. It's not really appropriate to make them go back separately every night after everyone has been having a get-together.

Excluding Kaiba Keihei, who insisted on going to the company to accompany his brother, there were a total of eight people. However, this villa only had a maximum of seven rooms, including a study and storage room, but no beds.

Eight or nine people were crammed into the corridor at the same time, making even a wide passageway feel cramped.

"Alright~" Kaiba Keihei grinned mischievously, "I've already arranged the bedding and everything else, you can discuss the rest yourselves~ I'm going to find my brother now!"

"Hey, hey, hey! Wait a minute!" Jonouchi called out hurriedly, "But we're still short one bed, Keihei, isn't there any way?"

Kaiba Keihei yawned and said, "What can I do so late? Let's do it tomorrow. I'll help you sort it out tomorrow."

"But, but what about tonight?!" Jonouchi asked hurriedly.

Kaiba Keihei shook his head: "Then I'll squeeze in. I'm off, bye-bye everyone!"

Watching Kaiba Keihei's departing figure, Jonouchi had a bad feeling. These past few days, he had been vaguely sensing a change in everyone's attitude. Although, although... what "although"? That kind of thing was still too outrageous! No, he had to grab a room before everyone else did!

Jonouchi made a decision in his heart and turned to run towards the nearest room, but then he heard a "thump" and Rebecca had already crawled inside with her toy bear in her arms: "Goodnight, everyone!"

Jōnei's face turned pale. Just as he was about to run to other rooms, a series of "bang" sounds rang out, and one room after another closed.

Mai Kongque tossed her hair lightly, a bunch of keys in her hand, and strode into the room at the end of the corridor. She smiled deliberately at Jonouchi and said, "How pitiful~ Looks like this mediocre fellow won't have anywhere to sleep tonight~"

“Uh…uh…” Jonouchi blushed again and stammered.

Peacock Dance yawned and went into the room. Before going in, she lazily stretched and chuckled, "Uh... what? This young lady isn't going to let you stay overnight. Good luck, Kojinouchi~"

After he finished speaking, there was another loud "bang," and the last door closed.

Looking at the suddenly empty corridor, Jonouchi felt uneasy. The things that had happened between him and Mai Kujaku these past few days seemed quite ambiguous even to him, a high school student. But now that things seemed so natural, the situation was developing in a way that was not quite what he had imagined.

"It's true that the more beautiful a woman is, the harder she is to understand... Kyoko is much simpler..." Jonouchi sighed, tilting his head back.

No sooner had the words left her lips than a sound of angry pounding came from the corridor, which, judging from the direction, seemed to be from Kyoko's room.

Clearly, everyone was still awake and pressed their faces against the door, eager to hear what Jonouchi would do that night.

However, Jonouchi is still Jonouchi; he still retains some of the naiveté of a young man. Standing in the corridor, after thinking for a moment, Jonouchi decided that since he was off tomorrow anyway, it wouldn't hurt to play video games all night. So he prepared to go downstairs.

But at this moment, Yu Che opened the door and smiled at Jonouchi, "If there's really no other way, you can have this room. I don't really want to sleep tonight."

"Ah, ah? Really? Yuzuri." Jonouchi was somewhat surprised.

"Hmm!" Yu Che nodded, tossed the key in his hand to Jonouchi, and walked down the stairs on his own.

Watching Youche's retreating figure, Jonouchi hesitated for a moment, but he soon realized that less than twenty hours had passed since the adorable elves died in battle and since the Sleeping Giant Gudu left.

Those elves had accompanied Youche for a long time and had a very deep bond with him.

On a night like this, it would be hard for me to fall asleep, right?

"But you still need to rest, Yuzuri!" Jonouchi shouted down the stairs. "I won't lock the door. Come back and sleep when you're tired. It's a double bed anyway, so it's fine for two grown men to squeeze in!"

"I know! You can sleep peacefully, Jonouchi!" Yuzuru's reply came quickly.

"Sleep soundly..." Jonouchi sighed softly, "Looks like this guy really isn't planning on sleeping tonight..."

There was some helplessness and some sympathy, but Jonouchi knew that this time should be reserved for Yuzuru, so that he could have enough time to reminisce and say goodbye.

"Boom..."

The door closed gently.

Before long, the lively villa finally welcomed a peaceful night. One by one, the lamps were turned off, and only the balcony in the huge house was still faintly lit by candlelight.

Leaning back in the recliner, You Che suddenly felt as if it were all a dream.

As a child, he excitedly fantasized countless times about becoming the protagonist of an anime. Now that it's all within reach, he finds that the protagonist isn't as happy as he thought when he was a child.

"Tadpoles, frogs..."

"long……"

"Gudong..."

Youche gazed at the colorful night sky, trying to use the glittering stars to depict the images of his friends from his memories.

Sensing their master's sadness, the elves did their best to comfort him. The doctor, Ido Boggs, who had once been a mediocre ghost, gently patted Youche's shoulder. The Armored Dragon, in its original juvenile form, nestled in his arms. The Dark Magician Hemote gently raised his staff and used its meager energy to drive away the annoying mosquitoes and flies. As for the six Disruptors... they sang a song that no one could understand.

