Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh! novel Chapter 176

Chapter 176: Chapter 176: Is This How You Use Restrict?

"Thousand-Eyes Restrict??"

Gekko’s eyes widened, completely thrown by this sudden shift.

He knew the card, of course. It was his adoptive father Pegasus’s ace.

He also knew Kira had gotten a replica of Thousand-Eyes Restrict from Yako last time, so it wasn’t surprising for Kira to have it.

But what shocked him wasn’t the card itself, but—

"You used Scapegoat to transform into Thousand-Eyes Restrict?"

Thousand-Eyes Restrict is a Fusion Monster, normally requiring Ritual Monster "Relinquished" and "Thousand-Eyes Idol" as fusion material. It’s hard to summon. Not easy to play.

But by using Scapegoat plus Metamorphosis, you can cheat it out easily—a trick that once got Thousand-Eyes Restrict banned in tournaments. At first, people thought it was just a collector’s card, but with these tricks, it became a staple removal tool.

[Thousand-Eyes Restrict, ATK 0]

But Gekko quickly recovered from the shock of the Thousand-Eyes Restrict suddenly appearing, and said calmly,

"But even so, while ’Angel O7’ is on the field, none of your monsters can use their effects. That includes Thousand-Eyes Restrict."

If monster effects can’t be used, the threat is greatly reduced.

"Mr. Gekko’s ace is troublesome."

Kira nodded, and then a golden light flashed from his graveyard as a trap card emerged.

"So, I activate Breakthrough Skill from my graveyard!"

Gekko was startled: "Activating a trap from the graveyard... the one you used turn one!?"

"Yes. If Breakthrough Skill is in the graveyard, during my turn, I can banish it to negate the effect of an opponent’s monster until the end of the turn!

So, I negate ’Angel O7’s effect!"

If these were the real cards, "Belial, Marquis of Darkness" would have protected the others from being targeted, but the manga version’s effect is "negate the attacks of all Level 7 or lower monsters," so it doesn’t provide protection.

Thus, Breakthrough Skill can hit Angel O7.

"With Breakthrough Skill, ’Angel O7’s effect is negated!"

The artificial angel’s halo dimmed, its holy domain shrinking until it recoiled around itself. The suppression on Kira’s field was lifted.

"He had a counter for this since turn one..." Gekko muttered.

"Then, from my hand, I activate the Ritual Spell ’Black Illusion Ritual’," Kira said. "I tribute monsters from my hand or field with total levels equal to 1 or more to Ritual Summon ’Relinquished’."

He’d gotten this card from Yako last time. Relinquished is Thousand-Eyes Restrict’s fusion material, so, of course, he got both.

Gekko was shocked: "You’re summoning both ’Thousand-Eyes Restrict’ and ’Relinquished’ in one turn?"

He realized not even Pegasus himself may have pulled this off.

"Sheep Tokens summoned by Scapegoat can’t be tributed for Tribute Summon, but Ritual Summon is fine," Kira explained. "So, I tribute a Level 1 Sheep Token to Ritual Summon!

The Alluring Eye of Illusion descends through the Black Illusion Ritual—"

He slapped the Ritual card onto his Duel Disk. In a burst of ritual fire, a sinister, sanity-draining monster appeared.

[Relinquished, ATK 0]

Gekko was stunned.

Two sheep, in one turn, became both of Pegasus’s signature Relinquished monsters.

So, this is how you play the Relinquished series?

He suddenly had a heretical thought—

—Maybe his dad never actually knew how to use Relinquished properly?

"First, Relinquished’s effect."

Kira calmly waved his hand.

"Once per turn, I can equip an opponent’s monster to this card and gain its ATK and DEF. I’m sure you know this effect."

He pointed at Gekko’s Belial, Marquis of Darkness.

"So, first I absorb ’Belial, Marquis of Darkness’ as an equip."