Chapter 89: Did I Just Accidentally Sideline Marik?
"Hey, after dueling for so long, what do you want for lunch?"
"How about trying Flower Knight?"
"I heard their fried chicken is made with traditional Chinese medicine and is great for treating constipation."
"Just look at my buddy—he had constipation for ages, tried all sorts of medicine, but nothing worked."
"After trying Flower Knight once, boom! He was cleared right up. He hasn't left the toilet for three days straight!"
"Wow, we've got to try it then."
These duelists immediately pushed open the doors of Flower Knight and went inside.
Coincidentally, Yu Miao was also there enjoying his lunch.
Across from him sat a woman.
That's right—the "Fortune Teller" from a powerful Egyptian family, Ishizu.
Yu Miao had secretly looked up Ishizu online earlier. He initially thought she was just a local Egyptian elite, but he had underestimated her influence.
Not only was Ishizu a member of the Tomb Guardians, but she was also the head of the local Archaeological Bureau—an important figure in the local government.
Even the museum in Domino City was managed by Ishizu.
Most of the artifacts inside were provided by this very woman.
Yu Miao ate his fried chicken and asked, "Why are you following me?"
Ishizu hadn't touched the fried chicken, feeling it was unclean. Hearing his question, she responded, "I'm not following you. I just happened to be walking the same way, happened to enter this Flower Knight, and happened to sit across from you."
Legally speaking, was there any rule that she couldn't walk this street, couldn't enter Flower Knight, or couldn't sit at this table?
What kind of stalker talk was this?
Yu Miao suddenly grinned and handed her his half-eaten fried chicken wrap. "I don't believe you. Unless... you take a bite."
This...
Ishizu was stunned. She never expected Yu Miao to ask such a tricky question.
Have a heart!
"Eat it. Let me see what you're made of," Yu Miao said, his tone as mocking as "Send me 50 to prove yourself."
If you dare not eat it, why even come to Flower Knight?
If you don't dare eat it, you're just a stalker.
Ishizu took a deep breath, looking at the half-eaten wrap, and slowly opened her mouth to take a bite.
From Yu Miao's perspective, he could see Ishizu's teeth were very healthy.
The next second, Yu Miao pulled the wrap back and took a bite himself. "As if I'd let you take a bite."
Ishizu, you wish.
Sitting in her chair, Ishizu clenched her fists. She realized Yu Miao's personality was terrible—he completely disregarded others.
Just as he took a few more bites, a system prompt popped up!
*[Prompt: Advanced Task 4, Completed.]*
*[Prompt: Congratulations, you have sidelined Marik. You are now the de facto leader of the Rare hunters.]*
*[Rewards have been issued. Please check them yourself.]*
*[Growth "Advanced Task" Completed!!]*
The wrap fell from Yu Miao's hand. He was genuinely wearing a "confused man" expression.
What in the world?
Ever since arriving in Domino City, Yu Miao had painstakingly worked his way up to become the second-in-command. Now, he was suddenly told...
Young undercover agent, you are now the boss!
What had happened?
The goal of the 4th stage task was for Yu Miao to become the leader of the Ghouls.
The most direct way was to kill Marik.
Without a leader, Yu Miao would naturally ascend to the position.
There was another method, though—sidelining Marik.
As long as the Rare hunters didn't recognize Marik as their leader, and the rank-and-file chose Yu Miao as leader, he could still complete the 4th stage task indirectly.
Could this be related to Seeker?
But that didn't seem right either. Yu Miao realized something was off—one Seeker couldn't accomplish this alone.
Something must have happened within the Rare hunter organization...
Only then could Seeker seize the opportunity to do something, and with such great effect.
The better the effect, the bigger the crisis the Rare hunter must have faced.
Just as he thought this, the doors of Flower Knight burst open, and a group of people in black hooded coats rushed in.
"It's Yu Miao, the Light of the Rare hunter!"
"Yu Miao-sama, save us!"
"Screw you, call him Leader Yu Miao. Don't you know your place?"
These Rare hunters had been causing trouble all over Domino City. The other duelists in Flower Knight quickly fled upon seeing them.
In moments, only Yu Miao, Ishizu, and these kneeling, weeping Rare hunters remained in Flower Knight.
Ishizu looked dazed. Today felt surreal.
First, she sensed the aura of a God Card from Yu Miao, and her Millennium Necklace prophesied that her "Exchange of the Spirit" strategy would lose to him.
Now, something even more surreal was happening.
The Rare hunter organization was an international counterfeit card group founded by Marik himself, yet these Rare Hunters were calling Yu Miao their leader.
What on earth was going on?
"Don't talk nonsense. Why are you calling me leader?" Yu Miao probed.
The double agent Seeker rushed forward, hugging Yu Miao's leg. He blinked and shouted:
"Leader Yu Miao, it's terrifying out there! Someone is hunting down us poor, defenseless souls."
"Leader Marik doesn't care about the Rare hunters at all."
"Only you, the great Light of the Rare hunters, only you can save us."
