In the blink of an eye, a night had passed. The powers of the guard hall had fully merged with the misfortune of this world, making magic usable. Now, standing in front of the abandoned school building, waiting for Asuka's arrival, a voice of conversation was suddenly heard.
“Hayato didn't expect you, who usually skips classes, to actually join us!”
“Nothing special, I just wanted to see the Dark Game, so I came along.”
Hearing the familiar dialogue, the guard hall knew that the Tenth Generation had arrived, which meant Asuka had come too. Then came another sound of a branch snapping underfoot; Sho and Hayato hugged each other in fear and shivered.
The Tenth Generation shone a flashlight toward the direction of the sound and discovered Asuka, while the guard hall stepped out from the shadows as well. However, seeing the Tenth Generation in a defensive stance puzzled him. He said to the Tenth Generation, “Don't look at me like that, I'm not interested in men.”
Tenth Generation: “...I'm not interested in men either. I just want to know what you meant by saying my deck is incomplete, and Evil Hero is the power of darkness, right? I won't use evil powers.”
Listening to the Tenth Generation, the guard hall scoffed, “Who says darkness is evil? The goodness or evil of power depends on the user's intentions. Enough. I don't have time to argue about useless things. Let's go inside.”
After saying this, the guard hall led the way inside. The Tenth Generation walked behind, pondering the guard hall's words, but perhaps due to differing perspectives, still seemed very averse to Evil Hero. After all, beliefs are not easily changed.
Entering the old school, the guard hall advanced in the direction remembered. Soon, they reached a room where records about the Seven Legendary Artifacts were engraved on the walls. Looking at the murals on the wall, Asuka thought, “My brother's disappearance must be related to this place.”
“Come over here! There's a basement!” Hayato and Sho shouted to the guard hall and the others.
Found it so quickly? the guard hall thought. Titan, you'd better perform well. The group arrived at the basement. The basement was surrounded by eight statues of snake heads, and in the center of the floor was a magic circle—a teleportation circle that sends students to the killing space. Suddenly, white smoke rose from the floor and soon filled the entire basement.
When the white smoke cleared, a tall man wearing a silver mask appeared before the guard hall and his group."Welcome to your arrival," said Jūda, who was contemplating the Shield Hall words, raising his head and asking, "Who are you, and why are you looking for me?" "I am the Dark Duelist Tony Titan. I am here to take you into darkness," Titan said. "There cannot be a Dark Game in this world!" Jūda shouted loudly. \"Don't be foolish, Jūda. The Dark Game does exist, but this guy in front of us is just an idiot," said the Shield Hall. \"You annoying kid, I'll make you understand the terror of the Dark Game," Titan said sinisterly. \At this time, Asuka said, "Shield Hall, do you know where my brother is? Please tell me!" Shield Hall pulled Asuka aside and said, "He knows nothing about your brother. I will tell you later." After saying this, Shield Hall walked in front of Titan and said to him: "Let me witness your so-called Dark Game. By the way," then Shield Hall suddenly seemed to remember something and said to Jūda: "Let me show you the power of the Evil Hero." \Shield Hall: "This is a Dark Game; if I lose, it's over." Everyone was advising Shield Hall, and Asuka, though showing concern on her face, still said to Jūda and the others: "Trust Shield Hall, he will definitely win." \Shield Hall: "As expected, Asuka understands me. DUEL TIME." \Titan: "Although you are not my target, I will let you experience the terror of the Dark Game." \"DUEL" \"DUEL" \Titan was given the first turn, and Shield Hall casually handed the first turn to Titan. However, this action completely enraged Titan, who said to Shield Hall: "You will regret this. My turn, draw." "I attack summon with [Underworld Queen Demon] [ATK 900 / DEF 1500, Level 4]. While this card is on the field, select one of your monsters with 'Demon' in its name; its attack increases by 1000." With that, the [Underworld Queen Demon]'s attack became 1900. \Outside, Hayato said: "Although Demon decks are powerful, during the preparation phase they require a huge life point cost." \Titan: "Do you think I don't know that? But with this card, I can solve this problem. I activate the Field Spell Card [Palace of Ten Thousand Demons - Nest of the Demons]." Then, the surroundings turned into a sinister and terrifying environment.