Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"Ah... that's because I care a lot about that child named Alice, so after I got back, I specifically looked up some information about her..."

Rubbing his temples, Daichi Misawa's face showed a look of reminiscence: "Then... I don't know why, I suddenly passed out, and when I woke up, I looked like this..."

"what?"

"What's going on? How did we suddenly... appear here?"

"Ah... I can't remember what happened in between at all... What exactly happened?" Shaking his head, Daichi Misawa felt the same confusion.

He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.

But I can't remember exactly what happened.

It's as if someone deliberately made him forget about it.

"Hey hey~~ Are you looking for Alice? I'm here~~"

Suddenly, accompanied by the moonlight falling from the sky, Alice, with a Duel Disk on her arm and a smile on her face, appeared beside everyone.

She appeared from another direction, then stood eerily on the surface of the pool, and walked step by step toward the group.

Beneath that angelic, smiling face lay a chilling sense of danger that sent shivers down one's spine.

"...Alice?" Noticing Alice's appearance, everyone turned their attention to her.

After shaking his head, Jaden Yuki asked her, "...Was it you who took Kenzan away? Where is he now?"

Unlike Kenzan, who was charmed by a little girl, Jaden Yuki's attraction to women had virtually no effect.

Even if a stunningly beautiful woman stripped naked and lay in front of Jaden Yuki, he would just walk away with a disdainful look, and then casually mock the woman's bewildered behavior.

"Hehehe~~~ Sword Mountain, huh? I didn't do anything to him, I just invited him to a duel~"

Alice raised her right hand to cover her mouth, her body hovering above the water's surface, and let out a soft laugh.

Everyone: "...A duel?"

Alice: "That's right, it's a duel... a duel that leads to the Land of Despair!"

After saying this, Alice's aura underwent a tremendous change.

At the same time, Kenzan's figure emerged from behind a tree on Misawa Daichi's back, and then collapsed happily in front of everyone.

"Hehehe... Alice... My Alice..."

Even while unconscious, Kenzan still unconsciously made sounds that suggested he was having an attack.

Feeling somewhat exasperated by his underling's behavior, Jaden Yuki exchanged a glance with Yusei, the most reliable member of the group, before turning to Alice: "Alice... who exactly are you?"

"Me?"

When Jaden Yuki questioned her about her origins, Alice put her hands behind her back and paced back and forth on the water: "I'm a transfer student from the Land of Despair, someone who came specifically to shatter your light of hope..."

"Those who are defeated in a duel with me will be swallowed by darkness and forever wander in the abyss of despair..."

"Alice...why do such a thing? Do you find it fun to hurt others like this?"

Frowning, Yusei turned to the culprit of this incident and inquired about her true intentions.

"You ask me...why? Why is that?" Alice slowly spoke, casting a casual glance at Yusei, "...That's because this is my mission."

"……what?"

"Heh heh heh... I can't forgive the duelists, especially you few who saw a glimmer of hope in the duels..." Placing her hand on her chest, Alice's eyes flickered with an eerie purple light: "That's why I'm here... that's why I'm here to guide you into that boundless abyss filled with darkness and despair!"

As she said this, Alice, her face contorted with madness, simultaneously raised her Duel Disk: "Now, let's duel! Who's going to go first?"

"...If you don't choose, then I will choose Sword Mountain as my first opponent."

Raising her small arm, Alice pointed towards the direction of the sword mountain lying beside the Misawa land.

As she moved, Kenzan, with a smug look on his face, also did a somersault, flipping himself up from the ground and then swaying as he walked toward Alice.

It seemed that, under Alice's guidance, Jian Shan was about to walk into that abyss of despair.

"Wait! Alice... I don't understand why you harbor such hatred for us duelists! But if you're looking for a duel opponent, then I'll take Kenzan's place!"

Standing in front of Kenzan, Jaden Yuki patted his chest at Alice and continued, "How about that? I'm pretty strong, you know? You have nothing to complain about when you duel me, right?"

"Oh? You've come..."

Narrowing his eyes, he observed Alice, the Jaden Yuki. After a moment's thought, he smirked and said, "...Alright, looks like you're a powerful duelist!"

"...Then let me drag you into the darkness of despair!"

"Hehehe... Well, you're going to be disappointed, Alice!"

Watching his underling Kenzan fall again, Jaden Yuki wiped his nose and a confident smile appeared on his face: "I should be the one showing you the light of hope!"

"Hehehe~~~ Trying to be strong won't work!"

“Yuki Jaden… Your destination, like the mountain of swords behind you, is the same as what I said, a desolate abyss that you don’t even want to think about when you’re dueling.”

Alice, who was laughing like a silver bell and whose body was covered with a layer of black mist, did not take Jaden Yuki's words to heart.

