Duels should be played with a smile.

The golden dragon-shaped phantom slowly drifted into the sky. If it weren't for the two little angels around it lifting it up and flying towards the sky, Leyou would have thought that the Victory Dragon was about to die.

The card in his hand had also disappeared, a rather abrupt and difficult-to-understand situation.

Knowing roughly that it was Victory Dragon who protected Kaiba and Jonouchi, Leyu slowly spoke after Victory Dragon's phantom disappeared.

Is the infinite loop fun?

The seahorse was still the same seahorse. Faced with Leyou's slightly mocking question, it simply raised its head arrogantly, gave a cold snort, and continued playing the infinite loop in its hands.

Jonouchi was as easy to talk to as ever. After smiling apologetically at Rakuyu, he explained the whole story in detail.

This infinite loop duel between him and Kaiba has been going on for so long that he has forgotten when it started.

All I remember is that one day after Leyou left, Yugi made up his mind to bring Atum back to the Underworld, and after making sufficient preparations, he contacted Isis and Jonouchi and their companions.

The seahorse came to us on its own.

The group gathered in Domino City, and Kaiba used a Kaiba Corporation plane to take them all to Egypt. Under Isis's guidance, Yugi Muto, holding the three Egyptian God Cards and the seven Millennium Items, awakened the "King's Memory" in the ancestral land of the Graveyard Keepers.

Guided by the Millennium Puzzle, the group was immersed in the Pharaoh's memories from three thousand years ago.

After that... many things happened. With everyone working together, although there were many twists and turns, we were moving towards our goal until that one unexpected event occurred.

"That guy... if he hadn't interfered, Atum would probably have already successfully returned to the Underworld, right?"

"Wait?! Atum? You know that name, and you can even say it?"

Leyou was startled. After completing the "union", all his memories came back to him, and they were incredibly clear.

He remembered clearly that the name Atum could not be conveyed at all in the Memory of the King chapter, and the game didn't even know the name until the very last moment.

If nothing unexpected happens, the troublemaker will be K, but Leyou is still a little unsure how that guy can cause trouble.

While Jonouchi's dueling skills are somewhat unpredictable, he's incredibly lucky. If K were to challenge Jonouchi to a duel, Leyou believes he would be utterly bewildered.

Needless to say, Kaiba also receives the same level of treatment as a favored son. Apart from the fact that the main branch of the Haku clan is indeed weak and has never beaten Yugi Muto, he has no weaknesses—if he does have any, he will be dealt with on the spot.

For example, the fact that Haku is very weak can be resolved by printing a card on the spot.

The ultimate fishing dragon, the Blue-Eyes Light Dragon, is created using this technique!

“That guy…” Jonouchi gave a wry smile, and his hand, which was about to continue the infinite loop, paused.

"If it were just a duel, we certainly wouldn't be afraid of anything, but that guy just came up with some weird and strange games that we've never seen before."

"In this special world, game duels are not to be refused. At first, the games he created were relatively simple, and even if we had never seen them before, we could still manage to cope. But later on, only the games themselves could hold on, and both Kaiba and I were defeated one after another."

I don’t know the specifics of the situation at the time, but this information was crucial enough for Leyou, and at the same time, I couldn’t help but become curious about the games that Jonouchi had mentioned.

"And then? This infinite loop of yours... wait, I think I understand."

The reason these two are engaging in this seemingly pointless endless loop duel is most likely to avoid being dragged into those game duels. Since game duels cannot be refused, they probably cannot be interrupted either.

“It’s just as you think.” Jonouchi nodded. He and Kaiba both breathed a sigh of relief, having ended the Infinite Loop. Their exhaustion was clearly visible on their faces.

"At that time, Kaiba and I had just finished a match at the same time. My win was very hard-fought... If I hadn't randomly pressed buttons and gotten 30 lives while playing that game called 'Contra,' I might not have been able to beat it..."

