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Chapter 559: As Expected of Yugi!
"Hi, Darling~"
Pushing open the doors of the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall, before Yugi could even see what was inside, a graceful figure suddenly pounced and hugged him. A face as tender as a baby's rubbed slightly against Yugi's cheek, the sudden situation causing Yugi's face to turn bright red with embarrassment.
"I missed you so much, Darling~"
The girl clinging tightly to Yugi wasn't tall, about the same height as Yugi. On her youthful face, she wore a pair of red-framed glasses, and her golden long hair cascaded down to her waist. She seemed to have the air of a literary girl, yet she was also so passionate and unrestrained. Although Yugi didn't remember knowing anyone like this, no matter how he looked at her, he felt the person was so familiar.
"W-who are you!?"
Honda and Joey Wheeler, who had followed Yugi in, saw Yugi's "romantic encounter". They exchanged mischievous glances, stood beside Yugi, and whistled, teasingly saying, "Amazing, Yugi! You managed to hook up with a little beauty so quickly!"
"As expected of Yugi, he easily did something we couldn't. It's truly exciting and makes one admire him!"
Although Yugi never acknowledged Hayato's past judgment that "Yugi has a special attraction to younger girls," the scene before them was the best evidence. Yugi had "again" attracted a younger girl.
As for Yugi's "romantic encounter," Téa wasn't like Joey Wheeler and Tristan, those two bad friends. With an anxious expression, she said, "What nonsense are you two talking about? Who is this child you don't know, Yugi!"
"I don't know~"
Last night, due to Organization Doma's Grimo's night raid, Yugi engaged in a dark duel for Solomon Muto, who had "again" become a hostage. He gambled the God Card, Slifer the Sky Dragon, which Yugi had been keeping. Furthermore, during the duel, Grimo took the Divine-Beast and summoned it.
Although Yugi still ultimately achieved victory in the duel and rescued Solomon Muto, Grimo utilized the Seal of Orichalcos, which seals the soul of the defeated person, to transfer Slifer the Sky Dragon before he died.
Even disregarding the significance of "Slifer the Sky Dragon being a 'relic' left by Hayato," Dark Yugi within the Millennium Puzzle needed to reclaim the Slifer the Sky Dragon card to regain his lost memory.
However, early the next morning, before Yugi could take action regarding this, Solomon Muto, who had finally calmed down after resting for a night following last night's attack, received a phone call from his dear old friend, Professor Arthur Hawkins. He said that due to a recent geological archaeology discovery, he was now in Japan again.
In addition, Professor Hopkins specifically invited Yugi to visit the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall, saying he had something very important to tell Yugi.
Therefore, considering that Professor Hopkins, who works abroad, might have channels to track down Organization Doma, to which the guy named Grimo belonged, and to reclaim Slifer the Sky Dragon, Yugi, Joey Wheeler, Tristan, and Téa came to the front of the Exhibition Hall, leading to Yugi's "romantic encounter."
Hearing Yugi's words, the girl hugging Yugi acted somewhat shyly and said in a spoiled tone, "Eek, you're so mean, Darling! It's me, it's me~"
"Huh? That 'It's me' trick is outdated, okay? Hurry up and get away from this indecent kid, Yugi." Téa said with a dark face, looking at the girl, while reaching out to pull Yugi, wanting to separate him from the girl.
The girl, having her closeness with Yugi interrupted, also looked at Téa with an annoyed expression: "You're the indecent one, you old hag, right? Darling and I already have a promise for a sweet future. Hurry up and let go of Darling!"
Taking back her gaze from Téa, the girl also looked at Yugi with hopeful eyes, "Hey, Darling, you definitely haven't forgotten me either, right?"
"A promise for the future? Even if you say that..." Yugi's face showed a troubled expression. He agreed that "if a promise is made, it must be kept," but he truly didn't remember ever making a promise for the future to this elementary school student-like girl before him, like some kind of pervert.
However, he also remembered that there was a girl who had proactively made a promise for the future to him.
The figure in his memory gradually overlapped with the figure of the girl before him.
"You are, Rebecca?"
"Rebecca?!" X3
Hearing the name Yugi said, both Téa and Joey Wheeler and Tristan wore expressions of astonishment. After all, the last time they interacted with Rebecca at the KC Cup was less than a year ago.
"Do kids nowadays grow up so fast?"
"Are American female students' growth rates like monsters?"
Although constantly suppressed by the heavy Millennium Puzzle hanging around his neck, recently, Yugi's unique height, which stood out among high school students, had surprisingly started growing again. From the past mere 1.5 meters, he had grown to a full 1.6 meters, which could be considered significant progress.
