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

"What do you mean? Shark, this [No.] card, shouldn't it have been given to you when III stopped you for me last time?"

Upon hearing this guess from IV, both Shark himself, who had witnessed the entire duel, and Yuma and the others who had observed it, couldn't help but nod in agreement.

The shark pressed on relentlessly, demanding:

"so what?"

The shark's question immediately drew laughter from IV. Then, IV pointed a finger to his head, seemingly mockingly saying to the shark:

"Hey, shark! Use your brain! Why would my brother so willingly hand over an important [No.] card to you? As long as we still possess the power of the emblem, no one can easily take the [No.] card from us!"

Or perhaps your brain, controlled by the [No.] card, has gone mad? Well, that makes sense. If your brain weren't mad, you wouldn't have summoned a [Sea Bite Dragon] with 2800 attack power against a [Heavenly String Player] with 3000 attack power, would you?

Faced with IV's vehement mockery, the shark couldn't help but pause, and began to question itself internally:

"Yeah, what's wrong with me? I actually summoned a monster with 2800 attack power instead of a monster with 3000 attack power? And to make matters worse, I don't have any cards in hand that can immediately boost [Sea Bite Dragon's] attack power..."

On the surface, however, the shark was unwilling to submit to the culprit who had caused it so many tragedies.

So the shark immediately gritted its teeth and said:

"Shut up! Even so, the [Sea Bite Dragon], which currently only has Water-type monsters as Xyz Material, will not be destroyed by battle or by effect because of the relationship between [Left-Handed Shark] and [Right-Handed Shark] in the Material!"

Your [Heavenly Strings] can only deal a maximum of 200 battle damage to [Sea Bite Dragon]! As long as I easily survive the next turn and change [Sea Bite Dragon] to Defense Position, I'll definitely have enough cards to destroy your [Heavenly Strings]!

"Tch! This shark is so stubborn! It seems he really is completely controlled by the [Sea Bite Dragon]!"

Clenching his fist, IV, convinced that he had to free the shark from the control of [No.] card, immediately decided that in the next round, he had to defeat the shark in order to free it from the control of [No.] card.

Faced with the inability to continue attacking, the shark simply smothered its last card in its hand and placed it face down in its back row.

"Finally, I'll set one card face down, and the turn ends!"

"Then, my turn, draw a card!"

With a sinister grin, he drew a card from his deck. At that moment, the card he drew, along with another card in his hand, immediately gave IV hope of defeating the shark in this turn.

So, without hesitation, IV revealed the card he had drawn:

"I activate the Equip Spell Card [String of Fate] from my hand. This card can only be equipped to [Goblin] monsters!"

After this card was played, the silver threads on [Heavenly String Player] turned crimson, and IV immediately revealed another card from his hand.

"Then, I activate another Spell Card from my hand, [Attack Mechanism]! This card allows one [Machine Golem] monster on my field to gain 500 ATK until the end of the turn!"

My choice, of course, is [The Heavenly Strings]!

Instantly, another red light enveloped [Heavenly String Player], increasing its attack power from 3000 points to 3500 points!

Despite the shark's statement that it was only 700 points of combat damage, IV still issued the order:

"The battle has begun, [Heavenly Strings], attack [Sea Bite Dragon], and at this very moment—"

As IV paused his speech slightly, the [String of Fate] card on his field lit up, and he immediately began explaining the effect of [String of Fate].

"[String of Fate] effect activated! When the equipped monster of this card declares an attack, send 1 card from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard! If the card sent to the Graveyard is a monster card, monsters on your opponent's field targeted for an attack cannot be destroyed by battle! Furthermore, the equipped monster can attack an attack equal to the number of times the monster's Level is sent to the Graveyard!"

As he spoke, IV pressed his finger against the top of the deck and forcefully pulled out this crucial card.

And this time, the result did not disappoint IV, who proudly displayed the card to everyone:

"Unfortunately, the card I drew is—a level 8 [Mechanical Puppet - Necromancer]! In other words, this time, my [Heavenly String Player] can launch 8 attacks!"

"why is it like this!?"

At this moment, the 700-point attack power difference between [Heavenly Strings] and [Sea Bite Dragon], combined with these 8 attacks, made the outcome self-evident. Even the little bird couldn't help but cover its eyes, unable to bear watching the shark's miserable state.

Even Yuma clenched his fists nervously, a look of confusion beginning to fill his mind.

He left early yesterday and was unaware of IV's plan to free the shark from [No.]'s control. Therefore, he was puzzled as to why IV, who had clearly reformed yesterday, would launch such a brutal attack on the shark today.

However, the red threads on [Heavenly Strings]'s body had already tightly bound [Sea Bite Dragon], and the greatsword in its hand had already fallen.

Although this strike cannot destroy [Sea Bite Dragon] now, the storm it created still reduced the shark's LP to 2200 points.

Then came the second strike, which further reduced the shark's LP to 1500 points; but then, during the third strike, just as the giant sword was about to fall, a face-down card on the shark's field suddenly opened:

"I activate the Trap Card [Hidden Shark]! This card can only be activated when your LP is 2000 or less and your opponent declares an attack! Pay half of your LP!"

Instantly, the shark's LP plummeted again, dropping from 1500 points to 750 points, but the panting shark still managed to finish explaining the card's effect.

"This card can banish one [Shark] monster from your field and force you to end your Battle Phase! The monster I'm banishing is [Sea Bite Shark Dragon]!"

Although the battle phase was forcibly ended and the shark was not defeated in one go, IV was still slightly relieved, since [Sea Bite Dragon] had left the shark's field.

