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Chapter 1440 10~Join!

"Hey, confused boy, I haven't seen you in school before."

Looking at Fubuki who was not far in front of him, Ed pulled up the corners of his mouth and revealed a fake smile: "Because I am a new student who just came to school this year, senior. I just took the boat to school today."

"Eh? That's true. There are indeed quite a few new students coming to school recently." Fubuki said with a smile, "But even if they are not new students, I can't recognize them. After all, I just came back to school last year."

"If you think about it carefully, it's really too much. Although I left school in the second grade, I actually have to repeat the second grade instead of starting from the third grade. Even Liang, who is the same age as me, has graduated, but I still have to study for two more years."

"'Liang' from the same year? The 'Caesar'?" When Ed heard this, he couldn't keep the fake smile on his face and couldn't help but become a little serious. He also looked at the senior in front of him who didn't look like a student at all.

Just looking at the key words such as "the same age as Caesar" and "repeated a grade", one might have the illusion that the person in front of him must be a very bad student, otherwise why would he have failed a grade, especially since he also said that he is now in the second grade, which means that he has failed a grade for at least two years.

However, do not underestimate Ed's intelligence network - after losing to Caesar, he made a special effort to investigate the past performance of this outstanding graduate of the Duel Academy in the academy. Although there is not much specific information, it is known that he showed extraordinary strength in his first year of enrollment, defeated many senior predecessors in succession, and was ranked among the top three in the academy. He was even called the "Duel Academy Twin Pillars" together with another person.

Since they were a "double wall", it was impossible for there to be only one person. Thanks to the existence of the Duel Academy exchange competition, the video of the session two years ago was easy to find, allowing Ed to easily find the information of the other person - a student from the Obelisk-Blue dormitory named "Tenjouin Fubuki".

What surprised Ed was that compared to "Caesar", the other "wall" of the "double wall of the academy" was a little less famous. It's not that he had no fame, on the contrary, in the gossips that leaked out of Duel Academy two years ago, this "Tenjoin Fubuki" was more famous, such as being photographed sunbathing on the beach with more than a dozen girls at the same time and helping them apply sunscreen.

However, all this ended in the first year. After the second year, there was suddenly no news about "Amajouin Fubuki". For ordinary students, it was normal not to be reported in the internal newspapers of the academy, but compared with Amajouin Fubuki's performance in the first year, he was too low-key in the second year, as if he had disappeared from the Duel Academy out of thin air.

This situation continued until last year, when the Duel Academy exchange competition was once again held at the academy headquarters. Compared with previous years, this exchange competition seemed much more mysterious, and not much information was leaked. However, Ed keenly noticed that in the list of the top eight, there was the name "Tenkyoin Fubuki", a name that had disappeared for more than a year.

Maybe Tenjouin Fubuki really settled down in her second year and stopped making big news and making headlines? But what concerned Ed was that Tenjouin Fubuki's name was not on the list of graduates released by Duel Academy.

You know, because of the high value of Duel Academy, after the first batch of graduates entered the society and demonstrated excellent abilities, there were many people who thought they were smart and forged the identities of Duel Academy graduates in an attempt to use this to enter those large international companies and seek high-paying positions.

Kaiba doesn't mind people taking advantage of him. He didn't mind at all when Hayato took advantage of him for so many years, but it only applies to capable people. In his opinion, people who don't have the ability to enter the Duel Academy but want to take advantage of the name of the Duel Academy and the credibility of Seto Kaiba and the Kaiba Group are not even fourth-rate scum, and he will never indulge such people.

Therefore, Duel Academy quickly launched a "graduation list" to record the graduates' achievements in detail and rank them. After all, the Duel Academy headquarters, which has the most students, only recruits less than a hundred students every year, and correspondingly, only about a hundred students graduate from the school. It is not difficult to compile such a graduate list, but it can effectively prevent people from cheating, and it also makes it easier for various companies to recruit outstanding students.

If referees and commentators are needed, they can focus on recruiting those with good theoretical scores. Professional duelist agencies can also choose which people to sign into the professional dueling world based on students' actual combat performance. Even students' performance in interest courses can be used as reference data for companies recruiting in the Duel Monster-related industries.

