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

Seeing this, the people in the audience were dumbfounded; they didn't understand what had happened!

"Hehehe..."

Soichiro Makino smiled smugly. He was ready to put away the Duel Disk. For him, the real feast was about to begin.

From the very beginning, this was his plan: to infiltrate the tournament and then use high-tech equipment to amplify the impact of the simulation system to an unlimited extent. As long as someone died in the tournament due to the projection system, the KC Group would fall into an abyss. And if the person who died was the Duel King, then Seto Kaiba's group would completely collapse!

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by Seto Kaiba's arrest of Chikuzen Kawakaze and Konosuke Iharu, he secretly activated a pre-prepared device. As long as Duel King Ichi is injured, his conspiracy will succeed!

As for that guy Sieg Lloyd?

He wanted to use himself as a pawn, but little did he know that the real pawn was himself!

The incriminating evidence against Sieg Lloyd that Seto Kaiba received was anonymously sent by Soichiro Makino!

Slowly raising his head to look at the sky, Makino Soichiro felt an unprecedented sense of comfort.

He finally avenged his father!

Seto Kaiba, and Yuzuriha, who defeated his father in the Noa incident, will both face their doom at this moment!

However, Makino Soichiro never expected that Yu Che's physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary people. Ever since he gained the approval of Sleeping Giant Gudu, he has become so strong that he can withstand the impact of the Dark Duel.

Although Makino Soichiro pushed the parameters to extremely high levels, the hardware was still at its limit. Even if the duel system was overloaded, it was impossible to reach the level of military-grade equipment.

Under Makino Soichiro's shocked gaze, Yuzuru slowly straightened up. In a panic, he gritted his teeth and hurriedly shouted:

"My turn is over!!"

"And at that very moment, I activated the effects of the psychic avatar!!"

"Unleash the Dark Dragon King, inflicting damage equal to half of that monster's attack power!!"

"boom------------------"

Another powerful impact was unleashed, but this time, the Dark Mage Hermoti, who had anticipated this, stepped forward and used his elven energy to reduce most of the impact. In the end, the blast that hit Youche did not cause much damage.

“So… this was your plan…” You Che gritted his teeth, feeling as if his whole body was falling apart. “But unfortunately, your conspiracy can’t be realized.”

Soichiro Makino exclaimed incredulously, "Impossible...it can't be!"

"Dark Horus also has a special ability: when a Spell Card is activated during my opponent's Main Phase, I can revive a Level 4 or lower DARK monster from my Graveyard!!"

"As long as I summon the rare metal dragon again, I can defeat you through the psychic exosome!!"

"Stop pretending..." Yu Che took a deep breath and said, "Right now, you're just a criminal who attempted murder. Seto Kaiba won't let you go, but before that, I want to end this duel!!"

In the control room, Seto Kaiba's face turned ashen upon noticing the situation on Yuzuriha's side.

He was extremely relieved that the child had not become Makino Soichiro's opponent. This was because of Yu Che; any ordinary person would not have been able to withstand such a potentially fatal impact!

But at the same time, he was also extremely angry!

How dare Makino Soichiro treat his nemesis like this! He deserves to be torn to pieces!

"Brother!" Kaiba Keipei was somewhat at a loss. "What do we do now? Should we go and capture Sieg Lloyd first?"

"But... if Yuzuriha, as the Duel King, is unable to continue participating in the competition, I'm afraid..."

Seto Kaiba's mind raced, and he finally came up with the best emergency plan: "Postpone the arrest of Sieg Lloyd! Put Yukichi and Sieg Lloyd in the same group in the quarterfinals!"

"I'll take care of that guy before their duel begins, and Youche will get some time to rest!"

"With his abilities, I believe he can resolve this duel and return to the subsequent matches!!"

This may be the best solution at the moment.

Seto Kaiba stared intently at the seemingly elegant pink-haired man on the screen.

Zig...

It seems this competition can't proceed smoothly unless we get rid of you, you rat!

Keep pretending to be so smug. It won't be long before I crush your head under my feet!

"Huh...huh..."

You Che gasped for breath, trying to relieve the burning sensation in his chest and lungs.

Even before the tournament began, he had warned Seto Kaiba to be careful of that bastard Sieg Lloyd, but the arrogant Seto Kaiba wouldn't listen. But after this incident, he should have learned his lesson.

The image of a boy flashed through You Che's mind—it was the same Leon who had summoned Gudu at the Giant Dome Arena that day!

Even with all the information he had, Seto Kaiba probably couldn't have predicted that Leon was Sieg Lloyd's brother!

He must tell Kaiba about this after this duel is over!!

"My turn! Draw!!" Yu Che drew a card with his last bit of strength. "Makino Souichirou, the duel will end this turn, and I won't need to activate any magic cards!!"

"Instead, I will sacrifice a spell card from the graveyard to summon this monster!!"

"Magic attacker!!"

"Entering combat phase, launching a direct attack on you using the special effects of a magic attacker!!"

Golden light shone on the battlefield, and a small warrior appeared, wielding a magic spear.

