Seeing someone step onto the stage to challenge, the AI Kaiba immediately waved his hand, letting out another series of three-segment arrogant laughs, then suddenly clenched his fist: "As long as we duel, the winds of battle will rage ceaselessly! Come—"
"Hold on."
Yugen showed no mercy, raising a hand to signal a stop.
"You don't mind if I make a slight adjustment to my deck, do you?"
AI: "..."
The AI naturally had no objections. So Yugen took out his deck and began adjusting.
Going out to a duel, besides bringing your main deck, you also need to remember to bring a SIDE (side deck). That's a fundamental habit for any veteran duelist from his previous life. However, in his previous life's rules, a SIDE deck could only have a maximum of 15 cards, which would be adjusted according to the opponent's deck strategy.
But in this world, there was no such restriction, so Yugen naturally didn't hold back. He carried at least seventy or eighty SIDE cards with him, enough to handle various situations.
If it was Kaiba's AI, then without a doubt, its main force would be Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Although there might be other mixed archetypes, generally speaking, most of them would be Dragon-Type or LIGHT Attribute.
In the movie, Kaiba was called the "Lord of Light" by Anubis, who was revived by ancient Egyptian power, while Yami Yugi Atem was the "Lord of Darkness." The two's decks were indeed intentionally designed to be a contrast of light and dark.
Although Kaiba's lower-level monsters had mixed attributes, in his frequently used archetypes, such as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon system, or the VWXYZ five-way fusion machine, they were all LIGHT Attribute.
Furthermore, if inferred from the Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions movie, a true current Kaiba deck should at least include Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon, and Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon—three powerful ace monsters that have appeared. It's unclear how updated this AI version is.
If that's the premise, then compared to Kaiba's deck from the DM era, the proportion of the Blue-Eyes system should increase.
Based on the known information, Yugen quickly completed the adjustments, inserted his deck into the duel disk, and walked in front of the AI.
"Alright now. Come on."
[Yugen, LP 4000]
[AI Kaiba, LP 4000]
AI Kaiba once again built up its emotions: "As long as we duel, the winds of battle will—"
"My turn, draw card."
Yugen didn't give the AI any face, cutting off its lines twice before it could finish.
AI Kaiba: "..."
"I'll set one monster face-down." Yugen drew two cards from his hand, "And set two more cards face-down in the back row. Turn end."
"Then it's my turn!"
AI Kaiba drew a card with great force, causing its white coat to flutter behind it. Although exaggerated, it had to be said that its mimicry of the original personality was quite convincing.
Not only did it have the original voice pack, but it even had the original chuunibyo poses.
"Full ☆ Speed ☆ Ahead ☆!" AI Kaiba declared, "I summon the lord of dragons—'Lord of D'!"
[Lord of D, ATK 1200]
"Next, from my hand, I activate the Spell Card 'The Flute of Summoning Dragon'!" AI Kaiba declared, "This card can only be activated when 'Lord of D' exists on the field! It allows me to Special Summon up to two Dragon-Type monsters from my hand."
A dragon-shaped flute appeared in Lord of D's hand, and the latter played a dragon-calling melody.
"First, I will summon this card—
—Level 6, Krystal Dragon, summon!!! "
Like a mysterious dragon carved purely from crystal, its whole body glittered brightly, as if countless stars had fallen to earth, flowing with a faint blue light, like sparkling stars in the night sky, and simultaneously descending with endless dragon might.
[Krystal Dragon, ATK 2500]
"And then this card!"
AI Kaiba raised the second Dragon-Type card in its hand with an even more exaggerated pose.
"If that is endless darkness, then obey the light dragon and be dyed black! Descend, my soul—
—Level 8, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!!!"
It was as if a fierce wind had swept through the arena, mixed with the roar of thunder and the dazzling light of lightning. Its noble and majestic figure appeared from a dazzling pure white light, its enormous wings slowly unfurling, and its earth-shaking dragon roar echoed throughout the arena.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon, summoned!
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon, ATK 3000]
The spectators in the arena were immediately shocked.
"Blue-Eyes White Dragon! It's really the legendary monster!"
"Even if it's just virtual data, this trip was worth it..."
Master Takeuchi couldn't help but say, "As expected of Kaiba Corporation's top-tier dueling AI, it perfectly replicates Seto Kaiba's tactics. It summoned so many powerful dragons in the first turn."
