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

"At the same time, I activate [Hope]'s effect! Remove one Xyz Material and nullify [Hope]'s own attack!"

In an instant, the golden-glowing longsword in [Hope's] hand vanished as the last remaining Xyz Material surged into [Hope's] chest. The shark, witnessing this, continued its clamor:

"An effect that can't harm me is utterly meaningless!"

"This is very significant! I activate a Quick-Play Spell Card from my hand, [Double the chance]!"

Following the shark's words, Yuma revealed the card he had just drawn.

"When your monster's attack is negated, you can double that monster's ATK and attack again!"

The materialized card of [Double Magic] instantly transformed into specks of light, which at [Hope's] waist became two golden longswords, twice the length of the previous ones. As [Hope] drew these two longswords, its attack power soared to 5000 points.

The shark finally realized the seriousness of the situation:

"Attack power of 5000 points!?"

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

As the twin blades fell, the [Sea Dragon]'s body instantly turned into specks of light and vanished, while the shark was sent flying backward as its LP reached 0.

At this time, Soreva also expressed his opinion on the duel:

"As expected, humans can't beat dogs."

Chapter 247 The No. Card Possessed One After Another

At that very moment, with the shark's defeat, a card radiating blue and white light flew from his chest and entered the astral body's palm. Meanwhile, on the back of the shark's hand, a golden "No. 17" mark vanished.

However, only Soreva and Yuma could witness this scene.

Soreva knew that Astral was retrieving [No. 17 Sea Dragon]. Meanwhile, as the [Sea Dragon] card dissipated into specks of light in Astral's palm, a memory belonging to him surfaced in Astral's mind.

"Is this... card [No. 17], one of my memory fragments? There are 99 scattered [No.] cards in total. If I collect them all, will my memories be restored?"

Just as Astral was pondering this, Tetsuo and Kotori, who had already begun celebrating Yuma's victory, saw Shark take off his D-view glasses and walk over.

"Ah, a shark..."

Just as the group was worried that the shark was up to something again, the shark handed them a deck of cards:

"As agreed, this deck is returned to you."

Upon receiving the deck and seeing that the bottom card was indeed a Mordekaiser card, Yuma immediately confirmed that this was indeed a Mordekaiser deck.

"Yes, it is indeed the Iron Man deck. We'll take it."

"Ninety-nine horses, I'll remember you."

After uttering such a harsh remark, the shark turned to leave, only to hear Yuma's voice again behind it:

"Shark, I'm really happy! Let's duel again sometime! Next time, let's not gamble with our decks, let's soar to the sky together!"

However, the shark did not respond and simply walked away.

Yuma was somewhat disappointed by the lack of a response from the shark. However, being able to reclaim the Iron Man's deck was still enough to make him happy.

"Iron Man, your deck."

"Yeah, thanks, Yuma."

Upon receiving the deck from Yuma, which he hadn't seen for several days, Tetsuya's face instantly lit up with a smile, and he began to praise Yuma.

"I can't believe you actually beat that shark, Yuma! It seems like my special training these past few days won't be of any use... Oh, right, I should also return the deck that Uncle lent me."

As he spoke, Iron Man pulled out the deck that Soreva had lent him earlier from his waist. However, when Iron Man looked around, he found that Soreva was nowhere to be seen.

"Strange, where did the old man go?"

........................

"Oh, so you're just going to leave like this?"

Seeing the person who suddenly darted out and blocked his way, Shark hadn't forgotten how this person had kicked him and caused him to fall to the ground, and his brows instantly furrowed.

"It's you? What do you want with me?!"

However, instead of directly answering the shark's question, Soreva smiled and said:

"Kamishiro Ryoga, once a candidate for the National Youth Duel Tournament, has now become a thug who steals other people's decks through duels, and even lost to a duelist who is about the same age as a beginner."

"Do you really want to continue down this path of depravity?"

"You idiot, don't spout nonsense if you don't know anything!"

The defeat in today's duel with Yuma, and the words Yuma uttered during the duel, had already deeply wounded Shark's heart. Soreva's mocking words instantly turned into a spark that ignited a bomb in Shark's heart, enraging him so much that Shark threw a punch at Soreva's face.

However, his punch was easily blocked by Soreva's palm.

"Are you angry? It seems you still care about what happened back then. But it's not true that I know nothing. Maybe there are some things I know better than you do, like, for example..."

Grabbing the shark's fist and pulling him close, Soreva continued slowly,

"Back then, during the National Youth Duel Tournament, you peeked into your opponent's deck."

"Insider information?"

Upon hearing those two words from Soreva, Shark was momentarily stunned. For so long, he had felt that he was the one who made the mistake in that match. If he hadn't been blinded by his desire to win and hadn't peeked at his opponent's deck, he wouldn't have been suspended, right?

In that case, is it possible for him to win the championship in that competition and fulfill his promise to his sister Rio?

