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

"Hehehe, then it's my turn! Draw!"

[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 5 → 6]

After drawing, Penguin placed a card from his hand into the Field Zone.

"I activate the Field Spell, [Legendary City: Atlantis]!"

: ATK/DEF of WATER monsters on the field increase by 200.

: As long as this card remains in the Field Zone, the Levels of WATER monsters in both players' hands and on the field are reduced by 1.

"Thanks to the Field Spell's effect, my Level 5 [Great Emperor Penguin] becomes Level 4, so I don't need to Tribute to summon it."

A gigantic penguin appeared on the sea, looking down at Yugi and the others.

[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 1800]

[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 6 → 4]

"And my Deck Master's ability increases the ATK of my WATER monsters by 200. Combined with the Field Spell's effect, the total ATK increase is 400."

[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 1800 → 2200]

Penguin then sent Great Emperor Penguin directly to the Graveyard.

"Next, I activate the monster effect of [Great Emperor Penguin]."

You can activate this card by Tributing it. Special Summon up to 2 "Penguin" monsters from your Deck, except "Great Emperor Penguin".

"I choose to Special Summon two [Nightmare Penguin]s."

Great Emperor Penguin instantly disappeared, and two Nightmare Penguins appeared on the field, like clones of their master.

[Nightmare Penguin: ATK 900 → 1300] x2

"And according to the monster effect of [Nightmare Penguin]."

As long as this card remains in the Monster Zone, WATER monsters on your field gain 200 ATK.

"I have two [Nightmare Penguin]s on my field, so their ATK increases by another 400 points."

[Nightmare Penguin: ATK 1300 → 1700] x2

He then inserted a third card from his hand into his Duel Disk.

"Muto Yugi, let me show you the power of an adult! I activate the Spell Card [Monster Reborn], revive, [Great Emperor Penguin]!"

Great Emperor Penguin reappeared on his field.

[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 1800 → 2600]

"An ATK of 2600, it's higher than [Dark Magician], but it's not a big problem."

Yugi remained calm.

After all, in the real card environment, ATK boosts are commonplace. Their monsters often have thousands or tens of thousands of ATK, so this much is nothing. Besides, it has no resistances, so more ATK is meaningless.

At this moment, Penguin inserted another card from his hand into his Duel Disk.

"It's not over yet! I activate the Equip Spell [Penguin Sword], increasing [Great Emperor Penguin]'s ATK by another 800 points!"

Great Emperor Penguin raised a long sword.

[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 2600 → 3400]

[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 4 → 2]

"With this, under this invincible combo, [Great Emperor Penguin]'s ATK has become higher than [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]! Hahaha~ Hahaha~ Hahahahaha..."

Penguin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Yugi..."

Anzu, standing beside him, couldn't help but worry about Yugi.

"Don't worry, Anzu. I'll take care of this opponent quickly."

Yugi reassured her.

"Alright, hurry up and attack!"

Yugi urged the opponent to make their move, not wanting to waste any more time.

"You're quite impatient, aren't you~? There's only one thing that's good about getting older. That's becoming quite cautious. That card you have set face-down is probably a Trap, but these little tricks won't work on me, so..."

Saying that, Penguin inserted another card from his hand into his Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Big Chill]. It allows me to prevent all Set cards from being activated for one turn. This way, there are no obstacles hindering my attack on you."

[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 2 → 1]

As this card was activated, wind and snow suddenly blew across the field.

At this moment, Yugi unhesitatingly pressed the button, revealing his Set card.

"Unfortunately, you can't do that. Before that effect takes effect, I activate the Continuous Trap [Soul Barrier] in a chain."

As long as you control a monster, battle damage dealt to this card's controller becomes 0.

"What...?"

The Penguin monster was stunned. There was no way Yugi could take damage like this.

Soon, the wind and snow stopped.

Even though it couldn't deal damage, it could still attack, so it entered the Battle Phase.

