# Chapter 10: You Have to Shout Loudly for the Cards to Respond to You
"Yugi, I've learned something during this short Duel." Placing his hand on his Deck without Drawing a Card, Hayato felt he should trust his Intuition for once. "The more you try to avoid problems and take shortcuts by relying on means other than strength, the further you stray from your goal. Taking a shortcut is actually taking the long way around."
"Huh?" Yugi didn't understand what Hayato meant by saying this all of a sudden.
"In other words, taking the long way around is actually the shortcut. Your 'Gaia The Fierce Knight' on the Field, I'm going to break through it head-on!"
"Draw a Card! Then Summon this Monster!"
Hayato Drew the top Card of his Deck, skipping the step of flipping it over to look, and immediately Summoned it to the Field. That Card was—
"Gaia The Fierce—Knight—!!!"
Hayato's sudden, rather spirited shout didn't scare Jonouchi and the others, because they were more concerned about something else:
"T-There are two Gaias?! Two Monsters with 2300 ATK!" That was Jonouchi, but Hayato somehow hallucinated Jonouchi as Kaito Tenjo.
"Hayato actually has such a powerful Monster too? The Duel is getting interesting again." That was Honda. Hayato had been playing Defense earlier, making the Duel a bit boring, but the appearance of the second Gaia undoubtedly brought new interest to the Duel.
Anzu's thought was—"Just now, Hayato, did he Summon it without even looking at what he Drew?! Does he have x-ray vision!!"
Although there was a hint of surprise on Yugi's face, he wasn't entirely surprised. He smiled and looked at Hayato: "It's Gaia, it's rare for the same Monster to appear at the same time. However,"
Yugi paused, then pointed at his Gaia on the Field and said, "Both Gaias have 2300 ATK Points. If you Attack me with Gaia, Hayato, the result would only be a mutual destruction, right? Then, because of the Rules, you will lose when the Turn ends."
The Rules of early Yu-Gi-Oh! were very different from later versions. Not only were Life Points 2000 Points and Summoning Monsters didn't require a Tribute, but the Rules for Victory or Defeat were also different. One condition was one side's Life Points (LP) reaching zero, and the other condition was if one side had no Monsters on their Field at the end of their Turn, they would also lose the Match.
Conversely, Monsters also had the Restriction that they could not Direct Attack the Player.
Although Hayato had Summoned "Gaia The Fierce Knight", if he attacked recklessly like this, the result would indeed be as Yugi said.
"Of course I've considered the situation you mentioned, Yugi-boy!" Hayato Drew another Card from his Hand and showed it. "But, I still have this Card in my Hand!"
He placed the blue-bordered Spell Card onto the Field, with the engraving of a divine sword flashing with Lightning upon it.
"Sword of Dragon's Soul", its Effect is to increase the ATK of one Warrior Type Monster by 700 Points, and is absolutely effective against Dragon-Type Monsters!
"Gaia's ATK increased again, a full 3000 Points!" Jonouchi exclaimed at the perfect moment, and even Yugi's face showed complete surprise.
Compared to the 800 or 900 ATK of typical Monsters, the 3000 ATK of "Gaia The Fierce Knight" holding the "Sword of Dragon's Soul" was like heaven and earth, a vast difference!
"'Gaia The Fierce Knight', Attack 'Gaia The Fierce Knight'!" Saying something that wouldn't make sense to someone unfamiliar with the battle, Hayato launched an Attack against the Gaia on Yugi's Field that had been standing there confidently for a while.
As easily as Yugi's Gaia destroyed Hayato's other Monsters, Hayato's Gaia just as easily took down Yugi's Gaia. Gaia sent Gaia to the Graveyard.
"Then, I End my Turn."
[Hayato: 1600 LP, Hand 3→4→2]
[Yugi: 1600 LP→900 LP, Hand 6]
"My Turn, Draw a Card." Even though his Life Points had dropped below 1000 Points, Yugi didn't panic. He glanced at the Monster he Drew but wasn't in a hurry to Summon it, instead asking Hayato: "The combination of 'Gaia The Fierce Knight' and 'Sword of Dragon's Soul' is really powerful."
