Traveling in reverse through the Yu-Gi-Oh! world with the MD system

Upon hearing this, Yuya Sakaki was instantly stunned. He never expected that his original intention to refuse Sora Shionin's words would be exploited by the other party and turned into a condition similar to a wager.

However, since it was he who made the request, Yuya Sakaki, caught in a dilemma, had no choice but to agree.

"Of course! As long as you can beat me!"

Only Yuzu Hiiragi, Yuya Sakaki's childhood friend, saw through his act immediately and chuckled quietly.

"Yuzu, what are you laughing at?"

"No...nothing."

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"Arno, Mr. Sorewa, are you... alright?"

Looking at Soleva, whose face had darkened and whose eyes had become unusually fierce, Yuzu asked cautiously. But when Soleva looked at her with fierce eyes, she was so frightened that she paused for a moment.

At the same time, Hiiragi Yuzu couldn't help but wonder why Soleva was in such a good mood when he first entered the spectator area of ​​the duel arena, and was even chatting and laughing with the three little ones, but his expression changed like this after Sakaki Yuya's turn ended?

"I do not……"

Although Soreva wanted to say he was fine, he couldn't bring himself to say it because Yuya Sakaki's behavior had really angered him.

This kid just summoned a hippo and did nothing else, ending his turn right away!

How much do you like this kind of gameplay?! You could easily use Pendulum Summon to summon a bunch of monsters, and I'd consider that an effort on your part. Why do you always prefer to ride that hippo to pick up action cards?

So you're treating action cards like your own personal deck, aren't you?

Taking a few deep breaths, Soreva gradually calmed himself down, patted his face, and began to mutter to himself:

"No, no, getting angry here won't do any good. I have to teach this kid a lesson with a duel, to show him how important the first turn is, instead of letting him continue this mindless play. Let me think about what deck I should use..."

While pondering which deck to use to teach Sakaki Yuya a lesson, Soleva couldn't help but smirk and let out a mischievous "hehe" laugh, causing the three little ones to instinctively hide behind Hiiragi Yuzu.

"Sister Yuzu, Professor Sorewa has suddenly become so scary!"

"That's it!"

Helpless, Yuzu could only rub the three little ones' heads to comfort them:

"Don't worry, don't worry, nothing will happen."

But she herself wasn't sure, and couldn't help but sigh.

However, the changes in the dueling arena quickly drew Soleva's attention away from his delusions and back to the duel between Sakaki Yuya and Shiunin Sora:

"[Toy Jar]? It seems that this Shiyunin Sura is playing with a Magic Toy deck..."

This instantly brought back painful memories of Soreva's experiences with the Toys deck while playing Mega Drive. He immediately closed his eyes, and after a long while, he opened them again and began to mutter to himself.

"I hope that this adorable Sora doesn't have any cheat codes or anything like that."

However, when Soreva took a closer look at the situation inside the dueling arena, he was stunned once again:

Not to mention the Shaddoll deck he could think of, after summoning two monster cards with the [Fluffy Animal] attribute, Sora not only did not use the Fusion of the Magic Toys deck, but also commanded the two monsters to attack Sakaki Yuya, but Sakaki Yuya blocked them with Action Cards.

"Could it be that Su Liang got stuck?"

Chapter 18 Fusion Summoning! Magical Toy? Scissors Bear

Despite her doubts, Soreva continued watching, and then...

"Damn it! Are you kidding me? Is this the only card you know how to use for a pendulum game, or are these two cards stuck to your hand?!"

Seeing [Star Reading Magician] and [Time Reading Magician] float out from behind Yuya Sakaki again to set the pendulum scale, Soleva could no longer suppress his anger and cursed out loud, almost punching the glass of the spectator area.

Soreva couldn't understand why Yuya Sakaki's 60-card deck, which played one card at a time, always seemed to draw the cards he needed, while his own 40-card deck, which had three copies of every card, often failed to draw them.

