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

“Well then, King… no, Game, I still prefer to call you that.” Yu Che turned his head and said to King with a smile, “We have dueled twice, but each time we had to bear other bonds and missions.”

"And this time, let's put everything aside and have a thorough, real duel!!"

At this point, You Che's eyes lit up with a different kind of brilliance, and the gloom from before seemed to dissipate temporarily.

Wang Yang responded excitedly, "Alright! Yuzuru, then this time, let's have a real showdown!! However, considering that you may know what tactics I'll be using, perhaps I should modify my deck in advance."

"Then will you release the Three Phantom Gods?" You Che asked.

"Then do you know how to play Gudu?" Wang Yang asked back.

"Gudu is different from the Three Phantom Gods!"

"What's different?"

"...Ask your partner!"

"Huh? I think the other one I said is fine."

"Stop pretending, Your Majesty. Your demeanor is completely different from your game persona."

"Hahahaha! You really are something else, You Che!"

Under the bright sunshine, Youche and Wang Yang, who had been sullen until now, finally burst into laughter.

Although they didn't know what the two were talking about, smiles gradually appeared on Rebecca and Anzu's faces. Turning their heads back, they realized that they had just been doing the same thing as each other. They smiled knowingly, and the two girls clinked glasses across half of the noisy and clamorous dining table.

On the other side of the city, the Four Musketeers of Doma have all awakened. They rode their respective motorcycles to the familiar seaside.

The sound of the waves remained the same, but for some reason, this time they heard vitality and hope, no longer the lingering, deep roar.

End-of-volume summary

截止到2024/12/3——21:30，本书的均订为2104，比决斗都市完结时低了一百左右。

However, the reasons are also clear. On the one hand, Duel City is the essence of the DM series, and many readers are not interested in the subsequent plot, so they stop reading. On the other hand, the book was not updated for nearly twenty days in October, which led many readers to think that I had abandoned the story, so they simply gave up.

I can assure you that, in the worst-case scenario, this book will end after DM is finished, and I will definitely give you a complete ending. I won't just write half of it and then abandon it. After all, I've already finished the outline, and I'm really looking forward to the King's Memory arc.

In my plan, this book will be published based on the results of subsequent projects, and one of the three options will be selected.

The first possibility is that the results are decent, so after finishing DM, I will continue writing GX. And after GX ends, regardless of the results, I will most likely continue writing 5Ds (I really love the third part).

The second scenario is that the results are terrible. In that case, after finishing DM, I'll add the promised side stories, and the book will be finished. Then I'll start a new book. In the end, I've decided to continue writing Yu-Gi-Oh! fanfiction. After being tempered by this book, I think I'm not yet at the level where I can write good original works. I need to continue to accumulate experience.

As for the third scenario, if the results are mediocre, then after the DM chapter ends, I will consider writing some side stories or some original content to observe the situation, and then decide whether to continue updating or end the story based on the actual situation. In my opinion, GX either doesn't write at all, or he writes it completely, so he will make a decision before he starts writing.

Having discussed the update plan, let's go back to talk about this book.

As I write this far, I feel a bit overexerted. When I try to design some more exciting duel sequences, I realize that similar scenarios have already appeared in previous chapters.

Furthermore, the Duel Kingdom arc overused the technique of combining "story and cards," making it difficult to recreate memorable scenes like "Kaiba's life being reduced."

Ultimately, this is inextricably linked to the pace of my writing and the limitations of the card pool in the DM arc. If I could write up to the GX arc, with the injection of various new terms, the dueling aspect could become more innovative, enough to bring everyone a sufficient sense of novelty.

Before that, I could only rack my brains to write this final battle—the KC Grand Prix—as well as possible. After all, the King's Memory arc has little to do with playing cards, and the KC Grand Prix can basically be considered the end of the dueling content in the DM arc.

Finally, I would like to thank all the brothers who have given great support to this book, and thank my responsible editor, Lu Ming, for giving it a "limited-time free" recommendation when the book's performance was at its lowest. I will do my best to improve the subsequent content to repay everyone who has given me motivation all along.

