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[[File:Yuma notes Astral's body depleting.png|thumb|right|[[Yuma Tsukumo (manga)|Yuma]] and [[Astral (manga)|Astral]] note Astral's life is depleting.]]Yuma and Astral notes Astral's body is starting to vanish, and Yuma quickly directs his attention back to Kaito and attempt to get up to continue the Duel, but Kaito tells him to stay down, otherwise, he would regret it. Kaito explains the way he gets the "Numbers" is just a tad forceful - when he takes a "Number", the owner's soul is [[Photon Hand|taken]] from their body as well. Yuma at first gets confused, but he recalls [[Kari Tsukumo|his sister]] telling him [[Number 20's holder|the criminal]] the police caught was muttering "[[Numbers Hunter]]" incoherently. Yuma then asks Kaito where the souls he takes end up, but Kaito answers saying he doesn't know, and telling him to just surrender, so that he avoids suffering unnecessary pain. Yuma stands up and says he won't do something like that, to which Kaito replies saying as Yuma wishes, to allow him to take Yuma's soul. Yuma thinks to himself that Kaito is really strong, after all the effort he made to bring "Utopia" out he couldn't even scratch Kaito's Life Points, and wonders what he should do now. Astral is amazed at Yuma's resolve even with his soul in the line, but when Yuma draws a card, he notes Yuma's hands are shaking. Astral then recalls to Yuma what he said, about the best defense being a good offense, and tells him to go through with it. However, Yuma says their are done if they try to hit "Galaxy-Eyes", now with 4000 ATK points, and fail. Astral agrees with Yuma, and remembers if he loses a Duel with "Numbers", he will vanish. Yuma asks Astral if he isn't scared. Astral answers saying he is, but that he can't discard his past, and that that is his mission. Yuma then notes Astral knew all this time that he was putting his life on the line in Duels, and Astral interrupts him saying that they have to surpass their fears, and that if Yuma shows his back to his opponent, he will never win. Yuma grabs his [[Emperor's Key|pendant]] and says he got it.
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[[File:Galaxy-Eyes prepares to strike Hope back.png|thumb|left|"Galaxy-Eyes" prepares to strike back.]]Yuma then does "[[Kattobingu|jets]]", and Summon "[[Zubaba Knight]]". Upon the [[Normal Summon]] of "Zubaba Knight", Yuma [[Special Summon]]s "[[Kagemucha Knight]]" from his [[Main Deck|Deck]], and [[Overlay]] his two [[Level]] 3 monsters to [[Xyz Summon]] "[[Number 17: Leviathan Dragon]]". [[Orbital 7]] reports a second "Number" has been confirmed. Yuma activates its effect, [[detach]]ing an Xyz Material to increase its ATK by 500, to 2500. Kaito says although Yuma had another "Number" up his sleeve, its ATK doesn't even compare to the one of "Galaxy-Eyes". However, Yuma replies that's not what he was aiming for, and activate the [[Spell Card]] "[[Cross Attack]]" as "Utopia" and "Leviathan Dragon" have now the same ATK. "Cross Attack" then allows "Utopia" to [[Direct attack|attack directly]], while prevents "Leviathan Dragon" from attacking, both during this turn only. Astral tells Yuma this move would make Yuma's Life Points be equal to Kaito's, and that after that, he couldn't say where the Duel would go. Kaito smiles, and says that was quite a makeshift move Yuma used there, but activates his [[Trap Card]] "[[Photon Current]]". "Photon Current" increases the ATK of "Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon" by the ATK of "Utopia", to 6500, and fights "Utopia".<ref group=Notes name=three>The lore of the card just says the player's [[LIGHT]] [[Monster Card|monster]] gains [[ATK]]; it is unknown why [[Kaito Tenjo (manga)|Kaito]] made "[[Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]]" fight "[[Number 39: Utopia]]", once the card doesn't make it the new [[attack target]].</ref> As "Galaxy-Eyes" prepares its attack, Yuma says to himself Kaito is unbeatable, no matter how much he does "[[Kattobingujets]]", he can't do anything; Kaito then yells to let him steal his soul, but is cut off by Orbital 7, who sounds an alarm, projects an image of his brother, Haruto, laying on the ground, and tells Kaito there is an emergency - "Master Haruto" has collapsed. Stunned at the image of his brother's situation, Kaito immediately releases the [[Duel Anchor]] and calls the Duel off, telling Orbital 7 they were going. Orbital 7 changes to a glider, and Kaito flies away with it.[[File:Orbital 7 shows Haruto's situation (manga).png|thumb|right|[[Orbital 7]] projects [[Haruto Tenjo (manga)|Haruto]]'s situation.]]
At that moment, time goes back to its normal flow. [[Kotori Mizuki (manga)|Kotori]] completes her fall, as the truck passes away from her. In shock, Astral thinks to himself how Kaito's skills were much higher than his, and says he's a fearsome opponent, and that it almost spelled the end for both of them. Kotori walks up Yuma, and asks what happened. However, Yuma is completely stunned, and says Kaito got him totally handcuffed. He then falls on his knees asking what good is his "Kattobingujetting", and how he is supposed to become the Duel Champion like that.
While Kaito flies towards the [[Heartland Tower]], a memory of several days ago comes to his mind. When Kaito went to see Haruto after [[Mr. Heartland (manga)|Mr. Heartland]] took him away, Haruto asks who he is. Mr. Heartland asks if he has forgotten his big brother Kaito. Kaito hugs Haruto and asks Mr. Heartland what he did to Haruto. Mr. Heartland explains Haruto has the power to communicate with the spirits of the Astral World, and that unless they destroy the Astral World, they won't be able to save their own world - and Haruto has been chosen for that purpose. Kaito tells him to return Haruto to normal, but Mr. Heartland replies he cannot do that, because Haruto's soul has already left, but quickly rectifies, saying that actually, there is one way to do that. [[File:Haruto crushes the butterfly.png|thumb|left|Haruto crushes the butterfly.]]At that moment, Haruto catches a butterfly, which was flying around there, and smashes it with his hand. Kaito looks at him, shocked, and then yells at Mr. Heartland asking what way is that. Mr. Heartland answers that it is by collecting the "Numbers", the 100 cards originated from the Astral World, and says Kaito must become the "Numbers Hunter" to gather all them - or else Haruto won't be healed.
