Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 73

Chapter 73 - 73: Kira VS Alexis

The first match ended in less than ten minutes, and Kira easily won five credits.

He was in a great mood. This one duel was worth more credits than a whole round in the exchange event—too easy.

If possible, he even wanted to ask Seika for a best-of-five, each round betting five credits.

But judging by her howling expression, she probably didn't want a rematch.

The whole audience was silent after witnessing the match.

After a moment, a student council member couldn't help but come over and ask: "Um, Kira, is your deck's ace... Lava Golem?"

Kira raised an eyebrow.

What? The way you say it, are you looking down on my Lava Golem?

He had to set them straight: "What? Lava Golem's ATK isn't high enough?"

"Oh, no, that's not it..."

The ATK is as high as the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon—who could say it's not high?

"Then is the level too low?"

"No, no, Level 8 is already strong..."

"So, you think the effect isn't strong enough?"

"The effect... is pretty strong."

"Then why can't it be my ace?" Kira said righteously.

Nakamura: "..."

Makes sense. He was speechless.

But his usual thinking still felt off. The soul of your deck always appears on your opponent's field—something feels wrong about that.

In a corner of the crowd, a jellyfish-haired student who'd also been caught by the student council for not voting said, "Oh, Kira seems strong! I wonder when I'll get a chance to duel him."

"Eh!?" Next to him, the little nobody Syrus Truesdale stared at his best friend in shock.

He was wondering just how dueling-crazy friend Jaden was, seeing that kind of duel and still wanting to try.

Doesn't a normal person want to stay far away and quietly blacklist that guy?

"But hey, he also uses a Machina deck!" Jaden patted Syrus on the back with a grin, "Maybe Machinas are strong?"

Syrus: "..."

No, it just feels like when others use Machinas they smash the opponent's Duel Disk, but when I use them, I'm the one getting smashed.

Syrus started reflecting.

Is it possible the problem isn't the Machinas, but just that I suck?

"By the way, Alexis seems strong too."

Jaden wiped his nose, full of anticipation.

"Looks like there's more good dueling ahead!"

At this moment, Alexis had already put on her Duel Disk and approached Kira.

"You're really strong," she said seriously, "but I'll also give it my all."

"Of course," Kira replied, smoothly pulling his deck from the Duel Disk and inserting it into an empty deck box, then pulling out another deck and slotting it in.

With a whir, the Kaiba Corp's latest Duel Disk shuffled the new deck.

Alexis frowned slightly.

A deck swap?

"I'm here as a duelist, not as a girl. I hope you'll go all out, too," she said.

"Don't worry, of course," Kira smiled. "Just standard tactical adjustment."

In this world with Destiny attributes, using the same strategy two matches in a row risks being countered. Even if the opponent doesn't intentionally tech against you, just knowing your deck and tactics means they could draw a hand that answers you.

Alexis, as a main character group member in the early arcs, should have strong Destiny attributes. In fact, among the first-year main characters around Jaden, she's top tier.

"Duel!" x2

[Kira, LP 4000]

[Alexis, LP 4000]

[Cyber Tutu, ATK 1000]

[Card Trooper, ATK 400]

[Card Trooper, ATK 400 → ATK 1900]

[Trap Card—Doble Passe

Effect: When your opponent's monster attacks your Attack Position monster, that attack becomes a direct attack on you. As a trade-off, your monster deals battle damage to your opponent.] (Anime effect)