"Underworld Plan"

Thus, the legendary cursed Grim Reaper Card came into Kira's hands as well.

But for the time being, Kira had no novel tactical plans for this card. That was only natural. Though it was called the Grim Reaper Card and possessed the powerful ability to grant God Draw Power through soul bargains, it was itself merely a vanilla with 0 ATK and 0 DEF.

How to make a 0 ATK vanilla useful was something even he had no clue about for the moment.

So to him, this Grim Reaper held more research value than practical combat value. The abilities of this cursed spirit were quite worth studying. Though the life-draining cost was absurdly unfair, the power gained through those bargains was genuinely formidable.

Kaku Ichijou had originally been an underachiever at a branch school, with thoroughly average dueling talent. Yet the Grim Reaper could grant an ordinary person like him God Draw Power akin to that of a Duel King. It truly delivered what it promised.

This power of the spirit was indeed worth researching.

Moreover, with Saiō's trouble temporarily settled, he could finally spare time for matters he had wanted to address for a while but had never managed to put on the agenda.

For instance, that very night, an informant from the Hanoi Knights called Revolver.

"Boss, that World Champion you told us to keep an eye on. The one called D.D.?"

"Yes. What about him?"

"He should be returning from Europe next week."

"Oh?"

Kira had previously arranged for people to monitor this man's movements. D.D. had originally been an ordinary duelist with no exceptional talent, but one day, it was as though he had suddenly attained enlightenment. He gained extraordinary power, swept through the professional circuit, and claimed the title of World Champion.

He was Aster's