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Chapter 489: Collecting Powerful Monsters? I'll Give You One Too

Judai Yuki, age 2X, was once a student at Duel Academy, funded by KaibaCorp. After graduating a few years ago, he began his global travels.

Sometime ago, a strange phenomenon of "disappearing Duel Monsters" appeared worldwide. The monsters in the cards held by duelists mysteriously vanished, and it was subtly limited to "Dragon" monsters.

Among Judai's classmates, putting aside true Dragon Type monsters like 【Light and Darkness Dragon】 and 【Rainbow Dragon】, even monsters that were clearly Machine Type or Sea Serpent-Type, like 【Cyber End Dragon】 and 【Hydrogeddon】, disappeared from their cards one by one. Following various clues, Judai found the mastermind in Italy—a mysterious man wearing a mask.

The Duel Monsters that had mysteriously disappeared from the cards were surprisingly in the hands of this man wearing a black and white mask. What astonished Judai even more was that he even saw the figure of the legendary Duel Monster—【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】—in the man's possession!

Next time, The Death of Judai—

"As if! Don't use such a ridiculous title!" Judai, who looked like a slightly thin and weak boy, was now running at an extraordinary speed up the outer wall of a tilting clock tower, like a superhero with superhuman abilities. "And what have you been saying since just now, Professor Banner!"

"Well, well, just like how all heroic epics need a part to set the background, it's just a basic recap," a voice came from points of light within Judai's embrace. "Also, 【Cyber End Dragon】 is about to catch up, you know~"

"Nani?!"

Judai turned his head sharply and saw that, just as Professor Banner said, the 【Cyber End Dragon】, which had been shot down by his 【E·HERO Gaia】 earlier, had reappeared completely unharmed and was rapidly approaching Judai, with its three heads locked onto him.

Leaping up, Judai forcibly changed his direction, hiding behind a griffin statue. However, he wasn't naive enough to think this statue could serve as cover for the protagonist team to chat and discuss strategy without being destroyed, like in movies and TV shows. He instantly jumped away.

And sure enough, in the very next second, a blast of light shot from the left head of 【Cyber End Dragon】 instantly destroyed the griffin statue.

Under normal circumstances, such an act of damaging precious cultural relics would certainly result in fines and imprisonment. But presumably, even if the police responsible for apprehending criminals appeared here, they wouldn't dare issue a ticket to the 【Cyber End Dragon】, which soared in the sky like a killing machine.

Thus, Judai kept escaping and dodging, as if Drake and Lara Croft were simultaneously possessing him. After destroying several churches, museums, and clock towers along the way, he finally managed to use a collapsing clock tower to block 【Cyber End Dragon's】 flight path, creating distance and landing on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Phew, that was close, that was close. I was almost defeated," Judai, who had landed in an open space, turned around and glanced at the 【Cyber End Dragon】, which had to evade due to being blocked by the clock tower. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he noticed a winding figure flying out from the gap between the collapsed clock tower and a nearby building.

"Is that, Johan's 【Rainbow Dragon】?" Judai frowned, feeling a great sense of unease.

Due to its size, 【Cyber End Dragon】 couldn't pass through the gap, so he had deliberately led it near the clock tower as an obstacle, thinking he could rest for a bit before landing in this open space. But he completely didn't expect that while the bulky 【Cyber End Dragon】 couldn't pass through the gap, it was easy for the long, snake-like 【Rainbow Dragon】 to pass through. Moreover, there was no cover around him in this open space for him to dodge behind.

The 【Rainbow Dragon】, with two pairs of dull yellow eyes, stared intently at Judai on the ground. It opened its mouth, and a beam of seven-colored breath shot out, aimed directly at Judai. Judai, however, showed no fear and drew a card: "【E·HERO Neos Alius】!"

An 【E·HERO】 monster with a silver-white body that looked like Ultraman and even Hayato didn't possess, appeared before Judai. Although its figure was transparent, it easily sliced through the rainbow beam spat out by 【Rainbow Dragon】 with a single hand chop.

The split beams grazed past his body, destroying the buildings on either side. Just then, Judai heard an unfamiliar voice.

"Judai Yuki, a duelist who controls spirit power."

"Heh heh heh, since 【Rainbow Dragon's】 ATK is 4000 points, you used 【Neos Alius】, which cannot be destroyed by battle when Special Summoned, to block the attack, huh?"

