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

"Amazing!"

This was the first exclamation Yuma uttered after entering the inner room and seeing the true face of the Duel Temple. The spacious circular area, paved with clean wood, was filled with huge wooden carvings.

Upon closer inspection, Yuma recognized these wooden carvings as those of the legendary dueling monsters:

"[Dark Magician]! [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]! [Red-Eyes]! [Neuromancer]! Even [Dark Magician Girl] is here! All the legendary monsters have gathered here! Amazing!"

After his exclamation, Yuma heard Soleva calling to him from below:

"Hey, Yuma, over here!"

Yuma ran a few steps to Soleva, who was gesturing for him to come over, and to Tetsuo, who was excitedly looking around. Yuma immediately asked Soleva, "..."

"Mr. Sorewa, did you bring us here because you knew there were wooden carvings of these legendary monsters?"

"What a pity, I guessed wrong. I didn't know this place would be like this either. And, the person who brought you here wasn't me. I just helped out a little, right, old man?"

Following the direction Soreva was pointing, Yuma saw the old man named Rokuro, who claimed to be the owner of the Duel Temple, slowly emerge from behind a wooden sculpture:

"Hmph, young man, you may be impolite, but you're quite quick-witted! However, you don't seem as surprised as these kids."

To this, Soreva could only shrug.

“I’m an adult. If I were to be so surprised by something like this, it would be too immature of me.”

However, the truth in Soreva's heart was:

[Dark Magician], [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], [Neuromancer] – these are the kinds of Soul decks I see so often in the Gold rank that I'm practically familiar with them. What's so surprising about that?

The only thing that's slightly surprising is seeing [Red-Eyes], since even the most hardcore players rarely see someone playing such a casual deck.

"Too."

After nodding in agreement with Soreva's statement, Rokuro slowly stepped forward and began to explain the origins of the wood carvings to Soreva and the others.

"However, these wooden carvings of dueling monsters have great significance to me; they are all masterpieces of my hard work. Whenever a disciple graduates from his apprenticeship, I will make one more wooden carving."

"disciple?"

Upon hearing Rokuro utter such words, Yuma immediately let out a sound of confusion, and Rokuro replied matter-of-factly:

"Well, this Duel Hermitage is a historic hermitage that flourished as a dueling training ground. It has produced all sorts of famous duelists in the past, so it's perfectly normal for it to have a few disciples, right?"

"Amazing!" ×2

Instantly, both Tetsuo and Yuma exclaimed in amazement, and the lifelike quality of these monsters particularly impressed Yuma.

"And these monsters look so real, like they could move at any moment!"

"It can move!"

"Eh?"

Upon hearing Rokuro's sudden words, Yuma and Tetsuo both showed expressions of curiosity, with Rokuro saying smugly:

"These wooden sculptures of Duel Monsters can indeed move, but only during duels. How about trying out our Duel Temple's unique duels?"

"real!?"

At this moment, Youma was completely hooked, and his eyes gleamed as he shouted,

"This is a rare opportunity to use a legendary Duel Monster! I must give it a try!"

Chapter 295 The Wooden Plaque Duel at the Duel Temple

"Oh, that's quite ambitious. Then come and choose the monster you want as your partner."

After praising Yuma, Rokuro turned his gaze to Soleva and Tetsuo, and asked a question.

"So what about you? Would you like to give it a try?"

"Really!"

Upon hearing Rokuro's invitation, Tetsuo's eyes instantly lit up, and even Soleva, influenced by Yuma and Tetsuo, nodded in agreement.

"Then I shall accept it without further ado."

"Very good, then everyone go and choose the monster you want as your partner! However, since there are four of you, let's each choose a partner monster and have a 2v2 team battle!"

"Oh!"

At Rokuro's command, the two little ones burst into cheers and started circling around the wooden carvings of the legendary monsters.

Seeing that Soleva didn't gather around the wooden sculpture like Yuma and the other two, Rokuro immediately went over to Soleva and started talking to him:

"What? Aren't you going to choose your own partner? Or have you already decided which monster will be your partner?"

"Ah."

Nodding, Soleva pointed to the wooden carving of [New Universe Knight].

“Grandpa, this [New Universe Knight] is the partner I’ve chosen.”

"Oh? Neo-Universe, huh? You have quite the eye. Well then, I won't stand on ceremony and will use Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

Just as Rokuro was chatting with Sorewa and the others, Yuma and Tetsuo came running back. At that moment, the two of them decided on the monsters they wanted to use.

"Uncle! I've made up my mind. In times like these, it's time to use [Dark Magic]!"

After Yuma excitedly chose the wooden monster he decided to partner with, Tetsuo also announced his choice:

"Since Yuma has chosen Dark Magician, then naturally I will choose [Red-Eyes Black Dragon]!"