"Of course, this is the Ace Combo in my Deck. Among Warriors, there's none stronger than him." At least up until now, the ones released later don't count.
"It seems, Hayato, you're very serious about this Duel," Yugi nodded understandingly and said calmly, "Then, I will also use my strongest Combo."
Although his words were calm, Hayato could see his seriousness in Yugi's eyes.
"The Monster I'm Summoning is this one, come forth—"
"Summoned Skull!"
The skeletal Demon with 2500 ATK was Summoned by Yugi. Before Hayato could point out that 2500 < 3000, Yugi played another Card.
"Then I Activate this Spell Card, 'Force'. I will target your Gaia on the Field, Hayato, and my 'Summoned Skull' on the Field."
"What?! Why do you have that Card!"
Hayato's Eyes widened. You and your lucky draws! How do you have every comeback Card?!
The Gaia on the Field, whose ATK had finally risen to 3000 Points, had its ATK instantly reduced to 1500 Points due to the Effect of "Force". This stripped Power surged into the Body of "Summoned Skull" on Yugi's Field, 2500 + 1500, its ATK directly soared to a full 4000 Points!
"It's 4000 Points!" Jonouchi, ever the one for dramatic reactions, didn't disappoint, exclaiming in surprise, "That's a full five times my 'Flame Swordsman'!"
"Then, I Attack your 'Gaia The Fierce Knight' on the Field, Hayato, with 'Summoned Skull'."
Following Yugi's calm words, the boosted "Summoned Skull" delivered an excessive shock to the dispirited Gaia. The 2500 Points of Damage not only instantly wiped out Hayato's Life Points but also had quite a bit of overflow damage.
"Phew, that was close, I almost lost." The Winner, Mutou Yuugi, said humbly to Hayato while collecting the Cards laid out on the table back into his Deck.
"Stop humblebragging, I saw it clearly. It seems your 'Summoned Skull' was already held in your Hand, right, Yugi?" Yugi didn't have the habit of rearranging his hand after drawing a card, so Hayato knew very well that both "Summoned Skull" and that "Force" Card had actually been held in Yugi's Hand all along.
Theoretically speaking, Yugi couldn't be considered to have won via a lucky draw, because he had always held the means to deal with the situation in his Hand, he just hadn't used them.
If he had kept playing Defense, no matter how many powerful Monsters Yugi Summoned, he wouldn't be able to end the Battle quickly. But if he first used Gaia as bait to trick him into attacking, then Yugi could use the combo of "Force" and "Summoned Skull" to directly wipe out his Life Points.
It must be said, the current Yugi already had a hint of the Trap-Heavy Deck style he would develop later. He actually knows how to play strategically, how tricky.
In response, Yugi just laughed "Eheheh", trying to "act cute" to get away with it.
Putting Gaia back into his Deck, and then putting the Deck into the Deck Box to store it properly, Hayato recalled the strange feeling he had when he Drew Gaia earlier. But before he could think too much, he heard Grandpa Sugoroku's energetic voice from inside the house: "I found it!"
The Duel is over, ending with the invincible Yugi's Victory.
The world view of this book will mainly follow the most widely spread Anime Version, but it will also introduce some Manga Plot, like the Director who appeared before.
No need to say what Card is seen here, right? The Protagonist will not participate in the subsequent Kaiba Duel, but will proceed with his own Plot separately from Yugi and the others.
By the way, the Pharaoh in the Manga Version is really fierce. He used Illusion on the bullying Ushio, turning him into Mental Illness, and turned the Director's Eye so he saw everything as Mosaic.
Although these people who appeared in the early Yu-Gi-Oh! are not good people anyway, they are just trash. Ushio Blackmailed Yugi for 200,000+ and tried to Murder him with a knife, the Director beat up Jonouchi and Yugi, and even planned to film a Murder movie.
Ah, I ended up ranting so much?
Anyway, New Book needs Recommendation—!!! (Voice breaking)