"Battle! I attack your Shining Angel with my Nightmare Penguin!"

A Nightmare Penguin sprayed a stream of water at the Shining Angel, shattering it.

"At this moment, the effect of Shining Angel, which was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, activates! I can Special Summon one LIGHT monster with an ATK of 1500 or less from my Deck in Attack Position!"

A second Shining Angel appeared before Yugi.

[Shining Angel: ATK 1400]

"Then, I attack your Shining Angel with my second Nightmare Penguin."

The second Shining Angel also disappeared.

"I activate the effect of Shining Angel again, Special Summoning this card from my Deck."

This time, Yugi didn't summon another Shining Angel.

Instead, a red-haired, barefoot girl was projected.

"I summon Unhappy Girl!"

[Unhappy Girl: ATK 400]

Chapter 37: The Otaku Deck

"A weak monster with only 400 ATK! A shield like that won't stop my assault! I attack your Unhappy Girl with Great Emperor Penguin!"

As the attack command was given, the Great Emperor Penguin raised its long sword and swung it at the girl.

Clang--!

A crisp sound rang out.

"Nani!?"

The Penguin stared in disbelief at the sight of the attack being caught barehanded.

At this moment, Yugi spoke up to explain.

"According to Unhappy Girl's monster effect, this card cannot be destroyed by battle while it is face-up in Attack Position."

Combined with the effect of Soul Barrier, this battle had no effect whatsoever.

"Furthermore, as long as Unhappy Girl remains face-up in Attack Position on the field, monsters that battled with it cannot attack or change their battle position again."

This effectively neutralized the Great Emperor Penguin's attack.

"This..."

The Penguin's Great Emperor Penguin, which it had worked so hard to boost its ATK, was now useless.

"Damn it!"

It felt terrible, but keeping this monster that was just taking up space was also pointless.

"Then, I activate Great Emperor Penguin's effect again, Tributing myself to Special Summon two Flying Penguins from my Deck."

The Great Emperor Penguin disappeared from the field once more, and simultaneously, two penguins with wings on their heads appeared.

[Flying Penguin: ATK 1200 → 2000] x2

"End of turn."

The Penguin ended its turn with some disappointment.

"My turn, draw!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 4 → 5]

Yugi placed a card from his hand onto his Duel Disk.

"I summon Dark Magician Girl Kurain from my hand."

A golden-haired loli holding a whip and wearing a black dress was projected.

[Dark Magician Girl Kurain: ATK 1200]

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[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 4]

"AIBO, you..."

"Yugi, you..."

The King and Anzu behind him looked at Yugi's "otaku deck" with subtle expressions.

"Uh, well... Anzu, let me explain..."

Yugi nervously turned to look at Anzu.

"You can explain yourself to the police!"

Anzu's expression seemed to say just that, as if she were ready to arrest him at any moment.

Yugi jumped in surprise and immediately turned his head back, ignoring Anzu's implied meaning. He avoided meeting the King's gaze, feeling a moment of awkwardness.

Of course, jokes aside, he couldn't be careless with his duel.

"I'll set another card, my turn."

His turn ended again.

[Yugi Muto Hand: 4 → 3]

"My turn!"

[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 1 → 2]

Penguin directly slammed a card from his hand onto the Duel Disk.

"I summon [Electric Penguin] from my hand."

A penguin with two wires hanging from it appeared.

[Electric Penguin: ATK 1100 → 1900]

[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 2 → 1]

With that, Penguin's front field was completely filled.

With nothing else to do, Penguin directly entered the Battle Phase.

"Battle! I attack [Dark Magician Girl Kurain] with [Electric Penguin]!"

The two wires on Electric Penguin shot a bolt of lightning towards Kurain.

At this moment, Yugi quickly clicked a button, revealing the card he had set last turn.

"No way! I activate the Trap Card [Roadblock]! When the opponent declares an attack, I choose [Unhappy Girl] as the target. Your monster can only target this chosen monster."