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

Yugi gasped in pain.

He looked down at the hand reaching from behind him, pinching the soft flesh of his waist.

"What are you doing, Anzu?"

Yugi looked at the girl behind him with a wry smile.

"Yugi, you just laughed, didn't you? What's with the silly grin at Duel Monsters?"

Anzu's expression was terrifyingly grim.

"Um... Anzu, what are you talking about?"

Yugi's face stiffened slightly, as if the girl had seen through him, and he looked embarrassed.

"Hey, Yugi. Who looks better, me or [Dark Magician Girl]?"

Anzu asked the deadly question.

"[Dark Magician Girl] looks better..."

Yugi answered too honestly.

This suicidal answer made King, who was watching from the side, unable to bear it and cover his head with a sigh.

Anzu tightened her grip.

"Hiss--! Anzu... let go quickly..."

Yugi was in so much pain he was about to cry.

"You idiot deserve this. Who told you to say [Dark Magician Girl] looks better? Even though it's true..."

Anzu wanted Yugi to favor her. After all, in her opinion, Dark Magician Girl was just a piece of paper.

Yugi had no idea why he had angered Anzu and could only endure the pain.

After a long while, Yugi spoke.

"Anzu, are you done being angry? Everyone is still waiting. If we don't hurry to find them, it'll be too late."

Hearing this, Anzu remembered that Yugi needed to help his other companions.

"Hmph, I'll let you off for now."

She finally released her hand.

However, after all this fuss, Yugi and the others indeed didn't have time to save their other companions.

Among them, Jonouchi only met up with Yugi and the others after defeating his opponent, leading to Honda Hiro's body being taken, just like in the original story.

Afterward, when the Great Five Elders were successively defeated, Noah, seeing that they were too useless, integrated their five consciousnesses into Honda Hiro to stop Yugi and his companions.

As for President Kaiba, he went alone to find Noah and rescue his kidnapped brother, Mokuba, the Millennium Hostage.

"Alright, let's duel, Yugi!"

"Honda Hiro" summoned his Deck and Duel Disk in front of Yugi.

"Okay, I couldn't ask for more!"

Yugi followed suit and activated his Duel Disk.

Yugi and his companions already knew that the "Honda Hiro" standing before them was actually the Great Five Elders.

The real Honda Hiro's consciousness was sealed in a mechanical monkey, which was now being held by Jonouchi's sister, Shizuka.

"Wait! You guys, there are five of you. Isn't this a five-on-one? That's too much for you. Let's join, too!"

Jonouchi stepped forward and activated his Duel Disk.

"Jonouchi..."

Yugi actually wanted to say that he didn't need to come, but seeing his fiery enthusiasm, he didn't stop him.

Then, the two quickly assembled their Decks and chose their respective ace monsters. Yugi still used [Dark Magician Girl], as her skills were too useful. Jonouchi chose [Flame Swordsman].

Then, the Great Five Elders could choose an ace monster each turn, and their initial Life Points were 8000, while Yugi and Jonouchi both had 4000 Life Points.

"Duel!!" x3

[Yugi Muto: LP4000]

[Katsuya Jonouchi: LP4000]

[Great Five Elders: LP8000]

"Then, I, Kounosuke Oshita, will be your opponent with [Deep Sea Warrior]!"

A Deep Sea Warrior was projected behind "Honda Hiro."

"We won't lose to you again this time, Yugi Muto! My turn, draw!"

[Great Five Elders Hand: 5 → 6]

After glancing at the cards he drew this turn, "Honda Hiro" placed a card from his hand onto the field.

"I activate the Field Spell, [Legendary City: Atlantis]! Water monsters on the field gain 200 ATK, and Water monsters in my hand have their Levels reduced by one."

Great waves began to surge on the empty ground.

"Level reduced by one? Don't tell me!"

Jonouchi was instantly startled, knowing full well what this meant.

"That's right! I can Special Summon [Legendary Fisherman] from my hand without tribute."

Whoosh—!

A fisherman riding a shark leaped from beneath the water.

[Legendary Fisherman: ATK 1850]

[Great Five Elders Hand: 6 → 4]

"That's... Kajiki Ryota's most treasured monster!"

