Chapter 856: Chapter 829: Card Shop Destructive
Alice, with her disheveled hair, blinked blankly, puzzled, and brushed away the messy hair from her forehead, sneaking a glance at Yugen, then at the man in the long coat in front of her.
Is this person really strong?
Yugen said she couldn’t match him, but Alice felt a little unconvinced and puffed her cheeks angrily.
I am clearly very strong too...
"Hakuno Misa, right?" Yugen examined the person in front of him, "The former ’Card Shop Destructive,’ now taking on employment commissions."
"Oh?" The man in the long coat chuckled slightly, "There are still people who know my old moniker? Interesting..."
Hakuno Misa, appeared in the DM sidestory "Yu-Gi-Oh! R"... or perhaps saying he appeared in a sidestory of a sidestory would be more appropriate. His story is unrelated to the main storyline of Yu-Gi-Oh! R, just a character appearing in a short episode at the end of a volume.
Game’s grandfather, Solomon Muto, publicly displayed the Three Phantom Gods in the card shop, attracting Duelists to come and worship, organizing a shop tournament to lure various Duelists to participate, with the winner having a chance to duel the Duel King, Game.
And it was this competition that attracted the person known as the "Card Shop Destructive," who was Hakuno Misa.
He plundered Card Decks through dueling, demanding protection fees from shopkeepers, akin to some kind of street card playing gangster.
However, although this person mixed in street scenes back then, his skills were indeed not weak. It is said that he had never been defeated before meeting Game, and had taken countless people’s Card Decks. Even Joey in the shop tournament was defeated by Hakuno Misa’s underling.
The most skillful thing these Card Shop Destructives were known for was collecting powerful opponents’ information in advance, choosing suitable Card Decks in response and adapting to the opponent’s Card Deck. They constructed one hundred decks from the cards they had stolen, naming them "Anti-Deck," each deck countering a different type of opponent.
The biggest reliance of the Card Shop Destructives was selecting different Card Decks according to different opponents. Joey was caught by this tactic.
Hmm, a similar type to Yugen’s stand-in...
Of course, in the end, he was still sanctioned by the unbeatable Ousama. And although this sidestory is somewhat niche, later on, the "Messenger of the Netherworld - Gess" used by Ousama in this card game lived on in the competitive scene as a super useful hand trap.
"Damn, I thought I’d act low-key this time, but ended up bumping into the Duel King right away..."
Hakuno Misa rubbed his nose bridge.
"Indeed, saying the Duel Academy is the King’s territory isn’t exaggerated at all. Since that’s the case..."
He raised his head, letting out a slight cold laugh.
"Since I can’t avoid it, let’s duel!"
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP4000]
[Misa, LP4000]
"I’ll go first, draw card!" Hakuno Misa took the lead.
He hesitated slightly when choosing a Card Deck.
He excelled at gathering information in advance to target enemies, but his opponent now was unusual.
As the Duel King, Yugen undoubtedly counted as a public figure, with countless people studying and analyzing his every public duel in the entire Dueling Realm.
But the more he studied, the more Misa found this person difficult to deal with. Because, whether intentionally or unintentionally, this guy nearly never uses the same Card Deck in any public duels.
The fields, attributes, races, etc., of the commonly used cards are hardly unified in any way. If one were to integrate all the Card Decks Yugen used in various duels, the person is simply like a Transformer, impossible to counter targeting him.
One must say if Yugen’s strategy possesses distinct personal color, the common trait is probably "annoying."
If attempting to use the "Anti-Deck" to target the opponent, but targeting the wrong deck, it turns into a clearly disadvantageous situation instead.
After careful consideration, Hakuno Misa decided to be more reliable and chose to use his most adept deck for dealing with opponents whose information was unknown to him.
"Set a Monster card face-down on the field." Hakuno Misa said, "Then set a Cover Card in the back row, ending the turn."
"My turn, draw card."
Yugen glanced at the card drawn and immediately revealed it.
"Activate the Magic Card ’Pot of Greed,’ draw two cards from the deck."
"Then summon this card..."
Yugen smiled mysteriously, placing a rather plain-looking Monster Card on the Duel Disc.
"Summon ’Hand-Holding Demon’ in Attack Position."
Appearing was a small demon with black wings, ugly in appearance, yet possessing a pair of enormous hands mismatched with its tiny body.
[Hand-Holding Demon, Attack Power 1000]
"Hand-Holding Demon?" Hakuno Misa murmured, "Opting for defense right away, is this what a king’s duel looks like?"
Yugen smiled, saying nothing.
"Next, activate the Magic Card ’Bonds of Compatriots.’" Yugen said, "Pay 1000 Life Points, select one Four-Star or below monster on one’s field, Special Summon two monsters with the same race and star level from the deck. But those monsters cannot be used for attack or sacrifice!" (Original effect)
[Yugen, LP4000→LP3000]
Once materialized, this card requires paying 2000 Life Points, and during the turn it is activated, additional Special Summons cannot be performed, nor can same-name cards be summoned. However, the Original Card lacks these restrictions.
He pointed at the Hand-Holding Demon on the field.
"Special Summon another two ’Hand-Holding Demons’ from the deck." Yugen said, "But the monsters summoned by this effect cannot attack nor be used for tribute, therefore both are placed in Defense Position."
[Hand-Holding Demon, Defense Power 1600]x2
"Then attack." Yugen said, "Use the first ’Hand-Holding Demon’ to attack the face-down monster."
The Hand-Holding Demon slapped forward, flipping over the monster in the front row. An angel, with a halo over its head, crouched on the ground, its enormous wings overlapping as shields in front.
[Radiant Angels, Defense Power 800]
The Hand-Holding Demon shattered the angels’ defensive position with a slap, the angels exploding into golden light particles and dispersing.
"Radiant Angels’ effect, when this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, Special Summon one Light Attribute monster with Attack Power below 1500 from the deck."
Hakuno Misa retrieved a monster from the deck and played it.
"Special Summon ’Cotton Ball’!"
A dazzling white light gathered on the field, white light points coalescing into a soft, white fluffy ball, with a cute and chubby expression.
[Cotton Ball, Defense Power 300]
"Cotton Ball." Yugen said.
This is also a monster Game used, the effect is when a card’s effect adds a card from the deck to the hand, it can be Special Summoned. But why retrieve such a thing?
"Set two Cover Cards, turn ends." Yugen said.
If talking about Cotton Ball’s special features...
Yugen quickly thought, this monster is one-star and belongs to the Angel Race.
In other words, the opponent probably has that card on hand...
"My turn, draw card!"
Sure enough, Misa then made a grand gesture with his hand.
"Activate Cover Card, Continuous Magic—
—Celestial Court!"
Yugen was not surprised.
Indeed.
