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

"You're the one bullying the kids! These children were just scared and cried. I was just comforting them."

Instinctively retaliating, Soreva turned around and saw the dark-skinned girl who used the Gem Knight in the 3-on-3 duel he had participated in at the Yushojuku last time standing behind him.

“I remember, your name is…”

"Mitsu Masumi, my name is Mitsu Masumi, remember that!"

Mitsutsu Masumi tossed a briefcase from her hand into Soreva's, and said menacingly,

"This is what LDS asked me to bring over: materials related to the projects Professor Mark participated in. But I want you to remember one thing!"

As she spoke, Mitsutsu Masumi walked up to Soreva, who had just clumsily caught the briefcase, and pointed her finger at Soreva's chest, saying:

"Don't think that just because Mr. Mark is recovering from an accident and LDS has handed over Mr. Mark's work to you, you can replace him! To me, Mr. Mark will always be the best teacher!"

"Yes, yes, I understand. Don't worry, I have no intention of replacing that Mr. Mark, okay?"

Soreva sighed. He hadn't expected to encounter such a difficult student right from the start of the exchange program. It seemed he would be quite busy throughout the program.

But is LDS's excuse just that they were injured in an accident? It seems they really don't dare to tell the truth.

Looking around, Soleva didn't see any other LDS students besides Mitsutsu Masumi, which made him curious:

"By the way, are you the only one participating in this exchange student program? I thought there would be more people."

Upon hearing this, Mitsutsu Masumi's face instantly darkened, and she began to curse viciously:

"They're all a bunch of opportunistic bastards! As soon as Professor Mark got into trouble, they all switched to other instructors! One of them even plays [Cyber ​​Dragon] decks and went to the Xyz Department instead!"

"Someone who plays [Cyber ​​Dragon] went to the Xyz Department? Isn't that normal?"

After all, [Cyber ​​Dragon Infinite], [Cyber ​​Dragon Nova], and similar items also have the [Cyber ​​Dragon] field.

However, Mitsutsu Masumi was quite displeased with Soleva's words and immediately grabbed Soleva by the collar:

"Who do you think is to blame?! They all ran away because they heard that your Yusheng Academy was having an exchange student program! If your Yusheng Academy weren't so terrible, why would they have run away?!"

"Yes, yes, we at Yusheng Academy are truly sorry for being so bad! Then may I ask who lost to a student of our Yusheng Academy in a duel before?"

This pointed retort instantly made Mitsu Masumi's face turn red with anger, but she couldn't defend herself at all, since she was the one who suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Hiiragi Yuzu that day.

Clutching tightly at Soreva's collar, Mitsutsu Masumi trembled, her voice trembling with a hint of a sob:

"Why?! Why did it have to be Mr. Mark who got into trouble?!"

Soreva didn't know what to say, nor how to comfort the completely devastated Mitsutsu Masumi. He could only gently pat her back while casting a heavy glance at Hayabusa, who was hiding behind the doorpost.

Look at this! This is the mess you've made!

However, Falcon somehow interpreted Soreva's gaze and walked step by step from behind the doorpost toward Soreva and Mitsutsu Masumi, causing Soreva to signal him to go back several times with his eyes.

However, Falcon ignored this until he was only a few steps away from Soleva and Mitsutsu Masumi, at which point he spoke:

"If you must find someone to vent your anger on, you shouldn't take it out on Yushengjuku; you should come to me."

Mitsutsu Masumi, who was crying her heart out, was startled when she suddenly heard such a voice. She looked at Hayabusa blankly and asked:

"You, what do you mean by that?"

"I can tell you, it was I who attacked the teacher you call Mr. Mark. Although it was an accident, I will not evade my sins. If you want revenge for your Mr. Mark, defeat me in a duel!"

This time, upon hearing Hayabusa's words clearly, Mitsutsu Masumi's eyes blazed with a flame of revenge.

Chapter 70 Gems VS Raptors

"Phew, phew, Mr. Soleva, I'm back!"

Panting, Yuzu arrived at the viewing area of ​​the Yushojuku Duel Arena and saw that, in addition to Soleva and the three little ones, even Yuto, whose name she had only learned the previous night, was there.

"Oh! Yuzu, thank you for your hard work! Do you need me to get you a bottle of water?"

Seeing Soleva raise his hand in greeting, Yuzu shook her head and turned to look at the two people standing opposite each other in the dueling arena:

"They are... Mitsutsu Masumi from LDS? And who is the other person? I don't know why, but they look so familiar."

"Of course you're familiar with him, Yuzu. Have you forgotten? He's the one who attacked us last night?"

These words instantly made Hiiragi Yuzu understand, and successfully allowed her to match the image of this vibrant, standing man with the mysterious figure who attacked them the previous night:

"So it was him? But why did he start a duel with Mitsutsu Masumi?"

Hearing this, Soreva gave a wry smile, touched his nose, and said:

"Yuzu, do you remember the person who was attacked in front of us last night? I only found out today that this Mitsu Masumi is his student. She challenged Hayabusa to a duel to avenge her teacher."

"So that's it..."

She gave a soft reply, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and a look of anxiety appeared on her face.

"But if Mitsutsu Masumi loses, won't she turn into a card like that person last night? Mr. Sorewa, why didn't you stop her!?"

"Don't worry."

Before Soreva could even speak after hearing Hiiragi Yuzu's complaint, Yuto beside him spoke first.

"Hayabusa has realized his mistake. He knows that duelists in your dimension who use fusion are innocent. He will not activate the program that seals people in cards in this duel."

"That's good."

Relieved, Yuzu breathed a sigh of relief, but a question still lingered in her mind:

What does this dimension mean?

But before she could speak, the duel that the two had started in the arena stole all her attention, making her forget all her doubts.

"Duel!" ×2

"I'll handle the first move, that should be fine, right?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, whose eyes were still red and swollen, Falcon asked.

"It doesn't matter. Even if you get the first move, I will still defeat you and avenge Teacher Mark!"

Hearing the girl's fierce words, Falcon nodded and slapped a card onto his duel disk:

"I Normal Summon [Raiding Raptor - Exterminator Shrike]! The turn this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can Special Summon one [Raiding Raptor - Exterminator Shrike] from your hand! Come on, a second Exterminator Shrike!"

Seeing the two military-green mechanical birds he had seen the night before appear in the falcon's enclosure, Soreva nodded:

"It seems that even if it's just to let Mitsu Masumi get revenge, Hayabusa is taking this duel seriously. Two [Rapid Raptor] monsters of the same level, even with a bad hand, should be able to Xyz Summon something."

Meanwhile, Falcon, who couldn't hear Soreva's words in the spectator area, revealed his third card:

"I activate the effect of [Raiding Raptor - Blur Shrike] in my hand. If I control [Raiding Raptor - Banish Shrike], I can Special Summon this card from my hand!"

With a clap of its paw, the purple mechanical bird appeared beside the two military-green birds. At that moment, the black hole vortex, symbolizing an Xyz Summon, appeared.

"I will construct an Xyz network with one [Rapid Raptor - Exterminate Shrike] and one [Rapid Raptor - Blur Shrike] on the field!"

O raptor of the underworld! Reveal the truth with your dark eyes, seize glory with your sharp talons! Xyz Summon! Fly forth, Rank 4, [Rapid Raptor - Mighty Wood Owl]!

Within the black hole vortex, a dark purple light shot out and transformed into a dark brown bird with a metallic sheen, resembling a real owl, but with dark blue armor adorning its claws, head, and wings.

"Once per turn, you can detach one Xyz Material from this card and add one Level 4 Winged Beast (DARK) monster from your Deck to your hand! I choose to detach the Blur Shrike from my Xyz Material and add one [Rapid Raptor - Singing Shrike] to my hand!"

As the purple dot symbolizing the excess material of the Blurry Shrike dissipated before the Powerful Owl, the falcon's voice rang out once more.

When [Raid Raptor - Blur Shrike] is sent to the graveyard, you can add one [Raid Raptor - Blur Shrike] from your deck to your hand!

As the sound of the Duel Disk shuffling the deck rang out, two cards were ejected from the Duel Disk and added to Falcon's hand.

"I activate the effect of [Rapid Raptor - Blur Shrike] again to Special Summon it from my hand! Next, I activate the effect of [Rapid Raptor - Singing Shrike]: If I control an Xyz Monster, I can Special Summon this card from my hand!"

Seeing the familiar, blurry shrike and a small, chubby yellow mechanical bird appear beside the banishing shrike, Soleva thought of the Winged Falcon that had been Xyz summoned by the Falcon the previous night:

"Three level 4 monsters, are they coming? The Winged Falcon? Or is he planning to use these three [Rapid Raptor] monsters to maintain the Forest Owl's defense at 3500?"

And Falcon quickly made his choice:

"I put down two cards, and the turn ends!"

Currently, all four [Rapid Raptor] monsters on Falcon's field are in Defense Position, with Strike Owl boasting a Defense stat of 3500. Without relying on effect destruction, it would be extremely difficult to break through this situation.

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a cold expression, Mitsutsu Masumi added the card she had drawn to her hand and then placed a magic card onto her duel disk.

"I activate [Gem Knight Fusion] from my hand! I use [Gem Knight: Jadeite] and [Gem Knight: Obsidian] from my hand as materials to perform a Fusion Summon!"

O mystical stone crackled with lightning and thunder! O incomparably sharp blackness! Let your light swirl around you! Merge with this new light! Fusion Summon! Appear, victorious seeker, [Gem Knight: Topaz]!

"[Gem Knight Obsidian]'s effect! If this card is sent from your hand to the Graveyard, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from your Graveyard! Come back, [Gem Knight Jade]!"

Clad in yellow armor and crackling with lightning, the Jewel Knight appeared beside [Gem Knight Topaz] in a flash of dark light, causing Soreva's eyes to twitch.

"This scene looks ominous no matter how you look at it."

And Soleva's words came true the very next second.

"Witness the power of the new card that Master Mark left me! I will use this power to avenge Master Mark! I activate the Spell Card [Light Absorbing Fusion] from my hand!"

For some reason, Soreva saw a dense, dark aura emanating from Mitsutsu Masumi, but when he asked Hiiragi Yuzu beside him, she said she hadn't seen anything.

"It's no use, Soleva, they can't see it. It's power from the Elven realm, but it's mixed with a trace of [Tyrannosaurus Rex Zak]'s residual power, which only resonates with resentful souls."

Just when Soreva thought he had seen wrong, Zero's voice slowly rang in his ears.

Chapter 71 Gem Explosion

"[Tyrannosaurus Rex Zak's] power? What effect would that have on the person who uses it?"

To avoid arousing suspicion from those around him, Soleva quickly hid in a corner before lowering his voice to ask Zero. Zero, who had revealed herself to Soleva, immediately nodded, a hint of pity appearing in her eyes as she looked towards the dueling arena.

"If we don't defeat her and dispel the power of [Tyrannosaurus Rex Zak] as soon as possible, that girl's mind will be corrupted by [Tyrannosaurus Rex Zak], and she will eventually become a madwoman who uses duels to attack others and destroy everything."

"What! Then we should stop this duel immediately!"

Upon hearing of such serious consequences, Soreva was immediately startled, and his voice became much louder. After he finished speaking, he quickly covered his mouth and looked towards the spectator area.

Fortunately, it seems no one heard the noise from here.

Zero shook her head, rejecting Soreva's idea:

"No, that girl's mental state is already abnormal. If we rashly stop this duel and provoke her, it will only exacerbate her corruption."