Back at the tournament venue...
"Don't let that little interruption distract you. I end my turn." Tetsuhiro returned to his wicked grin.
His earlier overbearing, imposing aura had vanished completely.
The purple crow dissolved into motes of light, and Tetsuhiro returned the card to his hand.
"I activate Yata-Garasu's second effect. During the end phase of the turn this card is summoned or flipped face-up, it returns to my hand."
"Fine, I don't want to fight you either. My turn! I draw... uh, I end my turn."
"I draw! I pay 100 life points to maintain Messenger of Peace, then recover 200 life points thanks to Mary's effect."
LP: 2000 → 2100
"Now you only have one card left in your back row. I'm guessing it's a utility trap, so it probably won't do you much good."
"Wait! Considering that Kuriboh you had face-down earlier, could your set card be-Multiply?"
"..."
"No answer is the best answer. Looks like I really guessed right. Let me think. Were you planning to use that to block my repeated attacks?
"Damn, that's some serious rules-lawyering."
Dark Yugi continued to stare silently at Tetsuhiro, utterly unmoved.
"All right, you won't get another chance anyway. I set one card in my back row."
"I summon Yata-Garasu. Attack!"
LP: 900 → 700
He activated the effect again and ended his turn.
Dark Yugi's icy gaze swept across the field before settling intently on Tetsuhiro, as though he wanted to memorize his every move.
As his LP fell again and again, his gaze slowly darkened. He didn't even have a chance to fight back.
His expression grew colder and colder, then gradually turned somewhat numb.
700 → 500 → 300 → 100
He kept staring like that until his life points