Yu-Gi-Oh! Your Friends Are Fighting Out of the Underworld

Chapter 259: Comparing attack power, right?

Compared to the original game where the rules are still vague, there is now an additional action before the semi-finals - deck preparation.

For the sake of confidentiality and tactical needs, duelists were assigned to four different entrances of the Duel Tower, where they received new cards to add to their decks.

It sounds great, but when You Ming searched through the entire reserve and looked at the new cards on the shelves one by one, he found that these things were quite redundant for him.

But if you think about it carefully, it's normal. The rules of this era have just started. As the first batch of cards under the new rules, it still hasn't gotten rid of the shackles of the old rules - a single effect and no retrieval method.

What’s more important is that he has other channels to obtain most of the cards he thinks are useful.

"So, that's it."

After gently putting down the "Whirlwind" in his hand, You Ming walked directly to the exit.

But just before he was about to take a step forward, a large hand blocked his path. The black-clad bodyguard of the Kaiba Group, who looked like a clone, spoke respectfully:
"Mr. You Ming, before you officially leave, please confirm whether your deck construction is complete."

"Yes, I have confirmed it."

The moment the words came out of his mouth, You Ming had already walked around them.

He walked through the slightly dark corridor and finally arrived at the cold and empty steel hall.

And there, the white and blue figures—the Pharaoh and the president—had already stood under the light.
"Humph, the speed is not slow."

"After all, there's not much to add to my deck."

"This is what a true duelist should be like. A good fighter will focus on whatever battle it is and give it their all, instead of just sharpening their weapons at the last minute like a mediocre fighter!"

"Tsk, who do you think is sharpening his spear before a battle?"

Before Kaiba's clearly pointed taunt could even finish, a response arrived from the other end of the passage.

Jonouchi Katsuya——this man walked over angrily:
But halfway through his words, he felt something was wrong:

"No, Kaiba, you bastard, who are you calling mediocre?!"

In the face of the angry shouting, Kaiba simply looked away:

"Isono, everyone is here, let's begin."

"Understood, President—then I declare the first Super Expert Rules Tournament—Duel City Qualifying Tournament officially open."

"Wait, what qualifying round? Shouldn't the semi-finals be next?"

"Shut up, you mediocrity, and listen to the rules!"

Just as Kaiba was scolding Jonouchi once again, Yugi had already frowned:
"Really? You want to decide the spots through a competition, but how exactly are you going to do that?"

"The answer is of course a duel."

Kaiba snapped his fingers, and then the metal ground rose up. Four entrances and a terminal appeared in front of the four duelists, and a standard dueling arena appeared above the instrument.

Then, Isono also walked to the center of the venue:
"The rules are free-for-all - all duelists will have their own cemetery and field, and can freely choose their targets to attack, but no one can attack in the first round."

"So, how do we decide the order?"

"Attack power."

Isono replied.

"Four players must present a monster card. The player with the highest attack power will have the right to attack first. At the same time, the presented monster cannot be used in this ranking melee... That's all!"

After saying this, Isono took a look around:
"Then please show your cards."

Then, the card appeared:
"Contestant Yugi Muto, show the card 'Devil Summoning' - Attack 2500."

"Player Jonouchi Katsuya, show the card 'Revolver Dragon' - Attack 2600."

Without any hesitation, the two of them presented two cards with considerable attack power.

But when he saw a certain card, You Ming was stunned:
"'Revolver Dragon'...isn't this Keith's card?"

Although that guy never seemed to take it out in a duel when he was in the underworld, it was indeed his signature card.

"How did this thing end up in your hands?"

"Ah, because he lost to me."

Jonouchi spoke.

Faintly, his tone revealed some emotion:

"I don't know what happened, but it's great that he's alive."

If I remember correctly, in the original work, in order to highlight the treacherous and dark game tactics of Bekas, and to highlight the cruel personality beneath his seemingly gentle appearance, Keith was deliberately made to die in front of the protagonist group.

"So he got in trouble with you?" "Yes, but I still won."

Looking at Mr. Jonouchi's thumbs-up, You Ming couldn't help but sigh.

"All I can say is that I'm happy."

Whether it's Jonouchi or that guy Keith.

"I always feel like he has become like a small fish on the roadside."

"Humph, the former U.S. Champion has fallen to being defeated by a mediocre person. It only shows that when humans fall, they have no bottom line."

"What are you doing? Can't I just become stronger?!"

Looking at the black and white figures singing the same tune inexplicably, Jonouchi couldn't help but get furious.

But before the anger could continue to surge, Jonouchi suddenly laughed:

"But putting aside the other things, Kaiba, can you come up with a monster stronger than this? 2600 attack power is not a small threshold!"

The corners of his mouth turned upwards, revealing an irrepressible grin:
"And if I remember correctly, you don't seem to have any monsters with more attack power than this one—aside from Blue-Eyes White Dragon, there's also that powerful Odd-Eyes card that Zack lost to you earlier!"

At this point, he even became excited:
"If you want to gain initiative, you must forgo using them in this duel. The former will prevent you from using Ultra Dragon, and the latter will further weaken your suppressive power!"

"That's amazing, Jonouchi. I didn't expect you to be able to plan your tactics before the duel even begins."

"Hehe, after all, didn't I tell you that I would definitely show you a completely transformed me in this match?"

Facing the Pharaoh's gaze, Jonouchi couldn't help but wipe his nose:
“I also put in a lot of effort.”

"I'm really looking forward to fighting you."

"Ah, in order to truly stand before you, I must win any duel, no matter what it is!"

Just looking at Jonouchi and Yugi singing the same tune, You Ming couldn't help but turn his gaze to President Kaiba.

As expected, after seeing the same scene, the president's face became as gloomy as a woman who saw her husband cheating on her.

Then, it turned dark.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Kaiba Seto burst out laughing at this.

"As a mediocre person, I commend you for considering this... but you seem to have forgotten that this kind of trick has no effect on a true duelist!"

Then, he drew a card from the deck:

"I want to show this card!"

"that is!"

"Is it this card?"

The relaxed atmosphere dissipated in an instant, and the scene was quickly enveloped by a dark blue:

"Contestant Kaiba Seto, show the card 'Obelix's Giant God' - Attack 4000."

"You actually showed the God Card?"

"Hmph, it's just an appetizer now anyway. It's far from enough to warrant a visit from the gods."

Facing the Pharaoh's astonished gaze, Kaiba threw the Phantom Card onto the terminal's desktop.

Then, he showed a satisfied yet ferocious smile:

"Then the advantage of attacking first goes to..."

"Contestant You Ming!"

But before he could finish his words, the referee's almost uncontrolled roar interrupted him completely.

"Isono?"

Kaiba subconsciously wanted to scold something, but saw a burst of colorful lights appear in his eyes.

Above the horrific skeleton, the magnificent gem brought a sense of splendor and warmth:

"Choose... player You Ming, show the card 'Underworld Dragon'."

Gradually, Kaiba noticed the marked numbers:
"Attack power... 5000?!"

(End of this chapter)