"The City is one! We are all friends!" Melissa preached as she looked into the camera pointing towards her. "The third day of the Friendship Cup tournament! Today, we move into the second round!"

The audience cheered as the eight holograms of the eight contestants who passed the first round appeared for all to see.

The people seen were…

Yuto. Yugo. Ruri. Yuzu. Shun. Chojiro. Sergey, and finally Aki.

"Who out of these four will emerge and advance to the next round?!" Melissa spoke rhetorically. "The fated first match is...Tokumatsu Chojiro and Sergey Volkov!"

Chojiro flinched his quarters when hearing who he was facing. He remembered Sergey's recent Duel with Gongenzaka, and how the Superheavy Samurai user turned out afterwards.

To Chojiro's escort, if he was showing any sort of fear, he wasn't showing it.

"Tokumatsu-san, be careful." Ruri prayed for the man's safety, knowing just what a Sergey is capable of.

"And the crowd is going wild at the prospect of this matchup! Due to his opponent's absence, this guy never got a chance to get back into the spotlight, but here, he has been given back his chance! Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is the man who roused up Dueling back in the day, Tokumatsu Chojiro!" Melissa exclaimed as Chojiro launched himself out of the cockpit and drove off towards the starting line.

Suddenly, boos were erupting from the audience directed towards one person. And that was the big lump riding on a d-wheel towards the startling line.

Sergey.

"And there he is, Sergey Volkov! His performance against Gongenzaka in the first round was a little lacking, and he seemed to barely pull out the win. Will he be stronger today? The fearsome criminal who once shook the City. These days, h8s power is long-forgotten." Melissa reported.

"ALRIGHT! GO, ENJOY CHOJIRO! BEAT THIS PIECE OF SH** INTO THE GROUND!" Yugo cheered from his quarters very loudly that if he spoke any louder the person in the next room probably could have heard him.

As Sergey parked next to Chojiro, he flashed back to a conversation he had with Roget.


At Some Point in the Past

"Tokumatsu Chojiro. He used to be a formidable Duelist back in the day according to people. He could have only gotten stronger since then. Because of this possibility, I cannot take any chances. We have already lost Serena and have people looking for her. You need to get through this round to make sure you can apprehend Hiragi Yuzu and Kurosaki Ruri, those three girls are needed for my kingdom."

The voice of Roget was playing on a screen Sergey was staring at on his Duel Disk.

"I command you switch Decks, to the new one I gave you." Roget let out a small smirk. "That should be enough. After all, that other Deck was only a coverup, it was by mere luck that Gongenzaka Noboru lost to you."


Now

Of course, due to Shun and Dennis' Duel, the course for the Duel was demolished. There was a very large green tarp covering the damaged area.

So, for the rest of the tournament, the Riding Duels will be taking place outside of the Duel Palace.

"Field Magic! Crossover Accel!" Melissa snapped her fingers as the stadium and beyond was enveloped in an Action Field.

Duel Mode! Auto-Pilot! Standby!

"Riding Duel! Acceleration!" Melissa exclaimed as the two Duelists practically jammed their foot onto the accelerator of the d-wheels, speeding off neck and neck.

"DUEL!" Surprisingly, Sergey recited the word at the same time as Tokumatsu.

"In this Duel, the one who passes through the Duel Palace gate gets the first move!" Melissa revealed to the audience and the Duelists.

In the end, when they were right about to pass through the Duel Palace, Sergey suddenly slowed down, making Chojiro pass first, giving him the first move.

He didn't know why Sergey had slowed down at the end, but he could tell when a d-wheel messes up the speed of a rider, and Sergey's d-wheel certainly wasn't like that. From the looks of it, Sergey seemed to have willingly slowed down, as if he wanted a Tokumatsu to take the first move. Tokumatsu's eyes looked over to one of Sergey's hands. It was holding up four fingers.

"Four turns. That's all it will take to get a beautiful outcome." Sergey said emotionlessly. "And that is also how long you have left in this tournament."

"We shall see about that! My turn." Tokumatsu drew a Card from his Hand and placed it on his Duel Disk. "I Summon Cardian-Matsu from my Hand!"

Matsu: Level 1, 100 Atk, 100 Def

"Next up, I activate the effect of Cardian-Matsu ni Tsuru! I can Special a Summon the Card by releasing Matsu!" Tokumatsu removed the Monster currently on his Duel Disk and replaced with another.

