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

If a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck is on the field, you or your opponent can activate this effect during your Main Phase: Special Summon this card from your hand!

As Soreva slammed down the card, a magnificent figure clad in heavy silver plate armor, holding a shield in his left hand and a greatsword in his right, appeared on Soreva's field.

However, this only elicited a sneer from IV:

"Hmph! Even if you summon another monster, what good will it do? It will only make the damage you suffer even more!"

"Of course it works! After all, I haven't even finished explaining the effects of [Frederiss] yet!"

With a slight smile, Soreva then explained the aftermath of that effect.

"If there are other [Teach] monsters on your field, [Fredris] can also select one more face-up monster on the field and negate its effect until the end of this turn!"

Upon hearing this effect, IV immediately turned pale. He had already guessed which monster's effect would be ineffective against Soreva.

"Now, [Fredris], nullify the effect of [Heavenly Strings]!"

As [Fredris] raised her shield toward [Heavenly Strings], a beam of white light burst forth from the shield, illuminating [Heavenly Strings].

However, the threads that floated from the [Heavenly String Player] hung down limply, like lifeless snakes.

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"Tch! What a despicable fellow!"

Unable to suppress a complaint, IV looked at his hand, and one of the trap cards immediately caught his attention.

"This card... Ah! I can do that too!"

After thinking it over, IV immediately stamped two cards and announced:

"Finally, I'll set two cards face down, and the turn is over!"

Hearing the sound of the end of turn IV, Soreva couldn't help but tap his chin. Now, if he activated the card he had face down in the back row, he could completely destroy [Heavenly Strings].

After all, after this turn, [Heavenly Strings], as the original version of the anime, will once again gain the effect of not being destroyed by battle by cards other than [Number] cards.

However, if you want to use this card to directly destroy [Heavenly Strings]...

Soreva could only say that his extra reserves might still not be enough, so he should keep something else in reserve.

And so, the round finally came to the four of them. Akari, whose style was completely out of place with the other three, took a deep breath and placed her finger on top of the deck:

"My turn, draw a card!"

Today, Akari is still using the [Demon Lord] deck that Soreva gave her. Back then, after accepting Soreva's ideas and starting to train Yuma, Akari often used this deck.

Later, Yuma's dueling skills improved so rapidly that he no longer needed her training, and she gradually gave up dueling.

After all, she was just an ordinary person who still had a job as a journalist.

Now, after witnessing the first three rounds of intense offensive and defensive battles, the only thing Akari can be thankful for is that her current hand isn't too bad.

However, before any open action could be taken, IV, who had just finished his turn, spoke again:

"Now! I'm activating the trap card [Heaven's String]!"

"Ok?"

To Soreva's astonishment, IV smugly explained the effect of this trap card:

"This card can only be activated by selecting 1 [Goblin] Xyz Monster on your field! Special Summon 1 [Goblin] Xyz Monster from your Graveyard! Add the selected Xyz Monster and its Xyz Materials as Xyz Materials under that Special Summoned Xyz Monster!"

At this point, IV even gave Soreva a vicious laugh:

"Speaking of which, it's really all thanks to you! If you hadn't sent [Lion of Destiny] to the graveyard, I wouldn't have been able to summon it so quickly!"

"Appear! My true ace! [No. 88 Mechanical Puppet - Lion of Destiny]!"

In an instant, the [Heavenly Strings] on Field IV transformed into a purple-black ball of light and ascended into the Xyz Summoning channel. Then, amidst the particle explosion, a colossal platinum throne, along with a puppet king seated upon it who appeared to have a lion's head, slowly rose from the Xyz Summoning channel.

After the appearance of [Lion of Destiny], IV seemed to gain even more confidence, and immediately declared to Soreva with a wild laugh:

"Right now, [Lion of Destiny] has two Xyz Materials left! In other words, I can win in two turns at most! Of course, if I get a card that can remove one Xyz Material, maybe the next turn will be my victory?"

"I won't let you succeed!"

However, this time, it wasn't Soleva who retaliated against IV, but Akari, whose face looked somewhat angry after IV Special Summoned [Lion of Destiny] on his turn.

"This duel will be a victory for both me and Soreva!"

"what!?"

Seeing that Akari, who seemed the most unremarkable among the four of them including Soreva, dared to say such a thing, IV immediately retorted with a mocking laugh, furious.

"She's just some woman who appeared out of nowhere, so don't talk big! If you can do it, then try it!"

Do you think I can't do it?

As he spoke, Akari pointed to the [Lion of Destiny] on field IV and confirmed it again.

"You just said that this monster can win in just two rounds, right?"

This time, before IV could even answer, Soreva spoke first:

"Yes, he's right. If I remember correctly, this [Lion of Destiny] can win the match by removing all the Xyz Materials. Right now, [Lion of Destiny] has two Xyz Materials, and it can only remove one Xyz Material per turn, which is why he said it would take two turns."

Soreva's detailed explanation immediately stunned IV and III, who couldn't fathom where Soreva had obtained such information.

Akari nodded excitedly:

"I have an idea!"

