Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL - Episode 013 " The Number Hunter , Part 1 " , known as " Hunter of Souls ! Numbers Hunter Appears ! " in the Japanese version , is the thirteenth episode of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! ZEXAL " anime . It first aired in Japan on July 4 , 2011 and in the United States on March 3 , 2012 . Summary . One of Heartland City ' s cleanup robots falls down from a high floor in Heartland Shopping Mall where Yuma and Tori wonder what happened . Yuma ' s sister calls Yuma over his Duel Gazer , asking him where he is . Yuma denies that he ' s at the shopping mall , but his sister says she can see him clearly on TV . On the same TV - screen Yuma saw himself , the cause of the robot falling down is shown ; someone up high in the mall has taken people hostage and demands money and a helicopter to escape . Astral appears from Emperor ' s Key , telling Yuma to look at the culprit ' s shoulder , where the number ' 56 ' can be seen , signaling the thug is being controlled by a " Number " . Yuma tries to get up higher in the mall , but suddenly , somebody crashes down through the mall ' s glass ceiling . However , the glass doesn ' t fall , but keep floating around . The culprit nervously asks who he is . The person tells him he is called the Number Hunter , and says he has a " Number " card . The robot that is with the hunter , seeing the wrecked cleanup robot on the ground , says they should take on the criminal , but quickly calls the Hunter Kite , revealing his name . The criminal , understanding what the blank " Number " card in his possession is , accepts Kite ' s challenge , under the conditions that the winner takes the loser ' s " Numbers " . Meanwhile , Yuma is trying to get up the stairway , but is blocked by two women . Astral comes floating down , telling Yuma a Duel is going on on the top floor . Then , somebody screams . Kite attacks the criminal ' s " " with " Photon Stream of Destruction " from his " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " , which appears as a large , shadowed Dragon . Kite stretches out his hand , saying Photon Hand , and extracts a glowing sphere from the criminal ' s body , which , once in his hand , turns into the card for " Gold Rat " similar to the way Astral does . The criminal appears to age a lot suddenly , and falls down ( in the dub , the hand reaching in is cut ) . When Yuma arrives , he finds the culprit , lying on his back , continuously saying " Numbers Hunter " . Astral checks the criminal , and finds out his " Numbers " is gone . While Yuma thinks about what happened , time start flowing again and the police grabs both him and the culprit , not understanding what just happened , as time stopped . A long row of trucks is driving over the highway , containing cleanup robots . All the machines are eventually taken to a building , inspected , and have their collected trash thrown in a big pit , and at a platform in the middle , a boy , says he wants to hear more screams , sending the waves of trash ( burning into lethal bombs on the way down ) into what appears to be the Astral World , followed by many screams ( the screams themselves and his mention of wanting to hear more of them are cut from the dub ) . In Heartland , Kite enters a room , where a man is asking him how the Number hunting is going . Katio confirms it , and the man claims Kite ' s passionate Dueling will bring peace to Heartland , and asks how many " Numbers " Kite has collected up to now , which Orbital 7 , the robot that ' s with Kite , shows revealing they ' ve obtained eleven " Numbers " already , which the man is amazed by , saying " fantastic ! " . However , Kite seems to feel bad , as taking a " Number " from somebody with his Photon Hand also extracts a person ' s soul , but the man replies that they have no choice , and that all " Number " holders are evil anyway , so it doesn ' t matter . Kite asks if his little brother will return to normal after they collect all one - hundred " Number " cards . The man confirms it and says that if they don ' t get all " Number " cards , he won ' t be able get treatment for Hart ' s illness , but promises Kite he ' ll tell Dr . Faker about Kite ' s passionate heart , after which Kite and Orbital 7 leave . Dr . Faker calls right after Kite leaves , informing him of the gathering of the " Numbers " , and the man replies everything is humbly going according to plan . Faker replies that he expected a messenger from Astral World would come . At Yuma ' s house , in the meantime , Yuma ' s sister questions Yuma how and why he suddenly went to the scene of the crime . Yuma tells them not to worry about small things . Astral asks Yuma why he doesn ' t tell them about the " Numbers " , to which Yuma replies that his sister still doesn ' t actually allow him to Duel . Hart Tenjo is shown to be looking out of a window , when Kite walks up to him , asking him how he is doing . Looking at the fair at the foot of the building they are in , Hart says he doesn ' t need their laughing voices , just their screams to calm him down , and asks his brother if he ' s weird . Kite tells him he isn ' t , and is just seeing a bad dream , which he will wake him up from . Yuma thinks about what happened that day when Astral asks him what he will do , as someone other than themselves is collecting the " Number " , and he will eventually come after them too . Yuma asks if he ' s scared , and states he will settle it in a Duel in that case . At school , Bronk tells Yuma , Tori , and Caswell that the neighboring city has built a new Duel plaza , and the group decides to go there next Sunday . On the way back from the Duel plaza , Yuma and Tori discuss Yuma ' s last Duel , which he lost , after which Yuma rehearses his " Kattobingu . " Astral appears from his key , and tells Yuma to be cautious as he has a bad feeling . It starts to rain , and the two begin to run . Yuma runs across the road , and stops to wait for Tori , who is about to get hit by a truck . In response , Yuma runs towards her and pushes her away , only to find that he will get hit himself . Yuma opens his eyes , as Astral calls him . He didn ' t get run over by the truck , as it stopped . In fact , everything stopped , even the rain is stuck in place . Yuma gets up , and notices Tori is safe from the truck ' s range . Suddenly , they hear the whistle that they heard in the mall , and Kite Tenjo appears in front of them . He screams , swatting all paralyzed raindrops at Yuma , who in turn asks Kite who he is . Kite says the area is now surrounded by a special field , and time is arranged 1 : 10 , 000 . Orbital 7 claims it is his power doing this . Kite tells Yuma that only people with " Numbers " can move in this space , and says that , as he thought , Yuma owns Numbers . Yuma and Astral are shocked by the fact that they are now eye - to - eye with the Numbers Hunter , and Astral tells Yuma to run away . However , using a so - called Duel Anchor , Kite traps Yuma to prevent him from running , and after explaining what he just did , Kite forces to Yuma to start the Duel with him . Astral tells Yuma to allow the two to work together , as this will be their toughest enemy yet , while he thinks he may have met Kite before . Although he says to not have believed in intuition at first , Astral declares Kite is different , and Yuma cannot defeat him alone . Yuma says that if that is all true , he will surely fight Kite . Both perform their Dueling rituals , Yuma readies his Duel Disk and Duel Gazer while Kite undergoes Photon Transformation and Orbital 7 shoots out Kite ' s Duel Disk , and a certain tattoo forms around Kite ' s eye , resembling a Duel Gazer , which changes his eye from blue to red . Kite takes the first turn , activate s " Photon Veil " to return 3 LIGHT monsters to his Deck , to add 3 " Daybreaker s " to his hand , returning the cards " Shining Angel " , " Goddess with the Third Eye " , and a " Daybreaker " . Then he plays the Quick - Play Spell Card " Photon Lead " , allowing him to Special Summon one of the LIGHT monsters he just added to his hand . Using the effect of the Special Summoned " Daybreaker " , he manages to get three of them on the field and overlay them to Xyz Summon " " . Using its effect , Kite detach es one of its Overlay Units and send s a card from his hand to the Graveyard to draw a card . He then Special Summons the " Lightserpent " he sent to his Graveyard using its own effect . Then , he Normal Summon s " Plasma Ball " . Kite then overlays these two Level 3 monsters to Xyz Summon " " , leaving Yuma and Astral both stunned , amazed by how many monsters Kite had Summoned during his first turn . Kite smiles saying that the true hunt begins . Featured Duels . Kite Tenjo vs . Number 56 ' s holder . Duel is shown from an unspecified turn . Number 56 ' s holder control s " " ( 1 / 500 / 600 ) in Attack Position and has 200 LP , while Kite controls " Galaxy - Eyes Photon Dragon " ( 8 / 3000 / 2500 ) in Attack Position . Kite ' s turn " Galaxy - Eyes " attack s and destroy s " Gold Rat " ( Number 56 ' s holder : 200 → 0 LP ) . Yuma Tsukumo vs . Kite Tenjo . Turn 1 : Kite Kite draws " Photon Veil " and subsequently activate s it to let him shuffle " Daybreaker " , " Shining Angel " and " Goddess with the Third Eye " from his hand into his Deck ( as they are all LIGHT monsters ) and add the same " Daybreaker " and two more copies of it from his Deck to his hand ( as the added cards are LIGHT monsters ) . Kite then activates " Photon Lead " to Special Summon " Daybreaker " ( 4 / 1700 / 0 ) in Attack Position ( as it ' s a Level 4 or lower LIGHT monster that was added to his hand this turn ) . As " Daybreaker " was Special Summoned , Kite activates its effect to Special Summon a second copy ( 4 / 1700 / 0 ) from his hand in Attack Position . The second copy ' s effect activates and Kite Special Summons a third copy ( 4 / 1700 / 0 ) in Attack Position . Kite overlays his three " Daybreakers " in order to Xyz Summon " " ( 4 / 2400 / 2400 , ORU : 3 ) in Attack Position . Kite activates the effect of " Illumiknight " to detach a " Daybreaker " ( " Illumiknight " : 3 → 2 ORU ) in order to send " Lightserpent " in his hand to the Graveyard and draw a card . As " Lightserpent " was sent from the hand to the Graveyard , Kite activates its effect to revive it ( 3 / 1200 / 800 ) in Attack Position . Kite Normal Summon s " Plasma Ball " ( 3 / 900 / 900 ) in Attack Position . He then overlays " Lightserpent " and " Plasma Ball " in order to Xyz Summon " " ( 3 / 1800 / 1800 , ORU : 2 ) in Attack Position . " Duel continues in the next episode . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this episode . Cards in italics debuted here .