Duelists Never Surrender!

Duelists Never Surrender!

Author: Shigure No. 10032

Synopsis:

Wanted: Protagonist for a Yu-Gi-Oh! fanfiction.

Requirements: Must know how to play cards.

Compensation: Receive a silver-haired loli at the start, a high-intensity, sustainable deck, full cheat abilities, crush meta decks, stomp lazy players, enjoy the ride from beginning to end with a 100% win rate, and become the strongest Duel King!

Hara Shichi, a seasoned duelist passing by, glanced at the flyer and quietly slipped it into his pocket.

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Volume 1

Chapter 1: The Goddess of Duels is a Loli?

"Young man, do you like dueling?"

In a void-like space, a little girl with long silver hair asked Hara Shichi.

"When you say dueling, do you mean Yu-Gi-Oh! cards?" Hara Shichi looked suspiciously at the void around him. He clearly remembered being on his way home from a card shop when a truck suddenly ran a red light and hit him...

"Yes, you've been run over and died." The little girl's azure eyes looked at Hara Shichi with an ethereal gaze. "Now, based on your answer, I will choose whether to send you to a world where dueling is supreme or let you reincarnate."

"So, if I say I like dueling, you'll let me continue living?" Hara Shichi asked, his eyes lowered.

The little girl didn't answer Hara Shichi's question, but asked again, "Answer me, do you like dueling?"

"Nonsense, of course I... hate it." Hara Shichi said without hesitation.

"Reason." The little girl continued.

"Does this even need a reason?" Hara Shichi sneered. "No matter how fun Duel Monsters is, it's still fundamentally a game where luck accounts for 50%, deck strength for 30%, and skill for 20%, right?"

"You elevate a game where skill accounts for less than half to a supreme status. I can't even imagine how deformed that world must be. It's terrifying, truly terrifying. I'd rather reincarnate. Oh, and even though I won't retain my memories, could you please let me be reincarnated as a beautiful girl in my next life? I've always wanted to know what it feels like to be a beautiful girl..."

"Hmm, I've decided. I'm going to send you to the Duel Continent." The little girl nodded.

"You agreed? That's really... wait." Hara Shichi realized something was wrong. "What did you just say?"

"I said I'm sending you to the Duel Continent," the little girl repeated.

"Huh? Are you serious?" Hara Shichi frowned. "I just said I hate it, not that I like it."

"Because I hate it too." The little girl frowned adorably as she explained. "I am a deity of the Duel Continent, the Goddess of Duels—Yi. Originally, I hoped to bring joy to everyone through dueling, but ever since humans discovered the immense power contained within dueling, it has become corrupted."

"Criminals can use dueling to escape police pursuit; Scum are praised for their high-level dueling skills; Research directions solely revolve around how to utilize duel energy. Those without dueling talent are looked down upon;"

"Dueling hasn't brought happiness to everyone; instead, many people have to stake everything they have on dueling," Yi said with a somber expression. "I don't like this."

"..." Hara Shichi's eyelids twitched, a bad premonition forming in his mind. "I understand, so what does this have to do with me?"

"I need your help," Yi said, extending her slender hand. "My goal is to abolish the law of dueling supremacy and the energy within duels, to turn dueling back into an ordinary game."

"Then go do it," Hara Shichi retorted.

"A deity cannot create a stone she cannot lift," Yi shook her head. "I cannot defy my own laws."

"Why do you think I can do something that even you, a deity, cannot accomplish?" Hara Shichi asked, confused.

"Because you are strong," Yi said. "Even though you say you hate dueling, you are strong. Even though you pointed out all the flaws of dueling, you are strong. Even though dueling has a large element of luck, you are strong."

"If skill and deck account for 50% of dueling, then you are a duelist who has pushed these two aspects to the extreme, reaching even 51%!"

"Really? How come I didn't know I was that strong?" Hara Shichi asked suspiciously.

"Whether it's true or not, it has to be true now." Yi placed her small hands on Hara Shichi's cheeks. "You have no choice. Let's go, come with me to the Duel Continent!"

"Wait... I'm not ready yet... Mmph mmmph..."

Hara Shichi felt darkness envelop his vision, and after a wave of nausea-inducing dizziness, he lost consciousness.

