Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 357

Chapter 357: Chapter 356: In the End, It All Comes Down to Dueling (Bonus)

Kira yawned, leaning against the bumpy window of the jeep, idly flipping through his cards.

These were all cards he’d picked up during Battle City—quite a haul. He was sorting them into useful, undecided, and for sale piles, thinking about new deck ideas.

It was barely dark, but the night was already thick like ink, with no moonlight. The forest seemed like a silent, ancient temple.

Branches twisted like skeletal arms reaching out in the dark. Leaves rustled with the wind, sounding like ghostly whispers.

The jeep bumped along a forest path, its headlights like faint fireflies. Wheels crunched over fallen branches and leaves with squeaky, creaky sounds.

The man in the front passenger seat turned to him. "You’re a duelist?"

He was a local guide, and both he and the driver had been arranged by KaibaCorp to wait for Kira at the station. After arriving in the city, Kira transferred to this off-road vehicle, heading straight for Shimizu Town.

"Yes," said Kira.

"Impressive. I really admire you duelists—I could never do it," said the guide.

The driver joked, "With your brain? Forget it. Learn to play Karuta first."

"What’s wrong with Karuta?" The guide puffed up. "It’s hard, too!"

The driver just chuckled. "I don’t know much about dueling, but I do know... Is there a monster called Dark Magician Girl? I’ve seen her—she’s really huge."

Kira: "..."

"Pfft, what’s the use of just being big?" The guide shook his head. "I prefer hard-working and capable girls."

The driver squinted. "If you’re lowering your standards, you can drop ’hard-working’ too, right?"

"Hah, you get me, man."

"..."

They joked for a bit, but seeing Kira uninterested, they fell quiet again.

After a while, the guide couldn’t help but turn again. "So, big-city duelist, what brings you to a backwater like this?"

"I’ll say this: if your company wasn’t paying so much, I’d never come," the driver said. "A few people have gone missing here these past two weeks."

"Oh?"

That finally piqued Kira’s interest.

"Yeah. Last week I came here with the police, looking for a missing traveler, but we never found them. Just ended up dropping it," said the guide.

Kira pondered.

Maybe KaibaCorp’s hunch was right—something was up around here.

The trees grew denser. The jeep followed a side path and finally stopped.

"Let’s rest a bit, get out and stretch. I’m stiff from sitting so long."

The guide got out, stretched, and pulled out a cigarette.

"Need a smoke?"

He offered Kira a cigarette.

"No thanks, I’m still underage," Kira declined.

"Good for you. Healthy habit."

The guide approved, then hummed a tune as he went to smoke.

Kira stayed in the car, sorting his cards.

Maybe it was just his imagination, but the night seemed even thicker. Even the wind had stopped. Every tree stood eerily in the dark, branches twisted like claws.

Ten minutes passed. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Verify captcha to read the contentVerify