Kira once again regretted that he couldn’t read minds.
Because if he could...
...he could see right through Supreme King’s murderous eyes and uncover his inner thoughts.
Although he had no evidence, Kira was sure that whatever was going on inside must be spectacular—so much so that he almost wanted to interview him on the spot.
"Hello, Supreme King. After your field was eaten clean by Bird Egg and then finished off by Kuriboh, you’ve now been nominated for the ’Most Frustrating Boss Death in Yu-Gi-Oh! History’ Golden Award. May I ask—how do you feel about this honor?"
For some reason, Kira just felt that the Supreme King’s answer would definitely be interesting.
The mighty Supreme King, ruler of the twelve dimensions, undefeated since his debut... Actually, to be precise, in those twelve dimensions he probably never even faced a truly challenging battle, which is why he’s so arrogantly domineering.
For someone like him, to suffer such a setback right after arriving in a new world—his resentment was easy to imagine.
Are all people from this other world this good at dueling?
The more Supreme King thought about it, the more he felt this might be true. Not only because even someone as strong as himself had capsized in such murky waters, but also because even the so-called Supreme God, the pinnacle of this other world, turned out to be such a ridiculous Bird Egg...
The strongest in any field is usually representative. If even the gods’ tricks in this world are all about pulling stunts on the opponent’s field, you can imagine just how dark this place is.
Yes, that’s right. Even though Supreme King is the king of darkness himself, and he just boasted about showing his opponent the true meaning of darkness, after this duel he couldn’t help but think: "Isn’t your dimension’s dueling just a bit too dark...?"
"This isn’t over yet."
Supreme King raised his head, his golden eyes staring straight at Kira. Although his look was as icy as before, now there seemed to be a flicker of fire within that coldness.
At this point, Kira was quite certain—there was definitely a personal grudge now.
"I know." Kira nodded calmly. "Your real body isn’t here. With your level of power, even if I won the duel, I couldn’t kill you."
In fact, Supreme King’s current state was similar to when they’d gone to the Supreme King’s dimension—both were like consciousness projections. The difference was that Kira and his group had used Kaiba Corp’s high-tech link system, while Supreme King came through his connection to Jaden, taking advantage of Jaden falling asleep to control his body.
In this state, just like when Kira’s team was in another dimension, dueling could injure their spirit but couldn’t truly defeat them. To really beat Supreme King, they’d have to find his real body.
But there’s give and take. Though the projection state comes with an "immortal buff," the strength it can exert is also limited by the projection.
That was one reason Supreme King was clearly dissatisfied.
He was fighting on foreign turf, using a body he couldn’t fully control. His power here was very limited—hence, he was outwitted by this damned guy.
A humiliating defeat—utterly disgraceful.
He, the Supreme King, undefeated all his life, was swatted to death by a Kuriboh—a total joke of an opponent. This wasn’t even a duel; it was pure insult.
Unadulterated humiliation.
How could he possibly tolerate this and still call himself the Supreme King?
"I’ll be back," Supreme King growled.
Kira smiled, crouched down, and patted him on the shoulder.
"No, we’ll come find you."
Supreme King’s expression was still dark. He stared at Kira for two seconds.
Then those golden eyes finally dimmed.
The golden glow vanished, his gaze went hollow, and then his eyes closed. He collapsed limply to the ground and lay there.
Then came a thunderous sound.
"Snore—snore—"
It was Jaden’s snores.
Kira suddenly felt a deep respect for Jaden.

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