The card player needs to win easily

"After that, I banish one of these cards until the end of the turn!"

It has ended.

She watched as Yamalik clenched the cards in his hand.

“Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible—!!!”

An Malik looked at the "Winged Cotton" in his hand, his face distorted.

"I discard 'Winged Cotton' and reduce all effect damage I received this turn to zero—"

Thunder rumbled in the sky, and the blue giant behind Siren raised its huge hand towards Dark Malik.

It was all over, with just one blow.

"Activate the effect of [Obelix's Giant God]!"

"Release two monsters on my field to inflict effect damage equal to the attack power of "Obelix's Giant Warrior"!"

Charging its own soul and the soul of the "Rusalka Mermaid of the Pearly Tearful Singing Clan," flames began to burn on the fist of the "Obelix Giant Warrior."

The Eye of Truth on Dark Malik's forehead once again glowed golden.

The thousand-year-old tin staff in his hand also flashed with the Eye of Truth.

"Since the Dark Game is going to be lost like this—then the other me! You'll take the blame!"

As long as Malik's main character is pulled out before the end of the Dark Game, Dark Malik can survive.

"—Continuous Trap, Soul Drain activated."

Suddenly, Liva, who had been standing in the audience, showed the card in her hand.

"what happened!?"

Dark Malik discovered to his horror that his main personality... had "disappeared".

He could no longer feel the other person sleeping in his body.

"Don't try to escape, okay?"

Siren smiled at Dark Malik.

She saw that the soul belonging to the original Malik was extracted from the body and flew into the "Soul Extraction" in Liva's hand.

The "Obelix's Giant God Soldier" burned, concentrating all its power and raining it down on the Siren.

Siren decisively accepted the power and headed towards Dark Malik.

"This time—I'll hit you hard."

Dark Malik, who wanted to dodge and escape, turned around and saw Siren standing in front of him like a ghost.

"Divine Fist—"

Fist pulled in.

“——Crushing Blow!!!”

"boom!!!"

Dark Malik LP: 3400-0

First, Siren's fist touched An Malik's face, and then a sound like an explosion rang out in the duel arena.

Liva absolutely didn't want to think about what the white circle that appeared around Siren's fist just now was.

It was like a scene that only appeared in various special effects fighting movies - Dark Malik drew a perfect red parabola in the air and fell to the ground with a dull sound.

"Ma...Malik...Sir?"

Lishid, who was holding the thousand-year-old jewelry and could see the real situation, was dumbfounded.

(…Is this guy sent? He must have been crushed to pieces with one punch, right?)

Liva quickly drew out a few cards to restore basic points and ran towards Malik, trying to clean up the mess before the Dark Game ended.

Siren stood there, blew on her fist, and mouthed a message to Liva.

(I controlled my strength...right?)

Isono looked at the empty spot where "Dark Malik" was, raised his right hand, and announced the result of the match.

"Duel City Semi-Finals Match 2, Winner: Siren!"

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With the help of Lishid, Malik, who was transported back, finally woke up normally lying on the bed in the duel boat - except that half of his head was wrapped in bandages and gauze, and only one eye was exposed.

"Lord Malik..."

"I'm actually still alive... Thank you for your kindness."

Malik weakly tried to shake his palms.

Until now, he has not been able to control his limbs well.

Perhaps it was because the punch injured his brain, or perhaps it was the backlash caused by his soul escaping - in short, he couldn't think of normal activities for the next few months.

"According to the rules of Duel City, this 'Winged Dragon of the Sun God' is yours."

"As for the one for exchange... I won't take it."

Malik signaled Lishid to look through the deck, and pulled out a card and handed it to the Siren standing nearby.

"The Winged Dragon of the Sun God... well, I'll take it."

"And Malik—"

"You mean Gurus? ...I've already freed everyone, including those controlled by the Millennium Staff and those who took away their souls."

