Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

The reason for doing this is to attract Asuka's attention and then confess to her in a duel here.

Asuka: "...Huh?"

Jaden Yuki: "A duel? Wouldn't it be better to just do it normally? Why go to all this trouble?"

Yusei: "...Could it be?"

Seeing the resolute expression on Manjoume's face, Yusei seemed to have guessed his plan.

Is this guy planning to steal my girl?

"So, there's no way to do it normally!" Manjoume clenched his fists tightly and shook them violently in front of him, then continued, "This duel is a LOVE duel between me and Tenjouin, for which I'm betting the key to the Seven Star Gate!"

Asuka: "..."

"really……"

Although he really wanted to tell Manjoume, he no longer had the chance.

However, in this situation where everyone is watching, Yusei ultimately decided to give Manjoume some face and let him struggle one last time.

In this matter, it would be more appropriate for Asuka to handle it than for him.

"A...a date?"

Upon hearing this word, Yuki Judai froze on the spot.

He was incredibly oblivious to matters of the heart, or rather, had absolutely no interest in them, so he couldn't understand Manjoume's intentions at all.

That date you mentioned, was it... interesting?

Is a duel interesting?

"...Manjoume, don't do something so foolish!" Asuka's expression didn't change at all when she heard Manjoume's idea.

Putting aside the fact that she had absolutely no romantic feelings for Manjoume.

Today's fussy and childish scene alone has lowered her impression of Wan Zhangmu by several notches.

For his own selfish desires, he caused everyone's worry...

There's absolutely nothing about Manjoume that she could like!

"Asuka, give Manjoume a chance, okay?"

"……elder brother?"

"...Fubuki?!"

Just as Asuka was about to reject Manjoume's childish proposal and take the key back from him, Tenjouin Fubuki suddenly appeared beside Manjoume.

He was dressed in Hawaiian-style clothing and holding a small guitar in his hand.

"Asuka... Manjoume has staked his manly purity on challenging you to a duel... In return, you should also use a duel to tell him your thoughts!"

With a righteous and indignant expression, Tenjōin Fubuki agreed to Banjō's request.

"Is Fubuki... that kind of person?"

"I've never heard of anything like this before..."

They looked at each other, and Yusei and Jaden Yuki both showed puzzled expressions.

So, it was Fubuki who instructed Manjoume to do such a thing?

"Here we go again, Fubuki's old habit..."

Pressing his head, Marufuji Ryo, who knew his friend's personality well, shook his head helplessly.

Unlike his serious personality, Tenjouin Fubuki is a complete fun-loving person.

He would get involved without hesitation whenever he discovered something interesting.

He would never miss something like this related to romance.

"It seems that you won't understand just by being told..."

Stared at by Manjoume, Asuka blinked and gave her answer: "Alright, I accept this duel!"

Let this farce end with our duel!

After losing to me, I'm sure you won't have that thought anymore.

Manjoume: "...That's great!"

"Let me make this clear first, Manjoume... even if you go on a date with me, I won't be happy. It's completely meaningless."

"No way! It'll be so much fun! Buying things at the convenience store, camping in the crater, chatting at the lookout lighthouse... and then conveying my feelings to you..."

Undeterred, Manjoume tries to explain the joys of dating, but his feelings simply cannot reach Asuka's heart.

"This is so sleepy!" Asuka continued, unfolding her Duel Disk, "...If you have anything to say, let's settle it through a duel!"

"Ah! That's exactly what I was thinking!" With a smirk, he watched Manjoume's duel successfully take place, then turned around triumphantly and unfolded his duel disk.

"Duel!"

"Duel!"

(Manjoume LP: 4000)

(Asuka LP: 4000)

"I'll go first, draw a card!" Wan Zhangmu, who had the first turn, drew a card from his deck and placed it directly on the Duel Disk: "...I summon [Disruptor Yellow] (ATK 0) in Attack Position."

Wearing large red shorts, the yellow-skinned snail-man appeared before him amidst a beam of light, following Wan Zhangmu's movements.

The disruptive yellow figure that appeared on the field wiggled its hips while constantly throwing flirtatious glances in the direction of Wan Zhangmu.

That bewildering figure, beyond words and worthy of tarnishing the name of a monster, exuded an unsettling atmosphere.

