Just before attacking, Judai hesitated.
Ryo was right, he had been somewhat absent-minded lately.
It wasn't just because of the experiences in the Other Dimension, but also because of the uncertainty about the future.
Ryo actually said he was relieved...
At this moment, should he really attack?
"Judai!"
While he was in a daze, he heard a voice, and he paused, looking up towards the distance where Tenjo Hikari, who was previously sitting upright, was now standing.
"Hikari?"
The friends nearby were shocked.
When have they ever seen Tenjo Hikari so excited and loud as a spectator?
"One day, we will all have to part ways!
Before that, learn to part with Caesar first!"
Judai blinked blankly.
Beside him, Ryo, who was also attracted by Tenjo Hikari's shout, couldn't help but bow his head in thought after hearing this: "Is that... how it is?"
"What did Hikari just shout?"
"Uh, I didn't expect Judai to have such a moment, huh?"
"Hahaha—" Fubuki couldn't help but laugh, "I thought Judai was carefree every day, but it seems he can think deeply sometimes."
"Judai, as Hikari said," Ryo held up the Duel Disk, "one day, we will each take different paths, and before that, learn to part with me—besides, even if we part now, it doesn't mean we won't meet again in the future."
Being called out by so many people, Judai was a bit embarrassed, but then he was filled with determination—
"Alright! Ryo, in that case, today I must defeat you! So you can leave without worry!"
"Battle! Elemental Hero Nova Master attacks Caesar directly!"
"Magma Nova!"
The proud warrior leaped up, flames igniting on his body, then spread over the field.
Ryo LP: 4000→1400.
"Set one card, end turn!"
Watching the duel, Tenjo Hikari's mood inexplicably improved, and the previous pressure seemed to be reduced.
He knew this world very well, and because of his familiarity with the "original work," he was also quite aware of the classmates' psychology. Yet, in the original, Judai would also act unusually in today's duel, but that's because he wanted to respond with "perfection" to Ryo.
However, this world's Judai did not have that worry. Every step of his duel was natural and without such concerns—so conversely, when he was worried, it certainly was not about dueling.
In the original, although he had a good relationship with Ryo, the encounters were brief, mostly with Ryo seeing him as a younger brother.
But in this world, Judai and Ryo had almost spent a whole year together in the Activity Department, and he genuinely regarded the senior who took care of him as a "brother," making him more reluctant than in the original.
If at this moment, Judai didn't continue seriously because of a moment's selfishness, the duel-respecting and serious Ryo might never see Judai again.
This was not something anyone wanted to see.
"Beautiful, Judai, now it's my turn!"
"My turn, draw card—Right now, the effect of the Different Dimension Capsule activates. It will self-destruct, and the card excluded by it will be added to my hand from the exclusion zone!"
As his words fell, a capsule slowly appeared on the field, cracking open with a snap, revealing its true form within.
"Card from a Different Dimension!" (Note 1)
"What! It's not Power Bond!?"
Ryo's face showed a smile: "When dueling with you, I can't recklessly use Power Bond."
"The effect of Card from a Different Dimension, both players draw two cards!"
He silently drew two cards from the Deck while Judai did the same.
Both of them looked slightly stunned at one of the cards they drew.
"Activate Spell Card, Pot of Avarice. According to its effect, five monsters in the Graveyard return to the Deck, and I draw two cards!
I return two Cyber Dragons, Cyber Dragon Drei, Cyber Dragon Herz, and Cyber End Dragon to the Deck, drawing two cards."
The cards in the Graveyard automatically flew back to the Deck, which then started a high-speed shuffle, and he drew two cards, giving them a glance.
"I Normal Summon, Cyber Dragon Vier! This card on the field is considered Cyber Dragon!"
"Activate Set Trap Card, Cybernetic Revolution! This card can use one Cyber Dragon on the field as a sacrifice to Special Summon a Fusion Monster with [Cyber Dragon] as Fusion Material!"
"The one I'm going to Summon, of course, is—Cyber End Dragon!"
Zilaaa—
A surge of electric light emanated from Cyber Dragon Vier, and then it began an unrestrained, violent evolution. Soon, the three-headed mechanical dragon appeared on the field once more!
Cyber End Dragon, LV 10, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 4000.
"The monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack directly and will be destroyed at the end of the next turn!"
"Battle, Cyber End Dragon attacks Elemental Hero Nova Master!"
"No way, I activate the Set Card—Trap Card, Draining Shield!"
Seeing the gigantic mechanical dragon gather energy, Judai opened the Set Card without hesitation: "Negate the opponent's attack and recover that amount in Life Points!"
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