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

"Show yourself, [Apibu's Divine Transformation]!"

The two cards released a dark mist, and two snake-men appeared, each holding a scimitar and a shield in one hand.

[Apibu's Divine Transformation: Defense 1800] ×2

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"What?! This is a trap card?!"

Jonouchi looked at the two monsters with a puzzled expression.

"This is a Trap Monster, a Trap Card used as a Monster Card."

The game was explained from below the stage.

"Trap Monster!? There's actually a card like that!?"

Wang Yang, who was standing to the side, was shocked.

"Yes, these kinds of trap cards are relatively rare, but they do exist. And although trap monsters cannot be activated the turn they are face down and have relatively low attack power, because they are trap cards, they can be activated consecutively, allowing for multiple summons in one turn."

Yugi said with a somewhat serious expression, and his words were heard by Malik and Jonouchi.

"As he said, this is the Trap Monster I used to replace the Monster Card."

"Malik" nodded slightly and said.

"Wow, I didn't know there were such trap cards. I've learned something new."

Jonouchi slammed his fist on his palm and said in a sudden realization.

"But, although those two [Apib's Avatar] have the same DEF as the two monsters on my field, you must know the effect of [Azure Blademaster], right?"

He reminded "Malik".

"Yes, of course I know..."

As he spoke, Malik flipped over his third face-down card.

"So I'm activating the Perpetual Trap [Court Rules] again!"

As long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, face-up Continuous Trap Cards on both players' fields, except for "Court Rules", cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects.

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"Large breasts!?"

Jōnouchi was taken aback; he hadn't expected there to be a special protection card.

"Damn it! Now I can't attack this turn..."

He gritted his teeth, then glanced at his hand and laughed as he inserted one of his cards into the Duel Disk.

"Cover up one card..."

[Jouchi Katsuya’s hand cards: 2→1]

He paused for a moment, then glanced at Gaika and Iron Knight, recalling a technique the game had taught him before the Duel City tournament began. He smiled confidently.

"Hey, I'll spare your life for now. My turn is over."

Jonouchi finally ended his turn.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Counterattack Within the Castle

"My turn."

Malik calmly drew a card.

[Malik Ishtar's hand cards: 1→2]

"End of round."

He ended the round without doing anything.

"Yoshi! There aren't any other card options!"

At this point, Jonouchi flips over the card that was face down in the previous turn.

"'Malik,' you've fallen into my trap! I activate the Trap Card 'Chained Bomb'!"

You can activate this card by targeting 1 face-up monster you control. Equip this card to that monster as an Equip Card that increases its ATK by 500.

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"The monster I've chosen to equip is [Iron Knight Gia Freed]!"

A bomb with attached chains appeared in front of the Iron Knight.

"That idiot Jonouchi! Equipping it on [Iron Knight Gia Fried] will just cause it to be destroyed by the monster's own side effects!?"

Knowing the effects of the Iron Knight, Peacock Dance cursed, thinking that the city had lost its mind playing cards.

"No, that's good. Jonouchi-kun's real goal is to destroy that card."

I'm not worried at all about the game's appearance.

At this moment, the castle opened its doors.

"Here we go, 'Malik'! I activate the monster effect of [Iron Knight Gia Fried]!"

This effect activates if an Equip Card is equipped to this card. Destroy those Equip Cards.

"Destroy the [Chained Bomb] which is an Equip Card, but if the [Chained Bomb] is destroyed, another effect will be activated."

If this card, which is used as an Equip Card, is destroyed by a card effect, target 1 card on the field and destroy that card.

"What I want to destroy is the perpetual trap [the rules of the court]!"

As he spoke, the bomb on his field flew to the other side, followed by an explosion.

boom--! !

The perpetual trap was instantly destroyed.

"Hmph! I see. I didn't expect the negative effect of [Iron Knight Gia Fried] to have such a use. Even trash cards have their uses. I've learned something. But this powerful combination must have been taught to him by you, Yugi, right?"

Kaiba's president turned to look at the game and said that, in his opinion, someone as simple-minded as Jonouchi shouldn't be able to come up with such a move.

"Ah ha ha......"

The game, having been seen through by the club president, gave an awkward, silly laugh.

