Chapter 580: Amon's Dream

Infinite loop!

And not just any loop.

Infinite loops are either for the purpose of earning massive resources or for giving damage to defeat the opponent in an infinite cycle.

But this guy's loop is neither; his damn purpose is just to make him shuffle endlessly!

Amon didn't know what to say anymore.

To be able to think of such a bizarre loop not for the sake of winning, but purely to torment the opponent's mentality... and wrists... just how twisted must this guy's psychology be?

And he had just thought about it casually, who knew there was actually someone so bored in the world? Such a complex loop, really just to make him shuffle endlessly?

"Come on, what are you waiting for?" Fujiki You Xuan said with a smile. "Shuffle."

Amon gritted his teeth, helplessly pulled out his deck, and shuffled.

Sure enough, that feeling came again.

It was as if his consciousness had been sucked into the deck. Endless memories, endless pain. Every difficult choice he had made, all those memories he had been trying his best to avoid all these years...

"Ughhhhh!"

A shuffle made him sweat profusely again, and when he knelt on the ground, his body seemed to be trembling.

It wasn't that his body had really suffered any huge damage or burden, but entirely mental.

He wasn't sure how many more times he could endure such shuffling.

But what he did know was that this was far from over... it was just the beginning of an endless nightmare of torment.

Fujiki You Xuan's voice was still ringing out.

"Revival Shi Laimu attacks 'Cloudian - Nimbusman'."

"Revival Shi Laimu revives, Special Summon a new 'Rose Token' on your field."

"Eye of the Typhoon attacks 'Rose Token'."

"Eye of the Typhoon's effect, force a change in Demonic Wisdom's battle position."

"..."

Another series of repetitions, then Fujiki You Xuan made an "invitation" gesture.

"Demonic Wisdom's effect, come on, keep shuffling."

Amon gritted his teeth, looking at him with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire.

I'll shuffle your mother's hammer!

"If you don't want to shuffle, it's also very simple," Fujiki You Xuan chuckled. "Just surrender."

"Give up what you've been insisting on, give up the creed instilled in you by your family. Do what you want to do, and freely choose your own path."

Fujiki You Xuan coaxed him earnestly.

"You don't have to win all the time; there are always new paths, new choices."

"Why must you follow your family's expectations and carry the family's future forward?"

Amon breathed heavily, looking at the deck in his hand.

Yeah, as long as he surrenders...

Surrendering didn't just mean giving up the victory of this game. It felt more like giving up the family's expectations for him, giving up the heavy burden on his shoulders.

No longer thinking so much, no longer needing to bear so much. He didn't have to win all the time, but could choose his own path as he pleased.

It was as if...

Yes, just like those leisurely and free clouds in the sky.

However...

Amon gritted his teeth, the veins on his arms bulging, and he tremblingly pulled out the deck again.

"I... I accept the effect of 'Demonic Wisdom' and shuffle..."

"What a man with firm willpower."

Fujiki You Xuan muttered, resting his chin on his hand.

But after Amon shuffled, his lips curled up immediately.

"Well... but how many more times can you persist?"

"."

"Revival Shi Laimu's attack."

"Revival Shi Laimu revives, Special Summon 'Rose Token' on your field."

"Eye of the Typhoon attacks 'Rose Token'."

"Eye of the Typhoon's effect, force a change in Demonic Wisdom's battle position."

"..." "Ahhhhh—"

Forced to shuffle for the umpteenth time, Amon was already supporting himself with both hands on the ground, sweating profusely.

No, don't do it again.

All the memories, all the pain, all the parts of his life he didn't want to look at...

"You know, you've actually already lost, right?" Fujiki You Xuan's voice sounded again. "I've already drawn more than half of my deck, and my resource volume is more than ten times yours. Even without playing this mini-game, I have nearly ten ways to win."

Amon: "."

"Why resist the inevitable result?" Fujiki You Xuan said lightly. "You're not fighting for yourself at all. You refuse to face yourself because you know this yourself. Everything you do now, everything you fight for, is not your true intention. The conglomerate doesn't want what you want, Amon Garlem. You want to walk the path of a King, but not for yourself. After reviewing your life so many times, haven't you remembered yet?"

Like lightning piercing the dark night, Amon was instantly stunned.

!. Read

My ideal, the reason I fight...

That ideal which he had gradually chosen to forget because it was too distant, that ideal he had sacrificed and forgotten for the sake of his family and brother...

With these countless shuffles, forced to look directly at his life, he now truly remembered.

"Yes... I have a dream."

He clenched his fists, and his unfocused gaze became firm again.

That was a dream he had had a very, very long time ago.

When he was starving and weak, lying on the ground, looking at the scattered clouds in the sky, the thought emerged in his mind.

A new, ideal world.

There would never be children like him again. There would never be broken families, no hunger, no pain. Regardless of poverty or wealth, regardless of status and position, everyone could live equally.

"I want to... establish a new order."

He gasped, struggling to spit out this sentence.

"I want to create a new world."

"A world where everyone is equal, where everyone can be granted the right to 'live'!"

Yes, now he remembered, this was the ideal of Amon Garlem's life.

He had once given up, willingly acting as a stepping stone for his brother. He could become whatever the family needed him to be, forgetting his own dreams for it.

This was originally the ideal that Amon only decided to pick up again after going to the other world for the second time in the anime. Yubel originally planned to unearth the deepest darkness in Amon's heart during the duel, but didn't expect to accidentally discover this true ideal of his.

This was originally something Amon couldn't do in reality. He couldn't bring himself to harm his brother and take his brother's position. But Yubel's appearance gave him a new opportunity.

That was the Spirit Dimension.

Amon obtained the power of Exodia the Forbidden One in the Spirit Dimension, thinking that if it were in this dimension, he could logically establish a new world.

In fact, if it weren't for Yubel, Amon in the anime might have really been able to do it. If it were the original Spirit Dimension, looking at the entire dimension, there might really be no one who could oppose Amon who had obtained Exodia.

And now, Amon had remembered.

Yes, this wasn't his battle. Everything he was doing now was just acting as a stepping stone for the family.

He was already very tired and had tried his best, but this wasn't what he wanted.

Amon knelt on the ground and gently closed his eyes.

Fujiki You Xuan's calm voice sounded in his ear.

"Eye of the Typhoon's attack, Demonic Wisdom changes from Attack Position to Defense Position again," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Demonic Wisdom's effect, the controller must shuffle their deck."

Amon: "."

Amon lowered his head and didn't move for a long time.

Then he slowly raised his arm.

But this time, he didn't pull out the deck to shuffle again.

Instead, he placed his hand gently on top of the deck.

"I surrender."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 581 =====

Instead, he placed his hand gently on top of the deck.

"I surrender."

(End of chapter)