"Hehehe, then it's my turn. Draw!"
[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 5→6]
After drawing, Penguin placed a card in the Field Spell Zone.
"I activate the Field Spell [Legendary City: Atlantis] first!"
: The ATK and DEF of all Water monsters on the field increase by 200. : As long as this card remains in the Field Spell Zone, the Levels of Water monsters in both players' hands and on the field are reduced by 1.
"Through the Field Spell's effect, the Level 5 [Great Emperor Penguin] becomes Level 4, so I can summon it without a tribute."
A massive penguin appeared on the sea, looking down at Yugi and the others.
[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 1800] [Nightmare Penguin Hand: 6→4]
"Furthermore, my Deck Master's ability increases the ATK of my Water monsters by 200. Together with the Field Spell's effect, their ATK increases by a total of 400."
[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 1800→2200]
Penguin then sent Great Emperor Penguin straight to the Graveyard.
"Next, I activate [Great Emperor Penguin]'s monster effect."
You can only activate this effect by tributing this card. Special Summon up to 2 [Penguin] monsters from your Deck, except [Great Emperor Penguin].
"I choose to Special Summon two [Nightmare Penguins]."
Great Emperor Penguin vanished in an instant, while two more Nightmare Penguins appeared on the field like copies of their master.
[Nightmare Penguin: ATK 900→1300]×2
"At the same time, [Nightmare Penguin]'s monster effect applies."
As long as this card remains in the Monster Zone, the ATK of Water monsters on your field increases by 200.
"I have two [Nightmare Penguins] on the field, so their ATK increases by another 400."
[Nightmare Penguin: ATK 1300→1700]×2
Penguin immediately inserted its third card into the Duel Disk.
"Yugi Muto, witness the power of an adult! I activate the Spell Card [Monster Reborn]! Rise again, [Great Emperor Penguin]!"
Great Emperor Penguin appeared on its field once more.
[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 1800→2600]
"An ATK of 2600 surpasses [Dark Magician], but that's not a problem."
Yugi remained perfectly calm.
After all, in the real card environment, inflated ATK values were commonplace. People casually threw out monsters with several thousand or even tens of thousands of ATK. What did this little bit of ATK matter? Besides, it had no protection. No matter how much ATK it gained, it was still meaningless.
At that moment, Penguin inserted another card into the Duel Disk.
"It's not over yet. I activate the Equip Spell [Penguin Sword]! [Great Emperor Penguin] gains another 800 ATK!"
Great Emperor Penguin raised a longsword.
[Great Emperor Penguin: ATK 2600→3400] [Nightmare Penguin Hand: 4→2]
"With this invincible combination, [Great Emperor Penguin]'s ATK has risen above even [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]! Hahaha! Hahaha! Hahahaha..."
Penguin could not help bursting into laughter.
"Yugi..."
Standing nearby, Anzu could not help worrying about Yugi.
"Don't worry, Anzu. I'll deal with an opponent of this level very quickly."
Yugi reassured her.
"All right, hurry up and attack!"
Yugi urged his opponent to make its move. He did not want to waste too much time.
"You're really impatient~, aren't you? When you get older, there's only one thing that's still pretty good. You become quite cautious. That face-down card at your feet is probably some kind of trap, but such a petty trick is useless against me. Therefore..."
As it spoke, Penguin inserted another card into the Duel Disk.
"I activate the Spell Card [Cold Wave]. For one turn, all face-down cards cannot be activated. Now there's nothing left to hinder my attack against you."
[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 2→1]
As the card was activated, a blizzard immediately swept across the field.
At that moment, Yugi pressed a button without hesitation and flipped over his face-down card.
"Unfortunately, you can't do that. Before that effect takes effect, I chain my Continuous Trap [Soul Barrier]."
As long as you control a monster, all battle damage to this card's controller becomes 0.
"Wha..."
Penguin froze. This meant Yugi could not take any damage.
Soon, the blizzard came to a stop.
