Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!-Chapter 41: Scientific Shadow Duel

What Kira saw was a shadow duel. But as far as he knew, Rex wasn't the type to play for life and death—except for that time in the Orichalcos arc, he was a legit duelist who didn't mess with this kind of thing.

It looked like the duel had been going for a while—both fields were empty, and both duelists looked battered and exhausted, barely holding themselves up and gasping for breath.

[Rex, LP 700]

[Fujimoto, LP 300]

Shadow duelist Fujimoto caught his breath. "As expected of a legendary duelist—to fight me to this point, you're good."

He changed tone: "But I swore to use your soul to honor my dead brother! I won't fall here!"

"I told you, I don't even know this Genichiro guy!" Rex roared.

Risking his life over someone he never even heard of—this was the most ridiculous moment of his life. freёwebnoѵel.com

"His name is Gozuka Genichiro, remember it!" Fujimoto yelled. "Because you're about to go to hell and atone to him!"

"I told you, I don't know him!" Rex was exasperated.

This guy must be nuts. Blabbering about revenge and not listening to a word in response.

If he died in this pointless duel, Rex would never rest in peace.

Kira fell silent.

Gozuka Genichiro. That name sounded familiar.

Wait—that guy who stopped him in the street for a duel the other night said he was originally after Rex but changed his mind after seeing Rex get stomped in the final match...

No way, could it be that coincidence?

Just then, a roar sounded from above, followed by swirling dust and buffeting wind. Kira instinctively shielded his face and looked up—just in time to see a white helicopter descending at the mouth of the alley.

The rotor's wind was wild and powerful like a dragon churning the air. Even before the copter landed, the door slammed open and a figure leaped down, coat billowing like a cape.

The newcomer landed in a superhero pose, then stood up, cloak whipping in the cyclone.

The scene was so dramatic that even the two duelists paused, both looking shocked.

Rex: "You!?"

Fujimoto's face went pale. "The legendary duelist... Seto Kaiba!?"

Kira: "..."

Only Kaiba could make an entrance like a superhero in a card game scene. And to survive a jump from that height—was dueling secretly a superpower workout?

"Brother!"

Mokuba quickly came to stand behind Kaiba, pointing at Fujimoto.

"That guy—the sensor says he's the source of the shadow duel!"

Fujimoto: "..."

He wanted to say, "It wasn't me!" but caught red-handed, he had no way to argue.

"This foolish duel ends now," Kaiba said coldly.

"Beating up a loser isn't a real accomplishment. If you want to play—I'll be your opponent."

Rex: "Who are you calling a loser!?"

Kaiba ignored him completely.

Fujimoto gulped.

Challenging Rex Raptor was one thing, but facing Seto Kaiba was another entirely.

Everyone knew Kaiba's main deck was Blue-Eyes White Dragon, but he hadn't dueled publicly in years. Still, people knew he had the top research team endlessly developing new Blue-Eyes forms—who knew how terrifying his deck was now.

"Hah... ha ha..."

Fujimoto tried to stall.

"Fine, I wanted to see the power of Blue-Eyes anyway. But a shadow duel can't stop once it's started. Let me finish off Rex Raptor first—"

"No need."

Kaiba suddenly raised his duel disk.

Everyone noticed it wasn't a standard model, but a high-end prototype not available to the public.

That pose and duel disk design gave Kira déjà vu.

In the movie "The Dark Side of Dimensions," the villain tried to use his artifact to banish Kaiba without dueling, but Kaiba struck the same pose, saying he'd amplified his willpower through his duel disk and neutralized supernatural powers with technology.

Kaiba's duel disk now shone with the same dazzling light.

Fujimoto frowned. "I don't know what you're doing, but I said a shadow duel can't be stopped unless— Wait, what!?"

The shadow duel barrier... dissolved in the light?

No way! Impossible!

Fujimoto lost it.

He was supposed to have the power of darkness!

Wasn't this supposed to be the age of mysticism, not science?

How could this happen!?

Kira was seeing this for the first time but wasn't surprised.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh! world, dueling is supreme, but that doesn't mean science is useless. In 5D's, the final boss came from the science side and proved that technology could materialize duel monsters and create effects similar to shadow duels—even time travel and world destruction.

Kaiba had suffered from supernatural powers for years. Even in DM, he never stopped trying to use science against magic. It made sense he'd made breakthroughs after eight more years.

"This is KaibaCorp's latest duel disk," Kaiba explained. "It amplifies a duelist's mental energy to the max—made just for people like you."

He sneered.

"And—it can do this."

Blue light burst from the disk, data flowing out like a tidal wave and filling the area.

The ground and alley walls vanished, replaced by a blue-glowing duel field, nothing else in sight.

"A solid vision duel battlefield. The monsters and impacts will have real substance!"

The spectacle—and Kaiba's aura—made Fujimoto hesitate.

No one would believe it, but he felt like he was facing a scientific shadow duel.

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