@KOgaming

Aya watched with barely concealed glee as the two monsters went at it. Even through the glass, the fight looked intense. The dodging, the weaving, the shouts of the tiny little people in the buildings as they were destroyed, one by one, by the clash of the two monsters. But inevitably, one would prevail over the other. Dogoran tried his best, but the red giant was simply outmached by the beams that Jiku... Big dragon thingy emitted. Finally, it let out one final, reedy roar, and toppled over, with it's enormous floppy body lying right in the middle of the plaza. Beautiful. Aya almost forgot it was still her turn with all that spectacle.

"What? Oh, yeah. With Doggie hitting the graveyard, I have three counters on Kyoutow waterfront" She began, picking the card up and off of her opponent's disk and sliding it into her own grave. "With Three counters on Kyoutow, it's special effect activates, and I can add one more Kaiju to my hand for next turn, and i'm picking Turtle." She pulled the card out of her deck with a bit of a flourish, walking back to her side of the field. That was the one big disadvantage of playing these things. It always felt so wrong to move over to her opponent's disk and start playing her cards on it. Greydle players had it so much easier, not needing to hoof it everywhere to play the game at all.
"And with two cards face down, i'll end my turn here."

She reviewed the board, spinning around on her heel as she did. Overall, pretty well. A big beefy beater on her side of the field, and enough counters on Kyoutow to have it's effect go off. With two face-down traps on her side of the field and her opponent practically empty, she was dead set on making a comeback in this duel. Not that there weren't a few problems, of course. Her hand was an open secret to both players - A turtle and a field spell, none of which would become useful 'til next turn. He could play safe in the knowledge that she wasn't going to drop hand traps on it. And, as she privately observed, her backrow was terrible. She had a Twin Twister face down. Usually, a good card. Generates a ton of backrow damage and puts counters on Kyoutow. But it wouldn't negate anything he played, and he'd have free reign to stomp all over her if he had the potential. She'd have to rely on the other card to stop him from making his plays, and that would be difficult, given that the other card was Solemn Warning. A card with a big, ugly, 2000lp cost to it that made it awfully difficult to use right now, what with her measly 1800 and all. She had diddley. She had less then diddley, she had squat.

She'd have to bluff it out.

"It's your move, friend. Try not to play into my hands, okay?"

@Lord Szall

While running around campus in search of people to duel and/or convert to his newfound pagan ideals, Tekkan bumped into another student...quite literally. The impact caused the white-haired youth to stumble backwards, landing on his posterior and rubbing his head.

"Hey, watch where you're going-!" Tekkan noticed the duel disk on the other boy's arm. Bingo. He found his first target already.

"Duel me!" the white-haired youth snapped at the newcomer. "Don't ask any questions! Just do it!" Tekkan immediately started booting up his own duel disk, not ready, willing, nor able to take 'no' for an answer.

@GarlandDaHero

As Yuryuu walked off in search of his next opponent, a white blur smacked right into him from around a corner. He rubbed his head a little and looked down at the figure who rushed into him. Before Yuryuu could question him, he was immediately challenged by the other student.

Yuryuu's confused expression disappeared, and he smiled at the other boy. "I accept your challenge. Let's duel." He activated his duel disk, as the board of light appeared, his deck shuffling itself. He drew his hand and and looked at his opponent. "My name is Sikao Yuryuu. You may address me as Yuryuu during our fight. Well then... will you have your turn or would you rather I take the initiative?" Yuryuu asked Tekkan, a stern expression across his face.

The boy sat on the roof of the school, mentally going over what had probably been the strangest (and certainly the slowest) match of the trial so far.

In the end, the weird trash girl had continued to play in a ponderous fashion and ultimately met her demise at the hands of her own ace monster in what was probably the most confusing duel nobody had bothered to watch today. She had spent most of the match speaking as little as possible, in spite of her opponent's efforts to begin a conversation, but that was fine- he's managed to get her name, at least. Explored her deck. Beaten her. That was enough.

"Umi Ruka..."

He rolled it around on his tongue a couple times, mimicking her voice. Yeah, that could work. He glanced around to make sure nobody was watching, then set to work on a new identity...

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Meanwhile, elsewhere on campus...
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"Hey, hey, take it easy there, au~ntie! Getting angry is bad for your com~plex~ion, don't you know?", the child laughed and waggled a finger at this sad, lonely girl, "Now, I under~stand what you're thinking, right? 'I'm being looked DOWN upon', right? I'm right, aren't I?"

