Chapter 96: Yami Marik's Ruthless Plan
Domino City.
Panther Lady was crouched by the roadside, her head buried between her toned thighs, radiating an aura of complete withdrawal.
Yu Miao walked over to Panther Lady. His group of Ghouls hunters had extremely strong skills in finding people; he wondered if they had backgrounds as journalists.
They quickly located Panther Lady's position, and Yu Miao easily found this mascot following their lead.
Yu Miao patted Panther Lady's shoulder and asked, "You look so dejected. Did you lose?"
Panther Lady looked up, answering reluctantly:
"I lost. I wanted to advance to the next round and duel you."
"I didn't expect to lose right here."
Yu Miao had originally intended to give the Gladiator Beast deck to Panther Lady, but this wasn't a good opportunity.
Panther Lady was a duelist with strong self-respect. Giving her cards now would seem like charity.
Later, he would find a chance to go to Flemish with Panther Lady for a big meal and see whose stomach was stronger.
After finding an excuse to lose, he would give her the Gladiator Beast deck then.
For now.
Yu Miao also crouched down, comforting Panther Lady:
"If it's to duel me..."
"I'll give you a special privilege. When I become the Duel King in the future, you can challenge me anytime, anywhere."
"Isn't that even better than just entering Stage 2?"
With Panther Lady beside him, Yu Miao began to split his attention to summon cards in the shop.
He couldn't stop himself.
After switching from the unlucky Ishizu to Panther Lady, his luck seemed to have bottomed out and rebounded, immediately turning him into the luck king!
Both had tanned skin, so why was the difference so huge?
Yu Miao was truly very puzzled.
Panther Lady chuckled softly. The title "Duel King" seemed so distant for people like them.
But if it was Yu Miao, maybe it was truly possible.
"The woman with heterochromia who beat me was so strong."
"That person will probably advance to the next round. You need to be careful."
Yu Miao's expression suddenly turned odd. Hearing the word "heterochromia," the first person he thought of was that old immortal pervert, Dartz.
But Panther Lady said it was a woman...
It definitely wasn't Dartz. At the very least, one couldn't, one shouldn't cross-dress, right?
Whoever this heterochromia person was, Yu Miao didn't care because he had drawn more cards.
A 10-pull immediately contained a whopping 7 rare cards, including UR and SR!!
Panther Lady, you truly are something.
Yu Miao's expression and smile gradually became twisted.
High EQ: Poor emotional management.
Low EQ: You're a pervert!
Panther Lady noticed Yu Miao's perverted, "lecherous" smile!
Her expression was one of shock. Back when Panther Lady was managing a base, those gay duelists often looked at other men with this kind of smile.
Panther Lady followed Yu Miao's gaze across the street to a café.
There,
by the transparent glass window, a mother and daughter were sitting, enjoying a leisurely afternoon.
The mother wore a black tight-fitting t-shirt and jeans, paired with black-and-white plaid ankle boots. Her blonde hair was styled in a "dangerous lady" fashion—in short, she looked great overall!
Panther Lady was surprised. Didn't Yu Miao previously like the youthful, invincible high school girl type like Téa Gardner?
Now he liked mature older women?
Wait!
Panther Lady noticed something even more terrifying.
Across from the mother was an innocent, lively little girl with fair skin and blonde hair tied in a bun. It wasn't hard to see she would grow into a beauty.
Could it be?
No way.
Yu Miao, have you evolved into a full-blown pervert?
At that moment, the little girl of the blonde mother-daughter pair, Alexis, pointed outside and said in a childish voice:
"Mom, it's that big brother who imitates the magical girl. He's across the street looking at us."
"Should we go say hello?"
Alexis's mother looked over and was startled by Yu Miao's smile.
Yikes, a pervert!
Coincidentally, a movie was playing on Alexis's mother's phone.
Yu Miao's smile was exactly like a lewd and perverted smile!
"Alexis, you must never get close to boys like this in the future."
"They will definitely play with your feelings."
"Your goal is to become the Duel Queen. No romance allowed, okay?"
Alexis touched her bun but didn't speak. She didn't think it was perverted; instead, she found the big brother's smile very "sunny"!
Of course, Yu Miao's smile was twisted. He had almost maxed out every usable card in the new box without even realizing it.
This was the confidence Panther Lady gave him.
