"Is it... Kurosaki, right?"
Yugen put away his Duel Disc and approached the big brother, asking gently.
Kurosaki beamed with smiles, "Just call me Kuro, Revolver Big Brother."
On his hideous and ugly face, he forced an ingratiating but somewhat unappealing smile.
The grievances and anger brought by the Duel were forcibly suppressed, along with his tears. It was his strong will to survive, honed from years of licking blood off the tip of the knife, that pushed down his fury.
He was still alive.
The Dark Duel was lost. Kurosaki clearly felt the powerful Dark Energy enveloping him, as if a breath lingered at his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
Until now, when he was covered by this power after losing the duel, Kurosaki realized the person's accomplishment in Dark Energy was astonishingly strong. At least much stronger than any regular Dark Duelist he'd seen in the business, definitely a lone master that rarely emerged.
But why would such a master come to pick a quarrel with them?
Shouldn't characters of this level be thinking about how to conquer the world?
Thinking this, but not daring to show the slightest disrespect on his face. He knew he was alive simply because the opponent showed mercy, having lost the duel, this power at his chest was basically equal to having his life in the opponent's grasp, who could end him with a mere thought.
"So, Kuro." Yugen said, "Don't be nervous, I'm not a devil as you know. Our Hanuo Knights have just been established, and right now it's only me.
But having an organization with only one person would be rather shabby. So here I'm seeking everyone's opinion, if you all agree, why not merge into our Hanuo Knights starting today as a branch, what do you say?"
"No problem!"
Kurosaki yelled immediately.
"I'll go through fire and water for Leader Revolver without hesitation!"
Seeing the boss's stance, the little brothers behind naturally didn't dare to slack off, quickly yelling their loyalty.
After all, it was quite obvious they had no room to refuse.
"Very well, very well." Yugen nodded, standing before everyone with a task-assigning tone, "Now let's issue the first decision for our Hanuo Knights.
First, let's set a small goal: unify all underground forces in this city, integrate them into our Hanuo Knights. What do you think?"
"Ah?"
Kurosaki blinked twice, bewildered.
"What? Is there a problem?"
"No, not daring... It's just..." Kurosaki hesitated to speak, but couldn't help saying, "To be honest, Leader Revolver, this city has roughly three major forces entrenched, everyone harbors the idea of sweeping the opponents.
But the reason balance is maintained is not only due to similar strengths that no one can overwhelm another, but also because someone behind the scenes doesn't allow it."
"Who?"
Kurosaki looked around as if afraid someone might overhear, then stepped forward and lowered his voice mysteriously, "They call themselves Doma, rumored to be an ancient organization, can't be compared with us..."
Yugen couldn't help but laugh.
Good grief, your news is quite out of date. Haven't heard what happened this week?
Yugen waved his hand.
"No worries, I've talked with them, they have no objections."
Kurosaki: "!"
He dared not make a sound, suddenly feeling that this new Leader Revolver might have even greater prominence than he imagined.
"So where are the bases for the other two forces?" Yugen asked.
Kurosaki thought for a moment, "The nearest should be Yaksha's nightclub..."
"Lead the way." Yugen waved his hand.
Kurosaki was stunned.
"Ah? Going now?"
"What else?" Yugen retorted.
"Oh, oh... okay, no problem."
Kurosaki hurriedly led the way, his heart pounding.
Could it be tonight, the three-way stalemate would be unified?
If the largest force is integrated here, Seven-Star is likely to fall into the net. Additionally, Yugen, reminded by Doma's staff, suddenly thought that even without Seven-Star, this would be a good idea.
Organizing Dark Duelists has quite a few conveniences. He could take this opportunity to develop his own force, have his own channels and intelligence network, and gain resources and information that are hard to reach openly.
Many antagonists in the original work often had their own forces and organizations. Typically, before antagonists executed plans and actions, the protagonist side knew nothing about the enemy, often in a passive position, which was quite unfavorable.
But if he could have his own organization and intelligence network in the world of Dark Duelists, much intelligence could be uncovered in advance during antagonist's rise and development.
If lucky, even before some antagonists mature, he could strike actively and kill them in the cradle.
And now is the early stage of their Hanuo Knights' development, these people would be the founders.
Well... the organization name was Yugen's spontaneous remark, borrowed famous network terrorist organization's name from "Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains". Anyway, there isn't a Hanuo Knight in this world or era, he supposed there's no worry about name clashing with the official one presumably...
...Supposedly.
After a moment's ride, they arrived at the nightclub Kurosaki mentioned.
Hearing that the renowned Kurosaki came personally, Yaksha, a man too, was surprised, and immediately came out for a confrontation.
When Kurosaki said he wasn't the main character today, but the person next to him was, Yaksha was even more astonished.
"Revolver?"
Yaksha snorted heavily.
"Never heard of it. I don't walk the streets often, now any old cat and dog dare to mess in my venue. Since you're here, you must be prepared."
Saying that, he unfolded his Duel Disc.
Yugen smiled silently, also unfolding his Duel Disc. Just freshly beaten Kurosaki and his little brothers now showed excitement, waiting expectantly.
Indeed, Yugen did not disappoint them.
"..."
"Activate the Trap 'Enlargement', doubling the opponent's Monster Attack Power."
"Trap Card 'Alchemy Cycle', turning my 'Amazon Swordsmen' Attack Power to 0."
"When 'Amazon Swordsmen' battles, damage is borne by the opponent."
"You're dead."
Yaksha spat out blood, staggered and fell several somersaults on the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief and confusion.
I finished myself off?
Even his little brothers were stunned.
They felt their boss's fall was too fast, couldn't last even a single round... it's so quick, how pitiful would his wife be?
Kurosaki felt thrilled, especially seeing Yaksha dumbfounded and questioning life, suddenly realizing the greatest joy of dueling was surely this. Thinking carefully, he struggled a few rounds earlier, doing much better than Yaksha, immediately feeling prouder, even growing a bit arrogant.
Yugen put away his Duel Disc, stepped forward slowly, "Are you... called Yaksha?"
Yaksha came to his senses, also feeling that majestic Dark Energy clutching at his heart, suddenly startled.
Then quickly smiled broadly.
"Ahaha, Leader Revolver is too courteous. Just call me Yak."
Kurosaki: "..."
Suddenly feeling like he's seen this scene somewhere before.