The kid drew a card, cradling their head in the crook of their elbow.

"...Well, I can't say you're WRONG, rea~lly. Partner always says I should NEVER EVER under~estimate people, but I think SOME people just don't talent, you know~? If a girl can't even DRESS or TALK right, how can I expect her to DUEL right? That's like ask~ing a dog to play baseball! It's crazy, right?"

The kid shrugged.

"Don't worry, though~ I'm THROUGH playing nice with you. First, I play the continuous magic: Spring of Rebirth! While THIS card is on the field, I gain 500 life points ev~ery time a card returns to the hand! I also set one MORE card! I'm not done yet, though!"

Another dust storm. Both of the previous weasels appeared, now joined by a taller, confident-looking one carrying a large sword.

"I bring back Kama 3 and Tsujik, but also ANOTHER brother: Yosenju Kama 2! Like the other two, he has his OWN su~per special skill: If he wants to, he can attack directly at half power! Tsujik will use his ability to boost Kama 2's attack, then run you down, okay~? Here it comes!"

Yosenju Kama 2 leaped into the air as Tsujik unsheathed its own blade and tossed it towards the confident-looking weasel. Kama 2 caught the offered weapon without visible effort, bringing both down in an overhand slash on Elly as it landed.

"-But wait, there's MORE! Thanks to Yosenju Kama 3's effect, I can now search ANY Yosenju card from my deck! I'll choose... THIS guy~! Yosenju Magat! Next, Kama 3 will attack your facedown, FULL FORCE!"

Kama 3 streaked towards the facedown, possibly destroying it, possibly not. Either way, the result was effectively the same.

"Since Tsujik doesn't have his sword, I'll let him rest for this round~. With tha~t, I end my turn, and with it all three of my cu~te little Yosenju return to my hand, giving me an extra 1500 life points. I think that means it's your turn, au~ntie."

When the boy shrugged his shoulders, Elly shook her head and began pressing buttons on the screen of her duel disk, as if not paying attention to the duel itself.

As Yosenju Kama 2 brought down its blade, Elly finally looked back up and put an open palm out in front of her like a stop sign, freezing Yosenju Kama 2 in mid-air.

"You're hopeless."

All at once, a horrid shadowy miasma erupts from Elly's face-down monster, blowing back Yosenju Kama 2 and throwing him into Yosenju Kama 3, who both writhe in pain.

"I thought you said you were through playing nice, yet here you are, halving your strongest monster's damage. You really have no integrity at all, do you?

I activate Crush Card Virus. By tributing Doll Part Pink, all your monsters with 1500 or more attack are destroyed." Yosenjuu Kama 2 and 3 explode, while the cards in the boy's hand flagrantly reveal themselves through giant holograms. "That means all of them." Any cards in the boy's hand that meet the requirements follow suit, joining the earlier Yosenju Kama in the grave. Crush Card Virus' secondary effect activates and the boy is prompted to send three monsters with 1500 attack or more from his deck to the grave.

After that, Vanity's Emptiness explodes, its own effect triggering from cards being sent to the grave. At least the headache didn't last long.

"Now, I think it's time I made good on my promise." Elly presses one last button on her duel disk and the characteristic ring of a telephone calls out. In the mean time, Elly's face twists into one of pain and sorrow, and for no given reason, she starts to cry silently, quivering with jarring realism.

The other end of the line picks up. "Hello, you've reached Saotome Duel Institute, how can I help you?"

Elly answers immediately, partially interrupting the end of her greeting with a desperate plea for help. "You've got to help me! I'm a new student here and I've been trapped in a pitfall on the edge of campus, behind the farthest classroom." Her voice cracks left and right, gradually lowering as she continues, as if hoping the boy wouldn't hear her. "The guy who dug it is down here with me, and he keeps saying scary things like that I don't know how to dress right, that 'I'm his bitch', or that he's through playing nice! Please, you've got to help me qui- AAAHHHHH~!" With a sharp scream at the end for good measure, she ends the call, smiling to herself and wiping her eyes victoriously.

"Make no mistake, I'm having tons of fun, but you know, it's really bad form to compare a lady to a dog. I suppose I can't blame you though. It's just in your nature to repel women with that insipid codependency bullshit you pawn off as a personality."

@Menhir
@KOGaming

@Lord Szall

Tekkan grinned devilishly, his duel disk done booting up. "Katsuragi Tekkan. And I'll gladly take the initiative, Yuryuu!"

