Chapter 259: The Winner's Resolve

"Winner decided!"

The grand venue, the sea of people in the audience, was like a churning ocean. The referee held the microphone and announced loudly and passionately.

"The winner of the finals, the new Duel King is born! His name is Fujiki You Xuan!"

Applause and shouts, as if the entire space had been ignited. Before the referee's voice fell, the venue was already boiling, applause sounded like thunder, instantly drowning the space. The audience stood up one after another, waving flags printed with the winner's name.

You Xuan stood in the center of the venue, suddenly feeling the lights a bit dazzling. All the cheers, shouts, and the supreme glory that symbolized reaching the pinnacle of this world that came suddenly, brought not excitement at first, but bewilderment.

Wait a minute, how did I get here...

Why is there a sudden sense of déjà vu as if I missed a whole season of progress?

You Xuan frowned.

He remembered that he seemed to have sneaked into that company called Abiak with the President and Marik Ishtar. They successfully entered the interior from the sewer system, hacked the direct elevator with Mokuba's remote assistance, and entered the server room...

And then they seemed to have come here?

Suddenly, he became the Duel King.

Not only that. He soon realized that the tail number of the deposit in his bank account now was so large that it was confusing, he had a garage full of luxury cars, and he had countless mansions under his name.

Just like this manor on the outskirts of Domino City, the Duel City.

Walking in this huge manor and magnificent building, looking at the exquisite gardens, beautiful sculptures, and art pieces, he suddenly felt like a first-person spectator. It was as if he were watching his own life on another world line, a self who had won everything through dueling and stepped to the pinnacle.

"Lord You Xuan, the bath water is ready."

Turning his head, he found that there was even a little maid in this manor. The skirt hem was light and elegant, white silk stockings tightly fitted to the slender and well-proportioned legs, revealing exquisite collarbones and mysterious magnificent cleavage, soft as clouds.

"Does Lord want to take a bath now?"

The little maid smiled, and as she spoke, she began to untie her belt.

"Wait a minute." You Xuan raised his eyebrows and made a gesture to stop her. "What are you doing?"

The little maid blinked and said calmly: "Please let Lord eat seafood."

You Xuan: "..."

Seeing that the situation might get out of control if this continued, You Xuan coughed.

"Silence."

As the voice fell, the picture instantly froze.

The huge mansion, the dreamy little maid, everything twisted and deformed before his eyes. The colors were blurry and chaotic, and the originally clear outlines began to blur.

Following that, everything seemed to become a shattered mirror, tearing into countless fragments. All the vivid details vanished in an instant, replaced by chaos and darkness, as if he were in an endless void.

Only a long corridor appeared in front of him, leading to nowhere.

The figure of Silent Magician appeared beside him.

"Just now... an illusion?" You Xuan frowned slightly. "Is it the enemy's ability similar to illusion?"

Silent shook her head.

You Xuan looked down at his right hand, feeling a bit discordant at first, but soon seemed to understand something.

"So that's it..." You Xuan muttered. "This kind of feeling, this state is..."

Virtual body.

This is not in reality, but a digital state similar to when in the link system. This is a technical principle similar to Kaiba Corporation's black technology. He didn't know when his thinking was amplified and accelerated into some artificially created virtual world, and everything he just saw was a data projection.

And now he broke the false images shown to him by the enemy with the power of the spirit, but he is still in this virtual space, just seeing a more underlying scene.

You Xuan looked down at the road extending under his feet.

"So that's it, an invitation to us." He smiled lightly and looked at Silent. "What do you say, do you think we should accept this challenge?"

Silent Magician nodded to him, raised her staff to her chest, indicating no problem.

So You Xuan strode forward along this pitch-black passage.

Soon he found that the two sides of the road seemed to be mirror-like structures, and as he walked forward, twisted images began to emerge.

You Xuan recognized them; he knew all the people in the mirror images.

For example, Rex Raptor.

He was full of hatred and unwillingness, glaring at You Xuan: "My resurrection match, my opportunity... you took everything from me!"

"Oh."

You Xuan responded casually, passing him by gracefully without even looking back, leaving Rex Raptor behind.

Rex Raptor: "You @#%&!"

Then there was Xie Er from New Doma, also full of hatred: "Taking away my most important deck, even my life, how does it feel to step on countless corpses and become a winner?"

"Not bad." You Xuan shrugged. "Your cards are quite easy to use."

Xie Er: "You..."

But the words finally couldn't be finished. Because You Xuan's footsteps didn't stop at all, he continued to walk forward, leaving him behind.

You Xuan soon realized that those who appeared in this mirror image were all opponents he had defeated.

Some accused him of taking everything, some accused him of building his happiness on their pain, and some said he would do anything to win...

But You Xuan just smiled and continued forward.

When he walked to a certain place, he stopped and said lightly to somewhere in the darkness: "You can stop this meaningless exhibition.

You should realize that these are all my defeated opponents, right? You wouldn't expect to use a group of opponents I have already defeated to make me afraid, would you?"

A brief silence.

Then a pale blue light emerged from the darkness. Data streams gathered together, forming a human figure, wearing a black windbreaker, walking out slowly.

Just looking at the appearance, it actually looked a bit like President Kaiba.

"I have read your file and understand your situation, Fujiki You Xuan." The man said lightly. "At least from the duels on record, you seem to have never lost. Although the evaluation in the intelligence file is not low, if I were to say, you are still an underestimated duelist."

He paused and narrowed his eyes: "But you have never truly faced your opponents on the road to victory, nor have you given them the respect due to a duelist."

You Xuan understood. This person is mostly similar to the theory of Kaiser Ryo in the early stage of the anime. Kaiser's dueling has always taken respecting the opponent as the first goal, and he regards it as the spirit of a duelist, until he met Edo, he even regarded this as more important than victory itself.

However, even Kaiser gave up such naive persistence after experiencing the beating of society in the professional league.

You Xuan smiled lightly.

"Dueling, after all, was designed from the beginning as a ritual with only one winner." You Xuan said lightly. "You can call it cruel, or you can call it unscrupulous.

But in the end, only the winner can stand here."

He paused and said calmly.

"Of course, bearing the resentment of the loser is also the responsibility of the winner; this is the resolve that any duelist should have when stepping onto the battlefield."

As he said this, he revealed a mocking smile.

"I don't know who you are, but if you think that pulling a group of defeated opponents out can make me waver, isn't that a bit ridiculous?"

The man narrowed his eyes and was silent for two seconds.

"So that's it." He nodded and said, "It seems I underestimated you. Fujiki You Xuan, a duelist who has such means and talent, and can be so firm and without confusion, is indeed rare. It seems that what Kaiba Seto values may not just be your dueling talent..."

As he said this, he raised his arm, and the data stream turned into a duel disk on his hand.

"Then let me reintroduce myself. My name is 'Delta', and I have been asked by my father to take you down here." He said. "Since you are soft and hard, then pass through here in the way of a duelist."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 260 =====