Chapter 5: Pegasus's Reiaka

Hm? Those people from earlier—they look kind of familiar, don't they?

You Tian, who was running, suddenly zoned out for a moment.

Argh! What am I doing? How dare I zone out! Right now, finding Malik's puppet and snatching the Sky Dragon is what's most important!

As for whether, after finding the puppet, the puppet would show up and ignore him—You Tian wasn't worried about that at all.

Just kidding—flip out the Duel Disk on the spot and curse, "Malik, screw you! A Gravekeeper's born of the Gurus, exiled from Egypt—what gives you the right to snipe the Pharaoh here!"

Surely, after hearing that, Malik would 'happily' Duel him.

And Malik's skill—those who know, know. If he doesn't pull the Dark Duel mind-game stuff, he's only marginally stronger than YuE.

As for mind games, You Tian was confident he could match the guy blow for blow.

But reality always fails to keep up with the plan.

You Tian ran for a full half hour, searched the entire park, and still found no trace of the puppet.

"I'm done for! That guy—don't tell me—he's already gone to gank the Pharaoh?!"

You Tian squatted on the ground, panting.

Forget it, forget it—if you can't have it, don't force it. Better to take it step by step and cut through every obstacle. Skipping stages isn't my style anyway.

You Tian consoled himself like this, then followed the path he'd come by and walked out of the park again.

However, a very dramatic scene unfolded.

Just as You Tian was returning to the coastal road he'd walked earlier, his whole body suddenly jolted hard. Then, for an instant, dark clouds blanketed the sky.

When he looked up, he saw a giant red thunder dragon appear not far away!

"Holy crap!"

Without thinking, You Tian immediately sprinted toward that spot.

At this moment, Dark Yugi had already come up against Malik's puppet.

Game was trapped inside 【Barrel Behind the Door】, and outside the barrier, 【Slifer the Sky Dragon】 was baring its huge maw, roaring at Game over and over.

"I—I—I freaking—!"

You Tian panted heavily, staring at the scene before him.

That bastard Malik, his vision control is on point!

When I was walking down this road, you were over in the park doing performance art.

And when I went to look for you, you freaking came trotting over here on your own to feed!

You Tian was nearly driven mad with rage.

"Sigh, looks like this card still has to belong to Game!"

Just at this moment, Seto Kaiba and Kawai, who had come to watch the excitement, walked over.

Kaiba's brow furrowed slightly.

"You're saying Game will defeat his opponent?"

You Tian turned his head.

Oh-ho! Isn't that the President?

He nodded.

"Mm, Game's won."

Kaiba turned his head to look at the situation on the field.

His brow furrowed once more.

"How can you tell?"

That question left You Tian stumped.

How do I explain this? Am I supposed to say, I'm a transmigrator, I know the plot? In a bit Malik's gonna get stuck in an infinite loop?

If I said that, with the President's personality, wouldn't he ship me off to a mental hospital in no time?

Got it!

"No matter how powerful a monster is, it's still just a card."

As he spoke, You Tian hammered a fist against his own chest.

"What truly decides victory or defeat is the Duelist himself!"

The President's heart stirred slightly.

Although he himself also认同 the idea that man could conquer heaven, the situation on the field right now was indeed unfavorable for Game.

Anyone who doesn't hold the Three Phantom Gods cannot understand it—the absolute crushing power those Three Phantom Gods bring!

They're not monsters at all—they're gods!

The person before him was probably just talking big.

He turned his gaze back to the field.

Infinite cards in hand, infinite Attack Power—how could Game possibly win?

Infinite… infinite?!

So that's how it is!

In an instant, the President figured it out. This Sky Dragon isn't unbeatable after all!

He looked up to find You Tian, wanting to size this person up again.

But You Tian was already nowhere to be seen.

Kaiba: "Interesting."

Having left that sorrowful place, You Tian kept searching the area for a card shop.

That didn't take much effort—he very easily found a specialty card shop.

"Boss, give me a few packs of cards!"

You Tian slapped the money down generously on the counter, and the boss, who had been browsing information behind the counter computer, poked his head out.

"Oh, a Duelist! Buying card packs! The shop just got a fresh batch of stock recently, you've come at just the right time!"

Hmm?

You Tian looked at the shop boss's appearance and felt like he'd seen him somewhere before?

White headband, black-framed glasses. Isn't this the Gurus mole from the Original Plot who swindled Jonouchi's Blue-Eyes White Dragon!

"Look, these are all new card packs from the International Illusion Society. They say there's even a super rare Raya card that Pegasus personally added inside!"

Although the shop boss was professionally introducing the card packs, an unnatural expression inevitably crept onto You Tian's face.

Damn, this guy wouldn't sell me fake cards, would he?

"How about it, young man, buy a few packs?"

You Tian hesitated for a moment, then decided to buy a few packs to try first. After all, he had wasted too much time looking for Malik.

Right now, he urgently needed to improve his deck.

If the other party really was selling fake cards, it wouldn't be too late to go buy from another shop.

"Ten packs first!" Saying so, You Tian handed the boss a 10,000 bill.

The boss happily took the money, then handed You Tian ten card packs.

Opening card packs is often a moment full of anticipation.

You Tian thought so too.

He still remembered that the first time he opened a card pack in elementary school, he pulled 【Black Magician Girl】, and his friends were absolutely green with envy back then.

Snapping back to reality, You Tian looked at a table full of 【Lion Magician】, 【Neo-Spacian Air Dolphin】, and 【Neo-Spacian Grand Mole】, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

He was certain the shop boss hadn't sold him fake cards, but he also hadn't sold him any useful cards.

The shop boss was snickering in the back at this moment.

Finally got this batch of unwanted card packs off my hands!

The International Illusion Society was even saying there were super rare Raya cards inside. Pfft! They're even more shameless than us Gurus!

"Don't be discouraged, young man! Just bad luck this time! With your aura, you'll definitely pull a Raya card!"

You Tian's eyelids twitched again. He sighed helplessly and took out the last card pack.

Rip— As You Tian pulled out the four cards from the pack, a card with a blue card face entered both their视线.

"Hmm? A Ritual Monster, 【The Masked Beast】?" You Tian's eyes lit up.

Looks like heaven won't keep screwing over the same person forever. See, a useful card finally appeared.

Moreover, he had a vague feeling that this card really wanted to join his deck!

When the shop boss saw 【The Masked Beast】, he was already dumbfounded.

Wait, isn't this the super rare Raya card that only Pegasus possesses? How did the International Illusion Society put this card into a card pack?

Ignoring the shop boss's stupor, You Tian happily took 【The Masked Beast】.

In You Tian's mind, this was just a somewhat useful card.

But what he didn't know was that for the shop boss, this was practically a first-class merit that could get him promoted within the Gurus organization!

"I'm off! Boss!" You Tian waved goodbye to the boss and walked out the shop door.

The boss also came to his senses at this moment, and immediately rushed toward a phone nearby.

"Hello! There's a Duelist who possesses the super rare 【The Masked Beast】!"

"What? The organization can't spare any manpower?"

"What are you guys doing! That's a super rare Raya card!"

"Anyone else available?"

"Light and Dark Mask? Good! Let the two of them go hunt that guy!"