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Chapter 1473 Anyone can be the first as long as the adjective is added more
"Is there really no other way, Mr. Ameruda?"

After a long time of calming down Amerda - judging from the fact that he opened his palm and released the classic Syracuse gesture, he should no longer be angry? Probably - Judai asked Amerda for the correct direction to the center of the island.

But Amerda rejected Judai outright, saying, "No, this activity is the 'wilderness survival' that Kobayashi Hayato prepared for you, right? Just the fact that he arranged a supply station for you on the island, I told Kobayashi Hayato that he treated you too well."

"Are you hoping that you'll be lucky enough to meet someone who can give you directions while you're trying to survive in the wilderness?"

"I just met you, Mr. Amerda, didn't I?" Judai said with a smile, "This island is so big, I am so lucky to meet other people. Mr. Amerda, please don't bear a grudge. I promise that next time I go to the cafeteria, I will never bring canned pineapples again."

"But maybe we can put some cherries and cream on the Neapolitan pizza." Under Ameruda's murderous gaze, Judai didn't continue.

"I'd like to state in advance that I don't bear grudges, but rules are rules. As a 'safety officer' called to this island, I cannot provide any help to you contestants until the conditions are met."

Amerda refused Judai again, but Judai sensed the message in his words and asked curiously, "Conditions? What conditions?"

"Like him, he lost his qualifications." Pointing at Marufuji Sho, Amerda gave the answer directly, with a smile on his face. "If it's a contestant like Marufuji Sho who lost his qualifications due to facing a materialized Duel Monster on the island and has been protected, it doesn't matter if I tell him the right direction. This is the necessary condition for the 'Safety Officer' to lend a hand."

"Are you also going to give up participating in Hayato Kobayashi's game?"

"No, if I give up participating in the competition, knowing the right direction will be meaningless, right?" Judai complained, and then suddenly had an idea and used his amazing wisdom to say, "Hey! Didn't Xiang just say that if he defeats Mr. Amerda, he can regain the qualification to participate. In other words, even if he loses the qualification, as long as he can defeat the safety officer, he can return to the competition."

"In that case, I will lose my qualification first, then find you, Mr. Amerda, to get the right direction, and then win the resurrection match, right?"

"You don't look like a student from the Red Dormitory, if you were this smart in class, would Professor Chronos still target you?" Amerda looked at Judai and nodded, "It is indeed as you said. If you surrender to me first, I can indeed tell you the correct direction to the center of the island. After that, you can prove your strength by defeating me and successfully regain your qualifications."

"Rather, this is part of the rules. Help from others is not free, but you can get it as long as you prove your strength. This is the case at the supply station and the assistance of the 'safety officer'."

Judai didn't think about the information that Amerda accidentally revealed to him, that "supplies can only be obtained by dueling at the supply station", but said eagerly: "That would be great if it is possible! Then Mr. Amerda, please duel with me. I'm already waiting impatiently!"

"Okay, but then your follower Maruto Sho-kun won't have a chance to be resurrected."

Amerda unfolded the duel disk on his body and said to Judai, ready for the duel, "Is it okay for us to duel here?"

However, Judai did not immediately respond to his preparations and deploy the Duel Disk. Instead, he froze and asked Amerda again, "Eh? Mr. Amerda, what did you say just now?"

"Can we duel here? No, judging from your expression, you're more concerned about the fact that Marufuji Sho has no chance of resurrection, right?" Amerda said calmly, "Don't you think that others' help is free, or that they can lend a helping hand indefinitely?"

"Listen carefully, Yugi Judai, this world is very cruel. The number of people who can stand at the top is limited, the resources that can be enjoyed are limited, and even the number of people who can survive is limited. You who have never experienced the cruel society and the tragic war are just like a kid with a head full of naive fantasies."

