The Life Points reduced to 0, and the chaotic sword energy, conjured by the virtual image, broke through the Deep-Eyes White Dragon's body, directly hitting the girl wearing the Duel Disc.
Kisara staggered back two steps, and finally, unable to stand firm, her calf turned outward, and with a plop, she sat on the ground.
A classic duck sit.
The monster's image disappeared, and Youyu put away the Duel Disc, stepping slowly forward on the asphalt road.
"Are you okay?"
As Youyu asked, he wondered if he had been too rough.
After all, you should be a bit more gentle with girls.
"No... No problem."
The girl tried to stand up, but after a bit of effort, she sat back down. She stuck out her tongue somewhat embarrassedly and pointed to her smooth and delicate calf.
"It's a bit numb, I think I'll sit for a while longer," she said, "after all, I probably don't have much time to move around either."
Only then did Youyu recall, she was still a spirit?
It had been mentioned before that for spirits to manifest physically in the real world, they must expend "power," so they generally have a limited time to act.
Like when the Dark Magician Girl first met him, she was able to materialize using her own power. But now, after following Youyu for so long, the "power" within their master-servant bond frequently exchanged and flowed between them. Her presence strengthened Youyu's abilities as a Duelist, and in return, Youyu, as her master, could feed her more "power".
So now, by borrowing resources from her master, the Dark Magician Girl could stay active for much longer than before.
As a special spirit like the "Maiden with Eyes of Blue," Kisara naturally possessed much stronger "power" than the Dark Magician Girl, which meant she could exist in material form for longer periods.
But no matter how long, there was always a limit.
For manifested spirits, besides flying and fighting people, dueling with others might be the most taxing activity.
After playing cards with Youyu for so long in the middle of the night, the White Dragon girl was already exhausted. Her little head was dizzy, and she just wanted to quickly go back and get a good night's sleep...
"You're really impressive, no wonder Seto always pesters you to duel." Kisara said.
"You're not bad either."
"I'm not that good, still quite a distance away. Dueling is the most troublesome..."
Youyu wanted to say no, no, you're already very impressive, look at our magician girl, her skills are nowhere near yours...
Kisara shook her little head, "Lastly, I have one more favor to ask you."
"A favor?"
"Mm." She lowered her head and whispered, "Uh... could you not tell Seto about me for now? I... I'm not ready yet..."
He somewhat wanted to say, girl, the sooner the better, it's better to act early.
If you don't believe me, just look at Kaiba. Back then, we asked him to go to Egypt to play cards with us, and he refused. Now the King has left, and he's constantly doing crazy things like digging graves and building space stations to bring people back from the underworld...
A textbook example of "being tsundere ruins your life".
"Alright." But Youyu still agreed.
The girl showed a delighted smile: "Thank you, you are truly a good person..."
Good person card +1.
She hadn't finished speaking when the sound of tires against the street interrupted her, a blurry silhouette cut through the night. The headlights, like an unstoppable long knife, swung over, and the tires in a sudden stop flung the water on the road a long way.
Youyu had to raise his arm to block the glare of the car's front lights. When he turned back, the luxurious sedan had already arrogantly came to a stop right in front.
The ever-ready bodyguard Izono swiftly jumped out of the passenger seat and opened the rear door. Kaiba Seto emerged from the car, his black soft boots stepping onto the hard sidewalk, his coat being lifted by a gentle night breeze.
Youyu felt this might be a unique skill of President Kaiba. Whenever he needs to make a dramatic entrance, there's always just the right breeze blowing by, as if he carries a wind machine wherever he goes.
This made him recall certain superheroes carrying boomboxes on their shoulders, where the BGM would always start playing before the person even showed up.
The White Dragon girl had just been hesitating, not daring to meet the President, yet unexpectedly, the President made such an unforeseen mid-road appearance. This was going to be interesting...
Youyu was just thinking this when he saw the President, arms crossed, with a cold expression: "What are you doing in a place like this?"
Youyu skillfully employed the "turn head to look at the scenery" technique, indicating that he just came out for an evening walk, absolutely not doing anything strange...
...especially not secretly playing cards with your Blue-Eyes White Dragon outside!
Then he glimpsed back with the corner of his eye, only to find —
— Where the heck is the White Dragon girl?
Didn't she just say her legs were too numb to stand up? How did she escape so efficiently?
Youyu couldn't help but suspect that instead of a White Dragon spirit, maybe she's a white rabbit? Running that fast.
"Ahem." Youyu coughed lightly, "President, what are you doing out here so late?"
Granted, regardless of which corner of the world you summon the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon," it would naturally draw the attention of President Kaiba.
But the Duel Disc Youyu used was donated by a certain anonymous kind-hearted person with the surname Pa, and as long as it's disconnected from the internet, Kaiba wouldn't detect his duel.
Kisara didn't use a Duel Disc produced by Kaiba Company either — more accurately, she didn't use any technology-crafted Duel Disc. The one in her hand was conjured by herself, possibly similar to Yubel's, a mystical tool that wouldn't leave a trace.
Moreover, Kisara chose this particular corner wisely, just at the blind spot not covered by surveillance cameras, and there seemed to be no one passing by.
So Youyu reckoned either their secret duel might have been unfortunately caught by the Kaiba Group's satellite, or the President just had an incredible sixth sense...
"You haven't answered my question yet." Kaiba asked, "Why haven't you gone back?"
Under usual circumstances, Youyu could even ignore Kaiba's questions, but somehow tonight, he felt a bit guilty.
He looked around elsewhere, casually replied: "I...uh...forgot something at Kaiba Land."
"What did you forget?"
"...A Duel Disc."
As soon as he said it, both Kaiba's and Youyu's gazes fell on his own arm wearing the Duel Disc.
Youyu: "..."
Air suddenly feels so silent; it's terrifying.
This scene and dialogue gave Youyu a strange sense of déjà vu.
Ten minutes ago, in this exact spot, almost identical dialogue had taken place. Except, at that time, Youyu was the one questioning, while Kisara was the one answering.
And now, just ten minutes later, he had become the one being questioned, while the one questioning was President Kaiba...
Could this be the so-called "what goes around, comes around?"
"Ahem, another Duel Disc." Youyu tried to ease the awkwardness, "President, you know I don't have many other hobbies, just a lot of different Duel Discs..."
Alright, even he didn't believe this nonsense.
"You were just dueling with someone here," Kaiba said.
As expected from President Kaiba, it seemed his focus was on "Youyu secretly playing cards with someone behind his back".
Youyu wavered for a few seconds over the option of "selling out the White Dragon girl right here" but thought it over and decided against it.
Forget it; at worst, he'll just go to the office and play cards with the President all night.
It just meant that it's unlikely President Kaiba would let him go back to sleep tonight...
Just then, Kaiba's phone rang.
Kaiba pulled out his Blue-Eyes White Dragon-themed phone and answered directly: "Mokuba? I'm sort of busy here, can it wait for... what did you say!?"
The President's face suddenly changed, instantly losing his composure.
"That guy's fragment... has been found!?"
Kaiba seemed to instantly forget about Youyu standing there, swiftly jumping into the car and shutting the door: "Izono, drive!"
"Yes!"
The car's engine roared in excitement, the tires dragged a long trail of water, disappearing down the street in the blink of an eye.
Youyu: "..."
Alright then, let's think positively.
At least he can get a good night's sleep tonight.