Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 1139

Chapter 1139: Chapter 1139: Fate of the Dark Signers

In an unknown void, a starlit background, with the occasional meteor streaking past. A figure in white sat in that vast nothingness.

"Hehehe, that Primo... he boasted so confidently, as if he had everything under control, but look at him now, utterly defeated."

Lester covered his mouth, giggling, eyes narrowed, swaying back and forth.

Across from him, Primo’s eyes glowed red, and he glared daggers at Lester.

"You want to die?"

But Lester wasn’t afraid, not one bit: "Come on then, see if I care—"

"Enough!"

The eldest of the trio, Jakob, spoke up at last.

Lester stuck out his tongue, then slumped back into his ridiculously oversized chair, kicking his short legs.

Primo clicked his tongue and looked away.

"You were reckless, Primo," Jakob said, scolding. _"Even if this guy is an ’anomaly,’ he’s not a typical anomaly.

We Iliaster are supposed to know the history of everything, but this man has no background at all—no trace in any timeline we’ve ever known.

Someone like that is surely not to be underestimated."_

Primo replied coolly: "So you’re saying we should just avoid him and leave him alone?"

"Not what I said," Jakob replied. _"But every move we make is God’s will—we must act with care.

At least, until we figure out who he truly is..."_

"Boring!"

Primo stood up and stomped away.

"Where are you going, Primo?" Jakob called.

"Where else? I’m going to fight him again!" Primo huffed. _"I only sent a Ghost with a copy deck earlier.

If I personally—there’s no way I’d lose like that—"_

He stopped, but the image of that smirking white-haired man flashed through his mind yet again, revealing that accursed card.

"Eat this—Hinotama!

Hinotama!

Hinotama, Hinotama, Hinotama!

..."

He really wanted to punch that face.

If he didn’t get revenge, did he even deserve to be one of the great Three Pure Nobles of Iliaster?

Lester nudged him, snickering: _"Good thing you weren’t the one who faced him or used your real deck.

The handless combo deck is only effective when you have zero cards in hand—almost every card’s effect is triggered by having no hand, a concept long considered crazy in the card-difference-prizing meta.

Yet, once released in real life, it rocked the meta and instantly became top-tier.

In the anime, Yusei suffered his first real defeat at Kessler’s hands. Facing an Earthbound Immortal who can attack directly while immune to traps, Yusei wasn’t ready—he should have lost.

That was the famous "unscrewing" scene—when Yusei’s Duel Runner broke down mid-duel, forcibly halting the match.

Technically a draw, but really—a defeat.

But that was mostly due to a lack of information. At the time, he didn’t know about Earthbound Immortals’ immunity or monster defense being useless.

But the timeline changed: Greiger had already challenged Goodwin with an Earthbound Immortal, and Yusei had witnessed it, so he was much more prepared.

Forewarned, Yusei’s strength now was greater than Kessler’s—so this time, he won, with no "unscrewing" mishap.

Meanwhile, Jack’s fated opponent was, just like in canon, the little-reporter Carmine.

In the original, Carmine had secretly infiltrated the Arcadia, was killed by Sayer, and became a Dark Signer.

Even after Kira defeated Sayer, even with the timeline shift, Carmine could not escape her fate.

On this timeline, Carmine still met Jack after the Fortune Cup—then accidentally "slipped" from an overpass the same night, dying and being resurrected as a Dark Signer.

"Fascinating," Kira murmured as he watched through Security’s monitors.

"So who becomes a Dark Signer... is it, like being a Signer, something written in destiny?"