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

"Sorry, but this time, let's not take his [No.] card."

"Hmm... Since you've said so, Kaito, then alright. Zero!"

Hearing Soleva's call, Zero nodded and loosened the power in her palm, no longer trying to take the [No.] card from V's chest.

As Zero Yi withdrew his strength, the uneven force and excessive depletion of his own emblem power caused V to almost fall. Fortunately, III, who was beside him, caught him in time, preventing him from falling to the ground.

At this moment, V's gaze towards Kaito couldn't help but reveal a complex expression:

"Kaito, you are so foolish. Even if I become your enemy, you still want to let me go? Aren't you afraid that I will hurt the people around you?"

For example, Yang Dou?

Faced with V's question, Kaito fell silent for a moment, offering no response. However, he still asked V the question that had been lingering in his mind:

"Chris, I want to know why you said we were destined to be enemies, and why you left without saying goodbye!"

However, when faced with Kaito's questions, V simply shook his head:

"Kaito, you wouldn't understand the feud between our two families, or rather, even if I told you, our positions wouldn't change. In that case, all you need to know is that we will be enemies from now on, and that's enough."

Also, please stop calling me by affectionate terms like "Chris." From now on, just call me V.

Just as V was speaking, III had already opened a portal large enough for the two of them to escape. After glancing at the portal, V left Kaito with his last words.

"Kaito, if you and your friends are here for the [No.] card that appeared in this phenomenon, I think you can try your luck in the residential area south of Heart Garden City."

However, that [No.] card might have already been taken back by my other younger brother.

After saying that, V's figure disappeared into the portal along with III's.

"Hmm—Kaito, what do you think of his last sentence? Is it believable? Should we go try our luck?"

Just as Kaito was still stunned by V's departure, he heard Soleva's voice rang out, and immediately nodded and said:

"Hmm, let's go take a look. It would be good if we could recover one more [No.] card. Orbit Seven!"

"Understood, Lord Kaito!"

With Kaito's call, Orbit 7 immediately transformed into a flight wing, attached itself to Kaito's back, carried Kaito, and pulled Soleva along, flying in the direction V had indicated.

However, after the two arrived, even after searching the area, they found no trace of the [No.] card's host. Finally, after inquiring with [Hoples], Soreva learned that there was only a trace of the [No.] card's aura remaining, presumably because the [No.] card had already been retrieved.

Meanwhile, the strange phenomena in the sky began to gradually dissipate, and time, which had been frozen in this world, began to slowly turn again.

"It seems we are destined to return empty-handed today. Well then, Soreva, I'll go back and report today's events to my father and the others."

After bidding farewell to Soleva, Kaito, led by the flight wings formed by Orbit 7, soared into the sky and flew back towards Heart Garden.

Soreva, left behind, stroked his chin and began to ponder the [No.] card that had been retrieved:

"The other brother V mentioned must be IV, right? Could it be that he really took back the card?"

However, what Soreva didn't know was that at that moment, at the school Yuma attended, as the strange phenomenon gradually dissipated, Yuma, who had rushed back to school and was panting heavily, sat down in his seat. After settling down, seeing that it would still take a little while for time to return to normal, he immediately started chatting with the astral body:

"Hehe, Astral body, that was close! That [No.] card was almost taken by that guy called IV."

Even the astral entity that appeared beside him couldn't help but nod:

"That's right, it was indeed a very lucky duel."

As for what happened, let's rewind a bit and go back a little further...

At that moment, Yuma and Astral Entity had just arrived at the residential area south of Heart Garden City when they heard a scream coming from an alley:

"Please, please, spare me!"

Time is clearly stopped right now, so why is someone screaming?

Immediately, Yuma and Astral Body exchanged a glance and said in unison:

"It must be the host of [No.] card!"

However, generally speaking, as the host of a [No.] card, one's evil thoughts are likely to be amplified, leading to things like robbery and theft, which wouldn't be surprising to Yuma.

But a scream? Is that the sound a host of the [No.] card would make?

With these questions in mind, Yuma and Astral Body still sped towards the alley. Just as they reached the alley's entrance, they saw a man dressed like a corporate slave rushing out of the alley in a panic, bumping right into Yuma.

"It hurts..."

Just as Yuma stood up, rubbing his sore bottom, he saw the astonished look in Astral Spectrum's eyes and immediately asked,

"What's wrong, Astral? What are you looking at?"

Following the starlight's gaze, Yuma saw a chubby, black humanoid figure following behind the man dressed as a corporate slave.

The chubby humanoid figure, with its iconic "96" symbol on its face, clearly indicates that this is a [No.] card.

"This is [No.] card? That means this person is..."

As Yuma watched the corporate slave get up in front of him, he heard the astral voice ring out affirmatively:

"Ah! If I'm not mistaken, he should be the host of this [No.96], and the scream just now should have been his."

"But……"

Before You Ma could say anything, they heard footsteps slowly rising from the alley.

