Yu-Gi-Oh!: I've Been Kidnapped by the Spirits and Taken to Duel City

Chapter 8 Fellow Travelers, The Black Magician Reappears

"Sorewadokana! (That's not necessarily true)"

Kagura Kiryu smiled and uttered the famous Yu-Gi-Oh! quote.

"After the Killer Tomato was destroyed in battle, its special effect was also activated."

Yasaki Mio: "Nani?"

"After this card is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon one DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from my Deck in Attack Position."

Kiryu Kagura opened his deck, pulled out a card, and placed it on the Duel Disk: "I will Special Summon the Black Forest Witch with 1100 Attack."

The black-robed, purple-haired witch with three eyes knelt on the dueling ground, her hands raised in front of her chest, her eyes closed in a prayerful gesture.

Only the vertical pupil between his eyebrows was wide open, his eyes fixed intently on his opponent, creating a very eerie scene.

[Black Forest Witch, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Mage Race, Attack Power 1100, Effect Monster]

"Furthermore, since there are monsters on the field sent to my Graveyard, I can activate this face-down card."

Kagura Kiryu pressed the button on the Duel Disk, and a Trap Card was revealed.

On the card, two men are on the edge of a cliff, one of them grabbing the other's leg, as if he's about to drag him off the cliff.

"Trap Card, activated by Fellow Traveler".

Kagura Kiryu points to the Plant Lion on Yosaki Mio's field: "If a monster on the field is sent to my Graveyard, I can choose one monster on the field to destroy!"

"I choose your plant lion!"

He waved his hand dismissively: "Let's perish together with the monsters you destroyed!"

"Eeya!"

The assassin tomato in Kagura Kiryu's graveyard suddenly leaped out, grinning evilly as it crashed into the plant lion. The plant lion was terrified, its expression seemingly saying:

"Don't come any closer! We're all plants, please let this brother go."

But it was clearly useless; Killer Tomato had just been mercilessly killed by the lion, and this time he was here for revenge.

"You didn't even let me off the hook, how could I possibly let you off the hook? Give me the hell!"

"Bang!"

The two monsters shattered into pieces, creating a storm. Yosaki Mio raised her hand to shield herself, a smile playing on her lips: "Not bad, kid."

Immediately, knowledgeable duelists stepped forward; their skill level was higher than that of ordinary passersby, and they exclaimed in shock:

"First, I changed Killer Tomato to a lower defense position to lure my opponent into attacking, then used the effect of a trap card to bury my opponent's monster with higher attack power!"

"Such strong teamwork! To come up with such a setup in the very first round—just who is this person?"

The onlookers were buzzing with discussion. Kagura Kiryu was a little embarrassed by the praise. No, what kind of sophisticated technique was this? They just praised him without any real skill.

It made him think he had summoned the God of Light in one turn.

(The Creator of Light can only be Special Summoned by Tributing three Phantom God Cards on your field. If the summon is successful, the player wins immediately. The conditions are extremely demanding.)

This "Fellow Traveler" card is already included in his deck and is considered a high-quality trap, with relatively easy activation conditions.

But to be honest, it still can't compare to the sublime power of the Knights of Hanoi.

If it weren't for the scarcity of useful cards, he would have already kicked out this trap that was only used in the early stages.

"But don't think I'll face your turn with an empty field like this!"

Yosaki Mio's smile vanished, replaced by a serious expression as she faced a formidable opponent. She inserted her hand into the Duel Disk: "I activate my Equipment Card, Premature Burial!"

"Pay 800 Life Points to revive a monster from your Graveyard to the field, and equip this card."

【Yasaki Mio: LP4000→LP3200】

Yosaki Mio endured the slight pain of losing life points with a blank expression, and a card popped out of her Duel Disk's Graveyard: "I choose, Plant Lion!"

The plant lion leaped back onto the Duel Disk, seemingly reviving on the spot, and bared its teeth and claws at Kagura Kiryu, as if to say:

"You little brat, I'm back again! Go ahead and kill me again if you dare!"

[Plant Lion, Attack Power 1600 → Attack Power 1900]

"My attack phase is over, so I set two cards face down. My turn is over."

Yosaki Mio quickly placed two face-down cards, creating two more black face-down cards in the Spell & Trap Zone.

Kagura Kiryu felt a little uneasy. "No, sister, are you also from the underworld?"

Plant Lion is a card used by Aki Izayoi, the female protagonist of Yu-Gi-Oh! Part 3. Mio Yosaki looks a lot like Aki Izayoi, so could she have inherited Aki Izayoi's dark and gritty playstyle?

But no matter what, the duel must continue.

Kiryu Kagura placed his hand on top of the deck: "Then it's my turn. My turn, draw!"

Upon seeing the card he had drawn, he almost burst out laughing: "I activate my spell card, Pot of Greed, and draw two cards from my deck!"

Pot of Greed, a forbidden card among forbidden cards, has a simple and brutal effect, gaining a card with no cost.

In Yu-Gi-Oh!, a game where hand resources are extremely important, a single card difference can represent a huge resource gap.

For this reason, Konami quickly put this card on the blacklist and listed it as a banned card on March 1, 2006.

At the time, Kagura Kiryu was just a baby who probably hadn't even watched TV, so naturally he couldn't have used this card.

When I grew up and started playing Yu-Gi-Oh!, even the kids I played with at the village entrance knew that this card was banned, so naturally I couldn't use it anymore.

I never expected that my time travel would actually come in handy in the original story.

Unfortunately, he only had one Pot of Greed in his deck.

Hmm, this card seems to be the most common N card in the anime, and it's very cheap. I'll definitely try to get it to three stars later.

There are also angelic gifts, heavenly treasures, and the like, all maxed out to level three, making card draws incredibly satisfying.

A green goblin jar with thick lips and big yellow teeth appeared, and Kagura Kiryu's Duel Disk immediately displayed the message that he could draw a card.

He drew two cards from his deck, and Pot of Greed shattered instantly.

Kagura Kiryu looked at the cards in his hand and almost burst out laughing again.

He looked at Yosaki Mio and said with a smile, "Looks like this guy is also eager to spar with you, Mio-nee."

Yosaki Mio looked a little nervous, her fingers tightening as she gripped the card. "Masaga, have you already drawn that card?"

Kagura Kiryu added the card he had drawn to his hand, then picked out another one: "Well then, let me do some preparation."

"First, I summon this card: Spellcaster Rima!"

A slender, yellow, comical clown hopped onto the dueling platform. It had a pointed nose, a tall red hat, and a question mark on its face.

【Magician Rishin, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Mage Race, Attack Power 1300, Effect Monster】

"As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, you can Tribute Summon one Spellcaster monster in Attack Position only once, except when you Normal Summon it."

"A high-level summon? A mage?"

Yosaki Mio looked at the two monsters on Kagura Kiryu's field: "I see, have you gathered all the offerings?"

"That's right," Kagura Kiryu held up a card: "Summoning a level 5 or 6 monster requires one tribute, but summoning a level 7 or higher monster requires two tributes."

"I release the Black Forest Witch and the Demonized Rijin on the field as sacrifices to summon this supreme-rank magician!"

The Black Forest Witch and the Demonized Rijin vanished as specks of light, and Kagura Kiryu slammed the card he had held high onto the Duel Disk.

"The strongest magician who transcends three thousand years of time and bonds, my most loyal servant, the Dark Magician, summon!"

"What?!"

A gasp rippled through the audience.