The busy and hectic year of 2024 is almost over. I hope everyone has left behind a most wonderful and touching chapter in the year, and I wish everyone a prosperous and wonderful new year to come!

One card shines brightly, and mountains and seas cannot stand in its way!

May everything go smoothly, and may your luck turn around as if by divine intervention!

Chapter 259 Invitation to the KC Grand Prix

"Click! Click!"

"Time! Magic!!"

"Time magic!!!"

"Waaaaaaah!!"

A devastating scream erupted from the living room. He clutched a Time Magician card and a Red-Eyes Black Dragon card, tears streaming down his face, and ran to Yugi and Yugi.

"Why?! The Time Magician is no longer responding to me?! Nor is the Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"

"Could it be that they perished in the final battle with Daz?!"

As he spoke, the Time Magician sat on the cards with a helpless expression, looking extremely tired.

Yugi and Muto exchanged a glance and both smiled awkwardly.

Yugi Muto explained gently, "Jonnouchi, the Time Magician is fine, it's on the card right now. As for Red-Eyes Black Dragon... it seems to be asleep again..."

"What?!" Jonouchi couldn't accept this fact. "Does this mean that after the Orichalcos incident, I'll never see any more elves?!"

Anzu, standing nearby, jokingly asked, "What? Is it only by relying on the power of the spirits that Jonouchi dares to engage in duels these days?"

"No, that's not it!" Jonouchi retorted sadly. "I'm just so disappointed! I finally managed to communicate with the cards, but it wasn't long before..."

"Alright! Jonouchi!" Mai, who came out of the kitchen, took off her rubber gloves and pulled the mischievous Jonouchi away. "You ate so much food, and you're just acting crazy here without doing any work. Go wash the dishes!!"

"Huh?!" Jonouchi was clearly reluctant to move. "Such a big villa and it doesn't even have any servants?"

Iso said apologetically, "Haha, I'm sorry... I don't usually live here, so I didn't invite anyone. I'll call a few over right now."

"state--------"

While smiling politely, Mai Kongjaku gave Jonouchi a sharp rap on the head: "No need to call, no need to call! Just leave it to us!"

"Ouch!! My head!! It hurts so much..." Jonouchi clutched his head as he was half-pulled and half-pushed into the kitchen. Soon after, the sounds of clattering dishes and running water could be heard.

Watching Jonouchi and Mai Talking and Laughing in the kitchen, everyone couldn't help but smile like doting aunts.

As the games progressed, their relationship, while not developing rapidly, was at least progressing smoothly.

If it weren't for the fact that this big man, Jonouchi, always acts so coy and hesitant, the two of them would probably have gotten together long ago.

Perhaps it was Jonouchi's words that reminded him of something, because Yuzuru pulled out the card left behind by Sleeping Giant Gudu from his deck. Now, the effect of this monster card has changed, and there are some subtle differences compared to when Yuzuru first obtained it.

【Sleeping Giant - Gudu】

[Ten Stars]

[Earth Attribute/Warrior Race]

[Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned. If a Level 1 Normal Monster remains face-up on your field for 10 or more turns (including the turn it is Summoned), you can Tribute that monster to Special Summon it. This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the ATK of any monster your opponent battles with +1000. This card cannot be targeted by Spell/Trap Cards or Monster Effects. Effects of Effect Monsters that battle this card are negated.]

When Youche first obtained this card, its ability was the OCG version's effect, but now, Gudu has completely become the anime version.

Overall, the OCG version of Gudu is stronger than the animated version, with its resistance being significantly higher.

Looking at the cards in his hand, You Che suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

The weakening of Sleeping Giant Gudu's abilities is inextricably linked to the severe injuries it sustained in the great battle. It was once a being comparable to the three Egyptian God cards, but now…

"Swimming!!"

Just as Yu Che was feeling a little sad, Yu Jialong suddenly rushed over carrying two suitcases. He smiled and placed the suitcases on the large coffee table. When he opened them, he saw that they were small and exquisite board game versions of DDM.