Seeker's few sentences easily helped Yu Miao piece things together.
So, his easy ascent was thanks to external factors and Dark Marik.
If Marik were still in his light persona, this wouldn't have happened.
But the dark persona, who only thought about tormenting Yami Yugi?
Hmph.
*[Special Mission: A Leader's Responsibility]*
Details: As the organization's leader, when the organization faces external danger, you must shoulder the responsibility. Please find the two duelists who cruelly stole the souls of the Rare hunters...
Goal: Repay them in kind.
Reward: ?
Penalty: Lose all trust from Rare hunters and your "new leader" status. Rewards from completing the Advanced Task will be forcibly revoked.
Time: 1 hour
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Looking at these trembling Rare hunters, Yu Miao spoke with righteous solemnity:
"I never expected Leader Marik to be so weak."
"He has changed!"
"Such a person is unfit to lead the Rare hunters and undeserving of your trust."
"From now on, I am your leader."
"The old heavens are dead, the New Heaven shall rise!!"
It's the Yellow Heaven!
Yu Miao used Yellow Heaven!
Under Yu Miao's persuasion, the Rare hunters chanted in unison: "The old heavens are dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!!"
Ishizu: ???
What was she witnessing...
Yu Miao prepared to undertake the mission and bring the good guys—no, the evil duelists—who bullied the Rare hunters to justice.
"Leader Yu Miao, the enemies are strong. Please use our rare cards."
"That's right, our decks are weak, but they might help you."
"Please use us without mercy!"
Aside from the last sentence sounding odd, Yu Miao found these Rare hunters quite considerate.
With the Rare hunterrs fearing for their lives, Yu Miao was the only duelist they could rely on now.
"No need," Yu Miao refused.
What good cards could these Rare hunters possibly have?
Then, Yu Miao saw the card on top of one Rare hunter's deck.
Holy cow!
"Painful Choice."
Most of the overpowered and forbidden cards from the DM era came from this time.
One of them was a forbidden card among overpowered cards.
That would be "Painful Choice"!
*[Painful Choice: Select 5 cards from your Deck and show them to your opponent. Your opponent selects 1 card from among them. Add that card to your hand and discard the rest to the Graveyard.]*
What kind of broken card was this?
Precisely search for 5 cards you want, take one for free, and accurately dump the other 4 into the Graveyard.
"Painful Choice" was affectionately nicknamed by duelists:
Which way would you like to die?
The larger the card pool, the more powerful Painful Choice became.
The "painful" part referred to the opponent's pain.
Yu Miao never expected to find the forbidden card he had been searching for here.
Ahem. Yu Miao pretended not to care and casually took "Painful Choice."
This card was destined for him; it now bore his name.
Leaving Flower Knight,
Yu Miao not only obtained Painful Choice and some generic cards, but he also carried a bag of Locator cards!!
"Leader Yu Miao, you're going to duel those two villains for us."
"To not waste your time, please accept these materials."
Yu Miao unexpectedly obtained Locator cards x1 bag!
Yu Miao realized he was suddenly free.
So this was the joy Marik experienced in the original story.
Sitting in his room, doing nothing, while his underlings voluntarily handed over collected puzzle pieces.
"Why are you still following me?" Yu Miao asked the "stalker" Ishizu behind him.
"I'm just watching. I won't get in the way," Ishizu said, which was basically no different from "I won't go in, I'll just rub against it."
Yu Miao was in a good mood now and couldn't be bothered playing word games with her.
Follow if you want.
Opening the system.
Yu Miao checked the rewards for the final stage of the Advanced Task.
[The Winged Dragon of Ra's Gift x1 set]
[Gems x15000]
[Card Dust x1000]
[Rainbow Pack x5]
[Special Card Box x1]
As expected of the final stage rewards—comprehensive and generous.
First, "The Winged Dragon of Ra's Gift" included support cards for the Winged Dragon of Ra. The only downside was no egg!
No egg laid by the chicken god!
Don't forget, the Sun God's egg could tribute 3 of the opponent's monsters at once!
Gems were self-explanatory—hard currency.
Card Dust—the hardest of hard currencies. Unfortunately, there still wasn't enough dust; Yu Miao couldn't even craft a single "Fenrir" card.
Rainbow Packs mostly contained SR~UR rarity cards, but they weren't particularly meaningful.
Unless Yu Miao's talent (Duelist's Soul) triggered during pack openings, he wouldn't draw cards beyond the current era.
As for the Special Card Box?
*[Special Card Box: Upon use, your number of decks increases from 1 to 2, allowing you to freely switch between different main deck builds for duels.]*
Very easy to understand—it added an extra deck slot.
Before or during a duel, Yu Miao could freely switch once.
For example: ①Deck is Buster Blader series, ②Deck is Ancient Gear series.
Use ①Deck against Dragon decks, switch to ②Deck against heavy trap decks.
He could even switch from a Buster Blader deck to an Ancient Gear deck mid-duel...
But the "Special Card Box" item had another function.
*(End of Chapter)*
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