The quiet academy rooftop.
A gentle breeze blew, bringing a sense of tranquility.
Jaden Yuki lay on the rooftop, leisurely enjoying the sunlight.
However, when he heard footsteps,
Jaden Yuki's previously relaxed brows furrowed.
He opened his eyes.
Looking at the blonde girl walking up from the stairs,
Jaden Yuki showed an expression of displeasure.
"Why are you here again?"
Alexis Rhodes could find him when he was slacking off in the dense forest.
She could also find him when he was sleeping on the rooftop.
He always felt as if she knew everything about him, no matter where he hid, she could always find his hiding place easily.
"What do you mean, 'Why am I here again'?"
Alexis Rhodes was somewhat exasperated.
"Are you stalking me?"
Jaden Yuki sat up and couldn't help but ask.
"I..." Alexis paused slightly, "How could I possibly stalk you!"
"That's true."
Jaden Yuki thought about it, and it seemed to make sense.
As the Queen of Obelisk Blue, she probably wouldn't have nothing better to do than stalk a marginal student who didn't interact much with others.
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Moreover, in Jaden Yuki's impression, Alexis didn't have any stalker potential either.
"Is there something you need me for?"
Jaden Yuki propped his face in his hand.
"Well, the monthly exam results are out today. Aren't you going to check them?"
Alexis thought for a long time, finally coming up with a topic.
Jaden Yuki took out the communicator issued by the academy.
He opened the screen, and there, prominently displayed, was an Obelisk Blue report card.
"Don't you have a communicator? The results are usually sent to the communicators before they're announced, right?"
"This..."
Alexis's face flushed. Her original idea of leading the conversation from that topic was immediately shut down by Jaden Yuki.
Straight man!
These two words flashed through Alexis's mind, and she felt a sense of helplessness.
Indeed, he and she were not from the same world.
"In that case, I won't bother you anymore..."
Alexis, full of disappointment, prepared to leave.
Looking at Alexis's back, Jaden Yuki suddenly thought of something.
"Hey, Rhodes."
He stood up from the ground and called out to Alexis.
Seeing Alexis's puzzled expression,
Jaden Yuki took out his Duel Disk, a smile appearing on his face.
"Want to duel?"
"D-duel?" Alexis was stunned for a moment, seemingly not understanding why Jaden Yuki would choose this moment to duel.
"Yeah, you wanted to duel me last time, right? Although it was interrupted by some things, isn't now the perfect opportunity to make up for that duel?"
Jaden Yuki put on his Duel Disk.
"Here, just here?"
"We can go to the duel room too."
Jaden Yuki said with a smile.
This expression was truly something Alexis had never seen before.
She felt that today, Jaden Yuki was unexpectedly easy to talk to.
Whereas before, he always gave off a "do not disturb" vibe.
Of course.
The reason Jaden Yuki was acting so proactively
was actually because of Duel Points.
He reviewed the people he had dueled recently.
Bastion Misawa and Chazz Princeton were out of "wool to shear" for a while.
And Zane Truesdale, being a third-year, wasn't easy to find.
As for Zane Truesdale's younger brother, Syrus Truesdale,
that guy's dueling skills were too poor, and Jaden Yuki wasn't very familiar with him, so he didn't even think of him.
So, after much thought, Jaden Yuki realized that the only person left to "shear wool" from was Alexis Rhodes.
Although he felt a little bad for her,
he really needed Duel Points to exchange for cards.
"I, I understand... but can you give me some time to prepare?" Alexis nodded solemnly, suppressing her inner excitement.
Jaden Yuki... actually invited her to duel!
Such a thing was unimaginable before, right?
"Okay, how long do you need to prepare? One day or two?" Jaden Yuki wasn't in a hurry.
Being in a hurry wouldn't help anyway; this was the only sheep left to shear, so what else could he do?
"This Sunday, at the academy's duel field, is that okay?" Alexis asked, looking at Jaden Yuki with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.
"Okay."
Jaden Yuki readily agreed.
Leaving the rooftop.
And heading towards the dorms.
Alexis clutched her wildly beating heart, her face flushed with crimson.
"It's just an invitation to duel... but why does it feel like he's inviting me on a date?"
"No, it can't be, how could I possibly like this guy...?
But...
The brain can lie.
But the heartbeat never lies.
"Hoo."
Taking a deep breath, Alexis gradually calmed herself down.
She admitted that in the process of constantly pursuing Jaden Yuki's back, she had developed strange feelings for the young man.
However.
When it came to dueling, Alexis still maintained the pride of a duelist in her heart.
"I will definitely give it my all, Jaden Yuki."
Alexis secretly vowed.
She didn't understand the girlish act of flirting.
As a duelist, the way to earn respect and affection was to show her full power!
"I will definitely make you look at me with new eyes!"
Three days later.
At the Duel Academy field.
Because it was Sunday, the entire duel field was quiet.
Even Alexis's two best friends had gone to the beach because the academy was on vacation.
"It's so quiet today. There are always so many people watching duels, but now that there's no one, it feels a bit desolate."
Walking onto the duel stage, Jaden Yuki looked around, a slight sense of melancholy in his heart.
He looked up and saw Alexis Rhodes standing not far in front of him, with a serious expression.
280 "This little girl seems to be taking this duel particularly seriously," Yubel's phantom floated behind Jaden Yuki.
Looking at Alexis's eyes, Yubel couldn't help but smile.
She liked that kind of look.
That kind of look, as if staking something important.
It was a look of firm resolve.
"Kurikuri." Winged Kuriboh also floated out, echoing beside him.
"Although I don't know why... I'm definitely going to win this duel."
Putting on his Duel Disk, Jaden Yuki politely nodded to Alexis.
"Then, let's start the duel, Alexis."
"Ah... o-okay!"
Alexis Rhodes took a deep breath, walked up to Jaden Yuki, and exchanged decks with him for shuffling.
"Hmm? Perfume? Do girls these days really like using such high-end perfume?"
Yubel sniffed.
"Kurikuri."
Winged Kuriboh blinked, as if saying something to Jaden Yuki.
After shuffling their decks, both players inserted them into their Duel Disks and returned to their respective sides of the field.
"Then, the duel begins, Alexis."
"Mhm."
Both pressed the 'DUEL' button on their Duel Disks simultaneously.
Instantly, the surrounding duel facilities activated.
"DUEL!"
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