Yu-Gi-Oh! The Pitfall Hero

The invisible barrier that had previously withstood the storm blasted by Mojera now seemed unable to withstand the impact of the Millennium Puzzle.

The Dark Star, illuminated by this light, slowly lowered its body.

He knelt on the ground, looking as if he might collapse at any moment.

The posture was exactly the same as when she was previously infected.

Seeing Darkstar's current state, Titan's anxiety vanished.

So what if you're good at dueling? You'll still have to obediently fall at my feet!

Hahahahahahahaha!!!

Just as I expected, the "Millennium Puzzle" is indeed amazing!

Even this weird brat couldn't withstand its power.

As long as this kid faints, the victory of this duel will belong to me!

The one who falls in the dark duel will have their soul taken away by the evil spirits of the abyss...

Goodbye, kid!

Ahahahahahaha!!!

What are you grinning about?

Just as Titan was laughing heartily, Dark Wanderer's mocking voice came from in front of him.

Upon hearing this voice, Titan immediately stopped laughing.

He stared intently at Yusei, who had stood up, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

That look in his eyes was as if he wasn't looking at a person, but observing a monster!

"How...how...is...possible..."

Upon seeing the calm expression on Darkstar's face, Titan couldn't help but utter a muffled, stuttering sound.

The unbelievable facts laid bare before him left his mind momentarily blank, rendering him incapable of thinking.

"You're asking why I was unharmed after taking the full force of the Millennium Puzzle, right?"

As if seeing through Titan's thoughts, Dark Wanderer revealed a strange smile.

Compared to his expressionless state just now, he seemed like a completely different person.

Titan nodded subconsciously at Dark Wanderer.

He really wanted to know why the "Millennium Blocks," which had been effective before, could no longer have any effect on this kid.

“That’s because… the ‘Millennium Puzzle’ in your hand is a fake!” Dark Star gave the shocked Titan a mocking look and immediately exposed his trick.

"Damn it! Look at this!"

"Hmph! A clown!"

Seeing that Titan was about to use the same trick again and cast hypnosis, Dark Star threw the card in his hand like a dart at the location of the "Millennium Puzzle" in Titan's hand.

The card bearer's overwhelming power was thus directly imprinted into the eye pattern of the "Millennium Puzzle," preventing the Titan from taking any further action.

As the Millennium Puzzle was destroyed by the flying card, a look of panic appeared on Titan's face.

"Oops!"

Looking at the destroyed "Millennium Puzzle" in his hand, Titan subconsciously clenched his teeth.

"Heh... It really was a fake? Just as I thought, you really are a fraudster who uses the name of the Dark Duelist to swindle people."

Seeing the Millennium Puzzle so easily destroyed by his card, Yami Yusei couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth slightly.

In this way, Titan could no longer cast that strange hypnotic spell.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We really are playing a dark game..." As his deception was ruthlessly exposed, large beads of sweat began to appear on Titan's forehead.

"Oh? Since you've said that, you must know how many Millennium Items you have, right?" Upon hearing Yami Yusei's words and confirming his suspicions, Yuki Jaden asked the flustered Titan.

If he were the true owner of the Millennium Item, he would surely be able to answer this question easily!

"The number of Millennium Items..." Titan pondered, looking at the "Millennium Puzzle" in his hand that had been destroyed by Dark Star.

Holding a counterfeit item, he naturally couldn't possibly know anything about the legendary artifact.

"Hey! Answer me!" Seeing Titan's hesitant attitude, Jaden Yuki, even more convinced that he was a big liar, urged Titan.

"Um...that..." Titan, flustered by Jaden Yuki's relentless pressure, casually uttered a number: "Seven...seven pieces!"

"Oh?" Upon hearing the unexpectedly correct answer, Jaden Yuki raised an eyebrow.

"Hehehe! There are seven." Titan, convinced that his answer was correct from Jaden Yuki's somewhat surprised expression, couldn't help but laugh.

"This guy actually got it right?"

Upon hearing Titan's answer, Hayato, who was standing to the side, wore an expression of disbelief.

Indeed, the stone slabs on the second floor of the old school building are engraved with images of the seven ancient artifacts...

