Yugioh: The Hope of Six

Chapter 61: Arcadia Arc - Part 16

"Divine is heading toward the northwest exit of the city." Windy reported. "I have already informed Detective Mikage and she is making the call to block off that escape route, as well as the surrounding roads."

"Thanks for the update, Windy." Yugo said. He, Yusei, and Rin were riding their D-Wheels, intending to catch up to Divine before he could get away. After learning where their enemy was, the trio got off the highway and sped in the direction the Wind Ignis indicated.

"What about the bomb squad?" Rin asked.

"They have arrived at Divine's base and are moving to the bomb now. Aki and Salazar are right there with them." Windy told her.

"Good. Let us hope they can defuse it in time." Yusei said. He prayed that nothing would go wrong on their end. Jack, Crow, and the others stayed behind at the mansion with Aki's parents, preparing for the worst. In the event that the bomb was about to go off, they would move to the secret room to shelter themselves from the blast. Yusei hoped it wouldn't come to that. They had to catch Divine and force him to shut down the bomb if Aki, Salazar, and the bomb squad were unsuccessful. "How much time is left?"

"We have less than 25 minutes." Windy answered.

"Then let's speed it up, Oh, wait!" Yugo said loudly. He suddenly remembered something and pulled up alongside Yusei. "Yusei! I almost forgot! My gut tells me you're gonna need this!" The boy then took out a card and tossed it to Yusei, who deftly caught it. He looked to see, with surprise, that it was Stardust Dragon.

"Yugo, are you sure?" Yusei asked uncertainly. "You still don't have your dragon back!" Yugo brushed off his concern.

"It's your Ace Monster and we are about to take on the big bad Psychic Duelist himself! You'll need it more than I do! Trust me, I'll be fine!" What Yugo didn't tell him was that he had his own plan of dueling without either Clear Wing or Stardust. After what he recently learned of "that technique", Yugo felt sure he could pull it off...

"Are you sure?" Yusei asked.

"Hell yeah!" Yugo replied.

After a moment, Yusei nodded and placed his Ace back in his Extra Deck. He felt "Thank you Yugo!"

Yugo gave him a thumbs up in response. "No problem!"

"Guys! Look up ahead!" Rin shouted while pointing in front of them. Not far ahead, the trio saw another D-Wheel speeding away. "That's got to be Divine!"

"We're gaining on him!" Yugo said triumphantly.

"Then let's close the gap!" Yusei said as the three raced forward to their enemy.

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"It's getting hotter down this way! We must be close!" The leader of the bomb squad announced. He turned to the burned boy behind him. "Looks like you were right, kid!"

"Thanks to my power over fire, I can detect large heat sources from a certain distance. Once we've arrived, I could feel the bomb building up for the explosion. It should be on the other side of this hall." Salazar informed everyone.

After everyone made it to Divine's base, Aki told the bomb squad to follow Salazar, who was their best chance to find the device fast enough to deactivate it in time. Although reluctant at first, the bomb squad's leader took the Signer's advice and allowed Salazar to take the lead. Thanks to Windy, all security measures to keep intruders away were disabled, giving them safe access to the inner parts of the compound.

After another minute, the group arrived at the inner sanctum... where a large metal sphere with a bright orange glow in the center was revealed. The thing was as big as a boulder. It also had a large digital timer at the top; it said "25:00" when the group entered and was counting down from there. "That's got to be the Alpha Fire bomb!" Aki declared.