Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

As Professor Cobra pressed a button on the keyboard, a sinister look appeared in his eyes.

He prepared a generous gift that Jim, who had come without permission, could not refuse!

……

"The detectors on the dashboard are showing extremely strong reactions deep in the rainforest; this must be the source of the anomaly..."

Meanwhile, led by Jim, Yusei and his friends, who were interested in the electromagnetic wave anomaly, followed in Jim's footsteps and began to explore the depths of the dense forest.

The third-year curriculum was relatively easier than that of the first and second years, so Yusei and his friends had plenty of time to try things outside of class.

Using the sharp dueling disk on their arms as a means of clearing the way, the group followed the guidance of the dashboard in Jim's hand and gradually approached the location of the abandoned research institute.

"woo woo woo woo!!!"

"Ok?"

Suddenly, the gauges on the dashboard began to shake violently, and Karen, who was being carried on Jim's back, let out a series of furious howls.

At this moment, it is affected by electromagnetic waves and seems to be showing signs of going berserk again.

Noticing something was wrong, Jim quickly took off his cowboy scarf and used it to blindfold Karen on his back.

Karen, who was flailing her arms and legs wildly, stopped struggling as soon as her vision was blocked. She fell silent again, making gurgling noises.

"What happened? Why did this happen all of a sudden..."

Noticing Jim and Karen's condition, Jaden Yuki, who was traveling with him, couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity.

"Has Karen started another riot? Does that mean we've found the right spot?"

Looking around at the scenery, Youxing sensed the presence of some kind of energy and uttered a tentative question.

"Hmm... After arriving here, the electromagnetic waves started to get stronger. I can't let Karen cause any more trouble for everyone, so I'm trying to find a way to quiet it down for now..."

Jim nodded and gave Yuxing an affirmative answer.

"I feel so sorry for it. Isn't it your pet?"

Looking at the crocodile with its eyes bound, Jaden Yuki frowned slightly.

He always felt that Karen, tied up like this, had a strangely pitiful quality to her.

“No… Karen is not my pet, she is my family.”

After correcting his mistake regarding Yukichi Judai's name, Jim, who had walked onto the forest path, raised the dashboard again and headed towards the direction where the electromagnetic waves were stronger.

At the same time, he explained the significance of his actions: "As long as you cover Karen's eyes, it will behave itself temporarily."

"Huh? Is that so?"

Having heard this extremely novel explanation, Jaden Yuki turned around and conveyed to his underlings who had also come along, "What an interesting habit, don't you think, Kenzan?"

"Hmm... Kenzan, what's wrong?"

From Jaden Yuki's perspective, Kenzan kept his head down and did not express any opinion.

Sensing the unusual state of his body, Yuki Judai instinctively stopped and reached out to press on his shoulder.

"...Gu!"

The response to Jaden Yuki was a low growl, like that of a wild beast.

Kenzan, who had raised his head, now had eyes that had transformed into brown vertical pupils, like those of a carnivorous dinosaur.

Driven by the instinct for revenge, Sword Mountain charged towards Jim, who was walking at the front, and Karen on his back, and pounced on his back.

"...Jim, watch out! Sword Mountain is lunging towards you!"

"Huh? Stop!"

Seeing Kenzan transform into a beast and pounce straight at the unsuspecting Jim, Yusei, sensing something amiss, quickly shouted a warning.

Upon hearing the warning, Jim instantly turned around, stretched out his arms to brace himself against the shoulders of the charging Kenzan. As he fell to the ground from the impact, he tried his best to resist Kenzan's attacks, which had entered a frenzied state.

At this moment, the crowd, having realized what was happening, rushed to the two men's side and pulled the berserk Jianshan off Jim's body.

"Hey! What's wrong with you, Kenzan?!"

"Could it be... that electromagnetic waves can also affect people?"

With Kenzan's body restrained from behind, Jaden Yuki wore a puzzled expression.

If that's the case, then why aren't they affected?

"I think... this might be because Kenzan has dinosaur genes in his body, right? Aren't dinosaurs a type of ancient reptile?"

As Yuki Jaden locked Kenzan's body in place, Yusei's mind raced, and he came up with a relatively accurate guess.

He remembered that Jian Shan had mentioned before that when he had a fracture, a dinosaur fossil bone was implanted in his leg.

From that time on, he had dinosaur DNA in his body.

The reason it has become so crazed is probably because it was affected by electromagnetic waves, which activated the dinosaur DNA inside its body.

679 Fossil Fusion, Jim VS Sword Mountain!

"...Since you're also a reptile, were you also affected by electromagnetic waves, and did a fighting spirit ignite within you?"

Seeing Jianshan bound by the crowd and currently out of control, Jim dusted off the dust that had stuck to his clothes when he fell, then raised his Duel Disk towards Jianshan: "Heh... Dinosaur boy, then let me take Karen's place and duel you!"

