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

"Hehehe, now it's my turn, time to draw a card!"

[Nightmare Penguin Hand Cards: 5→6]

After drawing a card, the penguin places one of its cards in the playing area.

"I'll activate the area-of-effect spell [Legendary City of Atlantis] first!"

Increases the ATK and DEF of any Water-type monster on the field by 200.

As long as this card is in the Field Zone, the Level of any WATER monster in either player's hand or on the field decreases by 1.

"Through the Field Spell ability, the Level 5 [Emperor Penguin] is reduced to Level 4, so I don't need to tribute to summon this card."

A giant penguin appeared on the sea surface, looking down at the gamers.

[Emperor Penguin: Attack Power 1800]

[Nightmare Penguin Hand Cards: 6→4]

"Furthermore, the ability of my deck leader is to increase the attack power of my WATER monsters by 200 points. Combined with the effect of Field Spells, the total attack power increases by 400 points."

[Emperor Penguin: Attack Power 1800 → 2200]

The penguins then simply stuffed the Emperor Penguin into the graveyard.

"Then I activate the monster effect of [Emperor Penguin]."

You can activate this effect by Tributing this card. Special Summon up to 2 Penguin monsters from your Deck, except for "Emperor Penguin".

"I choose to Special Summon two Nightmare Penguins."

The Emperor Penguin vanished instantly, while two Nightmare Penguins appeared on the field, like clones of their master.

[Nightmare Penguin: Attack Power 900 → 1300] ×2

"Also, based on the monster effects of [Nightmare Penguin]."

While this card is in the Monster Zone, all WATER monsters you control gain 200 ATK.

"I have two Nightmare Penguins on my field, so my attack power increases by 400 points."

[Nightmare Penguin: Attack Power 1300 → 1700] ×2

He then inserted his third card into the duel disk.

"Yugi Muto, let me show you the power of an adult! I activate the spell card [Monster Resurrection], revive [Emperor Penguin]!"

The Emperor Penguin has once again appeared on its field.

[Emperor Penguin: Attack Power 1800 → 2600]

"Attack power of 2600 points, which is more than that of the [Black Magician], but it's not a big problem."

The game remained remarkably calm.

After all, in the real card environment, high attack power is already commonplace, with people often having thousands or even tens of thousands of attack power. What is this little bit of attack power? Besides, there is no resistance, so adding more is pointless.

Then the penguin inserts another card from its hand into the duel disk.

"It's not over yet. I'll activate the equipment magic [Penguin Sword] again, and [Emperor Penguin]'s attack power will increase by another 800 points!"

The Emperor Penguin raised a long sword.

[Emperor Penguin: Attack Power 2600 → 3400]

[Nightmare Penguin Hand Cards: 4→2]

"With this invincible combination, the Emperor Penguin's attack power is now even higher than the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's! Hahahahahahahaha..."

The penguin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"game......"

Anzu, standing nearby, couldn't help but worry about the game.

"Don't worry, Anzu. I can take care of an opponent of this caliber very quickly."

The game helped her relax.

"Alright, hurry up and call!"

The game urged the opponent to act quickly, and he didn't want to waste too much time.

"You're so impatient~ There's only one good thing about getting older: you become quite cautious. That card under your feet is probably a trap, but such tricks won't work on me, therefore..."

As he spoke, the penguin inserted another card into the duel disk.

"Activating the Spell Card [Great Cold Wave] will prevent all face-down cards from activating for one turn, thus removing any obstacles that hinder my attack against you."

[Nightmare Penguin Hand Cards: 2→1]

As this card was activated, a blizzard suddenly swept across the field.

Without hesitation, the game player clicked the button and flipped the face-down card.

"Unfortunately, you can't do that. Before that effect takes effect, I can chain-activate the Perpetual Trap [Soul Barrier]."

As long as you control a monster, battle damage to the controller of this card becomes 0.

"Varied......"

The penguin was stunned; this way, the game couldn't be harmed.

Soon, the blizzard stopped.

Although it cannot cause damage, it can still attack, and thus it enters the combat phase.

