Chapter 204: Black Crown Game Shop
"The owner of Kame Game Card Shop, Solomon Muto, 72 years old, has encountered the biggest crisis of his life this year." Standing before the newly opened large game shop—the Black Crown Game Shop, Solomon Muto's face was stern. "In order to revive the business of the Kame Game Shop, he has brought his disciple and grandson to the enemy's base."
"However, his disciple and grandson have fallen at the speed of light, how shameful!" Chumley, standing behind Grandpa Muto, narrated.
Yugi and Joey, who should have been standing beside Grandpa Muto, had long since succumbed to their curiosity and gone inside the Black Crown Game Shop to play games.
Téa rubbed her forehead speechlessly: "What have you been going on about, Chumley, ever since we got here?!"
"Didn't Grandpa Muto say that this shop is his biggest enemy? When facing the Final Boss, commentary can increase fighting power by 1000%." Chumley joked, looking towards the second floor of the Black Crown Game Shop.
A dark shadow flashed past the window there, making one wonder if it was an illusion.
After school, as agreed that morning, Yugi and the others came to the Black Crown Game Shop to "scout the enemy's situation" and to learn about "D.D.M.", the game that had recently become popular. Grandpa Muto also came along to see.
"Speaking of which, this place is really big," Téa said, looking up at the Black Crown Game Shop with a sigh. "It's just a game shop; does it need to be built so high? It actually has six floors."
"Making the building taller, while increasing costs, can also attract more attention." Chumley accompanied Grandpa Muto up the stairs. "There's nothing special to see from the outside, let's go in and find Yugi and the others."
As they reached the main entrance, the automatic sensor door opened, and what greeted them were several large machines that somewhat resembled gashapon machines.
A nearby receptionist enthusiastically introduced the shop to Chumley and the two others, who clearly looked new: "Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the Black Crown Game Shop! Would you like to check out our shop's biggest attraction—'Monster Dice Roulette'? It's a game very similar to Duel Monsters, and each Dice contains a Monster figurine, offering both aesthetic appeal and collectible value."
"Hmph, putting figurines inside Dice, it feels twisted just thinking about it!" Out of hostility towards the Black Crown Game Shop, Grandpa Muto extended his prejudice to "Monster Dice Roulette" as well.
However, while Grandpa was saying this, his grandson didn't think the same. Grandpa Muto had barely finished speaking when he saw Yugi walking over from beside the gashapon machine, holding four or five Dice in his hand, clearly having just acquired them from that machine.
"Grandpa, this 'Monster Dice Roulette' is quite interesting." As he spoke, Yugi opened one of the Dice in his hand, taking out a Dark Magician Girl figurine. "Compared to Duel Monsters, which requires KaibaCorp's Solid Vision system to display three-dimensional Monsters, D.D.M.'s figurines were quite good."
Receiving the Dark Magician Girl figurine from Yugi, Solomon's face flushed. Driven by his prejudice, he tried to find flaws in it, but found that, just as Yugi said, the Monster Dice Roulette figurines were incredibly exquisite, with extremely high fidelity, identical to their Duel Monsters card art, and the material felt quite high-quality.
Unable to find any faults, Grandpa Muto said nothing, stuffing the Dark Magician Girl back into Yugi's hand before turning and leaving in a huff.
"Huh? What's wrong with Grandpa?" Yugi didn't understand why Grandpa Muto was angry and asked with some confusion.
"Monster Dice Roulette is indeed a good game, but Grandpa Muto just doesn't want to admit it." Chumley glanced at Grandpa Muto, who had already reached the stairs, and said to Téa, "Please, Téa-chan, could you accompany Grandpa Muto?"
"Alright, I am indeed worried about Grandpa Muto." Téa nodded helplessly. "Then I'll head off now."
As the automatic door closed, blocking Grandpa Muto and Téa from view, Chumley shifted his gaze back to the gashapon machine inside the game shop and walked towards it. To be honest, he was quite interested in this game as well.
The machine for purchasing Monster Dice Roulette was similar in appearance to a gashapon machine, and the price wasn't far off either: 500 yen for one spin. Chumley pulled a Fukuzawa Yukichi bill from his wallet to buy tokens, then bought a few Monster Dice Roulette to try.
Curse of Dragon, Death Stalker, Baby Dragon... just ordinary monsters. Out of twenty Monster Dice Roulette, the best Chumley pulled was a Dark Knight Gaia Dice, making him wonder if this was truly the bonds of the soul?
Chumley casually glanced up at the prize description, then suddenly his eyes widened, and he sharply looked down at the Dark Magician Girl in Yugi's hand, asking, "Yugi, how many Monster Dice Roulette did you buy?"
"Oh, me? I only bought five, just to play around." Yugi scratched the back of his head, a little shyly. "I was originally planning to give one each to Grandpa and Téa, since, you see, I drew three Dark Magician Girls."
"…Yugi, do you know what the probability of drawing Dark Magician Girl is?"
On the gashapon machine, the Dark Magician Girl figurine was specially marked, with promotional text stating 'Highest Rarity' and '0.1% Appearance Rate!'
"Hmm, probably one in a thousand?"
"Do you know you could get beaten up for that? (Lucky Emperors have short lifespans!)" Chumley, with eyes full of envy and jealousy, looked at the three Dark Magician Girls in Yugi's arms, as well as two other Dark Magician figurines of slightly lower rarity but equally super rare models.
Was this the world of Lucky Emperors? Someone, please destroy this world quickly!
Speaking of Lucky Emperors, Chumley then remembered another 'Emperor of Lucky Emperors': "Speaking of which, Yugi, wasn't Joey with you?"
"Joey? He seems to have gone to the Duel Field with Tristan." Yugi thought for a moment, an expectant look on his face. "Chumley, let's go check it out too. Although I've roughly understood how Monster Dice Roulette is played, I'm really excited to see what it's like to actually play."
Under the receptionist's guidance, Chumley and Yugi arrived on the third floor of the Black Crown Game Shop.
Though called the third floor, it was actually connected to the fourth, serving as a dedicated match area for Duel Monsters and Monster Dice Roulette. It was also equipped with a large number of Solid Vision systems, so KaibaCorp must have received a good amount in licensing fees.
As soon as they arrived on the third floor, Chumley and Yugi heard Joey's arrogant voice: "Hmph, how about that? Have you experienced the strength of a Duelist Kingdom Top 4 duelist? It's just Monster Dice Roulette; I can beat you even as a beginner!"
(end of chapter)