Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 852

Chapter 852: Chapter 852: A World That Needs a King

"Huff... huff..."

Adrian knelt on the ground, panting heavily. His clothes were soaked through with sweat, as if he’d just been dragged out of the water.

But it wasn’t physical torment—it was entirely mental. He could barely stand; he felt he had never been so exhausted in his life.

"Was that... a Shadow Game?" Adrian muttered.

But he quickly rejected that thought.

No, the duel itself wasn’t a Shadow Game. The damage from the holograms was normal; his body hadn’t taken any extra burden.

As Kira had said, he’d merely inserted a dark mini-game into the duel.

Kira had used dark power to make Adrian’s deck reflect his life, then used an infinite shuffle loop to force him to confront his life and true heart, reawakening the ideals and wishes he’d suppressed and making him remember his first dream.

"Looks like you remembered, Adrian Gecko."

Kira walked up and offered a hand to Adrian, who was still crouched on the floor.

Adrian started, hesitating as he looked at the offered hand.

He didn’t take it; instead, after a moment, he couldn’t help asking, "You’re not going to kill me?"

Kira raised an eyebrow. "Why would I kill you?"

"Uh... then are you going to cast me into the eternal abyss of darkness?" Adrian asked.

Kira’s expression grew even stranger. "And what would I gain from that?"

The floating Eye beside him squinted into a crescent moon with a grin. "Looks like someone has a pretty bad reputation in the outside world~"

Adrian frowned. "And you’re not going to confiscate my deck?"

"Your Cloudians aren’t some ultra-rare print. Why would I—wait, why are you talking like I grab any random person’s deck and yank the cards out?"

Kira frowned.

"I only pull the decks of truly heinous villains. That’s called confiscating criminal tools, okay?"

Adrian: "..."

He looked unconvinced.

Kira sighed. "There’s no duelist more righteous than me. How come it sounds like I’m the villain when you say it?"

Adrian was at a loss for words.

No, you looked pretty evil while you were dueling just now...

He thought this guy had a severe lack of self-awareness, but considering his own position, he kept his mouth shut.

Now he understood the duel hadn’t really been an even match.

Adrian used to think he had a king’s qualities—leadership and dueling alike, he was one in a million. He believed he could match anyone in strength; he just didn’t like chasing fame in global tournaments.

If it came down to strength, he thought he was already in the world’s top echelon.

But now, he realized he’d been a frog at the bottom of a well.

This opponent hadn’t even gone all-out in the duel—or rather, he hadn’t exerted himself to win. From the start, the other party never considered the possibility of losing.

He never set up or planned for victory at all.

But there was still something Adrian didn’t understand.

He looked up at Kira, puzzled.

"Why?"

Kira tilted his head. "Why what?"

"Why do all this?" Adrian asked. "You forced me to reexamine my life, to remember the parts I’d forgotten.

"Giving you an opportunity." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

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