“[Hall of the Inferno] allows me to not pay life points during the preparation phase, and when a monster with 'Demon' in its name is sent to the graveyard by means other than battle, I can take a monster with 'Demon' in its name and attack less than that of the destroyed monster from my deck. My turn ends.” \ Hato said: “Such a simple opening? That's really disappointing. I draw for my turn, activate the Spell Card Dark Fusion, bring out from my hand Electrolord, Clayman, and Dark Fusion—summon Evil Hero Thunder Gigant (ATK 2400). Activate its effect to destroy 1 monster on the field. This effect can only be used once per turn. Destroy, Underworld Queen Demon.” The Underworld Queen Demon turned into a white light and vanished from the field. \ Titan said: “Activate the effect of Hall of the Inferno. When a card with 'Demon' in its name on the field is sent to the graveyard by means other than battle, you can add a monster with 'Demon' in its name from your deck to your hand.” \ Hato said: “No problem, Thunder Gigant attacks directly (ATK 2400), turn ends.” \ Titan: “I draw for my turn, activate the Spell Card Monster Reborn, Special Summon Underworld Queen Demon (ATK 900). Due to its effect, its attack rises by 1000. Underworld Queen Demon (ATK 900), then Normal Summon Extinction Emperor Demon. On Titan's field appears a demon with wings and an ugly face. 'This card can only be summoned if you have a monster with 'Demon' in its name on the field. Because of the effect of my Underworld Queen, Extinction Emperor's attack rises by 1000 points (ATK 3000). Battle: use Extinction Emperor Demon to attack Thunder Gigant (ATK 2400), then use Underworld Queen Demon to attack directly (ATK 900), (Hato LP 2500).' Titan then pulled out a Millennium Puzzle-like device and said, 'Feel the devouring power of the Dark Game!' A flash of light emitted from Titan's device, then places on Hato's body, left hand, and right foot started to disappear. \ Jyuudai and Hayato: 'Hato, your body is disappearing!' \ Sho: 'Hato's body!' \ Asuka: Hato... how can this be. \ At this moment, Titan said triumphantly: 'How's that? This is the Dark Game! When your life points reach zero, that's when you are devoured by darkness.' He set down a card, turn ends.” \ Hahaha, so this is the Dark Game you were talking about?If you are going to impersonate, you should at least make it look convincing. The Dark Game, although dangerous, has one thing in common: the cost of punishment is proportional. Do you think you can impersonate with just a small trick?\ Asuka asked, “Houdou, are you saying this is a trick, not a Dark Game? Then what's going on with your body?” “Yeah!” Judai and the others also asked.\ “You say this isn't a Dark Game, then how did your body end up like this?” Titan said, while also showing his millennium-block-like prop.\ That's enough. Let the flames burn. Using fire magic, Houdou burned the fake millennium prop, and his body restored to its original state. Seeing his trick exposed, Titan tried to escape but was knocked to the ground by a layer of invisible energy.\ Houdou said calmly, “If you want to play a Dark Game, then let's play a real one. Although you don't have another turn, my turn: draw a card, activate the Magic Card Dark Divine Summon, remove from play one monster each designated by the Fusion Monster Card from your hand or graveyard, then special summon a Fusion Monster that requires the effect of 'Dark Fusion' from the Fusion Deck, banish Winged Lady, and summon Dark Hero Blazing Wing (ATK 2100). Then activate the Magic Card Whirlwind to destroy your Set Card, and Dark Hero Blazing Wing attacks the Infernal Queen Demon (ATK 900). (Titan LP 0)”\ With Titan's LP reduced to zero, the eyes of the snake-head statues around them suddenly lit up, and the magic circle on the ground activated, forming a sphere that enclosed Houdou and Titan. Familiar with the plot, Houdou knew this was the space of the Dark Game, filled with many dark creatures on the ground. However, those creatures didn't dare approach Houdou, and he confidently walked out.\ He saw Asuka waiting for him; Judai and the others had already left. Houdou said to Asuka, “It's getting late, so let's head back. This photo is of your brother, right? Here, I found it as I was coming out.” Let's go, time to go back.
