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

Although Soreva had doubts, he could only wait until the duel was over to investigate the matter.

However, this can't be blamed on Soreva, since he's just a card player and didn't realize that the cards he was using were the OCG versions from Konami, and their effects differed somewhat from the original games.

But Soreva knew one thing: if the effect of [Time Reading Magician] became once per turn, then Yuya Sakaki might be the one to suffer in this attack.

As expected, after the Trap Card was negated by the Pendulum effect of [Time Reading Magician], Shiunin Sora activated the same Trap Card again, [Surprise Box].

Seeing the surprised expressions on the faces of Yamashiro Tatsuya, Hiiragi Yuzu, and the others because Shiunin Sora had set the same Trap Card, thus avoiding the effect of [Time Reading Magician] and successfully activating it, Soleva could only sigh.

I still haven't seen enough!

Back in the early days of MD, he was having fun with a red-trap deck when he ran into a useless second-tier deck. He managed to use several Magic Cylinders and Dimensional Walls to negate the effects of [Banner of Flowers] and [Shooting Star Dragon], causing his opponent to crash headfirst into his own [Shooting Star Dragon] attack.

Although the success rate of this counter-damage red pit deck was quite low when facing the multiple negations of the once-popular useless second-tier deck, winning once was a joy for a whole year!

Soreva even saved the duel in his MD game collection so he could review it anytime.

Returning to the duel, Shiunin Sora, having successfully activated the [Surprise Box], chose to send the [Entertainment Partner Water Strider] to the graveyard. Suddenly, a box with extendable arms was projected by the physical projection system, grabbing the [Entertainment Partner Water Strider] and smashing it onto the head of the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon].

Thus, the attack of [Odd-Eyed Pendulum Dragon] was stopped, and its attack power dropped to 900 points.

Yuya Sakaki fared much worse; he was still riding on the Odd-Eyed Pteranodon when it hit him on the head. Due to the momentum, when the Pteranodon stopped, he was violently thrown to the ground, a sight that looked incredibly painful.

So much so that Sakaki Yuya, upon getting up, immediately glared angrily at Shiunin Sora, but Shiunin Sora still wore a cute smile and teased Sakaki Yuya:

"Oh, Master, why are you making such a scary face?"

Sakaki Yuya, who had stood up, did not respond, but simply set the Swordfish to Defense position.

After all, [Entertainment Partner Swordfish] only has 600 attack power, while [Magical Toy Scissors Bear]'s attack power will recover to 3000 points next turn. With one hit, Yuya Sakaki will only have 200 LP left.

However, seeing that Yuya Sakaki had set Swordfish to Defense Position, Sora Shiunin continued to provoke Yuya with her words:

"Oh dear, Master, you're being too pessimistic! Have you really given up? If so, I'm so disappointed. I was hoping for a more interesting duel with you. How boring~~"

Upon hearing Shiunin Sora's words, Sakaki Yuuya did not respond, but his expression grew even more somber.

"I set a card and the turn ends."

As Yuya Sakaki ended her turn, [Magical Toy Scissors Bear]'s attack power returned to 3000.

Meanwhile, Yuzu Hiiragi, watching from the spectator area, saw Sakaki Yuya fall into a disadvantageous position and have to end his turn in such a frustrating way, and couldn't help but call out softly with concern:

"Yuya..."

Soreva, who was not far from Hiiragi Yuzu, naturally heard Hiiragi Yuzu's voice and immediately asked her:

"What, are you worried that Sakaki Yuya-kun will fail?"

Hearing Soleva ask her a question, Yuzu Hiiragi immediately replied:

"Of course, Yuya is... a friend I've known since childhood, so of course I'd worry about him!"

"But what's the point of worrying about him in this duel? Or rather, why care about the outcome of this duel?"

Hearing the nonchalant tone in Soreva's words, Yuzu immediately became anxious:

"But what if Yuya loses..."

"So what if he lost? He just has Shiyunin Sora by his side now, doesn't he?"

