At the start of the Noah storyline, as one of the only two players who could get close to the main plot—especially since he was with Youyu-san—he held high expectations for this virtual world journey.
When the storyline officially began and everyone was sucked into different maps, others might have been too nervous to notice, but at that moment Xue Lang immediately spotted that prime position next to Youyu and didn't hesitate to try to grab it.
Whatever it took, he had to land on the same map as Youyu!
Trailing closely behind him, Miss Yue Hua saw Xue Lang following Youyu with that scheming look and instantly understood his little intentions.
Ha! Trying to monopolize Youyu-san?
No way!
So Miss Yue Hua hesitated no more and immediately went forward, eyeing the same position as Xue Lang.
The one who gets to experience the plot with Youyu is me!
As the saying goes, when masters fight, victory is decided in a split second. Often, it's the crucial little details that determine success or failure.
Xue Lang moved first, but Miss Yue Hua managed to overtake him, and midway they bumped into each other. At that exact second, Noah's random teleportation began.
Seconds later, in the present.
Xue Lang sat up on a transparent glacier, glanced around, and found Anzu, Shizuka, and Miss Yue Hua, who had tried to snatch Youyu-san from him, lying loosely around him, motionless.
One guy with three girls, stranded on an endless, uninhabited glacier. The girls ranged from mature beauties to sweet lolis, high schoolers to streamers, all with charming figures and cute appearances.
Faced with such a scene, even Xue Lang couldn't help but let his thoughts wander...
... Damn it! Why wasn't I assigned to the same map as Youyu-san!
Curse that Noah, this must be rigged, right? Putting me with three useless girls!
Clearly, the three girls were not as physically resilient as Xue Lang, as they slowly started waking up one by one.
Miss Yue Hua sat up, and upon meeting Xue Lang's gaze, her anger flared.
Look at you, so insistent on competing with me. Now look, we've both lost our golden ticket!
Xue Lang rolled his eyes, too lazy to respond.
With a favorability level over forty with Youyu, Xue Lang had absolute confidence in this field. Facing Miss Yue Hua, his attitude was like a master player dismissing a bronze-level contender, hardly worth arguing over.
Hmph, I was the one who came first anyway!
Anzu and Shizuka also woke up at this moment.
Unlike the two out-of-touch players, the two girls were really scared at this point. After all, this wasn't a game to them, and both were novice Duelists. If they got defeated by The Big Five and had their bodies taken, it wouldn't be a joke.
Shortly after they got up, a penguin wearing a suit and a top hat emerged from the water. That short stature, that round belly... Why did it look so cute?
"Ha! Three beautiful girls!" The penguin joyfully patted its belly, "Seems like today's my lucky day, on my fifty-fifth birthday!"
Anzu and Shizuka instinctively stepped back: "What's going on?"
"The Big Five, probably from Kaiba Group's personnel department?" Xue Lang struggled to recall the DM plot, "I remember the name was Dailong... Old Dailong number three?"
The penguin almost choked on blood.
What the heck, Old Dailong number three!
"Hmph, seems you've done some homework." The penguin snorted, "That's right, I was the personnel department head of Kaiba Group, remember well, my name is Otaki Shuzo, fifty-five years old!"
Anzu looked puzzled: "Why does he keep emphasizing his age?"
"Because he's a pervert," Miss Yue Hua responded with disgust.
Though she hadn't played the game, Miss Yue Hua had watched the anime. She knew of his reputation as an incurable penguin fanatic and a complete pervert.
Allegedly, he had abused his power over many young and pretty girls while at Kaiba Company, causing numerous legal disputes, which were only resolved thanks to The Big Five's lawyer Oka Chikuzen.
"I remember this one's crazy?" Xue Lang squinted, "His hatred for Kaiba, seems like it's because Kaiba wouldn't let him build a penguin swimming pool in Kaiba Land?"
"What?" Anzu looked more confused.
"Hmph, exactly so!" Otaki Shuzo said, his anger rising at the mention. "Kaiba Seto, that guy... That guy dared to belittle my precious penguins! Penguins are obviously so cute!
But do you know what he said? He actually told me, 'If you want to keep black and white creatures in the amusement park, you're better off with pandas'!
It was infuriating! I can never forgive him!"
Everyone: "..."
Miss Yue Hua initially thought such a reason for turning dark was bizarre, but then reconsidered, remembering the increasingly bizarre motives for murder in the Child Detective series next door, and suddenly felt this wasn't so strange...
"Ha! I know all your details clearly! Mazaki Anzu, sixteen years old, and... um... what's your name, little sister?"
The penguin focused its gaze on Miss Yue Hua.
Information on people around Kaiba and Yugi, he had mostly gathered, but these sudden two oddballs, he truly didn't have any impression of...
But she's a beauty too!
Otaki Shuzo's eyes began to sparkle.
Three young girls all so pretty, I so want to snatch a young and beautiful body...
At this point, even Anzu and Shizuka realized that the penguin in front of them was nothing but a complete degenerate and pervert.
"Alright! According to Lord Noah's rules, let's duel!" The penguin revealed a Duel Disc on its arm, "The loser will have their body taken!"
As soon as he finished speaking, both Xue Lang and Miss Yue Hua stepped forward in unison: "I'll do it!"
Anzu felt touched: "You both..."
Anzu and Shizuka, the two helpless girls, naturally interpreted it as these two stepping forward to protect them. To go this far for complete strangers they just met, they truly were good people...
The penguin glanced at Xue Lang with disdain, waving him away: "You, get lost."
Why bother dueling with a stinky man?
Then he turned with a smile to Miss Yue Hua: "You want to duel me? Sure, no problem, let's go, we'll start right now."
Xue Lang: "???"
What the hell is this task? Are there seriously gender restrictions?
This is blatant discrimination!
Xue Lang was feeling utterly frustrated and coldly abandoned, wondering when male Duelists would get their chance to stand up...