Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - 1: The Sun Shines on the World of GX

Kira slowly opened his eyes, bewilderedly surveying the unfamiliar surroundings.

A room he had never seen before, yet it gave off a strangely familiar feeling. Sunlight streamed through the window lattices, sprinkling the soft floor with dappled patterns like twinkling stardust. Even the air seemed light and transparent under the warm sun.

His head ached with a dull, hazy pain, while strange images and unfamiliar fragments flashed through his mind. Some instinct deep inside seemed to tell him of the extraordinary situation he was facing—

—He had transmigrated.

Kira looked around the room, and his gaze was quickly drawn to the computer on the desk.

The computer was on, displaying a search engine's homepage, but it wasn't any search engine he had known before.

The search bar had big, clear letters: "Kaiba Search."

What struck him even more was the trending news below the search bar.

["East Capital University Research Team Discovers New Form of 'Summoned Skull', Demon Decks May See Huge Boost!"]

Kira: "?"

Curious, he clicked to take a look. The article said the research team, after days and nights of work, had developed new potential for the famous Fiend monster "Summoned Skull", and had already published a paper in an authoritative international Duel Monsters journal.

The team's spokesperson said they had spoken with Pegasus J. Crawford, CEO of International Illusions Inc., who was already assisting them in developing new cards.

If he still couldn't recognize what world he'd transmigrated into, then all those years spent playing cards had been for nothing.

This was the world of Yu-Gi-Oh—a dimension where everything revolves around dueling, and society's very foundations and rules are built upon the game.

There was an even more outrageous headline under the trending searches:

["International Conflict in the Middle East Eases; Leaders of Two Countries Decide to Negotiate Through a Duel"]

Kira: "..."

Upon reading the title, a vivid image sprang to his mind: on a battlefield shrouded in smoke, two armies faced off, guns and cannons pointed at each other.

At this moment, the generals from both sides step out from their ranks, revealing duel disks and decks strapped to their arms, choosing to resolve their territorial dispute with a tense and exciting game of Yu-Gi-Oh.

That's just too absurd.

But that's exactly how this world operates.

Duel Monsters is the only way to reach the pinnacle of this world, to wield reality-altering, transcendent power.

His mind gradually cleared, and new memories seemed to slowly settle in. Kira quickly figured out his identity in this world.

Fujiki Kira, male, current status: Duel Dojo apprentice?

Though called a "dojo," it's basically a card game training class for the public. Unlike the formal Duel Academies, duel dojos are open to anyone willing to pay the fee.

In the Yu-Gi-Oh world, playing cards is hardly considered a waste of time. On the contrary, if you can master dueling, your future is bright.

Duel Monsters cards have become so intertwined with every industry that even starting a business now requires a corporate dueling agent to handle all business-affairs that must be settled through duels. In Domino City, known as the City of Duels, it's said that under Kaiba Corp's policies, you can't even register residency without submitting your deck list.

But that doesn't mean the road is easy. His predecessor, despite working part-time to pay for his studies and striving to become a true duelist, knew—just like everyone else around him—that his hopes were slim.

Because he sucked.

Being a duelist promises a bright future, but the competition is brutal. Unlike his previous life, dueling here is universally acknowledged as a talent-based career—not everyone has what it takes to become a master.

To put it simply: if you can't even draw the card you want, how can you call yourself a duelist?

It felt just like those two rich, clueless brothers who showed up in the GX anime. They had money to burn but zero dueling skill, believing that the priciest cards were automatically the best. _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}