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

"Damn it! Who ruined my plans this time?!"

At this moment, the Jade Throne was quite agitated, after all, today had been a day of nothing going right for him.

Although they captured one of Fica's capable henchmen, their attempt to use him to test the power of the emblem ritual and seize his memories inexplicably failed.

Forget it, as long as I can seize Yang Dou's memories and power, that's fine.

His self-consolation was quickly shattered. He had indeed captured Yang Dou, but Yang Dou's power had inexplicably gone berserk, making it impossible for him to seize Yang Dou's power.

Yang Dou's power had only just subsided, and he had only just re-entered Yang Dou's consciousness space when he was interrupted again!

With a quick turn of his head, the throne figured out who had interrupted him and glared fiercely at Yuma, demanding an explanation:

"and who are you!?"

Chapter 416 The Two Sides of Hatred

"I?"

Although Yuma was somewhat dazed by the strange space he had just encountered, he still gave a thumbs-up and greeted the strange man on the throne with his usual bright smile when confronted with his questioning.

"My name is Tsukumo Yuma!"

"Ninety-nine...Yuma?"

He muttered Yuma's name briefly, and the throne's eyes widened immediately. He murmured a question to Yuma.

"Ninety-nine Kazuma...who are you to me?"

"Huh? You know my dad too?"

Having received Yuma's reply and witnessing Yuma's act of saving Yangdou, a sense of absurdity welled up in the heart of the throne, causing him to burst into wild laughter:

"Hahaha! Interesting, this is really interesting! The son of Tsukumo Ichima actually saved Fika's son! Hahaha! How ironic!"

As Yuma watched the strange man burst into wild laughter without warning, he immediately shielded Yangdou behind him, and at the same time, asked the throne with concern:

"Are you... alright? Should we see a doctor?"

Hearing Yuma's voice ring out again, the throne, though gradually ceasing its maniacal laughter, still smiled and addressed Yuma:

"I'm fine~ In fact, I'm in great shape right now! I just really want to ask you, how does it feel to save the son of your father's killer, the son of Tsukumo Kazuma?"

"The son of your father's killer? You mean... Yang Dou? How is that possible!?"

Upon hearing what the throne said, Yuma was instantly stunned and filled with doubt about the throne.

"Dad, he went missing during an adventure, right? What does that have to do with Yang Dou?"

Upon hearing Yuma's answer, the smile on the throne widened, for he could see that Yuma was not feigning ignorance, but genuinely knew nothing about what had happened back then.

That's interesting. After all, in the eyes of the Emperor, Yuma's ability to come here to save Yangdou is definitely related to Dr. Fika.

Even, judging by one's own perspective and making malicious speculations, the throne even wondered if Dr. Fica, who had concealed the reason for Ichima's disappearance from Yuma, had tricked him into coming here?

In that case, could I reveal the truth about what happened back then to Yuma and then use him to deal with Dr. Fika?

That's not impossible!

Thus, with such malicious intent, the throne immediately addressed Yuma:

"It's a pity, but that's the truth. As for why I know this, it's because..."

As he spoke, Jade Throne removed his iron mask, revealing the empty left half of his face, which appeared devoid of any features. He then spoke to Yuma with a slightly crazed expression.

"Back then, when I was exploring the ruins with Fika and Tsukumo, I was brought to this state by Dr. Fika! I witnessed that traitor Fika betray me and your father, and that's how I learned the truth!"

"Ninety-nine Yuma, let me tell you what happened back then!"

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

By the time Soreva and his group arrived, the story of the throne was nearing its end, but it was also the climax of the entire story—the moment when Dr. Fica betrayed the throne and Kazuma Tsukumo.

"At that time, just as Kazuma Tsukumo and I were celebrating the discovery of the other world within the ruins, Fica made his move. He pushed Kazuma Tsukumo and me into the passage leading to the other world."

That's why I look the way I do now!

Touching his own face, the words spoken by the throne made Kaito, who had just arrived, skip a beat.

After seeing the empty throne and half a face, he understood why the throne family harbored such hatred towards the father and his two sons.

And the next sentence from the throne nearly made Akari faint in the crowd:

"As for your father, he wasn't as lucky as me to be able to return to this world. Lost in this other world for so many years, he's probably dead by now, isn't he?"

Upon seeing Yuma grit his teeth and suppress his grief after hearing these words, the throne knew that her manipulation had worked, and immediately proceeded to guide Yuma further.

"Tsukumo Yuma, you also want to avenge your father, don't you? Then hand over Haruto to me and join us. Let's take revenge on Fika, who brought us so much pain!"

"I……"

As Yuma spoke, the throne's face grew increasingly expectant, while Kaito grew increasingly worried that Yuma would choose to side with the throne.

However, Yuma's answer finally put Kaito's mind at ease:

"I refuse! I will not hand Yang Dou over to you!"