The white-haired youth's disk made a whirring noise as he drew his five cards. His grin grew wider as he saw his first turn combo pieces already in his hand. This would be a cinch.

"For my opening move, I'll place Igknight Gallant and Igknight Cavalier in my Pendulum Zones!" As he did so, two knights, a pink one which resembled a ninja, and a bulky green one with an air of authority around it, materialized on the left and right sides of the field, respectively.

"Next, I'll use Gallant's effect to destroy them both and add a Fire Warrior monster from my deck or graveyard to my hand!" Gallant made signals with his hands towards Cavalier, who nodded in understanding. Seconds later, the two knights fired their weapons at each other, destroying them both and sending them to the Extra Deck face-up. "The card I'm adding is Igknight Templar, which I'll activate in my Pendulum Zone along with Igknight Paladin!"

Two more knights, an orange one with a gunblade resembling a sniper rifle and a purple one with a gunblade resembling a musket, materialized on the left and right sides of the field, much like their comrades.

"I'm not done yet, though! I'll Pendulum Summon Gallant and Cavalier from my Extra Deck by using Templar's Pendulum Scale of 7 and Paladin's Pendulum Scale of 2!" The two knights let out a sharp whistle, causing the green and pink knights to return to the field, jumping out of a small-scale explosion and taking on fighting stances.

"Finally, I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."

Tekkan was chuckling to himself, having done a similar first turn in his first duel of this academy. If everything went as planned, he would activate his face-down card during his opponent's draw phase, hopefully shutting down any summons Yuryuu could perform. Poor kid, the youth thought. He doesn't stand a chance if he can't summon any of his big monsters! You're toast, Yuryuu! The thought of his opponent being powerless before normal monsters, of all things, made Tekkan snicker in ghoulish delight. Surely his lord Lucifer would be most pleased with this performance.

Yuryuu observed his opponent's field. His opponent, Tekkan, played Pendulum's just like Yuryuu did, meaning his strategy will likely be either to use little monsters to advance summon bigger monsters, or try to swarm against his dragons. "It's My Turn. Draw!" Adding Draconnection to his hand, he knew Yuryuu had to choose his next actions accordingly.

@Lord Szall

"I activate my Trap Card, Tyrant's Throes!" The youth revealed a continuous trap card depicting some sort of portly noble throwing a tantrum.

"By tributing two Normal Monsters on my side of the field, I can prevent either of us from summoning Effect Monsters!" The green and pink knights vanished, leaving Tekkan's field (and hopefully Yuryuu's) completely devoid of monsters.

"Just give up now! You can't win if you can't summon any big non-effect monsters!" Tekkan's devilish grin grew wider. Unless his opponent could destroy his trap, the white-haired youth's victory was assured. As he smiled, he was sure Lucifer did as well.

@GarlandDaHero
Yuryuu's face darkened. Tekkan had set up a way of sacrificing his monsters so that he could activate a trap that would stop him from playing any of his monsters. He put everything he had on this card, including his entire hand and all the monster's he controlled.

"So.... with that card, Tyrant's Throes, I won't be able to summon?" Yuryuu asked rhetorically, sighing under his breath. "That is going to become your downfall. I activate the spell card, Draconnection! Revealing Dragorado from my hand, I can search for a level 4 Dragon-type monster to add and then shuffle Dragorado back into my deck. And I choose... Storm Rage Dragon!" Yuryuu declared, replacing his card as the effect of the spell card vanished from the field.

"Now, I will use Lock Rage Dragon and Storm Rage Dragon as my Pendulum scales!" Yuryuu declared once more, as the two dragons floated above the field. "Now, similar to your Igknight monsters, I going to use Storm Rage Dragon's effect to destroy my other Pendulum scale. And with that..." he continued, as the Sea Dragon swallowed the other Dragon whole, readying his breath. "He can destroy one spell or trap on the field."

A crackling laser came bursting from the Dragon's mouth, as Tyrant's Throes was erased from the field, and a slight smile appeared on Yuryuu's face. "With this, I place Archfiend Eccentrick in my empty Pendulum Zone. Appear, Dragon's of Raw Emotions... Pendulum Summon! Rare Metal Dragon! And Lock Rage Dragon". The portal effect for Pendulum Summoning appeared, as two Dragons with amazing ATK strength took the field. "Battle! Attack, twin dragons! Wipe out all of his life points!"

