Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 702

Chương 702: Chapter 702: The World's Power

"Due to the 'Negate Attack' effect, this Battle Phase ends. But of course, you haven't forgotten The World's effect, have you?"

Kira smiled.

Sartorius gritted his teeth. "The World can send two monsters to the Graveyard to skip the opponent's next turn."

"Correct." Kira swept his hand. "I send Arcana Force XII - The Hangman and the on-field Samsara Lotus to the Graveyard to activate The World's effect—

—ZA WARUDO! 2

Time Stop!"

The two monsters were offered as tribute, dissolving into golden motes. A translucent clock face flickered into existence above the duel arena, its hands spinning madly to the ticking of a clock. Turn order twisted—instantly it became Sartorius's turn, but that turn's time was completely frozen.

Sartorius's entire field was locked as if in ice. His Deck was sealed; he couldn't draw, couldn't act. He could only watch as the phases ticked by, his entire turn flashing past in an instant—until it reached Kira's Draw Phase once again.

"Then it's still my turn. Draw."

Kira's lips curled.

"Next, in my Standby Phase, the effect of Treeborn Frog in my Graveyard activates. If this card is in your GY during your Standby Phase and your Spell/Trap Zone is empty, you can Special Summon it.

I Special Summon Treeborn Frog in Defense Position."

[Treeborn Frog, DEF 100]

"So long as the backrow is empty, it can Special Summon itself every turn."

Sartorius's eyelid twitched.

Ma… masaka (could it be)!?

"That Samsara Lotus you just tributed!?" Sartorius suddenly remembered—he'd seen that monster before. Vaguely, he knew it was similar to Treeborn Frog.

"Oh? You noticed already?"

Kira smiled.

"Right. Samsara Lotus's effect: during your End Phase, if this card is in your GY, you can Special Summon it to your field in face-up Attack Position. However, if it's on your field during your next Standby Phase, you take 1000 damage." (anime effect)

It's the card Yubel used in the anime, popping out each End Phase to be tributed for Yubel to prevent Yubel's self-destruct drawback. The modern Yubel support even gave it a new variant. 1

When it was first printed, the card was nerfed: like Treeborn Frog, it can only jump out if your backrow is empty. But the original anime version had no such restriction—otherwise if you couldn't have backrow every End Phase, Yubel would've been blown up by Jaden ten thousand times over.

Sarina's heart skipped a beat. She seemed to grasp this lineup—and what Kira meant by "The World's true power."

Every Standby Phase: Treeborn Frog Special Summons itself. Every End Phase: Samsara Lotus Special Summons itself.

Each turn, The World only needs to tribute two monsters to skip the opponent's next turn.

"This is… this is—"

An infinite LOOP! 1

And not just any infinite LOOP. In the TCG era, World-centric loops like this had a term: "World Lock." 1

In simple terms: my turn, my turn, still my turn.

You never reach your own turn—reality itself. 3

"Battle Phase again."

Kira's mouth quirked with playful amusement.

"If your destiny is absolute—if I'm fated to fall to it—then in your own World, can your time still flow?"

Sartorius's over-the-top expression twitched harder.

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