Yugi could guess what Yugi was thinking at that moment. He smiled and pulled Yugi and Yugi Muto to the coffee table, saying, "Alright, we've finally relaxed a bit, so let's not study the cards for now!"

"Since we still have some time this afternoon, how about we play a game of DDM?"

"This is a three-person version that is still in testing. Can you two take a look and see what parts need to be modified?"

“Great!” said the game enthusiast excitedly. “It’s been a long time since I’ve played DDM. I just left all my ace dice at home and didn’t bring them with me.”

Ryuji Otogi smiled smugly and opened another suitcase, which was filled with all the monster dice from the DDM series since its inception.

The moment the box was opened, everyone couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

The chest full of luxurious glitter was reminiscent of the time when Seto Kaiba went to exchange for Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Yuji put a finger to his lips and smiled mysteriously, "Shh... These are all for testing purposes only, they don't have numbers, so just play around with them here, and don't take them out, or Lord Pegasus will scold me terribly!"

Yugi Muto laughed happily, "Okay! I got it! Yuzuriha, you should hurry up and choose your dice too!"

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Youche put away his deck and, after choosing a set of dice he was most familiar with, the three of them began a fierce free-for-all!

An hour later, the tense and exciting three-person DDM came to an end. At this time, Jonouchi and Mai, who had been busy in the kitchen for half a day, also finished and sat down next to everyone.

"Huh? Jonouchi? Why is your face so red?" Kyoko, who seemed to have noticed something, asked with a mischievous smile.

"Ah, ah! Maybe it's because I'm hot from working!" Jonouchi stammered, clumsily trying to find an excuse.

Peacock Mai, on the other hand, was quite generous. She looked at the chaotic battlefield with great interest and asked with great enthusiasm, "Oh? DDM? A three-player version? Who won? Otogi Ryuji or Yugi? It seems Yugi is definitely out of the question..."

As Mai was speaking, Rebecca quietly handed a napkin to Jonouchi. Jonouchi didn't react at first, until Rebecca smiled and hinted that there was a lipstick mark on his face. Jonouchi then hurriedly wiped his face vigorously with the napkin.

"Ugh!! How am I supposed to play this?!" After the whole game, Youche's mood improved a lot. "Yujia Longji's dice-rolling skills are just too high. He can get almost anything he wants."

"As for games? Hmph! Don't think I didn't see through it!"

“As soon as the round starts, you bring out another game.”

"What? You're treating me and Ryuji Otogi like Pegasus, and using mind-swapping on us both??"

Yugi Muto, caught red-handed, hurriedly tried to explain, but everyone could see that at the end of the DDM match, Yugi didn't even bother to pretend anymore, and his signature catchphrase, "Solvadorana," completely betrayed him.

Of course, no one really cares about winning or losing this game. Everyone understands that there isn't much time left before they have to find their memories in another game. Perhaps when they part ways, this interesting interlude will become one of the precious memories shared by both games?

In the living room, everyone was chatting and laughing. The three who had already played a round of dice games tactfully stepped down and gave up their seats. Rebecca and the others, who had been eagerly anticipating the game, then took over the table and began to rebuild their dice sets...

And so, for the entire afternoon, almost no one mentioned dueling, and no one touched the cards. They played video games, other games, and watched movies together.

After so many life-or-death battles, such a special afternoon is truly rare.

evening.

As the host, Isono still acted like an assistant and butler. He came to everyone and smiled gently, "It's almost dinner time. Is there anything you'd like to eat? I'll go buy the ingredients."

"No need, Isono." Kaiba Keihei, the second young master of the KC Group, jumped off the computer chair and closed the game of Capsule Monsters. "My brother will be here soon, and dinner has already been arranged."

Isono immediately tensed up: "What?! The president is coming?! How come I had no idea?! I must have forgotten to check the message, damn it!"

Just then, the sound of the door lock being opened rang out, and the arrogant Seto Kaiba strode in with a smug smile, followed by a whole team of chefs, and then countless ingredients, snacks, and drinks.

This display left everyone dumbfounded.

Everyone originally thought that today's party at this villa was only temporary, but judging from Haima's behavior, he clearly wanted to keep everyone here for the time being.