“Uh…”
Although Elsie had a gentle personality and wasn’t prone to anger, she still felt that something was off.
Other Duelists’ Spirits usually only provided support from outside the field, attacking, intimidating, marking cards, and so on, so why was her duel spirit so actively participating in the duel?
…But that was fine.
She didn’t have much confidence in dueling herself, and maybe Mr.
Yugi was secretly quite skilled?
“You know what to do, right?” Yugi blinked.
“Yes, I understand.” Elsie took a deep breath.
“I activate the Spell Card, <Pot of Greed>, and draw two cards!”
Here, the difference between the world Yugi had crossed into and the real-life card-playing environment became even clearer.
<Pot of Greed>, a god-tier card that trades one for two unconditionally, was strictly forbidden in his world.
If it were unleashed, every deck would be forced into mindless optimization.
Here, Elsie didn’t even include it in her deck.
Of course, it might simply be because this little girl was inexperienced.
After all, even with the mental energy to coordinate a deck perfectly, managing resource cards was a core part of Yu-Gi-Oh!
She didn’t include it; that didn’t mean everyone else would, too.
If everyone in this world thought the same way, Yugi could only think: lucky you.
Today, the King of the Underworld would single-handedly crush this entire world!
“Uh…”
Looking at the two newly drawn cards, Elsie looked completely bewildered, unsure what to do.
“First, set the three Trap Cards, then activate the card you’re familiar with.
I’ll tell you when to use the set cards.”
“O- Okay.” With her deck altered so much and her opponent far stronger than herself, Elsie’s eyes started spinning, and she instinctively followed Mr.
Yugi’s instructions.
“I activate the Spell Card, <Draw of Fate>!”
This card wasn’t something Yugi had added to Elsie’s deck; it was something the girl herself carried to help manage her deck due to her limited mental energy.
Its biggest drawback was that after using it, she couldn’t set any more Spells or Traps, and its effect could only be activated once.
Still, in the Axe King battle environment, it was excellent for drawing high-level monsters.
“This card can only be activated if my Life Points are lower than yours, and the monster with the highest ATK is on your field.
I choose three cards with different names from my deck, reveal them, then shuffle them back on top of the deck, and finally draw one card.”
“Hmph.” Kaiba Hanatsuki let out a disdainful snort.
“Still just a weakling.”
In her eyes, this clearly showed insufficient synergy with the deck.
Unlike her older sister, who could pull off miraculous draws at will, Kaiba Hanatsuki didn’t play small tricks, she honed her connection with her cards steadily through every duel. Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
“Huh?!”
For some reason, Elsie let out a series of exclamations after unfolding her deck.
“Choose these three.” Yugi was not at all polite, pointing and instructing decisively.
“I- Is it really okay?” Elsie hesitated a little, not because she doubted Mr.
Yugi’s skill, but because she worried her limited mental energy might not handle a monster of this level.
“Trust me, it’s fine.” Yugi gave a thumbs-up, showing a bright, youthful grin.
“Okay.” Elsie nodded firmly.
She wasn’t the brightest, but she never overthought things, if someone she trusted told her to do something, she did it.
To put it bluntly: she was a little naïve.
“Seriously…
getting all worked up over your own deck?
You weakling actually want to challenge my sister…
eh eh eh eh?!”
Kaiba Hanatsuki, who had been looking extremely disdainful, now screamed even louder than Elsie.
This play, even if you stomp your feet, you’ll still be helpless.
“Y- You…
could it be…”
For the first time, Kaiba Hanatsuki showed a panicked expression, her gaze shifting from Elsie to Yugi.
“Could it be…
that?”
The spectators couldn’t help but show curious expressions, wanting to see what card had made the second Kaiba sister so flustered.
Yugi only gave a faint smile, saying nothing.
“Elsie, continue.”
“Yes!” Seeing the previously arrogant Kaiba Hanatsuki like this, Elsie straightened up.
“Draw!”
She held up the cards she had just drawn according to Mr.
Yugi’s instructions.
“I activate a Spell Card, <Enchanting Fitting Room>.
Pay 800 Life Points, reveal the top four cards of my deck, Special Summon all Normal Monsters of Level 3 or lower, and return the other cards to the deck.”
Elsie, LP 3800 -> 3000
“I see…
using <Draw of Fate> to rearrange the deck in order to trigger its Special Summon effect.”
At this point, the watching freshmen also recognized Elsie’s tactical intent, but they all wore faces of disdain.
“Normal Monsters Level 3 or lower?
Those are all just fodder.”
After being mocked in turn by Jounouchi Mai and Kaiba Hanatsuki over Elsie’s previous exploits, they had instinctively developed hostility toward the little blue-haired girl. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping . com.
Even if the best they could summon was Axe King, it didn’t stop them from ridiculing her.
However…
“Eeeeeeeh———–?!”
Upon seeing the monsters on the field, they all, like Kaiba Hanatsuki, let out a series of incredulous shouts.
<Sealed Left Leg>, DEF 300.
<Sealed Right Leg>, DEF 300.
“This…
could it be?!”
Everyone, including the chief examiner, looked over as if staring at an alien.
Could the miracle once recreated by the original Duel King of the Mutou family have been inherited by the weakest duelist in the Mutou family’s history?
The legendary Exodia?!
But the most absurd part was that the two legs and one hand on the field all belonged to Yugi himself.
Half of his body had vanished, leaving him floating in midair with a completely bewildered expression, seemingly unaware of what was happening.
“Is he Exodia duel spirit…
no, that’s impossible.”
Not only the others, but even Kaiba Hanatsuki, who was dueling Elsie, couldn’t help but shake her head in disbelief.
Come on, that’s Exodia!
Its duel spirit should exude the dignity and majesty of a king.
Even if it transformed into humanoid form, there’s no reason it should look so silly.
Moreover, controlling a duel spirit of that level would consume mental energy like a mountain and a sea, it’s impossible for a little girl like Elsie to handle.
If she were really that powerful, she wouldn’t have been mocked as the most shameful duelist in the Mutou family’s history.
Of course, compared to everyone else, Yugi himself was the most exasperated.
“Hey, hey, what’s going on?” he muttered, looking at his suddenly vanished limbs.
“Are you trying to tear me apart?”
Although the scene looked a little crazy, he felt no pain.
In fact, the summoned limbs could move freely according to his will.
“Whoa, this is fun, this is fun.”
A normal human would never have experienced this.
Yugi happily maneuvered his right hand all over the field, crawling around like a critter in an Elder Scrolls game.
Everyone else was dumbfounded.
Duel spirits may be eccentric, but most carried a sense of pride.
It could be said that when duelists choose duel spirits, the duel spirits also choose their duelists, just like the CEO’s line “Gods only recognize proud duelists as masters.”
And this duel spirit, which had been a bit silly from start to finish…
somehow, it fit perfectly with the hopeless Elsie.