Matsu ni Tsuru: Level 1, 2000 Atk, 2000 Def

"Next, when this Card is Special Summoned successfully, I draw one Card!" Tokumatsu did so, but he kept his arm raised, not looking at the Card as he added another thing, "If the Card is not a Cardian, I send it to the Grave! The Card I drew was Fraud Check, a Trap Card, so I send it to my Graveyard. I end my turn."

Tokumatsu took this moment to gaze at Sergey's face. The guy didn't even have any sort of emotion on his face at all. It was as if he was an android or a cyborg.

One thing is for sure, I must not let my guard down. Even if the Cards he use have 0 Attack. Tokumatsu took note of what had happened in Sergey's Duel with Gongenzaka.

"Not a bad start for the return of Enjoy Chojiro! But let's see how Sergey will respond." Melissa said.

"My turn, draw. When there is a Field Magic Card on the Field, I am allowed to Special Summon Earthbound Prisoner Stone Sweeper!" A black spirit looking Monster with light blue lines outlining its body parts appeared to the Field.

Stone Sweeper: Level 5, 1600 Atk, 1600 Def

The appearance and name of the Monster all surprised the audience, Melissa, the other contestants, and of course Chojiro.

"Is he using a different Deck? That is a completely different Monster than what he used in his last match." Tokumatsu murmured, a thought which most of the other people had at the moment.

"Next I Normal Summon the Tuner Monster, Earthbound Prisoner Line Walker." Sergey stated as he slammed the Card onto his Duel Disk. Another spirit with a purple flame holding it in the air with orangish lines covering it was Summoned to Sergey's side of the Field.

Line Walker: Level 3, 800 Atk, 1100 Def

"I-It seems that Sergey has decided to switch up his Decks…" Melissa spectated.

"Next, from my Hand, I activate the Magic Card Underworld Harmonics-Synchro Fusion!" Sergey revealed the Card in his Hand.

Shun narrowed his eyes at the sight, "That bastard Roget must be part of Academia!"

Now that he thought about it, the theory had made perfect sense. How else would Sergey and Duel Chaser 227 be able to use Fusion out of nowhere. Now, the new question Shun has: Does Roget actually reign from the Fusion Dimension? Or did he just form some sort of alliance with them?

This he did not know, and this was an answer that he wanted badly.

"With this Card, I am allowed to Synchro Summon and Fusion Summon a Monster from the Extra Deck by using Monsters I control as both Fusion and Synchro Materials!"

"What's this?!" Tokumatsu widened his eyes out of shock.

"Sergey has just declared that he is going to simultaneously Fusion and Synchro Summon while using the same Monsters?! Is this the real thing, or a bluff?" Melissa wondered as two transparent forms of Segrey's Monsters appeared.

"I tune my level 5 Stone Sweeper with my level 3 Line Walker!" Both of Sergey's Monsters flew into the air as Line Walker turned into three wings as Stone Sweeper turn into five stars which flew inside the rings. Suddenly, a wave of green light rushed through the rings as Sergey recited a chant.

"Revive from the depths of the earth. Gigantic beast with wings of punishment! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level 8! Earthbound Servant Geo Gryphon!" Sergey Synchro Summoned his Monster to the Field.

Geo Gryphon: Level 8, 2500 Atk, 1500 Def

"Next, I fuse Line Walker and Stone Sweeper! Prisoner that crawls across the earth. Become one with the prisoner that walks the path of execution and become a gigantic beast that delivers out punishment! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Level 8! Earthbound Servant Geo Kraken!" Sergey widened his eyes as he Fusion Summoned his Monster.

Geo Kraken: Level 8, 2800 Atk, 1200 Def

Yuya appeared out of Yuto as he looked on in awe at the Duel. "He just simultaneously…"

"Fusion Summoned and Synchro Summoned." Yuto finished with a grim look on his face. "I have a feeling something is going to happen...and it's not a good feeling…"

"Go, Enjoy Chojiro!" Yugo cheered from his room. "Show him that he's no match for you! Show him why you were and still are the hero of the Commons!"

"Tokumatsu-san…" Ruri whispered from room as she took a look at the Fusion and Synchro Monsters on Sergey's Field.

