Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

Seeing the group dressed in different uniforms of red, yellow, blue, and white, yet all choosing to flee in disarray, Matti Motica, ranked tenth in the professional league, shook his head in disappointment and then casually chased after them in a certain direction.

To him, a professional player who had been famous for a long time, these students from the Duel Academy were like children who hadn't grown up. They could be taken down in no time and posed no threat whatsoever.

"Ah~ that was close, I almost got killed..."

"What a joke! How could we, students who haven't even graduated yet, possibly be a match for those big shots!"

"Exactly, exactly. When you encounter a professional duelist, there's only one way out: death. Even if you resist... it's all in vain."

Having escaped from the clutches of professional players, the survivors all wore expressions of relief.

"Hehehe... So you're finally not running away anymore?"

"...?!"

With a leisurely gait, Matti Motika suddenly appeared and blocked the way for the crowd: "Everyone, it's time for math tutoring."

"……Alas!"

"Oh? Why do you look scared? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you to duel with professional duelists!"

Martin Motika, pinching his chin, looked at the group of people who had collapsed to the ground in fear with a questioning gaze: "Alright, who wants to go first?"

"I……"

“Ahhhh~~~~”

Blocked from their path, the students had no choice but to grit their teeth and fight the professional duelist in front of them.

Just as Matti Motica, with a playful smile on his face, walked toward the terrified students, a roar like Tarzan's suddenly echoed through the depths of the forest.

With that sound, a savage duelist with messy long hair and wearing only a pair of knee-length shorts descended from the sky, holding onto a vine from a tree, and appeared in front of everyone, blocking Mattimotica's body.

That was none other than Oyama, the Obelisk Blue student who stole the golden egg bread during a theft incident at the convenience store a long time ago.

Upon returning to Obelisk Blue, he seemed to have reverted to a savage for some reason, continuing his solitary gacha training deep in the forest.

The group, fleeing from Martin Motica's pursuit, inadvertently entered his territory, which alerted the mountain to their presence and prompted them to investigate.

"Who... are you?"

"Ha, me? I'm just an ordinary student at the Duel Academy!"

Stretching out his body with unrestrained abandon, the mountain, resembling a savage, displayed the Duel Disk in his hand: "Seeing that you're looking for a duel opponent, well... let me be your opponent! I also want to test the results of my card-drawing training during this time."

"Hmph! Duels are like mathematics; there's no such thing as chance." Martino Motica narrowed his eyes, a hint of displeasure flashing within them. "Let me teach you the foolproof formula for winning a duel!"

"Come on then!"

"Duel!"

"...Duel!"

……

"Oh! It looks like there's someone dueling over there."

"Huh? Isn't that the tenth-ranked player in the Professional League—'The Mathematician' Mattimotica? Who is that savage he's dueling with? Does our academy even have such a person?"

"That's... Ultimate Weapon No. 1, Ōyama Hei, a duelist with the wild ability to draw cards!"

As the duel between the mountain and the mathematician began, Coach Napoleon and Professor Kronos were also drawn to the sounds of the duel.

Since Coach Napoleon only joined the Duel Academy this year, he doesn't know Oyama Ping, this older student who is in a semi-free-range state.

Looking at the mountain, which is the ultimate weapon, facing off against a member of the professional league, Professor Chronos paused for a moment before revealing a knowing look on his face.

Just as the seal on Mogi, the second ultimate weapon under the chicken farm, was broken, Oyama, the first ultimate weapon, found an opponent in the professional league and began a duel.

Hehehe... You guys from the professional league, tremble! Your nemesis has appeared!

……

"...During my turn, I activate the effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Illegal Summon], and Special Summon one monster from my Deck to your field."

Showing the cards in his hand, Mattimotica looked at the mountain opposite and said with a smile, "...I Special Summoned the Level 4 [Medium Shield Guardian] (ATK: 100/DEF: 1800) from my Deck to your field. Due to the presence of [Gravity Net], monsters of Level 4 or higher on the field cannot attack, so this monster will occupy one of your monster slots for nothing, just like the [Giant Shield Guardian] that was Special Summoned to your field before."

"……Well!"

As Matti Motika finished speaking, a humanoid monster with defensive capabilities crouched down and appeared in front of the mountain.

Seeing this scene, Da Shan subconsciously gritted his teeth, revealing a slightly irritated expression.

His opponent, Matti Motica, is not the kind of straightforward, reckless character.

On the contrary, just as he is known as a mathematician, this guy, like the previous one, is a cunning old fox who relies heavily on trap cards.

Just as Daiyama was about to launch an attack, he flipped open the [Super Gravity Net] in the back, thus depriving the high-level monster of its ability to attack.

Faced with such a duelist, a nameless flame rose in Daiyama's heart.

Mattimotica: "...The effect of [Illegal Summon] has a follow-up: while I Special Summon a monster to my opponent's field, my opponent must also Special Summon one Level 4 or lower monster from their Deck to my field."

Daiyama: "Tsk... I choose to summon [Clone] (Defense: 500)."

Smacking his lips in annoyance, Da Shan stretched out his arm and took a rather useless card out of the deck.

Since the goal was to send a monster to the opponent, Oyama deliberately chose a low-level Morphling with no special characteristics and Special Summoned it to Matti Motica's field in Defense Position.

