Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Yusei was an exception; he had many opportunities to level up, but he deliberately gave them all up.

Even now, he could actually use the promise he had secured from the Heavenly Palace Knot to advance himself to Obelisk Blue, but he simply didn't want to do so.

Surrounded by a bunch of pretentious jerks, it's hard to even breathe...

Besides, the dormitory supervisor at Obelisk Blue is still Professor Kunonos...

Tsk tsk tsk... Let whoever wants to go, go ahead. I'm not going right now!

……

On the duel ground.

On the other side of Obelisk Blue was a boy who looked unruly and perfectly embodied the phrase "ambitious but incompetent."

Even though he only had 200 LP left, and only one face-down card and one Attack Position [Charge Captain] (Warrior/Earth/Level 3/ATK 1200/DEF 400) on the field, he still adopted a "I've got this in the bag" attitude.

His opponent was a somewhat timid and thin boy wearing a yellow uniform.

At this moment, he was nervously staring at his own hand while also scrutinizing the face-down card in his opponent's back row.

"I have 300 LP left, and I have a [Charging Triceratops] with 1400 attack power on my field... If I attack directly, it's my victory!"

"But that face-down card... I just feel like it bothers me a little..."

"What if it's a card like [Divine Shield - Mirror Force] that can destroy all attacking monsters? That would be terrible..."

The somewhat troubled boy, named Huang, looked at the spell card "Earthquake" in his hand, which could change the opponent's monster to Defense Position, and fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong? It's your turn now. How long are you going to make me wait?!"

"Hurry up! I'm letting you win! Don't waste any more time!"

Seeing that his opponent was slow to make a move, the boy from Obelisk Blue couldn't help but show an impatient expression, and his tone of voice was also tinged with dissatisfaction.

"Exactly! Those guys from the Yellow Sun God are only slightly better than the lousy Osiris Red students. They're no match for us, the Blue Obelisk!"

"We can't win anyway, so hurry up and finish it!"

The students from Obelisk Blue, who seemed to be the boys' partners in the dueling arena, also started taunting the boys from Sun God Yellow.

"Well……"

Under this double attack, the already somewhat nervous, thin boy became even more nervous, almost dropping the card in his hand.

"Oh? A Spell Card that can change the opponent's monsters to Defense Position, [Earthquake], and an Equip Spell Card with a penetration effect, [Meteor Strike]... With these special cards, this guy with the yellow sun god is going to win!"

With his excellent eyesight, Yusei immediately spotted the boy's hand and quickly devised his strategy.

Use the spell card "Earthquake" to change the opponent's "Charging Captain" to Defense Position, then equip your "Charging Triceratops" with the Equip Spell Card "Meteor Strike" to give it the effect of penetrating defense.

With 1400 attack power and 400 defense, you can deal 1000 damage to that arrogant Obelisk Blue guy and win the duel.

In this situation, it's practically a guaranteed win!

It's hard to lose if you want to!

I really don't know where those Obelisk blue guys get their confidence from...

Do you think that shouting loudly will give you a buff?

"Then... I'll activate it..."

Just as the hesitant boy with the yellow Sun God card was about to activate the magic card in his hand, the impatient boy with the blue Obelisk card opposite him suddenly roared: "Are you going to attack or not?! Make a decision already!"

"Ah?...Yes!"

Startled by the roar from the other side, the boy, who was dressed as the sun god Huang, instinctively entered his battle mode and issued an attack command to the monster in front of him: "[Charging Triceratops] (Attack Power 1400) Attack [Charging Captain] (Attack Power 1200)!"

Upon receiving the command, the charging Triceratops let out a long roar towards the sky, then propelled its powerful body forward in the opposite direction.

If this impact is successful, it will reduce the opponent's health to zero!

Although the magic card wasn't activated, this still deals 200 points of battle damage to the opponent, thus securing victory in the duel...

This way... it'll work!

"Oh! Naive!"

Just as the boy with the yellow Sun God in his hand wore a self-comforting expression, the boy with the blue Obelisk in his hand suddenly gave a wicked smile and then opened his back row face-down card: "At this moment, I open the back row's Ambush card!"

"Trap Card [Reinforcements] activated!"

"With this card's effect, one of my monsters on the field gains 500 ATK! The monster I've chosen is, of course, the 1200 ATK monster, 'Charge Captain'!"

(The attack power of the captain who charges into battle: 1200 → 1700)

With the Trap Card buff, the [Charging Captain]'s attack power increased by 500 points in an instant, and the situation on the field was reversed in an instant.

Facing the charging Triceratops rushing towards him, the captain calmly drew his longsword and slashed forward with an air of composure.

1700 VS 1400... The result is obvious.

The charging Triceratops was instantly cleaved in two by the longsword's attack, then vanished from the field as particles of light. The boy, who initiated the attack, was also hit with 300 points of counter-damage, his LP instantly reduced to zero...