Everyone: "Attack power 0... Attack status?"

Manjoume: "I'll bury two cards, then activate the Spell Card from my hand—[Love Letter]!"

Everyone: "...Love story?"

Manjoume: "That's right. This magic card can only be activated when there is a monster on your field and a card is hidden in your back row... Tenjouin, you have to make a choice: either gain control of one of my monsters, or hide one of my cards in your back row."

"I choose... to get one of your backrow cards." Rather than that wriggling, useless Disruptor Yellow, Asuka decisively raised her arm and chose the face-down card in Manjoume's backrow.

Compared to monsters, getting a face card is definitely the right choice.

If the effect isn't good, we can simply not activate it.

"Ha... I knew you'd make that choice!"

Upon hearing Asuka's choice, Manjoume's lips curled into a smile. He immediately pulled a card from his hand and inserted it into the back row of the Duel Disk: "...Activate the Spell Card [Hurricane]. According to the effect of this card, all Spell & Trap Cards on the field will return to the controller's hand."

"……what?"

Because the control of the card in front of Asuka had been transferred.

Therefore, after the [Hurricane] is activated, it will return to Manjou's hands.

"This card... is a response to the previous [Love Story]."

Manjoume took the card that had bounced back into his hand from in front of Asuka and began to explain: "The card that just returned to my hand was a magic card—[Hidden Feelings]... When this card returns from the opponent's field to my hand, it deals 1000 damage to the opponent and restores 1000 life points to my side."

(Asuka LP: 4000→3000)

(Manjoume LP: 4000→5000)

"……Why?"

Asuka frowned slightly as she realized she had lost 1000 health points for nothing.

On the other hand, Manjōme's side was filled with an atmosphere of smugness.

"Tenjōin, your act of giving me life points even at the cost of your own life is truly touching!" Thinking he had put on a good show, Manjōme placed his hand on his chest and continued, looking at the astonished Asuka, "I accept this token of your kindness!"

Everyone: "..."

"Ugh...!!!" For a moment, Asuka couldn't think of a way to comment on Manjoume's behavior. Her eyelids twitched slightly, and she forcibly suppressed the urge to get angry.

"Next, I activate the effect of the Trap Card [Treasure Map], which returns this card from my field to my hand, and send it to the graveyard. I can then draw two cards from my deck."

As he said this, Manjoume discarded the trap card in his hand and instead drew two more cards.

"Finally, two cards are hidden, turn ends!"

Having placed two cards in his hand in the back row, Manjoume, having done all this, then waved his hand to end his turn.

"...My turn, draw a card!"

When it was her turn, Asuka decisively drew a new card.

Looking at the Disruptive Yellow with 0 attack power on the field, she didn't hesitate to insert a card from her hand into the back row of the Duel Disk: "I activate the Continuous Spell Card [Incarnation of the Machine Angel] from my hand."

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【The Mechanical Angel incarnate】

(Continuous Magic Card)

Effect: You can only use the second effect of this card once per turn.

①: As long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, your "Cyber ​​Angel" Ritual Monster cannot be destroyed by battle.

②: When you take damage from battle or an opponent's card effect, you can Tribute 1 "Cyber ​​Angel" Ritual Monster from your hand or field to activate this effect. Special Summon 1 "Cyber ​​Angel" Ritual Monster from your hand as a Ritual Summon.

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"Next, I summon [The Sorcerer of the Proclaimers] (ATK: 500) in Attack Position and activate her effect to send [Old God Nutz] from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard."

"【Old God Nutz】has the effect of destroying one card on the field when it is sent to the Graveyard..." As she explained her intention, Asuka pointed to the left side in front of Manjoume: "Manjoume, what I'm going to destroy is that face-down card in your back row!"

"Trying to disrupt the backcourt, huh? Unfortunately for you, I'm not going to sit here and wait to be killed!"

With his back row targeted, Manjoume decisively activated his card: "Activate the Ambush Card - [Destruction Wheel]! Destroy the [Declarator's Witch] on your field and inflict damage on both players equal to a portion of its ATK!"

The steel rings wrapped around the grenade tightly bound the priestess's body.

In a violent explosion, she was destroyed and sent to the graveyard, and both sides suffered damage equal to her attack power, which was 500 points.

(Manjoume LP: 5000→4500)