Yugen once again felt regret over not knowing mind reading.
Because if he did...
...he'd be able to look through Lord Overlord's murderous eyes and see the opponent's inner workings.
Although there's no evidence, Yugen is certain it would definitely be interesting, even to the point of wanting to interview him directly—
—Hello, Lord Overlord. You've been nominated for the most humiliating Game King boss death award after having your arena cleared out by Chestnut Ball and then backstabbed by Kurishinryu. We'd like to ask, how do you feel about this honor?
For some reason, Yugen felt that Lord Overlord's answer would surely be amusing.
The mighty Overlord, ruler of the Twelfth Dimension, undefeated since his debut... no, to be precise, he might not have encountered even a single tough battle within those twelve dimensions, hence his domineering kingly arrogance.
For someone like him to face such a setback upon first arriving in the Otherworld, the resentment is understandable.
Is this how Otherworldly People play cards?
The more Lord Overlord thought about it, the more he felt this speculation might be right. Not only because someone as strong as him capsized in this bottomless pit, but also because the Supreme Illusion God, representing the pinnacle of the Otherworld, turned out to be such an unserious bird egg...
The strongest existences in a realm are often emblematic. If even the divine tricks here are about defending against opposition on the field, then the darkness of this place is imaginable.
Yes indeed, although he, the Overlord, is the king of darkness, he vowed to show his opponent the ultimate darkness, but after playing this card game, even he couldn't help but feel that this dimension's card games are a bit too dark...
"It's not over yet."
Overlord raised his head, his golden eyes looked directly at Yugen. Though his gaze was still as cold as before, there now seemed to be a hint of fire within that indifference.
Yugen was now certain that they certainly had personal grievances.
"I know." Yugen nodded his head and said calmly, "Your true self isn't here; given your power level, even if I win the duel, I can't kill you."
Overlord's current state is similar to when they were in the Overlord Dimension, it's akin to an awareness projection. However, Yugen and the others used Kaiba Company's high-tech and the Link System as a medium. Overlord, on the other hand, took advantage of his connection to Judai, controlling his body while Judai was fast asleep.
In this state, just like Yugen's team in the Other Dimension, although they can be injured in a duel, they cannot be truly defeated. To truly defeat Overlord, they would have to find his real self.
But there are gains and losses. Although there is an immortal buff in the projection state, the strength exerted is also limited by the projection.
This is one of the reasons why Overlord is clearly dissatisfied.
He's fighting on foreign ground, using a body he couldn't fully control. Here he can only exert very limited power, which is the reason he was tricked by this dog.
An extraordinary shame, an extraordinary shame indeed.
He, who dominated an era, was slapped to death by something like a Chestnut Ball. This is no longer a duel; this is a pure insult, the kind that rides on your face.
He endured all this, how could he still consider himself an Overlord?
"I will come again." Overlord said gloomily.
Yugen laughed, leaned over, squatted down, and patted his shoulder.
"No, we will come to find you."
Overlord's face remained gloomy, he stared at him for two seconds.
Then those golden eyes finally dimmed.
The golden light disappeared, the gaze turned hollow again, and then closed, collapsing softly to the ground.
Then a thunderous sound erupted.
"Snore—Snore—"
The snores of Judai.
Yugen suddenly felt a sense of reverence for Judai.
He heard from Marufuji Shou that Judai possessed the ability of sleeping soundly even in the face of a collapsing mountain, and knew about the remarkable feat that Judai snored in the student ranks during the principal's admission speech.
But despite battling with Overlord, where the world turned dark, extraordinary elves flitted about, even the gods showed up for a stroll, Judai still managed to sleep soundly, oblivious to it all, quite impressive indeed...
Maybe Overlord managed to snatch his body while he slept for this reason.
"Hey, Judai."
Yugen patted Judai's face. Seeing no response, he again pinched him twice.
"Wake up, stop sleeping for now."
"Uh... ah?"
Judai opened his sleepy eyes, rubbed them, sat up, and stared at Yugen for quite a while, as if desperately trying to focus his eyes.
Then he reached out and touched the dirt on the ground, looked down at the ground, then up at the starlit sky, dazed for a while, blinking several times as if finding it hard to comprehend the situation.
Judai.exe no response.
"Is this a dream?" He looked at Yugen in bewilderment.
So Yugen pinched his face.
"Ouch, ouch..."
Judai quickly pulled away, waking up significantly.
"What are you doing?"
"Weren't you asking if it's a dream?" Yugen said innocently, "So I helped you confirm it."
"Then why not pinch yourself?"
Yugen said seriously, "If I pinch myself you won't feel it, how do you know if you're dreaming?"
Judai thought about it: "That's actually reasonable... wait, that's not the point. By the way, where is this place? Why am I..."
"Just outside the Red Dormitory woods." Yugen said, "To be brief, you were possessed, by the Overlord from the Other Dimension."
"Haha, very funny."
Judai still thought it was a prank, laughed dryly twice.
But Yugen didn't laugh, only stared at him expressionlessly for a few seconds.
Judai's smile faded: "Wait a moment, you're serious?"
"I'm also not sure how this happened," Yugen said, "I think it might be related to us getting closer to the Overlord City recently.
Perhaps the proximity allowed Overlord to sense you, aligning tighter the connection between you two. The result is him using your body to enter our world."
This time Judai was truly scared.
"You mean... as long as I sleep, I'll transform into... that villainous Great Demon King from the Otherworld?"
"I've already fought him off, it may not happen again next time. But we can't rule out this possibility." Yugen said.
Judai pulled a long face.
Does that mean he can't sleep anymore?
Wait a moment...
"You fought him off... you guys just had a duel?"
Judai looked around. That's when he noticed the small woods surrounding him were full of pits and fallen trees, they looked like they had been hit by a storm.
He immediately realized this shouldn't have been an ordinary duel.
"Yes." Yugen nodded, "We communicated briefly through a duel."
"It was quite fun."