Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 766

Chapter 766: Chapter 766: Past Lives

"Evil HERO Malicious Bane—direct attack!"

At the Supreme King’s command, the Evil HERO Malicious Bane seemed to burst into mad laughter. A boundless darkness surged out of its body like a raging ocean storm, stripping the new space of light and color until only pure, suffocating black remained.

In the instant Jaden was swallowed by that darkness, what reached his ears felt like the twisting and shattering of space itself, as if time and space trembled under that razor edge.

Even the strongest will would be dissolved by such a terrifying force; even the sturdiest walls would fall to pieces. That erupting darkness felt to him like a train charging at full speed, smashing through his defenses, shaking his skin, his muscles, even his bones.

It was as if his very life force was being washed away by that dark current, ebbing rapidly; the unprecedented pain nearly made him faint.

But it wasn’t just physical pain—it was also a shock to the mind. In that moment, Jaden felt as if he saw countless familiar yet unfamiliar scenes: faces of spirits he’d encountered on his countless journeys across dimensions, those who had suffered misfortune; all the people ravaged by the Supreme King’s wars.

And even more scenes—farther away, seemingly no longer belonging to him, yet somehow like memories.

He saw a battlefield choked with smoke.

He saw partings of life and death, saw his best comrades die before his eyes, and even crueller—doubt, even betrayal, from his closest friends.

"What... what’s going on!?"

Jaden fell to his knees, clutching his head.

Fragments of memory, as if from countless reincarnations and many different lives. He saw unfamiliar faces in those scenes, yet the feelings that welled up were like those he’d have for friends with whom he had faced life and death countless times.

Even the bone-deep agony of losing those friends on various battlefields—or being betrayed by them—felt so real.

But the feeling came quickly and passed just as fast. Soon Jaden felt the world spinning; as if he were churned countless times in the dark void and then hurled out, crashing to the ground.

Jaden gulped the cold air, stood up, and looked at the Supreme King in disbelief.

Just now... could that have been

this guy’s memories?

No—maybe they were his own...

He suddenly remembered what Kira had told him about that whole "past and present lives" setup. However absurd it sounded, he’d always been half-skeptical.

Could those truly be his—or rather, his and the Supreme King’s—past lives?

Kira said the Supreme King was his inner darkness, so just how many lives of pain and betrayal had they endured to gestate such a persona?

Jaden stood, panting.

"The Continuous Spell ’Damage Off Zone.’ While this card is on the field, all battle damage both players take is halved."

The Supreme King said, "Evil HERO Malicious Bane’s ATK is 3200 now. Even halved, you’ll still take 1600 battle damage."

[Jaden, LP 2300 → LP 700]

Jaden barely kept his footing.

This much he could endure.

"Do you understand now? The weak have no right to speak of justice."

The Supreme King’s icy voice rang out again.

"Without power, no matter how pretty your words are, they’re hollow. In the end, you’re nothing but an unnecessary shadow of me."

Jaden looked up, his expression complicated as he glanced at his counterpart again. For some reason, looking at this mirror image of himself now, he didn’t find him as detestable as before.

"Evil HERO Malicious Bane cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects—it’s a fiend with absolute destruction resistance." The Supreme King paused. "Even so, you’ve still got a card in your hand that can threaten it."

His golden eyes narrowed slightly.

Neo-Spacian Grand Mole—that insidious little rat had already left a deep impression on the Supreme King with its brief appearance last turn. He couldn’t be careless.

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