"From the Graveyard, I activate the effect of Earthbound Prisoner Line Walker! By banishing this Card from the Graveyard, I can target a Monster on your Field that was Special Summoned, I can Special Summon it to your Field again!" Sergey explained the effect of the Monster.

"What? Treating my Monster as if it had just been Special Summoned?" Tokumatsu questioned as he looked back at Segrey out of confusion. The mind games this Duelist plays are insane. He seems weak at first, but then out of nowhere he comes out with a crazy effect!

"The effect of Geo Kraken now activates! Once during my turn, if a Monster is Special a Summoned to your side of the Field, I can destroy as many Monsters that were Special a Summoned to your side of the Field this turn and inflict 800 damage for each destroyed Monster!" Sergey revealed, surprising Tokumarsu as Matsu ni Tsuru was destroyed by a purple beam coming from a Geo Kraken.

"RRGH!" Tokumatsu grunted as he leaned forward to stay in control of his d-wheel.

Tokumatsu: 4000-3200 LP

"And Sergey has dished out the first damage! And Enjoy Chojiro has no Monsters on the Field!" Melissa announced.

Members of the audience were starting to boo at the disappointment they were getting from Tokumatsu in this match.

"Too bad, I thought Enjoy Chojiro had actually come back." Someone from the audience had spoken.

"Yeah, this one must be a fraud who uses the same Deck…" The person next to him murmured.

"Damn! And I had all my hopes up for nothing!" Someone cursed under their breath as they tightened their hand into a fist.

"Geo Kraken, attack him directly!" On Sergey's command, Geo a Kraken threw out a purple wave right at a Tokumatsu, enveloping him and causing him to yell out loud because of the pain he was feeling. It felt as if he was being burned alive, except worse.

Tokumatsu: 3200-400 LP

"Damn! This isn't a Duel...this is torture!" Yugo bellowed from his room out of anger. "Come on, Chojiro! Don't lose to this sick bastard!"

To Yugo, a Tokumatsu had always been a hero in his eyes. Heck, Rin had thought that he was pretty cool too, even if they had never seen any of his Duels up close before. But there were some video tapes that Yugo and Rin were very lucky to be able to watch that featured Chojiro's Duels.

In fact, Tokumatsu was, at least for Yugo, one of the sole motivators for Yugo to reach his goal of becoming Duel King. He knew how he was arrested 10 years ago, so he had wished that he could have released him if he had managed to reach his dream.

And although he's glad that Tokumatsu is out of prison in the Friendship Cup, he absolutely hated at the fact that he was practically being torn off limb from limb by Sergey. He had felt a hatred growing for Sergey right after brutally defeating Gongenzaka. Even though he didn't know the Steadfast Duelist, he still couldn't help but think that he didn't deserve the brutal way he got defeated in.

"This Duel was much less beautiful than the last one. I had expected very much from a Duelist of your caliber." Sergey retorted with a blank expression on his face. "It seems like this is the end. Go, Earthbound Servant Geo Gryphon! Attack him directly and end this Duel!"

Damn it...there's nothing I can do…Tokumatsu's despair was immediately washed away when he saw an Action Card approaching right in front of him. He reached down and snatched it, activating it immediately.

"Action Magic, Evasion! The attack is negated!" Tokumatsu gripped the handlebars of his d-wheel and drove to the right, avoiding the attack from Sergey's Monster.

"I end my turn." Sergey concluded. "Looks like it will go to four turns after all." Sergey let out a sadistic smile. "Good, all the better to make it more beautiful."

Sweat rolled down Tokumatsu's face as he looked at his current Hand. There wasn't anything Special that he could do with his Hand. The only thing he had that was of notable use was Card Preparation, but that was useless since he doesn't have a Monster to Summon.

Why did he even bother to try and escape out of the prison with those guys? Oh yeah, he forgot, he kind of had no choice in the matter.

His two subordinates risked their potential freedom just so he could escape. Now he was going to get sent into the underground, where they would probably be right now.

What a waste...and here I was thinking I could make a return as Enjoy Chojiro...Tokumatsu shut his eyes.

"It seems like Enjoy Chojiro has frozen up! Could he be giving up?" Melissa asked rhetorically.

The crowd started to boo at Tokumatsu. The sound of boos filled his ears, a reminder of his past failure to get back into the limelight...and it was through cheating. And that only ruined his image even more...

