Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Just as the Lord of the White Knights was about to throw his meteor hammer at Disruptive Green, Manjoume also waved his arm and took countermeasures.

A green protective shield appeared in front of [Disruptive Green] as he moved, blocking the impact of the meteor hammer in its place.

"Ahhh~~~ Brother Manjoume..."

The completely unharmed Lu couldn't help but cast a grateful glance at Wan Zhangmu behind her.

As expected, Brother Manjoume still loves them!

"The attack was blocked? Well then, according to the effect of the magic card, I draw a card, and my turn ends here." After replenishing his hand with a card, Jaden Yuki finished his attack and ended his turn.

Next, it was Manjoume's turn to deal with it.

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

Holding the spell card he had just added to his hand through the effect of [Neo-Spatial Warrior - Radiant Moss], Manjoume glanced at it sideways before activating it: "...Spell Card [Silent Dead] activated! According to this card's effect, I can Special Summon a Normal Monster from my Graveyard!"

"Come out, [Disruptor Yellow] (Defense: 1000)!"

"...Thank you, Brother Manjoume!"

With a burst of spreading white light, Disruptive Yellow suddenly sprang from the void, then embraced his brothers: "But... even so, we brothers can't possibly defeat that monster!"

Stop saying such discouraging things!

Suddenly stretching out his arm, Manjoume encouraged his huddled brothers, saying, "You guys are the ace of my deck! How could you possibly lose to that evil monster of Saiou?"

Disruption Huang: "Huh? The few of us..."

Disruptive Green: "...Is it the ace?"

Disruption Black: "Brother Wan Zhangmu, how could you say such a thing about us?"

"Little brother..." Feeling somewhat uncomfortable, Disruption Black quietly cupped his hands together and said to Disruption Green, "Don't you think... the current Manjoume-nii is a bit disgusting?"

"Hmm, he must... only remember the good things we did!" Narrowing his single eye, the squirm green tongue swirling wildly in his mouth quickly analyzed the crux of the problem.

Brother Manjoume must have overly embellished his memories, which is why he reacted so differently from his usual self...

"What are you guys still babbling about?"

Looking down at Jaden Yuki across from him with disdain, Manjoume directed his Disruption Brothers to line up in front of him: "Alright, convey your will to him!"

"...Ohhhhhh!!!"

"...Tell that trash duelist on the other side, Jaden Yuki, who only knows how to use powerful cards, just how strong your bond is!"

This moment is just like that moment back then.

Manjoume and his group, who had teamed up together, forcibly portrayed Jaden Yuki as an evil villain, a trash duelist who only knew how to bully others by using powerful cards.

"Hey... Manjoume, aren't you going a bit too far?"

Jaden Yuki, whose name was given to him by Manjoume as a "trash duelist," twitched at the corner of his mouth, helplessly raised his arm, and uttered a rebuttal.

"This is my last hand!"

Ignoring Jaden Yuki's rebuttal, Manjoume inserted his last card into the back row of the Duel Disk and activated it: "I activate the Spell Card from my hand—[Buried Fate]! According to this card's effect, if the Spell Card used by my opponent is not in their Graveyard, I can add the same card from my Graveyard to my hand!"

Activating a clearly targeted, on-the-spot printed card full of deceptive elements and restrictions, Manjoume continued, "The card I've chosen is the Spell Card [Disruptive Triangle Hurricane]!"

Yuki Judai: "Uh...?!"

"Go, you scum!"

With a powerful swing of his arm forward, Manjoume activated the magic card he had added to his hand: "...Ultimate move! Disruptive Triangle Hurricane!"

"Come on!!!"

The three disruptive monsters, all wearing the same style of shorts, immediately leaped forward upon hearing Manjoume's voice.

Then, they gathered their rear ends together in mid-air.

Their bodies began to spin continuously, transforming into a circular whirlwind that swiftly enveloped Jaden Yuki's entire arena.

Under the force of the violent rotation, all the cards on Jaden Yuki's field were reduced to nothingness with a series of explosions.

Having completed his mission and destroyed Saiou's card, the Disruptive Brothers returned to Manjoume with a smug look on their faces.

"That's great! Brother Manjoume!"

"We defeated that evil monster of the Saiō using our own strength!"

"Hmm...you guys did a good job..."

With his hands on his hips, he smugly disrupted his brothers' attention, displaying a boastful attitude towards Wan Zhangmu.

Looking at his brothers who were showing off to him, Manjoume smiled slightly, a look of relief appearing on his face.

Then, under everyone's watchful eyes, his health points dropped to 0, and he met his defeat in the duel.

(Manjoume LP: 700→0)

"...Huh???"

"No...no way? Brother Manjoume lost?!"