"..."

At this moment, "Malik" watched this scene without saying a word. He did not expect Jonouchi to destroy his powerful trap card so quickly. As a result, the duel that followed would not be so easy.

"Then my turn is over."

Malik currently has no way to deal with the two monsters on Jonouchi's field, so he has to end this turn first.

"Hey, 'Malik,' you've finally run out of face-down cards. Now it's my turn to draw!"

[Jouchi Katsuya’s hand cards: 1→2]

After glancing at the card he had drawn, Jonouchi smiled smugly and then slapped the card onto the Duel Disk.

"Using this card will remove all your shields. [I am] […]. Summon [Falcon Knight] from your hand."

A bird-man knight was projected onto the field within the city.

[Falcon Knight: Attack Power 1000]

[Jouchi Katsuya’s hand cards: 2→1]

"It's no use, Jonouchi. A [Falcon Knight] with only 1000 attack power can't defeat [Apibu's Godhood]."

"Malik" reminded the man inside the castle.

"Hmph, of course I know that, but have you forgotten the effect of [Azure Flame Swordsman]? I'm going to activate this monster's effect and transfer the attack power to [Falcon Knight]!"

[Azure Flame Swordsman: Attack Power 1800 → 0]

[Falcon Knight: Attack Power 1000 → 2800]

"Are you stupid? I thought you had some kind of strategy, but you just transferred the attack power of the [Azure Flame Swordsman] to a monster with lower attack power than the [Iron Knight Gia Fried]. What a misjudgment."

"Malik" shook his head and said with some disappointment.

"You're the one who's stupid, 'Malik'! Although the [Falcon Knight]'s attack power is relatively low, it has the ability to attack twice in the same phase of combat!"

Jonouchi mocked 'Malik'.

"Nani!?"

Malik's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Hey, here we go, 'Malik'! I'll use [Falcon Knight] to attack those two [Apibu's Avatars]!"

Falcon Knight pierced through two monsters with a single sword strike, defeating the two monsters on "Malik's" field.

"not good!!"

Next, Malik will face the Iron Knight head-on.

"Take this, Malik! I'm going to attack you directly with [Iron Knight Gia Fried]!"

The Iron Knight slashed at Malik with his sword.

"Well--!"

He finally got hurt.

【"Malik Ishtar": LP4000→2200】

"That concludes my attack. Now I will switch [Azure Flame Swordsman] to defense stance."

The Azure Flame Swordsman immediately crouched down in a defensive stance.

[Azure Blademaster: Defense 1600]

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

Jonouchi ended his turn by covering his last card.

[Jouchi Katsuya’s hand cards: 1→0]

Chapter Thirty: The Sealed Card

"That was indeed a brilliant counterattack, Jonouchi..."

"Malik," having recovered, spoke to Jonouchi.

"Um!?"

Jōnei raised an eyebrow.

At this moment, "Malik" drew a card.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Malik Ishtar's hand cards: 2→3]

When he saw the card he had just drawn, his eyes suddenly widened, as if he had received a card that shouldn't have appeared. He was stunned for a while before his gaze drifted towards the audience. Of course, Jonouchi noticed Malik's expression as well.

"Hey, 'Malik,' what are you looking at? Why aren't you playing your card yet?"

Jonouchi impatiently urged the other party on.

"Hey, my other self! Did you notice where he's looking right now?"

At this moment, the game's eyes glanced in the direction the other person was looking, and the game player asked the question to the king in his mind.

"Hmm, I noticed it, AIBO! That's the man named 'Nam' standing there, so the man named 'Malik' on the dueling platform, he really is..."

Before Wang Yang could finish speaking, Yugi interrupted him.

"Just as we suspected, he's an imposter, a stand-in for the real 'Malik,' while the real Malik is that man named 'Nam.'"

The game was almost certain when it was told to King, and King agreed with the guess.

After a while, Malik looked back at the field, as if he had received some important instructions.

He then gritted his teeth, put away the card he had drawn that turn, and inserted another card into the Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Light-Sealing Sword] from my hand."

This card remains on the field after activation and is destroyed during your opponent's End Phase, calculated from their turn 3 turns later.