Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V: The Supreme Pendulum

Theatric Showdown

Chapter 7: Theatric Showdown

Maiami City International Airport

Following Akaba Reiji's orders, Nakajima was awaiting the arrival of the highest ranking person in LDS apart from the President next to a luxurious limo. Although the heat was quite intense, the man showed no discomfort whatsoever.

After several minutes, Nakajima spotted the private jet belonging to said person slowly descending to the landing pad, before coming to a complete stop. Immediately afterwards, its side door opened, out of which emerged a woman with magenta, heart-shaped hair and blue eyes clad in a dark pink-colored blouse and skirt. Nakajima rushed to meet her, inclining his head slightly before her.

"It has been some time, Chairwoman Akaba." Indeed, the woman standing in front of Nakajima was Akaba Himika, mother to Akaba Reiji and Chairwoman of LDS, who smiled at Nakajima's greeting.

"Indeed, it has been some time, Nakajima. I was met with some unexpected delays, but I was able to accomplish my goal successfully in the end and that's all that matters."

"Then, am I correct to assume that the acquisition was successful?" Nakajima asked as she opened the limousine's door for Himika.

"Of course." Himika responded as the car began moving. "Everything is proceeding according to plan. With this, LDS is one step closer in having a presence all around the world. That should allow me and Reiji-san to easily scout the most powerful Duelists in the globe, all in preparation for 'that' day."

"That's very good to hear. However..." Nakajima's hesitation was not lost on Himika.

"What is it? Is something happen while I was away?"

"...I didn't want to bother you since you were busy with the negotiations and everything." Nakajima began explaining. "Truth be told, there have been a number of...incidents over the past week that have caused quite a ripple."

"Incidents...you say? What sort of incidents?" Prompted by Himika, Nakajima gave her a brief summary of everything regarding the Pendulum Summon and Sawatari Shingo's incident.

"However, keep in mind that I'm not fully informed about all the details surrounding this case." Nakajima ended his report thus. "For more details, you should speak to the President and Vice President."

"So it would seem..." Himika muttered, her brow creased into a frown.

Upon arriving at the LDS tower after a few minutes, Himika quickly stepped outside the car and made a beeline for the top floor, ignoring the greetings of the personnel around her. She then quickly stepped inside Reiji's office without bothering to knock. But instead of Reiji, she meet Ren in the office.

"Welcome home, Mother." Ren greeted his mother. "You seem to be in an awful hurry."

"Ren-san, is what I heard from Nakajima true?" Himika immediately questioned her second son. "The Pendulum project had succeded? And Mr. Sawatari's son has been assaulted by Sakaki Yuya?"

"Indeed, mother." Ren showed her the duel clip between Yuya and Ishijima. "As you can see, this is the result of that project: Pendulum Summoning. By using the special cards that called Pendulum cards, the user can summon a high-level monsters simultaneously without tribute summon."

"I see...as expected from both of them." Himika uttered out. "And regarding the incident?"

"A masked duelist had assaulted Sawatari Shingo last night." Ren began explaining. "The culprit was a duelist who used Xyz Summon. According to him, he stated that the culprit has same face as Sakaki Yuya. While we are sure that Yuya isn't a culprit since yesterday he was doing a project with Reiji on the lab, Mr. Sawatari won't let this case slide."