"Battle has begun! I'm attacking the Radiant Angel with a Nightmare Penguin!"

A nightmare penguin sprayed a jet of water at the radiant angel, shattering the angel.

"At this moment, the effect of [Radiant Angel], which was destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, activates, allowing you to Special Summon 1 LIGHT monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck in Attack Position!"

The second Radiant Angel then appeared in the game.

[Radiant Angel: Attack Power 1400]

"Then I will continue to attack the Radiant Angel with the second Nightmare Penguin."

The second Radiant Angel also disappeared.

"Activate the effect of [Radiant Angel] once more, and Special Summon this card from your Deck."

This time, the game didn't involve summoning the Radiant Angel.

Instead, a red-haired, barefoot girl was projected.

"Summon the [Unfortunate Girl]!"

[Unfortunate Girl: Attack Power 400]

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"A weak monster with only 400 attack power. Summoning that kind of shield won't stop my attack. I'll continue using [Emperor Penguin] to attack [Unfortunate Girl]!"

As the attack command was given, the Emperor Penguin raised his longsword and slashed at the girl.

Snapped--!

A crisp voice sounded.

"Nani!?"

The penguin stared in disbelief at the scene before it where someone caught a blade with their bare hands.

Then the game started to explain.

"Based on the monster effect of [Unfortunate Girl], this card cannot be destroyed by battle while it is in face-up Attack Position."

With the Soul Barrier effect applied, this makes the battle essentially pointless.

"And as long as [Unfortunate Girl] is on the field in face-up Attack Position, monsters that have fought against this card cannot attack or change their battle position."

This limits the Emperor Penguin's attacks.

"this......"

The Emperor Penguin, whose attack power had been painstakingly improved, was rendered useless.

"hateful!"

It's in a bad mood right now, but there's no point in keeping this monster that's taking up space.

"Then I will activate the effect of [Emperor Penguin] once again, and sacrifice myself to Special Summon two [Flying Penguins] from my Deck."

The Emperor Penguin disappeared from the field again, and two penguins with wings on their heads appeared in response.

[Flying Penguin: Attack Power 1200 → 2000] ×2

"End of round."

The penguin ended the round somewhat disappointed.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 4→5]

The game involves placing a card from your hand onto the duel disk.

"I summon [Dark Mage Kuran] from my hand."

A blonde loli holding a whip and wearing a black dress was projected onto the screen.

[Dark Mage Kuran: Attack Power 1200]

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[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→4]

"AIBO, what are you doing..."

"Games, you..."

When Wang Yang and Anzu behind him saw that Yugi was using this kind of otaku deck, their expressions suddenly became subtle.

"Uh, well... Anzu, let me explain..."

Yugi immediately turned to look at Kyoko with a guilty conscience.

"Explain it to the police!"

Kyoko's expression seemed to say that, as if she was ready to handcuff him at any moment.

The game was startled and immediately turned its head back, ignoring what Kyoko was trying to say and avoiding eye contact with Ohsama, creating an awkward moment.

Of course, jokes aside, his duel cannot be taken lightly.

"Flip one more card over, my turn."

His turn is over again.

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 4→3]

"My turn!"

[Nightmare Penguin Hand Cards: 1→2]

The penguin also slammed a card from its hand onto the duel disk.

"I summon [Electric Penguin] from my hand."

A penguin with two strings attached appeared.

[Electric Penguin: Attack Power 1100 → 1900]

[Nightmare Penguin Hand Cards: 2→1]

In this way, the penguin's front area was completely covered.

With nothing else to do, the penguins went straight into battle.

"Battle has begun! I'm attacking Dark Mage Kuran with [Electric Penguin]!"

The two wires that were used to shock the penguin sent a bolt of lightning toward Kuran.

At this point, the player quickly clicks the button to reveal the card that was covered in the previous round.

"Don't even think about it! I activate the Trap Card [A Mighty Enemy Who Blocks the Way]. When your opponent declares an attack, target [Unfortunate Girl]. Your monsters can only target that selected monster."