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

"Tch, it's just delaying the inevitable by one turn. My advantage hasn't changed..."

Noah hadn't realized the severity of the situation yet.

"Noah, have you forgotten what cards are in my hand right now?"

At this, Yugi held up his hand of cards.

"Hand... Ah, right! [Pluto Dragon Judgment God] can be Special Summoned from the hand after a counter trap negates the opponent's card..."

Reminded, Noah finally remembered that Yugi still had a troublesome monster in his hand.

At this moment, Yugi had already placed the card on his Duel Disk and said, "According to [Pluto Dragon Judgment God]'s own effect, it is Special Summoned from the hand once again."

The card released a glow, and the deep crimson dragon was projected once more.

[Pluto Dragon Judgment God: ATK 2800]

[Yugi Muto Hand: 1 → 0]

"And because this time it's a Trap Card that was negated, [Pluto Dragon Judgment God] has unlocked a new ability."

Hearing Yugi's words, Noah was immediately startled.

"A new ability!?"

Noah became uneasy for a moment.

At this, Yugi pointed at the angel and replied, "That's right. It doesn't matter what Trap Card was negated, but after negating a Trap Card, the corresponding effect of [Pluto Dragon Judgment God] is triggered. You choose one card on the opponent's field to destroy, and the one I'm destroying is, of course, your Deck Master [Heavenly King Shina-do]!"

As soon as Yugi finished speaking, the Pluto Dragon unleashed lightning towards Shina-do.

"Not good!!"

The lightning quickly struck "Noah" and caused an explosion.

"All right! Once the Deck Master is destroyed, that brat will lose unconditionally!"

Seeing that the duel was about to end, his companions became excited.

"Hmph, don't celebrate too early. The duel isn't over yet."

At this moment, the President poured cold water on them.

This was because he saw that Shina-do's shadow had not disappeared within the smoke.

This scene was also seen by Yugi and the King.

Before long, the smoke quickly dissipated, and Shina-do appeared before everyone's eyes, completely unharmed.

"Impossible! [Heavenly King Shina-do] should have been destroyed..."

Jonouchi couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Of course, there were some differences. Yugi and the King had already noticed Noah kneeling at Shina-do's feet.

So Yugi said to Noah, "Your body has separated from [Heavenly King Shina-do], meaning [Heavenly King Shina-do] is no longer on the field as a monster card, right?"

At this, Noah had already stood up again.

"Tch, you saw through it. As expected of you..."

He admitted Yugi's guess.

Then he continued, "It was my carelessness, Yugi. I didn't expect I'd even use the final ability of the Deck Master."

"[Heavenly King Shina-do]'s final ability, 'Reincarnation,' is for a Deck Master that appears on the field. When it is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, it can negate that destruction, then return to its non-summoned state, becoming a Deck Master used outside the field."

"Of course, this effect is not without its price. That is, it can no longer be summoned as a monster."

At this point, all six effects of Noah's Deck Master had been revealed.

"You're really troublesome, Noah."

Even after all this, Yugi felt it was a rare and difficult situation.

"This is too cheap. With so many effects, if Yugi hadn't stepped in, we probably wouldn't have known what effects they were."

""Exactly!""

Everyone couldn't help but complain.

As expected, the rule of designing a Deck Master was something Noah used to his own convenience.

Without this rule, Yugi would have won long ago, and the battle wouldn't have dragged on until now.

"Finally, I'll set one monster face-down, then set one card face-down, and end my turn."

After placing two cards face-down on his field, Noah ended his turn.

[Noah Kaiba Hand: 2 → 0]

This time, he didn't summon a monster in face-up defense. It seemed he also knew that a face-down monster would be dangerous.

Chapter 52: A Boy Lost His Dream

"My turn, draw!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 0 → 1]

Yugi directly inserted the card he drew this turn into his Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Curtain of Black Magic], pay half my Life Points, and Special Summon [Dark Magician] from my Deck!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 1→0]

[Yugi Muto: LP 1600→800]

A skull wearing a curtain appeared on Yugi's field, and a purple figure then flew out from behind the curtain.

