Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

“Eh, is that so?”

But soon, he stopped thinking about it and stared straight at Soreva, saying...

"Well, never mind that. Anyway, uncle, it's your turn!"

"Seriously, why does everyone like calling me 'uncle' so much? Alright, my turn, draw a card!"

With a grumble, Soreva placed his finger on the deck, praying that he would draw a good card this time.

There was nothing he could do. He had already drawn all three of the remaining Normal Monsters in his deck, and he was starting to wonder if the shuffling function on Iron Man's D panel was broken, causing the deck he had organized last night to not be properly shuffled.

The remaining two cards are not points that can be used to activate the system. If he can't draw a card that can be used to activate the system, then he will have to go through a brawl like the one between the Iron Man and Yuma.

However, when he flipped over the card he had drawn, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. It seemed that he still had a chance to impress these children.

"First, I'll activate the effect of [Sea Urchin Striker] in my hand! Once per turn, you can reveal one [Striker] card from your hand other than this card to your opponent to activate this effect and Special Summon this card!"

What I presented was this [Relic of the Army] from my hand!

As he spoke, Soreva showed the card named [Shari Gunkan] from his hand to Yuma opposite him, and then slapped the [Sea Urchin Gunkan] he had just drawn onto the D panel.

In an instant, an orange-yellow construction crane appeared on the Sorewa field, first picking up a huge piece of sushi that was much taller than a person, and then placing a piece of bright yellow sea urchin on top of the sushi.

Those who witnessed this duel couldn't help but swallow hard as they looked at the enormous, yet incredibly delicious-looking, sea urchin sushi.

Among them, Yuma's drooling was the loudest. Looking at the huge sushi, he couldn't help but miss the rice balls his grandmother used to make.

"This effect isn't over yet! This card has different effects depending on the card played! And when I play [Relic Army], I can Special Summon this [Relic Army]!"

As Soleva's voice rang out and the card was slapped down, the orange crane started up again with a "rumble rumble," bringing everyone another piece of sashimi.

Although this sushi was made without any additives, just looking at its white rice grains made one feel as if they could smell the rich aroma of rice.

Now, Yuma not only swallowed hard, but his stomach also started rumbling, making him complain:

"Why are there so many cards like these? It's making my opponent hungry!"

Soleva ignored Yuma's complaints, simply raising his hand to activate another effect of [Sea Urchin Slash]:

"Next, I activate the second effect of [Sea Urchin Slash]! I can change the Level of one [Slash] monster on my field to 4 or 5, and then add one [Relic Slash] from my Deck to my hand!"

Therefore, I choose to upgrade the level of [Relic Army Strike] on the field to 5, and add one [Red Relic Army Strike] from my deck to my hand!

After listening blankly to Soleva's explanation of the effects, Yuma suddenly realized something was wrong and immediately pointed at Soleva, shouting:

"Hey! Your effect was supposed to add [Relic Army Penetration] to your hand, right? How did it turn into [Red Relic Army Penetration]!?"

Faced with Yuma's questioning, Soreva calmly began to explain:

"[Red Relic Army], as long as this card exists in your hand, deck, field, or graveyard, its card name can be considered [Relic Army]. Therefore, I can add it to my hand through the effect of [Sea Urchin Army]."

As the D panel also flicked the card into Soreva's hand, the level of [Relic Army] on Soreva's field also rose to level 5.

Faced with this situation, Soreva immediately raised his hand and began to announce:

"Now I have two Level 5 monsters on the field. I will stack Level 5 [Relic Slayer] and Level 5 [Sea Urchin Slayer] to create a stacking network! Xyz Summon!"

As Soleva's voice rang out, the two enormous pieces of sushi instantly transformed into two red orbs of light, disappearing into the darkness. Then, a crimson light erupted from them, causing Iron Man and the others to gasp in astonishment.

"This guy can actually use Xyz Summoning!? That's amazing!"

"Oh no, Yuma's in trouble now!"

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Amidst this surrounding sound, Soreva's chanting then began:

"Appear! The strongest warship to conquer the world with the ultimate umami flavor, turning sea urchins into cannonballs! [Super Dreadnought - Sea Urchin Class Second Ship]!"

