Chương 593: Chapter 593: The Valkyrie’s Fake Card
"It's not over!"
"I'm not going down that easily!"
Zigfried roared.
"I won't fall until I see Kaiba Seto—until he pays for everything he did to !"
Mokuba looked on, his expression complicated. He seed to want to say sothing several tis, but always stopped.
"You hate Kaiba that much?" Kira asked offhandedly.
But that was nothing new. Kaiba's path was always destined to be like this. From nothing to king, he'd have to step on many, and hurt many more.
That's why every couple of days, soone pops up who hates him to the core, sees him as a lifelong nesis. Kaiba's probably so used to it by now he doesn't even care.
But hearing Kira's question, Zigfried instead smiled.
"Hate? Yeah."
He stood up, straightened his clothes, even fixed the flower in his breast pocket.
"I've known Kaiba Seto since I was a child," Zigfried said calmly. "But it took a long ti to realize he was my lifelong rival."
"We t at a banquet. Back then, Kaiba Corp and my family's business were still partners—or so it seed. But I didn't know at the ti, Kaiba Corp had nearly pushed us out of the market, we had almost no room left to survive."
"Business competition, survival of the fittest, nothing wrong with that," Kira said.
"Yeah. I admitted defeat, didn't want to fight Kaiba anymore. I was never that interested in the arms business anyway, so I bowed out." He spoke calmly. "But Kaiba kept coming after .
It's like destiny, our fates tied together in endless struggle."
"I told you, it was just a coincidence," Mokuba couldn't help saying. "My brother never ant to target—"
"And that's exactly the problem! Can't you see!?"
Suddenly, Zigfried erupted.
"He never even saw !"
"Yeah, it was all just coincidence. Sa timing, sa choices, from one market to another. It's like we were destined to fight."
"But he never acknowledged it!"
Zigfried scread, out of control.
"He always acted so aloof. He beat , took everything from , ruined , but none of it seed to matter to him at all."
"So no, I don't hate what he did. Fate forced us to fight, and in any competition, there can only be one winner. He won, and I lost. It's that simple, nothing personal. So I stopped hating him long ago."
"But what I can't stand is, he never once looked at his opponent directly!"
Mokuba stood, stunned.
So that's what it was all about?
"So I won't lose, no matter what," Zigfried shouted. "I'll keep winning, I'll keep going until Kaiba Seto stands before again!"
"So that's your obsession."
Kira nodded slightly.
"Alright. But my turn isn't over yet."
He casually played another card.
"First, I set a card in my back row.
Then, I activate the Spell Card 'Goddess Erda's Guidance.'" (Ani card) 1
Zigfried frowned. "The sa spell as mine?"
This was a card Zigfried Lloyd used in the original story.
"It's not your exclusive," Kira laughed. "Send a spell from hand to grave, then set a trap from grave to field."
Kira sent a card from hand to grave. In exchange, a golden light burst from the graveyard slot, and a card was ejected.
Zigfried's pupils contracted.
From the graveyard, setting a trap—could it be...?
Kira smiled and displayed the ejected card before setting it facedown.
"From the graveyard, I set the trap card 'Drowning Mirror Force.'"
The trap card appeared, set in Kira's back row.
Zigfried's mouth twitched.
Of course, it's that thing again.
He'd already decided—he had to win, no matter what. If he couldn't overco this, how could he ever face Kaiba again?
But the cruel reality was, there was a thick, sad barrier between him and Kaiba. That barrier had a na: Drowning Mirror Force.
No, he wouldn't give up for sothing like this. He'd co back from hell, and his resolve was far stronger than that.
"My turn, draw!"
Zigfried drew forcefully, stirring up a whirlwind.
Kira could tell right away—that's the signal for a big play. In the ani, the character's the song would be playing by now.
Sure enough, he made his move.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Graceful Charity.' Draw three cards, then discard two."
Zigfried discarded two cards, then imdiately revealed another Spell Card.
"I activate 'The Shallow Grave.' Each player selects a monster in their graveyard and Special Summons it in Defense Position!" (Ani Effect) 1
"How generous."
Kira casually selected a card from his graveyard.
"Of course, I choose—Catapult Turtle."
A vortex opened in the ground, and the green-shelled old turtle returned, its railgun aid at the enemy.
[Catapult Turtle, DEF 2000]
Even if it's not the MVP, Catapult Turtle's certainly the hardest worker.
"And I choose the 'Valkyrie Dritte' I just discarded."
Another young warrior girl appeared, riding a white horse, sword and yellow shield in hand, red-haired, her face youthful but also resolute.
[Valkyrie Dritte, DEF 1600] 1
Then Zigfried brought out possibly the most broken and unprintable card in his Valkyrie series.
"I activate the Spell Card 'Nibelung's Treasure'!" 1
A lavish chest appeared, filled with gold and jewels, glittering brightly.
"'Nibelung's Treasure' equips 'Nibelungen's Ring' from your deck or hand to a monster on your opponent's field."
Zigfried searched his deck and took out a card.
"I equip the Equip Spell 'Nibelungen's Ring' to your Catapult Turtle!"
A giant ring appeared, settling on the old turtle's head. Catapult Turtle gave a disgruntled grunt.
"And after that, I can draw—"
Zigfried dramatically drew a handful of cards.
"—five cards from my deck!"
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