Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 278

Chapter 278 - 277: Break the LOCK

Is this... the end?

Chazz stared at the impenetrable wall before him, momentarily dazed.

That feeling of helplessness he'd had before, when facing Kira—the sense that nothing he did mattered, that all efforts were futile—returned.

He'd gone through so much, he'd gotten so much stronger. He'd crawled out of hell and vowed never to fall again.

But in the end, the gap between them hadn't narrowed at all.

Chazz had figured out Misawa's analysis, too: his only move was to sacrifice his LP and command a token to suicide attack.

But he was sure Kira had prepared for that. Even without trying, he sensed it would almost certainly fail.

He was... powerless.

Almost subconsciously, he glanced back at the audience.

And met his two brothers' furious glares. Without a word, he could almost hear their voices.

"What the hell are you doing, Chazz?"

"Forget it, forget it. You were always the black sheep anyway. My fault for expecting more..."

"Maybe you really are destined to be with the bottom-feeder losers..."

"...No. This isn't right.

Why should he be the black sheep?

Chazz clenched his fist.

No, it's not over yet. This duel—this one duel—he absolutely can't lose!

"My turn!"

Chazz raised his head, and a challenger's fighting spirit blazed in his eyes as he looked again at the unbeatable lock before him.

This time, he'd stake everything on his draw!

"Draw!"

His pupils shrank as he held the drawn card high.

"Spell Card—

—Mini Guts!"

"Oh?" Kira narrowed his eyes, smiling.

Things were getting interesting.

Chazz shouted, "Mini Guts! By tributing one of my monsters, I select one of your monsters and reduce its ATK to 0 until the end of the turn!"

"Amazing!" Misawa jumped up. "He actually had this move... Even I didn't think of it..."

"But with Blader on the field, all card effects are negated," Syrus said, still confused. "Wouldn't the Spell be negated?"

"Blader can negate any effect," Alexis explained. "But only the effect, not the cost. 'Tributing a monster' is a cost, not an effect.

Activation costs can't be negated."

"Right. By tributing one of the three tokens as a cost, the number of monsters drops to two—and Blader's lock is broken," Misawa said. "So, when 'Mini Guts' resolves, Chazz only has two monsters.

Meaning, Blader's 'negate all effects' is no longer active."

He looked at Chazz with admiration.

"The Chazz who fought his way back from North Academy really is a new person. To find hope in a near-impossible situation—he's surpassed his old self."

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