The kid shrugged nonchalantly as their empty hand revealed nothing, and exited out of the prompt. Mildly put out, but no worse for wear. Elly seemed to be busy with the phone, so the child didn't really bother with additional explanation. After all, such talk was lost on someone this detached from reality. After quietly revealing the sole remaining card in their hand- that being Dark Hole- the child's voice dropped to a whisper.

"Yosenju Tsujik, attack directly~."

No sooner would Elly hang up than she would get dropkicked in the face by the remaining Yosenju, cutting off any dialogue she had expected to get out in those scant few seconds.

"You know, au~ntie... I'd get your BRAIN checked before you start cry~ing WOLF, you know? Your ACTING is alright, but I'm giving your mas~ter plan only HALF a star, o~kay?"

Tsujik returned to the hand, offering up an extra 500 LP.

"I mean, you can cry and fib to them A~LL you want... But I STILL don't think they're gon~na believe YOU got over~powered by a ten~year~old GIRL like ME. I'll be ending my turn now, o~kay au~ntie?"

Elly giggled in spite of herself. "Are you calling yourself weak now?" Elly's couldn't help but laugh to herself, openly mocking her opponent. "Who's crying wolf here? I didn't say a single lie in that call. What, you didn't actually think I was going to fake a crime like that, did you? My, how vain."

Elly waves her hand with a flourish and a trap card activates: Dark Horizon. From within it, a doll head emerges, leveling a piercing gaze at Elly's opponent. Doll Part Blue is special summoned.

"Obviously, the phone call is a misunderstanding. It doesn't matter how it gets resolved, but no matter what, it's going to bring school authorities straight here asap."

Elly put a hand on her cheek with a mischievous expression. "You've damaged school property to create a physical hazard with the intent of trapping other students in a dark hellhole that could collapse at any moment. I hope you have a lawyer, cutie."

As Elly's turn came around, she drew and got straight to work. With the placement of a single card from her extra deck, A life-like doll seems to appear from the shadows, an army of mannequin-like dolls strewn behind it and flinging themselves in its path, as if she were too precious to touch the Earth. A throne materializes dead-center on Elly's field, right where Elly's Doll Part Blue was. As the new doll approaches its throne, it orders Doll Part Blue away, and Doll Part Blue complies. The doll sits on her throne and snaps her fingers, where Elly pulls out a card from her deck, then all at once, it burns to cinders as her hand and Doll Part Blue are swallowed by blackness. "I summon Anabel the Doll Princess! Isn't she cute? And what a generous ruler she is, letting me bring out one of my favorite toys!"

Anabel is soon joined by another monster as the mass of mannequin pieces come together. Elly pulls two more cards from her deck, which are promptly tossed into the grave, joining the mass of mannequin parts before her. Soon, an unholy abomination rises above the rest: Doll Chimera. "Because of her summoning conditions, she always brings along Doll Chimera, and both gain attack for every doll part in the grave."

Elly stops to admire her work for a moment. Maybe things at this school won't be that bad. She looks back at her opponent and instinctively frowns.

"I'll give you one last turn to beat me. Here's your last chance to prove that your dueling ability isn't as bad as your atrocious sense of fashion. Don't forget: This might be your last duel for the next eight years." Elly couldn't help but wear a sadistic smile. "Make it count!"

@Lord Szall @Blight Bug

The youth's eyes went dead, watching as his opponent completely destroyed his strategy in one fell swoop. "N-No way...! That's not fair!" Tekkan barked at the youth as he braced himself for the oncoming onslaught of Dragons.

The force of the two dragons with 2000+ ATK each was too much for the youth's 3700 remaining Life Points, and he gritted his teeth as the impact of the solid vision sent him flying. "D-DAMMIIIIIIIIIIIT!"

Laying on the ground, his Life Points reduced to 0, Tekkan felt the energy that he had previously absorbed as well as some of his own leave his body and seep into his opponent's. Breathing heavily, the youth frantically got back onto his feet and ran back to the farmyard where Fyodor was, screaming for him all the while. "L-LEADER! H-HELP!"

@GarlandDaHero @Blight Bug

As soon as victory was decided, Yuryuu's opponent lay across the floor. Suddenly, Yuryuu felt a wave of energy spill into him like a rush of pure adrenaline. His vision sharpened for a second, and before the field shut down he could have sworn he saw Lock Rage Dragon turn to him, a fire alight in his eyes. In all the duels he had ever experienced, nothing compared to the feeling that went through his veins.

