Chapter 244

At this moment, Zarug flipped over and retreated from the encirclement of Judai and the others to the front of the four people, taking off his coat to reveal that he was dressed the same as the four.

"That's right, our true nature is..."

Zarug and the other four immediately struck a pose.

"The Black Scorpion Bandits!!"

Judai had an expression that said, "I didn't expect this."

Zarug then explained, "We accepted the commission to steal the Seven Stars Gate Keys several years ago, and sent our men to infiltrate this island."

"This is... the Black Scorpion Bandits!!"

Everyone: So cringeworthy...

Judai looked at the group and raised an eyebrow: 'These chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferers are actually quite interesting.'

Asuka pointed at them and reminded them, "But simply stealing the key won't open the Seven Stars Gate. You guys are surprisingly dense."

"This is... the Black Scorpion Bandits!!"

After the Black Scorpion Bandits repeated their chant, Zarug asked blankly, "Then, how do we open it?"

Judai covered his head, looked at the group of idiots, and sighed, "Of course it's a duel."

Zarug suddenly realized, "A duel? There is indeed such a request. It seems we can't escape our fate of fighting you."

Mina: "Then we shouldn't delay, boss!"

"Oh! In that case, let's duel, brat!" Zarug raised his Duel Disk and pointed it at Judai. (In the original work, he was fighting Manjoume "Lightning", but here the author is trying to stir things up.)

9. "Just as I wished, come on, Black Scorpion Bandits!"

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Chapter 85 Making Trouble

After finding a secluded spot, Judai began his duel with Zarug, whose henchmen surrounded him, ready to fight at any moment.

"Duel!!" ×2

Three-Leaf Sword [Yusei Fudo: LP4000]

3. [Zarug: LP4000]

After shouting the duel, Judai took the first turn.

Wu: "I'll go first, draw a card!"

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 5→6]

Looking at the card in his hand, Judai had an expression that said he was about to cause trouble.

He first placed the card he drew this turn into his left hand, then picked up two cards from his hand and slammed one onto the Duel Disk: "I summon [Elemental HERO Wildheart] from my hand in Attack Position!"

Buzz--!!

A golden light flashed, and a robust, dark-skinned caveman carrying a large sword was projected onto the screen.

[Elemental HERO Wildheart: Attack Power 1500]

He then revealed another card. "Equip Spell [Twister Boomerang] activated. Equip this card to Wildman, increasing his ATK by 500."

[Elemental HERO Wildheart: Attack Power 1500 → 2000]

"Finally, I'll set two more cards face down, and the turn ends."

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 6 → 2]

Asuka: "A monster with 2000 attack power, Judai's starting move is a bit different from usual."

"The highest attack power of the monsters in the [Black Scorpion] deck is only 1800, which is enough."

Judai wasn't too worried about his opponent; it was just that the opponent's deck was too weak.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Zarug's hand cards: 5→6]

Zarug confidently drew a card and looked at the hand he had drawn.

He outwardly showed some regret, but inwardly he was pleased: 'Although my monsters generally have low attack power, this [Ultimate Move! Black Scorpion Combo] makes all the difference.'

The effect described above is: This card can only be activated when you control face-up [Leader Zarug], [Black Scorpion - Trap Dismantler Cliff], [Black Scorpion - Swift Escape Zek], [Black Scorpion - Powerful Gogo], and [Black Scorpion - Thorn Mina]. During the turn this card is activated, these monsters can attack your opponent directly, and the battle damage each monster inflicts on your opponent is increased to 400.

'Once everyone is gathered together, we can unleash our ultimate combo!'

But before that, he has to survive one round.

So he placed a card from his hand onto the Duel Disk: "I summon [Guard Sentinel] in Defense Position."

Buzz--!!

A flash of golden light, and a barbarian soldier, seemingly a spirit of the stone gate, was summoned.

[Guard Sentinel: Defense 1800]

"Then place a card face down, and the turn ends."

[Zarug's hand cards: 6→4]

At the same time, Judai immediately flipped open a card at his feet.

"At the moment you finish, activate the Trap Card [Ceasefire Reinforcement] and Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Warrior-type monster from your Deck."

"At the same time, I chain-activate another face-down card, the Quick-Play Spell [Good Medicine], sending [Ceasefire Reinforcement] to the Graveyard, restoring 1000 Life Points."

[Yusei Fudo: LP4000→5000]

After finishing, Judai swung his hand and shouted, "Come on, [HERO Kid]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden light flashed across the Judai, and a young hero wearing a glass dome was projected onto the screen.