And the three monster cards that Yuya Sakaki summoned immediately afterward with his pendulum summon left Soleva almost speechless:

"[Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon], [Entertainment Partner Swordfish], hmm, they're all old acquaintances, only this [Entertainment Partner Water Strider] is somewhat creative."

Despite knowing that this situation should be considered a...bond? between Yuya Sakaki and the deck, Soleva was still full of resentment about it.

In situations where the starting hands are almost identical every game, even using synergy doesn't make sense, right? This is cheating! This is definitely cheating! And...

"...It's really getting boring. Yuya's duels are always the same old thing, there's no originality at all. I'd rather see how Sora responds in the next round."

With his face propped up, Soreva watched as Sakaki Yuya successfully defeated Shiunin Sora's [Plump Animal Lion] using the effects of Swordfish and another action card he had picked up, reducing its LP to 1800. Soreva couldn't help but yawn.

After all, Soleva had seen this tactic many times in Yuya Sakaki's duels, and he really had no interest in it at all.

Meanwhile, after drawing a card, Ziyun Suliang activated the effect of [Toy Jar], sending one [Easy Fusion] from her hand to the graveyard and drawing another card from her deck.

"I drew a Rank 3 [Sharp Imp Scissors]! Based on the Toy Jar's effect, I can Special Summon it!"

As Shiyunin Sora knocked the card out of her hand, the [Sharp Little Devil Scissors] appeared in front of her under the projection of the physical image system.

However, Ziyunyuan Suliang's actions did not end there:

"I activate the Spell Card [Fusion] from my hand!"

Seeing Shiyunin Sora use a Fusion Card, Soleva immediately perked up. As expected, the fun of Fusion decks is to see them play Fusion Monsters!

For a moment, Soreva also began to speculate about the monster that Shiunin Sora would choose to summon, based on his experience with the Magic Toy decks he had encountered:

"It should be the Cruel Orca, right? I've seen a lot of Toy decks using this card from their own archetype."

Unfortunately, Shiyunin Sora's choice was completely different from Sorewa's prediction:

"Demon's Claws! Beast's Fangs! Now, unite as one through the mysterious vortex, revealing new power and form! Fusion Summon! Appear! The terrifying beast that will cleave everything apart! [Magical Toy? Scissors Bear]!"

As a vortex of orange and blue, symbolizing fusion, appeared, the two monsters, their bodies transformed into light, gradually merged into one.

The [Pluffed Animal? Bear]'s body began to twist in the light, its claws grew sharp claws, and its chest was ripped open by sharp scissors. Its cute appearance instantly transformed into the terrifying [Magic Toy? Scissors Bear].

"This is……"

Fusion Summoning?

Despite being clearly frightened by the terrifying appearance of [Magical Toy Scissors Bear], Hiiragi Yuzu and the three little ones were still surprised that Shionin Sora was able to master fusion summoning.

After all, this is a special summoning method that Hiiragi Yuzu has never been able to master before (laughs).

Soreva, however, pursed his lips and muttered to himself:

"While [Magical Toy Scissors Bear] has the effect of turning monsters destroyed in battle into Equip Spell Cards to increase their attack power, which is quite good for dealing with Yuya Sakaki, wouldn't the card-destroying effects of [Magical Toy Scissors Tiger] or [Magical Toy Cruel Orca] from the [Magical Toy] series be more useful?"

"With Sakaki Yuya's deck, if he destroys the cards in his back row used to set the Pendulum Scale, it's uncertain whether he can even draw Pendulum cards anymore. This would practically render his Pendulum Summoning useless."

But Soleva also knew that in this world where Sakaki Yuya had created Pendulum Summoning, it was probably the first time that someone like Shiunin Sora had ever used Pendulum Summoning, so it was normal that he didn't know how to counter it.

Having figured this out, Soreva nodded and made up his mind that if Shiyun-in Sora really joined Yushojuku, he would have to teach him properly.

Meanwhile, in the dueling arena, Shiunin Sora had already commanded [Magical Toy Scissors Bear] to attack Sakaki Yuya's [Entertainment Partner Search Hippo].

