Chapter 658: Marufuji Ryo’s low point!

After three thousand years, the once evil demon, Sadness, has been imprisoned in a cold and hard stone slab by the ancient Egyptian priests!

However, fate eventually favored it, allowing it to break free from the seal that had bound it for a thousand years.

But who could have expected that the Pathetic Demon, who was so confident that he could rule the world and regarded humans as insects, would be defeated by Yuki Judai, and after recovering all his strength, he only played a game of cards.

This scene is just like those Hong Kong-style police and gangster movies, where the majestic and elegant gangster boss, at the end of his long sentence, happily stepped out of the prison gate, but he never thought that he was ruthlessly shot to death by his enemies the moment he shouted with joy, "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the poor middle-aged people!"

Such an abrupt and unexpected ending really makes people feel extremely shocked and surprised, as if an indescribable pain surged from the lower abdomen, making people's testicles ache and anus tight!

To be honest, if I had known that this would be the outcome, I would rather have stayed on the stone slab. At least I could have saved my life while in jail.

As the saying goes, where there is sorrow there is joy. Because Li Youfeng eliminated the Demon of Sorrow, Mackenzie returned to normal, as if he had a good sleep. He had almost no memory of the time when he was possessed by the Demon of Sorrow.

In addition to those who were trapped in the dark game and had their souls taken away, Cobra was also taken away by the Kaiba Group because of Li Youfeng's original identity. After all, to some extent, the current Kaiba Group in Sakura Country is comparable to a national government, otherwise it would not have its own private agents.

Just as it was said in the original work, Seto Kaiba has actually become the apparent controller of the Sakura Country. Dojino, known as the duel city, even has a deck registration system for residents when they move in.

It has to be said that the world of card playing is so terrifying, and the thinking of card players is beyond the understanding of ordinary people.

Darkness is surging in the dark, and those dark forces that attempt to destroy the world will not retreat just because of the sad exit of the Demon of Sorrow. At the same time, it is precisely because of this that Li Youfeng allowed Cobra, who secretly cooperated with Darkness, to collect a large amount of heart power during the exchange duel.

There is an old Chinese saying, "A thief can steal for a thousand days but you can't guard against him for a thousand days!" Therefore, in order to solve the problem of Darkness once and for all, Li Youfeng once again plays the role of a fisherman.

After all, it is an unchanging truth in the two-dimensional world that the villain BOSS is usually in a state of having no idea what's going on. Adhering to the principle that the big trend cannot be changed but the small trend can be reversed, Li Youfeng does not mind having a fist-to-fist duel with the ultimate villain of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.

However, in fact, Darkness had already begun to secretly accumulate its strength before the establishment of the Duel Academy. In the original anime, it is stated that when the Duel Academy was established, there were many cases of students disappearing for no reason on this closed island.

If this situation followed normal logic, this Duel Academy would have closed down long ago. After all, if one were to be a little more normal, which parent would let their child go to such a "death" school?

Therefore, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is indeed the most abstract one in the Yu-Gi-Oh series. In addition, the animation production team may not have thought about how to fill so many holes at all, so there is no clear explanation for these missing students until the finale.

Of course, the world of card playing may be so unreasonable. Under the operation of all parties in the Duel Academy, Mackenzie and Samejima finally concealed the matter of the Dark Duel from ordinary students, and the Duel Academy thus entered the right track for a short time.

As the biggest vested interest in the whole incident, Li Youfeng naturally remembered a passionate young man who was fighting for his career in the professional league of Country M. Thinking of what might happen later, Li Youfeng called Tianma Yuexing, the director of the Illusion Society's branch in Country M.

It was no surprise that when Tianma Yuexing learned that Li Youfeng had recommended a rare duel genius to the Illusion Society, he was extremely excited and promised to recruit this talent into the Illusion Society's Card Professor Alliance at the right time.

In fact, just when Li Youfeng had arranged everything and was secretly wondering why Darkness was so reluctant to take action, Marufuji Ryo, who was participating in the professional league in Country M, also encountered the lowest point in his duelist career...

At night, in a coffee shop in H City, Country M, Marufuji Ryo looked at his agent with surprise.

"So, you want me to deliberately lose to my opponent in the next duel? Mr. Martin, are you kidding me? Do you know that I have achieved an excellent record of 20 consecutive wins in the Professional League Rookie Competition? The next duel game is related to whether I can officially enter the professional league. And now, you want me to give up this easy victory? What is your intention?"

"Aiya, Mr. Marufuji, there's no need to say such harsh words. I have my reasons for doing this! You are still very young. As a newly graduated student, it's already remarkable that you have achieved such a high level of success in such a short period of time. Besides, do you know who your next opponent is? He is the eldest son of the famous Logan Group!"

At this point, Martin, with a big belly, sounded helpless, but more importantly, he hoped that Marufuji Ryo could accept the arrangement of his agent.

"Mr. Marufuji, we are all adults now. Please be aware that the M Country Professional Duel League is not as simple as it seems. There is a complex network of interests hidden behind it!"

After a brief pause, Martin continued earnestly, "I don't want to hide anything from you here. In fact, I have received reliable information before I came to you. The head of the Logan Group is very optimistic about your talent and has promised me in person that when this duel comes to an end, he will sincerely invite you to join the Logan Group. Not only that, in the days to come, he will pour all his valuable resources into you without reservation!"

"Mr. Marufuji, as a newcomer to the professional league, your most urgent need is undoubtedly more generous benefits! After all, these benefits are undoubtedly of decisive significance to your future growth and progress!"

