"Dark Magician... Girl?" Youyu was a bit confused at this moment.
"Yes, yes," the translucent girl magician nodded repeatedly, "I was the one calling you before. I tried to contact many duelists in this world, but no one responded to me..."
Youyu suddenly understood. So that's it. The voice Xue Lang heard before was the Dark Magician Girl as a spirit. That makes sense...
...like hell it does! This still doesn't explain why there were cards in his deck that shouldn't be there!
"...But I remember you shouldn't be in my deck, right?"
"That's correct, but right now I've temporarily possessed you, so the card that hosts me has automatically been added to your deck."
As the girl explained, she shook her head a little, accidentally causing her large magician's hat to slide down and cover her eyes.
"So now you are my master."
She said while hastily adjusting her hat back in place, making her movements look clumsy... yet a bit cute.
Youyu roughly understood. In short, it means that the Dark Magician Girl in front of him is a card spirit from the Duel Monster Realm.
In the Yu-Gi-Oh World, while there are countless monster cards, card spirits are quite rare. Not every monster card will have a spirit residing within.
Notably, like the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons President Haima holds, it's undisputed that they host monster spirits. The Dark Magician in Yugi's hand also contains a card spirit.
Additionally, in the later Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, the protagonist Yuki Judai's Winged Kuriboh, Manjome Jun's Ojama Three Brothers, and John Anderson's Crystal Beasts are noteworthy card spirits.
Oh, of course, the Dark Magician Girl in Yugi's hand is definitely also a card spirit, but it's not the same individual as the one Youyu is confronting now.
Even spirits of the same monster can be different individuals. For instance, in a chapter during Yu-Gi-Oh! GX's school festival, another Dark Magician Girl spirit appeared, which should be different from the one Yugi owns.
"Our spirit world is constructed from the thoughts and feelings in your world, but inversely, our world also supports yours, intertwining the two in an inseparable relationship."
The Dark Magician Girl began to explain: "Put simply, there's an evil intent attempting to extract energy from our world to invade yours.
Although it hasn't fully awakened yet, once it does, it will be an incredibly terrifying evil force. I'm here to alert the people of this world to this..."
At this point, Mr. T, who had been watching with his arms folded, also spoke, "I see, a rogue monster spirit causing mischief? How troublesome. In that case, it's best to deal with you here and now."
The Dark Magician Girl showed an angry expression, glaring at Mr. T with an "extremely fierce" look.
"Oh~ the little magician is angry, how scary," Mr. T shrugged, laughing nonchalantly, "But I'll kindly remind you, the duel is still ongoing. You don't have much time left. If you continue being idle like this, I'll consider your turn ended."
The Dark Magician Girl glared at him and then turned to Youyu, clenching her small fists to cheer him on, "No matter what, defeat him here! I'll do my best too!"
"Um... thank you," Youyu said helplessly, "But even if you've come into my hand... I can't summon you now!"
Not to mention that the Dark Magician Girl card is a six-star monster requiring a tribute, and Youyu, with an empty field, can't summon her. And honestly... even if summoned, she wouldn't be of much use.
In fact, in the previous turn, Youyu's LP was locked at 700, meeting the conditions for Destiny Draw. However, this magician girl miraculously jumped into his hand from outside the deck, and he missed the timing to activate his skill...
The Dark Magician Girl covered her small mouth, "Oh," realizing something, "Did I cause trouble for you by barging in like this?"
Youyu: "..."
Actually, without her help, Youyu would still be affected by Mr. T's strange dark power in the next turn, leading to inevitable defeat.
It seems there's no point in blaming her.
"Defense Position Summon 'Elemental Hero Featherman'," Youyu said, "End turn."
[Elemental Hero Featherman, DEF 1000]
"Heh, nothing you can do but strengthen your defense?" Mr. T sneered, "I'll end you and that bothersome spirit. My turn, draw!
Straight to battle! Molten Zombie, take out that worthless monster!"
Labeled as "worthless," Featherman gritted his teeth, tightened his muscles, and stood firm, preparing for the impending impact. The Molten Zombie, trailing a fiery line, charged straight at Featherman, spreading its scorching fingers towards his face.