In an instant, a warship with a black seaweed bottom, filled with red sushi rice that had turned crimson due to the red vinegar, and covered with sea urchins and decorated with various green vegetable leaves, emerged from the red light and appeared on Soreva's field.

Now, instead of swallowing saliva, the sounds of gurgling filled the air.

"When this card is successfully Xyz Summoned, its effect varies depending on the monster used as Xyz Material! Because it has [Relic Gun] among its Xyz Material, I can draw another card! Draw!"

After adding the drawn card to his hand, Soreva immediately revealed the [Red Relic Army Strike] that he had previously added to his hand:

"Next, I activate the effect of [Red Relic Army] in my hand! This card can be Special Summoned from my hand by showing one other [Relic Army] from my hand to my opponent!"

Therefore, I will reveal the second [Relic of the Army] from my hand!

As the effect was activated, another huge piece of sushi was presented. However, unlike the [Shari Gunkan], this piece of sushi used red vinegar with a mellow and fragrant aroma, and even the vinegared rice had a reddish-yellow color.

"Furthermore, this effect isn't over yet! After that, you can Special Summon one [Army Strike] monster other than [Army Strike] from your Deck by negating its effect! And using that monster and this card as materials, you can Special Summon one Xyz Monster with that monster's name on it from your Extra Deck as an Xyz Summon!"

I chose to Special Summon [Salmon Roe Striker] from my deck and stacked it with [Red Relic Striker] to create a stacking network of two monsters! Xyz Summon!

In an instant, Gunkan Sushi covered with red salmon roe appeared briefly on Soreva's field before turning into red light and becoming materials for Xyz Summoning along with [Red Relic Sushi].

"Appear! Vanguard of the Dreadnought Battleship, the first ship to open the delicious door with crimson salmon roe! [Dreadnought Battleship - Salmon Roe Class First Ship]!"

Chapter 227 The Final Bombardment

Another warship made of rice and seaweed appeared from the burst of red light. However, this time, what was piled on the warship was not golden sea urchins, but round, lustrous, and full-colored red salmon roe.

"Similar to the effect of [Sea Urchin-class Second Ship], when this card has [Relic Army] as Xyz Material, I can draw another card from my Deck!"

He drew a card from the top of his deck once more, and now, Soreva had enough cards to summon even more monsters. But…

Looking at the scene of the horse race, Soreva sighed:

"Alright, let's leave it at that. If nothing unexpected happens, we can take it down now. If he really manages to block my attack, I'll launch my attack in the second phase of the main phase."

"Then, let the battle begin!"

Upon hearing the sound of Soreva preparing to launch an attack, Yuma instantly perked up; the card he had set up was specifically for this moment.

"First strike! [Sea Urchin-class Second Ship] can directly attack the opponent when summoned using [Sea Urchin Gunpla] as Xyz Material! Therefore, [Sea Urchin-class Second Ship], attack directly! [Super Dreadnought Sea Urchin Cannon], Fire!"

"Ah?"

Upon hearing Soreva's instruction, Yuma was momentarily stunned. If he remembered correctly, the trap card he set only worked when the opponent attacked his monster, right?

Does this mean that the trap card he just placed is completely useless?

Before Yuma could figure out the reason, the cannon muzzle of the [Super Dreadnought - Sea Urchin Class No. 2], which looked like a sushi roll, was raised. With a loud "boom", something seemed to be fired from that cannon muzzle.

As the dark shape that had been launched gradually descended above his head, he finally realized that it was a giant sea urchin!

However, at this moment, it was too late for Yuma to dodge. He was so frightened by the sea urchin falling from the sky that he fell to the ground.

With a loud bang, everyone could see through the D-view mirror that Yuma was now completely covered by a ball of bright yellow sea urchins, and his LP dropped to 1100 points.

But soon, Yuma's head emerged from the sea urchin, since the sea urchin was just an image generated by the D-viewing mirror, not a real one.

