Chapter 37: VS Kaiba's deck

"My turn, draw card."

Yugen waved his hand.

"I'll flip my face-down monster. My face-down monster is this card—

—Dragon Manipulator, Flip Summon!"

[Dragon Manipulator, ATK 700]

"Dragon Manipulator's Flip Effect." Yugen said, "When this card is flipped, until the End Phase, I can gain control of one face-up Dragon-Type monster on your field.

Therefore, I gain control of your 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'!"

AI Kaiba: "!? "

What the hell, how do you even have a card like that?!

What is this incomprehensible thing?

Then, the knight in the red cloak flew forward, expertly jumping onto the back of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

In a flash, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, following its skilled rider, came to Yugen's field.

The students below the stage erupted in cheers.

"He can actually tame the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Hehehe, brothers, I'm so excited!"

"As expected of Boss Yugen, he effortlessly did something we wouldn't even dare to imagine."

AI Kaiba: "You bastard."

Of course, from the perspective of the onlookers, it was getting more and more enjoyable. They felt they had never seen such an interesting duel. The audience gradually forgot that they were locked in the arena by the system. Everyone watched with relish, and even unfamiliar passersby began to cheer for Yugen.

Indeed, no matter which world it is, there are always people who love to watch a good show. Who doesn't enjoy such an interesting spectacle?

After countless duels and environmental research since his transmigration, Yugen quickly discovered that the duelists in this world had an inexplicable preference for Dragon-Type monsters.

Of course, this was normal. After all, from a realistic perspective, Kaiba Corp. is essentially a "dragon cancer" company, and the president of Kaiba Corp., who leads the dueling world, is also a "dragon cancer." Dragon-Type monsters themselves are cool and powerful, so it's natural for them to be a popular type.

So, when Yugen chose his counter-deck, he casually stuffed in a bunch of odd weapons specifically designed to kill Dragon-Type monsters. After all, there's no limit to the number of cards in the side deck, so stuffing in a lot of these inexpensive and obscure cards wouldn't have much of an impact.

As the saying goes, "better safe than sorry," and today, these cards certainly found their use.

For example, the next card was also one.

"Although I gained control of Blue-Eyes, because 'Dragon Capture Jar' is still on the field, all Dragon-Type monsters cannot change to Attack Position, and the same applies to my own field.

Therefore—"

Yugen drew another card from his hand.

"I will T_ribute 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' to Advance Summon!"

He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but at that moment, he seemed to hear the AI Kaiba's teeth grinding.

"You motherf—"

If there was anything that would infuriate Kaiba more than having his Blue-Eyes taken, it would probably be having it taken and then T_ributed.

And if there was anything more infuriating than having his Blue-Eyes T_ributed, it would be that the monster summoned by the T_ribute was clearly designed to counter him.

"Advance Summon Level 6, Dragon Seeker!"

[Dragon Seeker, ATK 2000]

"Dragon Seeker's effect: When this card is successfully Summoned, destroy a face-up Dragon-Type monster." Yugen once again pointed towards Kaiba's field, "Destroy 'Krystal Dragon'!"

The bluish-green demon glared forward. Upon seeing Krystal Dragon, it let out a roar, as if proclaiming, "I'm here to hunt dragons!"

With a bang, Krystal Dragon also disintegrated into countless ice crystal fragments, utterly destroyed.

Actually, Yugen didn't consider this card particularly outstanding. It required a T_ribute Summon to destroy a Dragon-Type monster, and its ATK was only 2000 for a Level 6 monster. "Zaborg the Thunder Monarch" from the Monarch archetype is Level 5 with 2400 ATK, and it can destroy any monster regardless of attribute or type.

Of course, the Monarch series might also be rare cards and not yet seen. So, overall, Yugen only rated this card as decent for targeting dragon users in this initial environment, not very strong.

However, if one had to point out its advantage, it would be the highly provocative name "Dragon Seeker" and its effect, which seemed to scream "I'm coming for you today."

In other words, when used in conjunction with other targeted cards, it had a better chance of breaking the opponent's mental state before depleting their LP.

The AI Kaiba on the other side fell silent, as if it had been stunned.

It was probably thinking, "I might not be human, but you're a real dog."

Otherwise, you tell me, are these the kind of cards a human should be carrying?

"Dragon Seeker, direct attack." Yugen commanded.

But the AI still had a countermeasure: "Activate face-down card, Trap Card - Counter Gate! When an opponent's monster declares a direct attack, negate that attack, and I draw one card from my Deck!"

A transparent defensive gate appeared before him. Dragon Seeker's full-force attack struck that defensive line. The impact energy was completely absorbed, transforming into a golden light that transferred to his deck.

"Attack negated, and I draw a card from my Deck!"

"Then use 'Dragon Manipulator' to directly attack." Yugen said.

The Dragon Manipulator, having lost its mount, suffered a significant reduction in combat power, but it still charged forward with its sword, slashing down from above AI Kaiba's head. AI's 3D image became momentarily blurred and distorted.

[AI Kaiba, LP 4000 → LP 3300]

"Then I set three more cards in my back row, turn end."

Three more dark face-down cards appeared with golden light effects, causing the onlookers to gasp in cold air again.

This person was already so shady in turn 2, and now he had set three more cards in his back row.

With the three face-down cards not activated, the audience below seemed to feel a subtle chill, as if the entire arena had become several degrees colder.

"Who is that young man? He can actually suppress Kaiba's deck like this."

Some passersby in the arena were puzzled.

"Wait a minute, I think I've seen him. This is the champion of this year's Moonlight Cup!"

"What? The rookie who beat the legendary duelist Dinosaur Ryuzaki in the finals?"

"Isn't that meeting a true god? He's too strong."

"..."

It was AI Kaiba's turn: "Draw card!"

The AI seemed quite enraged. This turn, it didn't even bother to say things like "full speed ahead" or "third-rate duelist," its usual cosplay lines.

"From my hand, activate the Spell Card 'The Melody of Awakening Dragon'!" AI Kaiba said, "Discard one card from my hand, then add up to two Dragon-Type monsters with 3000 or more ATK and 2500 or less DEF from my Deck to my hand!"

Just listening to it, it felt like a card designed directly based on Blue-Eyes White Dragon's stats.

"I'll add these two cards from my Deck to my hand—"

AI Kaiba drew two cards from its deck, then made a very stylish but also very exaggerated arm flourish.

"I add another 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' and one 'Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon' to my hand!"

Yugen slightly raised his eyebrow.

As expected, it already had Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon.

"Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon's effect! This card can be Special Summoned by revealing one 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my hand to my opponent.

Therefore, I reveal this 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' I just searched!"

AI Kaiba slammed the card onto its virtual duel disk. At that instant, an endless dazzling blue light seemed to erupt from the duel disk.

"Illuminate the void with that light, its power shaking heaven and earth! Now appear here—

—Level 8, Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon!!!"

Like a dazzling blue light emerging from the projected horizon, a dragon's roar echoed within the light, a mighty and majestic roar, like the thunder of heaven and earth.

The azure dragon burst forth from the light. The moment its wings unfurled, they were almost like two vast blue heavens. Its dragon roar seemed to pierce through 3000 years of time and space.

Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, summoned!