[Magic Attacker]

【Samsung】

[Earth Attribute/Warrior Race]

[Attack/Defense: 600/200]

"A direct attack?!" Makino Soichiro was shocked.

He didn't have much LP left, and after taking 600 points of combat damage from the magic attacker, he couldn't withstand any more damage!

If Yu Che uses the effect of the Summoning Exosome to unleash the Dark Magician, then he will lose this duel!!

In a moment of panic, he quickly pressed the controller on his wrist, canceling the surge amplification of the simulation system!

In his panic and desperate need to survive, he had no time to consider how to conceal his actions, and this scene became evidence of his crime!

Finally, two attacks were unleashed in succession. When Makino Soichiro was defeated, Yuzuru finally breathed a sigh of relief and leaned wearily against the wall.

Chapter 274 Seto Kaiba VS Sieg Lloyd

Outside the arena, Sieg Lloyd leisurely watched as Makino Soichiro was arrested.

During the match, he was genuinely alarmed when he noticed that the guy hadn't been taken away by the KC Group. But now it seems that it was just that Seto Kaiba was incompetent, and they only found the evidence after the duel was over.

"Heh, I really overestimated you, Seahorse~"

Sieg Lloyd gently smoothed his long hair, which had been slightly disheveled from the duel, and then casually walked towards the lounge outside the arena.

He deliberately paused for a moment as he passed the entrance to the lounge.

Seeing this, Leon, who was preparing for the next duel, looked somewhat reluctant, but in the end he packed up his deck and followed.

At a secluded corner of a staircase, Sieg Lloyd handed Leon a beautifully crafted card, though the description was somewhat unclear, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, saying, "Use this card when the time comes."

"Now that we're in the quarterfinals, you have a very high chance of running into either the Duel King or that guy Yugi Muto."

"If you're not confident, then use this card to defeat them!"

Leon took the card, his young face full of hesitation and grievance. The card, which shone with golden light, was a commemorative card with experimental features—Golden Palace of Rapids Mountain.

In the early days of Duel Monsters, Pegasus designed many groundbreaking cards, but many of them were banned from subsequent tournaments because their effects were either too weak or too powerful. The Golden Palace of Rapids was one of the latter.

In an era before Field Spell Cards existed, it appeared as a Continuous Spell Card, and its terrifying restrictive power was enough to crush tens of thousands of duelists with a single card.

According to current rules and laws, the Golden Palace of Rapids cannot be read or written by the Duel Disk, but Sieg Lloyd had already made preparations. He not only changed the data of this card to a new type of Field Spell Card, but also modified the card's effect and injected it with a terrifying electronic virus.

Once this card is read and written by the KC Group's system, all data related to the duel in the world will be erased.

This opportunity allows Sieg Lloyd to market his company's games to the world, thereby defeating the KC Group and Seto Kaiba.

Looking at the cards in his hand, Leon was very sad.

He really loved dueling, and he loved those cards that kept him company through the lonely nights.

in case……

If these things no longer exist, he will feel as if his childhood has been erased.

Just then, the cunning Sieg Lloyd patted Leon's head gently, feigning tenderness: "Don't worry, after this incident, your brother will have time to spend with you~"

"It won't be long before Lloyd Corporation rules the world."

"And this world will become your fairytale castle."

Leon looked up and saw his brother's seemingly sincere gaze, and he wavered.

For him, his older brother was more important than the duel cards.

If his older brother were with him, he would no longer be lonely.

Leon still had some hesitation in his heart, but in the end he still put the Golden Palace of Rapids into the deck...

This scene was closely observed by Seto Kaiba, who was hiding in the shadows.

His face was somewhat cold, but his eyes were full of smugness and mockery.

"Heh, Sieg, you're such a troublemaker!"

"But now that I know your last trump card, your schemes will fall apart on their own!"

After the final duel in the round of 16, Yuzuru told Seto Kaiba what he knew in a rather veiled way. He did not reveal his identity as a transmigrator, but only told Kaiba that he had stumbled upon and learned about these things by chance while searching for Card Spirits.

Seto Kaiba had previously suffered greatly because he didn't trust Yuzuriha. This time, for the future of the KC Group, he set aside his arrogance and resolved to completely eliminate the Sieg brothers!

The break passed quickly, and it was almost time for the competition to be divided into groups.

In the control room, Seto Kaiba underlined Sieg and Leon's names with a pen and said to Isono, "Yusho and Yugi will advance directly to the semifinals. As for these two, I'll deal with them directly."

"Yes!!" Isono accepted the order.

"Wait a minute, Kaiba!" At that moment, Yugi Muto appeared in the control room and pleaded with Seto Kaiba, "Kaiba, could you give that child a chance?"

"What are you saying?!" Seto Kaiba had always been dissatisfied with this weak vessel. "Do you know that if that card in his deck is used in a duel, it could paralyze the entire dueling world!"

The gentle-natured Yugi Muto became exceptionally resolute at this moment: "I believe in that child. He is different from his brother. He truly loves dueling!"

"A person who only sees dueling as a tool for personal gain would not go to the trouble of summoning Sleeping Giant Gudu!"