Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Ahem... Now that everyone is here, I'm ready to begin."

Clearing his throat, Master Daitokuji continued, "Mr. Maeda Mozan, as previously agreed, if Hayato loses this duel, please allow him to remain at the academy."

Contrary to his usual carefree demeanor, Daitokuji-sensei spoke these words with an unusually solemn tone, though he still had his eyes narrowed.

"No problem! A man's word is his bond!"

"If Hayato wins, I'll give up the idea of ​​expelling him from school."

Sensing the serious tone of Daitokuji-sensei, Maeda Mazan, who was resting with his eyes closed, also gave a solemn reply.

"Ah."

After nodding in satisfaction, Master Daitokuji turned his gaze to the other side. "Hayato, if you lose this duel, you'll have to drop out of school immediately and go home to help out at the restaurant, okay?"

"...I'm fine." Hearing Daitokuji-sensei speak to him in a more relaxed tone, Hayato subconsciously clenched his right hand. "This time, I'm going all out!"

"Alright! Then let's fight to the fullest without any regrets!"

After confirming the wishes of both parties, Master Daitokuji gracefully raised his right hand, announcing the official start of the duel.

"duel!"

"duel!"

(Maeda Mashan LP: 4000)

(Hayato Maeda LP: 4000)

With the Pharaoh's languid call, Hayato seized the initiative and launched the first attack.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Hayato drew a card from his deck and looked at it with a satisfied expression.

The card he just drew was the one that everyone had complained about last night: the "Death Tree Bear".

"First up is this guy! I summon [Death Tree Bear] (Beast/DARK/Level 3/ATK 1100/DEF 1800) from my hand in Attack Position!"

A koala covered in red fur appeared on the field with a half-chewed leaf in its mouth and its fat limbs outstretched.

As it pulled a handful of leaves from the pocket on its belly and chewed them, it stared blankly at Maeda Mozan across from it.

"??? This attack is pretty good..."

Yusei couldn't help but start complaining about Hayato's baffling actions.

It's important to know that the [Death Tree Bear] is a flip monster. When flipped, it can deal 400 damage to each card in the opponent's hand, depending on the number of cards in their hand.

In the first round when an attack is not possible, it is generally advisable to place the face-down position on the field.

However, to everyone's surprise, Hayato chose to summon his attack stance onto the field.

"Did this chubby boy do that on purpose?"

Miss Yu cast a questioning glance at Yusei.

Could it be that this guy named Hayato has his own plans?

"I don't think so..."

Shaking his head at the Tengu Kyo, Yusei turned his attention back to the dueling arena.

Is there anything wrong with the attack statement?

After hearing Yusei's complaint, Marufuji Sho couldn't help but ask.

"Judai, you explain this point!"

Yusei nudged Jaden Yuki, who was in a daze, with his elbow. He was also shocked by Hayato's brilliant move.

"Oh, oh..." Jaden Yuki, snapping out of his daze, answered Sho Marufuji's question: "【Death Tree Bear】has a special reversal effect, right? Sho, didn't you notice it last night?"

"Uh……"

After Yuki Judai mentioned it, Marufuji Sho finally remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

"Damn it! I forgot..."

Hearing the discussion around him, Hayato realized that he had just played terribly.

However, now that the duel has officially begun, it's too late to back out.

"You idiot son! Don't you even check the effects before summoning a monster?"

Seeing Hayato's embarrassing behavior in public, his father, Maeda Mozan, also felt a bit embarrassed and began to scold Hayato loudly: "【Death Tree Bear】has a reversal effect that can deal 400 damage to each card in the opponent's hand based on the number of cards in their hand, yet you summoned it in attack position..."

"...In other words, you haven't studied much in the past six years!"

Thinking of this, Maeda Mozan felt an inexplicable surge of anger.

"I am speechless..."

Hayato, who had been seen through by his own father at a glance, deflated like a punctured balloon, and his whole body slumped down involuntarily.

