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

"Hmm, Orbit Seven shouldn't make mistakes in this kind of thing; it must be this shopping mall. Let's go catch the host of that [No.] card!"

"Okay, okay."

Following Kaito's footsteps, Soleva glanced at the mall sign with lingering fear. If he remembered correctly, this was the mall where Zero and Akari had been shopping, wasn't it? What if they caught him? Would he be forced to carry their bags?

However, so much time has passed, it's possible that Zero and Akari have gone somewhere else.

With this hopeful mindset, Soleva followed Kaito into the mall.

However, as it turns out, never take chances; Murphy's Law always applies in situations like this. The moment Sorewa and Kaito stepped into the mall, they bumped right into Akari and Zero.

"Hey, uncle, what brings you here? I'll leave these bags to you."

As a substitute for Soleva who couldn't come to carry the bags, Yuma's face instantly lit up with joy upon seeing Soleva, and he reached out to hand the bags to Soleva.

Upon seeing this, Kaito was taken aback for a moment before turning to Soreva and saying:

"I'll head over now. Come over as soon as you've finished dealing with things here."

Having said that, Kaito bypassed Akari and her group and headed in the direction indicated by Orbit Seven. After receiving the bag belonging to Zero from Yuma, Soreva gave a wry smile and said to Akari:

"I'm sorry, Akari, Zero probably won't be able to go shopping with you. I have some urgent business that I need Zero's help with."

"Well... since it's urgent, you should go quickly and not delay us."

"Thank you, Akari."

After thanking him, Soreval got on Zero and chased after Kaito.

Chapter 269 The Lament of the Host of No. 20

"Kaito, is that guy the host of that new [No.] card?"

Upon hearing Soleva's voice, Kaito immediately nodded:

"That's right, this person looks exactly like the one in the message sent by Orbit 7. Well then, let's go!"

Having said that, Kaito stood up and walked straight towards the guy who was tiptoeing around, seemingly trying to steal something from someone's bag, which gave Soreva a headache:

"I said, won't this alert the enemy?"

"Don't worry, Orbit 7 is nearby."

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

"Hehe, this target has suddenly stopped moving, what a great opportunity!"

Seeing that his target had suddenly stopped in place without making any move, the thief immediately seized the opportunity and reached into the bag of the woman in front of him and took a wallet.

But just as he instinctively wanted to retreat and slip away, he suddenly noticed something amiss.

Although the people in the mall were still chatting and laughing, they all remained frozen in place, as if time had stopped for them.

"What the heck is this? Is this a prank? Someone must be playing a trick on me!"

Thinking this, the thief-like man turned to run away, but Kaito was already whistling and blocking his escape route:

"You, don't try to run away."

Startled by Kaito's sudden appearance, the thief abruptly retreated, still clutching the wallet he had just stolen from the woman.

"Who are you? What do you want?"

"I'm……"

Kaito was about to say something in response, but since this was his first time hunting [No.] cards, he hadn't figured out what to say yet, and for a moment he was stuck on the spot.

Fortunately, Soreva caught up at that moment, put his arm around Kaito's shoulder, and said to the thief:

"You may call us [No.] Hunters, as for our purpose..."

Pointing a finger at the thief, Soreva immediately raised his voice and announced,

"Now, let's hunt down the [No.] cards you possess!"

However, what Soreva didn't know was that Kaito, whom he was introducing on behalf of, was already secretly nodding in approval:

"I see, so that's how you introduce yourself. Interesting, I can try it next time. There's definitely a lot I can learn from this guy."

Without hesitation, Kaito stepped forward and reached out to the thief, saying:

"Let's duel! Let me tear through your darkness!"

"What, what did you say? A duel?"

"That's right! [Number] cards only reside within the duelist. Now, let's decide who owns your [Number] card through a duel!"

Upon hearing Kaito's explanation, the thief immediately took out the card that had inexplicably appeared in his deck earlier that day, and a purple light instantly filled his eyes:

"I see. So this is the [No.] card you were talking about? That means you should also have a [No.] card, right? Well then, if I win this duel, I'll take your [No.] card!"

"Foolish! Since that's the case, I'll free you immediately! Orbit Seven!"

Upon hearing Kaito's call, Orbit Seven, the robot that had been by Kaito's side ever since he appeared before the thief, stretched out its rubber arm and gave a salute:

"I understand, Lord Kaito!"

Immediately afterwards, the head of Orbit 7 opened, and Kaito's crescent-shaped D-panel flew out of its head in a circle and landed on Kaito's wrist.