In this way, even if Mattimotica intended to use his monster to attack him, it would only be a thought, and he would be unable to take any actual action.

"Low-attribute mortal bones, heh, just as I expected."

As if he had already guessed what Daiyama was thinking, Matti Motica smiled slightly as he looked at the scene, and then continued, "Next, I will open the face-down card in the back row and activate the Trap Card [Death Calculation]. According to the effect of this card, whenever a monster is sent to the Graveyard, its original owner will suffer 500 effect damage."

"Then, I activate the monster effect of my [Surveying Warrior - Theodolite -], and send the [Doppelganger] you gave me to the Graveyard, thereby gaining the right to attack directly!"

"...At this moment, because the [clone] has been sent to the graveyard, you, as the original owner, will suffer 500 points of damage!"

606 Remember next time, don't fight with a cheater...

As a top-ten player in the professional league, Matti Motica has a unique and exquisite combination of skills.

The existence of the Continuous Spell Card [Illegal Summon] allows him to Special Summon Level 4 or higher monsters from his Deck to his opponent, Ooyama, each turn.

In exchange, he will gain control of one of the monsters in the Mountain Deck and Special Summon that monster to his field.

The Continuous Trap Card [Gravity Net] can directly block the attack behavior of monsters of level 4 or higher.

With the combination of 【Measurement Warrior - Theodolite-】 (ATK: 1000) which allows you to release one monster on your field to attack your opponent directly, and 【Death Calculation】 which deals 500 damage to the controller of a monster sent to the Graveyard, Mattimotica has a significant advantage over the mountain.

Each round, it can deal at least 1500 points of damage to the opponent.

"Heh... While I admire your courage, that's all!"

Demonstrating his formidable combination, Mattimotica pointed towards the mountains and then issued the attack command: "...Attack! [Surveying Warrior - Theodolite -] Initiate direct attack! Smart Serving!!!"

Upon receiving the controller's command, the orange robot in front of Matti Motica immediately nimbly propelled itself to the mountain and extended its left-hand drill towards him.

With a flash of white light, the mountain's body was pierced by the monster's attack.

After taking 1000 points of direct damage, his health also dropped to a precarious 1000 points.

"...Gu!"

Pressing his chest, which had just been attacked, Da Shan wore a frustrated expression.

Damn it! If I had drawn that card... the situation would be completely different now!

"Well... as expected of Matti Motica, the genius of mathematical duels! Such precise calculations... there's absolutely no flaw to be found..."

"Yes, what a perfect calculation! No wonder those students were defeated by him..."

Hidden in the bushes, Professor Chronos and Coach Napoleon secretly observed the duel between Oyama, one of the ultimate weapons, and Matti Motica, a professional league player.

When they saw that Daisan was at a disadvantage under Matti Motika's offensive, both of them showed different degrees of emotion on their faces.

"Oh, Taira no Hira, so that guy actually lived in the jungle!"

"Hmm... Dashan, is that the muscular guy who stole the golden egg bread before, the one who was suspected of being gay?"

"Uh... gay?! Really?"

"That guy wasn't interested in a beautiful girl like Asuka at all; all he cared about was dueling. He even wanted to have some close contact with Yusei, who defeated him... Tell me, isn't that enough?"

"That...is true..."

The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind.

Behind the two teachers who were secretly observing, came the figures of Yusei and his group who had followed the trail.

After witnessing the duel taking place not far away, they couldn't help but discuss it in hushed tones, and Tao Kan, who seemed to have a special fondness for the mountains, was among those in the discussion.

"Hey, who do you guys think will win?"

"Logically, he should be a professional player, but Da Shan's gacha luck is pretty good, so there might be some unexpected changes..."

While quietly discussing the current situation with the others and observing the situation on the field, Yusei seemed to notice a change: "Oh? It seems that Daiyama is planning to launch a counterattack."

Everyone: "Oh?"

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

Returning to the field, facing the invincible combination of Matti Motica, Da Shan took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then suddenly waved his hand, drawing the top card of his deck.

A golden light streaked across the void as he moved, blooming into a semi-circular arc in front of the mountain.

Upon noticing this unusual phenomenon, You realized that Da Shan was planning to put on a show of some incredible cheat code.

"...Here it comes! This is my ultimate move!"

A dazzling golden light flashed in his eyes. As he entered the main phase, Daiyama immediately thrust the card he had drawn into the back row of the Duel Disk: "...I activate the Spell Card [One-Hit Kill! Iai Draw] from my hand!"

After casually discarding a card from his hand, Da Shan began to explain the effect of the magic card in a deep voice: "You can activate this effect by discarding 1 card from your hand. Send the number of cards your opponent controls from the top of your deck to the graveyard, then draw 1 card from your deck and reveal it to both of you."

That's the case of "One-Hit Kill! Iai Draw," where the card is sent to the Graveyard, and all cards on the field are destroyed.

After that, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the number of cards destroyed by this effect and sent to the Graveyard x 2000. Otherwise, return cards from your Graveyard to your Deck equal to the number of cards sent from your Deck to the Graveyard by this effect.

The illustration on the magic card depicts a samurai in a "Iaijutsu" stance.

With the activation of this spell card, Daiyama sent the same number of cards as Matti Motica on the field from his deck to his graveyard.