Looking in the direction of the voice, Judai saw the 【Cyber End Dragon】, which had gone around the clock tower, and the 【Rainbow Dragon】, which had just activated its attack, descending from the sky. They stood guard on top of a church, where a man wearing a mask was standing.

Judai had personally witnessed the opponent plundering the monsters from a duelist's deck, which confirmed that he was the culprit behind the "disappearing Duel Monsters" incident. Because of this, he was now being pursued by the opponent.

Glancing behind him, the 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】, which should have been destroyed by 【E·HERO Flame Wingman】, had silently landed behind him. Now, even his retreat path was blocked.

Despite this, Judai still wore a smile.

"Oh my, oh my, what an honor, I didn't expect my fame to be so great?" Judai rubbed his nose, not at all looking like he was surrounded by three powerful monsters. "But speaking of controlling spirit power, you've also materialized Duel Monsters, haven't you?"

"There's no need to inform you of such things. Anyway, the cards that can be collected in this era are almost complete. Perish here, Judai Yuki." The Masked Man drew a card from his Duel Disk. "With this future card!"

A strange starlight surged from the card in the Masked Man's hand, gathering in the sky, forming a golden sphere. Then, lightning struck!

Appearing before Judai was a Dragon Type monster with a humanoid torso and limbs, a slender and handsome build. Points of starlight circled its thin wings.

"A white dragon I've never seen before? And, it's a black-bordered card!?" The sharp-eyed Judai immediately noticed the difference in the card the Masked Man placed on his Duel Disk. Unlike the yellow border of normal monsters, or the Ritual blue, or the Fusion purple, it was a kind of very dark black.

However, the Masked Man seemed to have no intention of answering Judai's confused thoughts. With a wave of his hand, 【Cyber End Dragon】, 【Rainbow Dragon】, 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】, and the unknown Dragon Type that had just appeared surrounded Judai from four directions, all accumulating attack in their mouths!

"I don't have any more time to waste with you. Die, Judai Yuki!"

"Eternal Evolution Burst Stream!" "Over the Rainbow!" "Burst Stream of Destruction!" "Sonic Burst!"

Seeing this scene, Judai's brain began to think at high speed.

Although he himself had the ability of Duel Monster materialization, and materializing five monsters at once wasn't difficult, to give his monsters the strength to withstand the attack of the powerful monsters before him, the limit could only be up to three. Any more would actually fail to provide resistance.

【E·HERO Flame Wingman】 and 【E·HERO Neos】 were immediately replaced on the field by Judai, and for the last monster, his choice was—

"Your goal is to collect powerful monsters, right? Only choosing Dragon Type monsters is a bit too picky. To help you achieve nutritional balance, I'll give you this powerful monster!"

As Judai drew a card, a large amount of lava suddenly surged from beneath the feet of 【Cyber End Dragon】 and 【Rainbow Dragon】, the two monsters Judai knew had the highest ATK, swallowing the monsters that were accumulating their attack. The lava rose and merged, forming a tall 【Lava Golem】.

And the attacks of the unknown white dragon and 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 were blocked by 【Flame Wingman】 and 【Neos】, whose pressure was greatly reduced.

"Damn it, it's 【Lava Golem】!" The Masked Man was very annoyed that his monsters were swallowed, grinding his teeth. Judai didn't hesitate to praise the monster that had done a great job, "Niiiice! 【Lava Golem】!"

The Masked Man, in a very annoyed mood, was about to put his hand on his Duel Disk again to draw other monsters and launch another attack to eliminate Judai. But just then, a dragon roar suddenly echoed from the church he was standing on:

"Woooooh!!!"

"Nani?!"

The moment he heard the sound, the Masked Man left his position. And in the next second, a phantom red giant dragon flew out of the church beneath him towards the sky, then turned and swooped down towards the ground, before shattering and disappearing like a phantom.

At the head of the disappearing giant dragon, a strangely shaped motorcycle drove out. With a standard Akira-style stop, the motorcycle rider immediately saw the white dragon locked in a struggle with 【E·HERO Neos】.

"【Stardust Dragon】!!"

"Fudo Yusei? Hmph, did you track me to this era by following 【Stardust Dragon】?" The Masked Man saw the motorcycle rider—the crab-haired man named "Fudo Yusei"—arrive and stopped his action of preparing to draw a card.

Just Judai Yuki alone was endlessly troublesome, and now with Fudo Yusei's support, trying to defeat the two of them here would require a considerable amount of effort.

