Chapter 40

After another five or six days, Tenjou Hikari and the others returned to the real world under the escort of Kaiba Corporation.

Kaiba himself seemed very satisfied with this exchange and very generously said he would increase investment in the Duel Academy, and also specially gave bonuses to all accompanying personnel.

Tenjou Hikari and the other students got the most. After all, they were the students responsible for dueling, so the bonuses were naturally the highest. Roughly calculating, even if Tenjou Hikari stayed back in the Duel Academy for seven or eight years and got a scholarship every year, I'm afraid he wouldn't have this amount.

Truly worthy of Kaiba, so generous.

Although they hadn't met the Kaiba of this world, Tenjou Hikari's favorability toward Seto Kaiba skyrocketed.

With this money, he could clear out an old card shop in Domino City.

However, there's no need for that at the moment.

After returning to the academy, Tenjou Hikari first went to find Judai and the others to ask about the current situation, and then saw Misawa Daichi, who was foolishly drinking chili sauce.

"What's going on?"

Tenjou Hikari stood outside the Slifer Red cafeteria and asked in confusion.

"Eh..." Asuka was a bit helpless, holding her head and shaking it. "It's all my brother's fault..."

"Ah?"

"Misawa... he's heartbroken... probably." Sho Marufuji weighed his words on the side and said.

"So what exactly is going on, Judai? Manjoume?"

"Hahaha, Misawa dueled a Seven Stars before, and after losing, he's been like this ever since."

Could it be that Amazoness warrior?

Tenjou Hikari asked about their recent situation curiously. After asking, he found that the process in the real world was not quite the same as in his impression.

During this time, Judai and the others encountered three "Seven Stars" one after another, but although they said three, there were actually quite a few people.

First was the "Black Scorpion Thieves," who sneaked into the academy, disguised themselves as academy teachers and staff, and then stole their keys. However, after discovering that three keys were not in the academy but had gone to another dimension, because they couldn't complete the mission and were discovered by "Great Detective Manjoume," they had no choice but to drop the keys and flee.

During the pursuit, Judai and the others encountered the real "Seven Stars" hiding in the shadows, the thief of Endymion. Caught off guard, Manjoume lost to the thief, and then Judai followed up and defeated the thief.

"Endymion? Is that the Spellcaster deck?"

"Ah... yeah, that Spell Card tactic was quite interesting!" Judai tilted his head and recalled. "If Manjoume hadn't dueled that guy and discovered his trump card, I'm afraid it would have been very difficult for me to win."

It seems the Seven Stars have indeed been strengthened?

And Manjoume is playing the classic "second male lead sacrificed" plot this time!

"And then?"

"Asuka defeated a Shadow Duelist named Titan? Seems like he was also Seven Stars?"

"Titan, what deck is he?"

"Fiend deck, rolling dice." Judai smiled and mentioned it.

?

Isn't that the original Seven Stars—

So weak.

"So the one that appeared now is the fifth Seven Stars?"

"Mm." Judai nodded.

Manjoume sighed: "Didn't expect Misawa, that guy, to be like this after just losing once."

"Although he lost to a Shadow Duelist, he shouldn't be so depressed." He raised his hand and told Tenjou Hikari what had happened in the past few days.

It happened the day before yesterday.

Some male students suddenly went missing in the school.

Through Manjoume's investigation—although Manjoume lost to the Endymion thief, he was the first to discover the situation of the missing male students and immediately launched an investigation, starting to count the number of students in each class.

"So amazing?" Tenjou Hikari looked at Manjoume in surprise.

"Heh." Manjoume hummed casually.

"Manjoume is indeed very smart." Mentioning this, Sho Marufuji added, "When the Black Scorpion Thieves were stealing the keys, Manjoume deduced their identities just from the clues.

It's a pity, if he hadn't been ambushed by the Endymion thief and felt unwell, I'm afraid he wouldn't have lost at all, right?"

