Chapter 25: A Cruel Game
Nighttime.
A streak of light cut through the dark, cloudy sky.
Boom, Crack!
With the rumble of thunder and flashes of lightning.
Waves crashed against the reefs. The atmosphere inside a warehouse not far away was extremely oppressive.
Keith Howard's hands were tied to a wooden stake, his cold eyes scanning the five black-clad figures nearby.
They were the remaining five stronghold lords of Domino City.
Marik, hidden within Keith's body, memorized their voices, heights, and names meticulously.
Just wait. His real body wasn't far from Domino City now.
In about an hour, Marik, wielding his Millennium Item, would reach the city's coast.
Heh.
They dared to tie him up here and humiliate him?
After coming ashore, his first order of business would be to kill these five stronghold leaders.
In truth, Marik had considered whether to abandon Keith, this puppet, and recall his consciousness entirely back to his main body.
At least that would spare him a lot of physical suffering, but Marik chose not to.
This was a trap set by these stronghold leaders aimed at Yu Miao; he had just gotten caught up in it.
Compared to being implicated, Keith (Marik) was more interested in whether Yu Miao would come or not.
—Don't disappoint me, Yu Miao.
At that moment.
A pale-skinned man in black asked coldly:
"Sukuna, do you think that Yu Miao will dare to come?"
The stronghold lord named Sukuna showed a malicious smile and replied:
"Muzan, that's a good question."
"If he doesn't come, it proves he's afraid. After tonight, he won't dare keep shouting about taking us down one by one."
And if Yu Miao really comes?
Then they would finish him off right here.
Sukuna looked towards Dio, who was sitting sideways by the window, and asked bluntly:
"Well, how does it look?"
Dio, holding a telescope, had an expression of "incredulity" written on his face. He said, "He's here."
What!?
The expressions of the present stronghold lords froze.
They had so many people allied together, and this Yu Miao actually dared to come?
Extremely skilled and bold?
Is he doing it on purpose, or...?
"Could it be that he has some backup plan?" Muzan's expression showed he was unsettled. Being cautious and timid by nature, he couldn't help but think this way.
"Hmph, he's not alone." Dio said angrily, gritting his teeth: "That lone wolf, Panther Lady, is actually willing to help him!!"
Didn't this muscular woman advocate a "lone wolf" philosophy, refusing to group up with the weak?
Since when did she learn to team up?
There are five of them here!
Each duelist is exceptionally skilled and possesses unique abilities!
Vroom~
Vroom vroom~
The sound of a motorcycle engine grew from distant to near.
Until—
With a "Bang"!
The main gate was smashed open.
A heavily modified black motorcycle came into view for everyone.
Squeal...
The tires left two skid marks on the ground.
Yu Miao removed his hands from Panther Lady's waist and got off the motorcycle.
Gotta say, the feel was really great.
It's just that this place was too far from the arcade hall. Yousei originally planned to find a shared bike to ride over.
But some idiot had slashed the tires of the bikes.
No other option.
Yu Miao could only go to Panther Lady to borrow transportation.
After Panther Lady found out, she said she wanted to duel too and personally gave him a ride over.
"I'll take two." Panther Lady had an estimate of her own strength.
Dealing with two stronghold leaders was her current limit.
And she couldn't pick the three strongest ones among them.
As a duelist, when the card addiction hits, wanting to duel is a normal thing.
Yu Miao originally wanted to say he didn't need help; his main goal tonight was to test his new deck.
The more enemies, the better.
But Panther Lady's excited expression made it clear she wasn't going to stay idle.
"Then the three of you can come at me together." Yu Miao looked at the three remaining stronghold lords.
He activated his Duel Disk, radiating a burning fighting spirit.
From the moment Yu Miao appeared, Keith (Marik)'s gaze hadn't left him for a second.
"Stop putting on airs. There are three of us, you're dead tonight." After Dio spoke, the three simultaneously activated their Duel Disks.
Duel Mode: 1 vs 3 Wheel Battle.
Dio, Muzan, and Sukuna each started with 4000 Life Points.
When one of the three is defeated, the next one substitutes in. The cards remaining on the field, in the Graveyard, and in the Banished zone (pocket) of the previous duelist are inherited by the substitute duelist.
[Side Quest: Wheel Battle]
Details: You are one step away from the upper echelon. As a newcomer to the dueling world, you are about to experience your first unusual duel.
Objective: Victory
Reward: ?
Penalty: None
Time Limit: None
Bonus (Temporary): None
Yu Miao glanced at the side quest, then devoted himself entirely to this duel.
DUEL!! *4
Yousei: 4000 LP
Dio/Muzan/Sukuna: 4000 LP *3
The first to face Yu Miao is Dio!
However.
At this moment, Yu Miao felt the surrounding atmosphere was wrong. He visibly saw a "black mist" slowly seeping out in front of him!
This unusual black mist constantly stimulated Yu Miao's instincts as a duelist.
Yu Miao's status bar included the "Darkness" attribute.
He was absolutely certain that someone in this duel had activated a Shadow Game.
It wasn't Marik!
Who was it?
"Silent Magician," Yu Miao commanded.
The top-tier female magician appeared, wrapping her arms around Yu Miao's neck.
Yu Miao had no time to experience the soft sensation behind him. Instead, he used the energy of the powerful duel spirit to scan the three opponents before him.
Seeing through the distorted illusion, Yu Miao saw that the duelist named "Sukuna" was emanating a viscous, evil power.
It's him!
This person activated the Shadow Game.
In Yu-Gi-Oh!, activating a Shadow Game isn't just a matter of saying it.
Either one relies on unusual spiritual power, or on strange and rare artifacts...
Behind Sukuna, Yu Miao vaguely saw a shadowy figure.
The other party was likely using the power of this shadowy figure to activate the Shadow Game.
Keith (Marik) looked at the duelist Sukuna, his expression very surprised.
There was such talent among the Ghouls?
Taking advantage of no one paying attention, a "golden eye" pattern appeared on Keith (Marik)'s forehead.
"Just what went wrong?" He felt something was off about this duel.
The Shadow Game was successfully activated.
This life-or-death duel didn't surprise Dio and Muzan; they seemed to have known beforehand that Sukuna could initiate this terrifying battle ritual.
"Heh, Sukuna is using the power of that mysterious card he picked up from the sea again."
"Just as well. Let's finish off Yu Miao directly and be done with it."
"My turn, draw!!"
Dio drew a card from his deck.
"Bwahaha, it seems your luck is terrible, Yu Miao." After saying this, Dio raised a Spell Card high and activated it!
Star Blast!!
"By paying 1000 Life Points, I can select 1 monster in my hand and reduce its Level by 2."
An equivalent exchange, very fair.
[Dio: 4000LP → 3000LP]
(End of Chapter)
(TL Note: i think i should change the names of these characters but I want to stay as pure to the original work as possible so if you want me to change the names please tell me and recommend some new names for them instead)
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