“Congratulations on graduating, third-year students.”
As the words fell.
The 【Chimera Overload Dragon】 behind Marufuji Ryo, exploded with a resounding boom.
Dust instantly engulfed the entire gymnasium.
As the dust settled.
The surrounding duel images gradually faded.
【Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo WIN】
The students, teachers, and the two principals of the middle and upper divisions, all below the stage.
Their expressions were the same as Marufuji Ryo's on stage at this moment.
A kind of disbelief mixed with shock.
It seemed they couldn’t believe it would end like this.
Lost?
That third-year Caesar Ryo… he lost?
“Ryo… he always thought he still had a glimmer of hope in this duel.”
“He thought he had grasped that glimmer of hope, but he didn’t expect it to be the beginning of despair… ”
“Ryo, he lost from the start of the duel.”
Tenjo Inoki murmured softly, looking at Marufuji Ryo on the stage.
From the very beginning, Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo had already designed a path to defeat for Marufuji Ryo.
From summoning Mask Hero - Dark Claw.
Marufuji Ryo had been following the trap set by Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo, step by step, towards death.
“He never intended to use that 【Wicked Hero】.”
“It was to confuse Ryo’s thinking, to shift his focus from the covered card on Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo’s field to the cards in his hand.”
“And Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo knew Ryo’s deck like the back of his hand.”
“He seemed to know in advance that Ryo had a card that could fuse monsters from the banished zone, so he had already formulated the next duel plan when he summoned Dark Claw.”
“He lured Ryo to banish monsters, and then deliberately destroyed 【Cyber Overflow】, making Ryo get what he thought was the 'turning point card’…”
“He had already seen the light of victory, but it was shattered in the most cruel way…”
“Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo, this guy is terrifying.”
Tenjo Inoki sighed.
He had never seen such a terrifying duelist.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo's duels were beyond just "dark" or "not dark" anymore.
He was playing with people's minds.
He was drawing the duel step by step into the plot he had set.
“So… the true thing that can disrupt people’s mental states isn’t the so-called ‘dark’ deck… it’s the person using the ‘dark’ deck.”
Asuka nodded in agreement.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo had this terrifying charm.
Duelling with him, you would only feel a deep sense of powerlessness and unattainability.
Perhaps, only someone like him could be called the 【King of Games】…
“Lost… ”
Marufuji Ryo stood on the duel stage, stunned.
He was still holding the 【Overload Fusion】 that brought him the hope of victory.
He couldn’t believe it.
He thought he could use Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo’s 【Mask Hero - Dark Claw】 to win.
He thought everything was going according to his plan.
But he didn’t expect…
“Caesar, it was a fun duel.”
Walking over to Marufuji Ryo.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo smiled and extended his hand.
“… Tenjo.”
Looking at the hand extended by Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo.
Marufuji Ryo was silent for a moment, then smiled with relief.
“You are the strongest duelist I have ever seen… I lost, and I lost without a single regret.”
Marufuji Ryo closed his eyes and suppressed the frustration in his heart.
He reached out and grasped Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo’s hand tightly.
There are many geniuses.
But there can only be one winner.
In this duel, Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo’s strength was far beyond his own.
Whether it was psychological tactics or duel tactics.
He was completely defeated.
Marufuji Ryo wasn’t someone who refused to admit defeat.
On the contrary, he believed it was the right decision to duel Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo.
“Tenjo, you showed me the infinite possibilities of the world of dueling.”
“Thank you.”
He uttered these words with deep sincerity.
Amidst the applause of the students below the stage, Marufuji Ryo walked off the duel stage and to the spectator seats.
“Master… ”
Seeing Principal Samishima, Marufuji Ryo lowered his head, “Sorry, Master… I haven’t yet grasped the true essence of the Cyber Stream… ”
“No, Ryo… you’ve done your best.”
Samishima patted Marufuji Ryo’s shoulder, saying kindly, “That child Tenjo is truly strong… even I find it difficult to discern the true extent of his strength.”
“To be able to maintain your composure after a crushing defeat, Ryo, you’ve done well.”
As he spoke, Samishima handed a card to Marufuji Ryo.
“This is… ” Looking at the card handed to him by Samishima, Marufuji Ryo was taken aback.
“This is the symbol of the Cyber Stream, from today onwards, this card representing the Cyber Stream, will be passed on to you, Ryo.”
Looking at the 【Cyber End Dragon】 card in his hand, Marufuji Ryo’s heart filled with a wave of emotion.
“Master… ”
This card also represented the fact that he had fully inherited the Cyber Stream.
“Yu-Gi-Oh! Tenjo… I hope that the next time we meet, my Cyber Stream will have evolved to the point where it can defeat you.”
He silently glanced at the black-clothed youth who was about to leave.
Marufuji Ryo made this promise in his heart.
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