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

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 1→0]

The game immediately enters the combat phase.

"I used [Gaia, the Dark Knight of Gale] to attack [Rock Giant], and killed it with a Spiral Spear!"

As soon as the game ended, Gaia rode his warhorse forward and pierced the giant rock soldier with a single spear thrust.

He then waved his hand at Naia and continued to issue attack commands.

"I'll use [Pluto Dragon Judgment God] to attack you directly again!"

Pluto unleashed another burst of lightning at Noa.

"Yo hoo! That's how you win the game!"

"Hmph! Losing to a game so quickly, your skill level is ultimately limited to this..."

But will it really be as Jonouchi and President Kaiba think?

The game doesn't think so, after all, Noah still has two face-down cards waiting there.

as predicted......

"Open the face-down card, [Chaos Barrier - Chaos Field -]! The effect of this Trap Card is that if an opponent's monster attacks, the monster with the highest ATK on the opponent's field is forced to battle the monster with the lowest ATK, and the Battle Phase ends after that battle."

At that moment, Gaia vanished instantly and quickly reappeared in front of Noah, blocking the attack.

“Gaia…”

boom--! !

Gaia shattered instantly after blocking the attack.

【Muto Games: LP4000→3500】

"Ah! What a pity!"

"Hmph! So-so!"

The two melon rinds continued to assert their presence.

"This is so strange, AIBO... Why didn't that trap card activate at the beginning? Why did it only activate after my monster was destroyed..."

Wang Yang said with some doubt.

"I don't know that either."

The game was also a bit confusing.

However, Naia quickly answered their question.

"Oh right, I almost forgot to mention..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a huge wooden ship appeared behind Naia.

"One of the abilities of my deck leader, Miracle Ark, is 'Containment Ability'. Monsters sent to the graveyard by both players are not sent to the graveyard, but are 'contained' by the Ark."

The huge wooden ship behind Naia slowly rose up and opened a mouth to suck in the two monsters that had been destroyed earlier.

"'Containment'!? Isn't it an exception?"

This is the first time I've heard of this kind of term in the context of games.

"I'm sorry, game. 'Containment' does not mean exclusion. In other words, your monster is neither in the graveyard nor in exclusion, but is being kept by the Ark."

This is equivalent to sealing the game's graveyard. No wonder Noah was so confident in challenging the game. Fortunately, the game changed its deck, which prevented him from succeeding.

"The monster that is 'contained' must have other uses, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't wait until your monster is destroyed before activating the Trap Card."

The game and the king finally understood what was going on with that strange action.

"Okay, it's my turn."

Seeing that the game was not progressing, Naia forcibly ended his turn.

"My turn!"

[Kaiba Noa's hand cards: 1→2]

"Ah......"

Noa's lips curled up after seeing the card she had drawn.

"It's my turn to counterattack. I activate the spell card [Pot of Greed] and draw two cards from my deck."

[Kaiba Noa's hand cards: 2→1]

When he saw that he had activated this card, the game's eyes lit up.

"Excuse me, Naia. I have a face card that I need to activate."

As he spoke, the game immediately opened the card slot.

"The instant you activate [Pot of Greed], I will chain-activate the counter-trap [An Eye for an Eye]!"

You can activate this effect when your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card that shares the same name as one of your Spell/Trap Cards in your Graveyard. Negate that activation and destroy it. After that, you can add 1 card from your Graveyard to your hand that shares the same name as the card whose activation was negated by this effect.

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The Pot of Greed, which had just appeared on the field of Noah, shattered instantly.

"Nani!?"

Naia's hand, which was about to draw a card, froze for a moment.

Now Naia's goal of drawing cards has failed, and she has even helped the game by doing something wrong. She's been completely screwed over.

"Based on the follow-up effect of [An Eye for an Eye], I reclaim the card of the same name [Pot of Greed] from my own graveyard."

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 0→1]

The reason the game includes this seemingly insignificant trap card is because everyone will be carrying this versatile Pot of Greed. Once activated, it can not only trick the opponent, preventing them from drawing cards, but also allow the player to reclaim a Pot of Greed that has already been used in the graveyard.

He hadn't expected the game to be used so smoothly.

In this way, the game netted me two cards, which is great.

"Oh no! You're such a baby, game!"

Naia launched into a second tirade of profanities.

"Ha, serves you right!"

"Heh, you've already lost your composure like this, you really are a brat."

Seeing this arrogant brat get his comeuppance, Jonouchi couldn't help but burst into laughter, and even the club president couldn't resist coming over to mock him.

"you......"

Naia was so angry that her face turned red.

"Damn it, my turn is over."

There was nothing else to do; Naia could only end this round for now.

Chapter Forty-Six: Order to Withdraw

"It's my turn again, time to draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 1→2]

The game begins by putting away the cards drawn this time, and then inserting the cards collected in the previous turn into the Duel Disk.

"I activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed] once again, drawing two cards from my deck."

After two cards were drawn, the Pot of Greed that appeared on the field shattered into fragments.

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→3]

He then slapped one of his cards onto the duel disk.

"I summon [The Elven Swordsman Who Tricks the Enemy] from my hand in attack position."

With a burst of light, the cannon fodder swordsman was projected out.

[Elven Swordsman Who Tricks the Enemy: Attack Power 1400]

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3→2]

"Fight!"

The game immediately entered the battle phase, but just as he was about to issue the attack command, two monsters suddenly appeared on Noa's field.

Gaia, the Dark Knight of Gale: Defense 2100

Rock Giant: Defense 2000

"The destroyed monster has returned. Is this also the power of the deck leader?"

"The game asked in surprise."

"That's right. The second effect of the deck leader [Ark of Miracles] is 'Absolute Defense'. At the start of the opponent's Battle Phase, randomly select monsters from the Ark to Special Summon in face-up Defense Position, based on the number of monsters on the opponent's field."

Since the Ark currently only houses two monsters, even if you choose randomly, you can only summon these two.

"This is truly a chaotic and unfortunate outcome..."

The game player remembers that the card 【Miracle Ark】is a ritual spell, so it shouldn't have these strange effects. Therefore, it seems that these are all settings that Noah randomly added.

Moreover, Naia's actions didn't stop there; he flipped over the last face-down card on his field.

"I will activate the trap card [Tectonic Movement] again."

You choose two attributes. Your opponent chooses one of them. All face-up monsters of the chosen attributes on the field are destroyed.

"Both sides currently have EARTH and DARK monsters on their fields, so I'll choose those two attributes. Alright, which monster will you keep?"

Naia's lips curled up in a smile.

If the game selects the Dark attribute, the Hades Dragon with the highest attack power will be contained. Selecting the Earth attribute, however, will destroy the cannon fodder swordsman with battle damage resistance.

So no matter which side you choose in the game, Noah will profit.

However, while his idea was good, the game wouldn't fall for it.

"I want it all!"

As he spoke, the game player clicked the button and flipped over the cards that had been face down in the previous round.

"At this very moment, I activate the trap card [Retrieve Command]!"

All monsters on your field are returned to their owner's hand.

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He immediately removed two cards from the Duel Disk, and then the two monsters on his field disappeared.

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→4]

"You actually retrieved your own monster!? But now your field is empty, while I still have monsters with a total ATK of 3500 on my field. Next turn, your Life Points will be completely depleted, and that's when I win, hahahaha..."

Naia laughed triumphantly.

"No, you can't do it."

"Uh......"

The game dampened his spirits, and his smile froze for a moment.

"Hmph! Have you lost your mind? Have you forgotten the card you activated?"

The president of Kaiba Group said coldly from behind.

"Gaika... Oh right, the effects of the [Crustal Movement] haven't been processed yet..."

Naya then realized that he had overlooked the matter because the game had been interrupted.

In this way, no matter which attribute he chooses in the game, he will always have some health points left.

The game quickly made its choice.

"I chose the Earth attribute to destroy the Earth-attribute [Rock Giant]."

The game made a choice that surprised everyone.

"You actually chose the one with higher attack power? What are you trying to do?"

Naia asked warily.