"Indeed." Saito also nodded, "Dueling it right now truly feels like dueling the real Seto Kaiba."
Even the students in the arena who already greatly admired Yugen couldn't help but show worried expressions.
This was the legendary Seto Kaiba, how could anyone win against him?
"Hmph, you're nothing but a third-rate duelist with a fourth-rate deck. Now, let me show you the difference in absolute power!"
AI Kaiba raised its arm and shouted.
"Battle Phase! Use 'Krystal Dragon' to attack the face-down monster—"
"Don't rush." Yugen waved his hand, "At the moment the Battle Phase begins, I activate my face-down card.
Continuous Trap - Dragon Capture Jar!"
A rock jar shaped like a dragon's head appeared on Yugen's field, and an invisible force thinly sprayed out from the jar's mouth. Magic power enveloped the entire field, even powerful dragons like Krystal Dragon and Blue-Eyes White Dragon couldn't help but be bound by it.
[Krystal Dragon, ATK 2500 → DEF 1000]
[Blue-Eyes White Dragon, ATK 3000 → DEF 2500]
"Dragon Capture Jar's effect: As long as this Trap is on the field, all Dragon-Type monsters on the field are changed to Defense Position and cannot change to Attack Position."
Everyone: "!"
A super-strong weapon against Dragon-Type monsters, almost screaming "Anti-Dragon." Just one card directly and permanently sealed the opponent's Dragon-Type monsters' ability to attack.
Of course, this move wasn't Yugen's original. Dragon Capture Jar might be the earliest Dragon-Type bane in Yu-Gi-Oh history; Pegasus used it against Kaiba during the Duelist Kingdom era, which made Kaiba furious.
However, Yugen was very calm. It was just an attack seal, and he even felt the pressure was similar.
Truth be told, if he had the conditions, he would prefer to use Dragon Buster Destruction Sword. That was the truly strongest Dragon-Type killer of this era. If he could fusion summon it with "Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman," its ATK would increase by a thousand for every Dragon-Type monster in the opponent's Graveyard, and as long as Dragon Buster Destruction Sword was on the field, all of the opponent's Dragon-Type monsters would be forced into Defense Position and couldn't activate their effects.
For duelists who didn't cheat and played pure Dragon-Type decks, facing this card basically meant a death sentence.
Unfortunately, the Dragon Buster Destruction Sword in this world should also be a game card, belonging to the super rare category and very hard to obtain.
But it wasn't a big problem. Even without such a powerful killer, there were still plenty of targeting cards that could be used. In comparison, the Dragon Capture Jar was merely an attack seal, not the most effective, but it was just what he drew first.
This AI Kaiba was surprisingly intelligent, seemingly muttering something under its breath, then continued its operation.
"Then I will use 'Lord of D' to attack your face-down monster!"
The two summoned dragons were forcibly splashed into Defense Position, and Lord of D, with no other choice, had to enter the battle itself.
"Activate face-down card." Yugen's back row flipped up again, "Trap Card - Dimensional Prison.
When an opponent's monster declares an attack, that attacking monster is directly banished from the game!"
Space shattered, a dimensional crack opened with a flash of electricity, followed by a vortex of storms. Lord of D, halfway through its charge, was extremely startled and frantically tried to turn back. But it was too late; the boundless crack immediately swallowed it, disappearing to the other side of the dimension.
"Beautiful counter-attack." Master Takeuchi analyzed, "This trap might seem to only deal with the weakest monster on the opponent's field, but it's actually the most troublesome one."
A student was curious: "Huh? Why?"
"When 'Lord of D' is on the field, all Dragon-Type monsters cannot be targeted by card effects," Uncle Saito nodded slightly, "But by dealing with this most troublesome one first, the protection the remaining Dragon-Type monsters had also disappears."
The surrounding spectators began to stir.
"He actually managed to withstand such a fierce first wave of offense; this young man is extraordinary. If it were me, I'd already be lying down..."
"But it's probably only temporary. Let's see, after all, it's that Kaiba AI."
And Sato Koji, hearing this, couldn't help but smile.
No, you're too naive. It's only been two traps. This is just the beginning.
The fun duel is just about to begin.
As one of the earliest victims of Yugen's dueling style, he trusted his professional judgment.
After continuous failed attacks, AI Kaiba drew its last two cards.
"Set one card on the field, turn end."