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

"To be honest, not at all."

"So you've simply been caught?"

Faced with Sawatari's doubts, Yuya decisively gave a thumbs up, a bright smile spreading across his face:

"However, I believe that as long as we work together, we will definitely be able to find a solution!"

"Well, that's just like Yuya's style."

Nodding, Gongenzaka, his expression turning serious, also asked Yuya about the important matter.

"By the way, Yuya, did you see any of your other companions while you were outside? How are they all doing?"

"Right now, Yugo, Yuzu, and Serena are all at the bottom level and are safe for the time being. Their next goal should be the Friendship Cup. As for Akaba Reiji and the Hikage and Tsukikage brothers... I haven't run into them and don't know their current situation."

After sharing the information he knew with Gongensaka, Yuya also asked Gongensaka about the situation in the containment facility.

"Speaking of which, I learned from the person who saved me yesterday that the asylum seems to have captured quite a few powerful civilian duelists."

"You've been here a day early, do you even know who these people are? I think we might be able to recruit them as allies, to fight alongside us against the fused dimension."

This time, before Kongensaka could even speak, Sawatari interrupted him and said:

"I know, I know! There's a really powerful figure in this internment camp! I heard he was locked up here ten years ago, and he's a very strong duelist too!"

"real!?"

Upon hearing Sawatari's explanation, Yuya's eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly pressed for more information.

"Shall we go find him now?!"

Turning his head, Yuya saw the locked door and realized that they were in prison and couldn't just move around freely.

Seeing Yuya's disappointment, Gengenzaka patted him on the shoulder and said:

"Don't worry, Yuya, you'll see him when it's time to eat. That big shot is quite conspicuous."

"Conspicuous?"

Yuya didn't understand why, even though they were all prisoners here, Gongenzaka would use a word like "conspicuous" to describe that big shot.

But when he asked Sawatari, Sawatari, like Gengenzaka, replied mysteriously:

"Well, you'll find out when it's time to eat."

........................

"By the way, Yuya, did you bring your deck with you?"

It was lunchtime, and they were at the back of the long queue. Sawatari seemed to remember something and asked Yuya. Yuya, equally confused, pulled out his deck and waved it in front of him.

"Of course I brought it, why?"

"Hehe, that makes things easier. Yuya, let me tell you, if you give those people serving food a good card, they'll give you more food. Otherwise..."

As he spoke, Zetsu gestured with his lip toward a dejected person walking past him, and Yuya could see that the plate in that person's hand only contained a small amount of food.

However, after hearing Sawatari imparting his experience to Yuya, Kongensaka offered a reminder:

“Ze Du, cards are our partners in battle, not for doing this kind of thing. We did this before just to help those two avoid being bullied and to ensure they had enough to eat.”

"Okay, okay, you're so rigid."

However, Gongensaka's warning did not make Yuya give up the idea at all; instead, it reminded him of something else.

Reaching into his pocket, Yuya immediately pulled out a card called [Softball Cupid].

When Yuya was drawing cards from Soleva, he drew many cards that were incompatible with his deck. He could exchange three cards for one specific card from Soleva, but Soleva wouldn't take back some of them.

This [Softball Cupid] is one of them.

Soreva also has his own explanation for this:

Disassembling a card gives you ten dust, and combining it costs thirty dust, so a three-for-one trade with the option to specify the card is pretty fair! At most... I only make a small profit from the difference between facets and mirror shards. I'm happy, and they're happy to get new cards, isn't this a win-win situation?

As for Nvidia and R-cards?

Not to mention how easy it is for them to get their own deck's NR cards from opening packs, even if they want external NR cards, Soreva would give them away for free without a second thought.

After all, who hasn't accumulated thousands of NR dust after playing MD for a long time?

Therefore, Soleva only accepts SR and UR cards. Cards like [Softball Cupid], which is only R in rarity, are not within Soleva's acceptance range.

As for Yuya, who pulled out the card, he was thinking:

Even though Mr. Soreva isn't willing to take this card back, it's still a Synchro Monster card, so it's a pretty good card for them, right? I wonder if it can be exchanged for a decent meal.

Thinking this, when it was his turn to get food, Yuya followed the example of the people in front of him, holding the card between his fingers and handing it over along with his plate.

The bald prisoner who was getting food, seeing Yuya Sakaki's unfamiliar face, was about to give him a hard time when he saw the card Yuya was handing him between his fingers, and immediately chuckled:

"Hey, good lad! You're really on the right track!"

Chapter 154 Boss Desong

Yuya accepted the plate, which was piled high with rice, bread, soup, and dessert, and walked contentedly beside Sawatari and Gongenzaka.

"This is wonderful! Even the orphanage over there in Yugo doesn't have food this good!"

With Sawatari and Gongenzaka, who were a day ahead of Yuya, and their underlings protecting him, some people wanted to give Yuya, the newcomer, a hard time, but couldn't find a suitable opportunity.

Walking down the aisle near the dining table, Yuya did indeed spot a particularly conspicuous person at a glance.

While the other prisoners could only sit obediently on slightly low wooden tables and stools, crammed together to eat, he could enjoy a large dining table covered with a clean white tablecloth all to himself.

Even his meals were far superior to the monotonous mixed rice, bread, soup, and dessert set meals served to the other prisoners.