He didn't absolutely need to defeat these two. Anyway, as long as his purpose was achieved, they would disappear from the world along with it. Leaving them alone was fine.

Anyway, they would absolutely never guess what he was going to do next.

"You bastard!" Fudo Yusei didn't notice the Masked Man's stopping action. He got off his motorcycle with a fierce aura, wearing a Duel Disk. "Give me back my 【Stardust Dragon】!"

"Heh heh, I can't do that. It still has a great use for me here," the Masked Man said, leaping down and being caught by an unmanned giant motorcycle. "Our exchange ends here. Anyway, this era will also be destroyed by my act of salvation!"

"Era, destruction?" Judai found it difficult to understand the Masked Man's meaning, but Fudo Yusei's eyes widened. "Could it be that this guy is planning to—"

"Cherish your last moments with Duel Monsters, duelists, hahahaha!" The giant motorcycle the Masked Man was riding was enveloped in a phantom white radiance. After a flash of radiance, the extremely conspicuous giant motorcycle disappeared into thin air amidst the Masked Man's wild laughter!

With the Masked Man's disappearance, 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】 and that 【Stardust Dragon】 also disappeared. 【Lava Golem】 also turned into lava and fell back to the ground.

"Damn it! He got away again!" Yusei angrily swung his arm but could do nothing about the Masked Man who had disappeared. In his frustration, he also remembered Judai, who had just dueled the Masked Man. He turned and walked towards Judai, asking with concern, "Hello, are you hurt?"

Judai had also just put away his Duel Disk and was brushing off the dust that had splashed onto his red jacket. Seeing Fudo Yusei walk over, he showed a bright smile: "Heh heh, I'm fine, I'm fine, not even a scratch."

"Oh right, my name is Judai Yuki."

"Judai Yuki?" Yusei nodded, remembering the name. "My name is Fudo Yusei."

———Pure Love War God Kaiba will instantly defeat Monster Stealing Paradox———

"I see, so that 【Stardust Dragon】 is your card, Yusei. You time traveled from Domino City decades in the future because your card was stolen." Sitting among the building ruins, Judai held a backpack that had been hidden earlier, checking the contents. "Good luck, I thought it would be smashed."

"That's right. Although these words sound very unbelievable, it is indeed true."

However, what surprised Yusei slightly was that upon hearing words like "time travel," Judai said nonchalantly: "No, I believe you, Yusei. Actually, I've experienced similar things before, like having my partner stolen, time travel, and so on."

"But speaking of which, is that a future Duel Disk?" Judai's gaze drifted towards the open space nearby. The strangely shaped red motorcycle—the device called a D-Wheel—that Yusei had ridden when he appeared via time travel was parked there. "And New Domino City, huh? I'm really looking forward to seeing what it looks like."

"Well, it's hard to describe in words." Recalling the prosperity of New Domino City and the dilapidation of Satellite, Yusei felt it was better to let Judai keep his beautiful imagination.

"Yeah, after all, it's the future. Just like people in the past couldn't imagine the present, I really can't imagine what the future will look like," Judai smiled and nodded, then as if remembering something, "Speaking of which, the guy who took your 【Stardust Dragon】, Yusei, seems to have time traveled again."

"Yes, although I'm not sure what that person's purpose is, his actions have caused the era I live in to collapse. If we continue to let him act recklessly, the era might even disappear completely."

Yusei's face was quite serious. "So, not only to get back 【Stardust Dragon】, but also for the people living in my era, I must find that Masked Man and stop him."

"Oh, I'll lend you a hand too. That guy also stole quite a few of my friends' cards, and judging by what you said, Yusei, my era will also disappear, right?"

Judai scratched his head: "When I first found that guy, I was thinking of retreating first and then calling for help, but I didn't expect it to be such a serious major event. In this situation, as a hero, I can't be deserting the post."

This passage is the setup before the Fusion Summon, after all, you can't just start with Paradox being group attacked.

However, the original movie was extremely short, a film less than fifty minutes long including the beginning and end, only counting as an extended anime episode.

Let's take a look at the preview for the next chapter:

"The trap-heavy deck piled up can even trap light to death"

"Alright, I'll summon my loyal servant"

"Even Little Blue is gone, completely shameless"

"It's just a Satellite meteor, watch me push it—Nani, a meteor!?!"

"You're still far from understanding, this is my offensive strategy!"

"Fu-sion Summon!"

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