Stepping onto the dueling stage.
Looking at the familiar venue and the bustling examinees around him.
Jaden Yuki smiled slightly, looking at Professor Crowler in front of him.
"Thank you for being my examiner for the Duel Academy practical assessment, Professor Crowler."
Bowing slightly to Professor Crowler, Jaden Yuki showed his respect.
Professor Crowler, though initially portrayed as a villain in the early parts of the original story.
However, as the plot unfolded later, the professor also showed his more righteous side.
Especially his 'repayment duel' with Jaden at the very end, which Jaden Yuki still found particularly unforgettable in this life.
And the duel with Professor Crowler was also Jaden Yuki's own initiative.
Compared to dueling an unknown examiner.
Jaden Yuki wanted to follow the original path and duel Professor Crowler.
After all.
Having come to the GX World, how could he not have a duel with Professor Crowler?
However, the current Jaden was no longer the underachiever from the original story.
Presumably, Professor Crowler had no reason to target him now.
"Ah, this, this, that."
Professor Crowler, on the other hand, seemed a little flustered.
He suddenly stood up straight, pretending to be calm as he cleared his throat with a clenched fist.
"Ahem, Mr. Jaden, ah no, Jaden, prepare for the assessment!"
"Okay!"
Jaden Yuki activated his Duel Disk, his eyes filled with strong fighting spirit.
"The final assessment, now, now begins!"
Professor Crowler took a deep breath and pressed the activation button on the ornate Duel Disk on his chest.
"DUEL!"
Both sides simultaneously drew five cards from their Decks.
"I'll take the first turn. My turn."
Glancing at the prompt on the Duel Disk, Jaden Yuki unhesitatingly took the first turn.
"I Normal Summon, in Attack Position, [Elemental HERO Stratos]!"
As his voice fell, a strong wind swept through, and the figure of the hardworking Stratos instantly appeared on Jaden Yuki's field.
"It's Stratos!"
"It's true! It's Jaden Yuki's iconic HERO! So cool, I can't believe I'm seeing him live!"
The examinees immediately gasped in surprise.
Their eyes shone, as if they had seen an idol.
"Stratos, huh? So many years have passed, and Jaden really hasn't changed at all."
Zane Truesdale crossed his arms and chuckled.
"I activate Stratos's effect! I add one HERO monster from my Deck to my hand!"
Jaden Yuki's gaze quickly swept across his Deck, and he selected a card.
"I add [Phantom HERO – Malicious] to my hand!"
"Then, I activate Malicious's effect! I send [Elemental HERO Shadow Mist] from my hand to the Graveyard to Special Summon Malicious!"
A light effect unfolded.
The HERO clad in pink armor appeared on Jaden Yuki's field.
"Hmph!"
The HERO, full of futuristic technology, simultaneously drew gasps of surprise from the crowd.
"Phantom HEROes? There are so many types of HEROes?" Syrus Truesdale blinked, his face full of astonishment.
"Indeed, Jaden Yuki himself controls several types of HEROes," Bastion Misawa nodded, filled with emotion. "In the world today, there's no stronger HERO Deck user than Jaden Yuki, right?"
"The strongest HERO user, huh?"
Syrus Truesdale looked at the red-clad youth on the field with envy.
"According to the effects of Malicious and Shadow Mist, I set one Phantom HERO monster on my field, and add one [HERO] monster from my Deck to my hand."
"I set [Phantom HERO Incremental Man] as a Continuous Trap in my Spell & Trap Zone, and add [Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier] to my hand!"
"Next, I activate Incremental Man's effect! I send Malicious from my field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon Incremental Man to the field!"
"And according to Incremental Man's effect, when this card is Special Summoned from the Spell/Trap Zone, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower [Phantom HERO] monster from my Deck!"
"Come forth! [Phantom HERO - Bionic Man]!"
Black light effects shimmered.
The Phantom HERO clad in black armor appeared next to Incremental Man.
"Th-three HEROes already?! That's amazing!"
"This is too strong, isn't it? Was Jaden Yuki this powerful before?"
"I-I'm already a little dizzy… I can't understand this COMBO at all!"