Before Hiiragi Yuzu could finish speaking, Soleva interrupted her, and Soleva's words surprised Hiiragi Yuzu:

Yes, so what if Sakaki Yuya lost this duel? He'll just have Shiunin Sora by his side. In fact, it's better this way: if Shiunin Sora joins the Yusho Juku, the Juku might even start charging her tuition!

Seeing Yuzu Hiiragi lost in thought, he pinched his chin and teased her:

"Honestly, you're so worried that Sakaki Yuya-kun will lose. What do you take him for? Someone who'll be devastated if he loses? Or... are you just jealous that Shiunin Sora can stay by Sakaki Yuya-kun's side?"

Upon hearing the first half of Soleva's sentence, Hiiragi Yuzu couldn't help but follow Soleva's train of thought and ponder how she actually viewed Sakaki Yuya's question.

However, upon hearing the second half of Sakaki Yuya's sentence, Hiiragi Yuzu instantly blushed, pulled out a paper fan, and slapped it towards Soleva's head:

"No way! I would never be jealous of a boy!"

Chapter 20 Defeated! Heterochromatic Spirit Swing Dragon

"Huff...huff?"

After catching her breath several times, Yuzu Hiiragi finally came to her senses. Seeing Soleva lying on the ground, she panicked and rushed over, shaking him and asking:

"Mr. Soleva? Mr. Soleva? Are you alright?"

"How could you be alright? I never expected you to be so strong, Yuzu..."

Seeing Soleva rubbing his head as he sat up, Hiiragi Yuzu breathed a sigh of relief. However, after relaxing, the thought of Soleva's teasing words made her blush again.

Soreva, who had sat up, looked at the three little ones huddled together, trembling, and pointed at them, teasing Yuzu:

"Look, even they are frightened by you."

Hiiragi Yuzu naturally knew who Soleva was referring to when he said "they," and her face flushed even more. Fortunately, this time she didn't lose her temper and beat Soleva with her paper fan again. Instead, she turned her head to look at the dueling arena, pretending to ignore Soleva.

Seeing Hiiragi Yuzu's expression, Soleva patted his butt, stood up, and looked towards the dueling arena.

At this moment, Shiunin Sora in the arena is explaining the effect of the spell card she activated, [Toy Parade]:

"...This turn, monsters with '[Toy]' in their name on your field can attack a number of times equal to the number of equipped monsters."

Upon hearing this reaction, both Hiiragi Yuzu and Sakaki Yuya in the arena changed their expressions:

"not good!"

Upon hearing Yuzu's exclamation, Harada Taishi, one of the three boys, innocently asked:

"What's wrong with that? The only thing the Scissors Bear is equipped with is the Exploring Hippo that was just destroyed, right? That means it can only attack once, so it's no different from usual, isn't it?"

Upon hearing Harada Taishi's naive remark, Yamashiro Tatsuya, standing beside him, quickly realized what was happening and, with a look of anxiety on his face, began to explain to Harada Taishi:

"I understand! It's not like that! After the Scissors Bear destroys Yuya-nii's monster, it can equip Yuya-nii's monster, which increases the number of attacks!"

Upon hearing this, Harada Taishi's expression instantly turned ugly:

"This is really bad! If we destroy the [Heterochromatic Pendulum Dragon], we can continue attacking the Swordfish, and then we can attack it directly!"

"No, if Shiyunin Sura chooses to attack [Heterochromatic Spirit Dragon] first, he will be the one who loses."

A voice, completely different from the concerns of the crowd, rang out, and everyone in the spectator area turned to look at the person who spoke, namely Soreva.

"Mr. Soreva, what do you mean by that?"

Faced with Yuzu's question, Soleva didn't directly explain to her and the three children, but simply said:

"You'll find out as you keep watching."

However, despite not having heard Soleva and the others' conversation in the dueling arena, Shionin Sora, even before entering the battle, confidently declared:

"Then let's start with the ace, the heterochromatic eye!"

Knowing what Shiunin Sora was planning, Sakaki Yuya naturally wouldn't let him succeed so easily, and there was only one way Sakaki Yuya could think of to stop Sora!

That's using action cards!

Having made up his mind, Yuya Sakaki immediately summoned [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] and charged toward the nearest Action Card.