"...round ended"

Hayato's high spirits before the duel had vanished without a trace.

"Given your current behavior, you might as well just drop out of school and come home with me!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

Seeing Hayato give up so easily, Maeda Mozan was furious and forcefully drew a new card from his deck.

“Hahaha! Here it comes!”

Looking at the cards he had just picked up, Maeda Mozan couldn't help but smile.

Next, he plans to teach his foolish son a good lesson!

"Oh? Did you draw the card you wanted?"

Seeing the confident smile on Maeda Mozan's face, Yusei couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Could it be that this uncle also has a strong connection with his card deck?

"Taking advantage of this opportunity..." Master Daitokuji adjusted his glasses and spoke in a relaxed tone to the crowd watching from the sidelines, "...Everyone, please take a good look at Mr. Maeda's moves!"

"Just how powerful is a duel that uses the ultimate technique of [Satsuma Dimensional Style] to deliver a one-hit kill? Let me see!"

As he intently watched the situation on the field, Jaden Yuki's gaze gradually deepened.

172 Is this a one-hit kill?

"Hayato..."

Marufuji Sho, beginning to feel worried, couldn't help but turn his gaze towards Hayato's direction.

According to Daitokuji, Maeda Mozan, who uses the "Satsuma Dimensional Style," appears to be a well-known professional duelist.

As his opponent, can Hayato really win?

"I'm going in! Hayato!"

With a menacing roar, Maeda Mozan raised his arms in a samurai-like stance, then placed a card on the duel disk.

"I summon [Drunken Tiger] (Beast Warrior/Earth/Level 4/Attack 1800/Defense 600) from my hand in Attack Position!"

Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, a humanoid tiger, wearing sunglasses, holding a bottle of liquor, and swaying like a drunken middle-aged man, appeared on the field.

It hiccuped as it fell backward, looking nothing more than a hopeless, decadent tiger, completely unrelated to "one-hit kill".

"Eh?"

"What?! That's the legendary [Satsuma Dimensional Flow]?"

"What does this monster have to do with one-hit kills?"

"...Don't be fooled by its appearance! Maybe that monster has some special effects!"

There was no grand scene as I had imagined. Was the so-called powerful move that could kill in one hit really just this?

Upon seeing the monster on Maeda Masan's field, Yuki Jaden and Marufuji Sho, who had been spoiled by Yusei's duels, couldn't help but start making sarcastic remarks.

"I remember this monster's effect was something like..."

Upon seeing the monster appear, Miss Jie's face showed a thoughtful expression; she seemed to have thought of something.

"Hmm... [Drunken Tiger] can negate the effect of a face-down Defense Position Flip Monster when it attacks it."

Upon hearing Ms. Yu's words, Yusei added a sentence.

"So... even if Hayato placed the [Death Tree Bear] on the inside just now, it wouldn't have activated its effect?"

Upon hearing Yusei's words, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

The effects of the "Drunken Tiger" are practically tailor-made for the "Death Tree Bear"...

As expected of Hayato's father, Maeda Mazan has kept his son completely under control.

"Fight!"

"【Drunken Tiger】attacks 【Dead Tree Bear】! Fierce Drunken Iron Fist!"

Maeda Mozan made a punching motion towards Hayato's direction, and the "Drunken Tiger" on his field also staggered towards the "Death Koala" in the same way, and then punched the silly koala to the ground.

"Hey!"

The drunken tiger, which had destroyed the dead koala, once again opened its fleshy ball towards Hayato.

The attack power of the [Drunken Tiger] is 1800, while the attack power of the [Dead Tree Bear] is 1100.

Therefore, Hayato will suffer 700 points of combat damage from this attack.

"Ugh! The smell of alcohol is so strong..."

Hayato, whose body had been pierced by the 3D image of the "Drunken Tiger," seemed to smell the strong stench of alcohol emanating from it.

(Hayato’s LP: 4000 → 3300)

"What Fierce Drunken Iron Fist... isn't this just Cat Fist?"