"Why, why did Manjoume's HP drop to 0...?" He had completely destroyed Jaden Yuki's entire arena, but why did Manjoume's HP drop to 0...?

What exactly happened?

Unable to comprehend the current situation, the three brothers, who had been excitedly disturbing each other just moments before, now stood there dumbfounded.

"The reason my life has become 0 is because... the final effect of the [Lord of the White Knights] is that when he is destroyed by the opponent's card, he will inflict 1000 points of effect damage on the opponent."

He spoke calmly, explaining what had just happened, a look of relief on his face. Then he raised his head and looked up at the boundless blue sky above.

Ahhh...

He still lost to Judai...

However, this also means that I have completely said goodbye to the me who used to wear a white uniform.

The lightning bolt, with its myriad beams, has been resurrected in all its glory!

Society of Light, just get lost!

"Manjoume, you knew this would happen, yet you still chose to do it..."

As the duel ended, the image of the monster disappeared from the field.

As he approached Manjou, Yuki Judai sighed softly.

He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not choose to take the badge of Manjoume. Instead, he gently placed his palm on his shoulder and patted him.

After giving Manjoume a meaningful look, Jaden Yuki then walked toward where Kenzan and Edward were.

"Why did Manjoume choose to do this?" Kenzan asked, puzzled, as he watched the final result of Manjoume's choice.

That's because he made a choice.

Answering Kenzan's question, Edward said calmly, "Rather than winning the duel, Manjoume chose to defeat that symbolic monster..."

"No matter what, there's someone who has to be defeated. I can probably understand his feelings..."

As Ed said these words, she couldn't help but recall the original D, the monster created by her father, a card maker, which was also someone she had to overcome.

Ed had a vague premonition that perhaps soon he would be able to fulfill his long-cherished wish and personally kill the enemy who killed his father...

"Uh... Big brother, didn't you take the badge from Manjoume's hands?" Kenzan asked curiously as he watched Yuki Judai walk towards him.

"Regarding this, after all, Manjoume has lost his memory..."

Scratching his head, Jaden Yuki laughed and said, "How can I take the badge from someone who doesn't remember anything? This duel doesn't count!"

Obsessed with victory, Manjōmu fell into Saiō's trap, lost himself, and this led to all the subsequent events.

He did these things not out of his own will, so strictly speaking, Jaden Yuki's reasons are still somewhat plausible.

"That's what I said..."

Although Jaden Yuki gave a reasonable explanation, Kenzan still harbored some resentment.

He opened his mouth, but ultimately didn't say anything more.

Since my brother has said so, let's do it this way...

"Heh, Judai...you really are still a naive guy." Edward crossed his arms and chuckled softly, "Well, whatever you like."

"Uh... don't put it so harshly..." With an embarrassed smile, Jaden Yuki, having resolved the issue, turned his gaze to the Society of Light, which was the location of Obelisk Blue's dormitory.

While he was confronting Manjoume, Yusei should have been facing off against Asuka as previously agreed.

I wonder how things have changed now...

……

Rewind a little bit, to when Yusei was on his way to the Society of Light.

Having made thorough preparations for the situation, Yusei unexpectedly encountered the spirit of Saiō.

To be precise, it should be the original, kind-hearted personality that differentiated from the body of the King of the West, which is now affected by the Light of Destruction.

After obtaining the key to the satellite cannon from that idiotic Prince Auchin, the King of Sai, now possessing a powerful weapon, did not rush to destroy the world. Instead, he fell into a state of contradictory entanglement.

On one hand, his personality yearns for more light, wanting to fill the whole world with his radiance, thereby cutting through the darkness of the universe and guiding the world toward a new future.

On the other hand, his other personality worries that doing so will lead to the destruction of the world, believing that this is a light that should not be allowed to shine and must be stopped.

These two contradictory personalities gave rise to two completely different ideas in the mind of the monk, leaving him with no time to attend to other matters.

The kind-hearted personality within took this opportunity to temporarily leave Saiou's body and handed one of the two keys to open the satellite cannon safe to Yusei, who was heading towards the Society of Light.

"Yusei... I entrust this key to you. Absolutely, absolutely do not let the other me get this key, or the world will face destruction..."

"Prince Zhai, you..."

Holding the small black box containing the key, Yusei wanted to say something more, but after entrusting the key to Yusei, Saiou vanished into nothingness like a dream.

At the same moment, Saiou appeared in front of Aito, who was planning to go and watch the duel between Yuki Judai and Manjoume, and handed her another key.

As Edward's childhood friend and someone who watched her grow up, Jai-wang firmly believed that Edward had the ability to protect the key from being taken away by others.

"Ed, that light is a misfortune that leads the world to destruction. Protect this key, and then save the world..."

Pointing to the enormous white shadow that loomed atop the Society of Light, Saiou then handed Edward another black stone containing a key.