The Protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Might Be the Same Person

Chapter 13: Millennium Hostage

After the Duel ended, the doll collapsed onto the ground.

"Hooray, Yugi won!"

Kaiba Mokuba excitedly ran down.

"Come on, hand over the rare card and the Puzzle Card."

Mokuba said to the doll, but there was no response.

"Hey, hey! What's wrong? You're just like a doll, not moving at all? Well, being defeated like this must be quite a blow, huh!?"

Seeing the doll didn't react, Mokuba picked up a card himself.

"This is [Slifer the Sky Dragon], the second God Card."

"Yugi, according to the card gambling rules, this [Slifer the Sky Dragon] goes to you as the winner."

Saying that, Mokuba also picked up the Puzzle Card and walked towards Yugi.

"Here you go, and the Puzzle Card too."

Mokuba handed both Slifer and the Puzzle Card to Yugi.

"Thank you, Mokuba."

Yugi said gratefully.

"However, Slifer will be my brother's soon."

Mokuba took a step back and said confidently.

"I'm not giving it up, Mokuba."

Yugi showed no fear towards President Kaiba.

"Yugi, with this, you've also become a chosen master of a God Card. For me, the stronger the enemy, the better."

President Kaiba walked towards Yugi.

"Kaiba..."

Yugi looked towards the President as well.

"Otherwise, there's no meaning in defeating you! Yugi, you understand, right? In Duel City, when two Duelists confront each other, it becomes a battlefield! Let's Duel, Yugi!"

The President challenged him with chuunibyou flair.

"I understand!"

Yugi raised his Duel Disk without hesitation.

"Yugi!"

The doll beside them suddenly stood up.

"Marik!"

Yugi looked at the doll warily.

"To defeat Slifer without a God Card... your strength is beyond my imagination. I'll let you keep Slifer for now; it's not a big deal since the God Cards will soon return to my hands anyway. More importantly, I forgot to mention, I'm about to reach Domino City to carry out another plan."

Marik's voice came from the doll.

"Another plan!?"

At this moment, the King took over Yugi's body.

"Now I can see three scenes. One is you through the doll, another is the landscape of Domino City that's approaching, and the third is the bustling city, seen through the Rare Hunters in the city. I can see your companion, a Duelist named Jonouchi, and a few others."

Marik spoke unsettling words.

"Jonouchi, and everyone..."

The King looked worried.

"Heh heh heh, if I drag your companions into this, I can easily retrieve the God Cards. Gryus's Rare Hunters have been watching your companions all along, ready to use them at any time."

Marik revealed his plan.

"How despicable can you be, Marik!"

The King said angrily.

"It's your fault. If you, or rather, your vessel, had lost here, you wouldn't have brought misfortune upon your companions. Heh heh heh heh..."

Marik chuckled triumphantly.

"Unforgivable!"

The King gritted his teeth and shouted.

"It's you who is unforgivable! The pain and hatred of my clan are far greater than this. Hurry, Yugi, if you don't return to your companions soon, the consequences will be irreversible."

After speaking, the doll fell to the ground.

"Please, Other Me!"

Yugi pleaded with the King.

"I have to go find Jonouchi too."

With that, the King turned and ran away.

"Trying to escape, Yugi?"

The President, unable to Duel, quickly shouted to stop him. Hearing the President's words, the King stopped and turned back.

"Kaiba, I can't Duel you right now! Jonouchi is being targeted by Gryus, and I can't abandon my friend!"

He turned and left again.

On the streets, the King and President Kaiba were searching for Jonouchi's whereabouts.

It turned out that the King had been blocked by two Gryus extras earlier. The President, who had caught up, teamed up with the King to defeat the two extras. Afterward, the President suggested using the satellite system to track Jonouchi's location, but then they lost his signal. Now, the two could only search everywhere.

Suddenly, a short man wearing a cloak jumped from a building in front of the King and them.

"Gryus!?"

The President immediately became wary.

"Heh heh! Heh heh heh heh! Look at that--!!"

The short man chuckled sinisterly and raised his hand, pointing behind the two. Yugi and the President turned to look behind them.

A helicopter flew out from the side, with a person hanging beneath it.

"That's!"

Upon seeing the figure, the President panicked.

"Mokuba!"

The Millennium Hostage, Kaiba Mokuba, had been kidnapped again.

"Damn you, Gryus! If you hurt Mokuba even a little, I'll make you pay! I'll crush you with the full power of Kaiba Corporation!!"

The President shouted angrily.

"Ho ho~ Ho ho ho~, so scary~. But if you try to attack us, your cute little brother will... heh heh heh heh..."

The short Gryus threatened with a sinister grin.

"Damn you..."

The President dared not act rashly.

"We'll be waiting on the rooftop of that tall building. If you don't come, you'll face the consequences. You're coming too, Yugi, or we'll deal with your friends immediately."

With that, the short Gryus jumped back onto the tall building.

"Yugi, we have no choice but to go."

The President turned and said to Yugi.

"Yeah."

Yugi responded affirmatively.

"We'll defeat them with all our might, but don't get the wrong idea. I'm doing this for Mokuba, and you're doing it for your troublesome companions."

The President said tsundere-ly.

"I know."

Yugi didn't mind.

Afterward, the two walked in the direction the short Gryus had left.

Chapter 14: Team Duel

Yugi and President Kaiba arrived at the rooftop of a tall building, confronting two Gryus, one tall and one short, both wearing masks.

"So you came obediently, heh heh heh heh~! We haven't introduced ourselves yet. We are Gryus's assassins, Mask of Light!"

The short, stout man wearing the right half of a white mask introduced himself.

"Mask of Darkness!"

The tall man wearing the left half of a black mask proclaimed.

"We are a duo formed to hunt the God Cards, heh heh heh heh!"

The white-masked man continued to cackle.

"Now, let's explain the rules."

The white-masked man began to explain the rules.

Simply put, it was a two-on-two team battle. If a duelist's life points reached zero, a pre-set bomb would activate, destroying the glass beneath their feet, and the loser would fall to the ground 130 meters below the rooftop.

"Ah ha ha ha, are you too scared to even speak!?"

After explaining the rules, the white-masked man burst into laughter.

"Hmph, is that all you wanted to say!? Is Kei-ping's safety guaranteed?"

President Kaiba asked fearlessly.

"Yes, until this Duel is over."

White Mask replied confidently to the President.

"If you happen to win, of course, he'll be returned safely."

Black Mask chimed in.

"You Gryus still have some basic self-respect, then I'll respond with a Deck that's already beyond the brink of anger."

As he spoke, the President activated his Duel Disk, and the other three followed suit.

"Duel!!" ×4

[Yugi Muto: LP4000]

[Seto Kaiba: LP4000]

[Mask of Light: LP4000]

[Mask of Darkness: LP4000]

"I'll go first, draw!"

White Mask drew a card.

[Mask of Light Hand: 5 → 6]

"I'll start by Special Summoning [Melchid the Four-Faced Beast] in Attack Position from my hand."

A demon formed from four masks appeared on White Mask's field.

[Melchid the Four-Faced Beast: ATK 1500]