Chapter 162: The Atmosphere Suddenly Became Entertaining
[Pegasus: 8000→7500 LP]
"So, it's my turn again, draw." Pegasus drew a card, a theatrical look of surprise on his face. "Wow, my luck is really good today, Yugi-boy."
"I drew a rather excellent card," Pegasus said, flipping over the card he had just drawn to reveal a monster that left a deep impression on Yugi—[Blue-Eyes White Dragon].
"Is that, the legendary Duel Monster, [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]?!"
"Legend says that's in KaibaCorp's hands, how did it end up in Pegasus's hand?"
"Could that be the fourth one? Using his designer privileges to open a backdoor for himself, Pegasus is truly going too far."
Exclamations of surprise came from the spectator area. After all, thanks to KaibaCorp's relentless promotion to enter the Duel Monsters field, the fact that "Kaiba Seto possesses three Blue-Eyes White Dragons" was known to anyone interested in Duel Monsters. Regarding Pegasus pulling out a "fourth Blue-Eyes White Dragon", most people just felt a bit displeased.
However, whether it was Joey Wheeler and the others in the spectator area, or Hayato and Yugi, they all knew—the fourth Blue-Eyes White Dragon was actually in the hands of Yugi's Grandpa, Solomon Muto, and had already been personally torn up by Kaiba.
In that case, where the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in Pegasus's hand came from was self-evident. However, what surprised Pegasus a little was that while both Yugi and Hayato showed uncontrollable "indignation" and "dissatisfaction" on their faces, Pegasus alone did not read "astonishment".
Although the attempt to mind read Hayato ended in failure, Pegasus got the answer from Yugi.
'So that's it, the moment he rescued Kaiba-boy, he immediately searched him but didn't find the Deck? Hayato-boy is really...' Even Pegasus almost couldn't keep his expression straight, his mouth twitching. 'I wondered why Hayato-boy was so enthusiastic about taking Kaiba-boy away from me.'
However, incidentally, Pegasus also learned about the card Yugi had Set from Yugi's heart.
'A Man-Eater Bug that destroys a monster when flipped, a Magic Jammer that negates a Magic Card activation, and a Dark Magic Curtain? He has a Dark Magician in hand, huh huh, so that's it.' Involuntarily showing a confident smile, Pegasus calmly activated the card in his hand. "First, discard a card from my hand to activate the Magic Card Cost Down—"
"Then I chain to your Magic Card, activate my Set Card! Magic Jammer!" Seeing Pegasus activate Cost Down, which has the effect of reducing a monster's level, Yugi quickly flipped his Set Card. "You want to reduce a monster's level to Summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon? It won't be that simple!"
"By discarding a card from my hand, I negate one Magic Card!"
Watching Yugi send his Dark Magician to the graveyard, Pegasus couldn't help but smile: "You're so impatient, Yugi-boy. You don't want to see Kaiba-boy's ace monster appear on my field and turn into a cute Toon monster, do you? To avoid facing Blue-Eyes White Dragon again, you even sent your own Dark Magician to the graveyard~"
Yugi glared coldly at Pegasus: "Hmph, Pegasus, sealing Kaiba's soul wasn't enough for you, now you want to desecrate his cards? I will stop you, even if I have to stake my soul!"
No, Yugi, you're clearly staking Dark Magician, aren't you? Are you some kind of build from somewhere? Hayato ranted inwardly beside him.
But under Yugi's puzzled gaze, Pegasus suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha, Yugi-boy, me understand. Your heart is now filled with fire, you've even lost the rationality you usually have in duels."
"What do you mean?"
"Me mean—" Pegasus said with a smile, playing a Magic Card from his hand. "You just now, could have waited a little longer."
"Magic Card, Monster Reborn, I can revive any monster from either player's graveyard to my field." Pegasus smiled triumphantly, pointing a finger at Yugi. "The one me will revive is the Dark Magician you just sent to the graveyard, Yugi-boy!"
"What!" Yugi had an unexpected expression, watching his Dark Magician be revived by Pegasus's Monster Reborn and appear on his field. Just as he was about to make some kind of struggle, Dark Magician was sucked into the Toon World on Pegasus's Spell/Trap Zone.
The book closed, and the figure of Dark Magician disappeared within it, but Yugi knew that his Dark Magician had probably been converted into a Toon monster by Pegasus.
"Hohoho, how bad. You wanted to stop your friend's ace monster from being controlled by me, but accidentally, your own monster fell into my hands." Pegasus chuckled softly, Setting another card on the field. "However, because he cannot battle yet, Dark Magician has temporarily returned to the Spell/Trap Zone to prepare for his wonderful magic performance."
"Set one card, turn end."
[Pegasus: 7500 LP, Hand 0]
[Face-down Defense Position Monster]
[Set Card] [Toon World] (Dark Magician) [Set Card]
Seeing Pegasus set his last hand card, Yugi understood Pegasus's plan from the previous turn. The activation of that Cost Down was nothing but a bait, because besides the Blue-Eyes White Dragon Pegasus had just drawn, his other hand cards were Cost Down, Monster Reborn, and that unknown Set Card, with no other monsters at all.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon itself was not the target of Cost Down's effect, as it had been sent to the graveyard as a cost. This meant that Pegasus had seen through his Set Card in the Spell/Trap Zone was Magic Jammer, and on top of that, used Cost Down as a bait to trick him into revealing his card.
He had even specifically sent Dark Magician to the graveyard, thinking of using Dark Magic Curtain to revive it when Pegasus summoned a monster, but instead, he had stepped right into a trap. While feeling annoyed, Yugi also felt a hint of relief—if he hadn't sent Dark Magician to the graveyard, what they would be facing now would be the Blue-Eyes White Dragon revived by Monster Reborn.
"Finally, it's my turn, draw a card." It was Hayato's turn, and he drew a card from his Deck.
Looking at the card in his hand, Hayato's gaze turned to Pegasus, and he asked with a smile: "I heard that Dark Magician is going to put on a magic performance for Yugi? I think, for this kind of performance project, the livelier, the better."
"So, do you mind if I make this duel a little more enjoyable, Mr. Pegasus?"
"Because I have no monsters on my field and my opponent has monsters, I use the effect of Performapal Hip Hippo from my hand to Special Summon it!"