"What!?"

Despite being warned by Soleva and Kaito beforehand, the three number brothers, like their father, still showed an incredulous astonishment.

None of them expected that even at this point, Yuma would not choose to join them in seeking revenge against Dr. Fica.

The triumphant smile that had graced the throne's face was now gone, replaced by a gloomy expression.

"why?"

Faced with the throne's questioning, Yuma replied matter-of-factly:

"This is the evil thing that Dr. Fica did, right? It has nothing to do with Yang Dou. I can't bring myself to hurt Yang Dou because of this!"

"you!"

Despite being annoyed by Yuma's excessively kind nature, the throne still sensed a glimmer of hope in Yuma's words and guided her to speak...

"Although you don't want to hurt Yang Dou, you're also unhappy with the bad things Fika did, right?"

Yuma nodded in agreement. After all, when he heard that his father had disappeared because of Fica, he did feel a similar sense of dissatisfaction and resentment, which he could not deny.

Upon seeing Yuma nod, the throne knew that he wasn't without hope of persuading Yuma to join his revenge plan, and immediately continued to entice Yuma:

"That's right! So what's wrong with letting him experience the same pain we feel—losing loved ones and suffering betrayal?!"

"wrong!"

To the throne's surprise, Yuma didn't agree with his suggestion at all, and instinctively retorted.

"Even if he did something wrong, that doesn't justify hurting innocent people! Yang Dou did nothing wrong!"

Yuma's repeated rebuttals and rejections had made the throne lose its composure, and it immediately questioned Yuma:

"So tell me, what would you do?"

"I...I just want him to admit his mistake, apologize, and swear he'll never do such a bad thing again, right?"

Yuma's answer caused the throne's eyes to widen in surprise. Filled with hatred, he couldn't understand why Yuma would make such a trivial request in the face of such deep-seated hatred.

Not only him, but the three number brothers finally understood why Soreva could trust Yuma so much, and even felt that if anyone could make the throne let go of hatred, that person would only be Yuma.

After all, if even Yuma, who is also a victim of Fica's actions, can let go of his hatred for Fica, then he might be able to persuade the throne, who shares the same stance, to let go of his hatred as well.

"why?"

However, Yuzuo truly couldn't understand why Yuma was able to achieve this, and he wanted an answer.

"Taking revenge by hurting others will only create more hatred and harm. But if we could help him become a good person, wouldn't that prevent more people from being hurt?"

Simple, innocent, and kind—that's Yuma.

Chapter 417 Duel in the Sealed Arena

However, for the throne, whose heart had already been twisted, he was completely unable to understand Yuma's kindness at this moment.

With a smirk, the jade throne immediately said disdainfully to Yuma:

"Hmph! I thought that you, who are suffering the same pain as me, might understand me, but now it seems that you are nothing but a fool!"

Since you're so foolish as to try and stop me, then I'm determined to get rid of you!

As he spoke, the Jade Throne raised his left arm, and the platinum arm armor and the fan-shaped D panel appeared on his arm the instant the blue emblem lit up in the Jade Throne's eyes.

Seeing that the throne seemed to be about to duel with Yuma, Kaito immediately wanted to rush up, since in his opinion, Yuma was the one who broke out the conflict with the throne in order to protect Yuto.

So, as Yang Dou's older brother, how could he just sit idly by and wait for his death?

However, the sound of his footsteps also caught the attention of the group that had arrived at the door of the room, and the blue emblem in his eyes lit up instantly.

Instantly, the scarlet emblem on the ground began to glow, and a transparent yet faintly scarlet energy shield spread from the emblem's location, enveloping the throne, Yuma, and Yangdou, and blocking the Kaito team from rushing forward.

"hateful!"

Despite being blocked by the energy shield, Kaito still threw a heavy punch at it, trying to break through the energy shield.

Unfortunately, his punch only caused a few cracks in the energy shield before it quickly recovered.

At this moment, the throne also mocked Kaito's overestimation of his abilities:

"It's no use. With your strength, you can't break through this energy shield constructed with my emblem power. The only way is to completely exhaust my emblem power."

In other words, unless this idiot named Yuma Tsukumo defeats me in a duel, you have no chance of opening this energy shield!

As he spoke, the throne glanced at the three number brothers standing with Soreva and the others, whose faces also showed surprise, and said with a sneer,

"Moreover, even my three sons, who are now either useless or traitors, don't know about this energy shield. So don't even think about getting them to help you open it."

"Tsk!"

But just as Soreva was marveling at this, he heard a "Huh?" sound in his mind, and he recognized who the voice belonged to.

"[Hoples]? Did you find something?"

Upon hearing Soleva recognize his voice, [Hoples] appeared in Soleva's sight, holding a ball of gray energy in his hand.

After a brief moment of recollection, Soleva remembered the grayish-white, dirty color: