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

However, Tetsuo did not react on the spot, after all, Yuma's duel was more important right now.

Meanwhile, Yuma, after summoning [Hope of the Emperor] with an attack power of 2500, immediately commanded it to attack [Drill Barnacle] with an attack power of 1300.

"Go! [Hope Royal Hope], attack [Drill Barnacle]!"

Upon receiving the order, [Hope Emperor] drew a long, gleaming golden sword from its waist with its right hand. Then, it swung the golden sword straight down at [Drill Barnacle].

"Hope Sword Slash!"

As the blade struck, the [Drill Barnacle], now cut in half, exploded instantly, knocking the shark to the ground and reducing its LP to 2500 points.

This was the first time Yuma had ever inflicted such significant damage on a shark, and he cheered with excitement.

"Success! We can finally inflict massive damage on sharks!"

The shark lying on the ground looked at [Hope] appearing on the racecourse with a hint of surprise on its face:

"It's also a [No.] monster?"

Just as the shark slowly rose from the ground, Yuma dashed right in front of the little bird and the iron man to show off:

"You've seen it! This is my first Xyz Summon, pretty impressive, right? Heh heh, this is the result of my meteoric rise!"

But soon, the sound of splashing cold water came from the side:

“I’m telling you, have you forgotten? There’s a [Sea Dragon] with an attack power of 3000 in the Shark Arena. If the [Sea Dragon] successfully defeats your [Hope Emperor], you’ll lose.”

"Eh?"

Looking bewildered at Soreva who had spoken, Yuma realized that he wasn't entirely out of danger yet. Kotori and Tetsuo also instantly showed expressions of anxiety.

"Does this mean that Yuma is doomed to lose the next round?"

"No, if the shark stops summoning monsters, Yuma should be able to hold out for another two rounds."

Upon seeing the puzzled looks on their faces, Soreva sighed, tapped the [Hope Royal Hope] icon on the Yuma D panel, and said...

"[Hope]'s effect can remove one Xyz Material and negate one attack. Therefore, [Hope] with two Xyz Materials can negate two attacks."

Of course, I imagine the sharks over there wouldn't rely solely on that one [sea dragon].

"So that's it..."

After a moment of realization, Yuma once again turned his puzzled gaze to Soreva.

"But uncle, [Hope] is clearly my monster, isn't she? How come you know so much about her?"

"Hey you guys, how long are you going to keep chatting? The duel isn't over yet, it's my turn now!"

Before Soreva could answer, the shark's roar rang out. Hearing the sudden sound of the shark behind him, Yuma quickly ran back and stood in front of it.

"My turn, draw a card!"

With a swift, heavy swipe of its finger across the top of the deck, the shark drew a card, but quickly, the card fell from its subtly blue-glowing fingertip.

"I activate a Spell Card from my hand, [Rise Up]! By the effect of this card, I Special Summon a WATER monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position! Revive, [Giant Shark]!"

In an instant, the large-mouthed shark, with its massive jaws and steel teeth, returned to the shark enclosure amidst the whirlpool. However, the sharks' call was far from over:

"Next, I will unleash [Bigmouth Shark], and summon [Sharkman]!"

[Giantmouth Shark] vanished as it turned into points of light. As the points of light reassembled, a monster with a massive shark's mouth and sharp teeth, so terrifying that just looking at it would make you lose your mind, appeared on the shark's field from within these points of light. It opened its sharp teeth and let out a deafening roar.

"This card gains 300 ATK for each WATER monster you control other than this card! [Sea Dragon] is a WATER monster, so now [Sharkmouth Man]'s ATK is 2900!"

The shark, believing this was enough to defeat Yuma, immediately gave the order to attack the two monsters.

"The final blow! First, [Sea Dragon] attacks [Hope]!"

This time, the sea dragon didn't breathe fire directly from its mouth. Instead, it flapped its wings, took to the air, and crashed into many buildings in the AR images, causing pieces of rubble to rain down on Yuma.

With Soleva's reminder, Yuma immediately activated the [Hope] effect:

"I activate [Hope]'s effect! Remove one Xyz Material and nullify [Sea Dragon's] attack!"

Instantly, [Hope]'s steel wings began to transform, turning into two enormous silver-edged, gold-domed shields in front of it, blocking the [Sea Dragon]'s belated flames.

"Moon Goddess Shield!"

However, the shark was not discouraged at all by its attack being blocked:

"Oh? Is this the effect of [Hope]? But without enough attack power, you still can't defeat me! Now that there's only one material left, what can Hope do with just one more nullified attack!?"

[Sharkman], continue attacking [Hope]!

After giving the order to attack again, the shark spoke to Yuma.

"Although [No.] monsters can only be destroyed by battle against [No.] monsters, you still have to take battle damage! If you don't want to get hurt, activate [Hope]'s effect again!"

In this way, when my next round comes, Hope, having run out of material, will just be fish on my chopping board.

This time, even the astral body felt that what the shark said made sense. Yuma only has 500 LP left. If he is weakened to 100 LP, he will be in danger.

But this time, after some thought, Yuma didn't do as Astral suggested. Instead, he opened a trap card that he had previously changed his placement:

"I activate my Trap Card, [Double Damage]!"

