Yami no Game: Dark Saga
Chapter 35
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After that duel that revealed that Rare Hunters were working their way through picking off people for their rare cards along with looking for the last god card in Seto's possession, Yami and Jou went their separate ways. Jou hummed as he walked with Kaiser, watching as various duelists battled. Soon, he heard some cheers and looked up. "Sounds like a good duel is going on right now. Wanna check it out?" he asked and Jou nodded. "Yeah. Let's get a look at the rest of the competition that's here." Jou answered as they went over to where the crowd was gathered and Kaiser looked over the teens' heads that were surrounding the field. "Dinosaur Ryuzaki vs. Esper Roba! This is an awesome duel!" One of the kids shouted as they watched. "Dinosaur Ryuzaki! My supernatural powers can see all and knows all! You have no chance of winning against me!" Roba spoke, smirking at the stunned dino duelist. 'Fuck! How does he know what my cards are?!' On his side of the field, his monster was fast asleep thanks to Roba's Mesmeric Control spell card and he was bound from using traps thanks to the towering monster that he had on his side of the field. "You can't break away from the cosmic forces, Ryuzaki! Your monster was placed to sleep thanks to my hypnotic control. Listen as it snores and can't be awakened. It's over for you." Roba spoke as he raised a hand. "Now Jinzo! Destroy it and the rest of his life points with Psychic Wave!"
The monster prepared the blast before sending it towards the monster, destroying it and finishing off Ryuzaki. "Whoa! ESP duelist Esper Roba smoked Dinosaur Ryuzaki!" A kid exclaimed and Kaiser whistled as he watched the ending of it with Jou. "Man, that kid's good." he murmured and Jou could only nod in agreement. "I couldn't even touch his life points...he had me matched move for move and knew all of my cards before I could send them out..." Ryuzaki murmured in defeat. "This guy's good. He already won two matches already..." A boy murmured. "Yeah, I'm still amazed he beat Ryuzaki..." Roba walked over to him and held out his hand. "Your rarest card and puzzle card if you will. I must hurry if I want to be the first to get to the finals." he said and Ryuzaki sneered but did as requested, handing over his rarest card as well as his puzzle card. Roba looked at the spoils he gotten and tsked. "That's it? I can't use this in my psychic deck." he murmured as he tucked it away and looked to the duelists that watched his previous match. "Now who wants to duel me?" he called out and most were silent, feeling as if they dueled him, they would end up the same thanks to Roba's psychic power. "Man, I don't want to lose my best card so soon..."
"I don't know if he has ESP but I don't want him knowing all my cards if he does..." Jou watched as the throng of duelists started dispersing before he looked to Roba who was waiting for his next opponent to step up. Jou was about to make his move but Ryuzaki spotted him and stopped him before he could try. "You must be empty in the head, Jounouchi. He can predict people's strategies along with knowing their cards. If I couldn't win against him, you are sure to lose." Jou huffed as he looked to the other teen. "Ya really think I can't beat him?"
"Yeah! You're just an amateur after all! Winning against me was just a fluke!" Ryuzaki snapped and Kaiser stuck his tongue out. "You wish, dino boy..." he murmured to himself as he watched Jou step up. "Alright then I will!" he said, confidence rising. "You what?!"
"Ya heard me!"
Ryuzaki could only sigh as he watched Jou go up against his doom. "What is he thinking? Does he really think he can avoid Roba's ESP strategy?"
"Yes, I think so and if he can't, at least he'll go down trying unlike these other guys." Kaiser spoke as Jou readied his deck. "He's right you know. Step one to becoming a true duelist: don't pass up on an opponent, no matter what! Step two: challenge stronger opponents to see how well ya match up to them! Now come at me with your best, ya ESP freak!" Jou called out and Roba smirked. "My pleasure." he spoke as he got himself ready for the duel. "But before we commence the duel, let's confirm our ante cards. Mine will be the rare Jinzo the Psycho Shocker and of course a puzzle card."
