Three days later.
An airliner from Japan landed at the airport.
Under the arrangement of the staff, Jaden Yuki boarded the commercial vehicle that came to pick him up and headed towards the dueling arena.
As for Jaden Yuki's parents, they went sightseeing according to KaibaCorp's arrangements.
Sitting in the commercial vehicle, Jaden Yuki looked at the message Pegasus had sent him on his phone, and couldn't help but smack his lips.
Don't even mention it, having KaibaCorp and Industrial Illusions as backing is really nice.
After reporting his parents' situation, the two big bosses personally stepped forward and covered all of his parents' travel expenses in America, in full.
Moreover, it was the highest-grade VIP treatment.
"It almost makes me feel embarrassed..."
Jaden Yuki shook his head and turned off his phone.
Recently, Jaden Yuki's fame had been growing.
The number of daily text messages sent to Jaden Yuki, asking if he needed an agent for promotional advertisements, was ridiculously high.
To be honest, Jaden Yuki had never considered entering the professional dueling world.
So, he hadn't considered an agent or anything like that at all.
Although he refused again and again, Jaden couldn't stand the constant barrage of calls from so many people.
Helplessly, Jaden Yuki, except when necessary, would turn on his phone to handle messages. Most of the time, he would choose to turn it off and enjoy some quiet.
"We've arrived, Mr. Jaden."
Soon, the commercial vehicle stopped in front of a luxurious hotel.
Jaden Yuki, carrying his backpack, thanked them and left the commercial vehicle.
Standing in front of this luxurious hotel, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but be filled with emotions.
Seto Kaiba was indeed incredibly wealthy.
He directly splurged tens of millions of dollars to build this five-star dueling hotel outside the Duel League venue.
All duelists participating in the professional league could enjoy this five-star VIP service for free.
Upon arriving at the hotel, after showing his ID at the front desk, the hotel staff immediately respectfully handed Jaden Yuki his room card and a communication device.
"Duelist Jaden, your room number is 350 in building 201. Your dueling schedule has already been sent to your communicator. Please check it."
"This hotel has the most advanced dueling equipment, free for all participating duelists. If you have any needs, you can always come to the staff, and the staff will do their best to meet the requirements of all contestants."
The hotel staff bowed.
Jaden Yuki nodded, then carried his backpack and walked towards his room.
Standing outside the room, he swiped the room card on the sensor, and the technologically advanced room slowly opened.
As he walked into the room, the high-tech door behind him also closed with a "ding."
And the layout of the room was incredibly luxurious.
Not only were there various infrastructure facilities, but also the latest VR projection dueling equipment, and various entertainment technologies, almost meeting anyone's needs.
"If KaibaCorp were to divert this technological power to researching weapons, they'd probably be fighting outside the galaxy."
Jaden Yuki mumbled quietly.
He tossed his backpack onto the bed, walked into the bathroom, and took a refreshing shower.
After washing up, Jaden Yuki wrapped himself in a bathrobe, lay on the bed, and began to pick up the communication device to check his dueling schedule and grouping.
Soon, Jaden learned that this professional league had nearly a thousand duelists participating.
Due to the large number of participants, they were randomly divided into four different areas. The top player from each area would advance to the next round of the semifinals.
Jaden Yuki was in Area C.
After browsing through it, Jaden Yuki found no familiar faces in his Area C.
He then scrolled through the players in the other Areas, A, B, and D, and unexpectedly found a few interesting names.
"Aster Phoenix... in Area A?"
Jaden Yuki looked at the name, and his mouth couldn't help but curl up.
"I wonder if KaibaCorp did this intentionally, to arrange such duels..."
"But that's good too. A duel between heroes should be more interesting with further progression."
"Hmm? This D.D. is in Area B?"
Jaden Yuki's eyes narrowed.
"Is Jaden so concerned about this man named D.D.?"
Yubel's voice sounded beside Jaden Yuki.
Jaden Yuki turned sideways and saw Yubel and Winged Kuriboh appearing beside him at the same time.
Hmm?
These two guys... their relationship seems to have gotten a little better?
A strange thought flashed through his mind. Jaden Yuki nodded. "Yubel, did you sense a strange aura from this guy?"
Yubel silently looked at the man's photo on Jaden Yuki's communicator.
He wore square-framed glasses and had a refined appearance.
From the outside, there was nothing noteworthy about him.
But this seemingly ordinary man had won the professional league championship for several consecutive years.
This was indeed something incredible.