Thus, an attack that should have led to the defeat of the opponent became the path to the self-destruction of the Sun God, Huang Nansheng.

He should have won the duel, but his words from his opponent caused him to lose his composure.

A duel is not only a contest of strength between two people, but also of their mentality and perseverance.

Clearly, what this thin, sun-god-colored boy lacks is a steady heart.

"Pity……"

Looking at the skinny boy, the Sun God Yellow, kneeling on the dueling field in defeat and regret, Yusei in the audience couldn't help but click his tongue.

If he were to play, that arrogant Obelisk Blue guy on the other side probably wouldn't even last a round.

"Yes, what a pity!"

"If Kohara had been just a little more resilient, he would have won this game!"

Just as Yusei was lamenting the outcome of the duel, he suddenly heard the voice of Misawa Daichi, whom he hadn't heard in a long time.

The "Ohara" he mentioned is probably the boy who lost in the duel because he wasn't determined enough.

"Ok?"

"...Mizawa? You're here?"

Seeing this long-lost guy suddenly appear, Jaden Yuki couldn't help but sigh.

"What the hell..."

Although somewhat speechless at Jaden Yuki's words, Daichi Misawa continued, "That guy, Kohara, while he has some skill, gets stage fright as soon as he enters the dueling arena and can't unleash his full potential..."

"So sometimes, like today, I lose to someone who is not as good as me..."

After saying this, Misawa Daichi crossed his arms and turned his gaze toward the dueling arena.

In the dueling arena, the Obelisk Blue boy who won the duel put away his Duel Disk and subconsciously began to mock Ohara, who was kneeling opposite him: "Hehehe... You were so easily influenced by someone else's few words. A guy like you, no matter how strong you become in the future, will never be able to reach Obelisk Blue~~~!"

"...Hahahaha!!!"

The group of Obelisk Blue boys who had just warned Ohara to quit joined in the mockery after hearing their friends ridicule Ohara.

"Gu..."

A venomous glint flashed in the depths of his eyes as he stared down at the ground. Kohara stood up and quickened his pace toward the exit.

He worried that if he stayed here any longer, he would lose control of his emotions.

"Hmph! You're all talk and no action... If I weren't in such bad shape, how could I have lost to you..."

As Ohara walked toward the exit, he turned his back to the crowd and muttered words filled with resentment.

Although he spoke very softly, his voice was still picked up by the keen hearing of Jaden Yuki.

"That guy... there's something seriously wrong with him!"

Hearing the words that Ohara unconsciously uttered, Yuki Judai couldn't help but show a thoughtful expression on his face.

If it weren't for the fact that Ohara is rather small and doesn't fit the characteristics of a Titan duelist, Jaden Yuki would have already considered Ohara to be the mastermind behind the recent attacks based solely on what he just said.

"Did you feel it too? That intense hatred just now."

Seeing the change in Yuki Jaden's expression, Yusei, reminded by Kuriboh, asked Yuki Jaden a question.

He didn't hear Ohara's mutterings, but he did hear the notification from [Spherical Kuriboh].

Even if this boy named Kohara, the sun god yellow, isn't the giant duelist, he's definitely connected to him. That's probably the meaning Kuriboh was trying to convey.

The elves' intuition is beyond question.

While I wouldn't say the accuracy rate is 100%, it's still around 99.9%.

Since Kuriboh has said so, then that must be the case!

"Oh? Yusei, you sensed it too? There's something wrong with that guy..."

Just as Yusei and Jaden Yuki were discussing Ohara's identity, Daichi Misawa, who had turned his gaze away from the dueling arena, suddenly spoke up and asked them, "By the way, were you here to watch the duel?"

"No, we're here to find the criminal."

Yusei shook his head at Misawa Daichi and then answered his question.

"Oh? The culprit?" Raising an eyebrow, Daichi Misawa then gave a look of sudden realization: "Oh... you mean that giant duelist who only fights at night? I've heard that rumor too..."

"Hey! Forget about Misawa for now! Look at that one over there!"

Ignoring the speechless Misawa Daichi, Yuki Jaden stretched out his finger and pointed in the direction of Ohara.

In the shadows of the exit, a particularly tall boy, also dressed in the yellow uniform of the sun god, was reaching out to greet Xiaoyuan as he walked towards him.

His face, which looked much older than his age, resembled that of a butcher, and coupled with his imposing and dignified demeanor, like that of an immovable king, one could feel his extraordinary aura even from afar.

256 The true identity of the attacker

"That guy... he's really tall! He looks like he could rival a bear!"

Compared to the skinny Ohara, the towering boy who looked like a troll made Hayato, who was also a fat guy, have to admit defeat.