Yu-Gi-Oh!: This isn't a duel!

"But... please accept it!"

"This is a token of my appreciation!"

You Yang subconsciously caught the card, which was still warm, and looked at it closely.

On the card, Xiaoye's appearance is clearly visible.

[The police force is on the verge of breaking up Yoru-maru!]

You Yang was slightly taken aback, then a faint smile appeared on his lips.

Is this the card?

Although in the original police force card deck system, this card is the absolute core of operation and tactical pivot.

However, this card has no effect on Youyang's deck.

However, seeing the girl's expectant eyes, You Yang did not show the slightest contempt.

After all, this is proof of an elf's trust.

He solemnly put the card into his pocket and nodded:

"Then I'll accept it without hesitation."

Seeing that You Yang had accepted the gift, Xiao Ye's tense face finally showed a relieved smile, and she nodded vigorously:

"Ok!"

"Let's go, everyone!"

The next second, a dazzling burst of data light erupted, completely enveloping the figures of the four girls.

"Whoosh—whoosh!"

With a sharp whistling sound, the four figures vanished completely before You Yang, transforming into four dazzling streaks of light of different colors. Like shooting stars streaking across the night sky, they shot straight into the computer monitor in front of him, which was displaying a static-filled screen.

The room fell silent instantly.

You Yang looked at the computer screen, which had returned to calm and was now only showing the standby screen, and shrugged helplessly.

"Alright, things are settled here."

He stretched, turned and walked towards the door, already planning his next steps.

Now that the matter has been resolved, let's hurry home.

He hadn't forgotten that he had promised Lilith he would play games with her.

Just as You Yang put the still-warm card into his pocket, a strange fluctuation suddenly came through the fabric, as hot as burning charcoal.

He instinctively stopped and took out the card again.

The orange border that originally symbolized the "Effect Monster" slowly disappeared like the receding tide.

Instead, there are deep, dark blue hexagonal data borders, resembling the starry sky.

Above the card image, the original card image has also quietly changed!

The once mature girl has become petite, and the original Effect Monster has now transformed into a Link Monster!

【S:P Sayomaru】!

A delighted smile immediately appeared on You Yang's face.

Is this considered autonomous evolution?

With a happy heart, You Yang closed the door and prepared to go back.

Just then, the phone in my pocket suddenly started vibrating rapidly.

You Yang took out his phone, and the name that popped up on the screen made him raise an eyebrow, somewhat unexpectedly.

It was Jord Rosen calling.

Why look for yourself now?

You Yang pressed the answer button, and while walking quickly towards the elevator, he asked in a low voice:

"Hey, what's wrong?"

However, what came through the receiver was not Rosen's usual arrogant voice, but a sickening, broken electrical noise.

"Swimming...sizzling...sizzling...sizzling...fast...sizzling..."

"Hello? Rosen?"

Hearing the interference that seemed to come from another dimension, You Yang's steps suddenly stopped, and a strong sense of unease instantly surged into his heart.

His instinctive sense of crisis made him abandon waiting for the slow elevator, turn around, push open the emergency exit door, and leap down the stairs.

As the building descended, the static on the phone grew louder and louder until it turned into a sharp whistling sound.

The moment You Yang rushed out of the apartment building and stood in the lobby on the first floor, communication was completely cut off.

"Beep-beep-"

The phone screen flickered twice, and the signal bars in the upper left corner instantly dropped to zero, turning into a glaring red "X".

"Signal jamming? Or..."

You Yang put away his phone and rushed out the door to the street. The situation was too dangerous; he had to go back immediately to check on things.

He stood by the roadside and waved to a taxi that was approaching in the distance.

The headlights were blinding. The taxi had its turn signal on, and its tires screeched as it slowly approached You Yang.

However, just as the car was about to come to a complete stop, an extremely bizarre scene unfolded before You Yang's eyes.

There was no impact, no explosion, not even a sound.

The taxi, which once had a metallic feel and was still spewing exhaust fumes, looked as if it had been ruthlessly erased on a drawing sheet by an invisible eraser.

"Shh."

The entire vehicle, along with the driver inside, vanished into thin air right before You Yang's eyes!

Only two black marks left by the tires on the ground prove that it once existed.

"This is……"

You Yang's pupils suddenly contracted.

Then, a terrifying chain reaction began.

On the street, cars and buses that were driving began to flicker and disintegrate one after another, eventually turning into nothingness.

"Ahhhhh!!"

"A ghost! There's a ghost!!"

Passersby finally noticed the terrifying phenomenon, and screams instantly shattered the tranquility of dusk.

People dropped what they were holding in terror and fled from the road as if avoiding a plague, running towards the surrounding buildings.

It was as if an unseen abyss was opening up on that originally flat asphalt road, greedily and silently devouring all living things that passed by!

You Yang's expression changed drastically, and his eyes instantly became sharp as knives.

Without any hesitation, he reached into his robes with his right hand, took out the heavy deck of cards, and skillfully inserted it into the Duel Disk on his left arm.

"Crack!"

With a crisp mechanical opening sound, the blade of the Duel Disk popped out, gleaming with a cold light in the setting sun.

Although he didn't know exactly what had happened, as a top duelist, You Yang keenly sensed the restless particles in the air.

This bizarre scene before us is definitely related to Duel Monsters!

Is it a dark game? Or something else?

Just as You Yang was focused and alert on what was ahead, a chilling sense of emptiness suddenly came from behind him.

He suddenly turned around and looked.

The apartment building, dozens of stories high, that we had just walked out of, had also vanished completely without a trace!

There were no ruins, no dust; only an unnaturally flat concrete foundation remained, as if the building had never existed.

The setting sun, like blood, cast a long, solitary shadow of Youyang across the empty ground.

Looking at his shadow, stretched long by the twilight, You Yang took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

This matter is probably much bigger than I expected!

Just as You Yang turned around, intending to leave this place of trouble, his phone, which had been silent, suddenly started vibrating violently again without warning, emitting a hot and dazzling light!

"Om-!!"

The light pierced through the fabric, instantly illuminating the dimly lit corridor.

Immediately afterwards, four streaks of light of different colors shot out from the phone screen like a flock of startled birds.

The light and shadow twisted and recombine rapidly in the air, accompanied by a series of "crackling" sounds as data fell to the ground. The four girls who had just disappeared were now lying haphazardly in front of You Yang in an extremely disheveled state.

Upon closer inspection, You Yang noticed that the data streams on their bodies were extremely unstable, flickering between light and dark, and even accompanied by a crackling electrical sound, clearly indicating that they had suffered some kind of tremendous impact.

You Yang paused, looking at the mess on the ground, and asked in surprise:

"You...how come you're back so soon?"

His response was a heart-wrenching sound of retching.

"vomit……"

Kiskill lay on the ground, her face ashen, one hand tightly covering her mouth, the other waving weakly as if all the strength to speak had been drained away.

"Don't...don't mention it..."

Lila, standing beside her, also looked extremely carsick, her eyes darting around, and she gasped for breath:

"I almost... I almost didn't make it back... It was like hell in there..."

Just then, a yellow figure stumbled and pounced over.

Lena was so weak that she looked like a cloud about to dissipate. Almost instinctively, she threw herself onto You Yang, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist, her body extremely unsteady.