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

At this moment, Zarug flipped over and retreated from the encirclement of Judai and the others to the front of the four people, taking off his coat to reveal that he was dressed the same as the four people.

"That's right, our true nature is..."

Zarug and the other four immediately struck a pose.

"The Black Scorpion Thieves!!"

Judai had an expression that said, "I didn't expect this."

Zarug then explained, "We accepted the commission to steal the Seven Star Gate key several years ago, and sent our men to infiltrate this island."

"This is... the Black Scorpion Thieves!!"

Everyone: So cringeworthy...

Jaden looked at the group and raised an eyebrow: 'These chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) sufferers are actually quite interesting.'

Asuka pointed at them and reminded them, "But just stealing the key won't open the Seven Star Gate. You guys are surprisingly stupid."

"This is... the Black Scorpion Thieves!!"

After the Black Scorpion Thieves repeated their chant, Zarug asked blankly, "Then, how do we open it?"

Jaden covered his head and looked at the group of idiots, sighing, "Of course it's a duel."

Zarug suddenly realized: "A duel? There is indeed such a request. It seems we can't escape our fate of fighting you."

Mina: "Then we shouldn't delay, boss!"

"Oh! In that case, let's duel, brat!" Zarugu raised his Duel Disk and pointed it at Jaden. (In the original work, he was fighting Manjoume Inazuma, but the author is trying to stir things up here.)

9. "Just as I wished, come on, Black Scorpion Thieves!"

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Chapter 85 Making Trouble

After finding a secluded spot, Jaden began his duel with Zarugu, whose henchmen surrounded him, ready to fight at any moment.

"Duel!!" ×2

Three-line code [Yujo Judai: LP4000]

3. [Zarug: LP4000]

After the duel was declared, Jaden took the first round.

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

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 6]

Looking at the card in his hand, Jaden had an expression that said he was about to cause trouble.

He first placed the card he drew this turn into his left hand, then picked up two cards from his hand and slammed one onto the Duel Disk: "I summon [Elemental HERO Wilder] from my hand in Attack Position!"

Om-! !

A golden light flashed, and a robust, dark-skinned primitive man carrying a large sword was projected onto the screen.

【Elemental Hero Wilderness Knight: Attack Power 1500】

He then revealed another card: "Equip the Spell [Whirlwind Boomerang] to this card, equip it to Wildman, and increase his ATK by 500."

[Elemental Hero Wilderness Knight: Attack Power 1500 → 2000]

"Finally, I'll set two more cards face down, and the turn ends."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 2]

Asuka: "A monster with an attack power of 2000 points, Jaden's starting move is a bit different from usual."

"The highest attack power of the monsters in the [Black Scorpion] deck is only 1800, which is enough."

Jaden wasn't too worried about his opponent; it was just that the opponent's deck was too weak.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Zarug's hand cards: 5→6]

Zarug confidently drew a card and looked at the hand he had drawn.

He outwardly showed some regret, but inwardly he was pleased: 'Although my monsters generally have low attack power, this [Ultimate Move! Black Scorpion Combo] makes all the difference.'

The effect described above is: This card can only be activated when you control one of the following monsters: [Leader Zarug], [Black Scorpion - Trap Dismantler Cliff], [Black Scorpion - Swift Escape Zek], [Black Scorpion - Powerful Gogo], or [Black Scorpion - Thorn Mina]. During the turn this card is activated, these monsters can attack your opponent directly, and each monster deals 400 battle damage to your opponent.

'Once everyone's gathered, we can unleash our ultimate combo!'

But before that, he has to get through one round first.

So he placed a card on the Duel Disk: "I summon [Stone Golem] in Defense Position."

Om-! !

With a flash of golden light, a barbarian soldier, seemingly a spirit of the stone gate, was summoned.

[Fan Soldier Stone Golem: Defense 1800]

"Then cover a card, and the turn ends."

[Zarug's hand cards: 6→4]

At the same time, Judai immediately flipped open a card at his feet.

"At the moment you finish, activate the Trap Card 'Treating Reinforcements' and Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Warrior-Type monster from your Deck."

"At the same time, I chain-activate another face-down card, the Quick-Play Spell [Extra Food], and send [Territory Reinforcements] to the Graveyard, restoring 1000 Life Points."

[Yujo Jaden: LP4000→5000]

After finishing, Jaden swung his hand and shouted, "Come on, Hero Boy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden light flashed across the field, and a young hero wearing a glass dome was projected onto the screen.