"Of course, you have every right to ignore my advice, but the consequences of doing so could be serious. I'm sure that if you do so, your career path will come to an abrupt end."

"I'm sure you know very well that outstanding newcomers like you emerge in large numbers every year. Even Ed Phoenix, who is still the world champion today, went through the same difficulties when he first entered the Professional League Duel Tournament."

"It's a pity that Mr. Ed has an extraordinary background and resources to support him, and the International Illusion Society even personally supports him. If not for this, given the situation at the time, Mr. Ed would never have been able to reach the top of the world in just one season and win the supreme honor."

"So, please think carefully, Mr. Marufuji! Considering that we have been getting along well for some time, what I just said was not meant to intimidate you. I was just stating an indisputable truth to you!"

"It's just losing a trivial duel. In my opinion, it's not a big deal. Even if you don't agree, the Logan Consortium has enough ways to force you to submit. So, for the sake of your own future, I think you should face the reality as soon as possible!"

Unlike the Sakura Country, the M Country professional league is not hosted by the Haiba Group, so there are naturally many dark things in it. Just as there is always darkness where there is light, this situation is particularly bad in a bourgeois country ruled by chaebols.

"Gu~!"

Knowing very well that what Martin said was true, Marufuji Ryo's originally resolute face twisted involuntarily at this moment, as if it was tightly grasped by an invisible force, and every muscle revealed an unconcealable pain.

In Marufuji Ryo's eyes, this deliberately defeated duel was like an extremely sharp sword, ruthlessly piercing the principles and bottom line that he cherished most in his heart.

You know, for someone like Marufuji Ryo who values ​​honor as his life and Duel Monsters as the sustenance of his soul, deliberately losing a duel is simply blasphemy and insult to him who is determined to become a true duelist!

What's more, they used such despicable means as match-fixing to achieve their goal, which was even more difficult for him to accept.

Because Marufuji Ryo knew very well in his heart that once he took the first step that went against his moral conscience, there would be endless compromises waiting for him. And how could a person who truly had lofty ideals and ambitions be willing to put himself in such an unbearable situation?

So no matter what, Marufuji Ryo would never easily agree to do anything that goes against his conscience and morality.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Martin, please allow me to think about this matter carefully!"

"Ah~!" Martin knew very well that Marufuji Ryo had already made his choice, so he could only sigh helplessly, "Well, since Mr. Marufuji has already made his choice, I won't say much, but I hope you won't regret your decision."

With the development of Duel Monsters, the nature of professional duelists has long since changed. Due to the huge profits that Duel Monsters can bring, the M Country Professional League has corresponding agency companies.

If you want to become famous in the professional league, in addition to extraordinary dueling skills, public relations operations have also become an indispensable and important part!

As an agent of professional duelists, Martin has actually seen too many situations like this. In his opinion, although the newly graduated Marufuji Ryo has the title of "Caesar", in fact, in the professional league, he is just a fledgling boy.

Martin had almost foreseen Marufuji Ryo's fate. After saying these words, he stood up and left the small cafe. Perhaps he felt the injustice and teasing of fate towards Marufuji Ryo, but at this time, a light drizzle began to fall on the street...

half a month later.

"Tsk tsk! What a piece of trash! This kid from Sakura Country has lost ten games in a row, right?"

"With such strength, you still want to become a professional duelist in the professional league? This is ridiculous!"

"Hey, you pig from Sakura Country! Get out of here right now! Country M's professional league is not a place for low-class people like you to participate in!"

"Rubbish!"

"waste!"

"Get out of the professional league!"

After another defeat in the duel, Marufuji Ryo's eyes had long lost the confidence and arrogance he had when he just graduated. Just as Martin said half a month ago, Marufuji Ryo encountered extremely unfair treatment in the duel on the second day.

In addition to the fact that the duel disk he used was maliciously damaged and could not activate the effect of the backfield cover card, Marufuji Ryo was not only verbally abused and slandered by the navy hired by the Logan Foundation before the duel, but also had powerful hallucinogenic drugs put in the water he drank while waiting for the duel in the player lounge.

After all, Marufuji Ryo was just a rookie who had just started out. He was like a blank sheet of paper and had never experienced such dirty tactics. Unsurprisingly, he lost to the eldest son of the Logan Group in the duel. After that, Marufuji Ryo lost all his resources and was maliciously excluded by the Logan Group. He felt confused and desperate for the first time in his career as a duelist because of his mental breakdown.

Although he has personally experienced the dark side of the Duelist Professional League, Marufuji Ryo, who has no resources or background, is at best just an insignificant ant in the eyes of the Logan Group.

"What should I do? Where will my career as a duelist go?" Drunk alone in the alley of the street slums, holding a bottle of wine, Marufuji Ryo no longer had any hope for his future.

No agency dared to accept him, and he couldn't even participate in the preliminary competition of the Duelist League. Although he had been careful enough before, Marufuji Ryo was still too lonely and weak in front of the huge capital of the Logan Group.

The Professional Duelist Tournament, the place he once longed for, has now become a filthy place. Having lost hope and ideals, Marufuji Ryo has become extremely pessimistic about his life.

(Note: In the author's opinion, Marufuji Ryo is not the kind of psychologically fragile duelist. Therefore, the plot in the original work where he loses a duel to Ed and then loses his mind is simply nonsense. In particular, the original plot where he turns evil for no apparent reason is a classic, but the feeling that this kind of anime character cannot afford to lose is still too abstract.)