But, even in such a list, there is no name of Amajima Fubuki on it?

Looking at the man in front of him again, Ed's nerves were a little tense: "Could it be that you are the 'Amajyoin Fubuki'?"

"Ahahahaha, being too popular and well-liked is also a troubling thing. I can't treat every fan who worships me equally." Fubuki said narcissistically, and took out a marker from somewhere, "So, do you need me to sign somewhere? This..."

"Ed, my name is Ed, Ed Phoenix." Ed introduced himself and shook his head to deny that he was a fan of Fubuki. "I just learned about you when I learned about Caesar, who is as famous as him."

"Ah~ It's really sad. I have fallen to the point where I have to be as famous as Liang to be known. I thought my reputation was so great that even the freshmen who just entered the school would worship me." After wiping away her tears pretentiously, Fubuki looked at Ed again, "But, Ed Phoenix, I remember that you and Liang had a duel before, right? I also saw that duel."

Fubuki's words were a bit off topic, because the blow of losing to Caesar in the duel alone took Ed a long time to cheer up. However, as a highly-regarded star professional duelist, the impact of his loss in the duel was far more than just that.

His victory last year was already full of controversy, and the debate about the lack of gold content has always surrounded Ed. Losing to a newcomer who had just entered the professional dueling world for less than half a year made his popularity plummet. If he had lost to other powerful duelists, it would be fine. After all, those female fans who chase stars value appearance more than strength.

But unfortunately, Caesar is also very handsome and more capable than Ed, so that after Ed lost to him, even the basic base of female fans who are obsessed with looks found it difficult to maintain. A large number of female fans quickly switched to Caesar's fan circle like those anime otakus who change their "wives" every three months with the update of new anime.

Even those "strength fans" who were attracted by Ed's strength were "seduced" by Caesar because of the handsomeness of the [Cyber ​​Dragon] and the unique charm of the steel creation. From time to time, there were even comments on the Internet saying "You should give up those fancy decks and join my invincible Sebadrogon", which came from these fans of Caesar who were attracted by the [Cyber ​​Dragon].

So much so that, after hearing what Fubuki said, Ed couldn't even keep his smile on his face, and said to Fubuki in a cold tone: "That kind of thing has nothing to do with you, Senior Tenjouin, right?"

"Then let's talk about something related to me, such as - what were you looking at just now?" Fubuki looked at Ed as if she didn't hear what he said. She was still smiling and looked at Ed. "Although the academy does not prohibit students from bringing binoculars and other things to appreciate the natural scenery of the island, it is not allowed to peek at other people."

"Hey, Junior Ed, when the others were dueling over there, were you peeking at them?"

"Me? Why would I need to peek?" Ed denied directly, "Although I am a freshman in the Duel Academy this year, I have been playing professional games and I don't like duels that are too immature."

"Then again, can't I just find a higher place to observe the terrain around the school to avoid getting lost? Besides, even if I'm watching the duel over there, there's no rule in the school that other people can't watch the duel, right?" "Of course not. It's not just this kind of outdoor duel, even duels held in indoor dueling venues have no rules restricting others from watching. After all, this can also help students grow, and the school still encourages everyone to watch more excellent duels to learn and improve."

Fubuki paused here, then looked at Ed and said, "But the premise of everything is that everyone's progress is voluntary."

"Huh?" Ed was stunned, not understanding what Fubuki said, "What does that mean?"

"That's exactly what it means, Ed-kun. No, Ed Phoenix." Fubuki showed a serious expression and called Ed by his full name. "Because you seem to be a very interesting junior, I'll tell you something."

"As for me, I fell into a boundless dark world for some reason before, so I unexpectedly developed a subtle but keen sense of smell for evil forces. I can tell whether a person is good or bad just by smell."

"You're a nice person. Even though you get upset like a child when you're provoked, your character is still noble. But your deck is not like that. It has the same core, but the outside of the cards has a layer of extremely smelly stuff, and it keeps emitting a smell worse than vomit!"