Although it could not deal damage, it could still attack, so it entered the Battle Phase.
"Battle! I use one [Nightmare Penguin] to attack [Shining Angel]!"
One Nightmare Penguin fired a stream of water at Shining Angel, shattering the angel.
"At this moment, [Shining Angel]'s effect activates when it is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard. I Special Summon a Light Attribute monster with 1500 or less ATK from my Deck in Attack Position!"
A second Shining Angel appeared before Yugi.
[Shining Angel: ATK 1400]
"Then I'll continue by using the second [Nightmare Penguin] to attack [Shining Angel]."
The second Shining Angel vanished as well.
"I activate [Shining Angel]'s effect again and Special Summon this card from my Deck."
This time, Yugi did not bring out another Shining Angel.
Instead, a barefoot red-haired girl was projected onto the field.
"I summon [Unhappy Girl]!"
[Unhappy Girl: ATK 400]
The Otaku Deck
"A weak monster with only 400 ATK? Summoning that kind of shield won't stop my assault. I'll continue by using [Great Emperor Penguin] to attack [Unhappy Girl]!"
Following the attack command, Great Emperor Penguin raised its longsword and slashed down at the girl.
Clang—!
A crisp sound rang out.
"What!?"
Penguin stared in disbelief at the sight before it, where the blade had been caught barehanded.
Yugi then explained.
"According to [Unhappy Girl]'s monster effect, this face-up Attack Position card cannot be destroyed by battle."
Combined with Soul Barrier's effect, this battle effectively accomplished nothing.
"Furthermore, as long as [Unhappy Girl] remains face-up in Attack Position, monsters that battle with it can no longer attack or change their battle positions."
This restricted Great Emperor Penguin's attacks.
"This..."
The Great Emperor Penguin that Penguin had worked so hard to boost had been neutralized just like that.
"Damn it!"
It felt awful now, but there was no point keeping this monster around to occupy a space.
"Then I activate [Great Emperor Penguin]'s effect once again. I tribute it and Special Summon two [Flying Penguins] from my Deck."
Great Emperor Penguin disappeared from the field again, while two penguins with wings growing from their heads appeared.
[Flying Penguin: ATK 1200→2000]×2
"End turn."
Penguin ended its turn somewhat disappointedly.
"My turn, draw!"
[Yugi Muto Hand: 4→5]
Yugi slapped a card onto his Duel Disk.
"I summon [Dark Magician Girl Kurain] from my hand."
A blonde little girl in a black dress, holding a whip, was projected onto the field.
[Dark Magician Girl Kurain: ATK 1200]
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[Yugi Muto Hand: 5→4]
"AIBO, you..."
"Yugi, you..."
Seeing Yugi use such an otaku deck, King and Anzu behind him both wore strange expressions.
"Uh, well... Anzu, let me explain..."
Yugi immediately turned toward Anzu guiltily.
"You can explain it to the police!"
Anzu's expression seemed to say exactly that. She looked as though she were ready to cuff him and drag him away at any moment.
Yugi was instantly startled. He hurriedly turned back around, ignored what Anzu was trying to convey, and avoided meeting King's eyes as well. Things became awkward for a moment.
Of course, jokes were jokes. He could not afford to be careless in his duel.
"I'll set another card. End turn."
His turn ended once again.
[Yugi Muto Hand: 4→3]
"My turn!"
[Nightmare Penguin Hand: 1→2]
Penguin also slapped a card directly onto its 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 row was completely filled.
With nothing else to do, Penguin entered the Battle Phase directly.
"Battle! I use [Electric Penguin] to attack [Dark Magician Girl Kurain]!"
Electric Penguin's two wires released a bolt of lightning toward Kurain.
At that moment, Yugi quickly pressed a button and flipped over the card he had set last turn.
"Not so fast! I activate the Trap Card [Strong Enemy Blocking the Way]! When you declare an attack, I select [Unhappy Girl]. Your monster can only target the selected monster!"
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