Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

The feeling of being helped by a beautiful, wealthy young woman was just too wonderful! He simply couldn't refuse...

022 New forces join

"Big brother, you're making such an evil face..." Seeing Yusei lost in his daydreams, Amamiya Ria hugged her teddy bear tightly, looking a little nervous.

“Uh (⊙o⊙)…” Hearing Ria’s somewhat frightened voice, Yusei finally stopped imagining and came back to his senses.

He put the phone that Tiangongjie had given him into his pocket, and then placed the box containing the charger and instruction manual on the coffee table in the room, intending to come back and pick it up later.

This was the first gift Yusei had received since arriving in this world, and it held special significance for him, so he planned to keep it safe and didn't even want to throw away the box.

A knock sounded on the door, and then the doorknob turned, revealing Sebastian's figure in Yusei's field of vision.

In his hand, he held a black and white duel disk.

"Second Miss, as you instructed, I have brought the Duel Disk."

"Thank you for your hard work~"

Ria took the Duel Disk from Sebastian as he entered the room, keeping the white Duel Disk for herself and then handing the black Duel Disk to Yusei.

"Then I'll wait outside the door~"

After handing the Duel Disk to Ria, Sebastian bowed slightly in their direction before leaving the office and standing guard outside the room.

Upon receiving the Duel Disk, Yusei didn't rush to put it on his wrist; instead, he began to examine its appearance.

The entire Duel Disk exudes a blatant and aggressive aura. Sharp edges line the corners, and Yusei touched the outer shell, sensing it was made of some unknown metal with high hardness, perfectly suited for use as a weapon.

Although it's described as a black Duel Disk, it's not actually black all over; it's just that black covers the vast majority of the surface.

The deck area where cards are placed, the front and back fields where cards are used, and the core area that displays LPs are all black with white border patterns.

At this moment, the Duel Disk is not yet switched on, so it is still folded. The front field is divided into two parts, located on both sides of the core area in the center of the Duel Disk. When the switch is turned on and the duel begins, the two front field areas will automatically assemble together.

Yusei looked at Ria's Duel Disk and noticed that it looked somewhat similar to his own, though with a few differences.

For example, the corners of her duel disk are not sharp but rounded, and the color is not black with a white border but white with a black border.

Clearly, these two black and white duel disks are a pair, and they are specially customized, not the ordinary ones commonly found in stores.

According to Ria, the black duel disk in her hand seemed to have originally been customized for Tengu Kyo.

Since she was busy with work and didn't use it much, the Duel Disk naturally ended up in Yusei's hands.

……

"Now the Duel Disk is ready!"

"Next, all we need to do is find a relatively open space, and then we can begin our duel!"

"I remember the lobby on the first floor was quite spacious..."

Eagerly attaching the Duel Disk to her left hand, Ria used her left hand, with the Duel Disk attached, to press the teddy bear against her body and smiled at Yusei.

"Wait, let me organize my deck first..."

Seeing Ria put on the Duel Disk, Yusei followed suit and put the Duel Disk on his left hand.

Strictly speaking, this was only his second time using the Duel Disk, and he was still somewhat unfamiliar with it.

"I'll go to the lobby on the first floor first. Big brother, remember to come over as soon as you've finished organizing your deck..." Ria clenched her delicate white right hand, waved her little fist at Yusei, and said, "Don't you dare run away!"

"Mmm... Don't worry, I won't run away." Yusei stroked the Duel Disk and nodded to Ria.

Hearing Yusei say this, Ria, with a satisfied expression, followed Sebastian, who was waiting outside the door, and left the place, seemingly heading to the lobby on the first floor.

"...Okay, let's finish this quickly."

Seeing Ria turn and leave, Yusei, who had put down his Duel Disk, immediately began building his deck. He didn't want to keep that little girl waiting too long, lest she think he was a faithless pigeon.

Yusei took out the deck and card packs he had temporarily assembled. He planned to modify the cards in the deck, adding the cards he had drawn from the packs and putting some unused cards into the card packs.

Before this, he simply replaced the spell card "Hero's Arrival" with the monster card "Kuriboh" that Yuito had given him, and put the cards he had opened into the package back in, including the forbidden card "Pot of Greed" from the original world.

(The ten cards found during the unpacking were—)

Spell Cards: [Pot of Greed], [Sudden Mutation], [Monster Resurrection], [Fusion Recycling]

Trap Card: [Hero Mark]

Monster Cards: [Elemental HERO Necromancer], [Elemental HERO Bubbleman], [Elemental HERO Golden Blade], [Elemental HERO Iron Arm Gunner], [Elemental HERO Wild Wingman]

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"[Sudden Mutation] I don't need it right now, I'll put it aside for now."

"If you have [Monster Resurrection], you can play one. Then you can choose to pull monsters from your opponent's graveyard onto the field..."

"I already have one of the [Fusion Recycling] cards in my deck. Adding too many will clog my hand, so I'll leave this one for now."

"【Pot of Greed】..." Looking at the artwork of this magic card, Yusei couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The face on the Pot of Greed looks so much like Professor Chronos...it's practically identical...

"...I'll add it to the deck after all." After hesitating for a moment, Yusei added the forbidden card to his deck.

“【Hero Mark】...Should I try putting it in?” Looking at the trap card in his hand, Yusei fell into deep thought again.

……

After some thought, Yusei finally completed the construction of his new deck.

