# Chapter 183: Your Monster is Crying, and to Stop it From Crying, I'll Take Control of it
Because he had just finished a Duel, Dark Yugi did not appear as a Stand-in for this Duel against Rebecca. Instead, he was watching Yugi's Duel from inside the Millennium Puzzle.
Rebecca's Strategy was quite Strange—she continuously Summoned cards like Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest to be destroyed, then searched her Deck for Monster Cards to add to her Hand. Following that, she Summoned three Millennium Shields with a high DEF of 3000 Points onto the Field.
Even Yugi couldn't understand the meaning of her Operation for a while. He even started to suspect that Rebecca might be using an Exodia Deck, just like his Grandpa. However, Solomon Muto, who was watching from outside the Field, felt a stronger sense of deja vu the more he watched the Duel's flow.
This sense of deja vu continued until Rebecca equipped two of her Millennium Shields on the Field with a Magnetic Ring each, creating an unattackable Defense, and then Summoned Cannon Soldier.
"Th-That Combo is!" Solomon stood up from his seat in shock, "Rebecca, could your full name be—"
"Rebecca Hopkins, that's right, that's my full name, Solomon Mutou." Although standing on the Duel Platform, Rebecca had already noticed Grandpa Solomon arriving at the edge of the Duel Platform. "My Grandpa, Arthur Hopkins, is the one whose Blue-Eyes White Dragon card you stole!"
"I traveled far to Japan just to avenge my Grandpa and reclaim the Blue-Eyes White Dragon card!"
"Rebecca, actually..." Looking at Rebecca, whose eyes were filled with hostility, Solomon wanted to explain something, but how could she listen?
"Hmph, it's just sophistry anyway, who would believe you!" Rebecca, in high spirits, Summoned Witch of the Black Forest from her Hand again. "If you want to convince me, defeat me in a Duel first!"
"Activate the Effect of my Cannon Soldier on the Field! By Tributing Witch of the Black Forest and Sending it to the Graveyard, I will inflict 500 Points of Damage to you!"
Without any mercy, Rebecca used her Monster on the Field as a Tribute, loading it into Cannon Soldier. With a "boom," a cannonball easily flew over Yugi's Dark Magician on the Field, directly reducing his Life Points by 500.
[Yugi: 4000→3500 LP]
"First you lock down attacks, then you Tribute monsters to reduce Life Points, and then you use monsters whose Effects trigger when Sent to the Graveyard to search for cards from your Deck. Is that your Strategy, Rebecca!" Yugi frowned, "Your monster is crying!"
"Hmph, Duel Monsters don't feel pain."
Rebecca was indifferent to her actions. In her opinion, as long as she could win, it didn't matter how Monster Cards were treated in a Duel.
This attitude wasn't the first time Yugi had seen it. Keith, Pegasus... could it be that American-style Duelists were all like this?
Then, under Hayato's speechless gaze, Yugi Summoned the invincible Catapult Turtle, used Brain Control to take control of Rebecca's Millennium Shield, and Tributed it, successfully breaking through Rebecca's attack lock.
As for the other Millennium Shield, although its high DEF of 3000 Points was indeed thick, Yugi in turn played The Tricky Spell 4. That mysterious Spellbook that made Dark Magician Girl Blush had Dark Magician flip through it with an expressionless face, only increasing his ATK to 3200 Points and smashing the Millennium Shield with one strike.
In the blink of an eye, the LP reduction setup Rebecca had built was easily countered by Yugi, which made her quite annoyed. At the same time, Grandpa Solomon still hadn't given up on the idea of convincing Rebecca, but she still couldn't listen.
"You've been so noisy since just now, Solomon Mutou!" Rebecca glared angrily at Grandpa Solomon outside the Field. "That's right, my Grandpa's unique insights into archaeology weren't understood by the public, but you were just an ordinary colleague!"
"With just that ordinary relationship, how could Grandpa possibly entrust a card like Blue-Eyes White Dragon to you! So, you definitely stole it!"
Saying this, Rebecca drew a Card from her Deck: "I want to win, I only need Victory, nothing else matters!"
"Activate Magic Card, Judgment Blaster! By Discarding five cards from my Hand, I Destroy all monsters on the Field!"