"And mine's the Time Wizard along with a puzzle card just like you!" he claimed. "Roger that! Now let's get started so I can be on my way with another rare card and puzzle card." Roba spoke as he readied his deck as well. Ryuzaki, after hearing the ante, glared at the other. "Hey, what'd you do with my Red-Eyes?!" he snapped. "Ya mean my Red-Eyes! And she got stolen cause I screwed up!" he said. "The hell! How can you go and lose an extremely rare card like her?! You know how much I had to do just to get her only to lose her to you at Duelist Kingdom?!" Ryuzaki seethed. "Yeah yeah, stop your whinin', I got it back but someone's holding her for me...my rival!" With that, Jou turned his attention back to the starting duel. 'I swore to Yami! When I become a true duelist, I'll duel him back for Red-Eyes! On these streets I'll achieve that dream and be ready for him.'
"But until then, I can't lose!" he said and Kaiser nodded. "You can do this, bro! I believe in you!" he called. Ryuzaki spat to the side. "Give it up! You can't beat Roba with luck like you did against me!" Ryuzaki hissed. 'He can read his opponent's hand! What will it take for that to get through that guy's thick skull?' he thought to himself as he stayed to watch Jou crash and burn against the ESP duelist. "Let's go!" Jou called as the duel began and their life point count went to 4000. "I'll go first!" Jou spoke as he drew his hand and smirked. 'This is a nice hand! I should have no problem with this.' he thought. 'So let's start this off with a bang...' He went to send out his card when he took a glance at Roba, seeing him start up some meditative state before letting out a breath. "I feel the energy of the cosmos flow through me! Becoming one with me! At this time and place, I shall win this duel for it is my destiny!" Roba claimed and Jou flinched. "What destiny?!" The blonde screeched. 'Forget him being an ESP freak! He's nuts!'
"I shall win and nothing you'll do will stop me–"
'Damn this radio-wave whack job!' he thought as he sent out his card like planned. "I send out Giltia the Dark Knight!"
"Hmph!" Roba huffed, raising a hand and soon, the card disappeared from the field. "What the–?!" Jou gaped before looking to Roba. 'Maybe he does have ESP!'
"Simply...the law of the cosmos." But unlike Jou thought, Ryuzaki burst out laughing along with a few duelists that stuck around to watch the duel. "Are you brain-dead or what?! That's wasn't ESP, you idiot! It was the card you played!"
"What do you mean?!" Kaiser growled, a thin line away from hitting Ryuzaki. "You can't play a level 6 monster right off the bat! You have to sacrifice a lower level monster to bring it out! Those are the new super expert mode rules but apparently you didn't read them!" Ryuzaki explained with a snicker before wincing as Kaiser elbowed him. "Shut up before I give you a reason to." he hissed before sending a glare at a comment from another duelist who shrunk back. Jou flushed in embarrassment from making such a noobish mistake for his first game but composed him. 'I forgot about those! But at least it wasn't ESP so I'm not out of the game yet.'
"You wasted a turn. A turn so precious that it will only lead closer to my victory." Roba spoke before humming to himself as he concentrated once more. "A word of advice for you...the far left card is Swordsman of Landstar. Try playing it next time." he suggested and Jou's jaw dropped. "How the hell do ya know that?!" he squawked. "It's a little thing called telepathy. My mind is one with the cosmos. I have achieved a state of absolute enlightenment! My awareness of the surroundings as well as your subpar dueling skills transcends space and time itself! We are made off the same particles, Jounouchi! I am you! I am your cards! Nothing shall stop me from winning!"
'This is getting freaky but I can't let him deter me like this.' Jou thought as Roba played his cards. "Now, I play Cyber Raider and since you have no monsters, I can commence a direct attack!" he called and Jou gasped. "Cyber Knuckle!" Roba called and the monster shot forward, giving a nasty barrage of punches that took down Jou's life points to 2600. 'Man, these may be holograms but they hurt like a bitch...' he thought. "Turn over." Roba spoke. "Now try to impress me."
