Chapter 41: Endgame Puzzle
Seto Kaiba watched the video at double speed.
On the video screen.
The 5200 ATK Sky Galloping Gaia the Dragon Champion, with its unstoppable offensive, attacked twice consecutively.
The massive piercing damage was something even 4000 starting Life Points couldn't withstand.
"Interesting, among the duelists currently gathered in Domino City, there's someone like this." A powerful duelist made the card addiction in Kaiba's heart stir restlessly.
These days, a duelist capable of summoning a monster exceeding 5000 ATK was definitely not a nobody.
With that said, Kaiba pointed at the shadowy mosaic covering someone named "Yu" on the video and asked: "What's with the shadow on the video?"
These shadows prevented him from clearly seeing who this duelist was.
"It doesn't seem to be artificial editing; it might be some inexplicable mystical force," Mokuba answered vaguely.
Hearing his younger brother mention something as detestable as "mystical force."
Kaiba's expression immediately turned displeased, and he lectured:
"Science is the primary productive force. So-called mystical forces are merely areas science hasn't yet fully explored."
"Hang out less with Yugi and his friends; it only distorts your worldview."
Mokuba looked meek and compliant, but he didn't seem upset, instead reminding:
"Brother, the person next to him in the video seems to be Anzu."
"Wouldn't we know if we just asked her?"
Anzu did appear in the video, but Kaiba just chuckled lightly and closed the video.
"Duel City is a battlefield; we'll run into him sooner or later."
Compared to this faceless duelist, Kaiba's eyes were now firmly set on Yugi Muto.
Holding the power of the Egyptian God Cards, he wanted nothing more than to have a rematch with Yugi at all times.
If he couldn't defeat Yugi, he would be unable to advance towards a new future!
Seeing this, Mokuba immediately got down to business: "Brother, here is some intel on the international counterfeit organization, Rare hunters."
Rare hunters.?
"Interesting." Kaiba took the intel; he had been wondering why this organization had been so quiet lately.
Now, just as he was getting sleepy, someone delivered a pillow. How delightful.
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Two days later.
The new machines officially entered the arcade hall. Yu Miao even helped rename the arcade hall.
City of Heavy Traps!
Duke Devlin, born into a family of game developers, had impeccable technical skills. Yu Miao had to admit this guy was a huge help.
Duke looked at the completely revamped arcade hall, his heart also filled with a sense of pride.
Because he needed to help here, he had specifically taken a few days off from school.
"We can start operating soon, right?"
"I can help attract some customers."
This guy, who basically had little screen time in the original story, was unexpectedly enthusiastic.
"Thank you."
Yu Miao accepted Duke's kind offer.
To attract people, rich prizes were naturally indispensable.
Yu Miao used the scavenged "Summoned Skull" and Takada's "Master of OZ" as prizes.
Ever since defeating Takada, Yu Miao had obtained several thought-provoking cards from the level-up rewards.
Polymerization 1
Fusion Sage 1
Royal Decree 1
The Royal series cards, mostly a bunch of "Continuous Trap" cards from the first generation, need no further explanation.
And the "Fusion" cards, which should have shone in the GX era, had arrived in Yu Miao's hands ahead of time.
He had a feeling he would be able to use these cards very soon.
Yu Miao boldly posted posters advertising the prizes (Summoned Skull, OZ - Earth Father).
Duke directly sucked in a sharp breath!
The value of Master of OZ goes without saying. In these times, a Fusion Monster capable of exceeding 4000 ATK was absolutely priceless and rare.
Even taking a step back.
"Hey, this is Summoned Skull. I remember this is a very valuable rare card."
"Are you sure about this!?"
Yugi also had 1 Summoned Skull. Duke had heard that this card's value was not inferior to that of Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
This guy actually had such a valuable card?
In Duke's eyes, Yu Miao instantly became a hidden tycoon.
And...
This guy is so rich, yet he needed Anzu's help?
Duke believed Yu Miao was playing hard to get.
High-level, truly high-level tactics!
"Why not?"
"If they can do it, of course they can take this card."
Master of OZ might seem powerful, but in reality, it's a paper tiger.
The card Summoned Skull held little use for Yu Miao.
Even evolving it with Card Dust held no value.
Mainly because the theme and support for the "Summoned Skull" card are too awkward.
Compared to other first-generation monster series, Summoned Skull is practically KONAMI's stepchild.
No prestige!
"Please, take care of things here for now." Yu Miao suddenly had some matters to attend to; he needed to leave for a while.
Since Duke was helping to attract customers, and with the rare cards as bait, Yu Miao believed this place would soon yield results.
This place was temporarily entrusted to him.
"Hey, you've got to be kidding me."
Duke looked miserable. Whose shop is this anyway?
Why could Yu Miao leave so calmly?
After Yu Miao left, Duke had no choice but to reluctantly watch over the shop.
Bored out of his mind, he started up one of the machines, swiped a card to add some credits, and began playing this endgame puzzle duel game.
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[Random Endgame Puzzle Starting...]
[Endless Fire]
The endgame puzzle duel began.
Duke, concentrating intensely in front of the screen, started the trial play.
[Our Side]
Life Points: 500 LP
Hand: Premature Burial, Chain Magic, Tremendous Fire.
Field: Catapult Turtle, Ancient Gear Soldier, Submarineroid.
Graveyard: Humanoid Slime.
[Opponent's Side]
Life Points: 2100 LP
Hand: None
Field: Newdoria.
Graveyard: None
Hint: Must win in one turn.
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He wasn't a duel novice like Téa; on the contrary, he had a certain understanding of dueling.
Duke suddenly exclaimed joyfully: "This game is quite simple! You can even check the opponent's card effects."
In real duels, you can't check your opponent's monster effects; you can only predict based on your knowledge.
You can't just run over, pick up the monster card on your opponent's Duel Disk and say: "Let me take a look?"
"Haha, winning this duel is too easy." Although he hadn't heard of the Ancient Gear archetype, he inexplicably felt it was powerful.
Duke directly attacked with Ancient Gear Soldier.
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A moment later.
"Victory and defeat are common in battle; please don't be discouraged" bounced around on the screen.
Duke's lips began to tremble with anger.
If even a random stage was this troublesome, no wonder Yu Miao was willing to put out such precious cards as prizes!
"But I'm a gaming genius!" Duke was furious. He restarted the challenge a second time.
Failure.
Failure.
Duke's eyes were red. He shouted: "Yu Miao, I'm going to kill you!"
At this moment.
Yu Miao, the instigator, didn't know Duke was in a state of maximum rage, ready to unleash a special move.
He considered the [Endless Fire] endgame puzzle to be of simple difficulty.
The truly troublesome endgame puzzles would have the sneaky designers place many cards to disrupt your thinking and mislead you.
Without a clear and correct line of thought, the cost of trial and error would greatly increase.
Yu Miao arrived at the mysterious alleyway. He saw the Rare hunters guide appear.
"You've come."
The other party removed the black hood, revealing a face marked with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
This person was Odion.
Odion's attitude towards Yu Miao was very cold: "Let's go. The headquarters meeting of Rare hunters is about to begin."
Lord Marik personally ordered Odion to receive Yu Miao, showing a very high level of importance.
Yu Miao looked forward to this so-called headquarters meeting.
Rare hunters from all over the city should be appearing.
Pandora should be there too, right?
(End of Chapter)
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