Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 869

Chapter 869: Chapter 869 – Viper’s Secret

"Duel King."

Professor Viper’s gaze went cold in an instant.

He had chosen this abandoned lab as his base specifically to avoid prying eyes. Or more accurately, to avoid Kira’s eyes.

Now that the guy was standing right here, all that hiding felt pointless.

Viper was irritated.

What the hell?

He’d set up some pretty advanced alarms in here, and yet people kept walking in like it was his own bathroom—come and go as they pleased. Didn’t that make all his preparations look stupid?

"Mr. Kira."

Adrian sucked in a breath, finally shaking off the oppressive weight of the dark power. "What brings you here?"

"I was planning to keep watching from the sidelines a bit longer, but I didn’t expect you to move this fast." Kira shrugged. "So I changed my mind. No more waiting. Let’s just lay our cards on the table."

Hearing their exchange, Viper’s face grew even darker. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

"So you two are working together, huh?"

"Don’t get the wrong idea. We just know each other, that’s all."

Kira said.

"I was going to observe you for a while longer, since I still haven’t found where that spirit actually is..."

He glanced around the room.

"There’s a faint trace of her here, but this isn’t the real thing." Kira’s eyes fell on Viper. "Just the portion of her power that’s lingered on you, right?"

In the original timeline, Yubel should have been right here in this lab, in this very room, inside something like a big culture tank.

But with the worldline having shifted, she wasn’t here. In fact, Kira couldn’t feel her presence anywhere in the whole facility.

Viper frowned deeply.

So even the Duel King was here for that spirit.

"Oh? It seems the professor’s spirit really is as special as the rumors say," Adrian remarked. "Special enough for even Mr. Kira to be interested."

Viper shot him a sideways glare. "And the Gecko Conglomerate isn’t trying to muscle in?"

"That was before," Adrian said, folding his arms with a slight smile. "But the situation’s changed. Since it’s something Mr. Kira has his eye on, I won’t embarrass myself. The Gecko Conglomerate is withdrawing from this matter."

Viper frowned again.

That was unexpected. Adrian didn’t strike him as someone who’d give up easily. The Gecko family’s shadow had a notorious reputation; they said he’d stop at nothing to achieve his goal, and that once he targeted something, he never let it go.

And yet now, just because he learned the King was interested, he chose to give up without even trying?

What Viper didn’t know was that Adrian had already faced Kira once, and they’d come to a rather special agreement.

In the past, Adrian had been willing to dirty his hands for the sake of his family and conglomerate. But now, his mindset was different.

Kira had shown him a new path—a way to reclaim a forgotten dream and find his own true value. The family and the company no longer mattered to him.

This mission to take Yubel had just been a job for the family’s interests. To Adrian now, it was meaningless.

Viper soon shifted his gaze fully onto Kira, his expression growing heavier.

"I see. Even the Gecko Conglomerate’s shadow is won over by the King. I’m getting more and more curious about what kind of unbelievable means you have."

"I know your plan." Kira said calmly. "You challenged me to a duel at the opening banquet, and used that as a springboard to hold a school-wide tournament.

You’re going to use those wrist devices to drain the students’ energy during their duels, to revive that spirit. That’s it, isn’t it?"

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