Chapter 1057: Missing Persons

Duel Academy, classroom.

Morning light poured in through the gaps in the blinds like liquid amber, casting mottled light grids on the function formulas on the left side of the blackboard. As Professor Chronos's right hand holding the chalk drew white trajectories in the air, tiny chalk dust danced in the light beam.

Judai Yuki was like a robot with low battery, mechanically repeating the cycle of "nodding-waking up." His arm supporting his chin seemed to have stiffened into a sculpture, only his index finger was still tapping his cheek unconsciously, as if keeping time for his sleepiness.

Until the arm supporting his chin finally shifted to a sufficient angle, his whole head fell onto the desk with a "thud," and only then did he wake up suddenly.

The surrounding students all looked at him. Judai scratched his head embarrassedly, yawned, and even stretched arrogantly.

Professor Chronos: "..."

In the past, the Professor would probably have gone berserk. But seeing this scene now, the Professor's patience was unexpectedly good; he took two deep breaths, turned his head to continue the lecture, and just pretended not to see it.

Forget it, forget it.

He's already a third-year student. Three years, honestly, he has also developed feelings for this poor student who he couldn't stand anywhere at the beginning.

Anyway, this person has an invincible right hand, and no matter what the situation is, he can turn danger into safety by relying on the drawing power of his right hand. There is only one person in the entire academy who can beat Judai Yuki... no, it can even be said that there are probably very few people in the current dueling world who can beat him.

It doesn't matter if such a Judai Yuki doesn't listen to the lecture; he can't control it.

Chronos turned around and wrote on the blackboard, while feeling a bit sad in his heart.

Time passes so fast, in the blink of an eye, these stinky boys are about to graduate.

After this year, I'm afraid I won't be able to see this stinky boy yawning again, and I might even miss it then.

At this time, Sho Marufuji in the audience also asked in a low voice: "Big Brother, you never listen to the lecture, why do you come to class?"

Sho Marufuji was very puzzled. Could it be that it sleeps better in the classroom than in the dormitory?

Judai smiled and said: "Because we are about to graduate. Professor Chronos's voice is heard once less once."

Sho Marufuji: "..."

So Big Brother came specifically to listen to the Professor's voice.

Judai turned the Winged Kuriboh card in his hand casually, and suddenly his peripheral vision caught a figure by the back door of the classroom.

A boy in a blue uniform was sneakingly peeking inside while holding the door frame. Just as Judai turned his head to look curiously, their eyes collided in mid-air.

The man instantly retracted his head as if electrocuted, leaving only a strand of hair sticking up shaking by the door, and then disappeared without a trace.

The card that was turning in Judai's hand fell lightly on the table. He narrowed his eyes and stared at the empty door frame, always feeling a little concerned.

"Big Brother?"

Sho Marufuji leaned over.

"Were you looking at Taniguchi-kun at the door just now?"

"Hmm? Sho, you saw it too?" Judai asked, "Taniguchi, a classmate you know?"

"Of course I know him."

Sho Marufuji was surprised.

"Big Brother, don't tell me you don't know Taniguchi."

Judai tilted his head in confusion: "Should I know him?"

"You're kidding, you really don't remember?"

Sho Marufuji was even more surprised.

"Taniguchi is a celebrity in the school, has won awards in many competitions, and has participated in competitions as an academy representative. He is a big celebrity. How could you forget this?"

Judai listened and became even more confused.

Although he usually doesn't care about things in the school, if it were such a famous student, he felt he should have heard of him.

Because according to Judai's past temperament, he would definitely have gone to him to play cards if there were such a famous student in the academy. But he really had no impression of this person at all. The four-arithmetic classmate in the back also nodded and said: "Indeed, it is very rare even for Judai to not remember such a celebrity."

Chazz Princeton next to him snorted: "Hmph, this is what they call a noble person forgetting things. Damn Judai, just because his luck in drawing cards is a little better, he is arrogant..."

"You all remember?"

Judai felt even stranger.

Why does everyone around him recognize this person, but only he doesn't?

This is too abnormal.

"Taniguchi..."

The more Judai thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, and suddenly he stood up from his seat.

"Hmm?"

Professor Chronos, who had been ignoring his small movements, finally couldn't pretend not to see him anymore, and asked helplessly: "What's wrong, poor student?"

Although the relationship between the Professor and Judai is no longer as tense as when he enrolled, and Professor Chronos no longer finds him so unpleasant, but "poor student" is what he is used to calling him, and he can't change it for a while.

Judai didn't care and smiled: "Going to the infirmary, teacher."

"Oh, oh."

Chronos didn't ask much either. After all, it was already giving him a lot of face that the poor student was willing to attend the class, and he didn't want to know what Judai was going to do.

Leaving the classroom, Judai didn't go to the infirmary, but came to the archives room.

Yubel floated behind him: "What? Is there a file you want to check?"

"I suddenly remembered, it seems I've seen this person named Taniguchi somewhere..."

Judai started the computer in the archives room and began to query information.

Yubel hugged her arms: "Didn't your classmates say that he is a very famous student? Then it's not strange that you've heard of this person somewhere, right?"

"No, it's a little different."

Judai shook his head and said.

"I remember this person seems to be... Ha, sure enough, I found it."

He opened a file on the computer.

Yubel leaned over to take a look and narrowed her eyes: "Oh, so that's it. In that case, it's indeed interesting."

There was indeed a file and photo of Taniguchi in the computer file, but it was not a student file.

It was one of the missing persons from the old dormitory back then.

Back then, it wasn't just Chazz Princeton and Yusuke Fujiwara who went missing in the old dormitory; more students disappeared in that forbidden area. It cannot be ruled out that some of them, like Yusuke Fujiwara, were people who were obsessed with the study of dark power.

Among them was this Taniguchi.

Yubel supported her chin: "But if this person was a student who went missing back then, then now in your classmates' memories, he is actually a student currently enrolled..."

"Hmm," Judai nodded, "He probably used the ability to influence others' cognition, or even tamper with memories, making it possible for the people around him to naturally accept that this guy who had long gone missing had returned to the campus."

"And the guy who has the ability to do this..."

Before he finished speaking, a cold voice sounded from the door of the archives room.

"Of course, it's the omnipotent Darkness."

Judai and Yubel turned their heads together, only to see Taniguchi already standing at the door of the archives room, staring at them with cold eyes.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1058 =====