Fubuki pointed at Ed's waist and said, "I've smelled this evil smell since you landed on this island. It's the most evil smell I've ever encountered! That smell gives me a sick feeling that's even colder and more painful than having an ice pick stabbed into my back door!"

——However, this is a lie.

Although his past experience as "Darkness" gave him the ability of "spirit master", his sense of smell was pure nonsense. After all, Fubuki was not a fierce dog. The reason why he said this was actually taught to him by Hayato Kobayashi.

After Fubuki returned to school this year, Hayato called him to his office alone and told him that one of the freshmen this year had a special power in his deck that would brainwash the defeated people and turn them into puppets and pawns of the owner of the power. Even if they could resist the brainwashing, they would lose the ability to duel.

At first, Fubuki thought Hayato was telling her a story, until he took out a cube that turned into a golden jewelry, and then said that it was a wonderful tool called the "Millennium Jewelry" that had the ability to see through the past and the future. He also described in detail what Fubuki and Rikki Mackenzie had whispered to each other on the Ferris wheel at the Tojino City Amusement Park during the summer vacation.

Now Fubuki had to believe it, especially since Hayato also said that this power not only targeted Judai who saved Fubuki's life and his new disciple Manjome who was in the field of showing off, but would even affect his sister Asuka.

Even if he didn't believe it at first, the fact that Asuka was involved was enough to make Fubuki serious. He also guessed that Principal Hayato called him over to explain these things, and he must be planning to arrange for him to do something. And sure enough, Hayato told Fubuki that the person who brought the special power card set was named Ed Phoenix.

In order to deal with this new student, Fubuki even declined all invitations from others and stayed up all night for several days in a row to study the intelligence of this famous star in the professional duel world. After learning that he had boarded the ferry to the Duel Academy Island, she sorted out her deck and got a good rest the night before, so that she could find him in time after he arrived on the island and deal with the special power in his deck.

That's why he didn't show up when Judai and the others said that Manjome needed help, because he accidentally overslept in the dormitory at that time. However, it's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Fubuki, who was late to the meeting point sent by Judai and the others, noticed that there was something reflecting on the cliff in the distance. At first, Fubuki almost thought there was a sniper there, but later realized that it was actually someone observing with a telescope.

That's why he quietly approached Ed and confronted him at this moment.

Hearing Fubuki's words, Edward's already unhappy mood became even worse. He frowned and scolded, "Enough! I won't allow you to speak ill of my precious deck!"

"As a mere student, can you understand the dark pain and heavy fate behind the word 'hero'? How can you, who knows nothing, judge that there is evil power in my deck? You don't understand the classic setting of 'enemies and me are of the same origin' and you make a rash conclusion about my [D·hero]!"

Ed just thought that Fubuki was referring to the characteristics of the [D·hero] in his deck, which looked like demons and monsters and had mainly dark attributes, so he reacted extremely strongly. After all, he had just watched a duel between [E·hero], whom he disdained, not long ago.

But Fubuki shook her head. "I think there is no student in the school who understands the pain of darkness better than me. Besides, I didn't say that the dark power in your deck is evil. On the contrary, that 'light' makes me feel pain constantly."

As she spoke, Fubuki took out a card. On the card, under layers of chains was a thin and sinister mask.

"If you want to refute my words, come and duel with me, Ed Phoenix. But I have to make it clear in advance -"

"Be careful not to be swallowed by my Darkness, which is deeper than darkness!"

  The card in his hand turned into the mask in the card picture out of thin air and was put on by Fubuki. Then, in the rising airflow formed by the visible black aura under his feet, Fubuki put on an extra black windbreaker. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up and he laughed wildly!

Looking at the identical long trench coat and arrogant laughter, Ed suddenly had the illusion that he was playing cards with Caesar Liang again.

"You, weird guy!" Although he didn't know what was going on, it seemed that this duel that came to him was unavoidable. Ed also put on the duel disk he carried with him, "It's a good opportunity for my [Hero] to teach you a lesson!"

  "Duel!"

[Ed Phoenix: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Tenjoin Fubuki: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

fgo gives you a 5-star selection, and I chose Bai Zhen, who I haven't drawn in nine years. Although the strength has been in the warehouse for a long time, I still want to make a picture book.