Yu-Gi-Oh!: This is the real duel!

"Don't waste your energy."

"The alarm didn't go off, so you should know what's going on."

After his men had taken control of the situation, the leader finally walked in through the window. In the dim, glaring sunlight, his figure was almost as tall as Seto Kaiba, but much thinner.

“Antied…” Yu Che subconsciously unfolded the Duel Disk, his eyes flashing with coldness.

"Click— Click—"

The sound of leather boots crushing glass rang out. The tall, gaunt Antid removed his mask, revealing a pale face: "Youche, I told you I would come for you. I suppose you were already prepared to be defeated by me?"

"Damn it! What are you guys trying to do?!" Honda shouted, protecting Kyoko and Kaiba Keihei.

Antide sneered and ordered his men to help the others back, leaving only Youche and himself standing in the open space in the center of the reception room:

"If it is at Lord Daz's behest, then I have come here to transform the souls of powerful duelists into sacrifices for the new god!"

"But if it's for one's own purposes..."

"Click————————————"

Antidote suddenly unfolded the Duel Disk:

"So it's to take back the cards that rightfully belong to me!"

"You Che, that card has been with you for far too long. Today is the day to return it to its rightful owner!"

"Come on!! Let's duel!!!"

Chapter 224 The Bone King

"Whoosh—"

KC Group President's Office.

Seto Kaiba, who had just sat down, used his key to open the drawer and turned on his computer to prepare for the Doma organization's acquisition and intrusion. Just as he was skillfully and carefully checking the documents in his hand, a dark shadow suddenly flashed past the window behind him!

It happened in an instant, but Seto Kaiba still noticed it. He subtly reached for the landline on the table, but when he saw a certain button flashing in a peculiar rhythm, he withdrew his hand.

This was a code that only he and his trusted assistant, Iso, knew.

The lights that kept flashing in a loop—once, five times, three times, twice—were conveying a very dangerous message—the entire KC Group building had been completely infiltrated!

"Smack!"

Just as Seto Kaiba was about to open the second drawer, the entire glass behind him shattered, accompanied by a deafening gunshot!

But at the same time, Seto Kaiba pulled a silver-white briefcase from under the table and swiftly held it in front of him, blocking the nearly fatal bullet!

Hissing white smoke billowed from the bullet's tail in the suitcase. Seto Kaiba snorted coldly, swept the bullet out of the suitcase's casing, and loudly proclaimed to the opposite side of the building:

"If you've gone this far, you must have already planted listening devices here, right?"

"In that case, you should be able to hear what I'm saying."

"Smack!"

Another gunshot rang out, but this time, Seto Kaiba, who was prepared, didn't even flinch. He simply stood there calmly. A thick wall made of special metal suddenly descended, blocking the entire window and easily deflecting the bullet.

A burst of sparks rose from the iron wall. Seto Kaiba chuckled, took the Duel Disk from his briefcase, and put it on his arm.

"Ha, no need to waste your energy."

"If I'm not mistaken, you should be the Doma Organization, right?"

"Rumor has it that you've trained a group of mysterious duelists~"

"In that case, let's settle this with a duel!"

"Five minutes from now, on the rooftop of this building, use all your strength to try and defeat me. This is Doma's only chance to take me down!!"

After saying that, Seto Kaiba strode out of the room, but as soon as he stepped out, his originally arrogant expression suddenly became extremely serious.

Since he himself had been attacked, then Kaiba Keihei and Yuzuru, who were downstairs, must have been attacked as well!

Right now, fighting the enemy is the only way to save Guiping, and through this battle, he can also obtain some information about Doma!

Several more gunshots rang out from outside the window. Seto Kaiba frowned, and quickly climbed onto the rooftop with his Duel Disk on his back...

"duel!!!!"

Antide, LP: 4000

Cruiser, LP: 4000

"Whoosh————————————"

"Prepare to become a sacrifice to Orichalcos!" Antidote, his wide cloak billowing, waved a card and shouted in a slightly hoarse voice, "My first move, draw!!"

"Spell Card Activated—A Bitter Choice!!"

"Choose five cards from your deck, your opponent chooses one of them, the chosen card is added to your hand, and the rest of your cards are sent to the graveyard!!"

"Youche, I want to choose these five monsters!!!"

"Swish swish swish swish swish——————————"

Five cards flew out of Antid's deck one after another, and as monster cards were revealed to the crowd, gasps of shock came from all around.

You Che stared at the five cards in astonishment, only to find three White Bone cards and two White Bone King cards!

"What? Such a trash monster!" Jonouchi said with some disdain. "This kind of monster can't even handle a defensive harassment!"

