Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

"This... must be my dream." Recalling his previous experience of dueling in the dream world, Yusei said somewhat uncertainly. If it wasn't a dream, it would be hard to explain why he was in this place.

"I see, that's what you think."

After hearing Yusei's answer, the man simply nodded slightly.

Because the mask covered his face, Yusei couldn't tell the man's emotions.

From the moment we met, the man seemed to have maintained a calm and indifferent demeanor, as if he didn't care about anything.

He merely nodded slightly at Yusei's answer, offering no meaningful comment.

What exactly is this guy planning to do?

Having seemingly finished asking his questions, the man walked towards the balcony with his hands behind his back.

Yusei hesitated for a moment, but ultimately followed the man to the balcony.

Having left the dark interior, I was not free from the shackles of darkness.

Even outdoors, all that Yusei could see was endless darkness.

In the darkness, the roars of wild beasts could be heard from time to time, as if countless terrifying monsters were lurking in that mysterious darkness.

"here……"

The man pointed to the darkness before him and said, "Countless possibilities exist."

"Your presence here, and the fact that you have met me, is all due to fate."

"You need my help right now."

That's why we met here.

The man turned around, looked at Yusei in front of him, and spoke.

"Leave the rest to me with confidence..."

After saying this, the man gently placed his hand on Yusei's shoulder.

The moment the man touched her, a vast array of memories flooded into Yusei's mind.

Those are fragments of memories from a pathetic man who was an enemy of the world, pursued a path of tyranny, and gained everything, yet lost everything in the end.

The memories that suddenly flooded his mind were like a heavy blow to Yusei's brain.

Shocked, Yusei instinctively covered his head, a pained expression on his face, and crouched down.

He felt as if he was about to fall into a coma again...

"You...so that's who you are..."

After processing the fragments of memories churning in his mind, Yusei finally figured out the man's true identity.

What the hell is this "passerby"?!

This mysterious masked man is clearly my future self from another timeline!

The "Overlord" I had only heard about from the boy in the previous dream world, but never actually saw, is the man in front of me wearing a demon mask!

Naki, who was defeated by Friend Hero earlier, was one of the men in front of him!

Yusei's card pack still contains the loot he won back then—the cards for [Summoning Demons] and [Red-Eyes Black Dragon]...

"The Millennium Artifact may be fake, but the Dark Duel is real..."

"Leave the rest of the matter to me for now!"

"Right now, all you need to do is watch from the sidelines..."

It seemed that the man had said something extraordinary.

Before he could even process the meaning of those words, Yusei was forced to close his eyes, and his consciousness once again plunged into endless darkness.

121 You've offended the tyrant and you still want to run away?

Just as Jaden Yuki and his group were about to follow Asuka's voice to the basement of the old school building, near the barriers at the entrance of the old school building...

Yusei, who was lying alone on the ground due to Titan's hypnosis, suddenly woke up.

"Hmm... what's going on? Am I... back?"

Yusei, clutching his head, stood up from the ground and looked at the familiar scenery around him, and began to mutter to himself.

The "dream" I just experienced in that darkness felt so real.

So much so that fragments of that man—the Overlord—still linger in his mind.

"That man who claimed to be a passerby... is both the overlord of another world and me in another parallel universe..."

"Is that how I'll look in the future...? What a strange feeling..."

Recalling the Overlord's ridiculously chuunibyou (delusional) appearance and his slightly pretentious way of speaking, Yusei couldn't help but cover his face.

Good grief, he's getting more and more ruthless as he gets older!

"By the way, where did Asuka go?"

Before losing consciousness, Yusei remembered holding Asuka's delicate hand, intending to go inside the old school building to find Hayato and get the Duel Disk.

However, looking around, he realized he was all alone.

Both Asuka and the Titan wielding the "Millennium Puzzle" have vanished without a trace.

"...As for that girl, Titan took her to the basement."

Just as Yusei was pondering Asuka's whereabouts, a calm voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"?!"

Upon noticing the voice, Yusei instinctively became alert and began to look around at his surroundings.

The voice he just heard clearly came directly from his mind.

The owner of that voice was undoubtedly the Overlord I had seen in my dream, who was also myself from another time and space.

what happened?

Was that not a dream?

Just as Yusei was pondering, the slightly transparent phantom of the Overlord slowly appeared in front of him.

With his hands in his pockets, he was no longer wearing that terrifying heavy armor, but instead, like Yusei, he was wearing the Osiris Red uniform.

He still wore the demon mask on his face.

This made it impossible for Yusei to see his exact appearance or facial expression.

"Ha! To actually get thwarted by a third-rate guy like Titan, you're really embarrassing yourself."

Before Yusei could even speak, the ruthless mockery of the Overlord immediately echoed in Yusei's ears.

"Damn...who knew that guy would be so unethical and suddenly pull out a hypnotic device?"

"I'm just an ordinary person. I'm okay at playing cards, but I can forget about hitting people..."

Yusei couldn't help but defend himself in response to the Overlord's sarcasm. He was unprepared for the hypnotic device in Titan's hands and naturally had no way to deal with it effectively.

"...You mean you're powerless to do anything about it?"

Overlord pointed to the card pouch at Yusei's waist.

"What that man has isn't a real Millennium Puzzle at all! It's just a fake hypnotic device! With your Duel Pokémon, you can completely resist the effects of the device and deal with that guy without even needing to duel."

"What???" Upon hearing the strange words uttered by the Overlord, Yusei was completely dumbfounded.

He first saw a Duel Pokémon when Miss Yui gave him the Kuriboh.

At that moment, he saw the chestnut ball winking at him.

Without a doubt, the host of that card is a unique Duel Spirit.

As for the fact that other cards in his deck also harbor spirits...

If it weren't for the King's words, Yusei might never have known about this.

"Seeing my past self like this... it's really hard not to feel something..."

He shrugged at Yusei, adopting a helpless posture. Although his expression was unclear, he was undoubtedly filled with disappointment towards Yusei.

"Ha... All you do is talk nonsense! If you can do it, then you do it!"

Seeing that the Overlord had once again started mocking him, Yusei couldn't help but complain to him.

"Oh? You said it yourself, I didn't force you~~~"

Before Yusei could finish saying "If you can't do it, then shut up," the phantom of the Overlord immediately approached him.

Yuxing: “???”

Just as Yusei was feeling completely bewildered, the Overlord, just as he had done in the dream world, slowly placed his right hand on Yusei's shoulder.

With a flash of white light, Yusei suddenly felt himself lose control of his body.

He could feel the touch of his own body and hear the sounds of the outside world, yet he was unable to actively control his body...

"I see……"

Yusei then realized that he had been tricked by the Overlord...

The taunts I just made were just to provoke him.

The Overlord's purpose was made very clear at the end of the dream.

He plans to take Yusei's place in the fight against the Titan who possesses the Millennium Puzzle! Although the Millennium Puzzle is fake, the Dark Duel is real. Yusei currently lacks experience with Dark Duels and needs the help of the Overlord.

"I feel a little nostalgic... Is this what my body was like when I was young...?"

Yusei, or rather, the Overlord, moved his somewhat unfamiliar limbs and subconsciously exclaimed.

This wonderful feeling, as if returning to the past, greatly nourished the once parched heart of the Overlord.

At this moment, he was both a wandering star and a tyrant.

Two souls share the same body, just like the younger and older souls in the first game, in a strange state of mutual symbiosis.