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

"There really is such a place?"

Looking at the flyer that a passerby had shoved into his hand, saying, "Want to see an even more thrilling duel?", Soreva scratched his head with a wry smile.

"An underground arena where duels are viewed as gladiators' battles... Don't tell me you can still see Kaiser Ryo struggling here."

"But this kind of place must be really bad, right?"

Emerging from beside Soreva, Zero's face instantly showed worry as she looked at the flyers with slogans like "Take real damage" and "A duel to the death." After all, the villain she knew best, Zack, who nearly destroyed the world, was affected by such a duel.

Therefore, she couldn't help but feel a little worried about such a advertised duel.

"Since you care, why don't we go and see for ourselves? What do you say, Zero? If they really go too far, then we'll find a way to stop them."

Hearing Soleva's suggestion, Zero nodded, but then, as if she had thought of something, she asked curiously:

"But, Soleva, how do you plan to stop them? There must be quite a few powerful duelists there, right? Can you handle them all by yourself?"

“Zero, don’t forget, we’re working for the mayor of Heart Garden City. If we can’t solve it ourselves, we can do what Ghosh did last time and call the police to solve it.”

This answer instantly made Lingyi's face puff up with anger:

"Why are you suddenly acting like someone who doesn't belong in a duel? Trying to solve problems this way. Does having power make you so great?!"

"Sorry, having power means you can do whatever you want. Besides, do you really want to have to fight every time something goes wrong to resolve it? That's exhausting."

"Hmm...it seems so."

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Soon, Soreva and Zero found the location of the underground duel, following the directions on the flyer, and then...

I paid an admission fee of 10,000 yen.

There were two people in charge of collecting the entrance fees. One of them was a burly man carrying a stick. Although he didn't say anything, his imposing manner was enough to scare many people who didn't dare to cause trouble into obediently buying tickets.

Another, slightly shorter one, was playing the red-faced one, looking aggrieved as he spoke to Soreva:

"Well, we're just a small business. These duelists all sign contracts to fight, and after we share the ticket fees with them, there's not much left. So, this price is already very reasonable."

"Stop talking, I'll buy it. Card or cash?"

Upon hearing Soreva's agreement, the short man immediately wiped away the grievance on his face, put on a smile, and handed over a POS machine:

"Sir, please swipe your card."

Soreva took out his wallet and swiped it. The money was successfully deducted. After all, this was the card that Mr. Xinyuan had given him as his working funds, so how could it be without money?

Having received the money, the short man was naturally even happier, and immediately led Soreva inside:

"Hey, this gentleman is really generous, he didn't even haggle over the price. I'll take you to find a good spot right away."

However, what he didn't know was that Soreva had taken someone to sneak in without paying. If he found out, who knows how much he would scream.

After entering the underground dueling arena, Soreva finally understood what the advertisement meant by "experiencing real duels," but a twitch involuntarily appeared on his lips:

"Even if you want to simulate real damage, is it necessary to use such an ancient method? Even Caesar Ryo was electrocuted, right? Is there really no problem with your method?"

As for what methods were used?

It's very simple. Each duelist is accompanied by a burly man wielding a long staff. Whenever someone is injured during a duel, the staff strikes them with it. The force of the strike depends on the extent of the injury sustained.

Moreover, among this group of duelists being brutally struck with long clubs, Soreva even spotted a familiar face:

"A shark? What's this guy doing here?"

The short man who brought Soreva in, upon hearing Soreva mention the shark, immediately struck up a conversation with him with great interest:

"Sir, you know sharks too?"

"I know him. He's a very skilled and promising duelist. I tried to recruit him, but he declined. But how did he end up here?"

Faced with Soreva's doubts, the short man chuckled and gave his answer:

"Hehe, sir, you don't know, Shark was originally one of our gang members, but ever since he joined, he's always had a sour face and has been having disagreements with the brothers in the gang."

I didn't understand why the boss would keep someone like that around until he asked the boss how to make money, and the boss dumped him here. That's when I realized why the boss kept him.

His dueling skills are indeed impressive; he's practically our local star. Countless people buy tickets just for him. Some have even lost a considerable amount of money betting on him to lose.

Hehe, this is truly a top-notch money tree.

Chapter 279 The crowd gathered in front of the art museum

"That's it..."

Listening to what the short man said, Soreva nodded slightly and asked him a question.

"So, after his duel is over, could you help me arrange to meet him?"

"This...Sir, doing this might be..."

"Here's a tip."

Seeing Soleva pull out several Fukuzawa Yukichi banknotes, the short man's embarrassed expression instantly turned into fawning, and he immediately bowed and scraped before Soleva, saying:

"No problem, sir, I'll arrange it for you right away. Come, come, come to the VIP room and take a seat."