At the same time, Shiunin Sora, who had previously been so clumsy that Sakaki Yuya had snatched her action card, suddenly leaped up and stepped on the paw of the Scissors Bear. With the Scissors Bear pushing her forward, she managed to grab the action card before Sakaki Yuya could, much to Yuya's surprise.

"What!?"

Shiyunin Sora, who had snatched the action card, used the cookie roof and several giant lollipops for leverage and returned to Scissors Bear's hands.

This series of fluid movements left Yamashiro Tatsuya and Harada Taishi speechless, while Hiiragi Yuzu and Ayukawa Ayumi couldn't help but exclaim in amazement:

"Amazing!"

Watching Yuya Sakaki return to his original position riding the [Heterochromatic Spirit Dragon], Sora Shiunin said smugly:

"To get the action card, we need to make good use of the monsters! Taking down the hippo carrying Master is the right move!"

Seeing Sora's appearance, and realizing that Sora wasn't as innocent and cute as she seemed, but rather quite cunning and calculating, Yuya Sakaki couldn't help but sigh with a grave expression:

"Did you even consider this?"

Leaping down from the paws of the Scissors Bear, Shiyunin Sora officially declared the start of the battle and commanded the Scissors Bear to launch an attack on [Odd-Eyed Spirit Dragon].

However, Yuya Sakaki was not without any means of resistance. He immediately activated the Trap Card [Entertainment Flash], which could change the opponent's monster to Defense Position when [Entertainment Partner] was on the field.

Unfortunately, Shiyunin Sora quickly activated the action card he had just snatched, [Sugar Coating], which prevented Scissors Bear from being affected by the effects of Spell & Trap Cards or destroyed by battle for this turn.

"This effect... isn't the action card system a bit too overpowered?"

Listening to Shiunin Sora beam with delight as he boasted to Sakaki Yuya about the effect of this action card, Soleva couldn't help but mutter a sarcastic remark. As for Shiunin Sora's decision to disrupt [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon], he simply sighed.

"It seems that Sora is going to lose."

"Teacher Sorewa, you're saying that again. Just tell us why you said Sora-nii is going to lose."

Looking down at Ayukawa Ayumi tugging at his clothes and acting coquettishly, Soleva rubbed her head and responded with a smile:

"Alright, since you want to know, I'll tell you. Effects like [Fantastic Toy Scissors Bear] require a monster destroyed in battle to enter the Graveyard to activate its effect. But [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] is a Pendulum Monster, you know. Do you remember where a Pendulum Monster goes after it's destroyed?"

While Ayumi Ayukawa and Taishi Harada were still stunned by the question posed by Soreva, Tatsuya Yamashiro had already quickly given his answer:

"I remember the day Yuya Sakaki and Yuzu performed their duel, Professor Sorewa said that after a Pendulum Monster is destroyed, it will be added to the Extra Deck!"

"That's right!"

Soreva snapped his fingers and immediately looked at the scene in the dueling arena, saying...

"Therefore, since the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] that enters the Extra Deck cannot become the Equip Card for [Magical Toy Scissors Bear], the attack of Scissors Bear ends here."

"What a pity. If Sora had chosen to destroy the Swordfish first, and with the Swordfish's increased attack power, the Scissor Bear could have attacked the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] again, and Yuya Sakaki's LP would have been reduced to zero."

The three children, especially Yamashiro Tatsuya, all looked astonished. They then realized that when they saw Shiunin Sora launch the [toy parade], Sorewa had seen much more and farther than they had.

However, seeing Sakaki Yuya, who was now completely disoriented and kneeling on the ground, once again shielding his eyes with his goggles, Soleva felt a surge of deep dissatisfaction.

"Sakaki Yuya-kun, your performance these days has truly disappointed me."

Chapter 21: Yuya Sakaki's Disappointing Counterattack

Soreva, who knows very little about the protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, has the strongest impression of the concept of "Yu-Gi-Oh! protagonist" from the Yugi Muto he once saw in the manga.

Therefore, after deciding in his heart that Yuya Sakaki was the protagonist of this generation of Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, Soleva inevitably compared Yuya Sakaki with the image of Yugi Muto in his memory.