"I lost."
The team leader stood up and said,
"So this is Seto Kaiba’s dueling? Truly flawless, worthy of being the number one duelist today. I am utterly convinced."
"As a duelist, you have some potential," Kaiba said. "A duel is about overwhelming force—your opponent shouldn’t even have the possibility to resist.
To achieve this, relying on just monsters, spells, or traps isn’t enough. Only by uniting all aspects does it have meaning.
After mastering these, there’s something even more important for a duelist—"
He gestured to his heart with a fist.
The team leader seemed to understand, then bowed deeply: "Thank you very much for your guidance, President. I’ll do my best to improve from now on."
"Since that guy has high hopes for you, don’t let him down," Kaiba said coolly.
"Yes, sir!"
After just a short exchange, the surrounding spectators were all deeply impressed by the legendary President Kaiba. His reputation was well-deserved, and meeting him in person was even more impressive than the rumors.
The atmosphere was quite harmonious, a classic scene of a master guiding his disciple—though if the disciple wasn’t a burly man in a Blue-Eyes White Dragon Maid outfit, maybe the vibe wouldn’t be so weird.
Their boss really has a twisted sense of humor.
At that moment, a burly man in white stockings came running from the back of the group and reported, "There’s a situation!"
"What is it?" the leader asked.
"Cops—there’s a squad heading our way, and it looks like they’re coming for us."
"Cops?" The leader frowned and cursed under his breath. "What a bunch of bloodhounds. They even managed to track us here?"
Cops? Does he mean the police?
Kira looked at Mokuba. "Didn’t you say they were all about good deeds?"
"That’s not what I said exactly," Mokuba replied. "I said they use dark powers to punish evil and uphold justice. But you know, sometimes upholding justice means crossing a few lines."
Kira thought about it. Out of ten superheroes, at least nine have tangled with law enforcement. It’s not unusual for justice and the law to conflict.
The burly man added, "They brought a whole convoy and even called in an armed helicopter. Boss, maybe we should hurry?"
Mokuba was shocked. "What did you do to get this kind of pursuit?"
"Oh, nothing much. Recently, a new casino opened in the city—everything looked legal on the surface, but we discovered the owner was a shadow game duelist."
The leader explained,
"They say you can win anything in that casino—not just wealth, but fame, beauty, luck, anything. But losers really lose everything. In the end, even their soul goes on the table, and if you lose, you become the property of the casino."
"A shadow game with gambling as the medium, huh?" Kira understood.
In Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Monsters is the most potent form of shadow games, but not the only one. The original work had all kinds of games, not just card games.
"Right. As more and more souls were taken by the casino, we took notice and decided to play the boss ourselves. We won, took him down, and freed all the souls he’d trapped."
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