Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Although Tragodia heard what Hayato was saying, it was precisely because he heard it clearly that he didn't understand why Hayato suddenly said that.

Hayato then put the Millennium Wisdom Wheel back in, pointed at Tragodia, and said, "One of the things I, Hayato Kobayashi, like to do most is to say 'NO!' to those who think they're above me!"

"Even though I steal the loser's cards, NTR' my opponent's Tamashii, and send my own monsters to their deaths, even I know what true evil is. It's you, Tragodia! Did you think I would sacrifice others' lives to save myself like you did?!"

"I'm going to kick your penis to pieces with my log-like thighs!"

"You, you bastard!" Tragodia panicked upon hearing Hayato's words. Feeling the increasing pull on its head, it roared in despair, "You're courting death! Even if I'm going to die, I'll activate those viruses within you first and make you die before me!"

"Go to hell!" said the enraged Tragodia, pointing a sharp finger at Hayato.

However, nothing happened.

Seeing this, Haima, who had already called an ambulance, raised an eyebrow.

Could it be that Tragodia was just bluffing? Damn it, Seto Kaiba was actually scared, his acting was too good.

However, the surprise on Tragodia's face didn't seem feigned. Looking at the unharmed Hayato, it was somewhat confused, then pointed forcefully at Hayato again: "Die!"

Hayato, who was being pointed at by Tragodia, put his hands on his hips, puffed out his chest, and said smugly, "What a pity, Tragodia. Although you did successfully spread the virus into my body before, but!"

"As a duelist, my survival instincts activated my immune system. As the duel progressed, my burning passion and the massive amount of antibodies produced completely burned away the toxins in my blood!"

"Your virus is absolutely no threat to me, no threat at all!"

—This is a lie.

In fact, he had already noticed something was wrong when Tragodia implanted the virus into Hayato's body. However, the toxin came and went quickly. The moment after the Dark Deck Destruction Virus successfully infected Hayato, the newly appeared Greed Poison Fusion Dragon immediately drank the toxin in Hayato's body like water, leaving Ra, who also wanted to show off, quite disappointed.

[Ra's Winged Dragon]: "Waaaaah! (I was here first, how come you're so skilled?!)"

Upon hearing this, Guiping's tense mood, which had been filled with worry for Hayato, relaxed, and he retorted, "Is that some kind of science from another dimension? Playing cards can cure diseases?"

"You, you bastard!" However, Tragodia believed Hayato's words and said angrily, "Was this also part of your plan, Kobayashi Hayato!"

"Damn it! My glorious life will not disappear from this world! Even without the [Millennium Artifact], I can do it myself and transfer the punishment to—"

However, Tragodia had barely finished speaking when one of his hands, which was supporting his body as he lay on the ground, suddenly rose uncontrollably, causing Tragodia to lose his balance and almost fall over. He only managed to avoid collapsing again thanks to the limbs of his lower body.

The out-of-control arm reached for Tragodia's face, but was firmly grasped by his other hand. Tragodia, looking astonished, exclaimed incredulously, "H-How is this possible? Your soul can actually resist me?"

"How dare you defy me, you celestial horse in the night!"

Chapter 903 says, "We can go now."

"How dare you disobey my 'Night Horse's Flight'!"

Although he had vaguely sensed that Pegasus Night Walk, which he had been suppressing, was stirring up trouble, that feeling was strongest when he released some of Pegasus Night Walk's most valued Duel Monsters, such as Supreme Sun, in the previous duel.

However, it believed that a mere human with no supernatural powers like Tianma Yexing could not possibly resist it, and at most would only cause it some minor, harmless trouble, so it didn't pay much attention to it.

But now that the duel is over, because that annoying [Greedy Poison Fusion Dragon] devoured his power when it appeared as a Duel Monster, Tragodia is now feeling like he's about to lose control of Pegasus Night Walk!

"[Tragodia]!" The soul of Pegasus Nightwalker emerged from Tragodia's body, whose control was constantly being fought over, and roared angrily at the monster that had bewitched him and taken over his body, twisting it into an alien shape, "You bastard!"

"After you took my body, I remembered everything! You bastard, how could you use me like this!"

I will never let you get away with this!

To maintain its existence, this body, modified from Pegasus Night Walk, is constantly fused with a portion of Tragodia's most treasured elven power. Extracting this power might allow one to control Dark Games.