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"This card allows one of my monsters to remain undestroyed by battle this turn!"

Instantly, a diamond-like protective layer covered [Hope's] body, but at that moment, the shark, Iron Man, and the bird all voiced their doubts.

If they remember correctly, [Hope], being a [No.] card, shouldn't have been destroyed by [Sharkman], right? Why would Yuma activate such a card?

Astral body even raised questions on the spot:

"Why isn't [Hope]'s effect activated!?"

"I have my own way of fighting!"

As [Sharkman] successfully hit [Hope], Yuma's LP dropped from 500 points to 400 points, and even the Astral Body's body dimmed at this moment.

However, Yuma spoke up at this moment:

"Ahem... At the same time, when a player takes combat damage, the damage received will be doubled and passed on to the opponent!"

Instantly, lightning, symbolizing damage, began to surge across [Shark]. The 400 combat damage Yuma suffered was now converted into 800 effect damage and returned to him, reducing Shark's LP to 1700.

Even though he was injured and fell to the ground, Yuma still had a slight smile on his face. Shark's current LP, as long as he could draw that key card, he would definitely be able to defeat Shark.

However, the shark seemed to be angered by Yuma's counterattack, and a purple light flashed in its eyes:

"Because you activated a Trap Card, I will activate the Continuous Trap Card, [Exploding Urchin]!"

As the only face-down card in front of the shark was flipped over, the duel arena visible through the D-scope was instantly filled with numerous bombs resembling sea urchins. The shark then began to explain the card's effect.

"This is a trap card that will deal 1000 effect damage to my opponent when it's my turn! If you can't defeat me next turn, my victory is assured!"

Faced with such harsh conditions, Tetsuo couldn't figure out how Yuma could defeat the shark in one turn.

"No, Yuma is going to lose. As expected, I still have to rely on my own strength to take back the deck."

Even the little bird didn't think Yuma had any chance of winning, and a worried look appeared on its face.

Seeing that even Yuma's companions didn't think much of him, the shark became even more arrogant, barking at Yuma:

"Isn't it time to give up!?"

"Not yet! I can't give up yet!"

Yuma knew that if he could draw the winning card from his deck as planned, he would still have a chance to win! If he gave up here, he would have nothing left.

However, Shark was puzzled by Yuma's insistence on a duel:

"You only have one round left, why won't you give up the duel!?"

Faced with the shark's renewed attempt to persuade him to give up the duel, Yuma immediately retorted with a question:

"But you, why are you so eager for me to give up the duel!? Does this mean you've already given up something? Giving up something important!?"

Yuma's question instantly brought back memories of the past for the shark, leaving it stunned in place. Even the purple light in its eyes was momentarily suppressed by the shark's originally deep blue pupils, which were as dark as the deep sea.

But soon, this purple light rose again. In fact, because in the shark's eyes, Yuma's words were nothing more than spouting nonsense without knowing anything, this purple light was even stronger than before.

Knowing about the shark's past, Soreva couldn't help but click his tongue after hearing Yuma's words:

"Goodness, did you learn your chatting skills from a bird? How can you hit people so accurately every time? You're so good at stepping on landmines!"

As for whether Yuma will lose the duel, Soreva is actually the least worried among them.

Of all the ways he knew that Yuma could defeat the shark, the simplest was to rely on the Hope family's [Double Chance] to unleash a powerful attack and defeat the monster on the shark's field.

With the [Double Chance] effect, [Hope], with an attack power of 2500, can now reach an attack power of 5000. Whether dealing with [Sea Dragon] or [Sharkman], the shark's 1700 LP is within the kill threshold.

What? Someone said that [Double Chance] isn't a [Hope] card?

LOL, this card is clearly designed for the [Hope] effect and can be searched by [Hope Doubling], how is it not a [Hope] card? Do you see anyone else using this card besides [Hope]?

As for whether Yuma can be obtained through gacha? That's a joke. He's the protagonist, why wouldn't he be able to pull it out?

However, Yuma's next move completely surprised Soreva. Yuma suddenly took out a grayish-green package, and before anyone could wonder what was inside, he opened it.

Inside was a huge rice ball, so large that it made Soreva feel nauseous, recalling his nightmare. But Yuma devoured it in just a few bites.

Then, after a series of backflips that would have made the circus members applaud, Yuma shouted, "I want to!! Fly—soar to the sky!!" and after a running start, leaped high into the air.

"Draw a card!"

In mid-air, Yuma slid his finger heavily, performing an extremely difficult aerial spinning card draw. Unfortunately, perhaps because the motion was too large, or perhaps because Yuma's attention was entirely focused on drawing the card, he ended up landing heavily on his buttocks.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

With a small complaint, Yuma looked at his hand, and a look of joy instantly appeared on his face.

"coming!"

Standing up, Yuma immediately commanded [Hope] to launch an attack:

"Go, [Hope]! Attack [Sea Dragon]!"

[Hope] with 2500 attack power attacked the Sea Dragon with 3000 attack power, instantly rendering even the Astral Body helpless:

"No way? Why use [Hope] which has lower attack power?"

But soon, Yuma provided the answer through his actions: