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

The game retrieves two monsters from the graveyard, and at the same time, a giant appears behind him. It is a dark-skinned muscular man with black armor, very similar to Exodia.

[Ultimate Sealed God Exodias: Attack Power 0]

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 5→4]

Next, the game inserts another card from the hand into the Duel Disk: "Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell [Hand Destroyer] from my hand. Both players send two cards from their hands to the Graveyard, and then each draws two cards from their deck."

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 4→3]

"I send the [Right Foot of the Sealed] and [Left Wrist of the Sealed] from my hand to the graveyard."

After discarding two bad cards from his hand, the club president calmly followed suit and discarded his two cards as well.

Seeing the president's expression, Wang Yang was immediately startled: "Huh!? He doesn't care that the card he just got was thrown away... Could it be that the other card in Kaiba's hand isn't [Ancient Rule]?"

The game seemed to understand perfectly: "Just as I suspected, Kaiba-kun probably took into account that I had [Hand Card Kill] in my hand, which is why he didn't add the more important cards from his deck to his hand."

I just don't know what the other card is, so I'll draw a card first.

"Degeneration!!"

The game and the club president drew two cards from their hands together.

The two looked at their cards, and the corners of their mouths unconsciously turned up; it seemed they had both drawn good cards.

However, before using it in the game, he continued, "Based on the special ability of [Ultimate Sealing God Exodias], this card gains 1000 ATK for each Normal Monster in your Graveyard."

"My graveyard contains two Normal Monsters, [The Right Leg of the Sealed] and [The Left Arm of the Sealed], therefore its Attack Power increases by 2000 points."

[Ultimate Sealed God Exodias: Attack Power 0 → 2000]

The president, arms crossed, said with amusement, "Hmph! Are you going to use it as a high-level monster?"

“Oh Moses Roy!”

"But this level of attack power is still not enough..."

The game was, of course, prepared for this, and he placed another card on the Duel Disk: "I will summon [Knight of the End] from my hand in attack position."

A knight wearing rusty armor and a tattered red cloak appeared on the field of the game.

【Knight of the End: Attack Power 1400】

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 3→2]

"And at the moment this monster is successfully summoned, I send a DARK monster from my Deck to the Graveyard. I send 'Left Foot of the Sealed One' to the Graveyard."

With the addition of another Normal Monster, Exodias's attack power increases by 1000 points.

[Ultimate Sealed God Exodias: Attack Power 2000 → 3000]

The president still didn't feel threatened: "Hmph! Your attack power has reached 3000 points... But can you really seize this opportunity to defeat me?"

Wang Yang, standing to the side, was also somewhat uneasy: "AIBO, what are you planning to do?"

Indeed, the combined attack power of the monsters on the field is enough to take away all of the president's life points.

The key issue now is that the president has a card face-down in the back row, but the game doesn't have any cards to deal with it.

Without hesitation, the game replied, "We'll just have to brute force our way through..."

This is the only solution when there's no wind in your hand.

So he launched an attack without hesitation.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Offense and Defense

"I'm going, Kaiba-kun!"

The game was played with a wave of the hand.

"I attacked the Crystal Dragon with the Ultimate Sealing God Exodus, and at that moment, the monster's special ability was activated."

This effect activates when this card declares an attack. Send 1 monster from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard.

Seto Kaiba smirked: "Hmph! Sending the last [Sealed One's Right Arm] to the graveyard to boost [Ultimate Sealing God Exodias] to godlike attack power?"

Shortly after, Yugi picked a card from his deck and put it in the graveyard: "No, the card I chose to send to the graveyard is... [Super Electromagnetic Turtle]."

The president was immediately taken aback: "What?! It's actually [Super Electromagnetic Turtle]?!"

However, despite his surprise, the president calmed down a bit.

After all, Exodias's stacking effect doesn't require the monster to be a normal monster or a "sealed" monster, and since its special victory effect isn't used, it's normal for the game to choose other cards.

Moreover, this gives the player an extra means of survival in later duels.

The battle continues: "Go, [Ultimate Sealed God Exodias], Heavenly Thunder and Fire - Exodia Destruction Bomb!"

Exozodias swung his giant fist, and an energy blast made of demonic flames shot out.

boom--! !

The crystal dragon was instantly obliterated by the demonic flames.

"Well--!"

Seto Kaiba: LP 4000 → 3500

"Hmph! Well done, game! But the real competition between us has only just begun..."

As he spoke, the president pressed the button and flipped open his card.

"The moment you destroy [Crystal Dragon], I will activate the Trap Card [Born of the Dead]!"

The turn a monster is destroyed by battle, you can send 1 "Monster Reborn" from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard, then target 1 monster in either your or your opponent's Graveyard; Special Summon that monster as if it were Special Summoned by the effect of "Monster Reborn" to your field.

"The card I want to revive is..."

The president pulled a card from the graveyard; that card was most likely either Crystal Dragon or White Spirit Dragon.

However, what happened next surprised the game player.

As soon as the president placed the card onto the Duel Disk, a giant silver-white dragon with wings resembling the Duel Disk and radiating colorful light was projected behind him.

"Come forth, Blue-Eyes Stereo!"

Blue-Eyes Tri-Dragon: Attack Power 2500

Looking at the eight unfamiliar monsters, Wang Qiyang looked troubled: "As expected, it wasn't the [Ancient Rules] that was sent to the graveyard by the effect of [Four-Part Severance of the Handbook]. We were right just now."

