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

"Soreva, be careful, I have a bad feeling about this."

That evening, just as Soleva was enjoying a barbecue at the Heart Garden City night market after purchasing some decorations to adorn the system room at Zero's request, Zero suddenly jumped out beside him and issued a warning.

"Wrong? What's wrong?"

In response to Soreva's question, Zero simply pointed in a direction in the air:

"Over there, centered around that area, there seems to be a powerful energy gathering, as if it could erupt at any moment. But..."

After some hesitation, Zero finally expressed her feelings.

"It still feels a little short. That energy hasn't reached the critical point yet, so it's still in a relatively stable state for now."

"That's it..."

After a moment's thought, Soreva immediately spoke to Zero.

"Then, Zero, could you please show me the way? Let's see what the true nature of that energy is."

"no problem!"

Following Zero's directions, Soleva left the heart of the city and headed towards a more suburban residential area. Finally, after a series of twists and turns, Soleva stopped in front of a house.

"Zero, it seems that, based on your senses, that energy is currently lingering in this room, right? Let me see what exactly this place is..."

After walking a few steps, Soreva arrived at the door of the house, where he saw a few words that caught his attention.

"Ninety-nine...?"

Soreva, who has some knowledge of Japanese culture, knows that the writing on the outside of a house is basically the surname of the homeowner.

The unique surname "Ninety-Nine" makes it obvious that this is probably Yuma's home.

"It seems that when this energy fully erupts, that's when this part of the story will officially begin. So let's observe this for today and pay close attention to Yuma over the next few days."

After thinking it over, Soreva turned to leave, but just then, he suddenly heard Zero's voice explode in his mind:

"Soreva, watch out!"

careful? Be careful about what?

Just as Soreva was feeling this confusion, he suddenly felt an itch on the back of his head, and then he lost control of his body, and everything went black.

When Soreva could see again, he found himself in a vast expanse of gray fog, with pale lightning flashing overhead from time to time.

Fortunately, Zero's appearance calmed Soreva's somewhat flustered heart in this unfamiliar place.

"Lingyi, you're here! That's wonderful! Where exactly are we?"

"Soreva, this is... your spiritual world."

The spiritual world?

Zero's voice startled Soreva. He couldn't understand how he had ended up in the mental world.

But, as if hearing the doubts in Soreva's heart, a deep voice slowly resounded from the sky behind Soreva:

"I'm the one who brought you here."

Soreva turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a huge humanoid warrior with a pale white body slowly descending from the thundercloud. Its appearance was like that of [No.39 Hope Emperor Hope], except that it was wearing a set of pitch-black evil armor.

Soreva recognized it; after all, he had once found it in MD's junkyard.

“You are… [No. 98 Despair Emperor Hopeless]!”

Chapter 237 Hope's Enemy, Hopeless

"But why did you appear and come looking for me?"

Soleva, who had some understanding of the Z4 plot outline, knew that all the [No.] cards from 1 to 99 represented the memories of Yuma's backer, the other protagonist of this series, the Astral. The entire Z4 series revolved around the two of them collecting the [No.] cards.

However, it's impossible for this anime to actually show all of those [No.] cards. If it did, how could the story be told properly?!

[No. 98 Despair Emperor Hopeless] is one of the [No.] cards that did not appear in the anime.

After all, if this monster, which is completely the opposite of the protagonist Yuma Tsukumo's signature monster, [No. 39 Hope], were to actually appear in the anime, even if Soreva didn't know the general plot of Z4, he would definitely be able to see a battle montage of [Hope] and [Despair].

With such a huge gimmick, neither the production company nor the bloggers who create mashup videos would want to miss out, right?

That's why Soreva is behaving so strangely right now. He can't understand why this card, which doesn't exist in the anime, has suddenly come to him.

However, [Hoples] quickly raised his hands, and the outlines of the two cards appeared in his hands.

One of them is clearly a picture of himself, while the other is the very person he is imitating, [No. 39 Hope of the Royal].

And [Hoples] quickly provided an answer to Soreva's question:

"At first, I was just curious about you because I sensed a power in you that was almost exactly the same as mine. Logically speaking, before that being was awakened, it shouldn't be possible for this world to have an aura so similar to ours [No.] card."

But you, by some twist of fate, became the exception. That's why, when you first arrived, I chose to separate from the other [No.] cards and come to observe you. But soon, I discovered something unusual about you.”

As he spoke, [Hopleth] pinched his left hand and took back the card that symbolized himself, while in his right hand, a number of cards appeared around the [No. 39 Hope Royal Hope] card.

[Dragon Armor Fusion Dragon King Hope], [SNo.39 Hope Emperor Hope I], [No.39 Hope Emperor Beyond Super Hope]... These are all Hope clones that shouldn't have existed or even could have existed at this time, yet they have now appeared in the hands of [Hoples]. Soreva can only think of one possibility:

"You bastard, you rummaged through my deck?"

Faced with Soreva's outburst of profanity, [Hopples] nodded and slowly said:

"Although it was very impolite, I admit that I did it. And I took them out just to ask you this one thing."

