Duels should be played with a smile.

"Hmph, if that's the case, then you can keep it safe and keep it as my spoils of war after I defeat you."

After saying that, the seahorse didn't linger and went straight into the airship.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I can give it to you as a gift, but as a trophy... you'll probably never get one in your lifetime." Le You shook his head and chuckled.

“You don’t know what’s good for you…!” Ella suddenly blurted out.

"Ok?"

"He... doesn't know what's good for him... next time... defeat him!"

"Hmm...not necessarily. This kind of useful tool and toy shouldn't be ruined too quickly. We need to leave him with something to look forward to each time, so he feels there's still hope of defeating me. That way, he won't keep coming to me relentlessly. And since I always maintain the victor's status, he won't refuse to do some tool-like things. Isn't that great?"

"Huh? Oh!" Ella tilted her head, blinking her big eyes as if she was a little confused. After a while, she nodded.

"Got it, he's... a hunter! We're... bears! He's not here to hunt, he's here to... do that!"

"What? Wait, hold on, you're not talking about that lame joke, are you? Wait, how do you know about that stuff?!"

Before Leyou could find out how Ella knew things she shouldn't know, a familiar voice came from the entrance again.

"Hehehe, Mr. Leyou is in high spirits."

The person handed over the six chip boards to the staff and received the last admission ticket for the night.

"I told you, we'll meet again."

After being separated for no more than half an hour, Isis returned to the arena with six chip plates.

And she seems more... relaxed now than before?

Well... a more formal way to put it would be "to have freed himself from the constraints."

But right now, Leyou only has one question on her mind.

Without foresight or FTK, how did she manage to collect three more in such a short time? Even hack-and-slash games couldn't do that fast! You're even faster than a seahorse!

Leyou vaguely understood why Malik wanted to expand from the territory of the tomb-guarding clan.

Playing cards with such a terrifying woman every day, you wouldn't be able to stand it either.

Isis didn't linger; after saying hello, she boarded the airship.

"Forget it, I can't be bothered with unimportant things. Let's go watch the show~ and maybe even try my hand at becoming a Duel King while we're at it~"

After putting away the D-wheel, Leyou led Ella onto the airship.

With everyone present, the airship quickly took off. Yugi and the others who had boarded earlier were now leaning against the windows of the dueling ship, enjoying the night view of Domino City.

Apart from Honda, who was a rich second-generation, the rest of the group in the game came from ordinary families and had never experienced such a commanding view before. For a moment, they were all somewhat immersed in it.

The quarterfinals wouldn't be over in a short time, so the airship had assigned rooms based on each person's ID card. Malik and Lishid had already returned to their rooms, which conveniently avoided Isis later on, preventing the family from encountering her right away.

After all, once Isis arrives, Malik and Lishid's pretense will be exposed.

After all, Malik was just a younger brother in every sense of the word.

After a short rest, the teams were divided into groups. In the original storyline, Bakura was supposed to be the one to play cards among the eight participants. However, Bakura is currently in the hospital, and even if he is discharged, he will go to find Pikachu instead of playing cards.

Stepping out of the room, Leyou ran right into Isis. Originally, she had foreseen the group assignments through the Millennium Jewelry and had chosen to slack off in her room instead of drawing lots. Now, she had no choice but to face the unknown future.

Unsurprisingly, even with the shift in the timeline, Kaimalong's homosexuality remained unchanged. He appeared before the other contestants as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Bingo Machine, revealing his true sexual preferences in public.

They deserve the title of "warrior"!

The grouping rules are simple: two players compete against each other, and instead of drawing all the players before they start playing, each pair is drawn and then plays against the other.

The results came quickly.

"The player in the first match is..."

"Malik! Against! Jonouchi Katsuya!"

Chapter 50 Duelists All Like Red

"It's Malik?!"

There was a hint of gritted teeth in Jonouchi's words.

This afternoon, thanks to Leyou's advance preparations, he suffered much less than usual. However, under the arrangement of the great director Su Sheng Liziqiu, the hardships he had to endure were not reduced at all.

"Malik... Now that I've chosen you, I'm determined to defeat you! Even with the help of the God Cards, I can still do it!"

"Then let it go..."

"Lishid, let's stop here!"

Isis, who arrived late with Leyou, stepped forward and exposed Lishid's pretense.

When the eldest sister of the tomb-guarding clan spoke, Lishid, who was his brother's follower, was stunned. His gaze lingered between the two of them, showing a sense of being caught in a dilemma.

"And you, Malik, my brother..."

"Sister... I never expected that the last duelist would be you."

The last descendant of the tomb keeper recognized each other on this dueling ship, a sudden turn of events that truly baffled everyone else.

"Lishid? Leyou, you know something, don't you?" At this moment, the game, which was in the Dark Game mode, looked at Leyou with certainty.

"Hmm...it's just a family drama, something like that..."

After a brief explanation, everyone else understood the situation, and the standoff between Isis and Malik came to a conclusion.

“I will not interfere in sacred duels, but each must bear their own responsibilities,” Isis said, gazing at Malik.

