Chapter 15: GG

"Resurrection! Dark Magician!" Yuyu exclaimed, both Jouchouchi and the spectators were taken aback. The Dark Magician is widely known as the signature card of the Duel King, Yugi Mutou, and its rarity is second only to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

Until now, they had never seen anyone outside of Mutou possess a Dark Magician. The dark red coffin descended into the ground amidst swirling smoke, creating a vortex of dark energy.

(Note: So is actually Mutou and not muto, my bad lol.)

A beam of dark red light shot up from the ground, and the slender figure of the Dark Magician emerged from it. Standing on a large magic circle, dark energy emanated from beneath his feet. His crystal-clear green staff flew out of the magic circle and hovered in mid-air before returning to his hand.

With a sweeping motion of the staff, a transparent wave radiated from the Dark Magician, creating an imposing presence.

[Dark Magician, Attack Power: 2500]

The onlookers couldn't contain their excitement and erupted into applause and cheers. Witnessing top-level professional dueling on the streets of the city, with legendary monsters like the Red-Eyes Black Dragon, Meteor Black Comet Dragon, and Dark Magician, was an unexpected delight for the ordinary duelists. It was an opportunity to learn big!

"Oh no... Oh no!"Jouchouchi muttered as he observed the unfolding battle. "Jouchouchi has initiated the attack, but now that the Meteor Black Comet Dragon has been dissolved, only the Meteor Dragon with lower attack power remains on his field. In this situation, the Dark Magician will counterattack!"

Yuyu raised an eyebrow, confused. "Counterattack? Is that possible?"

He had never heard of such a concept before. Where did this counterattack come from?

Suddenly, Yu Yu's eyes widened as he witnessed the Dark Magician on his field take action. With a swift palm strike in the air, a powerful blast of black magic surged forward like a mountain and an ocean, obliterating the Meteor Dragon in an instant.

"Meteor Dragon!" Jouchouchi gritted his teeth and shouted.

[KatsuyaJouchouchi, LP: 3200 → LP: 2500]

Yuyu was astonished to see his Dark Magician take the initiative to destroy the opponent's hero without his command and then calmly return to his side. The spectators were left dumbfounded by this turn of events.

Can the audience even speak up in a situation like this?

All the battling heros had disappeared fromJouchouchi's sides, so should the battle continue?

Yu Yu couldn't help but recall a certain scene from an anime...

...

Mutou: "I attack your XYZ-Dragon Cannon with Obelisk the Tormentor! Take this, Superconducting Wave!"

Seto Kaiba: "Hahaha! At this moment, I activate 'Subspace Teleportation Device'! I banish my monsters from the game and transfer them to a subspace! Now, Obelisk has lost its attack target, and your attack is invalid!"

Mutou: "Don't give me that nonsense! If your monster gets banished, it triggers a 'battle rollback,' and I can choose to attack you directly with Obelisk, and you'll lose!"

Seto Kaiba: "No way, pal! I'm the one who sets the rules of the duel. If I say it's invalid, then it's invalid!"

"…"

...

Well, it seemed that a battle rollback wasn't possible during this time in Duel Monsters.

This further reinforced Yuyu's resolve to approach the Haima Company's president to suggest optimizing the card game rules. Otherwise, he might end up being defeated without even knowing how it happened, just by someone's words.

"Now then!" Yuyu declared. "I directly attack with the Dark Magician!"

The Dark Magician soared into the air, his green staff pointing forward. A transparent whirlpool formed around the staff, and a wave of magic shot through the city like an arrow.

Jouchouchi involuntarily bend his knees from the impact. The three-dimensional image of black magic pierced through his chest from the front, leaving a gaping hole as it exited from the back.

[KatsuyaJouchouchi, LP: 2500 → LP: 0]

Jouchouchi was defeated.

Few minutes later, the group returned to the card shop.

"Ahhh! I can't believe I lost!" Jouchouchi exclaimed, rubbing his arm uncomfortably.

"It's alright, the opponent was just too strong,"Jouchouchi reassured himself, smiling.

"But still, I'm the runner-up of the Dueling Kingdom. It feels a bit embarrassing" Jouchouchi sighed.

It was true that although the battle seemed intense, Yu Yu had only lost 100 LP right at the beginning, and the rest of the duel went smoothly.

Yuyu chuckled, "It was just luck, nothing more."

He wasn't trying to be modest, as luck played a significant role in card games. Not everyone could have a good hand.

After this duel, he was in a good mood. The experience gained from winning this game was worth more than a week of tormenting random duelists!

With this thought, he decided to draw from the system card pool again tonight.

"Too modest, you're one of the strongest duelists I've ever met," Jouchouchi said sincerely, then turned around. "But losing this time doesn't mean it'll be the same next time! If we duel in a city tournament, I won't show any mercy!"

"No problem, anytime," Yu Yu agreed readily, but then he reminded them, "But you can't compete without a Duel Disk, right?"

Instantly, everyone in the store turned to stone.

It seemed... that was the truth.

They had been so engrossed in playing cards that they had forgotten the very reason why they started playing in the first place...

Miss Kyoko smiled helplessly by his side, "Yes, otherwise so there's no way to participate..."

"Ahhh, damn it! That blasted Seahorse!"

As if another fight was about to occur within the store,Jouchouchi's good friend Honda quickly pulled him out of the store.

Kyoko and Mutou also left. But before Mutou departed, he stopped at the door and turned back.

"Well, sorry for disrupting you today," Mutou said.

"It's no problem at all. You're welcome to come again next time!" Yuyu waved his hand.

If he could, he would love to gather this type of experienc every day.

"Hmm!" Mutou nodded.

And finally, they left.

Yuyu turned his head and found that China was staring at him intently, her gaze containing an unknown impulse that startled him.

"What... what is it?"

"It's nothing," China replied seriously. "I'm just a little surprised. You're different from what I expected. It seems you're a bit better than I thought..."

What did she mean by "different from what I expected"? Did she see me as a pushover?