Chapter 203: The Transfer Student

Chapter 203: The Transfer Student

It was another beautiful morning. Hayato sat up in bed, raised his hand, and pressed the remote, letting the curtains automatically open and sunlight into the room. Seeing the real sun appear on the horizon, Hayato felt incredibly relaxed. He reached out and grabbed a Blank Card from the bedside table, injecting Dark Energy into it.

Last night, after their group defeated The Big Five's Avatar, Five-Headed Dragon, they cleared the game and were teleported back to the Kingdom of Kul Elna. There, they met Princess Mana again.

Because Hayato and the others defeated Five-Headed Dragon and saved the world, to thank them, Princess Mana shed her disguise and revealed her true form—a Duel Monster, Mystical Elf—under Kaiba's 'shocked for a whole year' expression.

Under the effect of a Mysterious Spell, unexplainable by science but explainable by magic, Joey Wheeler and Mai Valentine, who had previously sacrificed themselves, both revived.

A perfect ending, both within and outside the game.

Because they had integrated their characters into Five-Headed Dragon within the game, The Big Five thus gained a body that was almost indestructible. But as everyone knows, immortality is a kind of flag. After being instantly killed by Dragon Master Knight with one strike, The Big Five were thus implicated, their consciousness trapped within the game.

Hayato didn't know about other things, but anyway, on Mokuba's phone, Kaiba was laughing very loudly.

And as Kaiba retook control of KaibaCorp, which had almost changed hands, Hayato and the others also woke up from the game pods. And without surprise, the person in the fifth game pod next to them was Mai Valentine.

When Yugi Mutou took out his Deck, he was surprised to find that his Deck, which originally only had 40 Cards in the Card Slot, had become 41 Cards when taken out. The extra Card was Key Mace. Hayato, who could also see Card Spirits, saw that Aigami, who had formed a bond with Yugi Mutou in the DM Online Game, was residing on this Card.

Yugi Mutou wasn't the only one who obtained a Card from DM. Hayato also found the Card obtained from the Nazca Lines in his System's Inventory, and discovered a magical characteristic—within this Blank Card, a Card Spirit seemed to be sleeping, and it would unconsciously absorb Dark Energy.

Hayato wasn't short on other things. The Dark Energy left inside his body from the Millennium Eye back then hadn't been used up yet, plus he had collected a lot more when he defeated Maximillion Pegasus last time. Sealing it onto other things would also be a waste, so Hayato simply, whenever he had free time, would inject some Dark Energy into this Card to see if he could awaken the Card Spirit inside.

After a simple wash-up, Hayato planned to head out to school. Although he and Yugi Mutou had now become King of Games, and could easily make a lot of money if they were willing to accept Endorsements, they still had to attend school.

——————"Crimson King!"——————

As soon as he walked into the classroom, Hayato found he had arrived quite early. There weren't many people inside, only a few he wasn't very familiar with gathered together chatting.

He walked to his seat and sat down, also hearing the content of their casual chat:

"Speaking of which, did Bakura Ryo also transfer schools like Seto Kaiba?"

"I heard it wasn't a transfer, but rather a Leave of Absence."

"Huh? I remember that Bakura Ryo's grades weren't bad, right? His family also had some money, and usually no one bullied him. Why did he take a Leave of Absence without any reason?"

"Who knows? But first, that guy Seto Kaiba went home to inherit KaibaCorp under the name of transferring schools, and Bakura Ryo also took a Leave of Absence. There weren't many people in our class to begin with, and now we're suddenly down two people."

"Hehe, regarding this, I heard a little bit of gossip. I heard recently there's a transfer student from America enrolling, and they will be assigned to our class."

"A transfer student, huh? Male or female? Pretty?"

...

So that's it, has it reached this point in time? Hayato remembered the plot about the 'transfer student'.

No matter the world, the 'transfer student' is always a hot topic, and the vast majority will trigger major events, such as the Arrancar Army, Phantom Thieves, etc.

Ultimately, the most important role of a transfer student is to bring change to the originally peaceful daily life and advance the plot's development. Even *Dream of the Red Chamber* starts with Lin Daiyu entering the Jia household. It's no wonder some people call approving transfer students the easiest thing to do in anime/manga, because you just approve them all; you don't need to care if they transferred from space, another world, or the future.

And in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Hayato remembered that two transfer students would appear in their class. The latter one can be ignored for now. The one who is about to arrive now must be Duke Devlin. Just as he was thinking this, Hayato saw Yugi Mutou and Téa, who had come to school together.

"Good morning, Yugi, Téa."

"Oh, good morning, Hayato-kun," Yugi Mutou said with a smile. In his raised hand, he was holding a promotional poster.

Noticing Hayato's gaze, Yugi Mutou sighed and explained the situation to Hayato.

Although the popularity of King of Games a while ago brought quite a bit of customer traffic to Grandpa Solomon's card shop, this popularity came and went quickly. After all, although Maximillion Pegasus admitted he was defeated, his Duel with Hayato and Yugi Mutou wasn't recorded and couldn't be spread, so the audience was ultimately limited.

A few days later, Kame Game Shop's business plummeted, even worse than before. This wasn't just because students returned to school after the holiday, but also because not far from Kame Game Shop, a new large game shop had opened. Inside, they didn't just sell regular games; even the latest "D.D.M." could be played.

Compared to Kame Game Shop, this newly opened game shop was more popular. This made Grandpa Solomon constantly frown.

"Speaking of which, what kind of game is that D.D.M.?" Joey Wheeler and Tristan also arrived at the classroom one after another and heard Yugi Mutou's words. He had just never heard of what that "D.D.M." was.

"The so-called 'D.D.M.', its full name is Dungeon Dice Monsters, also called Monster Dragon Gate Dice. It's a game that uses dice that expand to battle on a game board, but compared to Duel Monsters, the cost is a bit higher."

Tristan saying this, took out two dice from his pocket and showed them. "Because I was slightly interested, I bought two and played a bit. I feel it's not bad."

Joey Wheeler took them and looked, finding that the volume of these two dice that Tristan took out was a bit larger than regular dice, and surprisingly, they could even unfold into a flat surface. After unfolding, inside the dice was surprisingly hidden a Lava Battleguard.

"Is that all?" Joey Wheeler looked at Tristan. "Isn't this just a small toy?"

"That's because you completely don't understand, okay? How about this, after school, let's go together to check out that newly opened game shop." Tristan didn't know how to explain to Joey Wheeler, so he simply suggested that the few of them go directly to the game shop to see. "By the way, we can also help Grandpa Solomon scout out the enemy's situation, right?"

"Okay, it's settled then," Yugi Mutou thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)