Later, in the You Show Duel School elevator, a thoroughly annoyed YЕ«ya eats his breakfast, irritated at his mother not making her son breakfast on such an important day. He cheerfully slides down the pole to the lounge, deciding to have a serving of 30 pancakes for his 30th win but his mother is nowhere to be seen, and neither are his pets or even Sora. Thinking that his future will be decided today, YЕ«ya vows to enjoy himself no matter the opponent and make it through with his Entertainment Dueling. He told YЕ«ya to show Nico the summation of his acquired skills in this next battle and make his first step towards becoming a pro. So far so good, but the final match, the fourth and final match that Nico arranged for him, is the most important if YЕ«ya wins this, he'll have won 30 out of 50 times this year and reached the 60% benchmark needed to qualify for the Junior Maiami Championship. YЕ«ya has grown just as Nico expected in the first Duel, he showed that there were no perfect plans in cooking or Dueling and learned that having a flexible state of mind and the ability to improvise on the spot create the best hospitality in the second Duel he learned that one wouldn't improve through complacency and that it's important to communicate with both the opponent and the audience and in the third Duel, he finally surpassed Nico's imagination and left the entire gallery in awe. The next day, YЕ«ya picks up his Deck and remembers Nico Smiley's words from after his third match. Yuzu runs through the street where Shun Dueled Masumi, Yaiba, and Hokuto, but she finds no-one there but the crows. He and Nakajima turn and leave as Shun protests. If Shun alone fulfills that condition, then Reiji will gladly be his opponent, and should Shun win, he can do whatever he wants.

Shun asks what he means, but Reiji brushes the remark off and states that he has no objections to Shun fighting him, but he has one condition. Reiji wonders about that, admitting that he doubts that his father values him that much. Shun agrees, since if he has Leo Akaba's son as a bartering chip, even Leo will be unable to say no. Reiji muses that it's just as he suspected Shun wants to use him as a hostage for an exchange. This is why he continued to attack LDS and sent Reiji the cards with the cards sealed inside, all to draw him out. Back in the present, Shun agrees that there is no doubt that Ruri is still captive, but he will save her.

Shun remembers YЕ«to telling him that Yuzu wasn't Ruri, as Yuzu learned Fusion Summoning with a smile on her face, something that Ruri would never do. Shun freezes up in shock as Reiji states that this is why Shun is continuing to attack LDS like this, as he looks over the unconscious Yaiba, Masumi, and Hokuto. From this, he deduced that Ruri was to him, to all of them, a dear comrade who has yet to escape from their enemy. Reiji muses that it's most likely to rescue Shun's comrades, as the girl behind him testified that when she first encountered Shun he was asking for someone named Ruri. Reiji asks Shun why he's fighting him, and Shun retorts that he doesn't need to answer that. Claiming that he's been waiting for this moment, he challenges Reiji to a Duel. Shun smiles, and he brashly asks if Reiji is the son of Leo Akaba. Reiji remarks that Shun's continued assaults on Leo Corporation-related parties in Maiami City suggest that Shun wishes to meet him, asking if he's mistaken. Shun asks who Reiji is, and Reiji introduces himself as Leo Corporation's current president. Nakajima and the Leo Corporation employees step aside as Reiji approaches Shun. In a serious match between two best friends that neither side want to lose, Gongenzaka shows off his new power to YЕ«ya. Furthermore, Gongenzaka says that this Duel decides who will progress onto the championship. However, the opponent that Nico chose for his final match is YЕ«ya's best friend Gongenzaka. Meanwhile with three straight wins in his qualifying games for the Junior Youth Championship, YЕ«ya finds himself fired up about the last match awaiting him. Reiji finally confronts the mystery surrounding the Leo Duel School attackers, which has been enveloped in unprecedented feelings of tension.

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