Chapter 195

"Nameless Pharaoh, after solving Mai Kujaku, Jonouchi's next opponent is you. Wash your neck clean and wait!"

Convinced in his heart that Jonouchi would win, Marik was now even manipulating his puppet to shout at Yami Yugi.

"Mai Kujaku is a true duelist, I believe she won't lose easily!"

"A joke. Let alone winning, that woman probably doesn't even have the strength to stand up again now.

And even if she stands up again, so what? I don't mind telling you, Jonouchi will use "Final Flame" again in the next round.

So that means no matter what monster that woman summons, it's useless; this turn is her last turn!"

Seemingly unable to stand Yami Yugi's mysterious confidence, Marik revealed Jonouchi's hand without caring.

In Marik's view, the Nameless Pharaoh was undoubtedly just being stubborn.

Jonouchi's life points were still 1300, and he had an 1800-attack "Flame Swordsman" on the field.

Looking at Mai Kujaku, her front row was empty, and her back row only had the Continuous Spell "Hysteric Sign"—could she really turn the tables?

"This is indeed my last turn, but the one who will win the duel is not Jonouchi, but me!"

In Marik's incredulous gaze, "Mai Kujaku," who had been on the verge of death, stood up as if nothing had happened, and the expression on her face was completely different from just a moment ago.

Looking at "Mai Kujaku" now, both Yami Yugi and Marik even had the thought that perhaps Mai Kujaku also had a second personality.

No choice, because the "Mai Kujaku" now gave them a feeling that, although her appearance hadn't changed, the change in her temperament and expression was too great!

And it's no wonder they had such an illusion, because the "Mai Kujaku" now was indeed not the Mai Kujaku from just a moment ago.

Or to be precise, because of the continuous mental trauma just now, Mai Kujaku could no longer continue the duel, so she entered a "custodial" state.

And who was the custodian? Naturally, it goes without saying: it was Shengzai, who acted as Mai Kujaku's guardian spirit, cheat, and Duel Spirit!

"Compared to the bodies of Shengzai in other worlds, this body is really weak. But then again, it's just an ordinary human.

And this heavy feeling on the chest—I feel like Mai Kujaku's shoulders must be quite sore often...

And the so-called Shadow Duel, where monster attacks are real—why, after being hit by so many flame attacks, is this outfit not burned at all? Is this thing the same brand as the Hulk's pants from next door?"

Mai Kujaku's temperament changed drastically; her body must have undergone some changes they didn't know about.

Although he didn't know what had happened to her, Marik didn't care about these things at all right now. His goal was only the Nameless Pharaoh, and he didn't believe that "Mai Kujaku" could turn the tables in this situation.

"Struggling on death's door is useless. Hurry up and take your last turn; I'd like to see how you win the duel!"

Actually, it wasn't just Marik who didn't believe it; even Yami Yugi and President Kaiba, who were watching from the side, didn't really believe that "Mai Kujaku" could complete a counter-kill in the next turn.

Being able to survive the next round of "Final Flame" would already be considered lucky. With the front and back rows almost completely empty, completing a counter-kill in this situation—let alone Mai Kujaku, even they wouldn't have the confidence.

Life points like a candle in the wind? Daring to say that in a duel? This is called "locking life," understand?

Locking life, plus the "candle in the wind" kill, plus the last round—with so many buffs stacked, if you don't die, who will?

"It's my turn, draw card!"

As Shengzai's hand stylishly drew a card from the deck, he could feel the burden on his chest bearing a certain centrifugal force as his body moved.

Just by glancing at the card he had just drawn, the corners of Shengzai's mouth rose slightly.

Sure enough, Mai Kujaku could be considered a character after all; the buff of "locking life and god-tier drawing" would also work on her.

"Activate the Quick-Play Spell "Emergency Provisions" from my hand. According to this card's effect, I can destroy Spell or Trap Cards on the field to recover 1000 life points for each.

And what I want to destroy is "Hysteric Sign"."

As "Hysteric Sign" was destroyed, Shengzai's life points rose from the original 500 to 1500.

"Tsk, barely saving a life by relying on a Continuous Spell Card on the field?"

Facing Jonouchi's mockery, Mai Kujaku, whose body was now controlled by Shengzai, smiled confidently: "Do you think I destroyed "Hysteric Sign" just to recover life points?

I activate the second effect of "Hysteric Sign": when this card is sent from the hand or field to the graveyard, add up to three "Harpie" monsters from the deck to your hand.

According to this effect, I add three "Harpie" monsters from my deck to my hand."

Seeing Shengzai's operation, Yami Yugi, who was watching, couldn't help but say: "Beautiful. Not only did she recover life points, but she also added key trump card monsters to her hand.

In this way, Mai Kujaku can summon monsters to fight Flame Swordsman."

However, just as Yami Yugi's voice fell, Shengzai drew another card from his hand and inserted it into the slot.

"Activate the Spell Card "Card Destruction." According to this card's effect, both players send their hands to the graveyard and draw the same number of cards."

Because he hadn't played many cards, and previous special summons were directly from the deck, Shengzai had eight cards in his hand, including the three "Harpies" he just added, while Jonouchi only had two.

However, Shengzai's operation made Yami Yugi and President Kaiba a bit confused.

"Specially adding key cards to your hand, only to send them to the graveyard? Is it because you didn't draw the key cards, so you deliberately increased the number of cards in your hand to increase the probability of drawing them?"

"Activate the Spell Card "Graceful Charity," draw three more cards from the deck, and then discard two of them."

After completing these operations, Shengzai's hand had reached nine cards, and looking at the cards in his hand, Shengzai also showed a slight look of regret.

It's a pity that the cards he gave Mai Kujaku were still too few; she didn't have several core cards of the "Harpie" deck yet, but to deal with this situation, it was almost enough.

"I will summon "Harpie Queen" from my hand, then activate another "Elegant Egotist" from my hand to Special Summon Harpie Lady 1 and Harpie Lady 3 from my deck.

Because there are two or more Harpie Ladies on the field, I Special Summon "Harpie Kuriboh" from my hand!"

With rays of light appearing, four monsters instantly appeared on the previously empty field.

And everyone present looked surprised, but Shengzai's operation was not over yet.

"Activate the Continuous Spell Cards "Chorus of Sanctuary" and "United We Stand"!"

(End of Chapter)