A huge grumble ran down my spine, and I didn't know whether to vomit or not—that was Leyou's feeling at that moment.

All I can say is, as expected of Jonouchi. Although I don't know why a Contra game suddenly appeared, the fact that he could randomly press 10 specific buttons in sequence is very Jonouchi-esque.

"At that time, I didn't have the energy to think about anything else. I just happened to hear a voice giving me advice, and it seemed like Kaiba heard the voice too. So we followed the voice's advice and used an infinite loop duel to buy time and avoid being dragged into the subsequent duel..."

"We don't know what happened after that..."

"I see... then... um?"

After listening to Jonouchi's account, Rakuyu was about to ask for more details, but by the time he finished thinking, he could already hear snoring in his ears—Jonouchi had already fallen asleep on the ground, and Kaiba wasn't much better off, having found a corner to lean against and also fallen asleep.

"Well... I don't know how long you've been fighting, or how much of the suffering you've endured is due to me. Now, you should rest well and leave the rest to me."

With a snap of his fingers, Leyou casually summoned two miniature dragon spirits to carry the two people on the ground to an inn in town. He left Chongguang's spirit there to guard the two. After sorting out his thoughts, Leyou continued on his way.

These two guys have been found, but the most crucial game is still nowhere to be found. According to Jonouchi, the situation the game will face may be a thousand times, ten thousand times worse.

Just as Leyou stepped out the door, Chongguang's spirit suddenly flapped its wings. Following its pointing direction, Leyou saw a card slip from the seahorse's hand and fall to the ground.

Blue-eyed White Dragon.

Gently picking up the white dragon's card, a thought and the information attached to it entered Leyou's mind.

It's a seahorse...

"Hmph, that's all the mediocre guy can do; he can't even explain the crucial points clearly..."

After habitually making a few sarcastic remarks about Jonouchi, the dragon-loving president finally got down to business.

"Our initial goal was to go to the lowest level of the royal tombs with the game, where the key to Atum's memories is located. We were stopped here halfway, but the game must have already reached that place."

"Don't worry too much about the game... that guy has an invincible spirit protecting him. If you're going to find the game, be careful on the way."

Having said that, the seahorse's thoughts disappeared. Because it was a telepathic message, Leyou was unable to know the seahorse's feelings when it recorded those words.

only...

"Tsk...would you call this being a tsundere? What a weirdo." Leyou glanced at the sleeping seahorse with a playful expression, his mischievous amusement running rampant.

As a result, because all his memories came back, the person, whose mind was too active, accidentally thought of a certain indescribable doujinshi. Startled, he quickly cleared his mind of all distractions, rushed out the door, and began searching for Yugi Muto's whereabouts.

"An invincible elf... Victory Dragon is protecting the two of them, so can it still be called invincible? It's nothing more than the Thousand-Fold Dragon and Old Ai, right?"

Recalling the kind old man she had met before, Leyou decided to rule him out for now.

This guy said he wanted to travel around and have fun, so he probably didn't come here to be a bodyguard...

"It's not reasonable for Wan Suilong to personally intervene, is it?"

Muttering to himself, Leyou opened the map again. Now there was only one dot on the entire map, which was undoubtedly Yugi Muto's location.

According to Haima, that's the royal tomb... Just hearing that word makes Leyou think of several guys who cause collapses wherever they go... well, they're all adventurers, archaeologists, and the like.

Ostensibly, they are engaged in activities to protect cultural relics and search for lost treasures, but in reality...

What have you all protected?!

Having dealt with a Sphinx and rescued two key figures, the constructed game world seemed unchanged. While remaining vigilant and making his way to the royal tomb, Leyou was also pondering the game that Jonouchi had mentioned earlier.

In the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, there are actually many other games. As a true player, Leyou also explored other games in his spare time after the end of Duel City.

There are no games identical to those in the original universe, but since the secondary worlds are all projections of the original universe, there are also some dubious "imitations".

For example, there is no Contra, but there is a Rampage Douluo.