"Yeah, my turn..." Jou murmured as he drew his next card. 'Alright, can't make a blunder like earlier. Under super expert rules, if there are no monsters on the field, you can commence a direct attack. So I need to get a monster out and fast.' he thought to himself as he looked at his hand. 'Good, I have two dice cards in my hand. My monster won't be able to stand a chance with how they are now so hopefully this'll be a good gamble.' Roba huffed before he started his meditative work once again. "Channeling..." he hummed and Jou growled. "Ya radio nutjob! Stop that already!" Jou seethed. "Hmm...channeling complete. You drew another Graceful Dice card, didn't you?" Roba questioned which made the other bristle. "Does it shock you? My telepathic abilities are never wrong, a gift from the cosmos themselves. As of now, I'm communicating with the spirit of Maximillion J. Pegasus, the designer of Duel Monsters whose disappearance wracked the dueling world." Roba spoke.
'His spirit...that's the last thing I want to worry about after all we've been through with that guy.'
"He's the master of this game! Therefore I will always know your hand!"
'Jeez, is this kid really for real...' Jou wondered to himself. "Come on then! Play your next card!" Roba demanded. Jou growled as he watched him. 'I don't know whether this guy is using ESP or speaking with ghosts. But one thing's for sure...he can tell what cards I have which is giving him an edge.' he thought before something came to mind. 'Wait...he said I drew a second Graceful Dice card. No way!' he thought then grinned. "Here I go! I bring out Swordsman of Landstar!" he called, bringing out the 500 attack monster. 'Even if his ESP is real, there's one thing he can't predict so easily!'
"Then I'll place two face down cards and end my turn." Roba could only smirk. 'Face down cards...one is definitely Graceful Dice. So you think you can take out my monster with a roll of the dice? Too bad I already knew your plan from the start!' Roba thought. "Let's begin! I sacrifice a level 4 monster to summon the Fiend Megacyber!" he called, bringing out the 2200 attack monster onto the field. "Now! I activate Graceful Dice!" Jou shouted as the card flipped up, revealing it and a tiny angel pawn holding a die. It tossed it and Jou can only hope for a five or more to be able to beat Roba's monster. And where he thought it would be the roll he wished for, it landed on three instead and he groaned. "Too bad, Jounouchi! Even with 1500 attack, your monster is no match for mine! Now attack, Fiend Megacyber!"
"I'm not done yet!" he said with a grin. "Activate trap! Skull Dice!" The card activated, revealing another little pawn, only on the devilish side, holding a die. It cackled as it tossed the die and let it roll, the result coming out as five. "And with that, your monster's attack decreases!" Jou announced as Roba's monster went from 2200 to 440 attack. "Now take it out!" The tiny swordsman shot forward, slashing at the monster and destroying it, bringing Roba's life points down to 2940. "So, ya thought I had two Graceful Dice cards in my hand. Tough luck for you that one covered the other so all you saw was the "Dice" name from my second card! So that goes to show you don't have telepathy!" Jou pointed out and growled. "So someone somewhere is peekin' at my cards and relayin' 'em to ya! You're nothin' but a sneaky scam artist!" From their location, the younger siblings of Roba gulped when they learned their brother was found out. "What do we do now?" One asked. "Roba can handle things from here. He's still a good duelist and can take out that amateur." Another assured, giving a toothy grin to his brother.