Although there was still a gap compared to Joey Wheeler and Tristan's heights of 178 and 180 cm, at least the awkward situation of having to bend down to talk to Yugi no longer occurred.
As for Rebecca, perhaps because the female growth spurt generally happens earlier than males, at her age, she had surprisingly also grown taller in a short time, subtly maintaining a "0" height difference in sync with Yugi. Furthermore, she had let down the ponytail she used to wear and grown out her long hair, and the red-framed glasses on her face added a touch of intellectualism to Rebecca's originally overly lively demeanor.
If Rebecca's impression when they first met was that of a spoiled and willful little princess, the current Rebecca had become somewhat tsundere and cute, truly a gap like from a durian to a rambutan.
"Seriously? How come I don't see that little bear doll you call 'Teddy' anymore, kid?" After recognizing Rebecca, Téa suddenly had her sense of crisis as a woman, which had been dormant for quite some time, awaken. She looked at Rebecca warily.
When Téa brought up her slightly childish behavior of treasuring her toy bear, Rebecca looked completely unconcerned: "Hmph, I don't need Teddy's protection anymore. After all, I already have a boyfriend, right, Darling?"
"Say what you will, but stop putting your hands all over Yugi, you fickle kid." Seeing Yugi being hugged by Rebecca again, Téa attacked again like a mother hen protecting her chick.
"Hahahaha, young people certainly have a lot of energy."
Yugi, caught between the struggle of the two women, heard a familiar laugh at this moment. Looking over, Yugi saw Professor Hopkins, Rebecca's grandpa, standing with Solomon Muto, who had arrived at the Exhibition Hall earlier, in the hall of the Exhibition Hall, smiling and looking at the group.
Yugi, unable to bear the torment, instantly made a decision in his heart. Even if he was seen as impolite, it didn't matter. He just wanted to quickly transfer the topic and escape from the struggle between Téa and Rebecca. He shouted towards them, "Professor Hopkins, Ji-chan!"
"Oh, hello, Yugi." Professor Hopkins smiled and nodded. As if seeing the plea in Yugi's eyes, he said, "You can play with Yugi later, Rebecca."
"Aww~"
Her grandpa had spoken. Although Rebecca was very reluctant, she obediently released her arms wrapped around Yugi, "Okay, Grandpa."
Seeing Rebecca let go, Téa couldn't help but let out a breath of relief. But before she could say anything, she saw Rebecca, who had already pulled away, suddenly bring her face close to Yugi again. Her lips lightly pecked Yugi's cheek like a dragonfly skimming the water.
"!"
Yugi, who had completely failed to predict Rebecca's sneak attack and was caught off guard, looked on with an expression of astonishment as Rebecca showed an expression identical to Light Yagami's "Plan Complete" face. She skipped ahead to her grandpa's side, looking to be in a very good mood.
Téa was also full of surprise, not expecting Rebecca to be so bold. You're a 12-year-old girl, coming to trick and sneak attack Yugi, a 17-year-old comrade? Is this good? This is not good!
Especially Téa, with her woman's intuition, could read the meaning of provocation from Rebecca's gaze towards her, as if she was saying:
"This is the expression, I've always wanted to see this expression of yours, this expression of you being jealous of me~"
Looking at Yugi, who walked up to him with a relieved expression, Professor Arthur Hawkins's face, although still smiling, gradually became serious. He said to Yugi quite seriously, "Yugi, I have something very important to tell you next. No, Nameless Pharaoh."
Hearing Professor Hopkins's words, Yugi's expression froze for an instant, but he quickly understood the seriousness of what was about to be said.
Because, for Professor Hopkins, who was clearly an archaeologist, to have something to say that involved The Other Self, no matter how you thought about it, it couldn't be a small matter.
'Aibo' Dark Yugi's voice came from within the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi immediately responded in his heart. Following this, golden light radiated from the Millennium Puzzle, causing Rebecca's gaze towards Yugi to become radiant.
However, after the golden light receded, looking at Yugi, whose appearance hadn't changed much but who gave off a completely different demeanor, Rebecca said with astonishment, "Darling?"
"No, the feeling is completely different. You're not Darling!"
"Ah, nice to meet you, Rebecca Hopkins. You can consider me The Other Self of 'Mutou Yuugi', which is the 'Nameless Pharaoh' your grandpa mentioned." Dark Yugi greeted Rebecca, the sole person present who hadn't known of his existence until now, then looked at Professor Hopkins, "So, Professor, what is it you wanted to tell me?"
Professor Arthur Hawkins knew that the boy before him had changed at this moment. After organizing his words, he spoke of his recent investigation experience at a newly discovered Underwater Ruins near the American Border, along the Atlantic Coast.