"five!"

"six!"

"seven!"

"Eight!"

"Lord Yuga!!"

The six mischievous creatures struck comical poses, trying to amuse Youche.

You Che chuckled and asked, "What does 'five, six, seven, eight' mean? What does it have to do with my name?"

The troublemakers scratched their heads: "We just think that 'nine' and 'play' sound similar... We can't think of any better lyrics..."

You Che paused for a moment, vaguely recalling the "one, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand feet of eyes - lightning!" from the GX chapter. With a smile, he speculated with some interest whether the origin of this was related to the scene just now.

As I interacted with the elves, the candlelight beside me was gently extinguished.

You Che glanced at the time; it was still a while before dawn.

Just as he was about to choose another candle, a glimmer of light suddenly drifted down from the starry sky and flew straight towards Youche!

"Huh?" You Che was stunned, the candle and lighter in his hand hanging in mid-air.

The bright yet gentle light streaked through the night like a shooting star, falling straight down towards his location.

Upon seeing this, the elves, who had been living in harmony and peace, immediately became serious. Hermoti's staff suddenly lit up, and the flying insects that had been swirling around him were instantly shattered into mud.

But as the "meteor" drew closer, the elves relaxed their guard.

From that meteor, everyone sensed a familiar aura. The powerful force, like a mountain, came from the Sleeping Giant, Gudu. The unknown entity enveloped by that light was like a small pebble that had jumped and rolled down the mountain, full of endless vitality and life.

"Bang!"

The "meteor" crashed straight into the garden in front of Youche. Youche carefully walked over and found that it was a small, sleeping warrior. Its energy was not strong, but it was full of vitality and potential. A weapon radiating magic light was stuck at its waist, which seemed to be a weapon that could be changed at will.

Before long, the sleeping little warrior opened his eyes and looked at Youche. He first gave a respectful and friendly salute, then drew the long sword from his waist and began his transformation!

A dazzling red light ignited on his body like flames, and the normally sized weapon rapidly grew larger. When a suit of samurai armor appeared on his body, his energy had condensed to the point where it could be transformed into a card.

A flash of red light, and the spirit leaped into Yu Che's hand, transforming into a brand new Level 1 Monster Card - Word Breaker!

[The Path of Words Ends]

One star

[Wind Attribute/Warrior Race]

[Attack/Defense: 200/300]

Chapter 264 A Cold but Not Aloof Woman in a Cheongsam – Vivian Wang

Words cannot express this?!

Youche's eyes lit up.

Although this is a low-ATK Level 1 monster, its effect is surprisingly powerful: "Pay 800 LP. Until the end of this turn, no Spell/Trap Cards can be activated."

At certain crucial moments, playing this card can force a kill or clear the board, ignoring the opponent's back row!

Youche was pleasantly surprised.

He didn't know why Sleeping Giant Gudu had sent this little elf, but it was undoubtedly a gift symbolizing hope to him. At least at this moment of parting with so many elves, the appearance of the Word Breaker was like a shooting star that brought a lot of light.

"Click——————————"

Youche lit the candle, carefully looked at the card in his hand, and felt the energy flowing on it.

Dr. Ido, who had extensive knowledge of card spirits, stared at it for a while before saying, "Youche, perhaps this is just one of its forms."

"One of the forms?" You Che was taken aback.

He didn't expect the elf to exert much power in the duel, but Ido Boggs' words were somewhat thought-provoking.

“Hmm.” Ido Borgs nodded and continued, “There are at least eight different energies flowing through his body. Presumably, depending on the situation of the duel, he can also generate different forms of cards like Armed Dragon, Dark Magician, and Disruption.”

Hemoti chimed in, "That's right, Lord Youche. According to the tests of the black magic, although this elf is young, its destructive power and creativity are extremely astonishing."

“Following the index in the Book of Magic, I found several possibilities for his other forms.”

"For example, there's the magic strike form that can directly attack, the powerful destruction form that can transform into a weapon, the defensive form with highly efficient protective capabilities, and two completely different assault and slash forms..."

Hermoti's words left Youche somewhat bewildered.

Is this elf really that promising?

Combining the forms that Hemoti had just mentioned, one by one, the old monster cards gradually came to mind. Yuche suddenly realized that the monsters corresponding to those forms might be "Magic Striker", "Armor Destroyer", "Card Defender" and "One-Hit Kill Samurai"!

Without exception, these monsters were all small warriors below the fourth star level, with generally low attack power, but their effects were surprisingly powerful.

Could it be that as long as energy is accumulated for it as before, this Word-Breaking Servant can give rise to these other different forms?!

Relying on a spiritual connection, Youche tried to communicate with this new friend using common sense, but was met with a long silence.

Youche: ...

what's going on?

Has she fallen asleep again?

Before Youche could ask anything more, Hermoti quietly reminded him, "Lord Youche, I'm afraid I need to remind you that, to some extent, he is the embodiment of a small portion of the power of the Sleeping Giant, Gudu..."

"Gudong never speaks."