"No, Jonouchi!" King Yori warned gravely, "The aura emanating from these five cards is terrifying. Although I've never seen the White Bone King monster before, when it appears, even the most ordinary bone monster—White Bone—seems to become imposing..."

tsk...

Is it a Bone Deck?

You Che frowned subconsciously.

The White Bone series possesses extraordinary combat power, and in the early days of DM, it had a terrifying suppressive force!

However, it seems that Antid hasn't obtained any effect monsters like "Bone Prince" or "Bone Princess" yet, otherwise he wouldn't have used the Bitter Choice to pull out three Bone monsters and two Bone King monsters.

"I choose—White Bones!" You Che responded loudly.

"Hmph, but even if I do that, it's pointless!" Antid immediately played a spell card, "Monster Reincarnation activated! Discard the skeleton from my hand and add the skeleton king from the graveyard to my hand!"

"Next, I summon in attack mode—the Bone King!!"

"Smack!"

The moment the card was played, an aura comparable to the arrival of an eight- or nine-star monster suddenly erupted, with massive swathes of black energy, accompanied by the stench of death and decay, soaring into the sky!

Within the black pillar of light composed of deathly black mist, a hoarse, shrill roar resounded. Amidst the clanging and assembling of countless skeletons, the black mist transformed into a cloak similar to Antide's and landed on a tall skeleton that crawled out of the ground!

It spread its arms, and a dark purple light emanated from its empty eye sockets. After absorbing the energy from the graveyard, it made a "clucking" sound, mechanically and stiffly turning its neck, and stared at the enemy with a deathly gaze.

The White Bone King

One star

[Dark Attribute/Undead]

Attack/Defense: ? /0

"As expected... what a terrifying aura!" Jonouchi exclaimed in surprise. "The last one I saw of this level of a one-star monster was Pegasus's Nasagi Demon!!"

Before everyone could recover from their shock, the Bone King's attack power began to soar from zero, reaching an astonishing 4000 attack power in just a few seconds!

"Beep beep beep beep————————"

Bone King, Attack Power: 0 → 4000

This scene seemed to shatter everyone's preconceived notions.

No one has ever seen a monster so easy to summon and with such high attack power!

"The effect of the Bone King: This card's original ATK becomes 1000 times the number of Bone Kings and Bone monsters in your Graveyard!" Antidote's face turned fierce as he said in a deep voice, "Since there are four of the above-mentioned monsters in my Graveyard, its final ATK is 4000!!"

"Youcha, make the most of these last moments before the Orichalcos Barrier arrives!!"

"The moment you become a sacrifice to the new god, that card will finally be returned to its rightful owner!!"

"Set two cards face down, end your turn!!"

Everyone turned pale as they stared at the extremely terrifying skeletal monster—the Bone King.

Upon noticing the Skeleton King's stats, Jonouchi, who had previously fought a similar enemy, loudly warned, "Yusho! The Skeleton King's defense is zero! This is a common weakness of undead monsters; while possessing terrifying attack power, their defense is also lower than that of ordinary monsters!!"

“Thank you, Jonouchi.” Yuzuru drew a card, staring coldly at his opponent. “However, before we begin our turn, I need to make one thing clear!”

"Antied, you've said many times that I have a card that originally belonged to you, and I've come here for that card as well!"

"Then, I want to know which one you're trying to take?!"

Antid sneered and corrected, "It's not about taking it away, it's about taking it back!"

"You Che, you went from an unknown duelist to the Duel King thanks to that card."

"When you win battle after battle, do you never think that that power should never have belonged to you in the first place?!"

You Che was taken aback: "You mean..."

“That’s right!” Antid shouted, “It’s your trump card all along—the Armored Dragon!!”

This sentence shocked and stunned everyone present.

Upon hearing this, You Che frowned and replied seriously, "You're wrong. My bond with Armored Dragon is far deeper than you imagine!"

"Before you said that, I thought I had unexpectedly received something that originally belonged to you!!"

"But now, I only think of you as a liar who made up excuses to steal the Armored Dragon!!"

"My Heart Card has already answered me; it knows nothing about what you're saying!!"

"My turn, draw a card!!"

"Whoosh————————————————"

Back when he first met Antidote, Armed Dragon answered the questions in Yuche's heart. After further communication, Yuche learned that the life of Armed Dragon was also born from the moment he crossed over.

Numerous explanations have proven that this armored dragon was a farewell gift from my cousin at the airport; it belongs only to me and my cousin, and absolutely not to anyone else!

"Spell Card activated—Ancient Rule!" Yugi finally launched his counterattack, "Special Summon one Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my hand!!"