Having said that, Akari immediately drew a card from her hand and placed it on her D-card panel.

"I Normal Summon [Rescue Rabbit] from my hand!"

Instantly, a black and white bunny wearing a helmet appeared on Akari's field, and Akari unceremoniously raised her hand to activate its effect:

"Then, I activate the effect of [Rescue Rabbit]! Banish this card from the field and Special Summon 2 Level 4 or lower Normal Monsters of the same name from my Deck!"

"Appear! Two [Demon-Entered Bloodstone]!"

Soon, two rock warriors, completely black, wielding a grimy gem-encrusted short sword and seemingly adorned with gems on their chests, appeared on Akari's field.

Akari quickly began chanting for an Xyz Summon:

"Now, I will stack two Level 4 [Demonized Bloodstone] monsters on the field! I will build a stacking network with two [Demonized] monsters! Xyz Summon!"

Show yourself! [Bahamut, the Demon Lord]!

Looking at this dragon, which should have been the blue and white of ice but was now stained with pitch black, if Soreva remembers correctly, this card was used by Akari when she was dealing with Ukyo.

As for the effect...

"Now, I activate the effect of [Bahamut the Demon Lord]! Once per turn, remove 1 Xyz Material from this card, discard 1 [Demonic] monster from your hand, and gain control of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls!"

With that, Akari sent a card from her hand to the D panel, then pointed to the [Lion of Destiny] on the IV field.

"Now, I will send [Demon Slayer - Pollux] from my hand to the graveyard to gain control of [Lion of Fate]!"

As Akari pointed her finger at [Lion of Destiny], [Bahamut], which had swallowed a massive amount of dark material, immediately opened its mouth and spat out a mouthful of black light at [Lion of Destiny].

Within the black light, a flash of red light appeared in [Lion of Destiny]'s eyes, and the entire monster suddenly disappeared from IV's field and appeared on Akari's field.

However, IV immediately let out a cold laugh at this situation:

"Hmph! Did you really think my [Lion of Destiny] was so easy to control?"

Sure enough, the moment [Lion of Destiny] entered Akari's field, Akari suddenly clutched her head, revealing a pained expression. On her forehead, the number "88" was faintly visible.

"Akari!"

Seeing Akari's unusual behavior, Soreva immediately called out in concern. At the same time, he couldn't help but recall the last time Akari seized the [Tarbyte].

"Strange? The [Computer Beast Terabyte] didn't have this kind of effect on Akari back then, did it?"

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"That's normal. After all, there are differences in quality between different [No.] cards."

Suddenly, [Hopleth's] voice rang in Soreva's ears, and Soreva immediately asked him:

"Oh? There's such a saying?"

"Of course, do you really think that a [No.] card like [Tarbyte], which only has a faint consciousness and can't even significantly affect the possessed person, only allowing them to play some pranks, is qualified to be compared to a [No.] card like ours that can communicate with you?"

As the phantom of [Hoples] slowly emerged beside him, Soreva heard its rather disdainful assessment of [Terabytes].

"It requires three Level 4 materials as Xyz Materials to be used, and its effect is only once per turn. Before the end of the turn, it grants control of one of your opponent's Level 4 or lower monsters."

So weak, even weaker than the [Demon Dragon King Bahamut], that when it was controlled by this girl, its power couldn't break free from [Bahamut's] control, so naturally it wouldn't affect the girl.

Honestly, I feel ashamed to be a [No.] card alongside something like this!

After rambling on about [Tarbytes], [Hoples] looked at [Lion of Destiny], and his tone became slightly more serious:

"But [Lion of Destiny] is different. Although the requirement of three level 8 Xyz Materials is quite demanding, its special victory effect is extremely rare and powerful among all [No.] cards!"

So much so that although [Bahamut] gained control of it, its power still managed to escape and affect the girl.

"I see. Is there any way to prevent Akari from being affected by [Lion of Destiny]?"

Upon hearing Soreva's question, [Hoples] shook his head:

"Unfortunately, there's no way to achieve this. After all, influencing a person's mind is an inherent characteristic of the [No.] card's power. Only someone like you, who possesses other energies within their body that can rival the power of the [No.] card, can do so."

But she's just an ordinary girl; it would be very difficult for her to do that.

"Damn it! It seems I'll have to deal with the [Lion of Destiny] on the field first!"

After listening to what [Hoples] had to say, Soreva immediately began to think about whether he had a way to destroy [Lion of Destiny], since he didn't need [Lion of Destiny] to achieve victory.

In comparison, Mingli's safety is more important. He can't let Youma help out only to find out that his sister is in trouble, can he?

However, in the end, it was a remark from [Hoples] that made Soreva slightly pause his thoughts of turning over the card in his backcourt:

"Don't worry, after all, it's just some scattered energy. As long as that girl's mind is strong enough, I think it should be enough."

"?"

Before Soreva could ponder the meaning of "almost there" in [Hoples's] words, he saw the number "88" on Mingli's forehead gradually disappear, and her eyes gradually cleared.

"It's so strange, I feel like I just went through something, but I can't remember what happened."