Chapter 1

"Hmm... Where am I?"

The black-haired boy looked around in confusion, the star-studded night sky, the brightly lit streets, everything around him was completely unfamiliar.

"An unknown place... I clearly remember... I was still lying in bed playing cards just a moment ago. How did I end up here in the blink of an eye?"

The boy scratched his black hair forcefully, trying hard to recall his previous memories.

After much thought, the only thing the boy could remember was seeing a strange purple light flash on his phone screen while he was playing YGO on his bed.

The boy's name is Anzhi Jun, 17 years old, from an ordinary family, he doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, doesn't dye his hair, and unlike a certain Mr. Kira, he doesn't have any peculiar habits. His only hobby is to stay at home and play YGO on his computer.

"Could it be... I've traveled through time?"

Anzhi Jun fell silent for a moment, ultimately reaching an incredibly unbelievable conclusion—he seemed to have traveled through time.

"I wasn't hit by a car or blown up, yet I ended up here so easily? But where am I? Which anime world did I travel to? Or is it an original world?"

Too many doubts and confusions made Anzhi Jun's head ache.

But just as Anzhi Jun was feeling very lost, a man with deep yellow hair ran past him.

A deep blue outfit, a hairstyle reminiscent of a Shamate style... and a large silver box in his hand.

"Is that... Katsuya Jonouchi...?"

Recognizing the distinctive hairstyle, Anzhi Jun instantly identified the man as Katsuya Jonouchi, the male second lead in Yu-Gi-Oh! DM!

Considering that not just anyone can pull off a Shamate hairstyle, Anzhi Jun felt that the man was very likely Katsuya Jonouchi.

"If that's Katsuya Jonouchi, then this must be... Domino City? The setting of the Battle City tournament?"

Through Katsuya, Anzhi Jun seemed to have figured out where he was.

"...And the silver box Katsuya is carrying? It must contain a Duel Disk, which means... the Battle City tournament or the God Card battle is about to start!"

Anzhi Jun continued to gather more useful information from Katsuya's details.

The Yu-Gi-Oh! DM era was a time when banned cards were everywhere, and the rules were not well established... In this era, you could even see God Cards like the Sky Dragon and Pot of Greed!

"Great! This is awesome, traveling to the Yu-Gi-Oh! world is great... I just wonder if I have any system benefits in this world?"

"Never mind, I shouldn't think too much about it. The most urgent thing now is to catch up with Katsuya, see if he's really Katsuya, and get him to take a different route, this one is full of danger..."

With that thought, the excited Anzhi Jun stopped wasting time and started running in the direction Katsuya had gone.

In Anzhi Jun's memory, Katsuya was in a hurry because his sister was about to have surgery, and he needed to get to the hospital quickly. But on the way to the hospital, Katsuya was ambushed by the Ghouls.

In the end, to escape the ambush, Katsuya dueled them... but he was defeated by the Ghouls using a counterfeit Dark Magician of Chaos, and his ace card, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, was taken away...

Now, since he, an outsider, had traveled to this time, and had the ability to change things, he definitely wanted to alter this unfavorable plot!

With that thought, Anzhi Jun quickened his pace even more.

......

"Hey! It really is Katsuya! He's quite handsome, but... I'm still too late... He's already surrounded by the Ghouls..."

Following the direction Katsuya had gone, Anzhi Jun quickly found him in a small alley around the corner, hiding behind a wall and watching quietly.

At this moment, Katsuya was dueling a man in a black robe. From the several monsters on the field, Anzhi Jun estimated that the duel had been going on for some time.

Currently, Katsuya had a Black Panther Warrior with 2000 attack points and a Giant Axe Attacker with 1700 attack points on his field, with 4000 Life Points remaining. The Ghouls member, on the other hand, only had a Rock Giant with 2000 defense points on his field, with only 600 Life Points left.

The duel seemed to be in Katsuya's favor, with the opponent's Life Points on the brink of collapse.

But Anzhi Jun, who had seen the original plot, knew that Katsuya was on the verge of losing... because the opponent had already collected four of the five pieces of the sealed Exodia. As soon as he got the last piece, he could win the duel through Exodia's special victory condition... and Katsuya had no way to stop it. His next draw would only be his Red-Eyes Black Dragon, which could destroy the opponent's 2000 defense Rock Giant.

"From the looks of it, Katsuya is about to lose... Let me think... What can I do to help Katsuya..."

Anzhi Jun didn't blindly intervene in the duel between the Ghouls and Katsuya, as that would just get him killed. Instead, he continued to hide around the corner and watch quietly.

"Ah... If only I had brought my physical card deck with me before I traveled, maybe it would have come to this world with me..."

"I really wish a system would suddenly appear and give me a deck, so I could help Katsuya..."

Thinking this, Anzhi Jun sighed helplessly. He didn't expect that as soon as he arrived in this dream Yu-Gi-Oh! world, he would witness a tragedy he couldn't prevent. Honestly, it didn't feel good at all.

As if in response to Anzhi Jun, a purple gemstone suddenly appeared in front of his neck, but quickly disappeared. Anzhi Jun didn't notice the gemstone that appeared and disappeared in front of his neck.

"What's going on? What is this? Ah, wait..."

Suddenly, Anzhi Jun was startled to see a large expanse of darkness extending from his feet and spreading at an alarming speed.

Before Anzhi Jun could make any sound, the spreading darkness, like a beast, swallowed him whole...

From the outside, Anzhi Jun showed no special changes. He didn't seem to have been swallowed by the sudden darkness and remained in his hiding position around the corner...

"Hey, hey... Where am I?!"

Anzhi Jun, swallowed by the darkness, looked around in panic. The surroundings were pitch black, like a chaotic, unformed world, with no sky, no ground, and no sound, only darkness, darkness, and more darkness.

Suddenly, a purple light appeared in the darkness, flashing at an extremely high frequency, and each time it flashed, the light became brighter!

In the end, the entire darkness was illuminated by the purple light. When the light faded, a beautiful, crystal-like purple gemstone floated quietly in front of Anzhi Jun.

"This is... a gemstone?"

Looking at the beautiful gemstone in front of him, which gave him an extremely strong sense of attraction, Anzhi Jun's fear, which had risen due to being in this dark space, gradually subsided...

The strong sense of attraction from the gemstone made Anzhi Jun uncontrollably extend his hand, slowly reaching out to the floating gemstone... and placing his hand on the purple gemstone...