Duels should be played with a smile.

The new creator wants to transform this world into nourishment to sustain other new worlds.

Throughout the long years, Eternity, lacking self-awareness, still paid more attention to this world out of instinct. When the world was about to be destroyed, it followed its instinct, or rather its duty, to fight against the creator of this world.

An existence rooted in the concept of the primordial universe could not possibly be defeated by the creator of a projected world, but... sometimes things just happen by chance.

The unique rule of this world is called Game... Eternity knows everything that has the potential for progress, and Game is naturally among them.

However, there are a few very special things in the game—privileges and cheating.

Unfortunately, as the creator of this world, K is proficient in these two "dimensional reduction attacks".

With two dimensional-reducing attacks, Creator K invoked one of the world's supreme laws, launching the ultimate dark game and confining eternity within this world. He, who could have easily expelled this second-generation creator, was forced into a stalemate.

In the long struggle, perhaps by chance, the eternal kalpa, which should not have had any consciousness, suddenly gave birth to self-awareness.

The self is undoubtedly more difficult to understand than any concept. No being can ever fully comprehend the self. At the moment the self is born, inevitably, a slight relaxation occurs.

Then...

In the ultimate dark game, there exists an external aid called "items." Both the Creator K and Eternity possess items that can be generated based on their own powers and ideas. However, the Creator's authority within this world is undoubtedly supreme, and the items generated are naturally incredibly powerful.

The Creator seized this crucial "luck".

What should have been a fair game has suddenly become precarious for Eternal Calamity due to previous off-field tactics and the added support of these items.

However... it was precisely because of the emergence of self-awareness that Eternal Calamity used its own item when it was about to fall into defeat.

A mask, and a crystal.

after...

It is a cycle of countless reincarnations and countless failures.

Until luck came to Eternity's side.

"I was lucky; this time I drew three truly crucial cards..."

The crystal was completely filled, and the ten blank cards in Leyou's hand gradually changed, eventually turning into a single crystal—exactly the same as the one on his chest, only the color was different.

His crystal was still white, but the one in his hand was black.

The shattered mask was in his other hand. Leyou grasped the crystal, squeezed it hard, and then sprinkled black light spots onto the shattered mask.

The light fell on the mask, and the shattered mask was gradually being repaired.

"The Faceless Ones, the Ten Heroes, the Dean, and all those other odds and ends—after all this time, it turns out it was all just me..."

"What should I call this? Should I call it a stand-in, or my Persona?"

Completely ignoring the stares of others, Leyou continued talking to himself as he put the repaired mask on his face.

The mask vanished instantly, and at the same time, a tall, dark figure flashed behind Leyou, stirring up a gust of wind that nearly made the Snow Maiden and the others lose their footing.

"Well then, it's time to say goodbye. See you in the real world."

After bowing to the people and elves, Leyou turned around and stretched out his hands.

"It's time to wake up from this dream... Shall we go together?"

"Although there are still some things I don't understand..." The snow woman tilted her head, her face still full of doubt, "but I don't usually use my brain much, so I'll just follow you."

One hand grasped the other.

Philvo stepped forward with a helpless expression: "I think I understand... With your carefree attitude, you can't do without me, right?"

Another hand grasped the other hand.

The Snow Woman and Philvo both revealed mischievous smiles: "Aralala... Sir, it seems you only have one pair of wings."

With her hands clasped around Snow Woman and Philvo, Leyou faced Ella, who had no hands to hold.

Just as the Snow Woman and Philvo were thinking they could enjoy a good show, Ella made a move.

With light, graceful steps, Ella didn't head towards Leyou, but instead chose to go around her.

They bypassed Leyou, as well as Xue Nu and Feierwo, and circled around to Leyou's back.

Extend your arms slightly and rise onto your tiptoes.

There were no extra words, only the faint breaths in my ears, neck, and face.

"I can...fly with him."

……

On one side of the chessboard, Eternal Calamity had fully awakened. After regaining consciousness, it was still somewhat unaccustomed to the feeling of its current body, having grown accustomed to its human form. With a thought, it transformed back into the form of Joyful Wanderer.

The original form of Eternal Calamity... can only be described as a source of great joy for machine spirits and ecstasy for model kit enthusiasts, but sitting down still feels somewhat awkward.

Putting everything else aside... its body is divided into two colors in the middle, the helmet completely covers its head, leaving only its chin exposed, and it has two long tails on its back that look like they can fire cannons. It looks very useful in a fight, but in everyday life... it's more suitable to be displayed in a glass case.

"It's more comfortable this way... Although I seem to have a big background, I've always considered myself an ordinary person."

Across the chessboard was K, dressed no differently than before. It was the first time Leyou had seen him so closely, and he was still a little unaccustomed to it.

Those red sunglasses were just too flashy.

On the table to K's right, there were several props. One of them looked familiar, like a statue with a dragon head as a hook, and another was an hourglass-like thing, though it was also a bit broken and tattered.

The remaining few were shrouded in mist and could not be seen clearly.

