Chapter 1217: Family Dinner

"Lost again, huh."

Kaito looked up at the sky and let out a long breath.

Falling in the same place, losing to the same opponent twice—for him, this was an unprecedented experience.

Tenjo Kaito was one of the top duelists in this Xyz Dimension. Even in the anime, except for the duel where Vetrix used his younger brother Haruto as a shield, Kaito had never tasted defeat from beginning to end, whether in civil wars among the protagonist group or in boss battles.

Including the final life-or-death battle where Kaito took his final bow, he died on the moon only because he was exhausted and had accumulated internal injuries from years of fighting, eventually reaching a point where his body could no longer bear the overload. But although he passed away, he ultimately won the duel, and he never lost his dignity until the very end.

For him, losing to the same person twice was a humiliation worth remembering for a lifetime, but this also further proved that his failure was not a coincidence.

Kaito sat on the ground and looked at Fujiki You Xuan, who was putting away his Duel Disk.

This person... so strong.

He understood in his heart that even if he played another game, or even five or ten, the result would likely not change. Because the current him was truly not a match for this person.

However...

Far from being depressed or discouraged, Kaito gave a snort of laughter.

Forget it. Since he had decided to continue on the path of a duelist in the future, perhaps this was actually more interesting.

After all, he now clearly saw that where he stood was far from the peak. Having such a powerful duelist above him also allowed him to see that there was still huge room for improvement and the possibility of further evolution, giving him more motivation to move forward.

He suddenly understood what Yuma meant by "always chasing his back."

When you keep your eyes on a clear goal and have a back to chase, the motivation to move forward is completely different. For Yuma, that back was Kaito. And for Kaito at this moment, that back was Fujiki You Xuan.

Fujiki You Xuan stepped forward and reached out to Kaito, who was on the ground: "Planning to sit here forever? Then we're leaving first."

Kaito stared at the hand extended toward him, paused for a few seconds, then smiled and reached out to take it. Fujiki You Xuan exerted force and pulled him up.

"Don't get cocky too soon." Kaito chuckled. "I'll catch up soon."

Fujiki You Xuan laughed: "I'll be waiting."

"Oh, as expected, after dueling, everyone is a friend." Yuma stretched. "I've been out for so long, I'm hungry... Right! Let's all go to my house to eat!"

Kaito snorted: "I have no interest in such group-clustering behavior."

Clustering? Isn't that the behavior of the weak? The strong have always walked alone.

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However, ten minutes later, Kaito was already sitting at the dining table at Yuma's house with the others.

"Another bowl!" Yuma was the first to raise his empty rice bowl.

Grandma reached out to take it and helped him refill it. During this time, Yuma turned to Kaito: "Oh, but it's really great, Kaito came after all."

Kaito snorted proudly and glanced at Fujiki You Xuan: "Don't misunderstand, I just want to keep an eye on this guy."

The implication was, I didn't come because it was actually delicious.

Although Yuma's home-cooked dinner was indeed quite delicious...

Fujiki You Xuan smiled: "Then I'm truly flattered to be cared for by you like this."

"I didn't say I trust you just like that." Kaito said. "In the end, you are still an other-dimensional person. No matter what purpose you have for coming to our world, I will be watching you."

Yuma hurriedly smoothed things over: "Well, well, Fujiki You Xuan has given me a lot of help, everyone is friends..." Fujiki You Xuan also laughed: "It's fine, I don't mind. But speaking of which, the ones who started the trouble were you guys. More accurately, let me think... it should be that guy named Vetrix, right? He seems to be your old man?"

Mentioning his father's name, Kaito's expression remained calm, and he only said faintly: "I know he doesn't seem to be in Heartland anymore, but the higher-ups won't reveal any news, and I don't know where he went..."

Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something and raised an eyebrow: "Could it be that he went to your world in person... and you finished him off?"

"Not at all, don't make it sound so scary as if I'm a devil." Fujiki You Xuan waved his hand with a smile. "But just invited him to be a guest at my place."

Although this was said politely, Kaito naturally understood that it meant Vetrix had failed and been captured, and was now a prisoner.

Normally, a son hearing that his father had been imprisoned would likely turn hostile on the spot, or at the very least express some anger.

But Kaito only pondered for a few seconds, then said: "Help me keep him locked up for a few more years, thanks."

Fujiki You Xuan laughed out loud.

You guys are really a "filial son and loving father," aren't you.

Fujiki You Xuan mused that this must be the tone set by President Kaiba. Back then, the President drove away Gozaburo and snatched his company, and incidentally wiped out the electronic soul of his old man backed up in the virtual world; he was "filial" to the point of strength back then.

Therefore, as the second male lead of the card game series who also holds the same panel as the "White Bride," Kaito undoubtedly inherited the President's mantle. Whether it was the tsundere, foul-tempered personality inherited from the male lead, the obsession with dragons to the point of "dragon cancer," or the panel that starts at 3000 and advances to 4500, he exuded a sense of tribute from head to toe.

"And besides me, you should have other targets you need to be more wary of, right?"

Fujiki You Xuan smiled and gestured toward Dumon, who had been silently eating the whole time.

"Speaking of which, the reason your father changed his temperament back then and ignored you brothers was all because he discovered the Barian World. Whether it was your father or Vetrix, the fact that your dimension organized invasions of my dimension time and time again was also Barian's idea, right?"

"And now there's a Barian sitting in this room..."

Before he could finish, Kaito had already sprung from his seat, looking ready to act at any moment.

He stared wide-eyed at Dumon: "You are a Barian?"

Dumon was expressionless: "Yes."

The air was instantly filled with the smell of gunpowder, as if it could be ignited at any moment.

Yuma sweated, hurriedly trying to smooth things over: "Ah, this... this is a long story. Dumon is indeed a Barian, but he's not an enemy now..."

Yuma was sweating profusely while trying to smooth things over, while Fujiki You Xuan, who had broken this layer of relationship, was watching with great interest from the side, his expression as if to say, fight, fight quickly, it would be best if there were blood.

He was completely a troll.

Kaito and this Barian Emperor Dumon stared at each other for a moment, then asked: "Then since you are a Barian, you should know, right? Recently, we have continuously monitored an abnormal amount of abnormal energy fluctuations from the Barian Dimension. What is the situation?"

"No, I don't know."

Dumon ate a bite of food unhurriedly.

"But I can probably guess whose handiwork it is," Dumon said word by word. "Vector." ===== CHAPTER 1218 =====