He streamlined some of the cards that were previously in sets of three, and then added the split cards, keeping the deck size at 40 cards.

The same applies to the Extra Deck; he removed some less frequently used cards and added new Fusion Cards. To avoid duplication with Jaden Yuki's current ace monster, Elemental HERO Flame Wingman, he specifically replaced it with Elemental HERO Phoenix Man.

What Yusei didn't know was that in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, there was no limit to the number of Extra Deck cards, so there was absolutely no need to adhere to the rule of a 15-card Extra Deck limit...

The main characters even unleashed their cheat codes during the battle, instantly creating new Fusion Monsters by fusing just two materials...

Yusei, who has traveled from another era, is currently in a state of ignorance, still playing cards with the mindset of his past.

As for why the Hero deck didn't include [Destiny Hero - Phoenix of Destruction]...

This card is similar to [Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Knight] in that it's a bit overpowered in the current meta, so Yusei hasn't added this card, which might spoil the fun of dueling, to his deck yet.

After some thought, Yusei decided to add the Trap Card 【Hero Mark】 to his deck. Since he no longer needed to consider a one-turn kill, it was necessary to include one of these Trap Cards, which could Special Summon Level 4 or lower 【Elemental HERO】 monsters from the deck and had a sustain effect.

The previous deck had too few red traps, so in addition to the existing [Divine Declaration], Yusei also added [Divine Announcement] and [Divine Warning] just in case.

And so, the [Hero] deck, brimming with love and justice, was born! (Seriously?)

023 Social Death?

Yusei placed the organized deck into the Duel Disk. In the deck area of ​​the Duel Disk, there is a special device to hold the deck in place, so there is no need to worry about the deck falling out due to gravity when moving your hands.

In Yuuto's office, only Yusei remained. After glancing around to make sure no one else was nearby, he immediately placed his left duel disc across his chest, then spread his right hand in a claw-like shape over his face, slightly twisting his upper body into an incredibly chuunibyou (delusional) pose…

Yusei thought for a moment and felt that something was wrong, so he spread his legs apart, one in front of the other, and put them back in the same position.

To outsiders, this looks like a scene from a teenager with severe chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)... but Yusei thinks he looks incredibly cool at that moment...

("Chuunibyou" refers to the self-righteous thoughts, actions, and values ​​unique to adolescents during puberty.)

When watching the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, Yusei often saw the duelists striking various cool poses during duels, which would often intimidate their opponents and put them at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.

Young Yusei tried to imitate the pose at school, but it only drew ridicule from his classmates…

From then on, Yusei never acted like a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur) in front of outsiders again. That incident became his dark history, forever sealed deep in his memory, untouchable by anyone.

However, even today, Yusei's inner chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) still burns brightly...

Yusei thought to himself: "What no one in the past world could understand might work in this world?" So, in a secluded space, fueled by the joy of obtaining the Duel Disk, he couldn't help but strike what he thought was a cool, chuunibyou pose...

“Watashiwa! Kamida! (I am God!)” Yusei remained in the pose, laughing wildly as he uttered these incredibly shameful words.

If anyone were to appear here right now, Yusei would immediately face social death...

"Kukuku~ I, Yusei, am the savior of the world..." Yusei realized this, but the burning chuunibyou spirit in his heart would not allow him to stop this "crazy" behavior.

After all, one of Yusei's childhood dreams was to become a righteous Kamen Rider and save the world...

"I..." Yusei remained in his pose, wanting to say something more, but at that moment, the office door was suddenly opened, and Yuto walked in from outside.

When she saw Yusei's current posture, her eyes widened, and then she showed a hesitant expression.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds. Then Yusei blushed and immediately abandoned his "chuunibyou mode," forcing himself to remain expressionless and calm, though the cold sweat on his forehead betrayed his wavering heart.

"...What's this?" Yuuto suppressed a laugh and asked Yusei.

"Don't say anything! Don't ask anything! I'm begging you!" At this moment, Yuxing wished he could find a hole to crawl into. He desperately hoped that everything in front of him was just a dream.

However, he forgot that he had taken the chuunibyou (delusional) pose voluntarily; no one had forced him to do so.

Ultimately, the problem lies with Yusei himself...

“You don’t need to say anything, I understand…” Yuto returned to Yusei exactly what he had said when Yusei misunderstood him as gay.

"..." Yusei really wanted to say, "What do you know about teapots?" but he swallowed the thought back.

At this moment, he had more important things to ask Jie Ren.

“I just saw your sister Ria,” Yusei said tentatively.

"I came here because of this. I heard from others that Ria wants to duel with you?" Yuto seemed not to understand Yusei's implication.

“Yes…that’s true. Ria said she’s waiting for me on the first floor…” Yugi subconsciously picked up where Yuto left off.

“No…that’s not what I wanted to ask!” Yusei snapped out of his daze and asked Yuto, “I told Ria that I was brought here by a boy named Yuto, but she told me that there is no man named Yuto here.”

Yusei paused for a moment, then continued, "Ria told me that this office is her sister's personal workspace. Considering the secretary's attitude towards you earlier, I can conclude that you are the sister Ria was talking about, right?"

Yusei conveyed his deduction to Yuito, awaiting her reply.

"...I've never said I'm a boy?" Yuto said with a helpless expression.

"Uh...it seems that's really the case..."

Yusei thought about it for a moment, and realized that Yuito had never said that she was male. Yusei had always thought of her as a calm and composed young man.