Large steaks sizzle and drip with oil on a sizzling hot iron plate, awaiting cutting with silver knives and forks. Paired with red wine in a stemmed glass, it's an absolute bliss.

Even though Yuya had to hand in his card to get a whole piece of bread, his small basket on the table was overflowing with them, and at first glance, they all seemed to be much bigger than the ones on Yuya's plate.

Not to mention the huge bowl of fresh vegetables and fruits that was made up of salad next to it, something that the other prisoners wouldn't even dare to dream of.

At the table, a man dressed in a kimono, who appeared to be quite old, leaned back in a comfortable chair and began to enjoy his steak with a knife and fork. On either side of him, two other people, also dressed in kimonos, stood faithfully by his side.

"How about it, are you envious, Yuya? This is the big shot here, what enviable treatment! But I heard that this uncle is ridiculously strong, and has more influence than the guards here."

Upon hearing Sawatari's voice beside his ear, Yuya nodded in agreement.

However, as if noticing the gaze that Yuya and the others were casting in their direction, the big shot also slightly opened his eyes and saw Yuya's unfamiliar face:

"Hmm? Another new person has joined? Hopefully they'll be more sensible."

After enjoying a delicious meal, Yuya returned to his cell with Gongensaka and Sawatari. Although the prison guard who had brought Yuya there earlier seemed to be grinning maliciously, looking to cause trouble for him, ...

Yuya wasn't short of extra cards. Having already become familiar with the rules here, Yuya sensibly gave the prison guard a card as well. Seeing this, the prison guard didn't say anything more and went back.

"Yuya, what you're doing..."

Judging from Gengensaka's tone, Yuya knew what he wanted to say and immediately spoke before he could:

“Gongenzaka, I know what you want to say, ‘Cards are partners,’ right? But Mr. Sorewa also taught us a saying, ‘Try to make all the cards play their greatest role.’”

"And as you know, Gengenzaka, Yuzu, and everyone at Yushojuku have a bunch of cards we don't need for duels. Now, by helping us reduce the difficulties and giving us more time to figure out a way to escape, I think that's making the most of these cards."

(Soreva: That's not what I meant at all! That's slander! That's a misinterpretation!)

"Uh……"

Kongensaka instinctively wanted to argue back, but thinking about the cards Yuya had given him that were completely useless to his [Super Heavy Warrior], Kongensaka could understand Yuya's actions.

After all, those who fight alongside you are your partners; cards that are completely useless don't really qualify as partners.

"clang clang"

A few knocks on the door interrupted Quan Xianban's thoughts. They all turned to look and saw the prison guard had opened their cell door, tapping his shoulder with his baton, and saying rather flippantly:

"Hey, I'm calling you, come out now?"

Did they call us?

Upon hearing this, Yuya, Gongensaka, and Sawatari all frowned. Logically speaking, they had all handed in their cards properly, so the prison guards shouldn't have any reason to make things difficult for them, right?

But just as Sawatari stepped forward, about to argue with the prison guard, Kongensaka quickly pulled him back:

"Let's go with him first, don't rush, and observe the situation."

Hearing what Kongensaka said, Sawatari could only nod and swallow back the words that were already on the tip of his tongue.

There was nothing he could do; Kwon Gen-saka's muscles were too strong, and he was afraid.

Led by the prison guard, Kongenzaka, Yuya, and Sawatari, oh, and Kongenzaka's two henchmen, whom he had won over with his personal charm, also insisted on coming along, and they arrived at a cell.

However, unlike ordinary prison cells, half of this cell was covered with grass-green tatami mats. A huge screen standing on the tatami mats and a katana rack next to it added a touch of Japanese style.

However, besides these Japanese-style decorations, things like sofas, wine glasses on the table, and safes also disrupt this Japanese harmony.

Before the enormous screen painted with pine trees, the big boss, whom Yuya and his companions had only met once during their meal, sat on a high platform covered by a white cloth. His two henchmen glared fiercely at Yuya and his group.

"You're all here, right? This is because Boss Desong personally summoned you."

"What do you mean, 'summoned us personally'? What arrogance!"

Hearing these condescending words, Ze Du instantly became displeased. After all, as the young master of the mayor's family in Wuwang City, he was always the one who acted superior to others, and no one had ever been able to give him orders like this.

"What did you say!?"

The two men roared in unison, and the imposing aura they exuded frightened Ze Du so much that he couldn't help but retreat.

"Alright, Zetsu, don't cause trouble."

Reaching out to press down on Sawatari, Kongenzaka took a step forward and asked in a composed yet assertive manner:

"I wonder what business Boss Desong has with us here?"

When the boss's name rang out again in Quanxian Sakaguchi's mouth, his two underlings seemed to have thought of something and pinched their chins.

"Hand it over."

After Tokusatsu's casual remark, one of his two subordinates, the one in the greyish-white kimono, acted as a messenger, shouting at Yuya and the others:

"The cards! Boss Desong wants you to hand over the cards! If you want to have an easier time here, hand over the cards!"

"If you want cards, I do have quite a few here."

Taking a step forward, Yuya revealed a stack of cards in his hand. However, he cleverly avoided using his own deck, instead showing the cards he had drawn from Sorevana, cards that were useless to him.