This means that the shark has broken free from the control of [No.] card.

However, before IV could breathe a sigh of relief for long, the sound of a shark rang out again:

"After that, the banished monster returns to its field, and the returning monster gains ATK equal to the amount of LP it pays!"

Seeing that the [Sea Bite Dragon] had returned to the shark arena and its attack power had risen to 3550 points, enough to defeat [Heavenly String Player], IV couldn't help but roar angrily:

"Just how stubborn are you?!"

However, after catching his breath a few times, IV calmed down and said,

"However, in doing so, your resurrected [Sea Bite Dragon] will lose its immunity to battle destruction and effect destruction, right? So—"

With a wave of his hand, IV immediately said:

"I activate the effect of [Heavenly Strings]! Remove 1 Xyz Material, and place a String Counter on all monsters on the field except this card! Until the end of your opponent's next turn, destroy all monsters on the field with String Counters! And deal damage based on the ATK of the destroyed monsters for both players' LP!"

"Shark, next round, by the time your round ends, you're guaranteed to lose!"

Chapter 447 The Bewitching Sea Dragon

"Lose? I...will lose to IV?"

Upon hearing IV's announcement, Shark's expression faltered. But as IV had said, Shark's attack power had now reached 3550 points. Even if it destroyed IV's [Heavenly String Player], it would only deal 550 points of damage.

Even now, the [Sea Bite Shark] that was banished has lost all its Xyz Materials and is unable to activate its effect.

This damage is nothing compared to what IV still has 2800 LP.

However, the shark itself, with only 750 LP remaining, was simply unable to withstand the damage caused by the self-destruction of [Sea Bite Shark] due to the effect of [Heavenly String Player].

Thus, as the shark came to realize this reality and fell into inner confusion, it was unaware that a dark seed had begun to sprout from its signals, and a voice, as if bewitching a demon, was also ringing in its ears:

"Accept me. Only by fully accepting my power and becoming one with me will you have a chance to defeat the person you hate."

"Who are you!?"

With a roar, the shark turned its head and saw the face of the voice's owner right in front of it. The dragon head covered in brown armor was none other than the [Sea Bite Dragon Shark] that the shark had summoned!

Upon seeing the [Sea Bite Dragon], a look of wariness instantly appeared on the shark's face:

"Don't even think about it! This time, I won't be fooled by you! I will absolutely not let you [No.] cards control me!"

"Is that so? Your idea is good, but can you really accept it? Let that guy defeat you again? If so, you'll always just be a loser who can't avenge his sister!"

As the [Sea Bite Dragon]'s voice rang out again, through its shell, the shark could almost see IV laughing triumphantly after defeating it.

No, this wasn't the end. Immediately afterward, the shark saw Kamishiro Rio lying on the hospital bed, looking at him with a disappointed expression:

"Brother, why won't you avenge me..."

"Rio..."

Seeing the once unyielding shark now kneeling helplessly on the ground, the [Sea Bite Dragon], which had deliberately shown the shark this illusion, immediately let out a triumphant snort:

"That's right. If you want revenge, then accept my power. Only by accepting my power can you turn the tide now."

"is it?"

However, when the shark raised its head again, [Sea Bite Dragon] realized that the shark's eyes no longer held remorse, but were filled with disdain.

"Just now, didn't I use your power? But weren't you still so weak, unable to defeat IV? With your effects and power, what can you possibly do?"

However, faced with such skepticism from the shark, [Sea Bite Dragon] simply shook its enormous head and slowly said:

"No, no, no, I can only exert this much power now because you don't trust me or accept me enough. Only after you fully accept my power can I exert my true power."

Only this power can help you defeat the person you hate! Now, accept my power!

"I……"

Faced with the temptation of the [Sea Bite Dragon], the shark finally wavered. He longed to defeat IV and to avenge Rio and himself.

However, his extra deck truly lacked any power that could help him defeat IV.

The only possible way to seek revenge might be, as the [Sea Bite Dragon] said, to completely accept its power. So, facing the Sea Bite Dragon, the shark finally slowly extended its palm.

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

"What on earth is that shark doing?!"

Seeing the shark opposite him looking dazed since his turn ended, IV, who had been waiting for a while, started stomping his feet in impatience.

Meanwhile, Yuma and his group were also discussing the matter animatedly, with Tetsuo feeling a sense of foreboding:

"Oh no, could it be that IV was right? The shark currently has no way to defeat IV, so he's given up on himself now?"

"Iron Man, Shark wouldn't be that kind of person. I believe in Shark; he'll definitely find a way to defeat IV."

Although Yuma was refuting Tetsuo, his brows did not relax at all. After all, he had heard from the Astral Sphere about a situation even more terrifying than Tetsuo's conjecture.

Just moments before, seeing the shark suddenly lost in thought, Yuma immediately summoned the Astral Body and whispered a question to it:

"Astral body, what's wrong with the shark? Why isn't it his turn yet?"

In response to Yuma's question, Astral immediately shook his head and said:

"I don't know either, but..."

Even the astral body frowned as it looked in the direction of the shark.

“I can sense that the aura of [No.] Card on the shark is growing stronger, which is very likely because [No.] Card is beginning to deepen its control over the shark.”

"why is it like this!?"

Just after Yuma exclaimed in surprise, everyone's attention was drawn to him, and they immediately asked him what had happened.

Although Yuma kept saying that his shoes had been burned through and it wasn't a big deal, he managed to fool Kotori and Tetsuo, but Soreva wasn't so easily fooled.

"Did something happen to the shark, Yuma? Did the astral body say something to you?"