Ryunosuke invited Morishita Ai to meet alone.
Don't misunderstand, this wasn't a date. This was just preparation for the next point-reaping plan.
Ai took a deep breath, then used a straw to blow air into her lemon water glass.
"Gulu gulu gulu, gulu gulu gulu gulu."
Ryunosuke reflexively joined in playing, doing the same thing.
"Gulu gulu gulu, lu gulu gulu gulu gulu gu."
He also didn't know what was happening to him. Every time he met with Ai, his intelligence seemed to immediately disappear and he started doing chuunibyou actions. Really couldn't be controlled.
The two of them bent over the table, playing with each other. Ai used "gulu gulu" language to communicate with him, and Ryunosuke replied with the same language. Amazingly, the two of them seemed to understand each other about what was being discussed... truly magical.
After realizing it, Ryunosuke didn't want to play anymore and released his straw.
"Can we communicate normally, Morishita-san?"
Ai reluctantly released her straw, clearly she wasn't satisfied playing yet. Ryunosuke then started a normal conversation.
"I want to ask you a favor..."
But before his sentence was finished, Ai raised her hand to cut him off. She looked at him with a serious expression.
"If you want me to help, you must defeat me first!"
"Let's duel Yu-Gi-Oh! Style!!"
"The winner gets everything from the opponent!"
Ai pointed arrogantly while declaring her war challenge. Although Ryunosuke felt this was strange, he still agreed.
Before long, Ai brought Ryunosuke to her house—or more precisely, her apartment. That's right, no mistake, she directly brought a strange teenage boy to her house. This very straightforward action was truly beyond reason.
Ryunosuke didn't know what to say, but he still warned. "Don't casually bring guys to your house."
"I'm only doing this with you..." Ai answered expressionlessly.
Ryunosuke fell silent, unable to reply.
(Was that a love confession? Possibly.)
Upon entering, Ryunosuke saw so many action figures in Ai's room that made his young blood boil.
Not only a complete Gundam collection, but also the entire Yu-Gi-Oh! Card set, including cards from the first to fifth generation series.
Ai took out two Duel Disks and threw one to him. Ryunosuke trembled from being so excited. He immediately attached it, then transformed his jacket to be like a billowing robe, and said gallantly.
"Let's duel, Morishita Ai!"
Seeing him so quickly enter into character, Ai's eyes sparkled brightly. She said to Ryunosuke who had now transformed into a duplicate of Mutou Yugi:
"You're free to choose any card deck here! There are first to fifth generation series, all complete. You can play to your heart's content!"
Ai said arrogantly while raising her chin high, as if asking for praise.
Ryunosuke who had already entered duel mode didn't care anymore. He glanced at the card rack, took the deck belonging to the "King" (Jack Atlas), inserted it into the Duel Disk, and said very arrogantly.
"Let's start the duel! I'll finish you in three turns!"
Ai put on a serious face, inserted her own deck, and shouted loudly.
"The game begins! My turn, Draw!"
[Life Points (LP):]
[Akasaka Ryunosuke: 4,000]
[Morishita Ai: 4,000]
Ai drew one card, then looked at the five cards in her hand. Like Kaiba Seto, she suddenly laughed heartily with full enthusiasm.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Behold my soul, my pride!"
"I activate Polymerization from my hand! I fuse three Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!"
"Appear! Buru-Aizu Urutimetto Doragon!!!!"
A giant three-headed white dragon appeared in front of Ryunosuke (all of this was their imagination, so just ignore it).
[Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]
[Attack (ATK): 4,500]
[Defense (DEF): 3,800]
Facing that terrifying giant monster, Ryunosuke wasn't fazed at all. He still declared arrogantly:
"You won't have a next turn."
"Nani?!" Ai cooperated very well, she stepped back with a contrived shocked expression.
Ryunosuke closed his eyes softly. "Oh my card deck, answer my call! Draw!"
He drew a card and smiled dismissively. "Be astonished, behold the King's duel."
With a big hand wave, he started his combo.
"I summon Soul Resonator! Based on its effect, I take Bone Archfiend from the deck to my hand!" (ATK 500, Level 3).
"I send Dark Resonator from hand to graveyard to special summon Bone Archfiend!" (ATK 1,800, Level 4).
"I activate Bone Archfiend's special effect! I send Vision Resonator from deck to graveyard to raise its level by one!"
"Then I activate Vision Resonator's effect that was sent to graveyard! I take the Continuous Spell card 'Crimson Gaia' from the deck and activate it!"
Ai's eyes now turned into comic eyes (small dots) from amazement. Ryunosuke's chain operations continued without stopping, intending to finish Ai's Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon in one series of attacks.
"I perform Synchro Summon with Bone Archfiend level 5 and Soul Resonator level 3!" (5+3=8).
"The King's heartbeat, created at this moment! Behold the power that shakes heaven and earth!"
"Synchro Summon!!!!"
"Appear, Red Dragon Archfiend!!!!"
A blazing red demon dragon appeared on the field (Once again, this was just their chuunibyou imagination).
Red Dragon Archfiend, ATK 3,000.
"Not finished yet, Morishita Ai!" Ryunosuke waved his hand. "Behold, the King's duel is always one step ahead!"
"I continue to special summon Creation Resonator and Synchro Clone Resonator from hand!"
(Creation Resonator ATK 600, Level 3; Synchro Clone Resonator ATK 100, Level 1).
"I perform Double Tuning with Red Dragon Archfiend level 8, Creation Resonator level 3, and Synchro Clone Resonator level 1!" (8+3+1=12).
Stars spun around Red Dragon Archfiend. Ryunosuke spread his arms and shouted his ace monster's name.
"King and Demon, unite here! Burning soul! Cry out the creation of heaven and earth!!!"
"Double Synchro Summon!"
"Appear, Red Nova Dragon!!!!!"