Lazar was shaking with fear.
Especially after seeing Kira bring out a Duel Disk, his face turned desperately bitter. "Is this... is this the legendary Shadow Duel?"
"Oho, worthy of a Vice Director. You know your stuff," Kira chuckled.
"Correct."
Lazar’s face fell even further. "So, does that mean you’re going to silence me?"
"Unfortunately, yes. You’ve learned things you shouldn’t have—there’s no helping it," Kira said, feigning helplessness.
Lazar looked like he was about to burst into tears. "I swear I won’t tell anyone—I’ll act like none of this happened today! You’re still the great Director Goodwin. I absolutely won’t say a word!"
"Ahaha, that’s truly touching. But I still prefer a more... physical method," Kira smiled sweetly. "Why take unnecessary risks?"
After a moment’s struggle, Lazar gritted his teeth, drew his own Duel Disk, and stepped forward.
"Looks like I really don’t have a choice. If so..."
He took a deep breath and strapped on his Duel Disk, stepping up.
"Then let’s do it! I have things I have to protect too!"
Yes—he had a wife and son, a family relying on him. Everything he did, whether flattery or dirty work, was for their sake. What happened to him didn’t matter, as long as his family was safe.
Lazar steeled himself.
"I’m the pillar of my family. My wife and son are waiting for me... I absolutely can’t fall here!"
Kira smiled. "Oh? Such touching resolve."
"Duel!" ×2
[Kira, LP 4000]
[Lazar, LP 4000]
"I’ll go first—draw!"
Lazar took the first turn.
"I Normal Summon ’Jester Lord’!"
In Yu-Gi-Oh’s world, Decks are usually closely tied to their owners—and Lazar looked like a clown, so his Deck was also clown-themed.
Jester Lord was a classic circus clown: a pale face, a comical red nose, messy green hair, juggling circus balls in his hand.
[Jester Lord, ATK 0]
"Then I set four cards and end my turn!"
"Four set cards in the back row on your first turn, not bad! You’ve got potential," Kira praised.
5DS really is the Dimension of Traps. Even a clown like Lazar has a natural instinct for backrows.
Lazar let out his trademark cackling laugh. "That’s not all.
When Jester Lord is the only monster on my field, for every Spell/Trap card on the field, its ATK increases by 1000!
Right now, I have four set cards, so Jester Lord’s attack becomes—"
[Jester Lord, ATK 0 → ATK 4000]
"A 4000 ATK monster? Not bad, not bad. I’ll have to be careful," Kira said. "My turn—draw."
"I Normal Summon ’Scrap Beast.’"
[Scrap Beast, ATK 1600]
"Jester Lord’s effect only applies when he’s the only monster on the field. With another monster now summoned, Jester Lord’s ATK returns to normal."
[Jester Lord, ATK 4000 → ATK 0]
"Hehe, of course I prepared for that!"


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