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

King asked again.

"Perhaps it's not just this..."

Yugi said uncertainly.

"..."

Since Yugi couldn't answer, King didn't think about it anymore.

However, the second match finally ended safely.

"The future has changed? Why is this happening?"

In a room on the Duel Airship, a confused female voice sounded.

"Fate has become so chaotic, where did the change begin..."

What Isis saw was the future gradually deviating from its original path.

She didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing.

The next match, just like in the original story, was Mai against Marik.

Before their match began, Yugi had warned her not to set her sights on the Sun God, but she still didn't listen. She summoned the Sun God and sacrificed all the monsters on her field, but since she couldn't chant the incantation, she couldn't use it. Thus, the Sun God was taken back by Marik, and she quickly lost.

Fortunately, Marik was currently in his alternate personality and couldn't be bothered to exert the effort to activate a Dark Duel against someone who wasn't that important to him. As a result, Mai suffered much less, not falling into a coma.

As for the remaining two, the duel between the President and Isis, due to the fate trajectory influenced by Yugi, Isis was not as composed as in the original work and quickly gave up. Of course, the Genmei she activated later still gave the President quite a bit of trouble.

After that, Marik never appeared again.

Later, Rishid said that Marik had inexplicably fallen into a coma, and he had been guarding Marik's room ever since.

As for what exactly happened, it was unclear.

Chapter 33: Battling the Great Five Elders

"Hmm, where is this..."

Yugi opened his eyes.

"AIBO, don't you remember? We've already entered the virtual space."

King reminded him from the side.

"Ah, right, we've entered the enemy's home turf now..."

Yugi immediately recalled what had happened before.

Just as the Duel Airship was heading to the next venue, it was suddenly hijacked by a child calling himself Noah. The Duel Airship landed uncontrollably at the enemy's base, and they were forced to disembark under the threat of gunfire. The Kaiba Brothers and Yugi's companions had no choice but to disembark, after which they encountered five old men named the Great Five Elders.

Those five old men were executives of Kaiba Corporation who had betrayed the President. They had tried to seize the President's company through dirty means, but later lost to the President and King in a duel they set up and were imprisoned in the computer world. They never expected to crawl out and be disgusting again.

Afterward, Yugi and the others were trapped in the virtual space set up by the Great Five Elders and Noah. To escape, everyone was sent to different locations to challenge their respective opponents.

"So, who will be my opponent?"

Yugi walked through the forest and reached the edge of a pond.

"Hahahahaha..."

He suddenly heard a laugh and saw a shadow appear on the surface of the pond, which quickly rippled. A green figure wearing a Duel Disk emerged from the water.

"I will be your opponent."

The figure spoke.

"Is that [Deep Sea Warrior]!?"

Yugi recognized the figure.

"As a loyal subordinate of Kaiba Corporation, I have seized and absorbed many other companies. This appearance, presented by my will and ability, is my current form with [Deep Sea Warrior] as my Deck Master. In other words, I am the Deck Master myself."

This Deep Sea Warrior was one of the Great Five Elders.

Simply put, a Deck Master is a unique dueling rule in the virtual space. A monster that is a Deck Master has effects similar to, but different from, that monster, and it can be summoned as a monster card. However, once the Deck Master is destroyed, the player immediately loses.

"I forgot to mention one thing: if you lose the duel, your bodies will be taken by us, and my companions will immediately find your friends."

This was probably the true objective of the Great Five Elders.

"That's not good. I need to defeat this guy quickly and find Anzu and the others."

This time, Yugi chose to act himself; it would be faster that way.

"Alright, let's start quickly. Your deck cannot be used in this world, so create a new deck."

After Deep Sea Warrior finished speaking, images of a large number of cards floated before Yugi.

"This is the card data owned by Kaiba Corporation. You can touch the cards you need with your finger."

Hearing this, Yugi quickly scanned through them and found that many of the cards from his current deck were missing, especially cards like the [Silence] series and [Gandora]. However, he also found some interesting cards.

"Although there aren't any cards I want, if I want to defeat the opponent quickly, it's definitely..."

Yugi unthinkingly clicked on five cards he intended to use next, one after another.