When he woke up again, Hara Shichi found himself sitting in the stands of a stadium.

"Where is this?" Hara Shichi asked instinctively, rubbing his head.

"This is the stadium of Duelist Academy, the oldest academy on the Duel Continent," a clear, cold voice answered Hara Shichi's question. Hara Shichi followed the source of the voice and saw Yi, who had called herself the Goddess of Duels, floating beside him like a ghost.

"Not a ghost! It's my soul avatar!" Yi seemed to guess Hara Shichi's thoughts and said, "Moreover, you are the only one honored to see me. What do you think? Aren't you filled with gratitude?"

"Tsk, this isn't a dream?" Hara Shichi clicked his tongue.

"Face reality. You were a dead person. Isn't it good to have the chance to continue living?" Yi said, hugging her flat chest. "Follow me, and you'll benefit."

"I think what you're saying makes a lot of sense, so can you give me a cheat ability? I haven't heard of any transmigration protagonist without one," Hara Shichi quickly changed his mindset and began seeking a cheat.

"I've already prepared your cheat for you," Yi said, acting as if she had everything under control.

"Where is it? Is it a system? The kind of system where you can get a prize just by taking two steps?" Hara Shichi blinked his eyes.

However, in Hara Shichi's despairing gaze, Yi pointed to herself with her thumb. "With an omniscient and omnipotent deity like me by your side, what more could you be dissatisfied with? I am your cheat!"

"..."

Hara Shichi was silent for a moment, then extended his right hand. "Then give me a full-power Dragon Rulers or a full-power Zoodiac."

"None."

"True Draco?"

"Also none."

"Swordsoul."

"Cough, cough!" Yi cleared her throat and placed a deck of cards into Hara Shichi's palm. "Because I'm just a clone right now, I don't have much dueling energy. Printing this deck is already my limit. You'll have to make do for now."

"What is this?" Hara Shichi asked.

"Your favorite deck—Marincess," Yi replied.

"I'm missing a lot of cards," Hara Shichi said as he checked his deck card by card. He found that the hand traps were gone, Princess Cookie was gone, and his favorite Solemn Judgment and Solemn Strike were also missing.

Yi turned her head away, not daring to meet Hara Shichi's eyes. "This... this is just temporary. As long as you keep winning duels, I'll gain enough dueling energy, and then I can print any card you want!"

"Alright, alright, stop making empty promises. Tell me what I should do next," Hara Shichi asked.

"See those students dueling down there?" Yi pointed to a group of boys and girls in black uniforms in the stadium.

"I see them. It looks like most of them are just hacking away at each other with Axe Raiders," Hara Shichi said, resting his chin on his hand. "Is this the level of the oldest Duelist Academy?"

"What you're seeing are just the first-year students who haven't been here long," Yi explained. "Black uniforms are for first-years, white uniforms are for second-years, and gold uniforms are for third-years."

"So, what are you saying?" Hara Shichi raised an eyebrow.

"Find a second-year or third-year student to duel, and then win," Yi said, pointing to the crowd below. "Only then will we have a chance to attract the teachers' attention and smoothly become students of this school."

"I understand. In short, I need to prove my strength, right?" Hara Shichi stood up from his seat and walked towards the crowd.

"Oh, right, there's something I need to remind you of." Yi seemed to recall something and suddenly spoke to Hara Shichi. "The monsters dueling here are not virtual images, but real Duel Spirits."

"If you're not careful, you might get killed by the aftermath of the battle."

Chapter 2: My Turn, Draw!

"I activate the Spell Card—Reinforcement of the Army! I add Noble Knight Commander from my deck to my hand..."

"Entering the Battle Phase, I activate the Spell Card Shrink to halve your Silent Swordsman LV5's ATK..."

"Idiot, my Silent Swordsman LV5 is unaffected by Spell Cards!"

"..."

Noisy dueling sounds filled the entire gymnasium, occasionally stirring up huge gusts of wind and roars from monster attacks. So, as long as Hara Shichi followed the loudest sounds, he could find powerful duelists.

"Boom!"

A deafening explosion sounded. Before Hara Shichi could react, he felt a soft body slam into him, knocking him to the ground.

