Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Roar of the Weak

Chapter 340 A Truce

"In this duel, we can each use our preferred decks. I'll go first, and you need to defeat me within one turn. That shouldn't be too difficult for someone like you who often one-shots their opponents, right?"

Di Xing calmly said, "You must have other requests, right?"

“That’s right, WHITE·Intsumi,” Du Shuqiang called over a bespectacled, heavily made-up, scholarly-looking male escort as if calling a dog.

Opal saw his angry expression and said, "WHITE·Intsumi! The store manager treated you so well back then, and you actually ran away with Du Shuqiang. Look at the state you've become now!"

WHITE·Inland Sea bows its head, silent.

"WHITE·Inland Sea, quickly draft a gambling contract," Du Shuqiang then whispered a few words in WHITE·Inland Sea's ear.

WHITE·Neihai took out a terminal and quickly started typing. Soon, a contract was printed out.

Du Shuqiang pointed to the terms and conditions above and said, "I only need to add one special condition: I can spend 100 gold coins to exchange for 100 life points. How about that? That's 100 times higher than the odds you had when you gambled with my stupid little brother. You won't refuse, will you?"

"Indeed," Di Xing thought to himself, "but your casino is much bigger than your 'Oudoudou' casino, so your cash reserves must be terrifying, at least around 2 coins."

"I need to take a look at the contract." Di Xing took the contract, read it carefully, and looked at Du Shuqiang and WHITE·Utsumi with a serious expression. After thinking for a long time, he finally nodded to Opal.

Opal once again chose to believe Dixing: "We agree."

"Very well, then let the competition begin!"

"Little men and gentlemen!" A loud announcement rang out from First Takamagahara: "Our powerful and handsome manager, Du Shuqiang, is going to have a duel with Hokuto, the host from the run-down host club next door!"

Upon hearing Du Shuqiang's name, all the women in the store showed expressions of infatuation.

"Everyone, please leave the dance floor!" Led by the male host, the women dancing passionately on the dance floor quickly left. Then, the center of the dance floor opened, and a huge dueling arena slowly rose up.

"Wow!" the women in the store cheered.

"Now let's welcome our store manager, the great Du Shuqiang, into the room!" Du Shuqiang strode arrogantly to his workstation amidst the women's frenzied cheers.

"Then came the unknown gigolo, Beidou," Di Xing silently walked to his workbench, where he was greeted by a deafening chorus of boos from the women in the shop. These women not only booed Di Xing, but also the customers who had followed him from Qiuye Plain.

Most of the women who go to Akiyohara are poor, so they can only afford small shops like Akiyohara. Those who can afford to come to First Takamagahara are people with some money, and naturally they look down on customers who go to Akiyohara.

Du Shuqiang raised his hand to quiet everyone down. "Alright, princesses, I understand your crazy love for me, but this duel is destined to be fought by me alone. Just support me from behind, and I will definitely bring you all the joy of victory!"

"Du Shuqiang! Du Shuqiang! Du Shuqiang!" The audience erupted in cheers that sounded like they'd been brainwashed.

"Alright, are we still playing cards or not?" Di Xing said impatiently.

"Don't be in such a hurry, let's start now."

“Dielu!”

"I go first. I activate two [Golden Goblin] cards, draw two cards, and restore 2000 life points to you."

"Then I activated the spell card [Hand Elimination], which sent all of both players' hands to the graveyard, and then drew the same number of cards."

Di Xing also sent all his cards to the graveyard. "Among the cards I sent to the graveyard was [White Bone Roast King]. I added [The Bone Knight of the Next Night] and [White Bone Princess] from my deck to my hand, and then discarded White Bone Princess."

Di Xing's trump card combination was now ready, but Du Shuqiang was completely unconcerned: "I activate the Field Spell Card [Test of Courage], after which the player with the higher life value deals zero damage to the opponent."

"Is that all you're after? But I can pay 1000 life points to destroy that card during my turn."

"I know, so my goal is to spend 1000 health points to draw a card."

"Is he filtering?" Li Fei Hua Yue asked hesitantly.

"It looks like it. Could it be that he has some super powerful cards in his deck?" Nami asked with some concern.

"Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell [Hand Card Destruction], and both players send two cards from their hands to the graveyard, then draw two more cards." Du Shuqiang performed another round of card draws.

"I'm sending the cards 'White Bone Prince' and 'Absolute King J Revolution' from my hand to the graveyard."

"When Absolute King J Revolution is sent to the Graveyard, flip over the top three cards of my Deck, and I can rearrange their order and put them back."

"Then, when the Bone Prince is sent to the graveyard, send the Bone Couple from the deck to the graveyard."

"Then, during your turn, I banish 'Absolute King J Revolution' from the graveyard, reveal the top card of your deck, and if it's a Trap Card, set it to the field." And that card was precisely the Trap Card that Di Xing had just chosen, so it was successfully set to the field.

Du Shuqiang remained unfazed, saying, "It's not over yet. I'll activate [Hand Card Kill] again, send two more cards to the graveyard, and draw two more cards."

After Du Shuqiang's series of actions, although Di Xing still had six cards in his hand, he himself only had two cards left.

He's most likely filtering his draws, but which card does he actually want? Di Xing thought quickly.

"I activate [Dark Realm's Lure], both players draw one card and then discard one card."

Du Shuqiang activated his last draw card, then looked at the card he had drawn and grinned smugly. He now only had one card left in his hand, but he had drawn the card he wanted.

"I activate the spell card 'Temporary Truce'. Both players draw one card, and then until the end of your turn, all damage taken by either player becomes zero! Alright, I end this turn."

"What?! It's actually possible?" Opal exclaimed in surprise. "All damage becomes zero? Does that mean Di Xing can't win?"

However, she discovered Di Xing's harem... oh no, his confidantes! But she didn't panic, because she saw a confident smile on Di Xing's face.

"Just as I thought, but I didn't expect you to use such clumsy methods to protect yourself. This has already sealed your fate."

"What!?"

"I Normal Summon the Bone Knight of the Next Night and activate its effect. I add [Lord of the Bones] from my Deck to my hand, and then activate [Lord of the Bones] to send Bone Roast King to the Graveyard to revive the Bone Princess."

"If the White Bone Princess is resurrected, send the White Bone Prince from the deck to the graveyard, and send the White Bone Couple from the deck to the graveyard."

"Bone King is sent to the Graveyard. Add Bone Lord and Bone Prince to your hand from your deck, discard Bone Prince, and then send the last pair of Bone Lords to the Graveyard."

"Then, because the Bone Knight of the Next Night is on the field, I can Normal Summon a Zombie monster of 3 stars or lower, and I can Normal Summon the Bone Tower that drains the essence of my hand!"