If someone else said this, they might be accused of standing on the moral high ground and pointing fingers at others, but Amerda is more than qualified to say this. After all, he really experienced the war and he was the only one left in his family or even the entire town. During these years of displacement, he realized the limited supplies better than most people in the world. He also dueled with strong people like Hayato and Kaiba who stood at the top of the world and realized the difference in strength between the two sides.

In comparison, Judai, who was dreaming of being a hero, looked like a kid with a head full of naive fantasies in front of him.

However, Judai didn't know Amerda's past. Seeing Amerda so serious, he thought that he was still holding a grudge. From Amerda's words, Judai expressed his understanding: "Mr. Amerda, do you mean that you can only help once?"

"That's right. Assuming you can really beat me, you can indeed get the right direction from me, but even if Marufuji Sho has the ability to beat me, he won't be able to challenge me and return to the competition. It's like a museum that's on fire and you can only take one person with you. You need to choose between saving a precious painting or a pet you've raised for many years."

Ameruda said calmly, "You'd better make a choice quickly, otherwise you will spend too much time on the road of getting lost and never catch up with others."

"Then I will give up getting direction information from you, Mr. Amerda." Judai immediately gave his choice decisively, "I choose to duel with you, Mr. Amerda, and then bring Xiang back."

"Big, big brother?" Judai's choice made Marufuji Sho stunned. He immediately said, "No, big brother. Even if you saved me, I would just be a burden and I can't help you, big brother. It's more important for you to get the right direction as soon as possible than for me."

"What nonsense are you talking about, Xiang? You are not a burden, right? You are my important friend!" Even though Marufuji Xiang grabbed his sleeve, Judai said firmly, "Who would abandon their friends just to find the way? At worst, I can find the way by throwing my shoes to see which way the toe points."

"Although I'm touched, that method is too messy, isn't it?"

"Because I've already tried these two methods: standing on a branch to see where I fall and spinning in circles and then randomly picking a direction."

"What a messed up way. There's no way you can find such a method. Don't be so sure." Thinking back to Jonouchi's incredible luck, Amerda took back his unfinished words. "Although your determination to not give up is commendable, there is no such thing as academy points in the Duel Academy that I can give you extra points." "Besides, even if you defeat me in a duel, you can't save your little brother."

"Huh? Why?" Judai blinked, his face full of curiosity.

"Because, because of the rules that Mr. Amerda said, right?" Marufuji Sho explained his understanding to Judai, "Leading you, or saving us from this forest, these actions can be considered as Mr. Amerda's 'help', but if you save me, it is not considered as a 'help' to you, but a 'help' to me."

"That is to say, if I want to regain my qualification, there is only one way, and that is..." Marufuji Sho's voice became weaker and weaker, and he looked at Amerda timidly, ". I have to defeat Mr. Amerda."

"But that's definitely impossible, right? Because I'm just a poor student in Osiris-Red Dormitory. And unlike my big brother who likes red and stayed in Red Dormitory without upgrading, I'm really only at the level of Red Dormitory. So, so big brother, don't worry about me, find Mr. Amerda to get the right direction and quickly catch up with Manjome and the others--"

Before Marufuji Sho could finish his words, Judai held his shoulders. With wide eyes, he looked at Judai in front of him, who was bending over to make his eyes level with his own, with a serious expression on his face. "Is that so? Then there's nothing we can do. As expected, there is only——"

Hearing Judai's words, Marufuji Sho felt a little sad but also a little relieved, and felt relaxed from the bottom of his heart. He was a selfish person, and he was actually aware of this. At the same time, of course, he also imagined that Judai would accompany him no matter what. If he had just entered school, he would definitely have such a selfish thought.

But should I say that my personality has changed, or that I have grown up? Because I am the younger brother of Judai, who is admired by everyone, I can't have such a bad personality, right? After all, you see, such a great and amazing brother trusts me so much. If I, as a younger brother, not only can't help my brother to respond to that trust, but also hinder him, wouldn't it be too bad?

