So Don't Jinx Yourself

To be honest, Yu Ming wasn't trying to be clever; he genuinely felt that way.

"First, you're the one who dragged me to this godforsaken place, and you're the one who wanted to use me as a sacrifice."

Yu Ming shrugged, looking at Ogorou Daimon's increasingly twisted, hateful expression.

"And now, you're suddenly losing it over some irrelevant matters, and I can't even figure out what reason or right you have to hate me."

"Shut up!"

That was the response he got.

Before the words had even fully faded, Yu Ming heard Ogorou Daimon's emotional mechanical voice.

"It's one thing for the Kaiba family, but why do you also possess such power?!"

Oh, now he understood.

"So, what you're saying is, you, a human scum who routinely dabbled in arms deals, realized after death that you're actually an incompetent piece of trash, but you don't want to admit it. So you're pushing all the blame onto someone like me, who has nothing to do with you and is just trying to survive here?"

While the shift was indeed a bit abrupt, a closer look at the logic made it not entirely unreasonable.

"Betrayal... frankly, it's just your foolish and pathetic jealousy acting up."

"You little brat..."

"Shut up, you third-rate mongrel with a second-rate deck. Have you lived decades of your life for nothing?"

"Guh..."

Meeting the android's seemingly humiliated gaze, Yu Ming simply reached up and picked at his ear.

"Ultimately, I was just an outsider caught up in your ambitions. I have no obligation to listen to your troubles, and certainly no obligation to endure your misplaced anger, you useless piece of trash. Yet you're all getting so arrogant..."

The white-haired youth narrowed his eyes.

"Old man, do you really think I have no temper?"

"Awooo!"

Suddenly, the Five-Headed Dragon let out a long howl, almost like a wail, that echoed across the turbid sacrificial ground, adding a strange sense of chaos.

"Hm?"

At the same time, Yu Ming suddenly noticed that the translucent phantom seemed to have solidified somewhat.

Two of the heads, representing different elements, had already returned to their original state. Fire and wind-thunder intertwined, unleashing a roar of elements.

"Hmph, it seems some of my colleagues have already achieved victory."

Clearly, he wasn't the only one dueling here. And judging by the Five-Headed Dragon's appearance, and considering the number of the Big Five, there should be five duels happening simultaneously.

So the question was...

"Who's that bad?"

Yu Ming just sighed.

"But never mind. No matter what, the so-called evil dragon can't be revived anyway."

And as for why...

"It's already over here, after all."

Currently, his field had two large monsters: Mist Demon and Psychic Shockwave. While this wouldn't necessarily be lethal under actual card game rules, this was an anime.

Here, Life Points were halved!

"Battle Phase! 'Psychic Shockwave' attacks!"

Yu Ming swung his arm with the motion.

"Psychic Shockwave!"

A booming shockwave, a psychic strike from Psychic Shockwave, swept forth.

Meanwhile, Yu Ming's gaze followed the corrupted black mist enveloped within it, looking towards Ogorou Daimon's field.

His eyes swept past the lone monster and focused on his back row—aside from Call of the Haunted, there was one more Set card.

Putting himself in Ogorou's shoes, given the environment here, if he wanted to use Sanga as his main force, he would never include too many Trap Cards in his deck.

Then...

"I activate my Set card now."

When the bottomless, dark vortex was revealed, a faint green light shone through.

"Quick-Play Spell Card—'Concentrated Current'!"

Amidst the roaring, surging electric charges, the Psychic Shockwave's aura also began to climb.

"According to this card's effect, I can increase the ATK of one monster on my field by its DEF value until the end of the turn!"

So, Psychic Shockwave's final ATK was...

[ATK/600 → 2000]

Finally, the dark shockwave swept across, completely engulfing its weak counterpart, while the aftershocks sent sparks flying from Ogorou Daimon's mechanical body.

"Guh…"

Ogorou Daimon LP: 4000 → 3600

"It's not over yet. Mist Demon, direct attack."

"Ooh, ooh, ooh!!!"

Without any obstruction, the magical shockwave blasted through his body.

Power from hell and darkness invaded his body, corroding his outer armor, leaving only flesh that spread like the grayish-white of the dead.

But…

Ogorou Daimon LP: 3600 → 1200

He was still alive.

"What a shame. You were indeed just a little bit off," Ogorou Daimon said coldly, clenching his mangled fists.

"I thought I had prepared thoroughly, but it seems I still underestimated you."

"You didn't have that attitude when I broke through your defenses earlier."

"To push me to this extent, you truly possess power that cannot be underestimated."

"And is there a possibility that I actually did this to you in just one turn?"

"…Enough of your nonsense! All that is in the past. Now, I have the advantage!"

Before Yu Ming could continue his sarcastic remarks, the android's voice, as if amplified, began to echo.

"Mist Demon will be destroyed at the end of the turn and inflict one thousand points of damage to you. Fall, on the other hand, will cause you to take eight hundred points of damage during my Standby Phase."

And now, Yu Ming's remaining Life Points were only 1600.

If one were to explain it using a common phrase in this world…

"Under the effects of these side effects, your life, already a flickering candle in the wind, will be completely extinguished!"

"Ah, he said it…"

"You will be buried by your own cards!!"

Ogorou Daimon waved his mangled arm, his voice even cracking with a high-pitched shriek.

"I won!!!"

Yu Ming couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, watching the android's excited demeanor.

How should he put it?

"Though it's a bit late to remind you now, carelessly making bold declarations isn't a good habit."

"What did you say?"

As an old-timer in his forties or fifties, he naturally didn't understand what Yu Ming was talking about.

However, he didn't have a chance to question anything.

As Ogorou Daimon struggled to get back to his feet, he saw the monster identical to him standing before him.

"Sogen?"

But, it was in a ghost-like state.

"Magic Card — Psychic Ectoplasm."

Looking behind him, Ogorou Daimon only saw a card being activated.

"After this card is activated, once per turn during each player's End Phase, they can choose 1 face-up monster on their field, Tribute that monster, and inflict damage to their opponent equal to half the original ATK of the Tributed monster."

"Psychic Shockwave's ATK is 2400, and half of that is…"

Ogorou Daimon instantly fell silent.

But it didn't matter; Yu Ming could complete it for him.

"The value is 1200, which is exactly equal to your Life Points."

How should he put it?

"Quite a coincidence, isn't it?"

The android's crimson eyes trembled, blinking wildly like a warning light.

Ogorou Daimon seemed to want to say something, but it was already too late.

Boom

The monster identical to him suddenly disintegrated, and the overflowing spiritual shockwave directly knocked him over.

"Ahhh—!"

Ogorou Daimon LP: 1200 → 0