Then, the president pointed at the 3D Dragon and laughed wildly: "Hahahaha, witness the power of [Blue-Eyes]! [Blue-Eyes 3D Dragon]'s special ability activated!"

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; negate that monster's effects.

"I choose to seal the power of [Ultimate Sealing God Exodias]."

At this moment, the three-dimensional dragon shone its colored light on Exodias, who immediately became listless.

[Ultimate Sealed God Exodias: Attack Power 3000 → 0]

This made the game developers frown; it's a bit of a shame that Exodias is completely rendered useless.

Fortunately, he had deployed the Electromagnetic Turtle beforehand; otherwise, if the president had targeted the defenseless Exozodes, it would have been easily killed instantly.

"My turn is over."

Since the remaining monsters in the game also couldn't overcome the noble 2500 attack power, he couldn't continue fighting and had to end this turn.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Seto Kaiba's hand cards: 2 → 3

After seeing the card he drew, Seto Kaiba's eyes lit up, and he immediately inserted the card into his Duel Disk: "I activate the Spell Card [Dragon Awakening Melody] from my hand."

You can activate this effect by discarding 1 card from your hand. Add up to 2 Dragon-Type monsters with 3000 or more ATK and 2500 or less DEF from your Deck to your hand.

Upon hearing this, Wang Yang couldn't help but complain: "A dragon monster with an attack power of over 3000 and a defense power of under 2500!? Why not just name it 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'..."

Indeed, the search scope is quite limited, and most decks that use this card are Blue-Eyes decks.

At this moment, the president had already put a card into the graveyard: "Based on the effect, I added [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] and [Blue-Eyes Assassin] to my hand from my deck."

Then, I took one of the cards: "By revealing the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand, I Special Summon Blue-Eyes Sub-White Dragon from my hand!"

As the light flashed on the card, the sister-in-law reappeared, standing behind the president.

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon: Attack Power 3000]

Seto Kaiba's hand cards: 3 → 2

After his sister-in-law entered the game, he decisively launched an attack.

The president flicked his arm: "Go! [Blue-Eyes Stereo Dragon] attack [Ultimate Sealed God Exodias]!"

The three-dimensional dragon immediately gathered energy in its mouth.

The reason the president didn't let his sister-in-law attack first was because he never intended to use her to attack; the key was to let the game use up the effects of the Electromagnetic Turtle.

In response, Yugi had no choice but to do so. He quickly retrieved the card from the graveyard: "At the moment of your attack, I will banish [Super Electromagnetic Turtle] from the graveyard to activate my special ability. This Battle Phase ends."

The energy within the three-dimensional dragon's mouth dissipated.

Meanwhile, Seto Kaiba continued pointing at Ritsuka, saying, "How naive! You're playing a game! Your actions were exactly as I predicted. The moment you activated your effect, you'd already stepped into the trap..."

"Another ability of the Blue-Eyes Tri-Dragon has been activated!"

You can activate this effect when your opponent activates a Spell/Trap/Monster effect. Return this card on the field to its owner's Deck, and Special Summon 1 Blue-Eyes White Dragon from your Deck.

"not good!!"

Wang Yang panicked immediately and instinctively looked at the game.

"Uh......"

However, the latter remained calm, indicating that he already knew the effect.

Wang Yang: Can't you give me some kind of response? You're making me feel really awkward.

At this moment, the president had already taken out the second White Bride from the deck: "Just watch, Yugi! This is the truly strongest monster, Ideyo! Blu~Ace~Wait~Dragon!"

Accompanied by the president's chuunibyou-esque tone, Bai Jia appeared behind him.

Blue-Eyes White Dragon: Attack Power 3000

"Furthermore, the special ability of the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] activated, destroying the [Silent Swordsman LV5]!"

boom--! !

The sister-in-law shot out a beam of white light, instantly killing the Silent Swordsman.

"It's not over yet! By sending my two Blue-Eyes White Dragons to the Graveyard, I can summon the strongest monster yet: Blue-Eyes Double Burst Dragon!"

So Bai Jia and her sister-in-law merged together, becoming a two-headed dragon.

Blue-Eyes Double Burst Dragon: Defense 2500

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

Seto Kaiba's hand cards: 2 → 1

Chapter Seventy: The Five-Array Magician

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yugi Muto's hand cards: 2→3]

After glancing at the card he had just drawn, the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up: "I drew a pretty good card, but before using it..."

He put down the card, then slammed another card into the Duel Disk: "I summon [Treasure Panda] from my hand in Defense Position."

After a flash of light on the card, a panda dressed in cowboy attire appeared in front of the player.

【Treasure Hunting Panda: Defense 2000】

Then, pointing at the panda, the game player said, "I'm activating the special ability of the [Treasure Hunting Panda]."

You can activate this effect by banishing up to 3 Spell/Trap Cards face down from your Graveyard. Special Summon 1 Normal Monster from your Deck with the same Level as the banished cards.

Upon hearing this effect, Seto Kaiba immediately realized the problem: "Oh!? A Normal Monster!? Could this also be a card used to summon [Exodia]?"

The game nodded in acknowledgment; after all, Old Ai's treasure hunting tactics were well-known, and there was nothing to hide.