Mio Yozaki always felt that her adopted younger brother was a bit strange; though he was very handsome, he had dyed his hair white.
Even though he was a Duelist with a Duel Disk, he always gave off a mysterious vibe, and sometimes she could even feel a certain pressure from him.
This was very unusual.
She eyed Kagura Kiryu suspiciously: "Are you hiding something from me, kid?"
Kagura Kiryu sighed, knowing he wouldn't get past this today without saying something.
Just now, Mio-jie had even offered to help him get his cards back. Hmm, she should be a good person.
He drew his deck from his waist, shuffled it, and directly pulled out the top card to show Mio Yozaki.
"Black Magician!?"
Mio Yozaki immediately covered her mouth in surprise: "You actually have a Black Magician!"
"Isn't that the strongest magician rumored to be held by Yugi Mutou? You actually have one too?"
"Oh my god, this is a top Rare Card! No wonder those Rare Card Hunters came looking for you!"
Kagura Kiryu smiled and shook his head helplessly: "Not one."
He drew two more Black Magicians from his deck and showed them to Mio Yozaki: "It's three."
"Three..."
Mio Yozaki's gaze towards Kagura Kiryu became more fervent, her breathing grew heavy, and she grabbed Kagura Kiryu's hand: "Black Magician, a legendary monster. Even Yugi Mutou, the Duel King champion, only has one."
"You actually have three!"
Her eyes sparkled as she met Kagura Kiryu's gaze: "Let's Duel!"
Having just finished playing cards, to be honest, Kagura Kiryu was a bit tired.
But then again, realizing Mio Yozaki's gaze, which seemed to want to devour him (referring to her card addiction),
Kagura Kiryu was genuinely afraid she might launch a night raid (referring to dragging him out of bed to play cards), tormenting him and keeping him from sleeping all night.
Well then, he might as well help his newly met, non-biological elder sister (who was like a real sister) resolve her card addiction.
"Then let's have a game."
"Alright!"
She immediately picked up her Duel Disk, and Kagura Kiryu quickly waved his hands: "Wait, wait, wait, the room is so small, we can't really play here."
"Oh, right."
Mio Yozaki was surprisingly a Duel-brain. When her card addiction kicked in, she got too excited to think, making the entire big sister seem a bit cute and clueless.
"Then let's go outside to play!"
......
The late-night park was cut into alternating light and dark fragments by scattered warm yellow streetlights. Kagura Kiryu walked along the ginkgo-leaf-strewn path, meeting Mio Yozaki's shimmering yellowish-brown eyes.
"Mio-jie, it's agreed, I won't go easy on you."
Kagura Kiryu smiled, his silver hair fluttering in the night breeze.
Mio Yozaki snorted: "No need, use your full strength."
Both of them held up their Duel Disks, which clicked open.
"Wow, someone's Dueling in the park."
"What? Let's go watch."
"Wait, isn't that the former national top four, the famous Plant-Type Duelist, Mio Yozaki?"
A group of Duelist passers-by, who appeared from nowhere, gathered around, surrounding the two.
"Is that the powerful Duelist who suddenly withdrew from the top four? I heard if she hadn't withdrawn, she might have beaten Insector Haga to win the national championship!"
"Who's that boy? Is he a famous Duelist too?"
"Never heard of him. He looks weak. He'll definitely be instantly defeated by Mio Yozaki."
"Exactly, exactly! That's Mio Yozaki! It's estimated she has few rivals in the entire Duel City. This kind of unknown, trashy Duelist can't even compare!"
Here they come, the uniquely low-quality, unfriendly passers-by of Yu-Gi-Oh!.
He didn't bother with these trashy people. Yu-Gi-Oh!'s onlookers were notoriously unlikable.
Each of them loved to give unsolicited advice and were fair-weather friends. It was useless to argue with people like them; they only cared about your Dueling skill.
"Mio-jie, it seems you're a very famous Duelist. Let me see what you've got."
"Duel!" X2
【Kagura Kiryu: LP4000】
【Mio Yozaki: LP4000】
"Then the first turn is mine!"
Kagura Kiryu didn't forget to take the first turn this time.
"My turn, Draw!"
He drew a card from his deck, smiled slightly, and added it to his hand.
"Mio-jie, I remember you use a Plant-Type deck, right?"
Mio Yozaki crossed her arms, her flowing red hair swaying, and looked at her adopted brother with a smile: "So what?"
"Heh heh, nothing, it's just that the card I'm about to Summon is also a Plant-Type."
Kagura Kiryu slapped a card onto his Duel Disk: "I Summon Killer Tomato in Defense Position."
A bizarre tomato with an evil human face emerged from the card, its smile lewd, and its round body slightly flattened, indicating it was in defense.
【Killer Tomato, Level 4, Dark Attribute, Plant-Type, DEF 1100, Effect Monster】
In the real card game, monsters can only be Summoned in Attack Position or face-down Defense Position, while face-up Defense Position Summoning is a characteristic of the anime, which must be experienced.
"Then I Set two cards, and end my turn."
Kagura Kiryu inserted two hand cards into the Spell & Trap Zone of his Duel Disk.
Two dark card faces appeared at Kagura Kiryu's feet, indicating that two Set cards had been placed.
As soon as Kagura Kiryu finished his move, a passer-by started shouting: "He only Summoned a monster with 1100 DEF on the first turn! This Duelist really isn't very good."
"Hmph, to actually use the same Plant-Type deck as the Plant Queen Mio Yozaki, he's truly seeking his own demise."
Kagura Kiryu still couldn't resist glancing at those two passers-by.
Are you two blind? Can't you see I have two Set cards on my field?
Mio Yozaki likewise paid no attention to these useless passers-by, her finger resting on her Duel Disk.
At this moment, she was fully concentrating on this Duel.
Unlike those passers-by, she knew that Kagura Kiryu was the user of the legendary Black Magician.
There's a saying widely popular in Duelist circles: it's not just the Duelist choosing the cards, but the cards also choosing the Duelist.
So, what kind of strength would Kagura Kiryu, chosen by Black Magician, possess?
"My turn, Draw!"
Mio Yozaki let out a soft cry: "I'll start by Summoning this card, Plant Lion!"
A lion with a body made of tree trunks and a mane of giant rose petals leaped onto the Dueling field, opening its gaping maw towards Kagura Kiryu.
【Plant Lion, Level 4, Earth Attribute, Plant-Type, ATK 1600, Effect Monster】
"Plant Lion's effect: For each Plant-Type monster on my field, its ATK increases by 300."
She pointed at Plant Lion: "Plant Lion itself is a Plant-Type monster, therefore, its ATK increases by 300."
【Plant Lion, ATK 1600 → ATK 1900】
"Battle!"
Mio Yozaki, in typical anime fashion, ignored the two Set cards in Kagura Kiryu's back row.
"Plant Lion, attack Killer Tomato!"
The fierce lion pounced, swinging its claw at Killer Tomato. Killer Tomato's expression changed in fright, as if saying:
'Big bro, we're all plants, cut a little guy some slack!'
But it was clearly useless. Plant Lion mercilessly crushed Killer Tomato.
Mio Yozaki smiled: "Killer Tomato, destroyed!"