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

"Could it be... that this guy himself doesn't understand the rules of Pendulum Summoning? So he can't even Pendulum Summon the monsters he has?"

The more Soleva watched Yuya Sakaki frantically trying different things, the more convinced he became. He could only sigh and shake his head.

"I didn't expect him to be unfamiliar with even the summoning method that's the main focus of this series. It seems he's a protagonist who grows through development. In that case, I'll lend him a hand."

Walking up to Shuzo Hiiragi, Soleva immediately asked him:

"Mr. Shuzo Hiiragi, is the sound from this microphone transmitted into the dueling arena?"

At this moment, Shuzo Hiiragi was also extremely anxious about Yuya Sakaki's mistake. Suddenly hearing Soleva's question, he looked at Soleva blankly and replied, completely bewildered:

"It's possible, but..."

"That's good. Can I borrow it for a bit?"

Taking advantage of Shuzo Hiiragi's still bewildered expression, Soleva snatched the microphone from his hand and shouted at Yuya Sakaki in the dueling arena:

"Hey, Yuya Sakaki, can you hear me?"

Hearing someone call his name, Yuya Sakaki instinctively turned his gaze towards the spectator area. Seeing that Yuya had noticed him, Soleva continued speaking.

“Sakaki Yuya-kun, listen to me. The pendulum scales of the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] and [Time Reading Magician] that you are currently using to set the pendulum scale are 4 and 8 respectively. You can only summon monsters of level 5, 6, and 7.”

If you don't have a monster that can be Pendulum Summoned right now, well... I suggest you take a good look at the Pendulum Effect of [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon].

After saying that, Soleva handed the microphone back to Shuzo Hiiragi, took a step back, and quietly watched how Yuya Sakaki would react after his reminder.

As for Yuya Sakaki, after being reminded by Soleva, he obediently looked at his [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] on his Duel Disk, and his eyes gradually brightened.

"It seems he has come up with a solution."

Chapter 05: A Successful Pendulum, A Failed Performance

Having learned from Soleva's reminder that he had failed at Pendulum Summoning, Yuya Sakaki stopped obsessing over Pendulum Summoning and instead chose to Normal Summon his [Entertainment Partner Whip Snake].

Using the effect of [Entertainment Partner Whip Snake] to exchange the opponent's monster's attack and defense, Yuya Sakaki reduced [Phantom Song Girl Aria]'s attack to 1200 points, and then commanded his two monsters to launch an attack.

This attack not only successfully destroyed [Illusory Sound Girl Aliya], but also dealt 1200 LP damage to Hiiragi Yuzu.

At the end of the turn, Yuya Sakaki also activated the effect of [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon], destroying it and adding a Pendulum Monster with 1500 or less ATK to his hand.

However, Yuya Sakaki was also frightened by the accident just now and dared not do anything reckless. He obediently added another Pendulum Monster, [Star Reading Magician], that he had seen in the video to his hand.

Yuzu Hiiragi, who realized that Yuya Sakaki had just encountered an accident, cooperated by simply summoning a [Phantom Sound Girl Opera] with an attack power of 2300 to the field and ending her turn.

It was Yuya Sakaki's turn again. This time, he finally didn't cause any accidents. He followed the example of himself in the TV recording and set the pendulum scale of [Star Reading Magician], and finally succeeded in reproducing the pendulum summoning.

However, the reappearance of the [Odd-Eyed Spirit Dragon] beside Yuya Sakaki caused an uproar in the spectator area:

"What's going on? I remember he destroyed [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] before, so why can he summon it again? Did he draw another [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon]?"

"No! He was only missing two cards, yet he summoned three monsters using Pendulum Summon!"

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Seeing the argument in the spectator area escalating to the point of giving him a headache, Soreva immediately snatched the microphone from Shuzo Hiiragi's hand and said:

"Please be quiet! I'm here to explain!"

It's unclear whether Sorewa's voice was simply too loud, but the sound emanating from the speakers instantly transformed into a sonic wave that assaulted the spectators, causing them to instinctively cover their ears.

However, this tactic was indeed effective. The entire spectator area instantly fell silent, with everyone staring intently at Soreva, anticipating his answer.