Finally, with a happy and sunny smile, Yu Miao squeezed out his last crystal.
Stop!
Yu Miao was very satisfied with the results.
If he had Panther Lady by his side as a mascot from the beginning, he might have even had many crystals left over.
Sigh...
In youth, one doesn't know Panther Lady's worth, mistakenly treasuring the Gravekeeper's rich lady instead.
This was a lesson learned in blood. From now on, Yu Miao decided—no card summoning without Panther Lady nearby!
Except for buying structure decks...
"Yu Miao, targeting minors is illegal."
"I know you're at an age of high libido. If it's really necessary, I can help you."
"Next time, remember not to lock your door. I'll come find you in the middle of the night..."
Panther Lady wore a pained, earnest expression, hoping Yu Miao would wake up and not commit a crime.
Yu Miao was dumbfounded. He understood every word Panther Lady said, but why couldn't he understand them when put together?
He was just summoning card packs. Why had it escalated to this philosophical level?
And what did she plan to do by coming to find him in the middle of the night?
Oh, Yu Miao understood. Panther Lady wanted to duel with him all night!
No problem.
But Panther Lady would be disappointed. The strength of Yu Miao's deck was no longer what it was in its naive beginnings.
He was afraid Panther Lady would cry.
After spending some time adjusting his deck, during which Yu Miao's phone kept ringing.
Panther Lady helped take out Yu Miao's phone. It was an email from a Ghouls hunter.
Opening it...
Panther Lady was also confused. When did Yu Miao become the Rare hunters leader?
How did she not know?
Yu Miao had previously told Panther Lady to temporarily cut ties with the Rare hunters organization, so she hadn't contacted other Rare hunters for a long time and didn't know about the recent coup and power shift.
Panther Lady thought Marik was still the Rare hunters leader...
She suddenly felt a sense of being left behind by the new era.
Panther Lady suppressed her inner questions because the content of this email was even more explosive.
It was a long-distance photo.
The content was a deserted dock where Seto Kaiba and Yugi Muto were staring at each other, while above them, two hostages were tied up.
This...
Yu Miao took the phone and glanced at it a few times. He recalled Dark Marik saying he wanted revenge on Yugi Muto and Seto Kaiba.
He didn't expect it to involve kidnapping Millennium Hostage No. 2 (Anzu) and Millennium Hostage No. 3 (Mokuba), then forcing Kaiba and Yugi into a duel.
Dark Marik's perverted methods of torture were even more outstanding than his light counterpart's.
"Good, let's go take a look." Tea was his friend; Yu Miao couldn't ignore this.
Yu Miao stood up directly and headed to the location indicated in the photo.
At that moment.
On the deserted dock, waves rolled, and the atmosphere was oppressive.
Yugi and Kaiba stood facing each other, both with very grim expressions.
Because on a structure resembling a "scale" standing tall in the sea, two people were tied up at the far ends.
One was Téa Gardner, the other was Mokuba Kaiba.
Beside the two Millennium hostages, two other people stood.
One was the Silent Doll (the treasure delivery boy), the other was Pandora, who had been missing for a long time. Both had the Millennium Eye symbol on their foreheads.
Clearly, they were pawns controlled by Yami Marik using the Millennium Rod.
Not only that, these two pawns controlled by Yami Marik held remote controls. Bombs were strapped to Tea and Mokuba.
Yami Marik only needed to give a remote command.
The Silent Doll and Pandora would press the buttons, blowing themselves up along with the Millennium hostages they were guarding.
"Hehehe, ahahahaha, you two duel here."
"Only the winner's hostage will be spared. The loser's hostage will be blown up immediately."
"If you try anything sneaky, or if you, Kaiba, secretly send people, I'll just detonate them!"
"Yay, look at the angry expressions on your faces. I'm so excited right now."
"Really, kimoji~~~"
Yami Marik's perverted voice echoed across the dock. He was very happy now.
Seto Kaiba, Yugi Muto, this is the price for not taking me, Yami Marik, seriously that night!
It was clear that this pervert, who took pleasure in torturing others, was hiding somewhere, observing everything in secret.
Yami Yugi trembled with anger, shouting:
"Marik, you despicable man.! If you're a true duelist, come out and settle this."
"Extending your claws toward innocent people, you are truly unforgivable!"
Kaiba's tightly clenched fists, creaking, further reflected his inner rage!