"Hi, Darling~"
Pushing open the doors of the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall, before Yugi could even see what was inside, a graceful figure suddenly pounced and hugged him. A face as tender as a baby's rubbed slightly against Yugi's cheek, the sudden situation causing Yugi's face to turn bright red with embarrassment.
"I missed you so much, Darling~"
The girl clinging tightly to Yugi wasn't tall, about the same height as Yugi. On her youthful face, she wore a pair of red-framed glasses, and her golden long hair cascaded down to her waist. She seemed to have the air of a literary girl, yet she was also so passionate and unrestrained. Although Yugi didn't remember knowing anyone like this, no matter how he looked at her, he felt the person was so familiar.
"W-who are you!?"
Honda and Joey Wheeler, who had followed Yugi in, saw Yugi's "romantic encounter". They exchanged mischievous glances, stood beside Yugi, and whistled, teasingly saying, "Amazing, Yugi! You managed to hook up with a little beauty so quickly!"
"As expected of Yugi, he easily did something we couldn't. It's truly exciting and makes one admire him!"
Although Yugi never acknowledged Hayato's past judgment that "Yugi has a special attraction to younger girls," the scene before them was the best evidence. Yugi had "again" attracted a younger girl.
As for Yugi's "romantic encounter," Téa wasn't like Joey Wheeler and Tristan, those two bad friends. With an anxious expression, she said, "What nonsense are you two talking about? Who is this child you don't know, Yugi!"
"I don't know~"
Last night, due to Organization Doma's Grimo's night raid, Yugi engaged in a dark duel for Solomon Muto, who had "again" become a hostage. He gambled the God Card, Slifer the Sky Dragon, which Yugi had been keeping. Furthermore, during the duel, Grimo took the Divine-Beast and summoned it.
Although Yugi still ultimately achieved victory in the duel and rescued Solomon Muto, Grimo utilized the Seal of Orichalcos, which seals the soul of the defeated person, to transfer Slifer the Sky Dragon before he died.
Even disregarding the significance of "Slifer the Sky Dragon being a 'relic' left by Hayato," Dark Yugi within the Millennium Puzzle needed to reclaim the Slifer the Sky Dragon card to regain his lost memory.
However, early the next morning, before Yugi could take action regarding this, Solomon Muto, who had finally calmed down after resting for a night following last night's attack, received a phone call from his dear old friend, Professor Arthur Hawkins. He said that due to a recent geological archaeology discovery, he was now in Japan again.
In addition, Professor Hopkins specifically invited Yugi to visit the Egyptian Artifact Traveling Exhibition Hall, saying he had something very important to tell Yugi.
Therefore, considering that Professor Hopkins, who works abroad, might have channels to track down Organization Doma, to which the guy named Grimo belonged, and to reclaim Slifer the Sky Dragon, Yugi, Joey Wheeler, Tristan, and Téa came to the front of the Exhibition Hall, leading to Yugi's "romantic encounter."
Hearing Yugi's words, the girl hugging Yugi acted somewhat shyly and said in a spoiled tone, "Eek, you're so mean, Darling! It's me, it's me~"
"Huh? That 'It's me' trick is outdated, okay? Hurry up and get away from this indecent kid, Yugi." Téa said with a dark face, looking at the girl, while reaching out to pull Yugi, wanting to separate him from the girl.
The girl, having her closeness with Yugi interrupted, also looked at Téa with an annoyed expression: "You're the indecent one, you old hag, right? Darling and I already have a promise for a sweet future. Hurry up and let go of Darling!"
Taking back her gaze from Téa, the girl also looked at Yugi with hopeful eyes, "Hey, Darling, you definitely haven't forgotten me either, right?"
"A promise for the future? Even if you say that..." Yugi's face showed a troubled expression. He agreed that "if a promise is made, it must be kept," but he truly didn't remember ever making a promise for the future to this elementary school student-like girl before him, like some kind of pervert.
However, he also remembered that there was a girl who had proactively made a promise for the future to him.
The figure in his memory gradually overlapped with the figure of the girl before him.
"You are, Rebecca?"
"Rebecca?!" X3
Hearing the name Yugi said, both Téa and Joey Wheeler and Tristan wore expressions of astonishment. After all, the last time they interacted with Rebecca at the KC Cup was less than a year ago.
"Do kids nowadays grow up so fast?"
"Are American female students' growth rates like monsters?"
Although constantly suppressed by the heavy Millennium Puzzle hanging around his neck, recently, Yugi's unique height, which stood out among high school students, had surprisingly started growing again. From the past mere 1.5 meters, he had grown to a full 1.6 meters, which could be considered significant progress.