"It seems that K learned from experience and realized that playing cards doesn't always guarantee success, so he chose to use another game? And it's the original game from the primordial universe..."

It seems that any game can be used as a medium for duels, but Leyou can't quite figure out how a non-competitive game like Contra can be transformed into a competitive game.

It would be foolish for both sides to compete in a speedrun.

Regardless, this is a point worth noting; K might use the same method against me later...

If that's the case...

That would be so awesome.

Well... to say something that might be a little inappropriate, I've been in this world for so long that I'm almost sick of playing cards.

It was alright at first, with all sorts of fun and antics, which was quite enjoyable. But later on... it became all about competitive banter and toxic matchups, which really annoyed me.

Unfortunately, he couldn't afford to lose any of those matches, which meant his self-destruct switch never got a chance to be used, making it quite boring.

As a gamer who is proficient in various games... being proficient in various games actually means playing a lot of games, so it is impossible to immerse oneself in the same game for a long time. Basically, after a period of time, one will switch to another game.

Of course, it must be stated here that the enjoyment of switching between games is limited to the gaming aspect and does not involve other aspects.

Even though he's played many different games, Leyou himself remains a very loyal person!

Time flies when you're engrossed in thought (daydreaming). You can walk normally while thinking, and before you know it, you've arrived at the entrance to the royal tombs.

It's called a mausoleum, but it actually looks more like a temple. This kind of thing seems to have been quite common in ancient times, since everything was under the control of the gods back then.

Apart from the two enormous statues on either side of the temple, there was no sign of anyone around or inside. After observing the temple's structure for a while, Leyou headed into the deepest part of the tomb.

Generally speaking, such key places are not only guarded by special personnel, but also have various treacherous traps. However, it seems that since the previous game has already been through it, all the traps that Leyou has seen along the way have been stopped from working.

The ground was pitch black, with only the torch as the sole light. After walking for an unknown amount of time, Leyou finally pushed open a huge door and met the last person he needed to find on this journey.

Yugi Muto... or rather, Atum.

This is a game world created from Atum's Memory World. The original model of the game being outside and the Pharaoh being inside is reversed here.

"You...you've finally arrived."

As if relieved, or as if it had been expected, Atum spoke to Leyou from afar the moment the door opened.

"Yes, he's here. I just didn't expect the invincible Pharaoh to be in such a difficult situation."

"We might even need this old man's help."

Beside Atum was the somewhat ethereal Exodia. The moment Leyou saw him, he realized that this was the same one from the DM world.

"When you said you were leaving, were you actually coming here to help him?"

"That's not true." Old Ai waved his hand, sat down on the ground somewhat wearily, and replied with a smile, "None of this happened back then... Speaking of which, this is all your fault. If you hadn't left, none of this would have happened."

Leyou frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

Old Ai didn't answer, but first looked at Atum. After Atum nodded slightly, he gave a slightly apologetic smile and said, "Actually, it's not entirely your fault..."

"I don't know much about things that are too high up, and I only learned about the things that followed later."

"You left without taking anything with you, which definitely gave the enemy an opportunity..."

"If that great man hadn't personally intervened and protected this world, it might not have lasted until you woke up, and everything would have ended."

"That lord?" Le You already had some guesses in his mind, but he still couldn't help but ask again.

"That's right, it's that sir..."

Old Ai seemed lost in memories, his expression a mixture of melancholy and wistfulness.

“That lord said this back then—'I can feel that my master's will has left this world, and soon I will follow him. But before that, I cannot let the world he has poured his heart and soul into be overthrown by those ruthless successors... Crisis is also an opportunity, and now is a suitable time. Next, this is the last thing I can do for you, for this world...'”

Old Ai composed himself, his expression solemn, as if he were conveying the will of a deity.

"In the world of games, everything will eventually have to end with games."

At this moment, Leyou finally understood why K, who clearly possessed the authority of a creator, ultimately had to resort to this somewhat comical method to confront him.