Chapter 69: Monsta Cardo!
Gurgle~
Thud!
A slimy "egg" dropped from the Insect Queen's body.
Then the "egg" cracked, and a green Insect Token was born.
[Insect Token, 100 ATK, Insect-Type]
This was the Insect Queen's third ability: laying eggs, endless Tokens...
Weevil, besides the face-down DNA Surgery, also had the second "Bottomless Trap Hole" searched by Insect Imitation still unused.
So, this deadlock was unbreakable!!
Outside the field.
Joey and the others increasingly believed Yu Miao had already lost this one.
Yugi remained silent; he felt something was off.
Because this Yu Miao, who looked so much like him, seemed far too calm.
As if suppressing something...
For no particular reason, Yugi actually felt that Weevil's time was running out!!
"Hey, Yu Miao, just surrender," Weevil said smugly.
If he'd known this Yu Miao was so weak, he wouldn't have broken in to steal cards and gotten beaten up, nor would he have gone to the trouble of kidnapping Téa Gardner.
Wouldn't it have been simpler and more direct to just challenge Yousei to a duel instead of all those maneuvers?
"No way, Yu Miao would never surrender, he'd never lose to someone like you," Téa was more anxious than Yu Miao himself.
Weevil was very annoyed with Téa, and then he thought of a fun little trick.
"Hehehe, let me show you a little treasure," Weevil actually pulled out a cockroach from his pocket.
This wild cockroach had a shiny luster, was well-developed from metamorphosis, and its wings were flapping frantically.
Anzu looked on with disgust.
"Once I win this duel, I'll make you eat this cockroach, woman," Weevil said fiercely. Ever since Duelist Kingdom, he'd had enough of this woman.
Always chirping around Yugi.
And now there was an addition—chirping around Yu Miao.
Too annoying!!
Outside the field, the forced-offline Little Yugi naturally saw Weevil's perverse remark.
"How can that be?"
"Other me, hurry and save Téa!"
Little Yugi even wanted to force himself back online to go and settle things with Weevil.
Unfortunately, Yami Yugi's pupils dilated; he finally realized where that sense of unease came from.
It was a "Shadow Game"!!
"Aibo, calm down, look at the scene inside," Yami Yugi said incredulously, looking at Yu Miao in the image.
Then, they saw Yu Miao emitting a strange black mist at a visible rate...
Not just Yugi, Weevil and Téa present could also feel this terrifying aura.
"On the back of my neck... it's burning."
"Seems like something strange has been triggered."
Yu Miao looked at Weevil with an apologetic expression. He wasn't sure what special change had occurred in him.
He inadvertently deepened his connection with Exodia and also initially grasped an immature dark power.
He didn't know how to control this rudimentary Shadow Game, which had been triggered midway.
"Gwaa, what is this?!"
Weevil looked at the scene surrounded by black mist and immediately panicked inside.
So scared that he even dropped the cockroach in his hand.
"From now on, your going to feel true pain," Yu Miao said this with a calm expression that hid true cruelty.
Seeing Yu Miao like this, Téa felt estranged.
This was even worse than Weevil scaring her with a cockroach.
Dun... dun dun~
In this immature, mid-way-born Shadow Game, a sense of evil and depraved rhythm emanated from Yu Miao.
It was the "悲しいデュエル" (sad duel), the supreme king's execution music.
Yu Miao had already planned Weevil's demise; only achieving such a cruel death required an extremely high probability of consecutive godly draws.
At this moment, his own Duel Spirit wasn't enough; he had to activate a skill for assistance.
"Draw!" Yu Miao slid a card out of his thick deck.
Weevil felt something was terribly wrong; this duel was getting frightening. He put on a placating expression:
"Let's stop this duel, I don't want to play anymore."
"Yu Miao, let's pretend nothing happened."
Could this duel be stopped just because Weevil wanted to?
Yu Miao would never agree.
"Normal Summon, Photon Cerberus," Yu Miao mercilessly played this monster.
Even a dog emitting photon particles couldn't dispel the chill brought by the Shadow Game.
[Photon Cerberus, 1300 ATK, Beast-Type]
Clang-clang-clang~
Once Photon Cerberus entered the field, it released numerous iron chains, directly locking down the two cards Weevil hadn't yet activated.
Bottomless Trap Hole and DNA Surgery were instantly bound by the chains, unable to activate.
"What!?" Weevil was startled.
——Don't worry, I still have my invincible Insect Queen, no need to fear a mere 1300 ATK monster.
Just as Weevil was comforting himself, Yu Miao activated Monster Reborn from his hand.
Ding~
Light flashed from the graveyard; when using Graceful Charity, Yu Miao had sent this card there.