It's called a VIP room, but it's really just a single room with a worn-out sofa. However, compared to the crowded wooden benches below, this room does indeed qualify as a VIP room.

Before long, Soreva heard the voices of the short man and the shark outside the door:

"Hey, why did you bring me here?"

"Hmph, if it weren't for some big shot specifically asking to see you, do you think I'd be happy to see a guy like you who always has a sour face? Hey, if you go, I might as well share some of this money with you."

"..."

After a long silence, the shark's voice rang out again.

"Okay, I'll go."

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of the shark taking the banknote from the short man's hand, and then the door in front of Soreva was pushed open by the shark.

Faced with the shark standing dumbfounded at the doorway, Soreva held up a can of drink that was on his table, as if to greet the shark:

"Hey, Shark, long time no see. I never expected you to be making money through duels in this underground arena."

Upon hearing Soreva's greeting, the shark immediately clicked his tongue, his face showing impatience.

"Why is it you again? You're always meddling. I can earn money here to support myself and my sister just the same. As for IV, I'll find a way to get revenge on him myself, so you don't need to worry about it."

Hearing the shark say that, Soreva shrugged helplessly.

"You really do hate me. I don't think I've done anything to make you hate me this much, have I? But since you've said that, I can't say anything more. But this..."

As he spoke, Soreva pulled out a business card with his current contact information printed on it and flew it into the shark's hand.

"Don't throw it away yet, take it. If you need any help, you can contact me through this number. Unless it's something urgent, I should be able to help you."

After saying that, Soreva got up and left. After all, he had already seen the shark, so there was no need for him to stay any longer.

As for Shark, seeing the business card that Soleva had flown over, although he still wanted to throw it away, he remembered how Soleva had investigated his past and defeated him when he was being controlled by [No.] Card, so he accepted the business card.

"What a busybody. I hope I'll never need to use this business card."

However, just a few days later, Soreva received a phone call from an unknown number. The voice on the other end was that of a shark:

"Hey, do you know about that super rare deck that's going to be exhibited at the art museum this time?"

"Do you think I wouldn't know about something like this?"

Despite being rebuffed by Soreva, the shark didn't retaliate this time. Instead, he continued to earnestly remind him:

“Be careful, our gang’s boss and second-in-command are planning to take action against this deck tonight, and they also have [No.] cards. Of all the people I know, the only ones who can handle [No.] cards are you and Yuma, so if you don’t mind getting involved, take Yuma with you to the art museum.”

Then, the phone hung up on its own, and Soreva couldn't help but sigh.

"That's the downside of being out of the loop. If he had joined us back then, he would have known that we wouldn't have given this opportunity to Yuma and his group, would he?"

However, I have no idea whether Yuma will get involved in this through other channels.

As soon as he finished speaking, Soreva immediately called a guy who seemed to have more experience in this area:

"Kaito, it seems we have some work to do."

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"Oh, it's coming."

Upon hearing Soleva's voice, Kaito immediately looked up and saw three flamboyantly designed motorcycles heading straight for the art museum.

"Three people?"

"No, it seems to be four people."

Soreva's voice rang out again. Kaito turned his head and realized that Soreva's gaze did not seem to be on the three approaching motorcycles, but on the path near the art museum.

There, it seems someone is running towards us.

"Seventh Track, go and see who that person really is..."

However, before Kaito could finish his command, Soreva raised his hand to interrupt him:

"Do we even need to look at this? It must be Yuma who's here. He really is such a busybody."

"Yuma? Is that the guy you said you were going to let go? Now that he's here, are you still planning to make a move?"

In response to Kaito's question, Sorewa immediately smiled:

"Of course we should make a move! Otherwise, what would we be doing coming all this way and standing up in the cold wind on the museum floor? We need to at least snatch a [No.] card to make up for it, right?"

"So, you want to help him?"

"That's hard to say. Maybe I'm planning to fight on both sides."

While Soreva and Kaito were discussing this on the rooftop, Yuma downstairs had already encountered the shark and the two gang leaders who called themselves the Land King and the Sea King.

Faced with Lu Wang and Hai Wang's ambition to seize the deck, Yuma stood in their way without hesitation and offered his [No.] card as a wager, challenging the two to a duel.

Upon seeing [No. 39 Hope Emperor] in Yuma's hands, both Lu Wang and Hai Wang showed expressions of joy:

"Interesting! These two cards alone have given us such immense power. If we get that other card, won't we be invincible?!"

The shark was deeply shocked by Yuma's reckless behavior:

"Yuma, are you planning to take on two opponents at once!?"