The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

Before the game had progressed much, Pegasus, who was passing by, came looking for them.

That's right, Pegasus was also invited by Kaiba's president to participate in this competition.

When everyone spotted the father of Duel Monsters at the opening ceremony, they were incredibly excited.

This demonstrates the high level of prestige of the KC Cup.

Although Pegasus lost his ability to spy after losing his Millennium Eyes, his strength is still guaranteed.

“Mr. Bekas, I didn’t expect you to be my last opponent in the qualifiers.”

"However, I only need one more match to advance, so I accept this duel."

Although encountering this so soon might be a bit disappointing for the audience, the game couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he readily agreed.

"Nice~, this is the gaming boy I know~."

Pegasus revealed the Duel Disk with great interest.

......

"Duel!!" ×2

Yugi Muto: LP4000

[Beccas J. Crawford: LP4000]

"I'll go first, draw a card!"

[Pegasus J. Crawford's hand: 5 → 6]

After glancing at his hand, Pegasus said, "Game boy~, I haven't dueled with You since the Duel Kingdom era, so let You reminisce about the power of the Toon deck."

As he spoke, he swiped a card from his hand.

"I activate the Spell Card [Cartoon Bookmark] from my hand."

Add 1 card with the name "Cartoon World" (other than "Cartoon Bookmark") or "Cartoon World" from your Deck to your hand.

"I add the field spell [Cartoon Kingdom] to my hand and activate it."

[Pegasus J. Crawford's hand: 6 → 5]

A huge book was opened, and a cartoon castle appeared on it.

"【Cartoon Kingdom】When activated, it requires banishing the top three cards of my deck from the inside."

"And as long as this card is on the field, its name is treated as [Toon World]."

The core of Pegasus' unique cartoon deck was easy to grasp.

"Be careful, Pegasus's deck has probably evolved too, AIBO!"

"Ok!"

Immediately afterwards, Pegasus played his next card.

"Then I activated the quick-play spell [Cartoon Flip] from my hand."

This effect can only be activated if you control "Toon World". Reveal 3 Toon monsters with different names from your Deck to your opponent, who then randomly selects 1 of them. Special Summon that monster to your field, ignoring its Summoning conditions. Return the remaining monsters to your Deck.

[Pegasus J. Crawford's hand: 5 → 4]

"These are the three monsters I've chosen..."

Three cards were revealed in the game.

—【Cartoon Black Magician】, 【Red-Eyes Cartoon Dragon】, 【Cartoon Chaos Warrior】.

Pegasus smiled and said to him in broken Japanese, "OK, game boy~, you choose a monster."

Chapter 160 Cartoon Card Deck

Looking at the three cartoonish monsters in front of him, King Yang remarked, "They're all monsters we're familiar with. Pegasus is as wicked as ever."

Soon the three cards were shuffled face down, and the player randomly pointed to the card on the left.

"Oh~, the monster you chose is [Toon Dark Magician], so I will Special Summon this monster."

A flash of light appeared, and a cartoonish black magician was summoned.

[Cartoon Dark Magician: Attack Power 2500]

"And I activate the monster effect of [Cartoon Dark Magician]."

Once per turn, you can discard 1 [Toon] card from your hand and activate 1 of the following effects.

●Special Summon 1 Toon monster from your Deck, except for Toon Dark Magician, ignoring its Summoning conditions.

● Add 1 [Toon] Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand.

"I discard the [Cartoon Masked Mage] from my hand and add the Counter Trap [Cartoon Narrator] from my deck to my hand."

"It can even detect counter-trap traps! This monster is amazing!"

When King Yu saw Pegasus take the Trap Card into his hand, he gasped.

The game's expression also became slightly serious. This cartoon deck's counter trap is a card that counters all attacks, making it an extremely powerful card in this environment where there are not many counters yet.

Moreover, as a three-speed card, the game requires at least one card to be used to bait out its effect.

"Finally, set one card face down. My turn is over."

[Pegasus J. Crawford's hand: 4 → 3]

It goes without saying what he was covering.

"Alright, game boy, it's your turn."

"Ah."

After nodding in response, Yugi drew a card from his deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]

The player glanced at his hand, thought for a moment, and quickly played a card to bait out a win.

"Perpetual Magic [Future Fusion] activated!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6→5]

"During your next Standby Phase after this card is activated, send the Fusion Materials of the Fusion Monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon that Fusion Monster during your second Standby Phase."

