Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

Yushojuku wasn't hard to find. After all, Yusho Sakaki, the champion who suddenly disappeared three years ago, was a celebrity in Mai-Ani City. In addition, with the huge fame brought by Yuya Sakaki's duel victory today, Sorewa just asked around and found out the location of Yushojuku.

However, when Soreva arrived outside the Yushojuku and saw the school already packed with people, he couldn't help but sigh:

"As expected of the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! The fame brought by just one duel victory can attract so many people."

Soleva, who started playing Yu-Gi-Oh! on Mega Drive and only considered Pendulum Summoning as one of the many summoning methods in the game, was completely unaware of how attractive this new summoning method was to the people of this world. This is why they flocked to Yu-Gi-Oh! Academy just to see the true face of Pendulum Summoning.

However, looking at the sea of ​​people, with many children only eight or nine years old and the oldest being only fourteen or fifteen years old, Soreva felt that his age was completely out of place among them.

Amidst his embarrassment, Soreva couldn't help but ponder:

"Speaking of which, what about the parents of these children? Are they really so comfortable letting kids this age run around alone?"

However, Soreva's height not only embarrassed him, but also attracted the attention of others.

A burly man, slightly shorter than him but with a very strong build, walked over. The man was wearing a fairly decent white uniform, but he was wearing wooden clogs, and a red headband was tied around his pompadour, making him look somewhat incongruous.

When he reached Soreva, he put on a fierce expression and began to question Soreva in a gruff voice:

"Hey! Who are you?! What are you up to at Yusheng Academy?!"

Chapter 03 Performance Opening

"I'm so sorry, I really didn't know you were here for a visit! I was so rude just now!"

After watching the burly man in front of him promptly bow and apologize, Soreva awkwardly scratched the back of his head and said:

"It's alright. After all, it is a bit strange for an adult like me to be in a place full of children. You're just being more cautious, it's not your fault."

After they opened up, Soleva chatted with the burly man and learned that his name was Kongensaka Noboru. Although he was not a student of Yushojuku, he, Sakaki Yuya, and Hiiragi Yuzu, the daughter of the headmaster of Yushojuku, were all good friends since childhood. Today, he came to Yushojuku to celebrate because Sakaki Yuya won the victory with Pendulum Summoning.

Upon learning that Soreva also wanted to experience pendulum summoning, Kongensaka immediately volunteered, patting his chest and saying:

"Leave this to me! I know a back door to the Yushojuku, so I'll take Mr. Soreva there for a tour!"

"Huh? Is this alright? You're letting an outsider like me into the Yusheng Academy through the secret back door?"

"No problem, no problem! I'm quite familiar with everyone at Yusheng Academy! Mr. Sorewa, please consider this my apology for my rudeness just now."

Seeing that Kongensaka had said so, Soreva didn't want to miss the opportunity and immediately agreed, following Kongensaka's lead.

Following Kongenzaka, Soleva quickly arrived at the Yushojuku, where a girl with pinkish-purple hair was attending to a group of children of all ages, while frowning in distress.

"Seriously, I'm supposed to be the opponent in the mock test, how am I supposed to prepare like this?"

Kongensaka, who had brought Soleva with him, clearly heard the girl's complaint and immediately stepped forward, proudly volunteering himself:

"There's no other way, so I, Kongensaka, will be the test opponent!"

However, Kongensaka's triumph was short-lived, as a chubby little boy and a red-haired little girl teamed up to thwart his plans:

"Eh~~"

"So, it's the headmaster's daughter who's making an appearance here after all?"

"It would be too shameful to ask the rival school for help. Unrelated personnel, please step aside."

Amidst the two children's back-and-forth singing, Kwon Hyun-saka was pushed back into the elevator he had brought with Soreva.

However, Soreva was left here.

The pink-purple-haired girl who had watched the two children escort Kongensaka into the elevator noticed Soleva at that moment, took a few steps forward, and asked with some curiosity:

"Excuse me, are you also here to visit Yushojuku?"