Soreva was slightly surprised when he heard Iron Man's choice:

"Oh? Iron Man, I remember there was a [Cyber ​​Dragon] among the wood carvings here, right? I even practiced the [Cyber ​​Dragon] deck with you before, why didn't you choose [Cyber ​​Dragon]?"

"Because I remember that the duelist who summoned [Dark Magician] and the duelist who summoned [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] were very good friends and often teamed up to duel."

Therefore, I use [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] as my partner, which also allows me to coordinate better with Yuma.

After explaining his reasons for choosing [Red-Eyes Black Dragon], Tetsuo belatedly realized something was amiss.

"Hey, why do you have a [Cyber ​​Dragon] deck, old man? Isn't that the legendary dueling deck?! Who are you anyway?"

"Ah, well..."

Upon hearing Iron Man's question, Soreva immediately wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and started making up a lie to fool the others.

"This is my story before I came to Heart Garden City. I have studied some surviving legends and materials and found that the [Cyber ​​Dragon] deck originated from a dueling style called [Cyber ​​Stream].

So, through various methods, I found the ruins of the [Cyber ​​Flow] Gym, and that's where I discovered this [Cyber ​​Dragon] deck.

"Amazing!"

Upon hearing Soreva's fabricated adventure story, Yuma took it all seriously, his eyes sparkling.

"So before coming to Heart Garden City, Uncle was such a skilled adventurer, just like Dad! If Dad were still here, he would definitely get along well with Uncle!"

"maybe."

Suppressing the urge to twitch at the corner of his mouth, Soreva responded. He thought that if he really met Yuma's father and they discussed his so-called "adventures," he would probably be exposed in a second.

However, Rokuro bluntly shattered Tetsuo's naive idea of ​​cooperating with Yuma:

"Your idea is good, but have you considered one thing: our team formation is determined by drawing lots, not by whichever kid you want to team up with?"

"No!"

Ultimately, the draw did not result in Tetsuo's wish to team up with Yuma. Instead, Yuma teamed up with Soleva to compete against Tetsuo and Rokuro's team.

"Hey, Yuma, nice to meet you."

"Yeah, uncle, let's do our best together! D-scope, put it on!"

After bringing over their chosen wood carvings, Yuma immediately put on his D-glasses for the duel, and Soreva's Tyrannosaurus Rex tattoo appeared at the corner of his eye. The two stood side by side on the two small platforms on their side.

The stack piled high on the small platform consists of the special wooden duel plaques made by the Duel Temple for this duel.

After both sides were ready, Rokuro immediately shouted:

"Alright, let the duel begin! Draw your cards!"

However, just as he, along with Tetsuo and Yuma, were about to place their hands on the wooden decks to replenish their initial hand, a voice suddenly rang out:

"and many more!"

Rokuro looked up and saw Soreva raising his hand high, uttering a questioning voice.

"Now that there's no duel disk, shouldn't the first step be to shuffle the cards before replenishing your hand?"

"Well... I was just trying to let everyone experience the unique dueling style of our Duel Temple more quickly, wasn't I? Besides, shuffling these wooden cards would be a lot of trouble, wouldn't it?"

However, Rokuro's sheepish explanation was ultimately met with skepticism from Soreva:

"While shuffling wooden cards is indeed a bit of a hassle, it's necessary, isn't it? Grandpa... you didn't make the cards, so you're deliberately guiding us to start the duel without shuffling them, did you?"

"Nonsense! How could you slander me like that! I just forgot. If you want to shuffle the cards, I'll shuffle them right now!"

Responding excitedly to Soreva's questioning, Rokuro immediately began dismantling the thick stack of wooden decks in front of him. Though outwardly angry, his heart was bleeding.

"Damn it, how did he figure it out? My three [Blue-Eyes Wood Dragon], [Fusion], and [Fusion Deactivation]! How did you all disappear from my possession?!"

With Rokuro leading the way, Soreva, Yuma, and Tetsuo also shuffled their own decks. After shuffling, they each added five cards to their hand.

However, upon seeing the card in his hand, Soreva's face twisted in pain:

"Tsk! What kind of hand is this! Two Dolphin Bros and two Godslayer Moss!? You should only have one of these kinds of almost useless cards, is it really necessary to go to such lengths!"

As for the last card, it's a [Transform Contact], which can only be activated when you have no monsters on your field. Given the current situation where everyone has a wooden monster on their field, it's practically unusable.

In the end, Soreva's face was completely dark.

"What kind of divine retribution have I suffered? But I haven't done anything wrong lately!"

Chapter 296 Transformation into a Monster

"My turn, draw a card!"

Yuma, having secured the first turn, immediately cheered and placed the card he drew on the small table that served as the Duel Disk.

"I activate the Field Spell Card, [B2 Area]! This Field Spell Card can break the seal on the Wooden Monsters! Move, monsters!"

Instantly, purple light began to permeate the area around everyone, and fine cracks appeared all over the bodies of these wooden monsters, their eyes shining brightly.