Who Let Him Play Yugioh? (Re-Upload)

Boom!

Random Minion A: ”Ughhh!”

Seto Kaiba: ”Hahahahaha—”

Boom!

Random Minion B: ”Ughhh!”

Seto Kaiba: ”Hahahahaha—”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

” . ”

Standing outside the door, Kira watched as the bar was instantly littered with the defeated bodies of shadow duelists, and he was left speechless.

He’d expected Kaiba to have no trouble crushing these guys, but he didn’t think it would be this exaggerated.

It reminded him of that scene in the anime when Chazz Princeton first arrived at the Northern Duel Academy branch, mowing down the students at a rate of one per minute.

Whenever the protagonists in the anime steamroll nameless extras, the vibe is always like this. It once made the young Kira believe that shuffling your deck wasn’t even necessary in dueling. He’d excitedly taught his friends this discovery, and then confidently brought his unshuffled Exodia set to duel with the other kids.

And then... well, after that, no one wanted to play with him anymore.

But it wasn’t his fault—because in the anime, no one ever seemed to shuffle! Especially when the main cast was annihilating randoms, every hand was just absurd.

Just like Kaiba’s rampage right now.

Kaiba stood amidst a field of fallen duelists.

”Anyone else?!”

At this point, only three people across the bar were still standing.

Split-hair Yamaguchi Ryosuke: ”Damn it, I knew you were the legendary Seto Kaiba, but I didn’t think you’d be this over-the-top. In the blink of an eye, only us ’Four Heavenly Kings of the Blood Moon’ are left—”

Pretty Bartender Inoue Kazumi: ”Correction, it’s Three Heavenly Kings. Fujimoto has already defected.”

Ryosuke: ”...”

Fujimoto, earnestly: ”Guys, just give up. Stop struggling. The boss asked me to tell you, surrender now and you’ll get really good treatment...”

The big guy among the Four Heavenly Kings, Aikawa Takuya, suddenly lunges: ”I’m gonna strangle you, you traitor!”

Fujimoto quickly hid behind Kaiba to show his loyalty.

”Heh, so you three are what’s left of the so-called Four Heavenly Kings?” Kaiba folded his arms and sneered. ”I suppose you’re a bit stronger than the other small fry.

So, who’s up first? Or are you all coming at me at once?”

The three immediately perked up.

Is there such a good opportunity?

One-on-one, they had no chance, but three-on-one? Seto Kaiba or not, could he beat all three of them at once?

”Alright, then it’s settled. A fair and square three-on-one!”

Kira could barely resist commenting—since when is three-on-one ’fair and square’?

He had to admire Kaiba’s confidence. In real-life Yu-Gi-Oh, there are single duels and team duels, but multi-versus-one is unheard of. The game just isn’t designed for that—massive card advantage, field advantage, and even turn advantage, it should be impossible.

But in the anime, when the main characters crush randoms, it’s always one-vs-three, one-vs-four, and it’s always a sweep.

There’s a saying he once read in the online Yu-Gi-Oh fandom: in the anime, characters have something called ’Destiny Power’—an innate ability to influence fate and control the flow of the duel.

But this power is relative. In a duel, if one person’s Destiny Power is stronger, it suppresses their opponent. That’s why, in the anime, protagonists always start with a perfect hand against randoms, but when it’s a battle between experts, their opening hands seem much more average.

So in this world, instead of worrying about facing a powerful monster or deck, Kira cares more about the Destiny Power of his opponent. After all, those legendary monsters worshipped by modern duelists aren’t much compared to the broken monsters of today.

But Destiny Power can make even a pile of random cards into a powerhouse.

A simple example: in modern Yu-Gi-Oh, a good first-turn board can interrupt the opponent several times in their turn with destruction or negation effects. It usually takes a long combo to set up such a board.

But in this world, if the gap in Destiny Power is big enough, the stronger duelist can just start with three or five copies of ”Solemn Judgment” to negate anything, add a big beatstick, and even an ancient deck can be just as oppressive.

In other words, real-life Yu-Gi-Oh is more about the deck’s strength, but here, the duelist’s strength matters too.

Alright, let’s watch Kaiba duel today.

He figured Kaiba couldn’t lose, but he was curious to see how he’d win against triple the resources.

Three versus one—this was the perfect chance to observe Destiny Power up close.

”Duel!” x4

[Ryosuke, LP 4000]

[Kazumi, LP 4000]

[Takuya, LP 4000]

[Kaiba, LP 4000]

”I’ll go first. Draw.” Kaiba said coolly, ”In free-for-all mode, no one can attack on the first turn. I set two cards and end my turn.”

The three all sucked in a breath.

So confidence? One versus three and he didn’t even summon a monster first turn?

”If you’re that confident, you’ll pay for your arrogance, Seto Kaiba. My turn, draw!”

First up was Ryosuke, the split-haired Four Heavenly King.

”I summon ’Marauding Captain’! Marauding Captain’s effect activates—on summon, I can special summon a Level 4 or lower monster from my hand.”

He smirked and revealed another card.

”And what I’m summoning is... another ’Marauding Captain’!”

[Marauding Captain, ATK 1200] x2

”I see, a lock?” Kaiba said flatly.

”That’s right. As long as ’Marauding Captain’ is on the field, you can’t attack any other Warrior monsters. And when there are two Marauding Captains...”

”Their effects protect each other, so neither can be attacked,” Kaiba finished. ”Attacks are locked out.”

”Exactly.” Ryosuke crowed. ”Then I set a card and end my turn!”

”My turn!” said pretty bartender Kazumi. ”I normal summon ’Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast’ from my hand!”

A tank-like machine with heavy metal treads, cannons on the sides, and a dragon’s head poking out.

”’Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast’ is Level 7, but it can be summoned without tribute. Its attack becomes half, though.”

[Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast, ATK 2800 → 1400]

”And now I play the Equip Spell ’Axe of Fools!’ Equipped monster gains 1000 ATK, but its effect is negated.

So I equip ’Axe of Fools’ to Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast—ATK up by 1000, effect negated!”

Her teammates cheered.

Ryosuke: ”Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast’s effect halves its attack, but if its effect is negated, it goes back to the original!”

Takuya: ”Plus, ’Axe of Fools’ gives 1000 more! Capitalizing on both sides of the effect!”

[Fusilier Dragon, the Dual-Mode Beast, ATK 1400 → 3800]

”Of course, that’s standard for the Four Heavenly Kings,” Kazumi smiled confidently. ”My turn ends.”

”My turn!” Takuya declared. ”I play Polymerization!

I fuse ’Sea Koala’ and ’Tree Otter’ in my hand!

From the ancient forest, the beast’s power combines, fusion summon—

—Level 6, Koalo-Koala!”

A giant gray-black beast emerged from the storm.

[Koalo-Koala, ATK 2800]

”Set one card, end turn!” Takuya said, full of confidence.

The three were quite satisfied with this opening.

Three on one, with such a strong formation—how could this possibly go wrong?