After saying that, she unfolded her duel disk, fully preparing for the duel.

Seeing this, Yuki Jaden also quickly raised his arm.

"...Duel!" ×2

(Alice LP: 4000)

(Yujo Judai LP: 4000)

"...I'll go first, it's my turn, draw!" Alice seized the initiative in the duel and drew the top card from her deck.

Then, she pointed the card at everyone and slammed it onto the deck of the Duel Disk: "First... I summon [Lost Porcelain Doll - Alice] (Defense Power: 1000) from my hand in Defense Position."

A blonde, waist-length doll-like girl with the same name as the duelist but a completely different appearance appeared in front of Alice as Alice's voice rang out.

Gathering the hem of her blue dress, [The Bewildered Porcelain Doll - Alice] crouched down, standing guard in front of Alice.

"Next, I'll activate the area magic—[The Cursed Dollhouse]!!!"

As Alice said this, she reached out and placed a card into the side area of ​​the Duel Disk.

Then, a strange Western-style building suddenly rose from the ground and enveloped everyone in its own domain.

"...Field magic?" Looking at the changing scenery around him, Yusei, who felt as if he were in a haunted house for a moment, instinctively frowned.

Looking at Alice confronting Jaden Yuki, he couldn't help but wonder, "So... this duel is between a hero user and a puppeteer?"

"Ambush two cards, end of turn."

Summon a monster, activate a field spell, and then two face-down cards.

After completing a standard first-strike maneuver, Alice waved her hand to end her turn, handing the initiative to Jaden Yuki on the opposing team.

"...A puppeteer, huh? Interesting!" A slight smile played on Jaden Yuki's lips as he reached for the top card of his deck: "My turn, draw!"

555 Extreme five-for-one trade

After Alice finished her turn, it was Jaden Yuki's turn.

After drawing a card from his deck, Jaden Yuki immediately placed a monster card from his hand onto the Duel Disk and summoned it: "I summon Elemental HERO Burst Girl in Attack Position (ATK: 1200), and then have her attack 'Lost Porcelain Doll - Alice' (DEF: 1000)!"

The long-absent female hero appeared on the field as Jaden Yuki called out to her.

Explosive Girl unleashed a red fireball at the location of the doll Alice.

With a loud explosion of flames, the body of [The Bewildered Porcelain Doll - Alice] was engulfed by the thick smoke of the explosion.

"Ha! What a pity! Jaden Yuki..." Waving away the smoke in front of her, Alice, the monster that had been attacked, revealed a contemptuous smile: "[The Bewildered Porcelain Doll - Alice] cannot be destroyed in battle, and when attacked, it will inflict 500 points of damage on the opponent!"

"...What?!"

(Yujo Judai LP: 4000 → 3500)

Before he could even be surprised, Jaden Yuki received a curse from the doll Alice.

His body was enveloped in a strange red light, and his health points dropped by 500.

At the same time, the [Bewildered Porcelain Doll - Alice] that was originally on Alice's field also appeared in front of Jaden Yuki.

"Huh? What's going on? How come that monster is next to Big Brother again?" Confused about the current situation, Marufuji Sho asked curiously.

"I think it's because of the negative effects?"

Touching his chin, Yusei voiced his guess.

Powerful monster effects often come at a corresponding cost.

While avoiding being destroyed in battle and inflicting damage on the opponent, the monster 【Lost Porcelain Doll - Alice】 will naturally also have corresponding negative effects.

After giving the other party a surprise, her control will be transferred to them.

"...At that moment, I activated the effect of the Field Spell Card 'The Cursed Dollhouse' and Special Summoned a monster from my Deck whose name contains the word 'Doll Part'."

As Alice said this, she reached out and pointed to her card deck.

Then, her deck automatically flew out of the Duel Disk, unfolded one by one, and floated in front of her.

After a moment's thought, Alice drew one of the cards and placed it on her Duel Disk: "Come forth! [Puppet Part - Blue] (ATK: 0)!"

A tattered doll head, resembling a demon, burst from the ground at Alice's voice. With its long, black hair flowing freely, its eyes held a strange madness.

"...A monster with an attack power of 0?"

Looking at the obviously ominous appearance of the [Doll Part - Blue], Jaden Yuki instinctively frowned.

Although this monster's attack power is 0... it is clear that it is not as simple as it looks.

"...The round is over."

With a wave of his arm, Jaden Yuki ended his turn.

"Now, it's my turn. Draw a card."

With a calm expression, Alice drew a card from her deck and placed it on her Duel Disk: "I summon [Puppet Part - Gold] in Attack Position (ATK: 0)!"

This time, it was the doll's arms that appeared.

Like the head that appeared earlier, it was also in a badly damaged state.