Knowing this perfectly well, Yuma then, almost as if possessed, took a big bite out of the sea urchin.

Sure enough, it didn't taste like anything!

Just as Yuma was sighing, he heard Soleva's voice follow:

"Now, activate the effect of [Salmon Roe Class 1] on the field! Once per turn, when a [Military Penetration] monster you Special Summon from your Extra Deck inflicts battle damage to your opponent, destroy 1 monster your opponent controls!"

Destroy the [Hot Archer]! [Salmon Roe Crusher], Fire!

"Pfft!"

A bright red salmon roe was instantly fired from the cannon of the [Salmon Roe-class No. 1 Ship], smashing the [Hot-Blooded Archer] on the marathon field to pieces.

Faced with the smoke generated by the destruction of the [Hot-Blooded Archer], Yuma let out a wail:

"Ah! My [Hot-Blooded Archer]!"

But at that moment, Yuma remembered something even more important: the [Salmon Roe-class First Ship] on Soleva's field didn't seem to have launched an attack yet, and his last trap card on the field had become a useless card after he had no monsters on his field.

"Then, finally, the direct attack from [Salmon Roe-class flagship number one]! [Dreadnought Salmon Roe Cannon]! Fire!"

The crimson salmon roe shot out and slammed into Yuma, exploding into a cloud of bright red smoke that completely reduced Yuma's LP to zero. Yuma was also knocked to the ground by the blast.

Wow! Uncle is amazing!

"Are you alright, Yuma?"

Amidst the cheers of the boys led by Tetsuo and Kotori's worry for Yuma, all the AR images disappeared at that moment, signifying Soleva's victory.

After handing the D-view mirror and D-panel back to Tetsuo, Soleva looked at Yuma, who was lying on the ground and being helped up by Kotori, and his lips twitched involuntarily:

"Speaking of which, isn't this D-view mirror generating AR images? Although it looks very realistic, it shouldn't cause any harm to people, right? What's going on here?"

Following the direction Soreva pointed, Tetsuo also saw Yuma grinning foolishly as Kotori helped him up. He immediately curled his lip and replied:

"You mean Yuma? He's just acting. He always says that it creates a better atmosphere during duels, so we just let him be."

So that's how it is! She's such a drama queen!

Hearing Tetsuo's explanation, Soreva nodded in understanding. However, watching Yuma being helped up by the little bird, then scolded, and revealing a sunny but inexplicably silly smile, Soreva felt a strange headache coming on.

This protagonist of Z4 seems to be like Yuya, a character who initially doesn't have much fighting strength but grows stronger, which makes one a little uneasy.

However, judging from his cheerful and sunny demeanor, his mindset should be much better than Yuya's, which is good news.

but……

Looking up at the sky, Soreva couldn't help but sigh:

When will we get a protagonist who starts at max level and is incredibly powerful? I want to slack off! I can't wait until I meet the original Yu-Gi-Oh! Yugi Muto before I have a chance to slack off, right?

Just as Soreva was reminiscing like this, Yuma, who had already gotten up from the ground, with stars shining in his eyes, moved closer to Soreva:

"Uncle, you're amazing! Could you teach me how to perform an Xyz Summon?!"

"Yuma, we can teach you how to Xyz Summon too. But the prerequisite is that you have cards that can be Xyz Summoned. Uncle, why don't you teach me how you manage to summon so many monsters that can be used as Xyz Material all at once!"

Faced with the overly enthusiastic crowd surrounding Yuma and Tetsuo, Soreva couldn't help but take a step back, raising his hand to block them:

"Um, please calm down. If it's something I know how to do, I'll try my best to teach you."

"Oh, great!"

However, Soreva was unaware that his duel with Yuma had been witnessed by a man and a woman who happened to be passing by.

"Ghosh, you saw it, didn't you? That man's duel."

"Ah, I thought it was just a children's playful duel and I almost left. Luckily you called me back. That man's duel was amazing. He defeated that brat cleanly and efficiently, and he can control so many Xyz Monsters."

As he spoke, the burly man named Ghosh, with his wild red hair, stroked his chin and looked at his companion.