Saureva nodded in satisfaction at the silence, and then began to explain the reason behind it:

"The monster cards used by Yuya Sakaki, such as [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon], are not ordinary monster cards, but a new type of monster card called Pendulum Monster. One of the characteristics of Pendulum Monsters is that when they are destroyed, they are not sent to the Graveyard, but are added to the Extra Deck and resummoned by Pendulum Summon."

Now everyone in the spectator area understood why the [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon] that had been destroyed earlier had reappeared on the field – it had been summoned from the Extra Deck!

This caused another uproar in the spectator area:

"How can there be such a card? This effect is way too overpowered!"

"But since this card and pendulum summoning method has been recognized by the system, it proves that this is a summoning method that we can also use, right?"

"So how are you going to get this brand new monster card? They definitely won't just teach us this summoning method so easily. Let's just forget about it and go to sleep."

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Amidst the uproar, Yuya Sakaki finally defeated Yuzu Hiiragi, bringing an end to this duel that could only be described as a poor performance.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Thank you all for witnessing this performance! If you'd like to learn Pendulum Summoning, you're welcome to join the Yusheng Academy!"

Having won his duel with Hiiragi Yuzu, Sakaki Yuya was in high spirits, thinking that he would definitely be able to recruit students for Yushojuku this time.

However, compared to Yuya Sakaki's passion, the people in the spectator area were quite indifferent.

After all, they weren't blind or deaf, so they could see that if it weren't for Soleva's reminder, Yuya Sakaki might not have even had a chance to use Pendulum Summoning this time.

In their eyes, Yuya Sakaki has gone from a genius boy who pioneered a completely new summoning method and successfully defeated the current champion to someone who got lucky and obtained a new card, but he's still not very proficient at using it.

People like this confidently claim they can teach them pendulum summoning? Don't be ridiculous!

Therefore, the scene that Yuya Sakaki expected—a large number of people eagerly joining Yushojuku—did not occur. Instead, after the first person left, the originally crowded group began to leave one after another.

Shuzo Hiiragi wanted to say a few more words of advice, but with the crowd so dense, he didn't have a chance to get closer. He could only watch as the once bustling crowd dwindled to just Soreva and a little boy with blue hair.

"Ah, everyone's gone. It seems that although your duel has come to a happy ending, your goal has failed."

Looking at the dispersing crowd, Soleva couldn't help but sigh. However, upon hearing Soleva's words, Yuya Sakaki, with a gloomy expression, pulled his goggles over his head.

Just as Hiiragi Yuzu was about to come up and comfort Sakaki Yuya, he suddenly slammed his fist heavily against the glass of the spectator area, making a loud noise. Even Soleva was a little startled by his sudden punch.

"Why?! I even used Pendulum Summoning, didn't I?! Why did they leave?!"

Seeing Yuya Sakaki's exasperated appearance, Soreva was also somewhat taken aback:

How could someone like that become the protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime? His mentality is just too terrible! He explodes at the slightest provocation? Even protagonists who grow through development don't start out being bad at cards and having a bad mentality, right?

In that instant, any remaining goodwill Soreva held for Yuya Sakaki as the protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime vanished, and he coldly remarked:

"You want to know why they left? Okay, then I'll tell you straight: they left because of your performance just now, which was a complete failure!"

"You! What makes you say that! Didn't they want to see Pendulum Summon? I've already used Pendulum Summon, what more could they want!"

Faced with Soleva's cold water, Yuya Sakaki, unwilling to accept it, immediately retorted.

Seeing that Soreva, who had just reminded Sakaki Yuya and helped him successfully use Pendulum Summon, thus preventing today's performance from being a complete failure, was now arguing with Sakaki Yuya, Hiiragi Yuzu immediately wanted to step forward to mediate.

However, she had only taken a few steps forward when she saw Soleva walk up to Sakaki Yuuya and speak:

"If I'm not mistaken, the purpose of your duel today is to use pendulum summoning to inspire the visitors to want to learn pendulum summoning at Yusheng Academy, thereby helping Yusheng Academy recruit students, right?"

Chapter 06: A Duel Invitation from Yuya Sakaki

"Isn't that obvious? Do you really need to remind me of something so simple?!"

Seeing that Soleva had brought up the duel again, Yuya Sakaki was puzzled, but his anger still drove him to argue with Soleva.

Seeing Yuya Sakaki's furious expression, Soleva sighed inwardly and began to lecture him:

"Since you know something so simple, why can't you do it well? In today's duel, your failed pendulum summon in that round clearly exposed two huge problems, which is why those people left disappointed."

