Relinquished Descends

"My Turn, draw."

Pegasus straightened up, looking as though he had finally become completely serious.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Card of Sanctity.'"

Pegasus directly revealed the card he had drawn.

"Both players draw from their Decks until they each have six cards in hand."

Both players drew from their Decks.

"Next, I activate the Ritual Spell 'Ritual Preparation'!" Pegasus said. "Select one Ritual Spell from your Deck, then select one Ritual Monster whose name is listed on that Ritual Spell from your Deck or Graveyard. Add both cards to your hand."

"A Ritual Spell?" Joey Wheeler quickly made the connection. "Could it be...?"

"That's right, that could it be."

Pegasus sneered as he pulled out the Deck loaded into his Duel Disk, fanned it out in his hand, and quickly selected a card to add to his hand.

Yes, that's right. Despite being the Father of Duel Monsters and the CEO of Industrial Illusions, President Pegasus was remarkably still using an old-fashioned Duel Disk, without KaibaCorp's newer automatic search and automatic shuffle functions.

But President Pegasus had always been quite nostalgic. In fact, during the Pyramid of Light movie era, when Duel Disks had already become fully widespread, Pegasus had still refused to use one. He had stubbornly stuck to his old, bulky Dueling Field equipment and had even been mocked by President Kaiba as an antique.

He had only started using a Duel Disk recently.

"I add the Ritual Spell 'Black Illusion Ritual,' along with the Ritual Monster 'Relinquished,' whose name is listed on Black Illusion Ritual, from my Deck to my hand."

"So Relinquished is finally coming out?" Joey Wheeler braced himself.

Of course he had not forgotten Relinquished. This was the early NTR monster that had once pushed even Yugi into a bitter struggle, leaving a