"Ah ah ah—"
A certain unnamed officer fell off the stage, his eyes filled with confusion, sharply contrasting with his confidence when he went up.
"Won." Yugen laughed and said, "Thank you for the guidance, it was a really interesting duel."
Officer: "..."
Interesting...really?
Carefully recalling what just happened.
The opponent started with "Mischievous Twin Fairies", dropping two cards from his hand. Detention dropped another card from his hand. Normal summon Iron Knight Kia, equipped with Thief's Smoke Jade, Thief's Smoke Jade was destroyed by Iron Knight's effect, when Smoke Jade was destroyed, the opponent dropped another card from his hand...
Then came the officer's turn, during the draw phase, he activated Cover Card Fallen to directly discard the card he drew. During the preparation phase, he activated the trap "Weapon Call", equipping the second Thief's Smoke Jade from the card deck onto Iron Knight, Smoke Jade II was destroyed, dropping another card from his hand...
The duel had just started, the unnamed officer looked at his empty hands, a big question mark above his head.
Huh?
What the hell? Where are my cards? A total of six cards?
The first battle ended amidst the officer's bewilderment, lasting just about two minutes. It was quite quick.
Without paying further attention to the officer who lost his dreams, Yugen jumped off the stage and quickly rushed to the next duel.
Indeed, even in a new world, dueling is still so joyful.
"..."
Yugen quickly earned a batch of cards, among which there were a few valuable rare cards, all sold for cash. Then, he went to the card shop, casually opened a few card packs to try his luck.
And then he got quite a famous Synchro Monster.
Scrap Warrior.
The ace monster of the third protagonist Yusei Fudo in the early days, quite a spirited monster.
Not only that, but there were also a few "Synchroists", part of Yusei's card deck series.
Yugen's first reaction was a bit surprised, but soon he understood.
In GX, Judai's Hero Card Deck was evaluated by Professor Chronos as very common and average, a pretty civilian card deck series. But in the era of 5DS, Yusei's card deck was even more exaggerated.
If Judai's deck could be termed "civilian", Yusei's deck should be called "hobo". Because Yusei grew up in the slum "Satellite District", his whole card deck was scavenged from trash...
Except for the rare card Stardust Dragon, which was his destined ace, a spirit that proactively came to him, theoretically, most of his deck was the most common tier, opening any card pack would yield a few Synchroists.
After a round of card packs, Yugen immediately returned to the dueling arena for more card betting. Then quickly won another three or five rounds.
Back in the days when he first crossed over, in a venue he quickly became infamously known, remembered by all duelists in the nearby areas. Now he has the experience, estimating it won't take more than two days before his fame spreads across this venue, viewed as a threat by duelists, to avoid high-risk card gains he'd have to switch spots.
While not yet famous, better earn another wave.
After several rounds, when Yugen went back on stage, he suddenly saw a familiar face.
"Brother, it's him!"
The first officer he defeated seemed to have brought backup for payback. A tall, dark man followed him onto the field, doubtingly saying when looking at Yugen, "This kid? Doesn't look that strong."
"Trust me, brother, this kid is wicked!" The officer said, "He won my rare cards!"
"Is that so? Interesting."
The brother went up, smiling and rubbing his hands.
"Kid, you're lucky, I just happened to want to test my skills today."
The officer, feeling backed, was more formidable, saying, "Brother Ushio is our Pursuit Team's strongest duelist, you're done for!"
Yugen showed an intrigued expression.
Bro Ushio stepping in, this is serious.
This person is a legendary figure across Yu-Gi-Oh! history, appearing in the very first episode of the earliest Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, the first person punished by Ousama's modern revival using the Dark Game, strictly speaking can be called the first villain in Yu-Gi-Oh! history.
This person lived from the DM era to the 5DS era, becoming an officer pursuer duelist, continuously pestering Yusei...
Seems like finally an interesting opponent.
"Then I ask Brother Ushio for guidance." Yugen remained courteous and humble.
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP4000]
[Ushio, LP4000]
In this era, the most popular is Riding Duel, where both parties ride a motorcycle called "D-Wheel" to play cards. But Yugen, new to this, doesn't have a D-Wheel. Though he crossed over with Paradox's D-Wheel, it's too flashy and would attract unnecessary attention, therefore Yugen temporarily didn't bring it.
He is still playing the traditional standing duel.
"Face-down Defense Position, cover a monster onto the field." Yugen said, "Then set a card face-down, ending the turn."
"My turn, draw!"
Ushio snapped a monster card.
"I summon 'Assault Gun Dog' in attack position!"
A ferocious big dog flew out from his summoning vortex, landing on the field. The dog wore combat armor, its eyes were fierce dark red.
[Assault Gun Dog, Attack Power 1200]
"Battle!"
Ushio snapped his fingers and yelled.
"Assault Gun Dog, attack the face-down monster!"
The big dog lunged, flipping over the covered monster card. The flipped card revealed a figure of a black-clad soldier, the soldier fired but the bullets were deftly dodged by the dog, biting the soldier's wrist, causing the latter to explode into fragments.
[Doppelganger Warrior, Defense Power 800]
"Set a card face-down, ending the turn."
Ushio sneered.
"Heh, doesn't seem that powerful."
Yugen remained unperturbed, just smiled: "Then my turn, draw."
Seeing the card drawn, his lips curled slightly.
They say when in Rome, do as the Romans do, since he's in this era, naturally should experience its unique feature.
"I'm coming, Mr. Ushio." He smiled, looking up.
Ushio confidently said: "Is that so? Then bring it on, spar with the granddaddy!"
Yugen said: "I normal summon 'Waste Synchroist'!"
The little orange warrior jumped onto the field, Ushio's brow twitched once.
As if this monster triggered some unpleasant memories.
"When Waste Synchroist is successfully summoned, special summon a monster of two stars or below from the graveyard in defense position." Yugen said, "Special summon 'Doppelganger Warrior'!"
"Then Level Three, Adjusted Monster 'Waste Synchroist'!
Level Two, 'Doppelganger Warrior'!
Star-Tuning!"
[3+2=5]
"Gathered stardust will awaken the power of rebirth, become the path of shining light! Synchro Summon—
—Level Five, Scrap Warrior!"
Ushio: "!"