Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1397 NO. Crane
"Summon the 'Time Magician'!"

Golden ripples spread across the arena within the castle, and with the clatter of gears turning, the Time Magician gracefully entered, riding a pendulum. Its round dial reflected iridescent light, the hour and minute hands curling into playful mustaches. The clock sprite, wearing a small top hat, waved a tiny wand inlaid with the dial, and the entire arena seemed to freeze in time with the sound of the clockwork being wound up.

[Time Magician, Defense 400]

"A time magician?" V's expression changed slightly.

It looked frail and weak, with a defense of only 400, barely even qualifying as a wall, but for some reason, V instinctively felt something was wrong when he saw it.

"Time Magician's effect activated!" Jonouchi said. "Once per turn, you can toss a coin once and guess heads or tails."

If you guess correctly, all of your opponent's monsters are destroyed. If you guess incorrectly, all of your own monsters are destroyed.

However, if a monster on your field is destroyed, you will take damage equal to half the ATK of all destroyed monsters.

V said calmly, "I see. It's a really high-risk gamble."

If he guesses correctly, the Time Magician can easily defeat the Dyson Sphere. But if he guesses wrong, all of Jonouchi's monsters will be wiped out, and he will also have to endure damage equal to half the attack power of Red-Eyes and the Time Magician. Jonouchi only has 800 HP left, and there's no doubt he can't withstand it.

V was somewhat confused. Were duelists from this dimension really playing such high-stakes games? Or were they just that confident in their luck?
"Then let's use the Time Magician's Roulette instead of the coin. The probability of the pointer landing on the area representing either side is one in five," Jonouchi shouted. "Spin the roulette!"

The hands of the Time Magician's roulette wheel began to spin rapidly, gradually slowing down after round and round, and finally coming to a stop.

And the result was predictable: Cheng Daozi never missed a shot on these crucial dice and coins.

"Yosh! It worked!" Jonouchi exclaimed joyfully. "Then the Time Magician's effect will wipe out all the monsters on your field!"

At the tip of the Time Magician's wand, the dial spun wildly, the hands becoming blurry afterimages, emitting a sickening grinding sound. With each rotation, ripples spread through the surrounding air, as if the entire space itself was aging at an accelerated pace.

Rust began to appear on the Dyson Sphere's perfect golden shell, as if an invisible hand had wiped away its luster, and sickly brown spots began to appear on the metal surface. The light within the grooves struggled, flickering like a candle flame in the wind. Black oil seeped from the seams, and the intricate structure emitted a dying groan.

Rust spread like a plague, quickly covering the entire sphere. The once-shining electronic patterns now cracked and peeled away like a dried-up riverbed, the outer shell constantly eroding into rust-colored powder. From within came the clicking sounds of loose parts, as if a million gears were falling apart. Finally, this behemoth collapsed like a sand sculpture, turning into a lifeless pile of scrap metal in the torrent of time, and even its remains weathered into fine dust.

Dyson ball, broken!

"Haha, what a pity. It seems that even a Dyson sphere is completely powerless against time magic." Jonouchi laughed. "If a thousand years doesn't work, then ten thousand years; if ten thousand years doesn't work, then a hundred thousand years. After a long period of time, your Dyson sphere will eventually collapse in the torrent of time!"

V: “.”

“That will leave your field completely empty,” Jonouchi said. “Go! Red-Eyes Black Dragon, attack directly!”

With no obstacles left on the field, a direct attack through the barrier would allow the Red-Eyes, with its attack power of 4,800, to finish off the enemy in one hit!

Black flames brewed in Red-Eyes' mouth, and with his enhancement, the black flame projectile seemed to grow to twice its usual size. The jet-black, burning flames transformed into a scorching sphere and shot out, seemingly intent on a single, fatal blow! "I never imagined that just a coin could turn things around like this."

V briefly closed his eyes, probably in astonishment at the unexpected collaboration between the God of Gamblers and the Goddess of Fortune. But he quickly recovered, flipping over his back row card: "Activate face-down card, Trap Card 'Mirror Image'!"
This card can reduce combat damage to 0 by paying half of your life points! (Original card)
[V, LP4000 → LP2000]

Countless rainbow-like rays of light rose from the ground, weaving around the V to form a translucent spherical barrier. The surface of the barrier shimmered with a mercury-like luster, as if pieced together from millions of prisms. The moment the black flame projectile struck the barrier, the entire shield trembled violently, with iridescent ripples spreading across the point of impact. The pitch-black flames split along the curved surface, like ink dripping onto a glass sphere, eventually dissipating into wisps of black smoke into the air.

V's clothes inside the barrier were not even lifted. The rainbow light on the surface of the shield gradually subsided, but it still perfectly enveloped him like an eggshell. The erupting black flames could not harm him in the slightest.

“Not bad,” Jonouchi said. “Then, I’ll activate the effect of the ‘Legendary Black Stone’ in the graveyard.”

While Black Stone is in your Graveyard, you can return one Level 7 or lower Red-Eyes monster from your Graveyard to your Deck, and add the Black Stone from your Graveyard to your hand.

The castle displays the black stones that were removed from the cemetery.

"I returned the Rank 7 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon' from the graveyard to the deck, and then returned 'Legendary Black Stone' to my hand!"

V frowned again. The legendary Black Stone, which could Special Summon any Level 7 or lower "Red-Eyes" monster from the Deck simply by being summoned and Tributed, could now even retrieve itself from the Graveyard. This was a bit troublesome.

"Finally, three cards are face down. The turn is over," Jonouchi said.

V: "Then it's my turn, draw a card!"

V drew a card, but immediately raised his hand and activated the trap.

"Activate the face-down card, Trap Card 'NO. Crane'!"
This card can be Special Summoned from your Graveyard by selecting a monster whose name contains 'NO.', but the effects of the monsters Special Summoned by this effect are negated! (Original Card)
Jonouchi: "Huh, a NO. special trap?"

“Exactly!” V said, “I will Special Summon 'Number 9 Sky Cover Star Dyson Sphere' once again from the graveyard!”

[NO.9 Sky Cover Star Dyson Sphere, Attack Power 2800]

It resurrected after only one round, still the huge sphere that blots out the sky, but now its golden fan blades and the originally shining patterns have all dimmed. Obviously, both its powerful effects and NO. characteristics have been nullified. Now it is just a blank slate with a huge size.

Jonouchi quickly realized that if the opponent had activated this trap in the previous turn and revived the Dyson Sphere under defense, the Dyson Sphere could have blocked the Red-Eyes attack, thus avoiding the loss of those two thousand life points.

However, the monsters summoned by this trap will have their effects nullified; in other words, even the "NO. Cannot be destroyed in battle" resistance will be ineffective. While you can use a Dyson Sphere to block an attack, you'll be immediately knocked down.

In other words, the opponent intentionally sacrificed 2000 health points to save this Dyson Sphere.

So this Dyson sphere, which looks like a blank canvas, definitely has some hidden problems!

(End of this chapter)