However, the price is that Tragodia will most likely be forced back into its card sprite form, lose its physical body, and, even worse, might revert to its sealed stone tablet state. But that's still better than dying!

Tragodia faces the punishment of the Dark Game, which could kill him at any moment. It's like a student frantically trying to answer a question on the back of the exam paper when the bell rings for the end of the exam and there's still one minute left. He wants to redirect the punishment of the Dark Game onto Pegasus.

However, on the other hand, the will of the Pegasus was constantly interfering with it, causing it to repeatedly try to use its remaining elven power but being interrupted time and again, repeating useless efforts.

This is not a desperate struggle for Tragodia; on the contrary, this approach is quite feasible, and in fact, it's not the first time they've tried this trick.

Putting aside other things, there have been several duels involving Hayato. For example, before the Duel City event, when Isis told Hayato, Yugi, and Kaiba about the "Three Egyptian Gods," Malik sent members of the still-undisbanded Gurus to attack them. At that time, Malik remotely controlled the thief Keith to duel with Hayato.

The one who dueled Hayato was undoubtedly the thief Keith, and that duel was indeed a dark game. Malik was trying to escape the punishment of the loser by using the "puppet" method.

Then, Hayato, wielding the Millennium Wisdom Wheel, intervened in the Dark Game, causing Malik to suffer the consequences.

For example, in Duel City, Malik, or rather Dark Malik, who had already been eliminated before the semifinals, ambushed Hayato, attempting to obtain the cards of the "Three Egyptian God Cards" through underhanded tactics. However, Hayato discovered this and forced him into a duel. After losing, Malik tried to use his suppressed Outer Malik personality as a shield.

Then Dark Malik was gone forever; not only was his body taken back by Surface Malik, but his soul was also scattered.

—Thinking about it this way, why is it always Malik who gets the short end of the stick? It's true that there's no good end to someone who can't play the game. After all, even the game administrators of the DGP tournament get fired by the game producers for not playing the game.

Why can't they learn from Dark Bakura, who also died? Although he was weak, he never used the body he was attached to—Bakura—to take a hit.

However, given the precedents of Malik (the surface) and Malik (the dark side), it is enough to prove that if Tragodia is given the opportunity, even if Hayato is not coerced into using the Millennium Wisdom Wheel to help it, it is still very likely that it can transfer the punishment of the Dark Games to Pegasus Night Walk.

However, Tragodia was able to regain so much power by relying on Pegasus Night Walk, and he also used Pegasus Night Walk to obtain his current physical body. This cause and effect has finally come to be repaid. Without great power, Tragodia and Pegasus Night Walk now have roughly equal control over this body.

"Hayato Kobayashi!" If this continued, and with Dark Games about to destroy him and that bastard Tenma Yagyō because they couldn't distinguish which of the two souls in this body was who, Tragodia could no longer contain his fear and cried out to Hayato beside him, "Please, please save me!"

"My great life cannot disappear from this world! Just save me, I'll do anything you ask! Whether it's becoming your Duel Monster or anything else, I'll help you!"

"I have the power to manipulate minds. I can help you become a superior person, standing at the top and ruling over others! Wealth, power, and countless women and even men—I can help you obtain them all!"

Upon hearing Tragodia's words, Hayato merely sneered, "Wow, that's incredibly tempting. Unfortunately, the card dealer doesn't discriminate. For me, power is less exciting than acquiring a powerful card."

“But I refused again. Even though humans are like pigeons, if one flies to the right, the rest will follow, I want to be the lead pigeon. But I will get what I want myself, not through your boring power.”

It's just a mind control ability. If Hayato wanted it, he wouldn't need to rely on the power of Tragodia. He could hypnotize others with just the Millennium Scepter. If he added the Millennium Eye from the game, wouldn't he be stronger than Tragodia?

Even the Tragodia hypnotized Pegasus at Night only after Pegasus lost the Millennium Eye. This was because while Pegasus still retained some of the Millennium Eye's magic, he no longer possessed the powerful dark energy to manipulate his memories. If Tragodia dared to try and brainwash Pegasus when he had the Millennium Eye, the brainwashed party would likely be the opposite.

Upon hearing Hayato's words, Tenma Yagyō, who was fighting with Tragodia, smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hayato. I did those things under Tragodia's control before, and this is the result I deserve."