Tokumatsu shot his eyes open, finding new determination in his eyes. He would clear his name, and he would revive the name of Enjoy Chojiro, even if it was just for a moment. He needed to hear the crowd cheer for him just one more time. For him to hear the chant "CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO!" just one more time. Only then, will he be able to die happy, as he will be satisfied that he would have made at least some people happy.

"I cannot revive the name of Chojiro if I can't suck up the fear of messing up a draw." Tokumatsu stated quietly as he placed a Card onto the top of his Deck.

Even if who I am up against is a monster, I cannot turn this chance down! I may never get it again! After all, humans only live once, so all I can do is to…

"ENJOY!" Tokumatsu shouted at the top of his lungs as he ripped the top Card of his Deck. He glanced at the Card and let out a smirk, swiping it across his Duel Disk. "I activate the Magic Card Recardination! With this, I get to revive a Cardian Monster in my Graveyard ignoring its Summoning conditions. Revive, Cardian-Matsu ni Tsuru!"

"Enjoy Chojiro has brought back his will to fight!" Melissa exclaimed with a whoop.

"Next, I activate the Magic Card Card Preparation! I make the level of a Cardian Monster I control 2 and I get to draw a Card also! I make Matsu ni Tsuru's level rise to 2!" Tokumatsu informed Sergey.

Matsu ni Tsuru: Level 1-2

"Now, if I get the combo off, then Enjoy Chojiro will be completely revived! I have no fear of what Card I will get! Gaze in awe at my conviction as we ENJOY!" Tokumatsu swiped the top Card off his Deck and glanced at it.

"Did he get what he needed?" Melissa wondered.

"Magic Card, Chokoikoi, activate!"

"Alright! It's Enjoy Chojiro's killer combo!" Yugo's eyes sparkled with excitement.

"It's the same Card from back then." Ruri noted. "But that is such a big risk…"

"With this, I draw three Cards from my Deck, and when those Cards are Cardians, I Special Summon all of them! However, any non-Cardians Cards are sent to the Grave, and take 1000 damage for each one!"

"He only has 400 life left." A person from the audience remembered.

"So if he gets one bad Card, it's all over!" Another person grabbed their hair.

"This is finally starting to get interesting!" A male in the audience grinned.

Tokumatsu snapped his fingers. "The first Card!" He shifted his free hand over to his Deck.

"Come! Come! Come! Come! COME!" Tokumatsu drew the first Card, glancing at it with hopeful eyes. His pleas for a good Card were accepted. "Cardian-Susuki ni Tsuki!"

The audience 'oohed' after hearing the news, now suddenly getting interested.

"The second Card! Come! Come! Come! Come! Come!" Another Card was drawn. "Cardian-Kiri ni Houou!"

The audience began to cheer, albeit slightly quiet as they didn't know if the play would succeed or not.

"And the third and final Card! Come! Come! Come! Come! Come!" The last Card was drawn as some members of the audience shifted forwards in their seat as if they wanted to get a better look of the Card, although they wouldn't be able to see it. "Cardian-Yanagi Ono no Michikaze!"

"All three are Cardians?!" Melissa gasped out of shock.

"Awesome!" The audience cheered, their love for Enjoy Chojuro rekindling.

"What good fortunte! Now, Enjoy Chojiro completely revives! Via, Chokoikoi's effect, the Attack and Defense of all Special Summoned Monsters are reduced to 0, and their levels become 2!" Tokumatsu exclaimed as his Monsters combined with the only Monster currently on his Field

Susuki ni Tsuki: Level 8-2, 2000-0 Atk, 2000 Def

Kiri ni Houou: Level 12-2, 2000-0 Atk, 2000 Def

Yanagi Ono no Michikaze: Level 11-2, 2000-0 Atk, 2000 Def

"I activate Geo Kraken's effect! Since you Special Summoned a Monster to your Field, all Monsters on your side are destroyed and you take 800 damage for each one. You will take 3200 points of damage. It's over." Sergey closed his eyes, waiting for the cry of pain Tokumatsu would release when he will lose. However, it never came.

"From my Hand, I activate the effect of Protector of the Cardians! By sending this a Card to the Grave, I can negate the destruction of one or more Cardian Monsters!" Tokumatsu countered as multiple purple waves were sent at his Monsters in an attempt to destroy them, but to no avail. Tokumatsu's Monsters remained on the Field.

