Chapter 51: Kaiba's Probing
Looking at me for what?
You're about to be blown up, you know that?
Dark Magician Girl looked utterly bewildered, completely failing to grasp the current situation.
Yu Miao let out a light sigh, never expecting that the Dark Magician Girl left on the field would become the target.
The original "Ring of Destruction" was truly too broken.
The OCG-nerfed "Ring of Destruction," after destroying a monster, first makes the activator suffer the damage value, then the opponent suffers it as well.
Therefore, a mutual destruction scenario resulting in a direct draw is impossible.
But the "Ring of Destruction" in Kaiba's hand is the original version's effect: after destroying a monster, both players simultaneously suffer the damage value.
The possibility of causing a draw is extremely high.
Click, a circle of "grenades" appeared around Dark Magician Girl's neck.
Then, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon and Obelisk the Tormentor stopped fighting, their roles switching places with Dark Magician Girl's.
Spectating: Obelisk the Tormentor, Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon
Performing: Dark Magician Girl
The circle of grenades emitted intense light. Before her demise, Dark Magician Girl flipped Kaiba Seto the bird with her middle finger.
The massive explosive energy was split between Yu Miao and Kaiba. Both were sent flying by the shockwave, tracing two beautiful arcs through the air.
[Kaiba: 0 LP]
[Yu Miao: 0 LP]
Duel Result: Draw!!
[Target is very special, obtaining extra Gem rewards.]
[Duel ended in a draw, total character experience gain reduced by 50%.]
[Congratulations on reaching Level 15, rewards please claim manually.]
[Talent "Spirit Heart" triggered, Monster proficiency increased...]
[Due to the duel ending in a draw, special quest "Path of the Duel" does not produce "Exclusive Character" card pack...]
System-exclusive prompts kept ringing in Yu Miao's ears.
"..."
Kaiba Seto was not satisfied with this result.
Victory, he only wanted victory!
But in that situation just now, there was no possibility of victory. The only thing he could do... was choose a draw.
Kaiba was very clear about one thing: from the moment he activated "Ring of Destruction," he was already compromising.
Even if it meant compromising for a draw, he didn't want to lose the duel.
Before his rematch with Yugi in Duel City, Kaiba could not allow himself to lose like this.
Precisely because of this, he felt distressed.
"Take this card." Kaiba Seto's formidable physical constitution was like an ironclad superman's.
Kaiba held up Pandora's "Alternate Art" Dark Magician between two fingers, moving closer to Yu Miao's position.
He had already acknowledged the other's strength.
It was enough to be worthy of this Dark Magician.
Yu Miao reached out and successfully took the Alternate Art Dark Magician. Pandora, lying on the ground, seemed to have his fingers twitch slightly again.
At that moment, Kaiba Seto's pupils contracted sharply. His left hand suddenly shot towards Yu Miao's mask!!
—Let me see what you really look like.
This was Kaiba's plan!
"Fortunately, this was also within my plans." Yu Miao had been vigilant. Kaiba could have just thrown the Dark Magician like a "shuriken," yet he chose to approach...
Who would believe there wasn't something fishy about that?
At that moment, sinister dark energy warped from behind Yu Miao.
Normal people couldn't see spirits, but Kaiba Seto was clearly not a normal person.
ZA WARUDO~
Exodia's head appeared. Taking advantage of the briefly frozen time, Yu Miao chose to move away from Kaiba Seto to evade his grasp.
There still seemed to be some time left. Yu Miao ran over, picked up Pandora's scattered cards... and put them into his own pocket.
Pandora had already been abandoned by the sunshine boy. With Yu Miao taking his deck, he had even less use value.
That's fine too, avoiding a tragic end like in the original story.
Remember one truth: those who play life-or-death games with the Nameless Pharaoh never end well.
After tidying everything up, Yu Miao looked at Kaiba Seto, surprisingly discovering that his fingers seemed to be moving...
Good grief, is he going to say "the same type of Stand" next?
Without further hesitation, Yu Miao immediately slipped away.
Taking the opportunity to rescue the tied-up Panther Lady from outside as well.
When time resumed its flow, Kaiba found the place empty before him, discounting Pandora lying on the ground.
The mysterious Rare hunter had vanished.
Emotions of anger, unwillingness, and obsession prevented Kaiba from calming down. He shouted to himself, "You have nowhere to hide."
The next day.
When Panther Lady woke up, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar room.
She checked her body and clothes, finding nothing out of the ordinary.
Walking out of the room, Panther Lady realized that outside were rows of brand-new arcade game machines. In front of each machine, duelists were struggling hard.
The person in front of the machine racking their brains to think, while those queuing behind impatiently heckled.
"Hurry up, we've been waiting until the flowers have wilted."
"Can you do it or not, weakling?"
"Let me do it, I'm the future Duel King!"
"Get the hell out! Yugi Muto is my neighborhood aunt's cousin's relative's friend. It's my turn to be Duel King before it's yours!"
And so, a group of people inexplicably started fighting...
These duelists summoned their fists for a direct attack, alive like fans of a certain group clashing.
Out of sheer curiosity, Panther Lady lifted a shifty-eyed guy by the collar with one hand and interrogated, "What's going on with this place?"
If Panther Girl's memory served her right, she remembered that Yu Miao's rundown base was a relic from an older era, the kind where you couldn't even find flies on a normal day.
"Damn it, do you know who I am?" The man lifted by Panther Lady was furious.
"Who are you?" Come to think of it, Panther Lady felt that this guy with a bowl cut and thick-rimmed glasses really seemed familiar.
After getting up, the short man pushed his glasses up with his index finger, letting out a "kekekekeke" laugh.
"Ignorant woman, you don't even know me."
"I am the famous National Champion, Weevil!!"
"The reason I came to this place is that I heard there are very rare cards as rewards."
He was the insect-type enthusiast, the National Champion duelist, Weevil.
"Oh, you're that champion who got eliminated almost at the start of Duel Kingdom." Panther Girl finally remembered who this person was, no wonder he looked so familiar.
Hearing this, Weevil's face immediately flushed red.
Being eliminated by Yugi Muto so early in Duel Kingdom was an eternal pain for him, the National Champion.
And precisely because of that damned Duel Kingdom, his reputation and popularity as Insect Yugi plummeted.
He was once glorious, now he's fallen into such a pathetic state.
"You could win the National Championship before only because Kaiba Seto and Yugi Muto didn't participate." Panther Lady's next words directly shattered Weevil's defenses.
Infuriated, Weevil trembled all over. Despite it being a hot summer day, he felt icy cold all over.
Could this world get any worse?!
"Damn it, a real man doesn't fight with a woman." Insect Yugi couldn't be bothered to continue. He came here today for the rare cards.
(End of Chapter)
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