Soreva finally understood where Kaito's D-rank stats came from during the duel.

"Duel Mode, Photon Transformation!"

Kaito's black trench coat turned white at that moment, and dark blue tattoos gradually appeared at the corners of his eyes. In comparison, the thief's action of reaching for the D-view camera and D-panel seemed much more pathetic.

"Duel!" ×2

From Kaito's impressive attire, the thief could clearly tell that Kaito was not someone to be trifled with, so he immediately launched the first attack, seizing the initiative:

"I got the first strike! My turn, draw a card!"

Then, he slapped a card from his hand onto his D panel.

"I usually summon [Electro-Light Bug - Solder Web Spider]!"

Instantly, a blue and white mechanical spider, traversing an electrical web, appeared on his field. The thief then activated the card's effect.

"Once per turn, you can change 1 face-up Attack Position monster you control to Defense Position, and then Special Summon 1 Level 3 Insect-Type monster from your hand in Defense Position!"

I choose to summon this [Electronic Light Bug - LED Ladybug]!

Another card was played, and a mechanical ladybug with blue circuit patterns on its white carapace and a predominantly yellow head and thorax appeared on his field.

Both of these mechanical insects are Level 3 monsters.

"Now I have two Level 3 monsters on the field! I'm Xyz Summoning my Level 3 [Electro-Bug Solder Web Spider] and Level 3 [Electro-Bug LED Ladybug]!"

Show yourself! [No. 20, Antrock Slug]!

As the two mechanical insects transformed into blue-white orbs of light and disappeared into the void, a giant ant with a wine-red carapace, wings like metal blades, and mandibles instantly emerged and appeared on the thief's field.

The gleaming gold "No. 20" logo is imprinted on one of its wings.

"Then, I activate the effect of [Radiant Ant]! Once per turn, detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, and all face-up monsters you create gain 300 ATK!"

In an instant, amidst the thief's cries, an overabundance of material was crushed by the mandibles of the [Bright Ant], causing the [Bright Ant's] attack power to rise from 1800 to 2100.

The thief couldn't help but boast:

"How about that? 2100 attack power, not bad, right? I'll end my turn like this!"

"Hmph, foolish! My turn, draw a card!"

After adding the top card of his deck to his hand, Kaito immediately slapped a card onto his D-pad.

"Since I currently have no monsters on my field, I can Special Summon this [Photon Slasher] from my hand!"

A warrior clad in dark blue armor and possessing a fluorescent blue body appeared instantly on Kaito's field, wielding a large sword. Ironically, its attack power was exactly the same as [Kagemi-chan]'s: 2100 points.

Even so, the thief still stubbornly insisted:

"Even if the attack power is the same, my [Bright Ant] is a [No.] monster, and it cannot be destroyed by battles with ordinary monsters like this! If you think you can use this monster to deal with [Bright Ant], then you've miscalculated!"

“I know, so I didn’t intend to use [Photon Slasher] to deal with that [Radiant Ant]. I’m going to use this card!”

With that, Kaito flipped over another card from his hand.

"I activate my Quick-Play Spell Card, [Super Galaxy]! I'll Tribute both my [Photon Slasher] and your [Shining Ant]!"

"Do not!!!"

Chapter 270 The End of the Hunt

And then... uh, is there anything else?

Under the threat of Kaito's subsequent summoning of [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon], [Photon Forerunner], and [Photon Crusher], each dealing 7000 attack power, the thief was practically terrified!

In just one round, his LP was depleted, and he was finally blasted to the ground by [Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon]'s [Annihilation Photon Stream], unable to get up again.

"Then, the task of seizing the [No.] card is entrusted to you."

Upon seeing Kaito turn around and walk back, even deactivating his Photon Transformation, say this, Soreva immediately gave him a thumbs up:

"learn."

He then walked a few steps to the thief and said, as if to reassure him:

"Don't worry, it'll be over in a second, don't be afraid."

"What, what are you planning to do!?"

Faced with the thief's questioning, Soreva did not answer, but simply stretched out his hand and began to call out to Zero and [Hoples]:

“Zero, [Hoples], could you please help me retrieve this [No.] card?”

"OK."

Soon, a ball of light enveloped in a faint gray aura flew out from the thief's chest and slowly landed in Soleva's hand, transforming into the form of the [No.20 Ant Rock Earth Glow Ant].

Holding the card, Soleva walked up to Kaito and immediately waved it in front of him:

"See? I told you I could retrieve the [No.] card. And you can feel it too, right? The method I used is completely different from your photon power."

“It’s definitely different, and that person…”