[Breaker the Magical Warrior, 1600 ATK, Spellcaster-Type]
Seeing this seemingly meaningless monster, Weevil didn't understand what Yu Miao intended to do.
"Battle!" Yu Miao entered the Battle Phase.
At the moment the two monsters were about to collide, a card was directly activated from Yu Miao's hand.
Apprentice Illusion Magician!!
"Discard this card to increase Breaker the Magical Warrior's ATK by 2000," Yu Miao explained mercilessly.
[Breaker the Magical Warrior: 1600 → 3600 ATK]
"Impossible, you've surpassed the Insect Queen!!" Weevil's face crumpled in despair.
Swish~
The empowered Breaker the Magical Warrior leaped up and slashed down at the Insect Queen.
The massive Insect Queen was cleaved in two.
[Weevil: 3000 LP → 2200 LP]
"Urgh ahhh..." Weevil felt like all his bones were being hammered.
It hurts so much!!!
This was the Shadow Game.
"It's not over. Photon Cerberus, devour that disgusting Token," Yu Miao ignored Weevil's pain and continued the onslaught.
Awoo~
The insect born from the Insect Queen was crushed by Photon Cerberus.
[Weevil: 2200 LP → 1000 LP]
"Yame ro ah!!" Weevil roared heart-wrenchingly.
Téa found it too cruel and began to feel pity.
After struggling and rolling on the ground several times, Weevil slowly returned to normal.
After the pain, Weevil stared at Yu Miao with bloodshot eyes; next turn, he would make Yu Miao taste this heart-piercing pain.
Yu Miao's monsters had already attacked; he hadn't lost yet.
"Hehehe," Yu Miao raised his head and let out a cold laugh. Under this BGM, he now seemed even crueler than usual: "You think the attacks are over?"
What!?
Weevil looked at Yu Miao's field monsters, sure the attacks were finished.
Until...
Yu Miao flipped over the card he had set from the beginning—a Quick-Play Spell Card.
"Berserker Soul!!"
It was the anime version of Berserker Soul, a card he had incidentally found when confiscating Pandora's deck.
"I discard all cards in my hand to target one monster I control with 1500 or less ATK," Yu Miao designated his own Photon Cerberus.
"From now on, I will conduct card draws."
"If it's a Monster Card, I discard it to the Graveyard, allowing Photon Cerberus to continue gaining attacks."
"The game truly begins now."
This was the real reason Yu Miao activated his skill.
Monsta Cardo!
First card: Gemini Elf.
Discard!
"Attack, Photon Cerberus," Yu Miao cruelly continued the assault.
Awoo~
Photon Cerberus's eyes turned red as it let out a wild roar, charging to bite the Insect Monster Token on Weevil's field.
Boom, the fragile Soldier Token was bitten apart.
[Weevil: 1000 LP → 200 LP]
"Ahhhhhhh, stop it!" Weevil felt the pain surge again.
Muda da. (Useless!)
"Monsta Cardo!" Yu Miao continued drawing.
Second card: Obnoxious Celtic Guardian.
Discard!
Attack!!
This attack brought Weevil's Life Points down to zero.
However, the effect of Berserker Soul didn't stop just because the duel ended.
Monsta Cardo!
Third card: Dark Magician.
Discard!
Attack.
"Gwaaahhh!" Weevil's vision blurred; he felt his body was no longer his own, yet the pain never ceased.
Monsta Cardo!
4th card: Bull Blader
Discard!
Attack!
Monsta Cardo.
4th card: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon.
Monsta Cardo!
5th card: Photon Thrasher.
Monsta Cardo!
6th card: Kuriboh.
Yu Miao let out a pleased laugh; he seemed to realize he had lost control too.
Perhaps it was because he had triggered his grasp of the Shadow Game.
But it felt too good; he simply couldn't stop.
Frantically drawing cards, making Photon Cerberus relentlessly torment Yugi.
The process was extremely cruel.
Those observing the duel outside fell silent.
"How can Yugi Muto be so cruel?"
"Dammit, Yugi Muto always seemed so gentle normally."
"..."
Hearing these words, the spectral Little Yugi anxiously shouted: "No, that's Yu Miao, not me!"
Unfortunately, there were too many people on-site, and the vast majority had already pinned the blame on Yugi Muto.
As for Yami Yugi, he just felt cold hands and feet.
He couldn't understand.
Why would a duelist so heartlessly discard their own monsters to the Graveyard just to torment the opponent?
And Yu Miao's current state reminded Yami Yugi of himself just after breaking the seal.
Similarly cold and ruthless, as long as it was a dangerous game, he would show no mercy if he could kill the opponent.
If he couldn't kill them, then he'd torment them to death.
Looking at the crazed Yu Miao, Yami Yugi truly felt like he was looking in a mirror; he saw his former self.
(End of Chapter)
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