So indeed, this is also a helpless solution. It would be better to say that Judai-sama can put himself aside and fight for the championship with all his strength, which makes me feel relieved from the bottom of my heart, because I have not embarrassed my big brother or anything like that.

"As expected, only you, Sho, came to the duel and defeated Mr. Amerda."

"Yeah, I'm the only one who'll decide. Hey hey hey!?" Marufuji Sho subconsciously repeated Judai's words, and only realized slowly that Judai's thoughts seemed to be completely different from what he had just thought. "I'm going to fight Mr. Amerda. Eh!? Really?!"

"I can't do this, can I? Oyster, oy ...

However, Judai seemed to be blind and deaf at the same time, completely ignoring Marufuji Sho's refusal, pushing him around, helping him insert the card into the duel disk and saying, "It's okay, Sho! Show your courage and confidence! Believe in yourself, you can do it too!"

"Instead of believing that I can defeat Mr. Amerda, you might as well believe that I can be promoted to the Sun God-Yellow Dormitory." Marufuji Sho had a sad face and had no time to stop Judai's actions. He watched helplessly as his Duel Disk was linked with Amerda's Duel Disk, and the words "4000LP" lit up.

"Let this guy duel with me? You really have an idea, Yuki Judai." Amerda looked at the timid Marufuji Sho, frowned, and looked at Judai with dissatisfaction, "Although I am not serious enough to duel with you kids, but letting such a weak and mediocre person duel with me is underestimating me, isn't it? This unpleasant feeling of being looked down upon."

"Although I have never seen your duel skills, Mr. Amerda, but I think that you must be very strong to be called by Mr. Hayato to be the 'safety guard' of this island, right?"

Judai patted Marufuji Sho on the shoulder. Before the duel started, he continued to explain his trust in Marufuji Sho to Amerda, "But don't take it lightly, because Sho is actually not weak at all. When he is serious and confident, he is also one of the top three strong students living in the first dormitory on the second floor of our Osiris-Red Dormitory."

"You've added too many adjectives, big brother! And there's only three of us in the dormitory, even if you count that guy Kenzan!" Maruto Sho's mournful expression didn't fade away, and he still couldn't help but complain about Judai.

"Don't pay attention to details. Those who pay attention to details are fools~"

Looking at Judai and Marufuji Sho, Amerda's lips curled up, and he no longer felt unhappy, and he became more interested: "Then let me have some fun, assuming that what you said is true, and let me vent my frustration. After all, besides you, Marufuji Sho has also made me angry in the cafeteria."

"'Today I want to choose pasta'? The cafeteria serves more than 60 kinds of pasta, *Syracuse*, penne, linguine, cannelloni, and not only did you hesitate for a long time and couldn't choose any of them, but when I urged you to do so, you even asked back, 'Aren't these all the same?'" Ameruda's face darkened, "Do you know how many people held me down to prevent me from kicking you out of the cafeteria?"

"What's even worse is that you put ketchup on croissants, eat cappuccino with pasta, and even add water to your coffee?!"

Marufuji Sho said timidly, "Because, because the amount of coffee was only a small cup, it was really too little, and I ate pasta too quickly, so I drank the coffee. Besides, ketchup on croissants is actually quite--"

"It's a croissant! Kua-so!" Ameruda was a bit obsessive about this. "You should be thankful that I'm not Gaul but Syracuse, otherwise I would never let you go just because you can't even pronounce a croissant."

"Tsk, you're just as annoying as your big brother, so now, quickly draw your cards, Marufuji Sho!" Amerda had already drawn five cards, and then said impatiently, "If you beat me, I will not only restore your right to participate but also tell you the right direction, but if you lose, you can just wait to help me cut vegetables for a month at the supply station!"

"Duel!"

[Ameruda: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

Ameruda's deck is not the mecha from before. What exactly is it? You can guess it by thinking about his current identity as a chef.