Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 696

Chapter 696: Chapter 696: The Power of Absolute Fate

"Mr. Kira!"

Sarina couldn’t help looking at Kira with worry.

Her big brother was no longer her brother at all—he’d become the persona of Light of Destruction—and even she didn’t know how strong he truly was now. But she still hadn’t expected him to open with a summon lock right off the bat.

And as far as she knew, the current Sartorius did indeed have some degree of power to manipulate destiny—or to be more precise, to control the head/tail positions of all cards related to the "Arcana Force."

Arcana Force wasn’t originally Sartorius’s exclusive deck, since before the advent of Light of Destruction, Sartorius’s original self had used Arcana Force too. It’s a deck readily available on the market, not particularly rare.

It’s just that the Arcana Force Sartorius uses now is different. Those are cards infused with his special energy, and they’ve even given rise to some exclusive cards that don’t exist externally yet—just like how each protagonist in Yu-Gi-Oh ends up "printing cards."

For example, the final ace of the Light of Destruction persona, the Arcana Force EX - The Light Ruler—just one look and you can tell it’s his exclusive Arcana, the embodiment of Light of Destruction’s power, essentially a hot-off-the-press card.

So Sartorius’s control over Arcana Force head/tail positions isn’t just because his "fate power" is strong; it’s his special ability. As long as he’s using this deck infused with his power, he can manipulate head/tail results even against opponents whose destiny power far exceeds his own.

"Opening with a summon lock—really knows how to make it tough," Kira shrugged.

Granted, "Tour of Doom" has to re-spin every turn, and in theory if it lands tail, it would backfire and make it so Sartorius’s side can’t perform any kind of summon for a whole turn.

So at first glance the card’s suppression seems over-tuned, but in fact it’s balanced. It’s a double-edged sword—who it stabs is completely random.

But with Sartorius’s cheat-like fate manipulation, it becomes broken. He can fix it to head every turn, which means Kira can never summon monsters.

"However, this card only says you can’t perform any form of monster summoning—it doesn’t say you can’t set monsters face-down."

Kira said as he drew a card from his hand.

"Then I’ll set a monster in face-down Defense Position."

He drew another card and slid it into the rear slot of his Duel Disk.

"I’ll also set a card to my back row. Turn end."

Sartorius chuckled lightly.

"Worthy of the Duel King. Even faced with such a card, you don’t panic in the slightest, and immediately spot the only ’flaw’ in Tour of Doom—not that it even counts as a flaw.

All you can do is set monsters to shore up your defenses, just like how most people in the world know that the end of fate is death, yet can only watch helplessly as that unstoppable destiny draws closer step by step.

My turn—draw!"

Sartorius’s arm swept wide in an exaggerated card draw.

"I’ll Normal Summon Arcana Force IV - The Emperor!"

Another black Arcana Force, like a mechanical construct, brandishing golden tendrils with imperial majesty.

[Arcana Force IV - The Emperor, ATK 1400]

"As with all Arcana Forces, the Emperor rotates on summon to determine head or tail."

Sartorius paused, then burst out laughing.

"Of course, ’random’ only applies to those who cannot see the course of destiny. To me, fate is only inevitability! STOP!"

The Emperor’s rotation stopped—head again.

"Head effect: All face-up ’Arcana Force’ monsters you control gain 500 ATK!"

[Arcana Force IV - The Emperor, ATK 1400 → 1900]

[Arcana Force VII - The Chariot, ATK 1700 → 2200]

"Also, allow me to reveal the hidden head effect of The Chariot!"

Sartorius swept a grand arm.

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