"After this, I will try to make it up to those whose lives were lost because of me... and my sister."

Looking at the phone that had just hung up, Malik closed his eyes.

"Now that my other personality has completely disappeared, all I have left is to try my best to atone for my sins—"

"That's not what I meant. Although I'm happy to hear that you're willing to mend your ways, you called me here specifically. Is there something you want to tell me?"

Yami Yugi stood by the bed, looking at Malik who couldn't even lift his hands.

"Ah."

Malik and Lishid looked at each other and nodded.

Lishid helped Malik turn over and opened the clothes on his back——

"hiss--"

Yami Yugi gasped.

On Malik's back, scars that seemed to be left by burns were carved into a pattern with words on it.

"It looks so painful..."

"This is the way our tomb-keeping clan inherits our legacy—in order to preserve the prophet's message from three thousand years ago, we carve patterns on our backs from generation to generation."

"Even if you can't understand the information above now, if you are the real Pharaoh, you should be able to understand this—"

Yami Yugi didn't reply.

No, it would be more accurate to say that he fell into some strange state the moment he saw the horrific scars on Malik's back.

His expression was as if he was watching a slab of stone falling towards him, and his body was unable to move.

"game?"

Liva waved her hand in front of Yugi.

"……Uh?"

With the unremitting efforts of the two, Yami Yugi finally saw clearly where he was - not in some illusory space, but in the cabin of the duel boat.

"That's truly... marvelous."

"and this."

Lishid handed over the Millennium Jewelry and the Millennium Staff and placed them in Yugi's hands.

"The Millennium Divine Artifact was originally a tool that the Pharaoh had guarded for a thousand years. Now our clan will officially return it to you."

“…Oh! And this—”

Siren touched her pocket and threw the Millennium Eye to the somewhat bewildered Yami Yugi.

"Wait, give them all to me? These shouldn't be placed in a museum..."

"Just be more confident in your own identity... Malik's sister, Isis, is also the head of the Egyptian Archaeological Bureau. They must have given you this for a reason—maybe you'll need it in the future?"

Liva patted Yami Yugi's shoulder.

"Based on the information you saw on Malik's back, is there anything else you're going to do, Yugi?"

"Um……"

Yami Yugi thought about it seriously.

Then, he looked at Siren with an awkward smile.

"It seems... I still need to take the three God Cards and go to the stone tablet on display at the Egyptian Museum..."

"That's easy to say!"

Siren waved the three God Cards she had collected.

"Pharaoh, feel free to use it. We're unlikely to use cards like this a second time anyway—after all, these cards are a bit too disruptive in duels."

"Bekas is already planning to make a weakened version of the God Card—a card that others can use, but won't be struck by lightning like Lishid."

"That's really great, thank you."

Yami Yugi nodded and then switched back to his personality.

Liva nodded quietly towards a corner.

(Um.)

In the deserted place on the Duel Tower, Xia Di also nodded and disappeared.

"But, before that..."

Siren looked at Liva with a "kind" smile.

"Our Duel City isn't over yet..."

"Hey, don't act like you've already won—"

Liva shuffled and cut the adjusted deck and stuck out her tongue.

The radio sounded.

"Duelists, please come to the Duel Tower. The Duel City Finals are about to begin."

"It's time—Liva, Siren, give us a great duel."

Yugi stood up and saw the two off.

The finalists in Duel City have been born.

And at three quarters past Chou time (actually Shen time), the Duel Tower will become the starting point of a magnificent battle!

Duel City Part 2: Chapter 123: Soul-Calming Duel

The sun is hanging high in the sky, and the sunlight shines on my body, making me feel warm.

The two of them returned to the Duel Tower with Yugi.

"Come on—I'm going to the audience first."

"Ah."

After watching Yugi leave, their eyes met again.

"Hehehehe... Just pray that the God Card gets cut to the bottom of the deck..."

While Siren was cutting Liva's deck, she made a very abstract expression.