Jonouchi didn't look at the table first for so many years. What was written on the table had never changed. He could recite it by heart. Instead, he sat beside the only bed in the ward.
Lying on the hospital bed was a thin blond woman. Her current emaciation looked slightly terrifying, like one of those exaggerated actors in a Greek drama.
Looking at the haggard look of the beautiful woman on the hospital bed, Jonouchi reached out and brushed her long-lost blond hair. Her hair used to be like gold threads, but now it is more like straw.
But in Jonouchi's eyes, she was still as beautiful as before.
"Mai, you have lost a lot of weight after so many years..." Knowing that the beauty on the bed could not wake up, Jonouchi sat silently with a nostalgic expression on his face: "Back then... I really shouldn't have taken you there. Such a dangerous place.”
Although this is an old matter, today, for some reason, Jonouchi suddenly wanted to come here and have a chat with Peacock Dance.
"Do you still remember the little girl you once told me about?" Jonouchi touched Peacock Dance's thin hands. The small hands that were once as beautiful as mutton-fat jade are now like dead branches. "That's the Heavenly Courtyard." Asuka, you said that when you go to Absolute Academy to be a teacher in the future, you want her to be your student. I had contact with her some time ago, and she is indeed as smart as you said, but I still think you are smarter. "
As he spoke, Jonouchi sighed: "Oh...it's a pity that she is now Sachiko Umino's student. You know Sachiko Umino, the one who defeated you in the second KC Cup of Kaiba Bureau. Of course that girl relies on luck. I know that in terms of strength, you must be more powerful, so even if you wake up now, you won’t be able to accept Asuka..."
"By the way, I did my first Synchro Summon the day before yesterday. I was on the shuttle in Duel 'Flight Mode'. It was very successful, but the monster I summoned was not very strong." Jonouchi said mockingly: "If you are still here If you do, you will definitely laugh at me for not making any progress, right?"
"Wu...I miss you so much..."
I don't know why, but at this time, on the instrument recording Peacock Dance's heartbeat, her heartbeat seemed to be a little faster, but Jonouchi didn't notice it. Besides, this should be considered a normal situation.
At this time, the list in Jonouchi's hand fell down. The words on it were clearly visible and pitifully sparse, but it still roughly described the current situation of Peacock Dance:
Vegetative state, brain close to death.
At first, when "Onihime" first appeared on the bustling street, in order to protect Jonouchi's drunken father, Jonouchi and Peacock Mai were attacked by "Onihime" one after another; but after that, Jonouchi was only slightly A little confused, Peacock Wu has been unconscious until now.
The only thing to be "fortunate" about is "Ghost Princess"'s knife that doesn't seem to attack the body but the soul, so Peacock Dance's heart is still beating now, otherwise she might have been declared dead and buried.
"Wu, if you wait any longer, I will definitely find a way to make you better!" Jonouchi looked at the weak Peacock Wu in front of him with firm eyes and said, "I swear!"
"Pah, pah, pah."
However, just as Jonouchi was swearing, the sound of applause came from the door on the side in an extremely disgraceful way.
"It's such a touching scene, I almost cried." A young boy leaned against the door. He smiled evilly and looked at the sad Jonouchi: "Long time no see, Teacher Jonouchi~"
"Izayoi? Why are you here?" The man in front of him was actually known to the city. He stood up suddenly and angrily said: "This should be a private space, right? What do you mean by that? Get out of here!"
Jonouchi held back a curse word. He was born as a delinquent. Although he is now considered to be in the upper class because he is an extraordinary master, he still can't help but do such things when he is emotional.
"Teacher... you're not so impersonal, are you?" "Izayoi" at the door smiled slightly and said, "Anyway, I am also your student~"
"Really? But you don't feel like the diligent and studious Izayoi Akira to me at all." Jonouchi stood up and behind him, a mighty and majestic black dragon with red eyes was facing "Izayoi" in front of him. Roaring vigilantly: "The 'Red-Eyed Black Dragon' has never been so alert when facing Izayoi."
"Ang!" A dragon's roar that was difficult for outsiders to hear came from behind Jonouchi. Although it seemed full of majesty, Jonouchi had to gently stroke the black dragon's slightly trembling head at this time.
The true red-eyed black dragon is demonstrating to the person in front of him, but this demonstration is not because the opponent is weak, but because the opponent is so powerful that the black dragon feels the threat of death... Yes, the "true red-eyed black dragon" is afraid.
Looking at the "True Red-Eyed Black Dragon" at this time, "Izayoi" thought that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he took a step forward, bowed slightly and said: "It's true...it turns out there is such a troublesome person around you. Identifier. In this way, I can only tell you my true identity, Messiah Emanoch. I'm sorry to temporarily take over your student's body and call me 'Messiah'."
"Messiah... do you think you are the savior?" Jonouchi smiled disdainfully: "What the hell do you want to do?"
"It's nothing, I just want to make a deal with you." Messiah closed the door and sat in the ward without hesitation, "What a beautiful woman, isn't she?"
"You don't need to judge."
"But her soul is wandering now." Messiah smiled and said, "And I have a way to wake her up."
"You..." Jonouchi didn't want to pay attention to this bastard, but when he heard the words "Her soul is wandering," Jonouchi suddenly remembered that another person had also said this!
"Her soul is wandering." When Peacock Wu was just hospitalized, Muto Yugi who came to visit also said this: "If we can find where her soul is, I think it will not be easy to ask Xiaohui to cure her. difficulty."
"You..." Jonouchi, who seemed to have some faith in the "Messiah" in front of him, said seriously: "What exactly do you want to trade? What do I have to pay to bring Mai back to life?"
"This is very simple for you." Messiah smiled and said to Jonouchi: "The whole world doesn't know the location of the first Duel King Muto Yugi, but I guess you must know it, so I want you to tell Where is my Muto Yugi?"
"You...what are you looking for for Yugi?" Jonouchi realized that the matter was not simple. Yugi did ask him to keep his location secret, but he didn't want to give up on the treatment of Peacock Dance so easily.
"Keep it secret." Messiah stood up and said, "This is not what I want to tell you... So, do you deal?"
"I..." Jonouchi looked at Maiko Mai who was lying on the hospital bed. Her face was no longer beautiful. If she lay down any longer, she might not be human...
However, his oath to the game is also something he doesn't want to break...
"What are you still hesitating about? I think it should be a good deal, right?" Messiah said: "Okay, I will count down five seconds, five..."
"Your conditions are indeed very good, very tempting..." Jonouchi lowered his head, then raised it suddenly, his eyes like a cheetah: "But I refuse!"
