Chapter 362: Gathering Place

After a brief exchange, Fujiki You Xuan learned that Mai Valentine didn't arrive here much earlier than him, and didn't know much more than him.

She came here about two days ago, and her purpose was to find Jonouchi. It's just that she didn't find him, but she also encountered the "warm hospitality" of the local residents.

"Are you sure Katsuya Jonouchi is here?" Fujiki You Xuan asked.

"Basically." Mai Valentine said casually.

"What are you doing here looking for him?"

But Mai didn't answer this question anymore, just changed the subject.

"That way, going out from this road is the town... of course, the situation in the town is no better."

Coming out of the woods, he began to see town buildings. It's just that the streets were also empty, as if even the wind feared this silence and didn't dare to sweep through easily. The streetlights emitted a weak, dim yellow light, swaying powerlessly in the darkness.

There was no one in sight, but there was a feeling of hidden gazes in every window and every shadow. Fujiki You Xuan followed behind Mai, and the two moved forward along the empty street, each step accompanied by the echo of shoe soles contacting the stone road.

"This way."

Mai pointed to a narrow path by the road.

It might be a shortcut to somewhere. If she hadn't pointed it out, Fujiki You Xuan would have automatically ignored it, because the space here was so narrow that it didn't look like a proper road.

Especially for Mai Valentine, it was very doubtful whether she could pass through such a narrow space with that exaggerated size.

But she actually squeezed through.

After passing through, what he saw looked like the outline of a station. Behind it was an ancient clock tower, but the clock on the clock tower had stopped turning.

Mai led him into the station, and the breath of the past hit his face. The station was still empty, the benches in the waiting room were covered with dust, and entering this station was like breaking into a strange barrier, with no way out.

But all the way down, there was a glimmer of light on the platform, like a lonely star lost in the night.

A train carriage. The carriage was slightly old, and the light reflected on the damp platform formed a hazy shadow.

Following that, someone actually came out to greet them.

"Mai-nee is back?"

The person who came out was also a woman. Her black hair was a bit messy, her dress was slightly damaged, and her face was covered with dust and fatigue, but her outline could still be seen as exquisite.

"Hmm?" She greeted and noticed Fujiki You Xuan following behind, surprised, "Mai-nee also brought a man back..."

"Why does it sound so strange when you say it."

Mai walked past her and went straight to the carriage.

"He is also a duelist, and his strength is good. He should be able to help."

"That's great."

The woman said enthusiastically.

"Not Mai-nee's man, then I won't be polite."

Saying that, she trotted over and reached out to Fujiki You Xuan.

"My name is Mei Mei Yue."

Fujiki You Xuan shook hands with her expressionlessly to show politeness, then bypassed her and followed Mai Valentine.

"What's the situation? Is this a feeling like a survivor gathering place?"

"You could say that, it's the only place in town that knows about it. It seems that the only remaining duelists have gathered here, as well as civilians who have been protected."

As they spoke, Mai had already led him into the carriage.

Mei Mei Yue, who was left behind, pretended to be angry: "Actually ignored me..."

A little fatty next to her leaned over: "Mei Mei Yue-nee, he ignored you, can you endure this?"

"Exactly."

Mei Mei Yue hummed, but then smiled.

"Well, considering he's handsome enough and seems to be a powerful duelist, I won't count it against him."

Little fatty: "Eh?"

"I wasn't like this when I first came."

Mei Mei Yue said as a matter of course.

"Are you half as handsome as him?"

Little fatty: "..."

It pierced his heart, but he seemed to have nothing to say.

A brawny man sat by the seats in the train. When he saw the two of them, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"This is Iwayu, who can be considered the leader of this temporary gathering place."

Mai introduced the two.

"I see, a duelist, huh. Well, what's needed most now is the power of a duelist, but..."

Iwayu walked to Fujiki You Xuan and looked at him suspiciously.

This person was over two meters tall, and still quite oppressive to ordinary people. Fujiki You Xuan had to look up to meet his gaze.

"Looks very young, like a student."

Iwayu frowned, expressing doubt.

"A delicate scholarly look, can you really fight?"

Fujiki You Xuan was happy.

Dueling is not fighting, does it have to be as full of horizontal meat as you?

However, he didn't say anything, but Mai Valentine on the side crossed her arms and said: "You wouldn't ask that if you had seen his duel with your own eyes."

Iwayu asked unexpectedly: "Is he very powerful?"

"It's not a question of whether he is powerful or not. His duel is really that kind of very special... hmm..." Mai thought for a while, "It's hard to say. But if you want to know, you can confirm it yourself."

"Oh, interesting... but indeed."

Iwayu looked at Fujiki You Xuan.

"I won't let an unarmed student rush to the front line, unless you prove your ability to me."

He said, raising his duel disk and signaling to Fujiki You Xuan.

"It just so happens that tomorrow is the start of the most critical plan. If you want to participate in the action, prove your strength to me with a duel, and I will allow you to join the plan."

"If not, then the child should obediently wait for our news in the train with the old, weak, sick, and disabled."

He paused, and his fierce face actually looked a bit sad.

"I never want to see anyone fall in front of me again."

Fujiki You Xuan looked at this person for a moment.

Hmm, it looks like a relatively traditional positive warrior image, it sounds like he should be a good person.

So he nodded and agreed, and also unfolded his duel disk.

Then, as a respect for such a warrior...

Let him feel the fun of dueling a little bit.

"Duel!"

"..."

Three minutes, several rounds of exchanges.

"... Guardian Sphinx Flip Summon, all monsters on the opponent's field return to the hand."

"Then Sphinx effect, once per turn, you can change back to face-down Defense Position."

Fujiki You Xuan was polite.

"..."

"Continuous Trap 'Trial of the Traveler'. When the opponent's monster declares an attack, you must guess my hand, if you guess wrong, the attacking monster returns to the hand."

"It's a pity you guessed wrong again, so Iwayu-san's monster returns to the hand again."

"..."

"Direct attack by Guardian Sphinx."

The golden guardian's huge slap shoveled Iwayu until he was dizzy, seeing stars, and he fell to the ground with his life points returning to zero.

Then looking down at the large handful of cards he was holding, which were repeatedly returned and couldn't be played at all, he fell into thought for a while.

Fujiki You Xuan walked up and asked politely: "So, did I pass the test, Iwayu-san?"

Iwayu looked up and looked at him meaningfully.

Then he gritted his teeth.

"Passed, must pass! Now you have to come even if you don't want to."

He stood up, patted the dust on his butt, and gritted his teeth.

"Keep this momentum, and when the time comes, go and kill those dog-day zombies for me."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 363 =====