"Dark Law has another effect: when your opponent adds a card from their deck to their hand outside of the Draw Phase, I can randomly banish one card from their hand! This effect can only be activated once per turn."
Mo Mu Yufu: "…"
He looked again at the two cards in his hand, then silently shuffled them. Just like Yu Ye did before, he held one card in each hand for his opponent to pick.
"You chose my right-hand last time, 'Senpai,' so this time, I'll go with the opposite—your left hand."
Thinking back to what happened earlier, Yu Ye smiled and picked up the card in Mo Mu Yufu's left hand.
Mo Mu Yufu: "…"
Still silent, he placed the chosen card into the Duel Disk's banished zone slot.
Yu Ye waited for him to make his next move, but after finishing the banish, Mo Mu Yufu made a bold decision—
He placed his right hand over the Duel Disk's Life Point display.
Yu Ye: ?!
Placing one's hand over the Life Point counter... there was only one meaning to that gesture—it signified the Duelist had surrendered voluntarily!
"Why?"
As the monster projections gradually faded due to Mo Mu Yufu's forfeit, Yu Ye asked in confusion.
As long as a Duelist still had cards in their deck, as long as they still had Life Points, the Duel could continue!
Even the Goddess of Victory might still reach out her hand to you—
That's something Yu Ye had heard from a few uncles and aunts.
"Why? Because I've already lost any chance of winning."
Mo Mu Yufu chuckled sheepishly and shook his head. If Yu Ye hadn't just ruined his only win condition, he would never have chosen to surrender like this.
Under the curious gazes of both Yu Ye and Judai, Mo Mu Yufu showed them the card that had been banished—along with the other card still in his hand.
There were two Normal Spells: "White Bone Zone" and "Survival of the Weakest."
"...Oh~ I see!"
After seeing which card had been banished and which one remained, and recalling Mo Mu Yufu's setup at that time, the two instantly understood why he had surrendered.
[White Bone Zone – Normal Spell]
Effect: Select three Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them.
[Survival of the Weakest – Normal Spell]
Effect: Can only be activated when you have five face-up Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters on your field. Both players discard their entire hand. All cards on the field except Level 2 or Lower Normal Monsters are destroyed.
There were already two Youyou-chans on the field.
If Mo Mu Yufu had used White Bone Zone to revive three Level 2 Normal Monsters from his Graveyard (specifically, the three Mystical Shine Balls), that would've fulfilled the condition to activate Survival of the Weakest.
Which would have wiped out Yu Ye's entire hand and field!
After clearing the board, the three Shine Balls (500 ATK each) could deal a total of 1500 damage, while the two Youyou-chans (300 ATK each) could do 600 more.
That would reduce Yu Ye's Life Points from 2900 to 800—matching Mo Mu Yufu's LP.
Even if he didn't attack, he would still have five defensive monsters on the field.
Unless Yu Ye summoned a monster with Piercing Damage, used Spell/Trap effects to grant it, banished the monsters, dealt direct damage, or had card effects that ignored battle—he'd need at least five attacks to break through.
But… this whole winnable combo was ruined by that monster Mo Mu Yufu had never seen before—Masked HERO Dark Law—whose effect banished White Bone Zone, the key card of the combo.
With only Survival of the Weakest left in hand, and just two Youyou-chans with 100 DEF each on the field, Mo Mu Yufu had no other choice but to surrender.
Considering how Yu Ye had previously transformed Shadow Mist into Dark Law during the Battle Phase, Mo Mu Yufu was convinced that Yu Ye could attack three times in a single turn.
And for someone with only 800 LP left, that was a risk he couldn't afford.
"A monster I've never seen before, with an effect I've never encountered… 'Senpai' really didn't lose unfairly."
With his key card for victory destroyed and no way to retrieve it, even if it were Judai himself dueling, surrendering would be the only option.
Well, unless he wanted to just pass the turn and wait for his opponent to reduce his LP to zero.
"Elemental HERO and Masked HERO, huh… what fine monsters they are."
"Huh?"
Even though the other party was looking in his direction, Yu Ye could feel he wasn't talking to him—but to someone else behind him.
But behind him, there was only Judai, who was nodding off, swaying as if asleep, and a few others like Asuka. None of them had Masked HERO monsters.
'Weird… Clear Kuriboh, do you know who Senpai is talking to?'
Yu Ye glanced at the Clear Kuriboh by his side and asked through their mental connection.
'Kurii~ kuri kuri.'
([Translation: "I don't know either. Aside from me, there's no one beside you that normal people can't see."])
Yu Ye: ??? …Now that's strange.
What Yu Ye didn't notice was that while Clear Kuriboh was replying to him, its gaze shifted just like he had earlier—staring behind Yu Ye.
As if… there was something there, something unseen by normal people… something only it could see.
"Alright, after a duel, you should always get a good night's sleep."
"Huh? Aren't you going to duel Judai?"
Seeing Mo Mu Yufu yawn, Yu Ye brought up the original reason he had shown up.
"Nah, dueling you already drained almost all my energy. Looks like I overestimated myself a bit."
Mo Mu Yufu smiled at Yu Ye, waved his hand lazily—and just flopped straight onto the ground.
"That's it. Good night, underclassman!"
The word underclassman slipped naturally from his mouth, and Mo Mu Yufu quickly fell into a deep sleep.
ZZ (3[▓▓]
"What a handful that 'upperclassman' is…" Yu Ye sighed.
Around Mo Mu Yufu's sleeping figure, three Youyou-chans, three Mystical Shine Balls, and other Level 2 Angel-type Normal Monsters gathered quietly, like Duel Spirits watching over him as he rested.
This so-called "upperclassman" was truly… a special existence.
—— Scene Break ——
The Day of the Academy Exchange Duel.
"Eh?! Our opponent is you, Manjome?!"
Staring at Manjome, who stood surrounded by students from the Northern Branch, clad in a sharp black trench coat, Judai's jaw dropped in shock.
Didn't Yu Ye say this guy had dropped out?
So why was he now not only a student of the Northern Branch but also their representative for the exchange match?
"Save your nonsense! Let's head straight into my battle for revenge!"
Manjome didn't want to waste time chatting with Yu Ye and Judai—especially not with Judai, whose innocent remarks were enough to drive him insane.
He wanted to get straight to the point: a duel that, on the surface, was part of the exchange match, but in truth was his personal revenge battle!
With my brand new deck, none of you are my match! You two will be the first stepping stones on my glorious return to the main academy! Hahahahahaha!!