Youyu repeated his previous move, "Activate Trap!"
Mr. T also used the same tactic, his eyes shining like ghostly flames behind his sunglasses as the dark psychic energy shot towards Youyu, attempting to disrupt his action as it did in the previous turn.
But this time, the energy he released collided with a transparent array less than half a meter in front of Youyu and splashed away.
The Dark Magician Girl waved her small, swirl-shaped magic staff and puffed her cheeks, glaring angrily at Mr. T, seemingly very upset with his cheating behavior in the duel.
"Counter Trap - Negate Attack!" Mr. T's little trick was blocked, and Youyu finally successfully activated the Set Card, "Negate the attack of one of the opponent's Monsters and forcibly end the Battle Phase!"
The Mystical Space Typhoon raised by the Trap Card blew the Molten Zombie back, forcibly ending the Battle Phase of this turn, including the Meteor Black Dragon on Mr. T's field that hadn't attacked yet.
Mr. T snorted, "Tch, pesky spirit. But this is just struggling on the brink, next turn will be your doomsday. End turn!"
Just managed to hold on.
No matter what, it seems this is likely to be Youyu's last turn.
"My turn... Draw!"
Without hesitation, Youyu directly activated the skill Destiny Draw.
"... Activate 'Pot of Greed!'" Without even looking, Youyu inserted the newly drawn card into the slot, "The effect of this card is to draw two more cards from the deck!"
Youyu drew two more cards from the deck.
He glanced at the drawn cards, and a smile curved at the corner of his mouth.
It's here!
"I'll first use the 'Elemental Hero Featherman' on the field as a tribute..."
Youyu glanced at the girl wielding the Magic Staff beside him, who was standing in front of him, exchanging a look with her.
"... Tribute Summon 'Dark Magician Girl'!"
A white whirlwind wrapped around the Featherman on the field, dissolving into golden light.
A powerful wave of Magic Power was released, condensing a slender figure in the center of the field. The ghostly phantom hovering beside Youyu disappeared, and then the Mage girl's entity emerged from the central Magic storm.
She skillfully spun the Magic Staff several times in her hand, gently sweeping it in front of her, the pink skirt lightly fluttering in the airflow.
Youyu instantly felt a burden lift from his heart, and the darkness accumulating on his side seemed to dissipate slightly.
"Next, I will activate the Magic Card from my hand... Monster Reborn!"
Monster Reborn, a rare SR level Magic Card. This card also came from Pandora's new player gift pack... Come to think of it, Youyu really got a lot of nice things from him during his newbie period, that magician gentleman sure is a good person...
"Monster Reborn," Mr. T chuckled lightly, "But your graveyard is filled with weaklings, nothing you resurrect stands a chance against 'Meteor Black Dragon'!"
"Who said I was going to resurrect a Monster from my graveyard?" Youyu smiled.
"... What?"
"I'm going to resurrect..." Youyu stretched out his hand, pointing straight at Mr. T's Duel Disc, "... that 'King of the Swamp' from your graveyard!"
Monster Reborn, Normal Magic Card, activates on one Monster in either your own or the opponent's graveyard, Special Summoning that Monster to your side of the field.
Mr. T was shocked to see a golden light being released from the graveyard slot of his Duel Disc, the King of the Swamp card flying out like a magnet drawn towards Youyu's hand, and was then Summoned onto the field.
"I'll borrow your universal Fusion Material as well." Youyu chuckled, "I'll activate the Magic Card - Polymerization from my hand!
At this moment, I will also use the ability of 'King of the Swamp', using its ability to transform into any Fusion Material! I'll use it to replace the Material... 'Elemental Hero Flame Wingman'!"
"What?"
Mr. T looked bewildered.
Flame Wingman? What is that?
A Monster he's never even heard of.
"I'll use the King of the Swamp replacing 'Flame Wingman', and fuse it with Sparkman in my hand, Fusion Summon—
— 'Elemental Hero Shining Flare Wingman'!"