"Lost is lost, don't say this nonsense." Manjoume followed up.

Through his investigation and search, he found that a colosseum had suddenly appeared in the south of the academy island, but he no longer had the Seven Stars key, so he hurriedly gathered other companions.

Guarding the colosseum was a sturdy woman. After Misawa dueled her, he accidentally lost, and then he became like this.

Red-faced, soul-lost. Drinking chili sauce, pouring tomato juice.

And, after all.

This is the Slifer Red cafeteria!

It's already outrageous for a Yellow Academy student like Misawa Daichi to walk here!

"Then what does that have to do with your brother?"

He didn't ask when Tenjoin Fubuki recovered first, but asked the main point.

"That idiot..." Mentioning Fubuki, blue veins popped up on Asuka's forehead. "He said Misawa must be in love, so he let Misawa go propose, and even tricked me out of my key for that..."

When she couldn't find her brother, she was worried about his life safety. Now that Fubuki was back and even awake, she just wanted to give that unreliable brother two punches.

"Didn't lose again, did he?"

"Eh..." Asuka sighed. "If that were the case, it would be great. As a result, that female duelist ignored Misawa completely, thinking Misawa's behavior was too low-class and despicable. As a result, Misawa became even more distracted."

"Eh, this stupid Five-Ocean." Tenjou Hikari shook his head. "If he can't even maintain second place in the grade because of this, I'd definitely be happy, but it's really too embarrassing to go on like this."

"Ah!" Judai Yuki also nodded. "So I decided, let me duel that person today!"

His face showed passion: "How about it, Hikari! You come too—"

"Mm, I have other things to do."

"?"

"Hikari, do you have something important to do?" Asuka asked in confusion. "Just came back from Kaiba Corporation, could it be that you're not feeling well? Do you want to ask the school doctor..."

"Ah, no, it's just some private matters these past few days." Tenjou Hikari waved his hand and pointed to the clothes on his body, saying, "I'm going to quit the Fusion Department."

"What!?"

"Ah?"

"Flap flap—"

Misawa Daichi, who was still distracted, was so scared that he fell off the bench. He stopped being distracted, jumped up, turned around, and ran to the door, shouting loudly: "The sky has fallen!? The world is destroyed!?"

"Hahaha, Ocean, I thought you couldn't hear what I was saying."

"What's going on, Tenjou, are you crazy!?" Even Manjoume, who had been holding his chest and acting cool, couldn't help but let go, looking at Tenjou Hikari in shock.

"Co, could it be that Tenjou-kun was brainwashed in another dimension!?" Sho Marufuji put his hands together and prayed, "I must be dreaming, I must be dreaming!"

"Hahaha, you misunderstood." Tenjou Hikari shook his head. "Actually, I feel that the current Fusion Department... isn't very 'Fusion.' So I want to start a new Fusion Department, let's call it the Neo Fusion Department?

I want to ask if you are interested, for example, Judai?"

"Oh oh oh! Neo Fusion Department? Sounds so cool!" Judai's eyes lit up. He liked the word 'Neo'. "I don't have a club either. Since you're starting a new club, Hikari, then I have no problem!"

"Interesting, then I'll join too." Manjoume recovered and said with his arms crossed.

"Manjoume, do you have Fusion monsters?"

"You didn't forget VWXYZ, did you!? You guy!"

"Then... me too?" The remaining few saw them joining and couldn't help but want to join in the fun.

It's just a club, it's entertainment in spare time anyway. Tenjou Hikari is familiar, and the club he builds definitely won't be as crazy as the current Fusion Department. That's a good thing!

Good!

Tenjou Hikari smiled.

He came here just for "club recruitment"! A club can't have just one person!

With Judai and the main cast joining, why worry that the Neo Fusion Department won't flourish!? Why worry that the old Fusion Army won't be destroyed?

Seeking recommendations, seeking monthly tickets~

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(End of chapter)