When the girl asked about this, Soleva could only awkwardly point to the elevator where Kongensaka had just left and reply:

"Yes, I had a little misunderstanding with that Gengen-saka guy at the entrance of Yushojuku, so he agreed to let me in through the back door as an apology. But just now..."

Before Soreva could finish speaking, the girl immediately realized that after the two children took Kongensaka away, Soreva, without anyone to guide her, would be awkwardly left there. She immediately bowed and apologized.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I didn't know such a thing had happened. If you don't mind, I'm going to take these kids to see the entertainment duels at our Yushojuku later. May I ask..."

Seeing the girl's gaze repeatedly glancing at him, Soreva knew she was probably wondering how to address him, so he smiled and said:

"Just call me Sorewa."

“Yes, Mr. Sorewa, would you like to come with them on the tour?”

"my pleasure."

Seeing that Soreva wasn't upset about the earlier incident and had even agreed to join the tour, the girl breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her face.

“Okay, Mr. Sorewa, please come with me.”

After saying that, the girl called to the group of children waiting outside, and led them and Soreva toward the dueling arena of the Yusheng Academy.

"To be honest, I don't even know your name."

On the way to the dueling arena, the girl suddenly heard such a voice behind her. A moment of panic crossed her mind, but after recognizing it as Soleva's voice, she smiled and replied:

“My name is Hiiragi Yuzu, Mr. Sorewa, you can just call me Yuzu… Ah, we’re here.”

After quickening her pace and running a few steps forward, Hiiragi Yuzu opened a large door and began to introduce herself to the crowd.

"This is the viewing area of ​​the Yushojuku Duel Arena. You can watch the action duels and pendulum summons that will begin later here. I'll go prepare for my next duel now."

After saying that, Yuzu, as if still worried, peeked into the spectator area and called out to a lazy-looking middle-aged man sitting by the podium:

"Dad! Stop being lazy!"

"Ohhh! Okay!"

Hearing her father's response, Yuzu Hiiragi felt relieved, opened a small door nearby, and went inside.

The middle-aged man in the red and yellow tracksuit stood by the door, excitedly welcoming everyone.

"Welcome to Yusheng Academy! Everyone, please come to the spectator area and wait for the duel to begin!"

Following the moving crowd, Soleva also arrived at the so-called viewing area. After looking around, he realized that the so-called "viewing area" was actually more like a corridor outside the dueling arena, and people could only watch the duels from the windows near the dueling arena.

If the corridor originally had the advantage of being relatively wide and able to accommodate many people, then the temporary podium placed in the corridor and the speakers on both sides have negated this advantage.

So much so that after Soleva entered with the crowd, he actually felt a bit crowded.

However, Mr. Shuzo Hiiragi, who claimed to be the head of Yushojuku, did not seem to think so. Instead, he stood on the podium, held a microphone, and passionately introduced Yushojuku.

Unfortunately, not many people were willing to listen to his long-winded explanation, since most of the people here were there for the new Pendulum Summoning method.

So when a voice suddenly rang out in the dueling arena, "Ladies and gentlemen!", almost everyone turned their heads to look at Yuya Sakaki, who was illuminated by a spotlight in the dark dueling arena.

Yuya Sakaki noticed the crowd's gaze and immediately pointed his finger at them, saying in a showy manner:

"Welcome to my personal show!"

Unfortunately, his cool demeanor lasted only three seconds before the lights in the arena blazed on, and a paper folding fan slammed heavily onto Yuya Sakaki's head, causing him to instinctively clutch his head.

Yuzu Hiiragi, the one who started it all, was still not satisfied after hitting him, and angrily complained to Yuya Sakaki:

"What kind of solo show is this?! How are you going to fight all by yourself?!"

Chapter 04: Pendulum Failure?

After a series of farces, Yuya Sakaki and Yuzu Hiiragi finally began their duel for the day.

At Hiiragi Yuzu's voice, the physical imaging unit started working, and the originally empty duel arena instantly transformed into a plain scene with grass, rivers, and forests.

