Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1473 Trick
“Next is the effect of ‘Evil Eater’ in my hand!” Vector said. “During your Main Phase, you can Special Summon this card from your hand by sending any other Fiend-Type monster from your hand other than this card to the Graveyard!”

As he spoke, he placed another card into the graveyard.

"I hereby Special Summon 'Evil-Eating Fork Demon'!"

The second imp was also a small monster that only reached a person's knees, but it had a "super fierce" face and was dressed in demon armor. It swung a golden fork in its hand like a rake as a weapon.

[Evil-Eating Fork Demon, Attack Power 400]

“Then activate the effect of ‘Evil-Eating Spoon Demon’!” Vector said. “If this card is face-up on the field, it can be activated if another monster with ‘Evil-Eating’ in its name is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned to your field.”

Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower monster with 'Evil Eater' in its name from your Graveyard!

Yuma immediately realized: "That Demon card he just discarded from his hand."

"Of course, what I just discarded was the Devourer Monster!" Vector shouted. "Therefore, I will Special Summon a third Devourer from the Graveyard, the Devourer Knife Demon!"

The third monster appeared. It was the same height as its two predecessors, wielding a massive dinner knife. Its body was covered in armor, and it had sharp teeth.

[Evil-Eating Knife Demon, Attack Power 600]

Yuma: "Now we have three level two monsters."

“Yes,” Astral Spectre added, “Looks like it’s coming, Yuma.”

Vector laughed heartily: "You've completely fallen into the trap, but you haven't even realized it yet, Yuma! Astral Spectre!"

Both of them were startled: "What?"

Then Vector continued, "I'll stack three Level 2 monsters on the field: 'Evil Eater Knife Demon,' 'Evil Eater Spoon Demon,' and 'Evil Eater Fork Demon'!"

Construct a superimposed network of three monsters and Xyz Summon!

Three streams of dark energy shot into the sky, intertwining and swirling as they descended to the ground. The overwhelming energy erupted, and the churning darkness materialized, as if pure mist had been solidified into a human-like form.

No, it's not just any random "humanoid" form.

As the mist emerged, a slender figure appeared, with long, thin arms and legs, and a highly distinctive head shape.
Yuma's eyes widened: "Then that is... an astral body?"

His tone became somewhat uncertain.

Looking back at his side, he found that his companion, the Astral Entity, also had wide-open eyes, and then his soul seemed to be pulled out of his eyes, and his body gradually convulsed.

“Starlight? Starlight, what’s wrong?” Yuma asked.

There was no response. The astral body convulsed for a moment, then let out a painful cry: "Ughhhhhh—"

What followed was a vast darkness.

It burst forth from within the Astral Body, rapidly infecting his body, which originally radiated divine starlight, as if it had been corrupted by darkness.

Meanwhile, the "Vekita" on the other side started laughing out loud.

“Vekuta!” Yuma shouted, “What did you do to him?”

"Vekuta?" the "Vekuta" on the other end laughed. "Look carefully, am I really a Varian?" Yuma: "What!?"

The next moment, he was astonished to see that the "Vekta" they were dueling with began to disintegrate, and a cloud of black mist enveloped it. As the mist rolled by, the "Vekta" began to transform from its Valiant form, becoming slender and clean-cut, until its final shape was indistinguishable from that of an Astral, except that its face was much more evil and twisted than that of an Astral.

Someone else deliberately disguised themselves as a Balian to lure them into a duel. And this person looked exactly like a corrupted astral being!
At this moment, the astral body let out a miserable groan and seemed unable to resist, and was completely absorbed by the dark version of itself on the other side!

Yuma: "Starlight! Damn it, who are you?"

"Me? I am 'No. 96 Black Mist'." The man laughed. "Where there is light, there is shadow. I am the shadow of the astral body, its darkness!"

"Black mist?"

Yuma frowned and pondered for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise.

"Wait, wasn't NO.96 already recycled by us?"

"Idiot, I deliberately allowed myself to be retrieved by you, all for this moment!" Black Mist laughed loudly. "You thought I had been defeated, but I deliberately infiltrated your ranks to launch a sneak attack from within the Imperial Key, to defeat Starlight and take everything from you!"

He paused, then chuckled and looked away: "Well, I did get a little help from my allies, that's all."

Yuma followed his gaze and was startled once again.

That's Vector!
The Balian Vector—this was probably the real Vector—floated a short distance away with his arms crossed, observing the scene with great interest.

In fact, a similar thing happened in the original anime. No. 96 Black Mist is the dark side of the Astral Being, which can be understood as an evil version of the Astral Being. The two are sworn enemies.

In the anime, the black mist initially pretended to be weak and was deliberately recycled. Then it launched an attack from within, devouring the astral body and even kidnapping Yuma, turning him into its puppet.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Astral Entity entrusted "Hope the Emperor" to Yuma's good friend, Tetsuo. With the help of Hope's power, Tetsuo defeated the Black Mist and freed Yuma and the Astral Entity.

At this moment, Yuma was alone in another world, a vast distance from his hometown, so it was impossible for his classmates to travel all the way from the Hyperdimension to help him. The Black Mist's attack at this time was almost a fatal blow.

At this moment, Yuma realized that not only was his astral body being devoured by the other party, but his own body was also out of his control, and he couldn't even move a single finger.

"What's going on?" Yuma thought to himself, secretly alarmed. "My body... feels so heavy."

Black Mist laughed loudly: "It's no use, don't struggle. I've been preparing inside your Royal Key for so long, and even colluded with the Balians from the inside out, just to ensure that everything goes smoothly."

I have already devoured the astral body; you are merely a vessel for the starlight, and now you are nothing more than a puppet controlled by me.

Okay, now surrender obediently and hand over all your numbers!

His voice was like a demonic chant, making Yuma feel as if it were an irresistible command, and his right hand slowly reached towards his deck against his will.

That means surrender.

Placing the entire palm above the deck signifies losing the will to fight, which is tantamount to surrendering. Once Yuma surrenders, the Astral Spheres will undoubtedly be completely erased, and all the No. cards they have collected so far will belong to the Black Mist.

Yuma looked at his uncontrollable hand and gritted his teeth.

"You bastard, you don't even have the guts to settle things with a duel?"

(End of this chapter)