Although there was still a gap compared to Joey Wheeler and Tristan's heights of 178 and 180 cm, at least the awkward situation of having to bend down to talk to Yugi no longer occurred.
As for Rebecca, perhaps because the female growth spurt generally happens earlier than males, at her age, she had surprisingly also grown taller in a short time, subtly maintaining a "0" height difference in sync with Yugi. Furthermore, she had let down the ponytail she used to wear and grown out her long hair, and the red-framed glasses on her face added a touch of intellectualism to Rebecca's originally overly lively demeanor.
If Rebecca's impression when they first met was that of a spoiled and willful little princess, the current Rebecca had become somewhat tsundere and cute, truly a gap like from a durian to a rambutan.
"Seriously? How come I don't see that little bear doll you call 'Teddy' anymore, kid?" After recognizing Rebecca, Téa suddenly had her sense of crisis as a woman, which had been dormant for quite some time, awaken. She looked at Rebecca warily.
When Téa brought up her slightly childish behavior of treasuring her toy bear, Rebecca looked completely unconcerned: "Hmph, I don't need Teddy's protection anymore. After all, I already have a boyfriend, right, Darling?"
"Say what you will, but stop putting your hands all over Yugi, you fickle kid." Seeing Yugi being hugged by Rebecca again, Téa attacked again like a mother hen protecting her chick.
"Hahahaha, young people certainly have a lot of energy."
Yugi, caught between the struggle of the two women, heard a familiar laugh at this moment. Looking over, Yugi saw Professor Hopkins, Rebecca's grandpa, standing with Solomon Muto, who had arrived at the Exhibition Hall earlier, in the hall of the Exhibition Hall, smiling and looking at the group.
Yugi, unable to bear the torment, instantly made a decision in his heart. Even if he was seen as impolite, it didn't matter. He just wanted to quickly transfer the topic and escape from the struggle between Téa and Rebecca. He shouted towards them, "Professor Hopkins, Ji-chan!"
"Oh, hello, Yugi." Professor Hopkins smiled and nodded. As if seeing the plea in Yugi's eyes, he said, "You can play with Yugi later, Rebecca."
"Aww~"
Her grandpa had spoken. Although Rebecca was very reluctant, she obediently released her arms wrapped around Yugi, "Okay, Grandpa."
Seeing Rebecca let go, Téa couldn't help but let out a breath of relief. But before she could say anything, she saw Rebecca, who had already pulled away, suddenly bring her face close to Yugi again. Her lips lightly pecked Yugi's cheek like a dragonfly skimming the water.
"!"
Yugi, who had completely failed to predict Rebecca's sneak attack and was caught off guard, looked on with an expression of astonishment as Rebecca showed an expression identical to Light Yagami's "Plan Complete" face. She skipped ahead to her grandpa's side, looking to be in a very good mood.
Téa was also full of surprise, not expecting Rebecca to be so bold. You're a 12-year-old girl, coming to trick and sneak attack Yugi, a 17-year-old comrade? Is this good? This is not good!
Especially Téa, with her woman's intuition, could read the meaning of provocation from Rebecca's gaze towards her, as if she was saying:
"This is the expression, I've always wanted to see this expression of yours, this expression of you being jealous of me~"
Looking at Yugi, who walked up to him with a relieved expression, Professor Arthur Hawkins's face, although still smiling, gradually became serious. He said to Yugi quite seriously, "Yugi, I have something very important to tell you next. No, Nameless Pharaoh."
Hearing Professor Hopkins's words, Yugi's expression froze for an instant, but he quickly understood the seriousness of what was about to be said.
Because, for Professor Hopkins, who was clearly an archaeologist, to have something to say that involved The Other Self, no matter how you thought about it, it couldn't be a small matter.
'Aibo' Dark Yugi's voice came from within the Millennium Puzzle. Yugi immediately responded in his heart. Following this, golden light radiated from the Millennium Puzzle, causing Rebecca's gaze towards Yugi to become radiant.
However, after the golden light receded, looking at Yugi, whose appearance hadn't changed much but who gave off a completely different demeanor, Rebecca said with astonishment, "Darling?"
"No, the feeling is completely different. You're not Darling!"
"Ah, nice to meet you, Rebecca Hopkins. You can consider me The Other Self of 'Mutou Yuugi', which is the 'Nameless Pharaoh' your grandpa mentioned." Dark Yugi greeted Rebecca, the sole person present who hadn't known of his existence until now, then looked at Professor Hopkins, "So, Professor, what is it you wanted to tell me?"
Professor Arthur Hawkins knew that the boy before him had changed at this moment. After organizing his words, he spoke of his recent investigation experience at a newly discovered Underwater Ruins near the American Border, along the Atlantic Coast.
