Chapter 518: White Knight

The warm sunlight shone gently on the lawn of Duel Academy, and Yuki Judai sat by the sea with a fishing rod, yawning lazily.

"Ah... so boring."

Judai smacked his lips twice, his head nodding as if practicing a nodding skill, looking like he was about to fall asleep at any moment.

It shouldn't have been like this.

These two days, the GX tournament at Duel Academy was nearing its end, and it was also the climax of the competition. The students who were fishing in troubled waters and the duelists who were just making up the numbers had mostly been eliminated by this stage, and the ones left were all elites and experts...

That's how it should have been.

But where did everyone go?

Judai was very depressed.

He was very excited when the GX tournament just started, thinking he could fight all kinds of powerful guys. But as the competition progressed, he found that nobody wanted to play with him at all.

It was no wonder. Judai's name was quite big in the academy, and the GX tournament had a rule that the first duel challenge of the day could not be refused, so most students would go around him when they saw Judai from afar.

It was the same in the original anime, but in the anime, Saiou would occasionally send a few experts to try to grab the satellite key that Judai was keeping. So thanks to Saiou's friendly sponsorship, he could occasionally get a few duels to play.

But now, even the biggest sponsor, Saiou, had been wiped out by Youxuan in advance, so Judai was truly bored and could only fish by the sea to pass the time. This was exactly the portrayal of his inner state at this moment—those who wish to be hooked, hoping that a duelist would pass by to save him from the boredom of having no duels to play.

"You must be Yuki Judai, right?"

A voice sounded from behind.

"It's me, what... eh?"

Judai reacted, his eyes lighting up.

Business really came?

He immediately dropped the fishing rod and jumped up. Looking back, he found it was a guy dressed in white, wearing black sunglasses, with a quite cold appearance.

Judai quickly calmed down.

"You... aren't from the school, right?"

"Hmph, not bad." The man sneered. "My name is Teruhashi Zetsu, a duelist from the professional league. However, now, guided by the light, I have found a career far more meaningful than professional dueling."

Neos's phantom appeared behind Judai, reminding him: "An enemy sent by the Light of Destruction, Judai."

Judai nodded: "I know."

He had realized it a bit when he saw this all-white outfit. Youxuan had told him that these people who were dressed in white from head to toe were especially worth noting, mostly related to the Light of Destruction.

"Is the target me?"

"Of course, Yuki Judai." Teruhashi Zetsu stepped forward. "Duel King Fujiki Youxuan, the legendary duelist Jonouchi Katsuya—these two people are always by your side, which is quite troublesome. But now they are both away, it is truly a heaven-sent opportunity..."

"Huh?"

Judai was stunned, then laughed out loud.

"Seriously, it seems we've been treated as soft persimmons..."

Judai-kun, who in the original timeline was always the one doing everything and always charging at the forefront of the team, probably never dreamed that one day he would be treated as a soft persimmon...

"Just right, I was worrying about having no opponents." Judai smiled. "Then since you're here, you can accompany me."

"Duel!" x2

【Judai, LP 4000】

【Teruhashi Zetsu, LP 4000】

"I'll go first, draw!"

Judai's first turn.

"I summon 'Dandelion' in Defense Position." Judai started with a forbidden card—of course, it was a future forbidden card. This was also a card he designed himself as a child, which returned to Earth after receiving mysterious fluctuations in the universe.

【Dandelion, DEF 300】

He then drew a card from his hand, but didn't operate immediately, instead staring at the card with a strange expression for a moment.

In the end, he didn't say anything and inserted it into his Duel Disk.

"I'll set one card in my back row, turn end."

Teruhashi Zetsu hummed: "The guidance of light shows that you are a duelist with extraordinary power, let me see if that's really true. My turn, draw!"

Teruhashi Zetsu drew.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Graceful Charity', draw three cards from my deck, then discard two cards from my hand."

"Next, I activate the Spell Card 'Monster Reborn', reviving the monster I just discarded to the graveyard!"

Teruhashi Zetsu pulled a card from his graveyard.

!. Read

"Appear, Swordsman of the White Knight Corps!" (Original card)

A swordsman in white armor swung his long sword, the shield on his left arm embedded with a red gem-like object, and his white cloak fluttered behind him.

【Swordsman of the White Knight Corps, ATK 1200】

The White Knight Corps was also an unreleased archetype, the exclusive deck of the Light of Destruction. In the anime, it was the deck of the white-washed Manjoume. So now that the timeline had changed, the Light of Destruction team had hit walls repeatedly on the Duel Academy island, and there were plenty of members captured by Manjoume. So Manjoume wasn't white-washed, and the White Knight Corps deck naturally fell into the hands of others.

"At this moment, I activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Inferno Reckless Summon'!" Teruhashi Zetsu said. "Inferno Reckless Summon can be activated when a monster with 1500 or less ATK is Special Summoned to my field while the opponent has a face-up monster. Special Summon as many copies of that monster as possible from my hand, deck, or graveyard in Attack Position!"

He paused and said.

"Of course, you can also choose to Special Summon copies of the monster on your field."

Judai spread his hands: "There are no other 'Dandelion' in my deck."

"Then I won't be polite!" Teruhashi Zetsu said. "I Special Summon the other two 'Swordsman of the White Knight Corps' from my deck!"

【Swordsman of the White Knight Corps, ATK 1200】 x2

"Battle Phase." Teruhashi Zetsu directly issued an attack command. "Swordsman of the White Knight Corps, attack that small-fry monster acting as a wall!"

The swordsman took the order and rushed out, his long sword thrusting straight. The small Dandelion naturally couldn't block it and was immediately pierced by the long sword, exploding into fragments.

"Then Dandelion's effect activates!" Judai said. "When this card is sent to the graveyard, Special Summon two 'Fluff Tokens' to my field. Come, Fluff Tokens!"

The departing Dandelion released countless golden light spots, which condensed into two groups, one on the left and one on the right, turning into small fluff balls blocking in front of Judai.

【Fluff Token, DEF 0】 x2

"Then the remaining two 'Swordsman of the White Knight Corps' attack!"

The remaining two swordsmen both flew out, one swinging his long sword horizontally, the other vertically. Both Fluff Tokens were wiped out under the swords.

"A monster with a graveyard effect, you were originally planning to use the tokens for a Tribute Summon, right?" Teruhashi Zetsu smiled lightly. "But unfortunately, such shallow tactics don't work in front of the White Knights."

He drew two more cards from his hand.

"I set two cards face-down, turn end!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 519 =====

The remaining two swordsmen also flew out, one swinging horizontally and the other slashing vertically. Both Fluff Tokens were wiped out under their blades.

"Monsters with 'when sent to the Graveyard' effects—you originally intended to keep the tokens for a Tribute Summon, right?" Zhaoqiao Jue chuckled, "But unfortunately, such crude tactics don't work in front of the White Knights."

He drew two more cards.

"Set two cards, turn end!"

(End of chapter)