“Activate <Treasure Panda>’s effect!
Special Summon <Mystical Shine Ball from the Deck—then, <Man-Thro’ Tro’>, throw it!
Double hit!”
Kaiba Hanatsuki, LP 3200 -> 2400.
“Repeat the process, triple hit!”
Kaiba Hanatsuki, LP 2400 -> 1600.
“Repeat it again, quadruple hit!”
Kaiba Hanatsuki, LP 1600 -> 800.
All the spectators, including the proctor, were utterly stunned.
They never imagined the game could be played like this.
Just as Kaiba Hanatsuki crossed her arms in front of her chest, preparing to withstand <Man-Thro’ Tro’>’s final effect blast, Yugi suddenly stopped his offensive.
After all, no matter how acrobatic he was, he wouldn’t stuff his Deck with that many low-Level Normal Monsters on top of running an Exodia build.
If he bricked, he’d die horribly.
The three <Mystical Shine Balls> had only been included to synergize with <The Agent of Creation – Venus> for thinning the Deck and cycling cards.
Any more than that…
he truly didn’t dare to add.
Kaiba Hanatsuki also realized it at this moment and said in sudden understanding, “There are no more Normal Monsters in your Deck that meet <Treasure Panda>’s Special Summon condition, right?”
“That’s right.” Yugi admitted frankly.
“Hahahahaha!” Kaiba Hanatsuki burst into triumphant laughter.
“So even with all your careful planning, you still slipped up in the end!
<Man-Thro’ Tro’> can only Tribute Normal Monsters, so you can’t throw <Treasure Panda> over as well.
If your <Magical Hats> hadn’t summoned an extra monster earlier, you wouldn’t be in this awkward situation now.
Next, it’s this young lady’s turn to counterattack———–”
“I already told you, didn’t I?
The winner would be decided this very turn.” Yugi made a Caesar-like declaration.
“I will…
achieve victory!”
He pressed down on Elsie’s hand and revealed the last card in his hand.
“Activate Quick-Play Spell Card, <Enemy Controller>!”
“What?!”
At this moment, Kaiba Hanatsuki was plunged into despair.
<Enemy Controller> was one of those cards.
“You actually dare to use my own card against me?!”
“Not only am I using your card, I’m also using your dragon!” Yugi pointed forward.
“I Tribute my <Treasure Panda> to take control of your <Blue-Eyes White Dragon>!”
Kaiba Hanatsuki’s small face instantly went pale.
That’s right, her <Blue-Eyes White Dragon> was also, without a doubt, a Normal Monster!
As the panda turned into white light and vanished, the controller on the Duel Disk began to beep automatically.
<Blue-Eyes White Dragon> let out an unwilling roar, but in the end, it still struggled and landed on Elsie’s side of the field.
“Ugh———!”
At that moment, the blood drained from the girl’s face, her body went limp, and she fell backward, nearly collapsing entirely into Yugi’s arms.
“Hmm, seems like in the future, we’ll have to consider mental fortitude even when stealing monsters.
After all, how could a weak NTR blondie ever beat the target?”
Yugi muttered inwardly, then looked down at Elsie.
“Are you okay?”
“I- I’m fine.” Elsie was already feeling dizzy, but in front of Yugi, she refused to appear weak.
She straightened herself as best she could.
“I can still fight!”
It didn’t matter if others laughed at her, but she absolutely couldn’t let Yugi lose because of her incompetence!
“Then let’s deliver the final blow.” Yugi steadied Elsie in his arms.
“The promised lethal five-hit combo…
not a single hit can be missing.”
“Activate <Man-Thro’ Tro’>’s effect!
Tribute <Blue-Eyes White Dragon> on the field to deal 800 points of damage!”
By this point, Kaiba Hanatsuki knew she had lost.
She gritted her teeth.
“How dare you use those trash-tier monsters to desecrate my <Blue-Eyes White Dragon>…
this debt will be remembered.”
As she spat out her threat, <Blue-Eyes White Dragon>’s massive body had already been hurled toward her by the brilliant Yugi.
“Fifth hit!”
“Ahhhhhhh———-!”
Kaiba Hanatsuki, LP 800 -> 0.
Despite having powerful monsters on her field and Set cards in the back row, Kaiba Hanatsuki had been irrationally wiped out by a single underhanded combo.
Her frustration felt like being crushed in a card game when a full house of Kings is defeated by a simple straight.
The freshmen who had mocked Elsie were all stunned.
What had they just witnessed?
The widely acknowledged weakling of the Mutou family had actually defeated the second young lady of the Kaiba family!
Although the duel spirit had played a role, perhaps, maybe, just a little, it was undeniable that in this world, a Duelist’s ability to summon such a powerful duel spirit was part of their own skill.
If they ever learned how Elsie had summoned her duel spirit, they would probably faint in anger.
“Guh…
I lost.”
Kaiba Hanatsuki, truly a well-bred young lady, admitted defeat calmly, despite being furious at losing her <Blue-Eyes White Dragon> to such a minor opponent.
Her gaze shifted from Elsie to Yugi.
Beyond anger and humiliation, there was now a flicker of curiosity and interest.
“I can’t say he’s <Exodia the Forbidden One> just yet, but his understanding of dueling is exceptional.
Rare to see such a unique duel spirit, and combined with that rainbow brilliance earlier…
if I could get him to submit to me…
As for that little girl, a replacement duel spirit would suffice.”
In this world, competition between Duelists was extremely fierce.
To use an analogy, it resembled the chaotic eras of cultivation worlds, with heroes and warriors contending for supremacy.
Duelists never considered claiming another’s spirit to be an issue.
Official rules placed little restriction on it, and most spirits were happy to serve, or at least cooperate with stronger Duelists.
Compared to a master who remains loyal for 3,000 years, the duel spirits here were more like Lu Bu; they would sometimes proactively challenge other Duelists’ duel spirits.
In short, every duel spirit had their own mind, and the methods they used were wildly unpredictable.
Kaiba Hanatsuki, who was willing to compensate afterward, could be considered a genuinely good person in this context.
Simply put, might makes right.
That’s why Kaiba Ayatsuki had warned gentle Elsie from the start that she might not be suited to be a Duelist, because the girl clearly lacked the heart to seize what belonged to others.
But it didn’t matter.
This little girl might be innocent, but the duel spirit she summoned yesterday…
was a grotesque brute, full of sores and pus.
It hadn’t been killed in the card shop purely due to legal protection.
Yugi himself didn’t even realize that in this world, he might not be playing the role of a weak NTR blondie…
People weren’t trying to dominate him, they desired his body and his dueling skills, with the body part far outweighing the skill.
In a sense, he was the real heroine…