Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 197

Chapter 197: Chapter 197: A Good Friend’s Secret

"Hey! Are you okay!?"

Jaden ran a long way around the cliff, panting.

He hadn’t expected to KO someone off a cliff with a card game. Syrus and Chumley were dumbfounded—how could today’s solid vision effects be so strong that it knocked someone all the way down the cliff?

Could something have happened?

They followed Jaden down, out of breath, and finally found the unlucky guy who’d been blasted off the cliff, lying on a rock by the sea.

Syrus and Chumley were nervous, worried they’d find a bloody mess, but were surprised to find—

Just a pile of metal fragments, wires, and electronic parts.

All three froze.

A robot?

That’s right. The guy calling himself Beta, in black clothes and a mask, was not human but a machine. Its head and body were separated, scattered among the rocks, revealing complex circuits and chips inside.

The mechanical arm joints were broken, hydraulic tubes burst, and oil leaked onto the ground.

Syrus and Chumley exchanged glances. frёeωebɳovel.com

"So... bro was dueling a robot just now?"

"But who sent it? Why would it come to Duel Academy?" Chumley wondered.

"I don’t know," Jaden shook his head, but looked grim.

He thought back again to the unusual, shadow duel-like shock he’d felt during the duel.

He didn’t know where this thing came from or what it wanted, but it was definitely up to no good.

"Let’s go tell the school," Jaden said.

The other two nodded. The deserted beach and broken robot left them uneasy.

They turned to leave. But after a few steps, Jaden stopped abruptly.

The others ran a few steps, realized he wasn’t following and turned back.

"What’s wrong, bro?" Syrus asked.

Jaden didn’t answer, but suddenly, he remembered Kira’s serious words:

"When cards fall into the hands of evil, they become dangerous weapons. As righteous duelists, we can’t stand by and watch our beloved monsters be abused!"

"If we ignore it and some villain recovers these cards to use as weapons, what then?"

"..."

Jaden paused for a second, then ran back to the pile of robot debris.

He found the smashed duel disk and pulled out the deck.

He even muttered a quiet apology.

Only after pocketing the deck did he jog to catch up to his friends.

Syrus: "..."

Chumley: "..."

It’s over. Bro is going to turn into the next Big Villain.

...

The school festival was coming to a close.

The sky was dark. As Kira left the venue, he stretched lazily.

"Today’s dueling events were fun, I had a blast. But the prizes were stingy—just two rare cards and a custom keychain. The dueling club is so cheap..."

Misawa and Alexis, walking with him: "..."

You had fun, but who knows about everyone else.

At this rate, next year’s festival might need new rules, or it could kill everyone’s enthusiasm for dueling.

Maybe the academy will start a new rumor—about the man who singlehandedly rewrote the school festival dueling rules.

"By the way, the custom keychain can be any duel monster, right? Have you decided which one yet?" Alexis asked.