But that’s not right!
Yugi came to a realization.
“All this proves is that your own use of spiritual power is inadequate, and that your bond with your duel spirits is terrible, isn’t it?”
This wasn’t the Yu-Gi-Oh!
of his original world.
By the logic of this world, as long as one’s spiritual power was sufficiently refined and their bond with their cards was strong enough, it was entirely possible to perform precise graveyard stacking.
If that was the case, then Little Blue was no longer the universally despised card she used to be, instead, she was a bona fide god-tier card.
“Watch your mouth!” Perhaps those words struck a nerve in the gorilla-like woman, as Ota Yukiko’s fan-sized palm came swinging over again.
But why would I be afraid of you now?
I’m a duel spirit, one that specializes in beating people up!
Yugi took a sudden step forward and dropped into a crouch, dodging the slap.
Then his coiled body shot upward, his fist soaring skyward.
Shoryuken!
This shoryuken sent Ota Yukiko flying more than 10 meters away.
With a thunderous crash, she smashed into the wall, making it look like an earthquake had just hit.
Yugi landed gracefully and finally spoke the line he had kept buried in his heart for so long: “You’re not allowed to bully Little Blue.
She is the future Dragon Emperor!”
“Eh?!” Hearing that, Little Blue, who had just been on the verge of tears, couldn’t help but cry out in surprise.
“Cough…
cough…”
True to her size and build, Ota Yukiko actually managed to crawl out of the rubble rather quickly.
“Y- You…
are a duel spirit?”
“So that means humans can’t beat you at all, right?”
Yugi muttered a complaint to himself, then nodded.
“So what if I am?”
“A mere spirit daring to injure my beautiful body.” Ota Yukiko’s face twisted into exaggerated expressions.
“I’ve decided, I’ll snatch you away from your original master and keep you by my side for proper “education”!”
“Beautiful?” Yugi’s eyelid twitched as he glanced at the other party’s biceps, which were bigger than Little Blue’s head.
“Well…
from a philosophical angle, I guess you could call that beautiful.”
At this point, he still didn’t understand how brutal spirit competition was in this world, so he hadn’t reacted much to the latter part of Ota Yukiko’s words.
But a cold voice came from the doorway.
“Unfortunately, this duel spirit’s summoner is still in the freshman stage.
According to the protection regulations, you are not permitted to initiate a spirit plunder challenge against her.”
“Kaiba…
Ayatsuki.”
Ota Yukiko’s facial muscles twitched violently, her expression growing even more grotesque.
“Good grief, so she’s not some timid rich girl crouching in defense, she’s big-sister-mode Kisara.”
Seeing the appearance of this young lady of the Kaiba family, the corner of Yugi’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch.
One had silver hair, the other blonde; judging by their hair color and aura, they didn’t look like sisters at all.
Their figures were even more different.
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Then he glanced at the student ID on her chest: Kaiba Ayatsuki, Duelist Level LV10.
“Huh?
If I remember correctly, during Duel City in the anime, the Pharaoh was only around LV8.
Looks like it’s not calculated by that same system.”
And indeed, it wasn’t.
In this world, duelist levels were like monster levels, there were twelve tiers in total.
Above LV12 lay the legendary Duel King.
In the end, Ota Yukiko didn’t dare act recklessly anymore.
Back when she had lost to Kaiba Ayatsuki, they had both been LV5.
Now they were no longer on the same level at all.
She snorted coldly and shot Little Blue a glare.
“Let’s go!”
“Wuu…”
Little Blue shrank her neck in fright and instinctively hid behind Yugi, her eyes filled with pleading.
“Seriously, do I just have a constitution that attracts useless stragglers?”
This scene, identical to Elsie’s usual behavior, made Yugi sigh.
He then raised his head to look at Kaiba Ayatsuki.
“That so-called duel spirit plunder battle, you can’t initiate it against freshmen.
But what if the freshman initiates it herself?”