Jonouchi happened to have that card in his own Deck, a card he'd won from Kajiki Ryota during Duel City. However, the monster's effect and ATK were a bit peculiar, so he hadn't used it much.

[Legendary Fisherman] Effect: As long as there is a [Sea] on the field, this card on the field is unaffected by Spell card effects.

And the Field Spell [Legendary City: Atlantis] is treated as [Sea] on the field by rule. Therefore, its ATK-boosting effect could not be applied to [Legendary Fisherman].

As a result, the Great Five Elders had merely summoned a monster equivalent to a low-level monster. Of course, Yugi didn't care how high the opponent's summoned monster's ATK was.

"My turn ends."

At this point, the Great Five Elders had declared the end of their turn.

Chapter 40: Blood Price

"Yugi, let me go first..."

Before Yugi could agree, Jonouchi had already drawn a card.

"My turn!"

[Katsuya Jonouchi Hand: 5 → 6]

Jonouchi immediately placed the drawn card onto his Duel Disk.

"Here I come! I'll summon [Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1] in Defense Position from my hand."

A wingless dragon-like warrior appeared on Jonouchi's field.

[Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1: DEF 1200]

[Katsuya Jonouchi Hand: 6 → 5]

"Team Duels don't allow attacks on the first turn, so my turn ends."

He simply ended his turn.

"Next is me, draw!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 5 → 6]

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

"I'll summon [Giant Rat] in Defense Position from my hand."

A giant rat holding a skull was projected in front of him.

[Giant Rat: DEF 1450]

"Then, I'll set one card. My turn ends."

Yugi also ended his turn cleanly.

[Yugi Muto Hand: 6 → 4]

"My turn, draw!"

[Great Five Elders Hand: 4 → 5]

"His voice changed!?"

Jonouchi noticed that the Great Five Elders had been replaced.

"That's right! From now on, I, Shuzo Otaki (55 years old), will be your opponent with my [Nightmare Penguin], hohoho..."

As he spoke, the Deep Sea Warrior behind "Honda Hiro" disappeared, replaced by Nightmare Penguin.

"This time, I will defeat you and take the bodies of young girls, huhuhuhuhuhu..."

The penguin was as perverted as ever.

"Please, Yugi, you have to defeat him!"

Hearing the old pervert's words, Anzu became agitated and urged Yugi to defeat the opponent quickly.

Of course, Yugi would do so even without her saying it. After all, these defeated opponents were too disgusting.

"According to [Nightmare Penguin]'s Field Commander effect, my Water monsters gain 200 ATK."

[Legendary Fisherman: ATK 1850 → 2050]

"I'm definitely going to defeat you this time, Yugi Muto! Go, I'll use [Legendary Fisherman] to attack [Giant Rat]!"

The Penguin first targeted Yugi, who had defeated it before. Under its attack command, the Fisherman thrust its harpoon towards the Giant Rat and impaled it.

After the Rat shattered, Yugi quickly spoke.

"You really never learn! At this moment, the monster effect of [Giant Rat] activates. When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon one EARTH monster with an ATK of 1500 or less from your Deck in Attack Position."

As he spoke, Yugi took off his Deck and began searching through it.

"Oh no!!"

The impulsive Penguin suddenly panicked. It hadn't expected to fall into the same trap again.

By this time, Yugi had already found the card he needed.

"I Special Summon [Green Gear] from my Deck."

A green gear robot appeared before him.

[Green Gear: ATK 1400]

"And [Green Gear]'s monster effect activates upon successful Special Summon. Add one [Red Gear] from your Deck to your hand."

[Yugi Muto Hand: 4 → 5]

"Nice one, Yugi! That leaves the tribute!"

Jonouchi, standing nearby, cheered.

"A tribute, huh? AIBO's strategy probably isn't that simple..."

The King repeatedly examined the cards in Yugi's hand and his face-down cards, pondering them.

"This is... could it be..."

Upon seeing one of Yugi's hand cards and his face-down card, he suddenly realized something. His gaze turned pityingly towards the opponent. He knew the Great Five Elders were about to be dominated by Yugi again.