Activating Dark Hole, Rebecca successfully Cleared all monsters on the Field in one go. As a cost, she Sent five monsters from her Hand to the Graveyard, leaving her with only one card in Hand.
"Then, I'll Summon Shadow Ghoul! It can increase its ATK based on the number of Monster Cards in the Graveyard!" Proudly Summoning her last monster, Rebecca said with a smile, "The number of monsters in my Graveyard is eleven, so Shadow Ghoul's ATK will increase to 2700 Points! I'm guaranteed to win!"
[Yugi: 3500→800 LP]
Yugi sighed and looked at Rebecca: "So, up until now, you've been continuously Sending monsters to the Graveyard just to increase Shadow Ghoul's ATK?"
"Hehehe, it's too late to realize now, Yugi Mutou!"
"That's not it, Rebecca. In Duel Monsters, the most important thing is believing in the Heart of the Cards," Yugi drew a Card from the top of his Deck. "Just to increase a monster's ATK, constantly Sending cards to the Graveyard, don't you think that's going too far?"
Hayato looked at Yugi strangely: 'Why do I suddenly feel like this guy is hinting at me?'
"You idiot, are you stupid? A Duel is a Duel, it doesn't need any Heart! As long as you can achieve Victory, that's a True Duelist!" Rebecca waved her hand impatiently. "I'm not interested in your nonsense. If you want to lecture me, wait until you defeat me!"
Next, Yugi Activated the Swords of Revealing Light he had just drawn, delaying Rebecca's Offensive. He didn't Activate any other cards, merely Revived Dark Magician with Monster Reborn and kept Drawing Cards, as if there was a winning Card in his Deck.
"Hmph, utilizing Swords of Revealing Light to lock down attacks and then waiting for a card to turn the tide? Muda muda muda, my Shadow Ghoul is invincible! After this Turn ends, you will face the ending of Defeat, Yugi Mutou!"
Tea looked at Yugi worriedly: "Yugi, can he Draw the card he's waiting for?"
Joey Wheeler said firmly, "Don't lose to that brat, Yugi!"
Amidst the cheering, Yugi drew a Card. But after Drawing the Card, he did not add it to his Hand. Instead, he looked at Grandpa Solomon outside the Field. The grandfather and grandson nodded in understanding; everything was understood without words.
Under the surprised gazes of the others, Yugi put the card he had just drawn back on top of his Deck: "I Surrender."
"S-Surrender?!"
"Yes. Rebecca, you won." With a smile, Yugi looked at Rebecca on the opposite Duel Platform, who was jumping up excitedly.
Rebecca received Yugi's confirmation and was extremely excited. As soon as the Duel Platform returned to its original position, she impatiently jumped down and ran to Grandpa Solomon, holding out her hand with a proud expression: "The Winner is me! I defeated Yugi Mutou! So, quickly hand over the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, you thief, Solomon Mutou!"
Grandpa Solomon didn't say anything, just took out a box from his pocket with a wry smile and opened it, revealing the Blue-Eyes he treasured. However—
"Th-This is! The Blue-Eyes White Dragon was Torn Apart! Even though it was Grandpa's most treasured card!" Rebecca's fists clenched tightly, and the neck of her Toy Bear "Terry" was almost strangled by her. "No wonder, no wonder you didn't intend to return it to me at first!"
"That's not it, Rebecca-chan." Solomon also had an awkward expression. His old friend's precious card had turned out like this, and he couldn't come up with any excuses. "Actually, I wanted to return it to you just now..."
"Sophistry! Excuses!" Rebecca was very angry. "If I wasn't the Winner of the Duel, were you planning to keep it hidden forever?!"
"That's not it, Rebecca." A voice came from behind Rebecca. "The one who won was actually Yugi-kun."
"Huh?" Rebecca turned her head discontentedly, wanting to see which idiot was talking nonsense. Yugi had voluntarily Surrendered, so no matter how you looked at it, she should be the one who won. But when she turned around, she was dumbfounded: "G-Grandpa?!"
Although "Your monster is crying" is Yugi's favorite line, in reality, Yugi has used his own monsters as cannon fodder quite a few times; he's a total hypocrite.
(End of this chapter)