As he returned the cards on the field to his deck, Tekkan scrambled for it and fled. Yuryuu's dark gaze changed to one of concern. The fact that Tekkan played Pendulum's meant they were most likely in the same house. Deep inside, he wanted to help his house colleague become stronger. Outside, his other intention's were to find the one Tekkan called "Leader", and thus Yuryuu gave chase. "Hey! Come back here..."

A Tag Duel sounded like an interesting prospect. It was a shame he was unable to join. "I'm afraid I must decline," Carnel politely refused, smiling as he raised a hand. "I've already lost all my Life Points. I am interested in seeing this Tag Duel, however, and I wish you all luck in it." After he said that, he began scanning the room, specifically the shelves with card packs. He thought that perhaps those packs might contain some suitable cards for him to upgrade his deck with. As much as he wanted to walk over there, however, first he had to make sure whether or not the Tag Duel was actually going to take place. And so, he stayed put, watching his fellow schoolmates, waiting for an opportunity.

@KOgaming
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"So...", The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell began to speak to the mechanic prisoner he had tied up to a ladder he found in the truck with rope and chain which were also found in the truck. He had secured his newfound chained up prisoner, in one of the empty barnhouses of his new Unholy Sanctuary Site. "Not quite sure if you are awake or not, and I can't quite begin my processes and rituals without your full attention. But I shall demonstrate a touch of hospitality while warming up my vocal cords for the events to come! I shall demonstrate with a sample from the Threepenny Opera." The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell began to pace a bit back and forth, "Now I know what you are thinking, 'That is no TRUE Opera, it is but a simple musical. And don't claim that the English School is a thing! Why aren't you performing a PROPER ITALIAN OPERA!' Well to that I say, yes the English School is an acceptable form of Opera and as I said this was merely to warm up my vocal cords. Its simple format makes it ideal for this, plus I wouldn't want to waste a performance from the other schools upon someone I'm not sure is quite with me and the plan yet."

Clearing his throat, Fyodor began some prep work, "Ah aaah aaah ah aaa-". And at that moment he heard some beckoning from a distance. "Well I suppose we must do this later."

@GarlandDaHero @Lord Szall

The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell exited the barnyard pondering about what was the source of that scream. He quickly presumed that it must've been his loyal Neophyte. It was somewhat curious that he would be back so soon; hopefully this would be about him successfully gathering new converts, instead of about the investigation the school was most assuredly doing. After all, Konstantinovich knew he was not the least bit subtle in his intentions.

Some would probably claim that smashing through that garage was a bit much. Maybe the bus was a bit too fast while escaping. Perhaps others would view that continuing to drive with his loyal new convert hanging onto the bus was too much. Or that directing that aforementioned convert to jump off the bus and crash into a pick-up truck was just a bit of a notifier to plans. These people would be wrong as The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway knew something that those hypothetical worrywarts did not. He had style.

Needless to say Fyodor exited the barnyard and strolled towards the dirt road. "You've come to report I hear. Pray te-" he paused for a moment as his mind lingered on the word the acolyte Tekkan said last. "Help? ...What did you do? TELL ME YOU ARE NOT REPORTING UNSATISFACTORY NEWS!" Spying Tekkan in the distance, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell continued to march forward.

Surely this news couldn't be that bad...

@Blight Bug @Lord Szall

Breathing heavily, Tekkan finally caught up with Fyodor and latched his arms around the biker, shivering and whimpering. "L-L-Leader...w-we've got trouble...!" The youth turned back to where he came from and nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw the kid that defeated him and his strategy sprinting towards him.

"H-HIM! THAT'S THE ONE!" Tekkan frantically pointed his index finger at Yuryuu, holding on to The Ghoulish Rider - Traveller of the Highway of Hell for dear life. "TH-THAT'S THE...THE...DRAGON'S CHILD WHO BEAT ME!" The youth's voice took a more angry tone as he released his grip on Fyodor and started barking at the other boy.

"D-DUEL HIM, LEADER!" Tekkan snapped at Fyodor. "DUEL THAT PROBLEM CHILD AND CONVERT HIM TO OUR CAUSE!"

@GarlandDaHero @Blight Bug

Yuryuu quickly learned the hard way that Tekkan was a far better runner than he was. Feeling hesitant, Yuryuu hoped that this wouldn't be a waste of time. Before long, Tekkan finally reached their "Leader", a helmeted figure in the distance...

