"We've won!"
Yuto stepped forward.
"Alright, as promised, tell us—which door is the real exit?"
The Paradox Brothers exchanged glances, sly smiles creeping across their faces, and shook their heads in unison.
"The wager of the Duel was only Star Chips," Para drawled.
"As for the real exit… that's something you'll have to figure out with your own wits!"
"That's right!" Dox immediately chimed in, his voice brimming with schadenfreude.
"Even if you've won the Duel, so what? If you're unlucky enough to pick the wrong door… heh heh, then you'd best prepare to spend the rest of your lives as our neighbors in this Labyrinth!"
"Hmph…"
Yugi ignored their provocation, his calm eyes turning toward the two massive stone doors.
Aside from the characters "Para" and "Dox" carved upon them, the doors looked identical—no flaw to be found.
He thought for a moment, then reached into his pocket and pulled out a marker and two coins.
Before long, preparations were complete.
Yugi raised the two coins high, showing them to everyone—one marked with "Para," the other with "Dox."
"We'll use this to decide!"
His voice was steady, unshaken.
The Paradox Brothers, seeing the coins, were stunned for a moment, then burst into unrestrained laughter.
"Hahahahaha! So in the end, you're leaving your fate to luck after all? What a joke!"
Yugi ignored their mockery.
He clenched both fists, gripping a coin in each hand, then slowly extended his arms, raising both fists in front of him.
"Now, in my left hand and my right hand, I hold one coin each."
His gaze swept across the brothers.
"The door I choose will be decided by the word on the coin I reveal from my grasp!"
Everyone's eyes fixed upon Yugi's tightly clenched fists. The air grew heavy with tension.
Then, with deliberate, ritual-like solemnity, Yugi's left hand slowly opened.
Resting in his palm was a coin—engraved with the word "Dox"!
"The revealed coin is 'Dox'!" Para immediately interjected, his tone tinged with barely contained triumph.
"Which means the one still clenched in your right hand must be 'Para'! So your choice is—the Para Door! Isn't that right?"
He seemed certain he had already glimpsed their downfall.
"Heh heh heh heh…"
The Paradox Brothers laughed darkly in unison, drunk with their own confidence.
"Too bad for you! The correct door is—the Dox Door!"
"I knew you'd say that!"
A knowing smile curled Yugi's lips, as though he had seen through everything.
Before the brothers' laughter froze stiff, and amid the startled gazes of Yuto, Téa, and the others, Yugi slowly opened his right hand.
There, in his palm, lay the second coin—clearly engraved with the word "Dox"!
"W-What?!"
The brothers' smugness collapsed into wide-eyed shock.
"From the very beginning, you two have been feeding us nothing but lies! Neither of you ever tells the truth!"
Yugi's revelation pierced their deception in an instant, leaving the brothers scowling, clicking their tongues in bitter frustration.
"The trick is quite simple." Yugi tossed the two identical "Dox" coins lightly in his hand, his eyes sharp as a blade.
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