[Hero Boy: Attack Power 300]

"And because of the effect of [Hero Kid] itself, two more [Hero Kid] are Special Summoned from the Deck."

Another burst of light effects flashed, and the Hero Boy instantly turned into three.

[Hero Boy: Attack Power 300] ×3

Zarug looked at the row of monsters and raised an eyebrow slightly: "They actually summoned three weak monsters with an attack power of only 300 points?"

"Then it was my turn..."

As he spoke, Judai casually grabbed a card from the deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 3]

After drawing the card this time, Jaden immediately played the card he had drawn in the previous turn: "Activate the Spell Card [Obedience of Heaven's Voice]!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 2]

"Pay 2000 Life Points to activate this card. Declare the name of a monster card. Your opponent can add the declared monster from their Deck to your hand or Special Summon it in Attack Position, ignoring its Summoning conditions."

[Yujo Jaden: LP5000→3000]

Manjoume Lightning: "Jūdai, did you just make a stupid mistake by sacrificing so much of your life points like that?"

Asuka: "Judai must have his own reasons."

At this moment, Zarug paused for a moment: "My monster?"

"That's right, the card I want to declare is [Black Scorpion Thieves]. As members of the Black Scorpion Thieves, you must have that card, right?"

Zarugu and the others were completely bewildered, but they still followed the other party's instructions and picked out the cards and threw them to Jaden.

"Alright, do you want to add it to my hand or Special Summon it directly?"

"Add it to your hand."

"alright."

Since there was no difference anyway, Jaden simply put it on the Duel Disk: "I summon the Black Scorpion Burrowing Gang in Defense Position."

[Black Scorpion Burglary: Defense 1000]

They were even more bewildered when they saw that Jaden had actually used their symbol cards.

Mina asked unwillingly, "Boss, are we really going to go and become his subordinates, letting him boss us around?"

"Yeah, boss, what do we do?"

"Uh, this..."

Zarug was also hesitant, and he himself seemed very unwilling.

However, Judai was too lazy to watch their performance and quickly stopped them, saying, "Alright, I don't need you to come here..."

With that, he played his second spell card: "I activate the spell card [Purple Flame Spy] from my hand. This turn, I transfer control of [Black Scorpion Burglary] to you."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 1]

Zhaluge and the others were increasingly confused, but they still got up and walked up quickly. The whole group stepped past Gaika and stood next to the stone warrior.

Seeing their outrageous behavior, Asuka and the others' faces twitched.

"As expected, it's a Duel Spirit. Only a Duel Spirit would appear as a monster."

"What exactly is Judai trying to do?"

"have no idea......"

Zarug and the others were already showing signs of dissatisfaction. "Hey, kid! What exactly are you trying to do?"

Judai smiled upon hearing this and replied, "Is there any need to say more? It's obviously to achieve the conditions for victory. I've already won this duel, old man!"

Zarug and the others were immediately shocked. "What did you say?!"

Chapter 86 First Prize Pot 7

"Fight!"

Without hesitation, Jaden launched his attack, shouting, "I'll use Hero Boy against the Black Scorpion Burglary!"

At his command, a young hero immediately leaped forward and kicked out.

Seeing this, Zhaluge hurriedly shouted, "Get that small fry back, Gao Ge!"

"Yes, boss!"

The bald, burly man named Gao Ge immediately swung his meteor hammer and knocked the attacking young hero back.

Clang——!

[Yujo Jaden: LP3000→2300]

Just then, Jaden spoke the monster's effect on behalf of the other party: "At this moment, the special effect of the [Black Scorpion Burglary] will definitely activate!"

When this card inflicts battle damage to the opponent, the opponent chooses 1 Spell Card from their Deck and sends it to the Graveyard, then shuffles their Deck.

He opened his deck and said, "Because of the effect of [Black Scorpion Burglary], I can choose any spell card to send to the graveyard."

Zarug frowned even more upon hearing this: "What exactly do you want to do, kid?"

Jaden quickly picked out a card from his deck and revealed it.

"The card I'm sending to the graveyard is [Jackpot 7]. When this card is sent to the graveyard by an opponent's card effect, it is banished from the game."

After the cards were discarded, a slot machine with a Pot of Greed on it appeared on the field.

Upon seeing this, Daichi Misawa suddenly realized, "It's actually [Prize Pot 7]?! I see, I understand what Jaden is trying to do!"

Asuka and the others were puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Misawa chuckled: "I'll keep you in suspense for now; you'll find out as you read on."

At this moment, pull down the lever next to the slot machine, and you'll see the three screens of the slot machine start spinning rapidly.