Tekkan began stammering to his leader that he should duel him. As though his leader couldn't understand the situation anymore than Yuryuu, the pair of them exchanged a glance at each other. Even from beneath the helmet, Yuryuu saw it in his eyes: he was a powerful duelist. Something about what happened earlier after he beat Tekkan allowed him to suddenly feel a similar vibe from within the duelist.

"I don't know what this crap about conversion is, but I've already made up my mind to duel you" Yuryuu declared, as he began to activate his duel disk, pointing at the helmeted figure. "It is Etiquette to give your name to your opponent before you fight. My name is Sikao Yuryuu, but I prefer to be addressed as Yuryuu. Do you accept my challenge?"

@The book of bad juju

"We draw." the cultist declared, producing a card out of his deck. He looked at it for a brief moment before placing another card from his want into the spell slot.

"We activate the spell card Jar of Avarice." he declared. A ceramic pot decorated with a face opened its mouth, the lolling tongue reaching into the cultist's graveyard and producing from it five cards, which were all shuffled back into his deck. Then, the disk produced another two cards before the pot disappeared. "It allows Us to draw two cards." he said, putting the cards into his hand.

"Now watch as he returns again! Ra's Disciple! And as you know, his effect activates! Come, Disciples of Ra!" Three identically dressed monsters appeared on the cultist's field.

"Next, We will activate the spell card Double Summon! It allows Us to normal summon one extra monster this turn, and We will choose Ra's Scribe! Now. History shall repeat itself, as We tune level 4 Ra's Disciple with level 1 tuner Ra's Scribe! Come forth!"

Ra's Royal Guard- the very same one that had been tributed then the very next turn returned to the extra deck had appeared already on the field. "Now! Ra's Royal Guard will activate his effect!" Thus the Royal Guard rose his Khophesh, the two disciples disappearing into simple flashes of light, absorbed into the blade, before being swung relentlessly at Aya. At that point, the solid vision had dispersed.

@PKMNB0Y@Scarifar@Eklispe@Satoshi Kyou@manapool1

"W-well. I could do a tag duel but um. I have 30500 Life Points right now... I don't think it would be fair. How many Life Points do the each of you have?" the boy answered in a shy tone of voice but with an uncharacteristic amount of initiative in it.

"I have 8,000....How did you get so many? You must be an amazing duelist to come out of a battle with more life points than last time" Lua spoke modestly, his head down slightly. He was so worried that he would do bad. Much of his desire to duel was to see a first real victory, not against his mother but to someone he did not know. Despite this, he felt that any battle would be fun enough to be worth losing. Still, he smiled and looked up to the beast, smiling happily. He noticed the change in the boy, and pondered over it. Surely the shy attitude was not a coverup of something else. He was probably just as excited to duel as Lua was, but was less skilled in remaining humble and casual while with it. He spoke in a soft voice, looking to Rumi as he had no power over her and assumed she would have a say. She didn't seem like someone who would like to have her choices directed by her. As such Lua would await her response but would add his own input.
"Well, I'd still be willing to battle, but, I don't know if I'd be able to do very well but we can find out. I have a few strong cards that might win me the battle yet"

@GarlandDaHero @Lord Szall

"Watch. Your. Tone." pointedly remarked The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway to Hell to Katsuragi. The biker clad in black then focused his attention towards the boy who revealed himself as Sikao Yuryuu and the one apparently was the source of the 'trouble' Tekkan had mentioned.

Surely this wasn't all the trouble of Tekkan dealt with. One boy, presumably part of the Tournament Phase, was enough to send his neophyte running back to him with such a distraught temper? Perhaps this one was part of the Staff scouting out.

"Is this the only company that I've been brought? Only other one lost soul touched by my Sermon I, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell, delivered to the unwashed masses so they could hear the Will of the Odious One? Or perhaps only one idolator of the Angels sent against a humble Prophet of Hell? Hmph. I expected either a larger skirmish against the Heavenly Kingdom, or that many hearts who have realized the truth would have set forth on their pilgrimage."

"Oh how there is much for the lost souls to learn, and for me to teach." He raised up his duel-disk, as the solid vision orange scythe blade shot up. He began walking towards Yuryuu, then past him on the dirt road.

"You will come and follow. Your challenge will happen further along the dirt road; I fully expect the company I suspect to arrive shortly. I will face it down there instead of dealing with it at the Sanctuary, which I still haven't been able to properly bless in His Dark Name. The neophyte will return back to campus, for the word strangely has not traveled." He spoke before heading down the dirt road away from his Unholy Sanctuary and towards that den of vile angel idolatry known as Saotome Duel Academy.