Upon hearing the game's description, Pegasus suddenly revealed an exaggerated expression, "Oh~, amazing~! What a powerful card this is~! Not only can it send You's monsters to the graveyard, but it can also summon powerful fusion monsters."

"Game boy, are you trying to build a graveyard using the effect of [Five-Element Magician]?"

He seemed to have seen through the game's plans, and then voiced his guess.

The game stared at him expressionlessly, offering no response.

"It's no use, game boy~. Even if you make that kind of face, I've already seen through your plans~."

So Pekka Bass activated his face card, "Therefore I activate face card, countering the trap [Cartoon Narrator]!"

You can activate this effect when you control a Toon World monster or a Toon monster, and that monster's effect, spell, or trap card is activated. Negate that activation and destroy it.

boom!

The moment this [Future Fusion] appeared, it shattered instantly.

Upon seeing this, the game frowned slightly, but it was within expectations.

So he inserted another card into the Duel Disk, "Then I'll activate the Spell Card [Ace Straight] from my hand."

Discard 1 card from your hand, Special Summon 1 Queen Knight from your Deck, and add 1 of the following from your Deck to your hand: King Knight or Guard Knight. After that, you can Summon 1 monster.

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→3]

After discarding one card from his hand, he took three cards directly from the deck.

The three cards are lined up in a row on the Duel Disk.

"First, based on the card's effect, Special Summon [Queen Knight] in Defense Position."

"Then, summon [King Knight X] in Attack Position, and if [Queen Knight] is on the field, Special Summon [Guard Knight] from the Deck, depending on the effect of [King Knight].

Three knights dressed in playing card-themed armor appeared one after another on the game field.

[Queen's Knight: Defense 1600]

[King's Knight: Attack Power 1600]

[Guard Knight: Attack Power 1900]

"Wonderful~, he can summon three monsters in one go, as expected of a gamer!"

"However, no matter how many monsters you summon, it's useless to me. As long as Toon World exists on the field, Toon monsters can ignore monster defenses and attack the player directly."

Hearing Pegasus's words, Yugi shrugged, indicating that he didn't care.

"It's alright, I've already prepared a plan..."

As he spoke, he inserted the three cards in his hand into the Duel Disk one by one.

"I'll cover three more cards, then the turn ends."

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3→0]

Pegasus & Yugi: ...

This inhuman, hellish thing.

"Cough cough!"

Pegasus coughed twice and then said, "Using traps as a countermeasure!? But, it's still useless. [Toon Kingdom] can negate the destruction of Toon monsters by banishing cards from the deck. Traps are ineffective against my monsters!"

"is it?"

The game slightly curled the corners of his mouth, and he subconsciously glanced at a face-down card at his feet.

Just then, Pegasus caught his subtle glance.

"That card...?"

Although Pegasus had lost his Millennium Eye, his observational skills were still very strong. He immediately spotted the game's gaze and identified a target.

So he's not worried at all about those three face-down cards in the game.

"My turn!"

[Pegasus J. Crawford's hand: 3 → 4]

Pegasus placed the card he had drawn in his left hand, then threw the other card from his hand into the graveyard. "Let me eliminate You's face-down card first."

"Activate the special effect of [Toon Dark Magician] once again, discard [Toon Mermaid] from your hand, and add the Spell Card [Toon Catalog] from your Deck to your hand."

"And activate this [Toon Catalog] to add a [Toon] card from the deck to your hand. I chose [Toon Harpy Girl]."

No matter how many times he watched it, Wang Yang felt speechless. "It's the cartoon form of the monster we're familiar with again. Pegasus really likes cartoon monsters."

Pegasus then placed the card on the Duel Disk.

"I activate the monster effect of [Cartoon Harpie]".

This effect can only be activated if you control [Toon World]. Special Summon this card from your hand. If you control other Toon monsters, you can also target and destroy 1 Spell/Trap Card your opponent controls.

After a flash of light, a shrunken, cartoonish harpy was projected.

[Cartoon Harpy Girl: Attack Power 1300]

[Pegasus J. Crawford's hand: 4 → 3]

Chapter 161 Intrigue and Schemes

After the monster was brought into the field, Pegasus pointed to a face-down card at the feet of the game.

"Using the effect of [Cartoon Harpy], destroy the face-down card to your right!"

Immediately, the cartoon harpy girl rushed over and kicked the game's special attention cover card.

But at that moment, the corners of Yugi's mouth suddenly turned up, "You've been tricked, Pegasus!"

"What!?"