Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!

"Dika? Are you there?"

Diwein turned around, calling out his subordinate’s name. But the sound disappeared into the darkness like a stone sinking into the sea, without a trace of an echo.

Diwein took two steps back, bumping into another subordinate. This one was still there, but had also realized something was wrong and began to look around warily.

The extinguished lights flickered for a moment.

In the next moment, it was as if a gust of cold wind blew by. Diwein instinctively raised his arm in front of him to shield himself, briefly closing his eyes. But in the blink of an eye, when he turned around again, the subordinate who was behind him just a second ago had also disappeared without a trace.

Diwein was shocked to the core.

The disappearance of both of them happened in an instant, with at most two seconds passing from when the lights went out to when the first person vanished.

To make a person evaporate silently by your side in two seconds is something that, even as a Telekinesis Duelist, he doubted he could accomplish, even against ordinary people, let alone a few Telekinesis Duelists.

Moreover, if the first person’s disappearance could be explained as a sudden attack that caught them off guard, the second person vanished directly under his nose. It felt just like the God of Death snatched them away in front of him.

Diwein was shaken to his core, and his Duel Disc had already been activated as he cautiously scanned his surroundings.

In the next moment, he seemed to sense something.

"Over there!"

He shouted without looking, drawing the top card from his Card Deck and swiftly inserting it into the Duel Disc.

"Magic Card ’Fireball’ activate!"

The image of a green card was projected in the air, and a fireball shot out from the Magic Card. The flames traced a dazzling trajectory in the darkness, heading towards a silver silhouette.

But the figure stood calmly in place, watching the flames approach, feeling the searing heat wave, and instead of panicking, the corners of their mouth curled into a slight smile.

Then they raised an arm.

Yes, just like that, they raised an arm, reached forward, spread five fingers wide, as if using that palm as a shield.

And Diwein saw a sight that shook him to his core.

The fireball collided with the person’s palm and seemed to immediately lose all its momentum and stopped dead.

It was as if they caught it with their bare hands!

Diwein felt as though he heard the sound of his jaw hitting the floor.

Honestly, even though he wasn’t the strongest Telekinesis Duelist, he was definitely among the top. The card power he exerted when materializing through telekinesis had more than enough force to turn a person into charcoal if hit directly.

Yet the fireball he launched, with such power, was caught with bare hands!

And it looked like... Officer Godwin of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau?

Diwein’s pupils contracted, his eyes widening even further.

As the head of this city’s largest enforcement agency, Godwin was also a key investigation target for their Arcadia Movement. Diwein considered himself quite familiar with him, but he had never heard that Officer Godwin possessed such abilities.

"Officer Godwin" held the fireball with his bare hand, allowing the swirling flames to stagnate for several seconds.

In the next moment, the palm clenched tightly.

Snap.

The fireball turned to ash and smoke.

It was as if the person had snuffed it out with their bare hands.

Diwein was increasingly alarmed. Even as a Telekinesis Duelist, one could only use extraordinary power through Duel Monster Cards, which required a Duel Disc. What was this business of snuffing out a fireball barehanded?

Superpower?

Little did he know that at this moment, the Silent Magician, invisible to ordinary eyes, was floating beside him, silently waving his Magic Staff with a pout.

He couldn’t figure out what had gotten into his master today, deciding to personally put on a show. Honestly, letting her directly blast the fireball or using defense magic to block it would consume much less magic power than helping his master show off...

Yugen casually flicked his hand, nonchalantly saying, "Diwein, the head of the Arcadia Movement, right?"

Diwein also tried to control his emotions, masking his shock, and said calmly, "I was wondering who it was, isn’t it Godwin, the Satellite District Officer of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau?"

He intentionally emphasized the words "Satellite District".

Indeed, Godwin was born in the Satellite District. But this fact was an absolute secret, even within the Public Security Maintenance Bureau; if it were to be leaked, it would cause an uproar.

Despising the dregs of the Satellite District was a basic consensus across all levels of this city. With such a foundation, a person from the lower levels of the Satellite District becoming the head of the city’s power hierarchy would be a scandal of epic proportions.

If word got out, Godwin’s position as the Bureau Chief would likely be jeopardized.

Diwein had long used his information channels to uncover this secret and had been using it to blackmail Officer Godwin all this time.

This was also why, despite the Arcadia Movement clearly being a group of superpowered thugs gathered in the city center, whose members occasionally acted out, the Public Security Maintenance Bureau always turned a blind eye and never took any action against them.

For Diwein, Godwin’s Satellite District origin was his greatest leverage. As long as it remained in his hands, the Public Security Maintenance Bureau was not to be feared.

Of course, he wouldn’t easily reveal this, as a secret only serves as a weapon when held by a few. If he actually exposed this to topple Godwin, the next Chief of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau might not be as easily dealt with.

"So, what is the esteemed Satellite District Chief doing here in the dead of night?" Diwein said casually.

"Oh, nothing much, just passing by and thought I’d stop in." Yugen walked to the corridor window, looking down through it.

"You’ve done well with this place, quite a structure you’ve got here over the years. I see you’re accelerating the recruitment process lately, planning something?"

He glanced sideways at Diwein.

"Is it your plan for a telekinesis army?"

"Come on, I have no idea what you’re talking about, Officer." Diwein raised his hands, feigning innocence with a smile.

"I’m just providing a haven for those ostracized by society, those without a home, nothing more." Yugen said blandly, "Does your haven’s daily activities also include brainwashing those you take in, setting keywords to easily manipulate them like puppets at any time?"

Diwein’s face changed.

This was their Arcadia Movement’s true top secret and his ultimate trump card. He secretly brainwashed his internal members, allowing them to be turned into puppets obediently following his orders with just a specific keyword.

Even within the organization, this was top secret. How could Godwin know?

"The Black Rose Witch, Akiza Izinski, she’s your Arcadia Movement’s trump card, the strongest Telekinesis Duelist, right?

You should know her background. Her father is Senator Hero Izinski. If he finds out his daughter is here, being mentally altered by you into a telekinesis weapon for combat... what do you think will happen next?"

Diwein chuckled.

"I’ve built the Arcadia Movement from scratch to this point. If you think I’d be afraid of just a mere senator, you’re underestimating me too much, Officer Godwin."

He paused, then changed his tone with a smile.

"However, since you’ve come here to talk to me, it at least means one thing to me.

Either the Public Security Maintenance Bureau hasn’t obtained solid evidence on our experiments, or you’re not looking to tear us apart over this, right?"

He chuckled, fiddling with his hair as if striking a handsome pose.

"Go ahead, Officer, what are your terms?"

But Yugen smiled even more brightly than he did.

"No, no terms. I just needed your words from earlier; I’ve already recorded them."

Diwein’s expression slightly shifted.

"Godwin, you should know better than anyone that such a recording can’t prove anything and can’t be used as evidence."

"True, but I’m just curious about how Akiza Izinski and all your other Arcadia Movement members would react if they heard these words.

Oh, and one more thing... I’m really not here to discuss terms, just to inform you of one thing."

Diwein asked, "What?"

Yugen, unhurriedly displaying his Duel Disc, said.

"To inform you of your time of death."