"Spies, you say. Who pray tell? There's no one in the audience that could be relaying me such information or they would've been caught by now so stop making pointless accusations. Besides, you only won one turn, this duel will still be mine in the end." Roba spoke. "A guess without basis is a speculation. I'll predict the future with my power and it'll come true! I will win and you will lose and how do I know? Because I never lost a duel in my life!" Jou only snorted as he listened to Roba's speech. "I...I don't know what's gonna come in the future. For example, I could turn this next corner and see the next town or maybe there's a lady carryin' a baby and shoppin'. That's 'bout as far as I can see but there's a guy somewhere waiting for me to fight him as soon as we get to the finals! Somewhere, sometime, I'll meet him and we'll fight! And I'm fightin' now because I believe in that future! Not some whacked out ramblings of a phony psychic!"
Roba only chuckled before giving the other a glare. "Then let me be the one to smash that future of yours cause you're not gonna win here! I don't need my powers to beat a duelist of your level!" Roba said as he looked at his hand. 'I don't need my psychic abilities to beat you. And I still have Jinzo the Psycho Shocker in my hand, the ultimate psychic card. I've already figured out the perfect way to kill you, now I just need to execute it without fail.' Roba thought. "I play one card face down and end my turn." he spoke before handing the turn over to Jou. "Alright, my go!" he said, drawing his next card. 'Oh, better hide my hand so I don't have people sniping it again.' he thought as he looked at his hand and smirked. 'Good, Alligator Sword is perfect!' He grinned before sending out his next monster. "I send out the Alligator Warrior! Now this game is all over! Both of you guys attack him and end this psychic nightmare!" he called and both monsters leapt in to attack. Alligator Sword hit first, taking Roba's life points down to 1440. 'Just one more!'
"Big brother!" The Roba siblings cried from their spot but Roba only smirked. "That's all the free hits I'm giving you, amateur! I activate my trap, Mind Control!" Roba announced and the Swordsman of Landstar was brought to a screeching halt. 'Oh man, he had a trap waiting for me!' Jou thought in shock. "Now, your monster is my slave for the next two turns but one is all I'm going to need to finish you off. Although I could use it on your first monster but that would've end it in a draw and I need your monster alive..." Roba spoke. Jou sneered before setting a card face down. 'Guess I better get on the defensive. Chasm with Spikes should do in your next monster.' Jou thought. "My turn is over now." Roba snuffed as he watched Jou make his play. 'A trap for a trap...your one track mind is so easily predictable.' Roba thought and grinned. 'But soon enough, no trap will be able to trap me.'
"My turn now. I'm going to cast this spell card...Brain Control!"
"Not again!"
"Now both of your monsters are mine to control! Behold my ESP deck "Mind Control" tactics!" Roba claimed with a laugh. "My aim was to steal your monsters so I can summon an even greater creature onto my side! Per super expert rules, you need two monsters to bring out a level seven or higher monster! Now let me show you just what you have to contend with! I sacrifice two monsters to bring out the ultimate cyborg! Jinzo the Psycho Shocker!" he called as Jou's monsters disappeared, bringing out the huge cyborg onto Roba's side of the field. The monster calculated the opponent's side of the field before its eyes began to glow. "Oh, and I must not forget to mention that Jinzo comes with a special ability." Roba spoke and a laser shot from Jinzo's eyes, taking out Jou's face down trap card. "Whoa! My trap!"
"Yes! As long as Jinzo is on the field, traps are useless against him!"
'No...'
"And now with nothing else to worry about, kill him Jinzo with Cyber Energy Shock!" Roba called and the cyborg responded, gathering a giant ball of energy in its hands before unleashing it out on Jou. "Jou! Don't give up yet!" Kaiser called from the sidelines as Jou was knocked flat on his back from the attack, leaving him hanging on to a mere 200 life points. Roba laughed as he watched him. "Do you give up, Jounouchi?! You might as well while you still have some dignity left!" Jou growled as he stomp a foot on the ground as he moved to stand back up. "Give up...ya wish, ya psycho nerd! If I do that...how can I achieve my future?" he growled as he gave Roba a determined glare that showed he was still ready to fight against all odds.
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Zypher: And there you have it. Another chapter done. There isn't much for me to say here so hope you enjoy and I'll see you later with another chapter.