And...
His eyes...
"Heh heh heh, this guy's eyes... are the eyes of someone who has killed." Yubel seemed to have seen something, and a hint of excitement flashed in her eyes.
"Although he tries hard to hide the evil in his heart, his eyes cannot hide it."
"This person's heart possesses a pure evil heart. Jaden, did you see it?"
"Hmm... more or less."
Jaden Yuki chuckled.
"I'm quite looking forward to dueling this guy."
Perhaps, if I win, I might be able to obtain that Destiny HERO - Plasma.
He was just thinking this when.
A doorbell rang beside Jaden Yuki.
"Coming."
He glanced at the clock, which pointed to seven in the evening.
Although he was curious who would be looking for him at this hour, Jaden Yuki still put down his communicator, got out of bed, and walked towards the door.
Opening the door.
Jaden Yuki saw a blonde young woman in a daring bunny girl outfit standing at the door.
Seeing Jaden Yuki's appearance, the blonde young woman's eyes lit up, and she immediately threw him a seductive wink.
"Hi~ handsome Japanese guy, do you need some New York-style after-dinner dessert?"
"Half price for handsome guys~"
"Smooch"
A flying kiss. The blonde young woman posed provocatively.
Jaden Yuki: "..."
"Hmph."
Behind him, Yubel closed her eyes and turned her head away.
"Kurikuri."
Winged Kuriboh also shed a drop of sweat, smiling helplessly.
"Do you play cards?" After a moment of silence, Jaden Yuki asked expressionlessly.
"Huh?" The blonde young woman was stunned for a moment.
"I mean, DUEL, do you?" Jaden Yuki took out his deck. "Want to play a round?"
"Huh? Huh? Huh?"
"Just play cards?" The blonde young woman widened her eyes.
"Otherwise, what do you want to play? Fight?"
Now, it was the blonde young woman's turn to be speechless.
A few minutes later.
The blonde young woman walked out of the room with a blank expression, looking at the cards in her hand, feeling a bit existential.
"Is this guy's deck a devil?"
"Why are there such duelists?"
"I'm never coming to room 201 again, never!"
In the room.
Yubel looked at Jaden Yuki, who was tidying his deck, preparing to change clothes for dinner, and was full of exasperation.
"Jaden, you truly have the potential to be single for life."
"Is that so?"
Jaden Yuki chuckled indifferently.
"Hmm. A normal person probably wouldn't drag someone of that profession into their room to play cards, would they?" Yubel frowned.
"No choice. I haven't dueled for days; my card craving has kicked in."
Jaden Yuki shrugged, somewhat helplessly. "But that person's dueling skill was really bad. The strongest monster on the field was actually a Kaiju that I summoned for her."
"You can't expect everyone to be able to duel at your level."
Yubel sighed.
"So, after dinner, let's go experience the dueling facilities at this hotel. There are so many professional duelists here; maybe we'll meet someone interesting."
Jaden Yuki put on his jacket and said with a smile.
"Hmph, you truly have a mysterious obsession with dueling."
Yubel shook her head and followed Jaden Yuki out of the room.
They ordered a Western meal at the downstairs restaurant. Jaden Yuki found a window seat.
Perhaps it was because the professional league had just begun.
The restaurant was deserted, with only a few diners visible.
However, the few diners present were all in suits, looking like refined upper-class individuals.
Compared to Jaden Yuki, who was full of youthful energy, they seemed to be from a completely different world.
Or rather, Jaden Yuki's red jacket and casual attire stood out from the others.
"That person seems to be a duelist from Area A."
While eating the served pasta, Jaden Yuki silently observed the people in the restaurant.
"Has he participated in the professional league three times or more? He's considered a fairly famous professional duelist."
"And that bald guy, Duelist Jose? That's quite an unexpected name. He's also a dueling master in the dueling world."
"Hmm? Is this a professional duelist from China? I want to challenge him... too bad, he left."
Jaden Yuki scrolled through his communicator, comparing each person's photo.
At this moment.
Outside the restaurant, a series of footsteps sounded.
Vaguely, many people let out surprised sounds.
Jaden Yuki turned his head to look.
He saw two figures walking in from outside the restaurant.
One of them was wearing a silver suit, with short gray hair.
Aster Phoenix.
And the other, tall and imposing, wore square-framed glasses, looking quite amiable.
Seeing him, Jaden Yuki's brows furrowed.
"He's the one who won the world championship several times in a row."
"D.D.?"
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