As the footsteps drew closer, IV's figure emerged from the shadows of the alley, appearing before Yuma and Astral.

"Now, you should have nowhere to run, right? So, take this final blow and obediently hand over your [No.] card!"

Chapter 349 The Bet for No.

"[No.40 Mechanical Puppet - Heavenly String Player], deliver the final blow!"

As the voice of IV issuing the attack command rang out, Yuma saw only a bright orange-yellow eye flash behind IV. Then, a giant sword flew out from the darkness behind IV and pinned the pitch-black humanoid [No.96] heavily to the ground.

This sword strike shattered [No. 96] and completely wiped out that office worker's LP.

"That's it! Hand over your [No.] card!"

Raising his right hand, IV activated the power of his own emblem, attempting to seize the [No. 96] that possessed this salaryman. However, the powerful resistance emanating from the salaryman this time caused IV to let out a soft "Huh?"

“Strange, why is there such strong resistance to recycling [No.] card this time? But…”

As IV exerted force, the power of the emblem began to operate at a higher level, and the card emitting black light slowly emerged from the chest of the office worker.

And at this moment, the hair of that overworked office worker gradually turned gray and dull.

"Oh no! Astral Body, if that person gets the [No.] card, the person possessed by the [No.] card will be in serious trouble. I'm sorry to trouble you!"

"I understand."

Upon hearing Yuma's request, the astral body also reached out and began to activate the [No.96].

As the power of the astral body was injected, the soul of that office worker gradually separated from [No.96], and his hair returned to its original color.

However, after sensing the power of the Astral Body, the [No.96] instantly broke free from the power of IV's emblem, just like a dog seeing a bone, and flew straight towards the Astral Body and Yuma, disappearing into the Astral Body's body.

Of course, to IV, who couldn't see the astral body, this scene was just like the [No.] card flying straight into Yuma's Imperial Key.

IV finally noticed the horse before him, which could move freely even while time was frozen and had taken away his prey:

"Hey! That [No.] card is my loot! Now, give it back to me!"

"This……"

Yuma initially sent Astral to help, simply to protect the salaryman from having his soul stolen. He hadn't expected that [No. 96] would be so obediently taken by Astral.

But if you ask Yumahi if he doesn't want to keep the [No.] card, he naturally does, in order to help the Astral Body regain its memories.

But this [No. 96], theoretically speaking, is indeed a trophy of IV. Yuma is a good kid; he wouldn't be so shameless as to steal someone else's things.

Just as Yuma was caught in a dilemma, someone's usual actions instantly provided him with inspiration, causing Yuma to blurt out:

"Let's have a duel!"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Yuma's sudden suggestion, IV couldn't help but ask a question.

"A duel? Hmph, tell me, what do you plan to do?"

In response to IV's question, Yuma immediately raised the D panel on his left wrist and answered:

"Let's settle this with a duel! If I win, this [No. 96] will be my loot, and you're not allowed to ask me for it again."

"And what if you lose? Simply handing me this [No. 96] isn't enough, is it? After all, it was originally my spoils, wasn't it?"

Upon hearing IV's questioning, Yuma's gaze involuntarily drifted towards Astral. After receiving Astral's approval, Yuma reached into his Extra Deck and drew out [Number 12: Mech Ninja Red Shadow], displaying it to IV.

"If I lose, not only will I return [No. 96] to you, but this [No. 12 Mecha Ninja Red Shadow] is also yours."

A bet between one [No.] card and another [No.] card didn't seem like an unacceptable proposition, and IV, who was extremely confident in his dueling skills, immediately nodded in agreement:

“Very well! Well then, I accept this bet. Now, let's decide the ownership of these [No.] cards through a duel!”

"Duel!" ×2

"Well then, I've got the first strike, time to draw cards!"

IQ pulled the card heavily from the top of the deck. After seeing the card he had drawn, IQ immediately showed it to Yuma and then slapped it onto his D-deck.

"I choose normal summon: [Mechanical Puppet - Trojan Horse of Death]!"

Amidst the surging of light, the wooden puppet horse with purple and black colors that had appeared when dealing with Soreva reappeared on the field of IV.

Immediately afterwards, IV revealed another card from his hand:

"Then, I activate the Spell Card [Puppet's Treasure]! Destroy one monster with [Machine Puppet] in its name on my field, and draw one card from my Deck!"

Under the effect of this magic card, the [Trojan Horse] on IV's field instantly exploded violently, and IV's finger touched the top of the deck.

"Draw a card!"

Turning the card over and revealing its true form, IV's lips immediately curled into a smile:

"very good!"

Immediately afterwards, IV raised his head and announced to Yuma the effect of the monster in his graveyard.

"At this moment, I can activate the effect of the [Dead Trojan Horse] that was just destroyed and sent to the Graveyard! Special Summon these two [Machine Golem] monsters from my hand!"

Appear! [Mechanical Puppet - Nightmare], [Mechanical Puppet - Gear Shifter]!