Unabara Ryusuke stepped out the door, only to hear a long, shrill scream.
A sound like an explosive impact, the firelight dazzling people's eyes shut. He raised his arm to shield his face, only to vaguely see a figure being thrown back and crashing into the wall beside him with a thud.
When he focused his gaze, he saw a figure in white standing in the middle of the room, wearing a Duel Disc, the hem of his white trench coat flaring like a cape. The scene was a complete mess, with craters everywhere and shattered debris. The beaten thugs and duelists were lying in disarray all around.
The figure in white moved as if in an uninhabited place, walking towards the door while casually asking.
"Who's next? If no one comes up, then call your manager out here."
At this moment, although there were still Dark Duelists present, none dared to make a sound, nor did anyone dare to step forward to stop him.
They must be kidding. Among them, the strength was evenly matched, and watching their comrades being wiped out just now, to go forward now would be courting death, wouldn't it?
He was clearly dispatching them like squashing ants, not on the same level at all. Those guarding the place understood well that they could only handle ordinary troublemakers; when true experts arrived, they could at best cheer on the sidelines, but it wasn't really their business.
The Dark Duel could really be deadly. Everyone was just working for a salary, not making that much, so why risk their lives?
Unabara Ryusuke frowned slightly. Yet, he wasn't afraid; he strode up boldly.
Yugen also noticed this man in a suit, who was completely different in aura and dress from the other small fry, and turned his attention to him.
"Let me guess, the real deal is finally willing to come out?"
"It's an honor to have Mr. Revolver of the Hanuo Knights visit us unannounced. Sorry for not giving you a special welcome."
Unabara Ryusuke was very polite.
But everyone knew these were just pleasantries. Yugen in his Revolver persona was a wanted man on the Dark Web, showing his face in such places without being captured immediately was already very polite, what reason was there to give prior notice?
Yugen was unbothered, simply replied calmly, "Apologies for the disturbance. In truth, there's just a matter about the Dark Web market I wanted to inquire about."
"In that case, Mr. Revolver could have simply come in directly, why make it awkward for everyone?" Unabara Ryusuke shook his head helplessly.
Yugen laughed heartily.
"I thought so too, but your people really lack insight, refusing to let me in. That was okay.
I tried blasting my way in, and not only did they not yield, they even dared to fight back. I had no choice but to kill my way in."
Yugen shook his head helplessly.
Can't you see your own reputation? Would my people let you in?
No, even before that, after causing trouble in the Dark Web market earlier and daring to show up, that was already brazen enough.
Unabara Ryusuke thought to himself but kept a calm face and only asked, "So, is there something I can assist you with?"
"Nothing much. I recently heard that you took on quite an impressive commission." Yugen said, "About the Prison No. 7 built by the Kaiba Group?"
Unabara Ryusuke was surprised, "You came for Prison No. 7?"
"Yes. Some spent a lot of money to crack the prison's security system and even hired a Dark Duelist to assist. But from the result, it seems not a single prisoner was rescued, nor was anything taken.
It looks like it was just to nauseate Kaiba, or to demonstrate proving their capabilities."
Yugen spoke slowly.
"To crack Prison No. 7's security system and silently send in a Dark Duelist for sabotage, that ability is quite something. I have great admiration for that person and would like to meet them."
Unabara Ryusuke frowned.
"Is that so? That's truly a pity. You should know the Dark Web's rule is to never reveal any word about the client, this is not aimed at you, Mr. Revolver. I'm afraid I can't tell you the client's identity."
"I thought so too. That's why, see, I didn't come empty-handed."
Yugen raised the Duel Disc in his hand, removed the card deck already loaded, and drew another deck from the card box behind him, inserting it, and unfolded the Duel Disc.
"Look, if through a duel I reveal the necessary information to you, then it is not your responsibility, right, Manager?"
"Ha, Mr. Revolver is quite confident in his strength. But overconfidence can easily invite trouble."
He said, extending a hand to the side, and a subordinate handed him a Duel Disc. Unabara Ryusuke also put it on.
"Then let me see if Mr. Revolver is matched by his arrogance."
"Duel!" x2
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[Unabara Ryusuke, LP 4000]
"Then I'll start, draw a card." Yugen said, "Activate the Magic Card 'Pot of Greed', draw two cards from the deck."
Yugen drew two cards and immediately played one of them.
"Magic Card 'Take Over 5', send the top five cards of the deck to the graveyard." (Original Card)
Five cards were sent to the graveyard in rapid succession.
"Then summon 'Continuous Bullet Mage'!"
[Continuous Bullet Mage, Attack Power 1600]
"Next, activate the Magic Card 'Magic Stone Mining'. Discard two cards to return a Magic Card from the graveyard to the hand."
Yugen drew two cards from his hand, discarded them into the graveyard, and then a golden light emerged from the graveyard, and a card returned to his hand.
"I return the second 'Magic Stone Mining' from the graveyard to my hand."
Unabara Ryusuke: "?"
He couldn't understand the moves right from the start.
Discarding two cards to use Magic Stone Mining to retrieve Magic Stone Mining? Isn't that just retrieving for nothing?
From the result, it seemed he just wasted two cards.
Was this Revolver really this gracious? Giving away two cards right at the start?
"Continuous Bullet Mage's effect, as long as this card is on the field, each time an Ordinary Magic Card is activated, inflict 400 damage to the opponent."
The light sphere in the Continuous Bullet Mage's hand shot out, hitting Unabara Ryusuke's face head-on.
[Unabara Ryusuke, LP 4000→LP 3600]
Unabara Ryusuke laughed: "Is this just scratching an itch?"
Going through all this trouble, just for 400 damage, discarding half his hand, really amusing.
"One of the cards I just discarded to activate 'Magic Stone Mining' was 'Abyssal Assassin'."
Yugen revealed a card from the graveyard.
"This card's effect is when sent to the graveyard from the hand, return one Flip Effect Monster from the graveyard to the hand." (Old Effect)
"Can you even retrieve a monster's resources from the graveyard?" Unabara Ryusuke shook his head, "Even so, it's still an inefficient attack..."
"Is that really so?"
Yugen smiled mysteriously.
"'Abyssal Assassin' itself is a Flip Effect Monster. And of the two cards I discarded when I activated 'Magic Stone Mining', the other one is also this."
Yugen revealed another card from the graveyard.
"Abyssal Assassin."
"So what?" Unabara Ryusuke asked, puzzled.
But as soon as he spoke, it was as if he suddenly understood something.
His face suddenly went stiff, as if struck by Thunder Strike, frozen in shock.