"I tune the level 2 Cardian-Matsu ni Tsuru, Susuki ni Tsuki, Kiri ni Houou, with the level 2 Yanagi Ono no Michikaze! Rain of tears! Become light and rain down! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Level 8, Cardian - Ameshikou!" Tokumatsu chanted as his Monster rose to the Field.

Ameshikou: Level 8, 3000 Atk, 3000 Def

The crowd erupted into cheers at the Synchro Summon, due to the fact that Tokumatsu had started with 0 Monsters and ended with four before tuning them together.

"Amazing, he Summoned all of those Monsters in one turn...and it was in such a unique way too." Yuto commented.

"I'm not done yet! In order to truly put a dent into your life points! I must take an even bigger risk! I activate the Magic Card Super Match! I get to return a Synchro Monster I control to the Extra Deck, then, I Special Summon it's Materials from my Graveyard, ignoring their Summoning conditions and with their levels at 2!"

The four Monsters recently sent to the Grave reappeared out of a purple portal.

"What was the point of Synchro Summoning that Monster if he was just going to do that?" Melissa enquired.

The audience was also confused as well. They were interested to see what Tokumatsu had next in store.

"Now, I draw a Card, if the drawn Card is a Cardian, I get to Special Summon, ignoring its Summoning conditions and with its level at 2! However, if the Card isn't a Cardian Monster, then all Monsters I control are destroyed, and my life is halved along with it." The audience gasped out of fear because of the stakes.

"Another all or nothing draw...so this is how Enjoy Chojiro plays…" Ruri let out a smile, as she only had seen a hint of the real Enjoy Chojiro in their Duel.

"ENJOY!" Tokumatsu cried out as he drew yet another Card. "Cardian-Sakura (Holy crap Sakura you're useful for on-wait wrong series) ni Maku!" The Monster appeared next to Tokumatsu's Monster as it underwent some changes to its stats.

Sakura ni Maku: Level 3-2, 2000 Atk, 2000 Def

"I tune the level 2 Cardian-Matsu ni Tsuru, Susuki ni Tsuki, Kiri ni Houou, and Sakura ni Maku with the level 2 Yanagi Ono no Michikaze! That ritual of the gods is holy light. Now, become the heavens, the earth, the water, the soil, and the metals, and shine! Synchro Summon! Cardian-Five Lights!"

Five Lights: Level 10, 5000 Atk, 0 Def

The audience erupted into cheers since Tokumatsu pulled off a combo to a 5000 Attack Monster.

"A level 10 Synchro Monster with 5-5000 Attack!" Melissa stammered.

"Amazing." Ruri gaped out of surprise. "So this is a Tokumatsu-san's Trump Card."

"Battle! Go, Five Lights, attack Earthbound Servant Geo Kraken! When Five Lights battles a Monster, the effects of the Monster battling Five Lights are negated!" Tokumatsu revealed. Five Lights released five beams of from its lantern type weapons, destroying Geo Kraken. Sergey was enveloped in a cloud of dust emitting off of the destroyed space of his Monster.

Sergey: 4000-1800 LP

"Alright! Enjoy!" Yugo shouted.

"Sergey's life has been cut down by more than half! Could this be a comeback for Enjoy Chojiro?" Melissa questioned.

Tokumatsu smiled to himself, but he froze when he heard a sound coming from the audience. The sound of cheering.

"CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO!"

"CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO! CHOJIRO!"

The chant kept going on and on as Tokumatsu replayed the chants of the kids all those years ago.

Yes. With this, I can move on with no regrets. Tokumatsu thought to himself. However, his ears managed to pick up the quiet sound of chuckling, followed by the constant uttering of the word 'Beautiful.' Tokumatsu looked back at Sergey to see him smiling, and chanting the word that he had heard.

Then, he began to chant something else as he clenched his fists gripping it tightly.

"I've endured, and endured, and endured. Endured, endured! My endurance was not in vain! I've endured, and endured, endured and endured! I've endured! ENDURED!" Sergey yelled out loud.

At Roget's office, the screen showing Sergey's vitals and other things had an alarm going off with the word ERROR on screen,

"His limiter broke…" Roget closed his eyes, before opening them again with a sigh. "It looks like he needs some fixing up again."