"Well! Now you all understand... I am the true Dark Duelist!" Titan, beaming with pride, raised the Millennium Puzzle in his hand and continued speaking to the silent crowd: "Hold one of these seven Millennium Puzzles! This is me, the Dark Duelist—Lord Titan!"

"……what?"

Seeing Titan uttering those puzzling words with a smug look on his face, Jaden Yuki subconsciously scratched his head. Sho Marufuji and Hayato behind him exchanged bewildered glances.

"What's going on..." Titan couldn't help but look puzzled as he watched the changes in the expressions of the people in front of him.

Could it be that I just said something very problematic?

"Heh... What a pity..." Dark Star, who had been silent since the beginning, spoke with a mocking expression after hearing Titan's ridiculous statement: "There are indeed seven Millennium Items, but they are not seven Millennium Puzzles."

"You don't even know this kind of thing? Your statement just now was practically digging your own grave!"

"Gu..."

"You're practically asking for it!"

Darkstar mercilessly launched into a taunting mode at the dumbfounded Titan.

"Hehehehe... Since you don't intend to listen to me, then there's no need to continue this duel!"

Titan, whose lies had been completely exposed by Darkstar, turned from white to red, and then from red to green...

Dark Star's relentless mockery had pushed him to his limit.

Next, he planned to unleash his right fist and attack his opponent directly!

"You wretched brat!!! I'll never forgive you!!!"

Enraged, Titan clenched his fists and charged toward Yusei.

Enraged, he seemed determined to have a real-life duel with Dark Wanderer.

"Ah! Be careful!"

Behind Dark Star, the voices of Yuki Jaden and his group reminded them that they had also noticed Titan's plan.

"Ah……"

Seeing the burly man, Titan, ignoring the duel and angrily charging towards him, Dark Wanderer only let out a cold snort.

He slowly raised his arm and opened his right palm, facing the direction of Titan.

"Wha...what's going on? What did you do, you brat?"

As Yusei moved, the Titan, who was charging straight towards him, was suddenly lifted into the air as if grabbed by the back of the collar by an invisible, unseen hand.

As Darkstar clenched his fist, Titan's joints were forced to bend at strange angles...

127 I, Kurijin Ryu, am the best player of the game!

With a "clink," the Millennium Puzzle fell to the ground from Titan's tightly clenched hands.

After making a crisp sound as it hit the ground, it slowly rolled down to Dark Star's feet.

Looking at the "millennial building block" at his feet, Dark Star loosened his grip on his right hand and picked it up from there.

After retrieving the card that had just flown towards the building blocks from his hand, Dark Star casually tossed aside the fake building blocks he had destroyed.

After all, this thing has no value now, so there's no point in keeping it.

As Darkstar moved, Titan was finally freed from its restraints and fell onto the hard, cold ground like a rag.

"Uh...uh...ah..."

"Ugh... Ahhhhhhh!!!"

His low-cut top hat lay casually beside him, his black coat was covered in wrinkles, and his limbs were bent in strange directions...

Titan, writhing in excruciating pain throughout his body, wrecked and convulsed as he howled in agony on the ground…

He was completely different from the angry figure he had been when he charged towards Dark Star.

At this moment, Titan lay sprawled on the ground like a stray dog ​​with its teeth broken, its consciousness gradually fading...

Titan gazed in the direction of Dark Wanderer, his eyes filled with intense fear and regret.

Only one thought remained in his mind—run!

This strange little devil in front of me is not something that humans can defeat!

What commissions, what dark duels, what Jaden Yuki... none of it has a single thing to do with me!

Reputation? Credibility? Dignity?

In the face of life, none of these things matter!

As long as you're alive, you have a chance to start over.

If you lose your life, then you really have nothing left!

If Titan were given another chance, he would definitely refuse Professor Kunonos's commission without hesitation, even if he offered 10 times more money!

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in reality...

No matter how much you regret it now, it's too late.

"A thousand-year-old artifact is not something a third-rate rat like you deserves to possess!" Dark Wanderer grumbled at Titan, who was lying on the ground like a dead dog, and spoke disdainfully to him before casually glancing around at his surroundings.