The field erupted in an uproar.
Professor Crowler's forehead was covered in sweat, his heart pounding.
"Is this a professional player? Jaden Yuki, this is too strong, isn't it?"
The two henchmen beside Chazz Princeton were currently wide-eyed.
Chazz Princeton himself had a drop of cold sweat rolling down his forehead, and he swallowed hard.
"I thought my progress these past few years had been significant…"
"But this guy…"
"According to [Phantom HERO - Bionic Man]'s effect, when this card is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned, I can send one [HERO] monster from my Deck to the Graveyard."
"I choose [Destiny HERO - Malicious]!" Jaden Yuki flicked a card into the Graveyard Zone.
"Then, because of [Bionic Man]'s effect, I banish Malicious from my Graveyard and add one Fusion card to my hand."
Jaden Yuki curled his lips into a smile, "Next, I activate [Destiny HERO - Malicious]'s effect! I banish this card from play and Special Summon a second [Malicious] from my Deck!"
"There are already four HEROes!" someone in the audience exclaimed.
"I activate the Spell Card, Polymerization!" Jaden Yuki flipped over the card in his hand. "I fuse [Destiny HERO - Malicious] and [Destiny HERO - Destructive Guy] from my hand!"
Boom!
Crimson flames erupted on Jaden Yuki's field, and the figure of a HERO slowly appeared on Jaden Yuki's field.
"[Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer]!"
Black wings spread, and the reborn HERO, with arms crossed, floated beside Jaden Yuki.
"And, I activate the effect of the Spell Card [Fusion Recovery] from my hand! I return the [Polymerization] Spell and [Destiny HERO - Malicious] to my hand."
"I activate a second Polymerization!"
"I fuse [Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier] from my hand and [Elemental HERO Stratos] from my field!"
"Come forth! [Elemental HERO Sunrise]!"
The crimson HERO clad in a blue cape made its debut, landing beside Jaden Yuki amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd.
"According to Sunrise's effect, I add one [Miracle Fusion] from my Deck to my hand."
"And Liquid Soldier's effect is that when it's used as Fusion Material, I draw two cards from my Deck and discard one card from my hand!"
"I send [Destiny HERO - Malicious] to the Graveyard, and activate the Spell Card [Miracle Fusion]! I banish [Elemental HERO Stratos] and [Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier] from my Graveyard to Fusion Summon [Elemental HERO Absolute Zero]!"
A cold wind swept across Jaden Yuki's field.
The pure white HERO burst from the ice, landing with a crash on Jaden Yuki's field.
"And, I activate the Quick-Play Spell, [Mask Change]!"
Jaden Yuki smiled as he flipped over one of the two cards he had just drawn.
"I send Incremental Man from the field to the Graveyard, and Special Summon [Masked HERO Dark Law] from my Extra Deck!"
The M-shaped light flashed and disappeared.
Incremental Man's body was enveloped in darkness, and as the darkness receded, the unforgettable HERO appeared on Jaden Yuki's field.
[Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer], [Sunrise], [Absolute Zero], [Dark Law]!
In that instant, four unyielding HEROes stood tall on Jaden Yuki's field!
At that moment, the entire venue erupted.
Even the usually calm Zane Truesdale and Alexis Rhodes were stunned.
"Jaden Yuki's dueling has evolved to this extent?"
"To summon four of his famous HEROes in one go…"
Looking at Professor Crowler, whose arms hung limply and whose mouth was open wide enough to fit an egg,
Alexis Rhodes rubbed her forehead and gave a bitter smile.
"Professor Crowler…"
"Facing an opponent of this caliber, it must be difficult for you."
P.S.: I've slightly revised the previous plot, changing what everyone considered to be problematic points.
Originally, I just wrote it casually as a reason for a two-year time skip, but since everyone disliked it, I removed the Deck-related details and only kept the story about going to junior high.
I personally have no intention of weakening Jaden; on the contrary, I am continuously strengthening Jaden's Deck.
Later, Jaden's Deck will primarily focus on HEROes, supplemented by disruptive strategies. The author will not weaken Jaden Yuki in any way, not even a little, and his personality will not change.
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