Chapter 396 As a Champion

"Cough cough cough"

Duel ship, player lounge, Hibiki Momiji was holding the wall and coughing violently.

He took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, stood up and prepared to leave the room. When passing by a full-length mirror in the room, he stopped unconsciously and turned to look at the mirror.

He saw the man in the mirror.

A thin and fragile man, as if a gust of wind could blow him away. The pale face was like the first snow in winter that had never seen the sun. There was no trace of blood, and there were faint green shadows hanging under the eyes.

Less like a duelist and more like a patient.

He took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

"It's really outrageous." He laughed self-deprecatingly, "Obviously in front of the most important juniors, you have to look like a duelist."

He adjusted himself, took a deep breath, and put on his glasses again.

But when he turned around, he found that his sister Hibiki Midori had been standing at the door at some point, blocking the only exit of the lounge.

"Sister." Hibiki Hongye said softly.

A few seconds of silence.

"You really haven't recovered, have you?" Xiang Lu said, "Since that duel."

Xiang Hongye pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"yes."

That was last year.

On the night when Hibiki Momiji won the world championship in the United States, a mysterious duelist appeared in front of him.

"Congratulations, world champion Mr. Hongye."

The man said and then showed a weird smile.

He then held up the Duel Disk and inserted a deck of cards into it.

"Can you accept my request for a duel?"

The duel came very suddenly. However, Hibiki Momiji was a card addict similar to Judai. At that time, he was immersed in the joy of winning the championship and didn't think much about the duel.

He feels that as a champion, accepting the challenge is also part of his responsibility.

So he accepted it.

And that was the beginning of the nightmare.

The man's duel was beyond his imagination. Not only is it ridiculously strong, it's also extremely weird.

This was also the first time Hibiki Momiji came into contact with the legendary "Dark Duel". Every time he was hurt, every time he lost health, he could feel as if the real life force was flowing out of his body, like an invisible black hole sucking away his soul bit by bit.

Then he lost.

In other words, he should have lost.

In the last round, all his resources were exhausted, his health was as low as a candle in the wind, and his consciousness was blurred.

He could no longer see the opponent clearly, and could only hear the man's gloomy smile: "As expected of the world champion, he is indeed better than most duelists in the contemporary era.

Then your soul and your earth, I accept unceremoniously. "

But at that moment, two beams of golden lights came out like sharp swords, and the roar of motorcycles approached quickly.

The man's expression suddenly changed.

"Tch, he actually chased him all the way to a place like this. He is really a haunting guy. That's all. His strength has been restored too little now, and he hasn't had the chance yet."

He said as he put away the duel plate and glanced coldly at Hibiki Momiji.

He smiled sinisterly.

"You have saved a life, champion." The man said with a sneer, "But don't be happy in a hurry. You have basically lost to me in the duel. Although this life is with you and I will not take it away for the time being, it has already been It's my thing.

From now on, every time you duel, your life will be reduced along with your deck, which is like your 'life'. Hehe, this description may still be a bit abstract, but it doesn't matter. "

The man's face was shrouded in shadow.

".You'll understand soon enough."

Hibiki Hongye lost consciousness and fell to the ground in a complete coma.

The last thing he heard before losing consciousness was that a motorcycle seemed to be parked nearby and someone was running towards him quickly.

"Hey! That one over there, are you okay?"

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"So it turns out you lied to me, right?"

Hibiki looked at him.

"You said you have recovered and can return to the duel field."

"I'm sorry, sister." Hibiki Hongye said.

"But why? It's obviously still the same body."

Xiang Lu stepped forward.

"And now there is only one final match left in the quarterfinals. The only ones left who have not yet dueled are you and that weird man.

You should have noticed it, this time’s opponent.”

"Maybe it's similar to the opponent who defeated me in the United States. They are all people with the legendary 'dark power'." Hibiki Momiji nodded, "I know."

"You know, then... two people have already fallen in the duel just now.

With your current body, you can hardly even engage in a regular duel. If you fight that kind of guy, you probably won't even last until the end of the duel."

"I know."

Hibiki Momiji nodded.

"If that's the case, then why still!?"

Hibiki stepped forward eagerly, holding his shoulders with both hands.

"Just listen to me once, Hongye, and give up. It's still too late, don't duel with that kind of guy."

But Hibiki Momiji raised his head and smiled softly.

"No matter what happens in my competition this time, I have already prepared myself mentally, sister. In this case, it makes no difference whether it is a dark duel or not."

"Red leaves!"

"I am a duelist, sister." Hongye shook his head, "Especially in front of important juniors, I want to show the attitude of a duelist, not a deserter."

Sound green: "."

She lowered her head and was speechless for a moment.

"Do you really have to go?"

"Um."

Hibiki Hongye smiled easily and patted her shoulder.

"And don't worry, sister, I'm very strong." He said confidently.

Xiang Lu took a deep breath.

"I understand. Let's make an agreement first. It's just this competition, and it won't be the same next time. And"

She took a step back and made way for the exit of the room.

".I want to win."

Hibiki Momiji walked out of the room and walked down the aisle to the arena, without looking back, leaving her with a thumbs up on her back.

"of course."

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"Okay, then we finally come to the final battle of the quarterfinals!"

Referee Isono stood in the middle of the field. The two parties in the duel, Xiang Hongye and the judge who claimed to be the incarnation of the snake god, had already stood on the field, one on the left and the other on the right.

Hibiki Hongye looked at the man opposite him warily, but the man opposite him only had his hands behind his hands and his eyes lightly closed, as if he didn't pay attention to his opponent at all.

Hibiki Momiji thought of what happened before Loren fell in the last game.

He didn't know the origin of his opponent, but there was no doubt that he was a very scary guy, both in and out of a duel.

But no matter what kind of opponent he faced, he never backed down.

"World Champion, the Strongest Hero Hibiki Momiji."

The Adjudicator looked at him meaningfully.

"Just let me see what you're capable of."