The implication is that Malik should stop manipulating Lishid, since he's bad at cards but addicted and expects others to take the blame for him.

Isis's statement was so fair that Seto Kaiba, as the organizer, didn't bother with it and simply shifted his attention from Rishid to Malik himself.

Since Lishid is an imposter, why bother paying attention to him?

Not only Kaiba, but Malik was also caught off guard by his older sister's suggestion. He could manipulate people's minds with the Millennium Staff, but the Millennium Jewels, which were also Millennium Treasures, were not afraid of it.

Left with no other choice, he could only nod stiffly and then return to his room without looking back.

Leahy was left somewhat bewildered, and the city was largely devoid of fighting spirit.

"Please enter the dueling arena, both duelists!" Isono, acting as the referee, stepped in to announce as the family drama came to an end.

Lishid nodded, said nothing, and turned to head towards the field.

"Hmph, even if you're not the ringleader, you're still an accomplice. I'll still fight you to the death in this duel!" Jonouchi shouted, then prepared to head to the arena from the other side, but was stopped by Rakuyu.

"I have some good stuff here, please wait a moment."

"what?"

"It's a great deal! It can help your Red-Eyes eyes and other cute guys~"

Leyou took out several Red-Eyes enhancement cards that the system had just printed from his pocket, and a malicious smile appeared on his face.

Brother, I love watching the original characters get a beating up and beat up the villains.

"These... are all Red-Eyes enhancement cards?"

"Yeah, how about it? Isn't it good stuff?"

"These are indeed good items... It's just a bit strange that you have my ace's enhancement card... Oh well, it's not a big deal. Thanks, I'll add them to my deck right away. After I defeat Rishid, I'll defeat Malik, defeat Kaiba, and then have a good match with Yugi and you!"

Seeing Jonouchi so excited, even a little jumping around, Rakuyu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Young man, you're pretty brave. You'll know you're wrong when I pull out a big treasure for you."

Anyway, good luck! I'm going to watch your performance from the audience!

"Hmm! Watch me take care of that Rishid! I'm now the strongest Jonouchi after my evolution!"

Soon, the duel began a thousand meters in the air, with everyone except Malik, who had returned to his room, watching.

Among this group of spectators, Mai and Shizuka were the most attentive to Jonouchi.

Mai is a proper duelist, while Shizuka knows almost nothing about dueling. Honda and Ryuji Otogi, who are trying to explain things to her, are also only half-baked. As a result, Shizuka ends up getting along well with Mai.

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. It's going to be a family matter sooner or later anyway (laughs).

The duel between Rishid and Jonouchi was unremarkable, as his identity was exposed, Malik was not present, and Rishid did not forcibly summon the fake card Winged Dragon as in the original story, but instead used his own underworld deck.

The moment Leyou saw the opponent's hand cover five, his eyes twitched, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

I've developed a condition where I want to hit someone whenever I see them playing with a five-star weapon.

What? How can I do that myself? Never mind then.

If it were the old Jonouchi, he probably would have just recklessly charged in. But after the previous battle with Rakuyu and the afternoon's "trial" where Kuriboh added his own twist, Jonouchi has learned to use his brain.

It's actually quite difficult for a reckless person to quickly learn to use his brain. Fortunately, precisely because he's reckless, he's very willing to listen to advice when he doesn't understand something.

and so.

"I also set five cards to the back row, then set one monster to the inside defense position, and end my turn."

You've evolved my ass!

It was late at night, high in the sky, and a cold wind was blowing. There were 11 cards on the field, all face down. Leyou thought he had come to the underworld and even doubted whether he had just given away any cards.

The situation reached a stalemate for a time. Lishid's deck was not particularly good at attacking, nor was it outstanding in clearing traps, so he could only watch helplessly.

After the unpleasant life-or-death duel that afternoon, Jonouchi became much more cautious and adopted a cowardly stance: if you don't move, I won't move either; I'm waiting for the wind, and you're waiting to die.

Feather Duster is an extremely rare card that you can't get in Katakari City unless you sell your body. But he had already taken the advice of Leyou and Yugi and added a few common cards that clear the back row.

In the following rounds, both players had deep backlines, so they only exchanged minor skirmishes, casually swapping resources and board control, until Jonouchi drew a Hurricane, which instantly changed the situation.

By using Monster Resurrection to bait out Lishid's defense, Jonouchi activated Hurricane, returning all the back row cards to his hand. Then, with the resources accumulated in his hand and on the field, he took down Lishid in one fell swoop.

“He’s grown up.” Yugi Muto thought to himself.

"Yes, he has always been a very hardworking person, and after experiencing so much, his hard work has paid off."

"However, I also want to thank Leyou. If it weren't for him, Cheng Nei might have had to endure even more hardships to grow into the person he is today, right? (referring to the God of War in the Red Pit)"

"Yes, he is also a very strong, true duelist."

Chapter 51 Mother Valley is no match for the traitor Dragon

Lishid, a member of the Gravekeeper Clan, was defeated by Jonouchi with a deck inferior to his own and silently departed.