If this duel proceeded according to Yami Marik's plan, only one outcome was possible.
Either Mokuba dies, or that Téa Gardner dies.
No matter what, neither Kaiba nor Yugi would accept this...
"Hurry up and duel! I can't wait to see you two tear each other apart."
"Otherwise, why not just blow them both up together?"
"Just thinking about that scene gets me so high, yay."
Yami Marik's tone grew increasingly perverted, devoid of any normal human emotion.
Helpless, Yugi and Kaiba could only temporarily comply with Yami Marik's intentions.
"Kaiba!"
"Yugi"
"DUEL!!" *2
Seto Kaiba: 4000 LP
Yugi Muto: 4000 LP
"My turn, draw." Kaiba drew a card and raised his hand to reveal a Spell Card.
Ancient Rules!
"This Spell Card allows me to Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand."
"Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!!"
Boom~
A silver light pillar descended.
A massive black figure emerged from the light.
That's right, the invincible White Dragon!
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon, 3000 ATK, Dragon]
The White Dragon's presence was astonishing, more lifelike than ordinary monster projections.
Yami Yugi felt this pressure. This wasn't his first time facing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon as an enemy, but each time, he felt this dragon wasn't just a simple projection.
"Heh, as expected of Kaiba, easily summoning his ace monster." Yami Yugi praised.
At the same time, Dark Yugi needed to use this chance to duel Kaiba to figure out a way to save Tea and Mokuba.
"Set 1 card." Kaiba chose to end his turn.
"My turn, draw." Yugi drew a card and suddenly laughed. "Seems like the same tactic."
What?
Kaiba's eyelid twitched.
Yami Yugi activated the Spell Card in his hand—the exact same "Ancient Rules"!
[Ancient Rules: The activator can Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from their hand.]
"Kaiba, since you've shown your strength, I cannot back down either."
"Come forth, my most loyal servant!"
"Dark Magician!"
Ding~
A massive magic circle lit up.
A magician wielding a staff jumped out from within.
[Dark Magician, 2500 ATK, Spellcaster]
"Hmph, Dark Magician..." Kaiba felt an inexplicable surge of anger upon seeing this monster.
No matter how powerful the Dark Magician was, there was an inherent gap between it and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
That was the natural 500 ATK difference between the two monsters.
For the Dark Magician to break the Blue-Eyes White Dragon with a single card was impossible.
"Kaiba, the most impressive about magicians is their unexpected magical means." Yami Yugi smiles, then raised and revealed a Spell Card: "Thousand Knives!"
[Thousand Knives: If you control "Dark Magician," target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.]
The Dark Magician raised its staff, and several flying knives appeared.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Countless flying knives stabbed toward the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
Boom!
The White Dragon was covered in knives belonging to someone else, finally... exploding.
"Yugi, always using such tricks." Although Kaiba's face showed displeasure, inwardly he was pleased.
This was the Yugi he knew—you never knew what card he would pull out to turn the situation around.
But...
"Yugi, destroying the Blue-Eyes White Dragon comes at a cost."
"Open Trap Card: Michizure."
["Michizure": When a monster you control is sent to your Graveyard, target 1 monster on the field; destroy that target.]
Yugi's pupils dilated. "What!?"
Since the Blue-Eyes White Dragon was destroyed by Thousand Knives, the Dark Magician would similarly be hurt by this Trap Card's power.
Boom!!
Yugi's most loyal servant on the field... was destroyed.
"Then I'll set two cards and end my turn." Yugi glanced at Tea and Mokuba above.
The two hostages had their mouths gagged with cloth and couldn't say anything.
"Quite similar, isn't it..." Kaiba looked at Yugi and suddenly said this.
Dark Yugi's expression became thoughtful. He recalled the Duelist Kingdom period.
It seemed quite similar back then too.
Only at the final blow, Kaiba threatened Yugi with his own life, saying if he didn't let him win, he would jump...
Yami Yugi originally intended to attack, but in the end, his aibo forcibly took over his body and chose to surrender.
Thinking about it now, the current situation was quite similar.
Both sides had reasons they couldn't back down from.
Mokuba... Téa...
If there was no perfect solution to today's situation...
Kaiba had to defeat Yugi. Even if Téa Gardner died, he had to protect Mokuba!!
"Yugi, prepare yourself."
"Things in the world never go exactly as we wish."
(End of Chapter)
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