Meanwhile, in the spectator area, watching this scene, Shuzo Hiiragi, recalling the old stereoscopic vision machine that his daughter had previously slapped and broken, suddenly became excited:

"What a refreshing feeling! This is the realism of the latest physical imaging technology, like a cool breeze blowing through my heart!"

However, no one in the spectator area could understand why Shuzo Hiiragi was so excited, and they all gave him disdainful looks.

However, this little incident did not affect the duel between Yuya Sakaki and Yuzu Hiiragi in the arena at all. Yuya Sakaki started by Normal Summoning a Hippopotamus, and then... ended his turn?

Soreva never expected that even in the fifth season of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, he would still see such a feat comparable to the first season. If there was any difference, it was that Sakaki Yuya could ride the hippopotamus he summoned.

As for Hiiragi Yuzu's response... she usually summons a [Phantom Musician Aliya] and then commands her to attack the [Entertainment Partner Exploration Hippo] summoned by Sakaki Yuya.

In Soreva's opinion, this was exactly the same move as Yuya Sakaki's, and the only thing he could praise was that it was a female card.

After all, pretty girls are always more attractive than those hippos from the circus.

As a sonic wave shot towards him from [Aria the Phantom Girl]'s mouth, Yuya Sakaki, riding on [Entertainment Partner Exploration Hippo] across the plains, calmly plucked a card from a nearby bush and placed it into his Duel Disk:

"Action magic, [Evasion]!"

As the hippo leaped into the air, it and Yuya Sakaki, who was riding on its back, narrowly avoided the incoming sonic wave.

However, Yuzu Hiiragi's face didn't show any annoyance at missing her target; instead, she still wore a smile.

"That's not necessarily true! Activate the effect of [Illusory Melody Girl Aria]! If no damage is dealt in battle, inflict 800 damage on the opponent! Resonant Sound Wave!"

Following Yuzu's command, [Aria the Phantom Singer] once again assumed a singing posture, emitting a sound wave from her mouth that shot directly towards the ground.

The sound wave that shot towards the ground spread outwards instantly upon impact, catching up with Yuya Sakaki riding a hippopotamus in no time and sending them both flying in a comical manner.

At the same time, Yuya Sakaki's LP points also dropped from 4000 to 3200.

However, despite Yuya Sakaki suffering such a small loss, those who came for the Pendulum Summoning were not discouraged by him. Instead, they called out "Pendulum Summoning!" expectantly, hoping that Yuya Sakaki would turn the tables in one move.

After getting up, Yuya Sakaki, reminded by Yuzu Hiiragi, realized the purpose of today's duel. After striking a cool pose towards the spectator area, he began his turn.

Upon drawing the card [Time Reading Magician], Yuya Sakaki immediately remembered that although he had lost his memory of that time, he had seen it when watching the TV replay that he had used this card to set the pendulum scale.

So, Yuya Sakaki immediately drew [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] from his hand and began his Pendulum Summoning performance:

"I set the pendulum scale using [Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon] at scale 4 and [Time-Reading Magician] at scale 8!"

After saying that, Yuya Sakaki placed the two cards on the pendulum zones on either side of his Duel Disk. After a flash of colorful light, a line of colorful words "PENDULUM" appeared between the two cards.

As the monsters [Odd-Eyed Pendulum Dragon] and [Time-Reading Magician] soared into the sky with their respective pendulum cycles, even Soreva couldn't help but wonder what kind of monster Yuya Sakaki would pendulum summon this time.

“刻度4和刻度8的话，他应该只能召唤等级5、6、7的怪兽吧？是[异色眼灵摆龙]吗？还是其他的怪兽？”

This time, however, as Yuya Sakaki raised his monster card and slammed it onto the Duel Disk, the Duel Disk on his wrist beeped with an error message, and he couldn't summon a single monster.

Now, not only was the crowd in the spectator area speechless, but even Yuya Sakaki panicked, looking at the Duel Disk with an expression of disbelief:

"What's going on! Swordfish? Whip snakes? They're coming out like they did back then!"

Even when he asked, the two monster cards still didn't respond.

Watching Yuya Sakaki's panic through the glass, Soreva had this guess in her mind: