Chapter 158: About the Famous Duelist Yu Cheng Shi Dai and His Heroes

Yu Cheng Shi Dai is a first-year student at the Duel Academy, about to enter his second year.

As a famous student, he skips class, sleeps during lessons, forcibly enters dormitories, and single-handedly invades restricted zones—he's the notorious troublemaker in teachers' eyes, a well-known problem student, yet as a duelist, Yu Cheng Shi Dai is already renowned throughout his first year and even the entire academy.

In the academy, he is the only peer considered capable of being mentioned alongside Tenjo Hikari, and in nearly all cases, he rarely loses a duel; in his duel at Professor Dadesi, he nearly won, exposing Professor Dadesi's true nature and even outperforming Wan Teng Liang.

Occasionally, some students from the Fusion Department target other Fusion Department students to "take them down," and they often fixate on Yu Cheng Shi Dai—but his Heroes always leave them humiliated, fleeing with their tails between their legs.

At such moments, the carefree Yu Cheng Shi Dai still flashes an exaggerated grin, a calm, unperturbed expression, saying, "What an interesting duel!"

For Fusion Department students, Yu Cheng Shi Dai's simple "How interesting" is ten times, even nine times more terrifying than Tenjo Hikari's fierce hostility and threats.

And yet, today, such a Yu Cheng Shi Dai has encountered trouble.

As Tenjo Hikari and others prepared to return to the human world, Yu Cheng Shi Dai was supporting someone, slowly walking toward the starting point.

"Hold on, San Ze."

"Sorry, Shi Dai, I didn't expect a spirit to suddenly go berserk," San Ze Sanze Dadi said sadly, "and now the teleporter is shattered."

Blood still dripped from his forehead—the wound from the sudden spirit attack earlier.

"Also, my injuries aren't serious…"

"Don't talk! That attack was meant for me, wasn't it? If not for you, I'd be the one hurt."

Shi Dai cut him off, his voice heavy with sorrow.

"Sorry, Shi Dai, I didn't stop it," Yuyi Ren lowered his head beside him.

"Shi Dai, I was negligent—I'll be far more serious from now on!" The Golden Captain also floated out to apologize.

Beside him, Hot Lady and Bubble Hero joined in their apologies; clearly, they were deeply dissatisfied with their own actions and ashamed that they had failed to react to the attack on Shi Dai, even letting his friend take the blow.

For the 【Heroes】, failing to protect Shi Dai was already a grave mistake—how much worse to have caused his friend to be injured?

"It's fine, Captain," Shi Dai forced a smile, "after all, the duel's over—who could've predicted a spirit would suddenly go berserk?"

The dimension Shi Dai came to was a shattered one; he'd heard Bubble Hero had appeared here, so he came searching for his companion.

The usage status of all academy dimension gates was largely controlled by their Fusion Department; since he hadn't gone with Tenjo Hikari to 【Mountain】, he naturally didn't want to miss the chance and invited San Ze Sanze Dadi along for the expedition.

Everything had gone smoothly—he'd successfully found his most frequently used Hero's spirit, after acquiring Yuyi Ren, the Golden Captain, and the recently discovered Hot Lady.

But after the duel ended, while he and San Ze happily chatted with the spirits, one spirit suddenly erupted and attacked them!

This completely exceeded everyone's—and even all the spirits'—expectations; Shi Dai himself was caught off guard. Had San Ze not reacted instantly, he might have been pierced through the chest!

He knew this was undoubtedly an accident.

He wore a smile, spoke comforting words, supported San Ze Sanze Dadi, and encouraged his companions and the spirits.

Seeing this, the Golden Captain again tried to rush forward to help carry San Ze Sanze Dadi—but as he reached out, he saw the terrifying resolve in Shi Dai's eyes.

He reluctantly withdrew his hand, letting Shi Dai stubbornly support San Ze Sanze Dadi.

Yu Cheng Shi Dai had few friends since childhood.

He grew up alone.

For reasons unknown, every child who got close to him would inexplicably get injured—some severely enough to fall into a coma. Over time, children stopped playing with him, and he, in turn, deliberately distanced himself from his peers.

With no friends, he began playing cards alone—or even designed his own cards. As a child, he fell in love with dueling and monsters, especially the 【Heroes】.

Because they were cool. Because they were reliable!

He treated his cards as friends, imagining that one day he too could become a Hero.

One day, Kaiba Corporation held a grand event: only the most popular or most successful child could send their "dream" to another dimension as a human emissary and a gesture of goodwill toward the spirits.

That day, Shi Dai excitedly mailed his drawn cards and visions of the future all at once to Kaiba Corporation, pouring his entire deck and all his hopes into it—and miraculously, he was selected, becoming the luckiest child in the world.

After that, the curse that had clung to him seemed to vanish instantly; no one around him ever suffered inexplicable injuries again.

He was—the luckiest!

He repeated this phrase in his heart.

Whenever he wanted, he always drew the cards he needed; before joining the Duel Academy, he had no friends at all, yet after enrolling, he gradually gained friends like Syrus, Bastion, Chazz, Jim, Jaden, Zane, Alexis, and Ming Rixiang; he co-founded the Fusion Department with Tenjo Hikari—not only because it was fun and allowed him to duel Zane daily, but more importantly, because it let him duel those Fusion Department bastards and accomplish heroic feats.

This was his luck!

But—

This journey was also filled with pain.

He bit his lip lightly, a flash of gold passing through his eyes.

In his duel with Qi Xing, he realized the cruelty of 【Dark Duel】—the real pain could torment an ordinary person's body; after dueling Master Professor Dadesi, he discovered he wasn't as resolute as he thought, too hesitant; Fusion Department bastards constantly provoked them until they were thoroughly beaten into silence; Tenjo Hikari and Wan Wan Zhangmu secretly discussed things they clearly didn't want them to know, fearing they'd worry.

These days, Kai Sa's situation made him suddenly remember something—though they'd been incredibly happy in the Fusion Department, one day they'd still have to part ways, just as Kai Sa would graduate.

What about beyond graduation?

What about other kinds of separation?

For example…

Death!?

That just-now spirit—

There was no mistake.

He saw it: before going berserk, that spirit had flashed an intense white light, blinding as a lightbulb.

Still smiling, he carried San Ze Sanze Dadi to the dimension gate, glanced around, then chose to leave this dimension.

Though still smiling, that smile was no longer the pure, carefree one of before.

As he departed, he seemed to hear a faint, ethereal voice, slowly resonating throughout the space.

"Shi Dai, wait for me—I'll find you, I promise!"

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