[HERO Kid: Attack Power 300]

"And because of [HERO Kid]'s own effect, two more [HERO Kid] can be Special Summoned from the Deck."

Another burst of light effects flashed, and the HERO Kid instantly turned into three.

[HERO Kid: Attack Power 300] ×3

Zarug looked at the row of monsters and raised an eyebrow slightly. "They actually summoned three weak monsters with an attack power of only 300 points?"

"Then it was my turn..."

As he spoke, Judai casually grabbed a card from the deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 2→3]

After drawing the card this time, Judai immediately played the card he had drawn in the previous turn. "Spell Card [Vassal of the Divine] activated!"

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 3 → 2]

"Pay 2000 Life Points to activate this card. Declare the name of a monster card. Your opponent can add the declared monster from their Deck to your hand or Special Summon it in Attack Position, ignoring its Summoning conditions."

[Yusei Fudo: LP5000→3000]

Manjoume "Lightning": "Judai, did you just stupidly sacrifice so much of your life points like that?"

Asuka: "Judai must have his own reasons."

At this moment, Zarug paused for a moment. "My monster?"

"That's right, the card I want to declare is [Black Scorpion Burglary Squad]. As Black Scorpion Bandits, you must have that card, right?"

Zarug and the others were completely bewildered, but they still did as the other party instructed and picked out the cards and tossed them to Judai.

"Alright, do you want to add it to my hand or Special Summon it directly?"

"Add it to your hand."

"Alright."

Since there was no difference anyway, Judai simply placed it on the Duel Disk: "I summon [Black Scorpion Burglary Squad] in Defense Position."

[Black Scorpion Burglary Squad: Defense 1000]

They were even more bewildered when they saw that Judai had actually used their symbol cards.

Mina asked unwillingly, "Boss, are we really going to go and become his subordinates, letting him boss us around?"

"Yeah, boss, what do we do?"

"Uh, this..."

Zarug was also hesitant, and he himself seemed very unwilling.

However, Judai was too lazy to watch their performance and quickly stopped them. "Alright, I don't need you to come here..."

With that, he immediately played his second Spell Card: "I activate the Spell Card [Enforcer of the Crimson Shadow] from my hand. For this turn, I transfer control of [Black Scorpion Burglary Squad] to you."

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 2 → 1]

Zarug and the others were increasingly confused, but they still got up and walked up quickly. The whole group stepped past Gaika and stood next to the Guard Sentinel.

Seeing their outrageous behavior, Asuka and the others' faces twitched.

"As expected, it's Duel Spirit. Only Duel Spirit would appear as a monster."

"What exactly is Judai trying to do?"

"Have no idea..."

Zarug and the others were already showing signs of dissatisfaction. "Hey, kid! What exactly are you trying to do?"

Judai smiled upon hearing this and replied, "Is there any need to say more? It's obviously to achieve the conditions for victory. I've already won this duel, old man!"

Zarug and the others were immediately shocked. "What did you say?!"

Chapter 86 Jackpot Pot 7

"The battle has begun!"

Without hesitation, Judai launched his attack. "I'll use [HERO Kid] against [Black Scorpion Burglary Squad]!"

At his command, a HERO Kid immediately leaped forward and kicked out.

Seeing this, Zarug hurriedly shouted, "Get that small fry back, Gao Ge!"

"Yes, boss!"

The bald, burly man named Gao Ge immediately swung his meteor hammer and knocked back the attacking HERO Kid.

Clang--!

[Yusei Fudo: LP 3000 → 2300]

Just then, Judai spoke the monster's effect on behalf of the other party, "At this moment, the special effect of [Black Scorpion Burglary Squad] will definitely activate!"

When this card inflicts battle damage to the opponent, the opponent chooses 1 Spell Card from their Deck and sends it to the Graveyard, then shuffles their Deck.

He opened his deck and said, "Thanks to the effect of [Black Scorpion Burglary Squad], I can choose any Spell Card to send to the graveyard."

Zarug frowned even more upon hearing this. "Kid, what exactly do you want to do?"

Judai quickly picked out a card from his deck and revealed it.

"The card I'm sending to the graveyard is [Jackpot Pot 7]. When this card is sent to the graveyard by an opponent's card effect, it is banished from the Yugi."

After the cards were discarded, a slot machine with Pot of Greed on it appeared on the field.

Upon seeing this, Daichi Misawa suddenly realized, "It's [Jackpot Pot 7]?! I see, I understand what Judai is trying to do!"

Asuka and the others were puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Misawa chuckled, "I'll keep you in suspense for now; you'll find out as you read on."

At this moment, pull down the lever next to the slot machine, and you'll see the three screens of the slot machine start spinning rapidly.