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Jaden Yuki left the Duel Field.
Although the Obelisk Blue welcome party was about to begin.
But judging by the looks the passing students gave him on his way back.
Jaden Yuki knew that if he attended such a welcome party, he would definitely be torn apart by his fangirls and fanboys.
He wasn't a fan of crowds, and compared to staying with those students, Jaden Yuki preferred to be alone.
Arriving at the Duel Academy School Store, Jaden Yuki found that the store was already open.
Inside the store, a young woman in a pink store uniform was helping an older woman, also in a similar uniform, move goods.
Upon seeing Jaden Yuki, the young woman immediately flashed her characteristic smile.
"Hello, welcome! May I help you with something?"
"I'll just look around." Jaden Yuki smiled faintly, surveying the goods.
Although it was just a small store, it was well-stocked with a variety of goods.
From small snacks and drinks to expensive items like Duel Disks, everything could be found there.
Moreover, even the card packs here were the latest models, with a full range of types.
"Oh my, how unusual, isn't today the new student orientation? It's time for the welcome party, isn't it?"
The slightly plump older woman looked at Jaden Yuki with surprise.
But seeing Jaden Yuki's red jacket, she seemed to understand something.
"Ah, I see, young man, have you been isolated by others?"
"Uh…"
Jaden Yuki was stunned.
Although he didn't know why, he seemed to have been misunderstood.
"I understand, I understand. Although Slifer Red students are at the bottom in terms of grades, they are still very kind at heart."
The older woman chuckled, then enthusiastically called the young female attendant over.
"My name is Ms. Dorothy, and this is Ehoko Kamijo. Don't worry, no one will bully you here."
"Ah, no, I'm not…"
Jaden Yuki scratched his head, "I just want to buy something."
"Ah, alright, alright, please feel free to choose. Ms. Dorothy will give you a discount." Ms. Dorothy winked playfully.
While such a gesture would be quite appealing if it were a beautiful girl doing it.
But coming from an older woman…
"Uh…" Jaden Yuki gave a wry smile.
He quickly picked out some food from the store, paid in a hurry, and fled.
"Oh dear, this child seems very withdrawn." Ms. Dorothy watched Jaden Yuki walk away, clicking her tongue, "Oh, looking closely, his clothes don't seem to be the Slifer Red uniform."
"Speaking of which, I think I've seen him somewhere before…" Ehoko Kamijo touched her chin, curiously watching the boy's retreating back.
"Hmm? Where?"
"I can't quite remember." Ehoko Kamijo stuck out her tongue, chuckling.
Back in the Obelisk Blue dorm, Jaden Yuki prepared the small bowl of instant noodles he bought and placed it on the table.
He opened his dorm computer, connected to the academy network, and began browsing online for reports of missing Duel Academy personnel.
Evidently, KaibaCorp had put a lot of effort into covering up this matter at the time.
Not only were there no reports of these incidents online.
Even the students' parents believed their children had gone to an overseas branch campus for further study.
However, lies can't be kept hidden forever.
In some obscure online reports, a person named Gerard was continuously investigating the disappearances of Duel Academy students.
However, it seemed that because some of his previous reports were too sensational, the public's acceptance of these investigations was almost zero.
Jaden Yuki still had some impression of this Gerard.
He was the man in the original work who snuck into Duel Academy to find internal information when Jaden dueled Bastion Misawa.
He was originally a professional player, and his deck was also a HERO Deck.
However, it seemed that after being taught a lesson by President Kaiba's Blue-Eyes Deck, he became disheartened and started engaging in sensational news about duelists to earn some traffic money.
One could say he was quite down and out.
Jaden Yuki didn't dwell on these matters much.
He slurped his noodles, and seeing no urgent news online, he shut down his computer.
"Jaden, since all the teachers and students are at the welcome party, do you want to sneak over and take a look?"
Yubel floated beside Jaden Yuki and asked.
"Mhm."
Jaden Yuki nodded, then gulped down the soup from his bowl of noodles.
Afterward, he opened his card box, took out a new deck, and placed it inside.
"This…" Yubel paused, "Do you want to test out a new deck?"
"Yeah, if there's a duel, I'd like to try it."
Jaden Yuki smiled.
Because of his previous duel with Dr. Vellian Crowler.
The Duel System triggered a new achievement, [The Beginning of Everything].
And the task reward given was [Theme Deck Selection Reward].
The available decks mostly consisted of powerful decks that surpassed the GX era.
Such as [Spright],
[Drytron],
And [Sky Striker Ace].
However, due to the limitations of the era, neither Synchro, Xyz, nor Link Summons could be used in this time.
So, after some thought, Jaden Yuki chose a Meta Deck that could be combined with his Stall Deck.
[Runick].
This deck, which primarily consists of Spell Cards, has powerful Milling and Remove from Play effects.
And Jaden Yuki was precisely drawn to this deck's powerful deck Milling ability.
Therefore, he decided to combine it with his Shadow HERO.
Thus forming the powerful [Runick Shadow HERO].
Of course.
Jaden Yuki wouldn't use this deck as his main deck.
He would only occasionally take it out to experiment and play with when he was bored.
As for who would be the first test subject for this deck…
Well, that depends on who the lucky one is.
After getting ready, Jaden Yuki left his dorm and headed towards the Abandoned Dorm.
On the other side.
In a dorm room.
Chazz Princeton sat in front of his bed, his eyes filled with resentment and self-reproach.
He hated himself for bowing his head before Jaden Yuki.
He hated himself for not even having the courage to challenge Jaden Yuki.
"Why, why, why!"
Chazz Princeton slammed his fist on the table.
"I, I am Chazz Princeton!"
"I am! One! Ten! Hundred! Thousand! Chazz Princeton 'Thunder'!"
"How could I show fear towards that Jaden Yuki in front of the Rhodes family!"
Gritting his teeth, Chazz Princeton shakily pulled out his communicator.
From the communicator, Chazz Princeton found Jaden Yuki's name.
After taking several deep breaths, Chazz Princeton calmed down and sent a Duel Invitation to Jaden Yuki.
[Tonight at midnight, at the Duel Field, don't be late!]
[—Chazz Princeton]
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