Chapter 1396: Speak with a Duel

The group talked as they moved forward. Just halfway through, they suddenly heard a heavy boom from the front, and then rolling black smoke rose in the forest.

Ray's face changed slightly: "What's the situation? Could it be that the survivor location was discovered by the Academy?"

Judai: "Ah, wouldn't that be terrible?"

Ray didn't speak, her face gloomy as she just quickened her pace, finally turning into a light run. The group followed closely, passed through the bushes and dense forest, and soon came to another town area.

From a distance, they saw a beast-warrior-like monster flying in mid-air. Half of the monster's body looked like the classic old monster "Dark Panther Warrior" often used by Jonouchi, but the other half of the body looked like some kind of mechanical body, as if it had been fused with machinery through some kind of biological modification technology.

You Xuan recognized it; it was "Beast-Warrior Machine - Predator Panther", the fusion boss of the "Beast-Warrior Machine" deck, a specialty of the Academy in the anime, not included in the physical cards. The classic old monster "Dark Panther Warrior" had also been incorporated into this deck series.

At this time, the modified Predator Panther was waving a great sword, seemingly destroying this town.

"That is..." Ray screamed, "Grandpa Jirokichi's card shop... stop!"

In the direction the Panther Warrior was moving, it looked like a card shop from the storefront. The shop door had long been closed, with rusty iron chains hanging on the door, looking like it hadn't been opened for who knows how many days.

Hearing Ray's voice, the group immediately realized that it was probably the card shop left by the old man she mentioned earlier who had heroically sacrificed himself in battle.

Although this shop hadn't opened for a long time, the existence of this shop itself had become a spiritual pillar for the survivors, especially a flag and benchmark for the warriors who had the courage to resist the Academy.

And now, this flagpole seemed to be about to be pushed down.

"Kuriboh!"

A small shadow flew out from the shop door. A fluffy Kuriboh, its small body looking completely unthreatening, yet it had a firm look in its eyes, opening a pair of small short arms to block the shop door.

"Kuriboh!" Ray was surprised, "That's Grandpa Jirokichi's Kuriboh, so much time has passed, actually... actually still here..."

She didn't mention this detail to the others. Grandpa Jirokichi was actually a duelist with spirits before he died, and this Kuriboh was his spirit; they used to be very close.

Who would have thought that the owner was dead, but the Kuriboh as a spirit was still here, still guarding this shop that was already empty.

The Panther Warrior slashed down with its sword. Kuriboh was immediately knocked away, rolling on the ground several times, falling into a mess.

Predator Panther let out a threatening roar, as if threatening, telling this little thing not to stand up again.

If it stood up again, this sword wouldn't just make it tumble.

"Kuri..."

Kuriboh climbed up again.

Completely ignoring the opponent's threat, the spirit's small body floated up again, opening its short arms, revealing a super fierce but unthreatening look, blocking in front of this shop.

The meaning it conveyed was also very clear: it wouldn't retreat.

This shop, this place, was not just a flag for the rebels. For it, this was also the place that carried all the memories of its owner.

After Grandpa Jirokichi retired and opened this shop, this Kuriboh had always been by his side. Every bit of daily life, every day and every moment, those memories were like pearls, shining in the darkness.

This shop was all that the owner who was no longer here had left in this world.

It was too weak to protect its owner. But at least, the last mark left by the owner...

"Roar!"

Predator Panther slashed its sword again. This time there was no mercy, no holding back. The sharp sword energy slashed at Kuriboh's small body without mercy, looking like it was going to split the fluffy little ball into two.

"Dark Magician!"

Yugi shouted and took the lead.

The surging dark magic gathered into the form of a black-robed mage, torrents surging on the emerald staff, rushing towards the Panther Warrior.

The Panther Warrior was taken aback, seemingly not expecting someone to intervene, and hurriedly turned back to counter.

Its long sword collided with the light ball of dark magic, exploding into a transparent magic storm. Predator Panther let out a muffled groan, suffered a big loss, flew backward from the explosion, shot obliquely into the ground, and exploded into a sky-high dust wave.

Kuriboh looked at the Dark Magician who flew in front of it, its small eyes full of confusion: "Kuri?"

Yugi stepped forward: "Are you okay?"

"Kukuri..."

Kuriboh nodded blankly. Or in Kuriboh's case, it should be said that it nodded its body.

Yugi himself also held a Kuriboh spirit, and seeing someone else's Kuriboh being beaten at this time, he felt as if he was feeling the same, so he naturally couldn't help but help.

The Predator Panther Warrior glared at the Dark Magician fiercely, but didn't do anything, instead retreating backward.

Probably the short confrontation just now had judged that the opponent wasn't an opponent like Kuriboh that he could easily handle, and if he did it again, he probably wouldn't get any benefits.

The Dark Magician didn't chase for the time being, just hugged his staff with both hands, floating in front of Yugi and Kuriboh, looking at each other coldly.

Then a somewhat thick human voice came: "Oh? Even at this time, there are still experts here who can control this level of spirits?"

The group looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly man walking up.

The man had blue hair, one eye, and an eyepatch over his left eye, and a large area of skin that looked like it had been burned was exposed outside the eyepatch, looking ferocious and fierce.

He wore a military green jacket, a black shirt under the jacket, a black belt, and black trousers. The cuffs of the jacket were rolled up, revealing layers of bandages tightly wrapped around his sturdy arms.

The Panther Warrior who suffered a loss under the Dark Magician flew back to this person's side, holding his sword horizontally in front, guarding vigilantly like a guard.

"You are the owner of that monster." Yugi stepped forward and said, "Are you also an executive of the Academy?"

The big man puffed out his chest and said: "My name is Barrett, a senior guard captain of Lord Zarc."

"Since you are also a duelist, attacking someone who has no power to resist, wouldn't the soul of a duelist feel guilty?" Yugi shouted.

Barrett said coldly: "Guilty? Victory is the glory of a duelist, why should I feel guilty for victory?"

"You guy... people like you who tarnish the honor of duelists, no matter in what dimension, I will never forgive!"

When speaking, the Millennium Puzzle on Yugi's chest had already lit up with golden light. Under the shroud of brilliance, his temperament had changed abruptly, his eyes became sharp and keen, and he had obviously changed to the substitute.

Dark Yugi shouted: "Come on! Speak with a duel!" ===== CHAPTER 1397 =====