At those words, Ota Yukiko suddenly turned around, murderous light flaring in her eyes as if she wanted to devour someone alive.
“There has never been such a case,” Kaiba Ayatsuki paused, “but in theory, it does not violate the rules.”
No freshman would be foolish enough to gamble the duel spirit they had just barely summoned to challenge a senior.
That would be nothing short of courting death.
“That settles it.” But Yugi had always been the type who couldn’t feel comfortable without courting death.
“Then this Billy…
ahem, Gorilla Barbie, please wait for my challenge letter.”
“It can’t be you, it has to be your duelist.” However, Kaiba Ayatsuki’s words made Yugi’s face darken.
“Duel spirit plunder battles can only be conducted between academy students.
Even if you’re a duel spirit capable of dueling, you cannot participate.”
“Then what am I supposed to do?”
“You’re the prize.”
“D*mn it!”
Though he felt extremely displeased inside, seeing Little Blue’s tearful expression made Yugi grit his teeth and accept it anyway.
“Just you wait for Elsie’s challenge letter.”
“A mere first-year freshman, so arrogant and ignorant.” Ota Yukiko sneered at Yugi.
“Once you fall into my hands, we’ll settle all our scores then.”
………………………………..
When the door to the room opened, Elsie was wrapped in a blanket, curled up at the foot of the bed, quietly sobbing.
As the afterglow of the setting sun streamed in through the doorway, her tear-streaked little face instantly lit up with hope.
Toward Yugi…
or more precisely, toward the food in his hands, she lunged straight over.
“Feels just like fishing.”
With her teeth firmly clamped onto it, Elsie was actually hoisted up into midair along with it, her cheeks puffed out as she kept gnawing away.
He then set Elsie down beside the table and placed everything he was holding onto it.
“Yo, I’m back from making money.”
The moment the word “money” was mentioned, Elsie suddenly screamed, hurriedly dropped into a dogeza on the floor, and knelt down.
“I’m terribly sorry, Mr.
Yugi!
I- I lost control just now because it’s been so long since I last ate meat, and actually ate all the food you bought by myself!”
“No, I bought it for you to eat in the first place.
Besides, you didn’t eat everything, look, there’s still a whole tableful here.” Yugi helplessly pointed at the large bags in front of him.
“Is that piece of meat the only thing in your eyes?”
“Hehe.” Elsie stood up with an awkward smile.
Looks like he hit the mark.
“Just how long has it been since you last ate meat…” Yugi sighed.
“Go ahead and eat to your heart’s content.
From now on, we won’t have to worry about money anymore.”
Worst case scenario, he’ll just go harvest a batch of newbies at the underground dueling arena, there’ll always be young fools who take the bait.
Hearing this, Elsie, who had been wolfing down the roasted meat, suddenly froze.
“Mr.
Yugi, y- you…
how much did you make?”
“Oh, for now it’s one million.” As Yugi spoke, he pulled the stack of banknotes out of his clothes.
Elsie: “………”
One second.
Two seconds…
She suddenly lunged forward and hugged Yugi’s leg, snot and tears streaming down as she shouted a title so shocking it made one’s vision go dark.
“Godfather!”
“From this day onward, your child will follow you, Godfather, through fire and water, I shall not refuse!”
“Why did you, a Little Blue, suddenly switch to a Ancient Warriors deck…
No, wait, the real Little Blue is still waiting for me to save her.” Yugi’s own muttering reminded him of the important matter.
“Right, Elsie, I need to tell you something…
hey, wait, let go of me first!”
“Don’t like “Godfather”?
Then…
Daddy!”
“Elsie!”
The door to the room was flung open with a bang once more, and Jounouchi Mai rushed in in a hurry.
“I heard that you…”
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Elsie hugging Yugi’s leg and shouting “Daddy” on the spot.
She couldn’t help but show an expression that said “kids these days sure know how to play”, then slowly closed the door again.
“Wait!”