[Dark Magician: ATK 2500]

"To summon [Dark Magician] at this moment, what a terrifying Duelist..."

Seeing the three high-level monsters on Yugi's field, Noah felt a prickle of fear.

After Yugi switched Gaia to Attack Position, he immediately entered the Battle Phase.

"Battle! I attack your face-down card with [Dark Knight Gaia the Fierce Wind], Spiral Spear Strike!"

Gaia charged forward and pierced Noah's face-down card with its spear. The monster that was destroyed was, of course, Mermaid Princess.

"At this moment, when [Mermaid Princess] is flipped face-up, I change the battle position of one face-up monster on your field. I change [Pluto Dragon Judgment God] to Defense Position."

Pluto Dragon was forced to crouch down.

[Pluto Dragon Judgment God: DEF 2500]

"But I still have [Dark Magician] to attack you directly. Go, Dark Magic Attack!"

Following Yugi's attack command, Dark Magician fired a magic bullet at Noah.

Bang--!!

"Hmph--!"

With an empty field, Noah could only take the damage head-on.

[Noah Kaiba: LP 5700→3200]

"That concludes my turn."

Yugi's turn ended.

Noah then impatiently drew a card.

"My turn!"

[Noah Kaiba Hand: 0→1]

"Hmph..."

This card made Noah's lips curl into a smile.

"Let me use this card to send your monsters to the graveyard, Yugi Muto!"

Saying that, he inserted the card into his Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Deep Impact] from my hand. All monsters on the field are destroyed, and both players' Life Points are halved!"

[Noah Kaiba Hand: 1→0]

"What!?"

Everyone was shocked by this overpowered effect. How did this kid Noah get so many field-clearing cards?

As Noah activated this card, the sky instantly turned the color of twilight, and a large number of meteorites began to fall.

Boom boom boom--!!!

Continuous explosions destroyed all the monsters on Yugi's field.

[Yugi Muto: LP 800→400]

[Noah Kaiba: LP 3200→1600]

"But with this, Noah has no monsters left. As long as AIBO draws a monster with an ATK of over 1600..."

The King's words were interrupted by Noah.

"Next, I activate the Trap Card [Earthbound Ritual]. I add one Spirit Monster from my Graveyard to my hand."

"I add [Mermaid Princess] from my Graveyard to my hand and set it face-down."

Mermaid Princess was once again set on Noah's field.

The King: Never mind what I said...

"My turn ends."

As Noah's turn ended, Swords of Revealing Light also disappeared.

"My turn, draw!"

[Yugi Muto Hand: 0→1]

Yugi once again drew a Spell Card by sheer luck and inserted it into his Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Warrior's Rebirth]."

Activate by targeting 1 Warrior monster in your Graveyard. Add that Warrior monster to your hand.

[Yugi Muto Hand: 1 → 0]

"Again!!"

Noah knew exactly which monster Yugi intended to retrieve.

"I add [Dark Knight Gaia the Fierce Wind] from my Graveyard to my hand and summon it."

The invincible Gaia reappeared.

[Dark Knight Gaia the Fierce Wind: ATK 2300]

Noah: How many times has this happened? Why is this damn thing still haunting me?! (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

And so, Mermaid Princess was destroyed by Gaia once more. This time, Noah had nothing left but that one Continuous Spell, an empty field, and a dead end. All he could rely on was a god draw.

"My turn ends."

Yugi and Noah had now reached a point where it was purely a battle of luck.

"My turn!"

[Noah Kaiba Hand: 0 → 1]

"Hmph hmph hmph, hahahaha..."

This card made Noah laugh hysterically.

It made Yugi and King curious, while his companions grew worried.

"The goddess of victory is still on my side..."

Noah placed the card onto his Duel Disk and said, "I summon the Spirit Monster [Inaba White Rabbit] from my hand."

After a flash of light, a white rabbit holding a mechanical pestle appeared on Noah's field.

[Inaba White Rabbit: ATK 700]