It's unclear whether Yuya Sakaki was also shocked by Sora Shiunin's fusion summon, but for a moment he forgot to pick up the action card. While riding the Hippo, he was hit by a punch from the Scissors Bear, and both he and the Hippo were knocked into the pool of the Candy World projected by the physical image system.

This attack instantly brought Sakaki Yuya's LP to 2600 points.

Just as Sakaki Yuuya was climbing out of the pool, panting, the Scissors Bear appeared before him, casting a large shadow. At that moment, Shiunin Sora's voice rang out:

"Activate the effect of Scissors Bear! Scissors Bear can equip itself with the monsters it destroys."

"What did you say!?"

Before Yuya Sakaki could even react, Scissor Bear's hand had already reached the pool and scooped the probing hippopotamus, whose eyes were now showing circles, out of the water.

Seeing this, how could Sakaki Yuuya not understand what Shiunin Sora was up to? He immediately glared at her. However, Shiunin Sora seemed oblivious, continuing to activate the Scissors Bear effect on her own.

"I will equip the destroyed hippopotamus gear onto the scissor bear!"

Then, what was arguably the most cult-like scene Soreva witnessed that day appeared:

The scissor bear, which had already caught the hippopotamus in front of it, tossed it into its mouth and seemed to chew it a few times.

Seeing this, Yuzu and the three little ones watching the battle all showed expressions of surprise and fear.

However, Shiyun-in Sura continued her explanation with great enthusiasm:

"Then, the attack power of [Magical Toy Scissors Bear] increases by the attack power of the equipped monster!"

As the attack power of [Magic Toy? Scissors Bear] increased from 2200 to 3000, the projected body of [Magic Toy? Scissors Bear] also visibly swelled up.

"Attack power 3000... [Magical Toy Scissors Bear]'s attack power is even higher than [Odd-Eyed Spirit Dragon]!"

"If it gets attacked again later, will the [Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon] be defeated?"

Listening to the three children's exclamations of surprise and their concerns for Sakaki Yuya, Soleva remained silent.

This thing, with no resistance and an attack power of only 3000... isn't it super easy to deal with? If it had multiple equipment destruction cards instead of the destruction effect, it might even get a second glance.

Chapter 19 Yuya Sakaki is at a disadvantage

The duel continued, and Shiyunin Sora ended his turn after setting two cards face down.

Having witnessed the skill level of Shiunin Sora, Sakaki Yuya now had a serious expression and immediately activated the effect of [Entertainment Partner Swordfish], reducing the attack power of Scissor Bear by 600 points.

The Scissor Bear with an attack power of 2400 is now an opponent that the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] with an attack power of 2500 can handle. Realizing this, Tatsuya Yamashiro and Taishi Harada instantly perked up:

"The Scissor Bear's attack power is lower than that of the Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon!"

"That way, we can destroy it in battle!"

Coincidentally, Yuya Sakaki thought the same thing. He immediately mounted his Odd-Eyes Pendulum, switched to battle mode, and commanded the Odd-Eyes Pendulum to attack the Scissor Bear.

Soreva nodded slightly in response:

"It's alright. With [Time-Reading Magician] on the field, during the Pendulum Monster's battle phase, the opponent should be unable to activate Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step."

As expected, despite Shiunin Sora activating a trap card, Sakaki Yuya followed suit by declaring the effect of [Tokiyomi Magician]:

"Don't even think about it! Activate the Pendulum effect of [Time Magician]! Once per turn, this card can negate the activation and effect of Trap Cards activated on your Pendulum Monsters!"

Upon hearing this, Soreva suddenly realized something was wrong:

Once per round? I remember that the effect of [Time-Reading Magician] should be a continuous effect, right?

Soreva immediately pulled up the [Time-Reading Magician] card from the Magician pre-built deck he had purchased from the MD system and examined it carefully.

Sure enough, the pendulum effect activated by the Time Reading Magician's Negation Trap Card in his hand was a continuous effect, and did not need to be activated once per turn.

So, is the problem with Yuya Sakaki's understanding or with the [Time Reading Magician] in Yuya Sakaki's possession?