"AIBO, aren't those five cards... Could you be planning to..."

The King quickly realized Yugi's intention.

"Yeah, it's just as you thought. These five cards will be the core of this Deck."

Saying that, Yugi continued to select the remaining cards, and after some deliberation, he finally finished building his Deck.

"Alright, let's begin."

Yugi raised his Duel Disk and casually chose a monster to be his Deck Master.

"Kuri kuri~~"

A mascot-like voice came from behind him.

That's right, Yugi's current Deck Master was [Kuriboh].

"Duel!!" x2

[Yugi Muto: LP4000]

[Deep Sea Warrior: LP4000]

"I'll go first! Draw!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 6]

Yugi took the first turn and smiled after glancing at the card he drew.

"Hey, Other Me, do you know what FTK is?"

He suddenly asked the King.

"Huh!? FTK? What's that?"

The King was unfamiliar with the term.

"Then let me tell you. FTK is the abbreviation for 'First Turn Kill,' meaning victory on the very first turn."

Yugi explained to him.

"Victory on the first turn!? AIBO, could you be..."

The King was greatly surprised.

"That's right. The outcome of this Duel was decided the moment I drew this card."

With that, Yugi inserted the card he had just drawn into his Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Last Will]. As a substitute for one monster sent to the Graveyard this turn, I can Special Summon one monster with an ATK of 1500 or less from my Deck."

[Yugi Muto Hand: 6 → 5]

After Yugi played this card, this Duel could be considered over.

Chapter 34: Last Will and Old Ex

"Monsters with 1500 ATK or less!? Aren't those all weaklings?"

The Deep Sea Warrior on the other side hadn't yet realized the severity of the situation.

"So, what's the card?"

Yugi gave a mysterious smile.

"What!?"

Deep Sea Warrior instinctively responded.

At this moment, Yugi had already inserted another card from his hand into his Duel Disk.

"I activate a second Spell Card, [Double Summon]. I can conduct two Normal Summons this turn."

[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 4]

He then placed two cards from his hand onto his Duel Disk simultaneously.

"I'll summon [Cannon Soldier] and [Gravekeeper's Servant] from my hand."

A mechanical soldier equipped with a cannon and a grim reaper holding a scythe were simultaneously projected in front of Yugi.

[Cannon Soldier: ATK 1400]

[Gravekeeper's Servant: ATK 1600]

[Yugi Muto Hand: 4 → 2]

"These two meaningless monsters are..."

Deep Sea Warrior completely failed to understand the purpose of Yugi summoning these two monsters, but he would soon learn about the terrifying strategy he was about to face.

"Watch closely, Other Me. Next, I'll let you witness the true terror of an [Exodia] Deck."

Hearing Yugi say this, the King immediately perked up.

"Here I go, I activate the monster effect of [Cannon Soldier]."

It can tribute 1 monster on your field to inflict 500 damage to your opponent's Life Points.

"The monster I'm tributing is [Gravekeeper's Servant]."

Gravekeeper's Servant was quickly absorbed by Cannon Soldier and turned into a cannonball, firing towards Deep Sea Warrior.

Bang--!

[Deep Sea Warrior: LP 4000 → 3500]

"Hmm... such a negligible attack..."

This small amount of damage barely affected Deep Sea Warrior's spirit, but that wasn't Yugi's goal.

"Then how about this? I'll now activate the effect of [Gravekeeper's Servant]."

When this card is sent to the Graveyard from the field, each player selects 1 Normal Monster with 3 stars or less from their Deck, confirms it with each other, and adds it to their hand.

"Normal Monsters with 3 stars or less!? Aren't those all just weaklings?"

Deep Sea Warrior's voice was full of disdain.

"Oh~~! Are you sure? Look at this card!"

Saying this, Yugi flipped over the card he had searched for to show his opponent.

"What... this is!!"

Deep Sea Warrior looked over dismissively, only to see a card that filled him with dread.

--[Left Arm of the Forbidden One]!

"According to the effect of [Gravekeeper's Servant], I add this card to my hand."

[Yugi Muto Hand: 2 → 3]