"I will do everything in my power to hold off Tragodia and prevent it from escaping. Please make sure you kill this guy and don't let it get away!"

"Tenma Yagyō!" Hearing Tenma Yagyō act like a madman and want to fight him to the death, and having no hope of being rescued by Kobayashi Hayato, it no longer expected Hayato to help it. It only hoped that it wouldn't say anything wrong that would provoke Hayato to kick it while it was down. At the same time, it tried to persuade Tenma Yagyō, "Calm down and think about it carefully. You don't have a reason to die with me, right?"

"While I may have indeed bewitched you, I have never harmed you or anyone important to you, have I?"

"I promise I won't hurt you, just let me find a way to survive this dark game. Now that you've seen through the situation between me and Hayato Kobayashi, I no longer have any thoughts of revenge. I will become a great help to you from now on."

"Now that I've merged with you, I know your heart's desire perfectly well: to make the International Illusion Society great again, right? No problem, just leave it to me. I will help you realize this wish. You should also know that without me, your talent is simply not enough to compare with your brother, Pegasus Moonwalker. I am an indispensable existence for realizing your ideal!"

As it said this, Tragodia did indeed feel the unease emanating from its body lessen for a moment, which delighted it. For beings with mind control abilities, mind reading was also possible for Tragodia. Although it wasn't as powerful as the [Millennium Eye], which could see through everything with just a glance, seeing through Pegasus Nightwalker's desires was a piece of cake.

Taking advantage of the weakened resistance, Tragodia quickly and subtly mobilized the hidden spirit power within him, afraid of provoking Pegasus's rebellious spirit. Although he verbally promised not to attack Pegasus again, that was merely a lie to appease Pegasus. If he didn't transfer the punishment of the Dark Games onto Pegasus, he would be the one to die, and Tragodia was not about to do that.

As long as I can survive, that's all I'm doing. This is my struggle to stay alive!

Incidentally, Tragodia had also observed the desires in Hayato and Kaiba's hearts, thinking that he might be able to find a way to seduce them. However, after seeing the desires in their hearts, Tragodia immediately gave up the idea of ​​winning them over.

The guy named "Ameruda," who took the card "Light Mercury" and seems to have been protected by an elf and whose mind was not affected, has a sharp duelist's aura, but his desire is to "drive Margherita pizza, crush Hawaiian pizza, until all those damned blasphemers of the Americans are driven out of this world!"

Is he some kind of chef? He's wandered onto the wrong set; this is the world of Duel Monsters!

Then there's Kobayashi Hayato. Despite the undeniable desire for power, money, and women in his heart, he rejected me without hesitation, almost making me think that my mind-reading ability had gone awry. A quick search of his mind revealed strange things like "Kamen Rider," "Gundam," "Tears of the Goddess," and "Communism"—he had too many desires!

Not to mention that kid who seems to be Seto Kaiba's younger brother, whose mind is only filled with the desire for money. His recent wish is to buy Manhattan. Even Tragodia wouldn't dare to think about such a thing, yet this kid's desire is the most normal one.

The most outrageous one is Seto Kaiba. In Tragodia's eyes, he is definitely the reincarnation of Priest Set, one of the priests who once sealed him away. "The Blue-Eyes White Dragon appeared in front of me wearing a wedding dress," which is outrageous. Even Tragodia, a Duel Monster, found the scene in his fantasy somewhat unacceptable. In three thousand years, has human sexual orientation become so outrageous?

"Indeed, compared to the celestial horse and the moon's flight, I am but a mediocre person, lacking such extraordinary talent. Even with the utmost effort, I cannot repay Mr. Pegasus's kindness..."

Hearing the sound of Pegasus galloping through the night, Tragodia felt a greater sense of control. He desperately drew upon all the power within him, striving to save his life before the punishment of the Dark Game struck. He echoed, "Ah, yes, yes, you're absolutely right, brother. That's why I can't die, I must—"

Sensing that its power had accumulated enough, Tragodia was about to manipulate it to change the lock of the Dark Game rules above its head before it could even finish speaking. However, Pegasus's tone suddenly changed, interrupting its words: "But even someone like me has things I can do and must do!"

"I can't let you live, Tragodia!" As the power slipped from its grasp, Tragodia discovered that Pegasus Nightwalker, which it thought had given up the fight for control, had launched a counterattack. Caught off guard, it was affected by the attack. "Return to the darkness!"