What are these cards that share a similar aura with [No. 39, Royal Hope], yet possess completely different forms?

"Ah... how am I supposed to explain this 'alternate identity' thing to you?"

After carefully considering his words for a while, Soreva finally gave a response.

"Just think of these cards as possible postures of [Hope]. When fate arrives, [Hope] may evolve into these different postures. And these cards of mine are just records and imitations of those postures of Hope in the future."

"So that's how it is. Is it the evolved form of [Hope]? But..."

After realizing the truth, [Hopleth] raised another question.

"Why haven't I found my evolved card?"

This question sent a chill down Soreva's spine, and he broke out in a cold sweat, unsure how to answer.

After all, [Hopeles] is right in front of us now. If Soreva were to tell us frankly that it hasn't been strengthened at all, and that it's just a disguise for [Hope], that would be really hurtful, wouldn't it? It would definitely get punched down, right?

However, Soreva's unusual behavior was enough to give [Hopleth] some answers:

"So that's how it is. I don't even have the potential for that kind of evolution! Hope, that guy, is really enviable..."

Immediately afterwards, [Hopeles] began to complain incessantly to Soreva about how [No. 39 Hope Emperor Hope], [No. 93 Hope Emperor Hope True Emperor], and [No. 99 Hope Emperor Dragon Hope Dragun], these cards symbolizing light and hope, had bullied him.

"We all share the same memories of that person. All I did was slightly restrain theirs in terms of effect, and yet they're forming cliques and ostracizing me!"

There's nothing we can do about it. Who told you to ruin someone's entire family's accounts with just one card?

"And that person too, always using them, but never using me!"

Um... the person he's talking about should be Astral Entity, right? Well, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, according to the anime's world view, if it weren't for his memories being separated, no one else would use the [No.] card, right? So, your attack power is low, and the effect is specifically designed to counter the [Hope] series. It's definitely not as versatile and useful as the Hope family.

"And this [Hope] guy, he actually has so many evolutionary forms, making him seem like the main character in some script!"

Sorry, but this guy really is the main character, otherwise he wouldn't have so many aliases.

However, after a string of complaints, [Hopleth] finally calmed down and spoke again to Soreva:

"In short, now that I can escape that person, I've decided that I must take this opportunity to defeat [Hope] and the others, and show them my power! So..."

Then, Soreva saw [Hopleth]'s finger point at him, and a deep voice slowly rose.

"I'll accept your body!"

Upon hearing this, Soreva's face instantly darkened:

Damn it! You're pulling this on me, aren't you?! I was just feeling a little sorry for you, but now it seems you really deserve to be taught a lesson!

"You bastard, don't think I'm going to just sit here and wait to die!"

As soon as Soreva's voice rang out, Zero immediately stood beside him.

At the same time, a series of Soleva, including the Trident Dragon, Blue-Eyes White Dragon, Cyber ​​Dragon Infinity, Loader Barrel Dragon, and Little Blue, became the elves' tabletop pets and poured in through the mental channel opened by Zero to support Soleva.

Instantly, [Hopleth] chickened out, after all, the other side was going to gang up on him, which was unsportsmanlike!

So [Hoples] quickly raised his hand, both to stop him and to defend himself:

"Wait, wait, wait, what I just said wasn't meant to make an enemy of you. I just hope that if you happen to encounter a host of the [Hopes] later, I can temporarily control your body and settle the score with them."

"Of course, if you can defeat me in a duel and prove you possess greater power than me, I can lend you my power. Just agree to use me to defeat the hosts of [Hope] and the like."

Chapter 238 The Stolen Deck

"You mean a duel..."

Upon hearing [Hoples]'s suggestion, Soreva immediately frowned.

"But do you even have a deck? How are you going to duel without a deck?"

“It’s okay. Although I don’t have a deck, I saw that you have a [Hope] deck, so…”

Immediately afterward, Soreva saw [Hopleth]'s hand accumulate more and more cards. Then, a pale bolt of lightning struck his deck, emitting wisps of black smoke.

"Look, this is my deck!"

With that, [Hopleth] tossed the deck in his hand, sending it flying straight towards Soreva. Soreva caught the deck and began to examine it, one card at a time, but the more he looked, the darker his expression became:

"What the heck! You just added a black filter to the card art, replaced all the '[Hope Royal Hope]' fields with your own '[Desperate Royal Hope]' fields, and that's your deck? This isn't how you pirate a card! You'd better not possess me anymore; I suggest you possess Twist instead, you'll have a brighter future!"

"In short, this is my deck!"

Hearing Soreva's complaint, [Hopleth] also withdrew his deck and said to Soreva,

"Just tell me, do you dare to accept the challenge or not!"

Faced with [Hoples]'s provocation, Soreva could not tolerate it and immediately sneered:

"Alright, since you've put it that way, of course I agree! Come on, let me see what you're really made of!"

With a thought, Soreva summoned the Duel Disk that Dr. Fica had designed for him earlier that day, which resembled a silver Tyrannosaurus Rex coiled around his wrist. A silver tattoo, shaped like the open mouth of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, appeared around his eyes, turning his left eye blue.

"Duel!" ×2