"Mmmph..." A girl in a black uniform gritted her teeth and let out a pained groan. Her originally cute and playful face was contorted with pain, and her snow-white long hair was stained with dust from the impact, making her look quite disheveled.

However, she soon realized that she didn't hurt as much as she thought, and even felt a soft cushion under her...

"Ah!" The girl suddenly realized what the cushion under her was, and a blush spread across her fair face. "Sorry, sorry, are you okay?"

"When you apologize, can you get off me?" Hara Shichi said weakly.

"Oh, oh, I'm getting up now." The girl quickly got off Hara Shichi and bent down to help him up. "Here, let me help you to the infirmary."

"You still have the mood to care about others, Yukikaze? Don't forget, the duel isn't over yet." A sharp voice rang out, and a girl in a white uniform walked out of the crowd. Behind her, a giant, pitch-black monster floated in mid-air. The monster had a ferocious face and two pairs of black wings, like a demon from mythology.

"It seems the impact just now was caused by this monster. But this monster looks a bit familiar, could it be..." As Hara Shichi was guessing about the monster before him, Yukikaze spoke up.

"It's over. My front row is cleared, and I have no cards in hand. I concede," Yukikaze said, lowering her head.

"Then, as agreed, your deck belongs to me." The girl in the white uniform walked up to Yukikaze and extended her hand. "Hand it over?"

Yukikaze bit her lower lip and placed her deck in the girl's hand.

"Hmph, you're sensible. Remember this from now on, second-year seniors are not to be trifled with. Oh, wait, aren't people without decks expelled? You have no future, hahaha!"

"She's so arrogant," Hara Shichi said, looking at the girl's retreating back.

"Senior Julie is one of the top duelists among the second-year students. Rumor has it that even some third-years are no match for her..." Yukikaze explained softly from the side.

"Then why did you bet your deck and duel her?" Hara Shichi asked, confused.

"Because... she said my deck was picked up from a trash heap..." Yukikaze said with red eyes. "My deck wasn't picked up from a trash heap. It was my sister's entrance gift to me..."

"So you dueled her?"

"Mhm..."

"Then what are you going to do if you get expelled for not having a deck?"

"I don't know..."

Hara Shichi looked at Yi, who was floating in mid-air, and asked, "What do you think?"

"Malicious personality, a bit famous, decent dueling skill. Perfect for a stepping stone," Yi waved her small hand. "Go and punish evil and help the good. Annihilate her completely!"

"It's rare that we agree on something," Hara Shichi chuckled and shouted to Julie, "Hey, senior Julie, who's so strong, want to have a duel with me?"

Julie stopped, her expression turning cold. "Who are you? Judging by your clothes, you don't look like a student from our school."

"Who I am isn't important. What's important is that I'm a duelist," Hara Shichi said, taking out his deck.

"You're going to stand up for that first-year brat?" Julie laughed in anger. "Fine, very good. It seems if I don't teach you a lesson, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can jump out and try to bite me. You know the rules, right?"

"If I lose, I'll naturally hand over my deck. However, if you lose, remember to return Yukikaze's deck to her," Hara Shichi said.

"Huh?" Yukikaze looked up in confusion, quickly tugging at Hara Shichi's sleeve. "Wait! Losing my deck is my own business. You don't need to get involved."

"It's fine, just trust me," Hara Shichi reassured her. "I'm very strong, so I will win."

"But..."

Yukikaze still wanted to say something, but Hara Shichi continued to provoke Julie. "What, are you actually scared?"

"No, I'm very excited right now. I accept your challenge!" Julie raised her left arm. With a flash of light, a purple Duel Disk appeared on her arm.

Seeing Julie conjure a Duel Disk out of thin air, Hara Shichi suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have one.

"Raise your arm too," Yi's voice sounded from behind Hara Shichi. He instinctively raised his arm, and with a flash of light, a small silver Duel Disk attached itself to his arm.

"Only those with the power of dueling can use a Duel Disk. You're not from this world, so you'll use my Duel Disk," Yi explained. "Put your deck into the Duel Disk. The duel is about to begin."

"I understand," Hara Shichi nodded and looked at Julie, who was already prepared. "Then..."

"Duel!"

"Duel!"