Whenever the shark contemplates this possibility, it feels as if something is pressing down on its chest, making it hard to breathe. It is precisely to escape the suffocating feeling brought on by this self-blame that the shark allows itself to fall into depravity, using it to numb itself.

But now Soreva brought it up again, telling him there was more to the story, which excited the shark.

"What inside story are you talking about? What exactly happened?"

"Well, according to the investigation of several reliable colleagues here, the fact that you could see the opponent's deck back then was very likely based on the design of your opponent in that battle, IV."

As he spoke, Soreva handed the shark the documents that Drouat had given him.

Seeing the information about IV deliberately placing his deck on the edge of the flowerbed before knocking it down, Shark's hands trembled, but he quickly let out a bitter laugh:

“Even if the accident was his doing, I also have my own problems. If I hadn’t been blinded by my desire to win, I probably wouldn’t have fallen for his trap. In the end, I broke my promise to my sister.”

"Your younger sister's name should be Rio Kamishiro, right? The promise you mentioned with her is..."

Hearing Soreva ask about this, Shark felt a pang of pain in his heart, but still spoke bitterly:

"With your abilities, you should be able to find out what happened to my sister, right? That time I visited her in the hospital, she said she hoped I could become a champion, but I..."

"What if I told you that your sister's accident was also related to IV?"

"What did you say!?"

Amidst the shark's shock, Soreva slowly pulled out another document:

"This is another piece of information that my colleagues found out. It seems that he was also there when your sister Rio had the accident. And in the end, it was he who brought your sister out of the fire. However, whether he orchestrated your sister's accident or just happened to be passing by and saved her, I don't know."

However, my colleagues all believe it's the former. After all, no one usually comes to an accident scene, but that day, IV and your sister arrived one after the other, which is highly suspicious.”

"IV! IV! IV!!!"

As he looked at the documents Soreva handed him, Shark gripped them tightly, almost crushing them. His eyes were wide and bloodshot, making him look like a terrifying beast about to devour its prey.

At that very moment, a brightly lit card suddenly flew from the horizon and pierced straight into the shark's body, turning its eyes crimson.

"This is... yet another [No.] card?"

Looking at the shark possessed by yet another [No.] card, a strange look appeared on Soreva's face.

"Possessed by two [No.] cards in one day? What kind of succubus constitution do you have?"

Chapter 248 The Confluence of Water and Fire

"IV! I will defeat you! And I will make you personally taste the pain you inflicted on Rio!"

Upon seeing the shark make such a menacing vow, Soreva stated:

It's good that young people have goals, but can you please not say it to me? It's giving me the creeps.

But then Soreva realized that the shark wasn't swearing to him at all, but rather, under the influence of that [No.] card, he completely regarded him as IV.

Because the shark put on the D-type glasses and D-type panel right in front of him, it pointed at Soreva and said:

"Let's duel, IV! This time, I will definitely defeat you!"

"Hey, wake up! I'm not that guy!"

Grabbing the shark's shoulder, Soreva shook it violently twice, trying to bring it to its senses. However, the shark quickly broke free and continued shouting at Soreva:

"I don't care whether you want to or not! Since you're still hesitating, then I'll make the first move: draw cards!"

Seeing that the shark was so stubborn and insisted on starting the duel, Soleva had no choice but to accept the challenge, materializing his D-Panel and Tyrannosaurus Rex tattoo.

After all, he had heard from [Hoples] that summoned [No.] monsters could cause real damage if they attacked others.

So instead of dragging things out there, it's better to defeat the shark in a duel first; maybe that will bring him to his senses.

"I usually summon the [Killer Frilled Shark] from my hand!"

As the shark played a card, a long, slender, yellow fish instantly appeared on his field. But all of the fish's fins had transformed into gleaming blades, and even its gills and sharp teeth reflected a metallic sheen.

"Then, I activate the effect of [Sticky Shark] in my hand! When a Fish-Type, Sea Dragon-Type, or Aqua-Type monster is Normal or Special Summoned to your field, this card can be Special Summoned from your hand!"

Another card fell, and instantly another strange fish appeared on the shark's field, its body entirely gray-blue, with an oval magnetic suction cup around its head, and its fins all transformed into blades.

However, both of these fish are level 3 monsters.

It must have been an Xyz Summon, right?

As Soreva expected, the next second, the shark reached out and shouted:

"Next, I'll stack the level 3 [Killer Frilled Shark] and [Sticky Shark Marker]! Xyz Summon!"

In an instant, amidst the roar of the shark, the two monsters transformed into two streaks of blue light and disappeared into the dark, red-glowing void.

But just as Soreva thought the shark was about to summon the [No.] card that was possessing him, the shark's shout made him freeze for a moment:

"Rise from the depths of the ocean! [Submarine Carrier Aviation Shark]!"

In an instant, two sharks leaped out of the hole, and above their heads, an orange mechanical wing connected them together.

In terms of design, this [Submarine Carrier Aviation Shark] is very similar to the [Xyz Beast Pulse Orca] that Soreva used in his duel with Drew.