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

However, there's a question here. Yugi looked down at Isono below and asked, "Um, Mr. Referee... what happens if I win directly with [Exodia]?"

Upon hearing those five words again, the president's face darkened.

"Hmph! You can choose any one person as your opponent, and the remaining two will form another group."

The company president supplemented this rule on behalf of the employees.

"That makes things easier..."

Upon hearing this plan, the game seemed relieved.

However, upon hearing about the game, both the president and Jonouchi couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines.

“AIBO......”

Wang Yang didn't know how to advise him about the game's outrageous behavior.

......

Next, each of the four players picks a monster card from their deck and they compare their values. The card with the higher attack power draws first, but after the comparison, that card cannot be added to the deck.

But the cards that the game produces are—

—【Gandora the Destroyer】!

Jonouchi exclaimed, "You're kidding me, right? You actually gave up on such a powerful ace monster?"

The president and Dark Marik were also surprised by the game's choice.

The duel began quickly after the order was determined. (President → Dark Marik → Jonouchi → Yugi)

Yugi Muto: LP4000

Seto Kaiba: LP4000

【Katsuya Jonouchi: LP4000】

[Dark Malik: LP4000]

"First strike is mine, time to draw!"

Seto Kaiba's hand cards: 5 → 6

Without hesitation, the president inserted a card into the duel disk.

"I'll first set one card to face down (0), then attack four cards to summon [Bloody Orc] (8)." (9｀±lin§五)

[Bloody Orc: Attack Power 1900]

Seto Kaiba's hand cards: 6 → 4

The president ended his turn decisively.

"It's my turn, draw the card!"

[Dark Malik's hand: 5 → 6]

"Defense indicates the summoning of [Underworld Guide]."

With a burst of light, a red-skinned demon was projected in front of Dark Malik.

[Guide to the Underworld: Defense 800]

[Dark Malik's hand: 6 → 5]

"That concludes the round."

Since no one can attack in the first round, Dark Marik simply ends the round.

"My turn!"

[Jouchi Katsuya’s hand cards: 5→6]

Jonouchi promptly slammed a card into the duel disk.

"Attack indicates the summoning of the [Black Panther Warrior]."

[Black Panther Warrior: Attack Power 2000]

[Jouchi Katsuya’s hand cards: 6→5]

"End of round."

Everyone is testing the waters.

However, the game wasn't going to be a small-scale operation like this.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→6]

After drawing the cards, the player then picked up two cards.

Insert one of the cards into the Duel Disk and say, "I activate the Spell Card 'Ancient Rules' from my hand, and Special Summon one Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand. Come, Dark Magician!"

The game summons its signature monster in the very first round.

[Dark Magician: Attack Power 2500]

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 6→4]

"I'll cover two more cards, and then my turn is over."

The game round ended quickly.

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 4→2]

"Alright, bring it on!"

The game player glanced at the three of them with a provocative look.

He seemed to be really looking forward to other people calling, and he certainly was.

Faced with such provocation, can the president tolerate it?

Of course, I couldn't stand it anymore, so...

"As you wish, my turn!"

Seto Kaiba's hand cards: 4 → 5

The president didn't even bother to look at the cards he had drawn and launched an attack directly.

"Battle has begun! I'm attacking the Black Magician with the Bloodthirsty Orc!"

The Bloodthirsty Orc then turned and charged.

The game developer raised an eyebrow: "You're attacking with a monster that has lower attack power? Do you have [Contraction] on you?"

The club president snorted and quickly clicked the button to flip the face-down card, saying, "That's right, Game! I'm opening the face-down card [Contraction] to halve the attack power of [Dark Magician]!"

The black magician instantly shrank by half in a physical sense.

[Dark Magician: Attack power 2500 → 1250]

"game!!"

Jonouchi called out worriedly.

Unfortunately, to his disappointment, the game did not respond.

The dark magician was quickly struck by the bloodthirsty orc.

boom--! !

The dark magician instantly turned into fragments.

【Muto Games: LP4000→3350】

The president was immediately taken aback: "They didn't retaliate?"

But just then, Yugi suddenly laughed: "I won this duel!"

“What?!?”

The three of them suddenly froze.

"I see, so there's such a combination..."

Knowing the game's card-based gameplay, King Yu understood the game's shady tactics, although this move was a bit unfair to the Dark Magician.

At this point, the game had revealed one of the face-down cards.

"It's about to launch! I'm activating the trap card [Level Barrier]!"

If a monster you control is destroyed by battle or by an opponent's card effect, you can target that monster. Special Summon any number of monsters from your Deck in Defense Position until their total Levels equal that of that monster. The effects of monsters Special Summoned by this effect are negated.

"The Dark Magician is a Level 7, so I can summon monsters with a combined Level 7. The monsters I want to summon are these five..."

[The Sealed Exodia: Defense 1000]

[The Sealed One's Left Arm: Defense 300]

[The Sealed One's Right Arm: Defense 300]

[The Sealed One's Left Foot: Defense 300]

[The Sealed One's Right Foot: Defense 300]

Upon seeing the five pieces lined up on the game field, everyone's faces instantly turned ashen.

And that's not all; the game also revealed another face-down card.

"Then I activated my second Trap Card, [Retreat Command], and all the monsters on my field returned to my hand."

Yugi held up five pieces: "Since I have collected [Exodia], I have won the duel!"

Seto Kaiba: LP 4000 → 0

[Jouchi Katsuya: LP4000→0]

[Dark Malik: LP4000→0]

President & Jonouchi & Dark Marik: ...

No wonder they asked about the rules before the game started; that's what they were waiting for.

This gives the game organizers the power to decide who will be divided into groups.

Chapter 57 Summoning the God Exodia

At the top of the Duel Tower, on the dueling platform, Dark Malik and Yugi are shuffling cards against each other.

That's right, after gaining the right to decide the group, the game did not hesitate to choose Dark Malik, who urgently needed to be dealt with.

Dark Marik is also panicking because he was frightened by the game's terrifying instant-kill tactics during the previous group stage. Even with his strongest God Cards, he doesn't have much confidence in defeating his opponent.

So he shuffled the cards very diligently, trying to mess up the positions of the five Elders of the game, and ideally, to shuffle the key cards to the bottom of the deck.

Jonouchi looked at the stage with concern: "Is it really okay for the game to face Malik so soon?"

Although the scene of being instantly defeated in the game was still vivid in everyone's mind, they were still somewhat afraid of the power of the God Card.

"Hmph! The game boasts the ultimate deck, [Exodia], which even a god cannot defeat..."

President Kaiba wasn't worried about losing the game at all, and he was even thinking about how to win over the Five Elders.

After all, the two methods used to summon the Five Elders in the game were too terrifying; one wrong move and you could be instantly killed.

At the same time, he had a premonition that there were definitely more than just these two ways for the game to easily gather the five elders, so he had to come up with an effective way to counter them.

......

Not long after, when they both felt they had washed enough, they handed the decks to each other.

"AIBO, are you sure you don't need me to take action?"

Wang Yang actually wanted to replace Yugi in the game.

Yugi gently shook his head: "Not for now, my other self. Although I can't use the God Cards, I can borrow the more powerful [Exodia], and only the one who is recognized can fully control [Exodia]."

As he spoke, the game had already inserted the deck into the card slot.

"That's true. Then I'll leave it to you, AIBO."

Of course, if there is any danger, Wang Yang will still have to step in.

......