"Two...two questions?"

Upon hearing Soleva's words, Hiiragi Yuzu and the others present were immediately stunned. They felt that the biggest mistake in this duel was that Sakaki Yuya failed to use Pendulum Summon in time, but apart from that, there should be no problem.

Unable to come up with an answer, Yuzu Hiiragi, though somewhat afraid of the now cold-faced Soreva, still timidly asked:

"Mr. Soreva, what are the two questions you mentioned?"

Seeing Yuzu Hiiragi ask a question, Soleva thought about how Yuzu had kindly helped him before, so he nodded, raised his finger, and began to express his opinion:

"Well then, let me address the first question. Yuya Sakaki, your duel exposed the weaknesses of Pendulum Summoning. It showed them that Pendulum Summoning isn't so easy to master, and that if you set up the wrong Pendulum Card, there's no special way to remove it; it just occupies the Pendulum Zone."

Hearing Soleva say this, even Yuya Sakaki could only remain silent. If Soleva had only told him the rules of pendulum summoning today, but had not reminded him of the pendulum effect of [Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon], he would probably have been stuck.

Seeing that Yuya Sakaki had stopped arguing, Soleva breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If he can listen to what I say, then it seems there's still some hope for this protagonist. If he couldn't even listen to this, then I'm afraid I'd have no choice but to defect and beat him up.

Unfortunately, Sorewa, who hadn't watched this Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, didn't know that the protagonist, Yuya Sakaki, was also the biggest villain in the series.

However, in other words, regardless of whether he defectes to the enemy or not, he will most likely be able to beat up Yuya Sakaki (laughs).

"Although the duel just now showed the shortcomings of Pendulum Summoning, we were still able to successfully summon many monsters in the end, which can be considered a comeback. But the problem I'm about to talk about is the real big problem."

Then, Soreva raised another finger and asked the second question.

"That is, Yuya Sakaki, you should know that those people all came here to learn Pendulum Summoning. However, your performance has revealed that you yourself have not fully mastered Pendulum Summoning."

They left in disappointment because they felt they couldn't learn Pendulum Summoning from you, Yuya Sakaki.

"So, is that so?"

After hearing what Sorewa had to say, Yuya Sakaki gripped the goggles covering his eyes tightly and removed them, his eyes now brimming with tears.

"It's all my fault, I was too immature. If I had figured out how to use the Pendulum Summoning before the duel, this situation wouldn't have happened, right? I'm sorry, Yuzu, and everyone else, it's all my fault for being stubborn and arrogant, which wasted such a good opportunity to revitalize Yusho Academy."

"Yuya..."

Seeing Yuya Sakaki so heartbroken, Yuzu Hiiragi felt as if her heart had been gripped tightly, making it hard to breathe. She wanted to comfort him, but didn't know what to say.

Yuzu Hiiragi, who has known Yuya Sakaki since childhood, has only ever seen Yuya cry like this once before. That was three years ago, when his father, Yusho Sakaki, disappeared and was scorned by everyone as a coward.

It was only that one time that Yuzu Hiiragi realized that even the usually optimistic and cheerful Yuya Sakaki could cry like that.

"What? Are you just going to give up like this?"

Just as Yuzu was still worried about Yuya Sakaki, she heard Soleva's voice. She saw Soleva, who was already standing opposite Yuya, reaching out to ruffle Yuya's hair. Yuzu was so angry she wanted to take out her folding fan and hit him with it.

What kind of person is this?! Even at a time like this, they're saying things to provoke Yuya! What if something happens to Yuya?!

However, they were stopped by the power-up board.

However, the sound that Yuya Sakaki made next delighted Yuzu Hiiragi:

"No... I don't want to give up yet! I want to carry on my father's legacy of entertaining duels and bring smiles to everyone's faces!"

"Yuya!"

Seeing that Yuya Sakaki had not lost his fighting spirit because of this defeat, Yuzu Hiiragi also showed a relieved smile. This kind of never giving up was just like the Yuya Sakaki she remembered.

Soreva, who was rubbing Sakaki Yuya's head, was slightly taken aback when she heard Yuya's spirited words. Then she smiled, removed her hand from Yuya's head, and placed it on Yuya's shoulder.