Tragodia subtly raised his hand and shook it. The magic that Tragodia had been clinging to as a lifeline completely failed to affect the Dark Game and vanished without a trace!

"No, impossible! You bastard!" Tragodia roared in fury!

"How could my precious life just disappear from this world like this?!"

Enraged, Tragodia sensed that its own provocation had accelerated the execution of the Dark Game's punishment, and that its death was inevitable. In its fury, it lunged at itself, attempting to kill Pegasus Nightwalker, the one responsible for its current predicament, before it could: "Ribbit! I'll fucking kill you! I'll fucking kill your teeth!"

"The ominous star above your head is shining, Tragodia. It says, 'Go now.'" Watching the vortex of dark power surge downwards, threatening to engulf Tragodia and himself, who was now one with it, Pegasus Night Walk laughed easily. "Goodbye, Tragodia. And goodbye, my cowardice—"

Although it exuded an aura of catastrophic destruction, the power of the Dark Game was invisible to outsiders. To the only ordinary person present—Kuipin—Tragodia simply collapsed abruptly.

"Hmph, hmph! Ughhhhh! Ahh ...

But amidst his wailing, Tragodia unexpectedly discovered that the dark power he thought would kill him, while eroding his spirit and soul, did not seem to have killed him.

This delighted Tragodia. Its soul, having been separated from its body by the impact of the dark power, immediately looked at a card that had fallen from the Duel Disk and was lying on the ground not far away, which was the card 【Tragodia】.

The stone tablet that once sealed Tragodia for three thousand years was also the vessel that allowed it to exist for so long, surviving until all the priests and pharaohs it feared died. Now, the card has replaced the stone tablet and has the same effect.

The power I had painstakingly accumulated has now been exhausted, but it doesn't matter. As long as I return to that card, I can survive, just as I planned.

As long as it lives long enough, although it is no match for Hayato Kobayashi, as a spirit, it can definitely outlive him until he dies, just like the "Sima family" of an ancient Eastern country and the "Tokugawa" of the Far East island nation!

As long as I can get to that place, as long as I can get there!

However, just as Tragodia floated toward the card and was about to reach its location, by a hair's breadth, countless purple threads suddenly emerged from around the card, binding Tragodia and rendering him unable to move.

Holding the card [Shadowdome Nephilim] in his hand, Hayato looked down at the terrified Tragodia and sneered, "You lost the Dark Game and still managed to keep your life, and now you want to run away right under my nose? Ask yourself honestly, is there such a good thing in the world?"

"Enjoy your journey to hell, and remember to give the name of Death when you get there."

As Hayato extended his thumb downwards, the perpetually thirsty and insatiable Shaddolls surrounded Tragodia.

Chapter 904 Everything I have achieved is due to my own efforts. System, sell cards!

"Waaah! Don't touch it!"

"I'm going to scatter you all, scatter you all!"

At first, Tragodia tried to resist, but bound by the seemingly fragile threads, it was unable to move and could only watch helplessly as Hayato's Shadowdolls approached it and ruthlessly plundered the last of its power.

As its last strength was drained, Tragodia's very foundation as a card sprite was almost completely destroyed, and even its thoughts and wisdom were about to be drained by the leaders, Shadowdome Nephilim and Shadowdome Midrash.

The loss of power was now an irreversible fact. Tragodia, abandoning its previous arrogance, humbly begged the Shaddolls who surrounded it, pleading with them not to erase even the last trace of itself it left in the world.

No matter how much it howled, the Shaddolls remained unmoved, because Hayato had told them, "Ordinary spirits feel fear and dread because of pain, which affects their ability to exert power. But the Tragodians do not feel pain."

Since Hayato says there's nothing left, then [Tragodia] definitely doesn't feel pain, and those wails are just an act, so there's no need to pay attention to them.

As for whether Tragodia actually feels pain, the Shaddolls don't care about that. They only know that if Hayato says it doesn't feel pain, then it better really doesn't.

Looking at [Shadowduck Midrash] and [Shadowduck Nephilim], who had taken away his power and intelligence, their previously stiff expressions regaining some liveliness, and their eyes fixed on him with ever-growing greed, Tragodia was consumed by fear and said in despair:

"Don't come near me!!"