"The man I Dueled in the first round, Gongenzaka, he was a little fun! This Duel…" Sergey shot his face forward with a psychotic look on his face, "Is even more beautiful than that one! Truly a beautiful battle. This should end beautifully...IN YOUR DEFEAT!"

Sergey slammed the pedals on his d-wheel and bursted forward ahead of Tokumatsu, raising his hand to his Synchro Monster.

"I activate the effect of Earthbound Servant Geo Gryphon! If an Earthbound Monster I control is destroyed, I can target a Monster you control and destroy it!" Sergey revealed, causing Tokumatsu to gasp out of shock as Sergey's yellow outlined Monster opened its mouth, releasing a bright yellow wave of fire at Five Lights, easily destroying the Monster.

"Just like that…" Yuto murmured.

"His 5000 Attack Monster was toppled…" Ruri mumbled, fearing the worst for Tokumatsu.

"No way!" Tokumatsu gaped as he covered himself to protect himself from the shockwaves. "I-I end my turn…"

"This is the end!" Sergey proclaimed as he drew a Card from his Deck, followed by him thrusting his hand forward. "Battle! Earthbound Servant Geo Gryphon, attack him directly and finish this!" Said Monster flew upwards and shot a fireball from its mouth aiming right towards Tokumatsu. The fireball hit the ground and devoured Tokumatsu in the ensuing explosion. Tokumatsu let out one loud cry of pain as parts of his riding gear was ripped to shreds, all the while falling off his d-wheel.

The audience gasped out of horror as they witnessed Tokumatsu losing.

"CHOJIRO!" Yugo shouted from his room painfully, not wanting to see one of his heroes getting brutally beaten.

"Tokumatsu-san!" Ruri called out of concern.

"Sergey...that bastard!" Yuto muttered under his breath.

Tokumatsu: 400-0 LP

Tokumatsu looked up at the sky as he could feel his vision fading. He tried his best to move, but every time he did, pain rushed through his body and he dropped to the ground, giving up him even more pain. Tokumatsu looked at his right leg to see a shard of glass seeping into his leg, which was mostly the reason for his pain. He shifted his gaze over to other parts of his body, where he saw fresh burns forming.

He could also feel that some of his ribs and other bones had broken in his defeat. Something vital might have been broken he felt.

Is this...the end of Enjoy Chojiro...is this how my life ends…? With that final thought, Tokumatsu blacked out, his body falling limb.

"A-And the winner...is Sergey Volkov…" Melissa whispered into the microphone.

The audience began to jeer angrily, as they clearly wanted Chojiro to win and other members were horrified on what had happened to the man.

A hospital truck immediately rushed in onto the scene, with multiple people coming out with a stretcher, only for them to carry Tokumatsu into the truck.

Minutes later, a man walked up to Melissa and whispered something into her ear, her eyes widened out of worry as she spoke.

"It...seems that Enjoy Chojiro has suffered critical injuries...it is unknown if he will survive or not…"

Murmurs rang throughout the audience of the news, unlike the other times, there was actually no cheer.

"Sergey…" Yugo ushered the name with venom. His eyes flashing a light green.

"T-Tokumatsu-san…" Ruri gripped her heart tightly as she began to breath heavily, horrified at the fact that she could have potentially just lost another person in her life.

"I'LL KILL HIM! I SWEAR, ON CHOJIRO'S BLOOD, I'LL DESTROY YOU, SERGEY!"


Card Catalog

Alright, due to a stupid mistake, I changed Line Walker's Grave effect so it can target any Specila Summlned Monster, not just ones from the Extra Deck.

Protector of the Cardians Level 1, 100 Atk, 100 Def, Dark, Warrior: When a Cardian Monster(s) would be destroyed, you can send this Card to the Graveyard, negate the destruction.


So, it seems that this is quite a short chapter. The shortest I've made in a while I think. Well, at least it's only been 8 days since I last updated, so that counts for something.

BladeKnightmare: Yuto and Yugo won't be Dueling in the second round, they will Duel in the future, and they won't be absorbing the loser.

Skadi: The mysterious person if Yuri. In fact, if you read last chapter carefully, you would notice that in the last scene Dennis was going to say the name of the person but his injuries cut him off.

Bridgey: If I remember correctly, Astral used a Rank-Down-Magic in the final Duel against Yuma.

Alright that's all for now. Hope you guys enjoyed.

Take care, goodbye!