On the table to Leyou's left, there were also several props: a broken mask, a crystal that had lost its color, and a few other things that only he could see.

And... the three crystals he's currently holding and playing with: silver-red, indigo-violet, and emerald.

On the chessboard, a somewhat familiar scene was reflected; upon closer inspection...

"Good heavens, so this is the King's Memory!"

"No wonder I haven't heard anything about the basic plane or those guys. Turns out they're locked up here."

"So, are you going to make a move?" K suddenly asked, his gaze falling on Leyou's left. "I've caught you out, so naturally you'll have to pay the price... You still have some of those two items left over, do you want to use them?"

The Persona and the Crystal have already expended a lot of power to ensure that Leyou has hope of waking up in the dream constructed by K. If they are used again, they will definitely be gone... and may even shatter before the goal is achieved.

In the ultimate dark game, besides each player creating and solving puzzles, props are also a crucial element, with each prop representing an additional variable.

The power of the Persona is extremely strong. In the previous dream, it was the Dean created by the Persona who left various kinds of help for Leyou himself, and also influenced the Faceless Men and the Elite Ten controlled by K in other ways, making the power that originally belonged to Leyou play a double agent for K. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to wake up so easily.

As for the two items K had, they were even more important. The hourglass-shaped dream almost caused Leyou to send it away directly. As for the Zorc statue... it was just a coincidence. If it weren't for Ella's sudden appearance and taking the demon king formed by the statue to become a Pokémon trainer, Leyou would have had to deal with at least one more guy that couldn't be solved by playing cards.

This is one of the reasons why Leyou says she is lucky enough.

"Of course we have to make a move!"

"You know, there's strength in numbers. Look at you, all alone. You didn't even find any suitable subordinates in your previous dreams. As for me... putting everything else aside, you're single, and I'm bigamous. That's the difference!"

"so..."

Leyou picked up the mask and the dim crystal again and threw them onto the chessboard. The moment the items landed on the chessboard, Leyou felt his own thoughts being drawn into the mask and into the world of the chessboard.

This time, however, he still retained his original consciousness, which was more like multitasking.

"Leyou" jumped into the game, while "Yongjie" sat outside the board.

Two bodies, two consciousnesses, a strange feeling, and the unknown game that was about to begin—all of these made him laugh.

He was laughing very happily.

"Alright! Let the game begin!"

"A game?! I'm not going to lose this time!"

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It's all just setting up the premise. To be honest, I haven't improved at all, just like when I wrote my last book. I've piled up tons of settings, but the plot is completely nonexistent...

Hopefully, I'll be able to control my urge to express myself in my next book.

So, we're about to begin the final volume of this book... There's only one duel in the entire volume, and it's not even a serious one. The rest is all my personal interpretation. The final volume will be around 10 words, and it should be finished before National Day...

Consider this a heads-up.

By the way, the title of the next volume is: Where We Belong

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Wouldn't ChainAttack sound cooler?

It would be best to add a rapper.

Then 149, cool!

Chapter 1: Konami is acting strangely. Why am I the one who has to clean up the mess?

(Warning: This volume contains very little Yu-Gi-Oh! content and is extremely high in self-indulgent entertainment.)

Under the scorching sun and a cloudless sky, not a single bird could be seen in the pure blue expanse.

"I wonder how the ancient Egyptians managed to survive here..."

The vast expanse of yellow sand is the dominant color here, with only a few scattered buildings to prevent the view from becoming too monotonous.

"This is disgusting... We miscalculated right from the start... How long will it take to find them?"

With each step sinking deep into the yellow sand, Leyou looked up at the pyramids in the distance and continued toward her goal.

This place... is probably the lost foundational dimension, and also the "King's Memory" that was chosen as one of the locations for the ultimate dark game.

Leyou could sense that everything here wasn't entirely real, but rather a "game" built upon a foundational dimension.

It can be considered a "dessert" before the ultimate dark game begins.

In the game world within this chessboard, most situations are not much different from reality, but when it comes to some key points, there will be some differences, but so far, we do not know exactly what those differences are.

Intelligence is also a crucial part of the game; knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory.

The reason why Leyou personally came to Qiwangzhong before the game was to increase his chips in the later stages of the game—or, in the event that things were not going well, to deplete his opponent's chips as much as possible.

Leyou has always found the kind of behavior that harms others without benefiting oneself to be extremely outrageous, but given the possibility of a trade-off, he doesn't rule out such methods.

By choosing to enter the game world himself, Leyou lost his previous "God's-eye view." However, he was not unprepared. The two items he used before, as well as the miniature map that now appeared in the corner of his field of vision, were crucial elements.

Thanks to the unique nature of the Persona item, most of Leyou's consciousness entered the game world, while a portion of his consciousness remained in the 'Eternal Calamity' part. He might not be able to do other things, but constructing a map through communication was still not a problem.

With a thought, the map unfolded, and Leyou was currently in the northeast corner of the map, while the target he was looking for... was in the very center of the map.