Jim realized that the target that Jianshan had just aimed at was the crocodile "Karen," who was also a reptile, on his back.

Having realized this, Jim, who was like family to Karen, decided to take Karen's place and fight Kenzan in the usual way.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to see just how strong the students at the Duel Academy really were.

"...Interesting!"

Seemingly understanding Jim's words, even though it was in a state of out-of-control frenzy, it still gave up struggling when it saw Jim pull out the Duel Disk and looked at Jim with its eyes full of provocation.

"Hmm? Did Jianshan understand?"

"Hmm...it seems so. He appears to be planning to duel Jim and accept his challenge..."

Seeing that Kenzan seemed to be preparing for a duel, Yusei and Jaden Yuki exchanged a glance and then tacitly released Kenzan's hands and feet, standing aside and letting Kenzan return to his free state.

Now that he was free, Jianshan did not attack Jim again. Instead, he raised the duel disk he always carried on his arm and adopted a posture as if he was determined to fight Jim.

"Besides being a student, I am also a geologist and archaeologist...I have also excavated dinosaur fossils before."

Patting his chest, Jim proudly declared, "You, a living dinosaur man, versus me, a dinosaur excavator, I think it'll be a great duel."

"……Ah!"

In a state of chaos, Kenzan's inner dinosaur DNA was awakened. Having lost his ability to speak, he began to vent his emotions in another way.

Undeterred by Jim's provocation, Kenzan placed the dueling wheel horizontally across his chest: "—Roar (Let's duel!)!"

"It seems you still retain the mind of a duelist." Observing Sword Mountain's state, Jim narrowed his eyes and finally came to this conclusion.

Even though he is now a dinosaur-man, Kenzan still retains the instincts of a duelist.

Yusei: "It seems that due to the influence of electromagnetic waves, Kenzan is currently fighting purely on instinct..."

Jaden Yuki: "An instinctive... duel, is that it?"

Seeing that the duel was about to begin, Yusei, who had crossed his arms, and Jaden Yuki, who was scratching his head, wisely stepped aside and became spectators.

Meanwhile, Jim and Sword Mountain were also ready for their duel, and simultaneously unfolded the duel disks on their arms.

"...Duel!"

"Roar!"

(Kenzan LP: 4000)

(Jim LP: 4000)

"That's interesting. Perfect timing, I also have some things I want to confirm..."

Noticing the watch-like device on Jianshan's arm, Jim thought for a moment and then put the device he had obtained from Professor Cobra on his own arm.

If a situation similar to O'Brien's were to occur between them during this duel, then it would prove that the device indeed has a problem, and the electromagnetic waves permeating the surrounding area would be the primary cause.

"...Ugh...ahhh...(My turn, draw a card!)"

While Jim was making his move, the spirited Kenzan decisively seized the initiative in the duel.

With an incomprehensible gurgling sound emanating from his mouth and his eyes maintaining the vertical pupils of a carnivorous dinosaur, Kenzan reached into his deck and drew a new card.

(The following will omit some ambiguous statements and translate Kenzan's words directly into plain language.)

"...I Special Summon [Swift-footed Raptor] (ATK: 1400) from my hand. This card can be Special Summoned directly from the hand. In that case, your opponent can Special Summon a monster from their Graveyard to their field."

Showing off the monster card in his hand, Kenzan slammed it onto the deck of the Duel Disk.

As he moved, a small, slender carnivorous dinosaur, resembling a bird atavistic in appearance, appeared before him, its body lowered, accompanied by a beam of light.

At this point, Jim could have Special Summoned a monster from his own graveyard.

However, since it is the first turn and there are no cards in his graveyard, this negative effect is essentially non-existent.

"Next, I will Tribute [Swift-footed Raptor] to Tribute Summon this card! Come forth, [Dark Triceratops] (ATK: 2400)!"

As Jianshan's howl subsided, the Velociraptor's body was enveloped by a golden pillar of light, turning into tiny specks of light and disappearing from the field without a trace.

After that, a huge Triceratops with brown wings on its back reappeared in front of Sword Mountain in its place.

Compared to the Velociraptor, the Dark Triceratops with its colorful wings has a more bird-like appearance and exhibits more pronounced atavistic features.

"Hidden card, turn ends!"

After summoning a high-level monster, Kenzan placed one of his cards face down in the back row and ended his turn.

He gritted his teeth and gave Jim a defiant look.

"Hmm... He actually knows how to use Special Summoned monsters as tributes to perform Advanced Summoning of High-Rank Monsters... Is Kenzan really fighting based on instinct?"

Yusei, who was watching the battle, showed a rather admiring expression on his face regarding Kenzan's manipulation.

For Jianshan at this point, being able to summon high-level dinosaurs in one go is already an unimaginable feat.