Chapter 27: Let Me Become the Cheat Code
Accompanying Royal Decree's activation, behind Lutz, a massive trap-sealing castle rose upward, compressing the hero's Dark City space.
[Mirror Force] negated
As expected—even changing worlds, Mirror Force's curse persisted.
Moreover, due to over-relying on Mirror Force's protection, Finesse exposed another weakness last turn.
She hadn't changed Destiny HERO - Dreadguy to Defense Position.
Or perhaps you could view this mistake as Finesse attempting to bait opponent attacks, then activate traps.
But now, this mistake would become the fatal weakness piercing young miss's chest.
Dark Guardian's attack target was obviously the sole Attack Position monster—Destiny HERO - Dreadguy.
Making a 3800 ATK monster directly collide with a 600 ATK monster.
Within Dark Games, only one result existed.
Finesse: "AAAAHHHHHHH—!"
[Destiny HERO - Dreadguy] destroyed
Finesse LP: 4000 → 800
Roaring dark energy penetrated Dreadguy, heavily launching Finesse behind.
The girl's sharp, miserable scream pierced through the dark night alley.
Within the Dark Game, receiving 3200 damage feedback at once made Finesse completely lose consciousness in that instant.
Amano: "Why don't you save her, Eva? Just like tonight!"
Eva: "QwQ That's asking too much. Even I would die receiving that attack!"
"Die?" Amano hadn't realized one attack's consequences were so severe. "Could it be Finesse is already..."
Eva: "No, young miss is still alive. That strange outfit she's wearing isn't just for cosplay."
Eva perceived that when directly struck by dark energy, Finesse's hero outfit's black armor actually absorbed and resisted considerable physical impact.
Amano quietly breathed easier. "Still alive—that's good."
Eva added: "But almost dead."
"Huh?"
As mentioned before, within Dark Games, damage to duelists far exceeded simple physical levels.
Powerful damage equally inflicted severe mental injuries on duelists.
Eva: "Young miss's mental power has been completely crushed by the Dark Game. If we just leave her like this, it's basically no different from death."
Setting aside whether Finesse's crushed mind could awaken—during this unconscious period alone, Lutz could use the Dark Game to slaughter her countless times.
Major crisis!
Amano never imagined that merely tracking Finesse leaving the hotel would let him personally witness such an enormous crisis scene.
If he hadn't followed tonight, his beautiful young miss boss might've been found cold in a District 11 alley tomorrow. Death circumstances aside, the scene would likely require censorship mosaics.
"I have to save Finesse!"
"No way, Amano. That's a Dark Game—barriers exist, external interference is impossible!"
Actually, when the Dark Game activated, Amano had already tried. That invisible dark barrier was like an indestructible air wall—couldn't approach even one step.
He was just an ordinary person—no Millennium Items from Yu-Gi-Oh! anime protagonists. No cool hairstyle and card-playing guardian spirit. No powerful spirit partner capable of Super Polymerizing across twelve dimensions.
Facing Dark Games, what he could do was truly limited.
Yet even so, Amano couldn't just watch Finesse die before his eyes.
Amano: "No, one thing can interfere with Dark Games from outside. Or rather, it's been interfering constantly!"
Eva: "External Dark Game interference? What thing?"
"Puppeteer!" This was Amano's answer after rapid thinking facing crisis.
The Puppeteer himself wasn't present, yet could control Lutz's behavior from outside the Dark Game.
Didn't this prove this method could penetrate Dark Game barriers, interfering with internal duelists?
And coincidentally, Amano possessed the same means.
[Hacker Invasion: Through Eva Terminal, hack into target's brain, invade soul, temporarily gain control of target's body. During brain invasion, temporarily unlock target's archetype full Extra Deck.]
The system-granted 'Romance' skill bore absolutely no relation to romance whatsoever.
After hearing about Puppeteer, this speculation already emerged in Amano's mind.
Hacking target brains, gaining body control—wasn't Puppeteer's behavior identical to Hacker Invasion skill descriptions?
Of course, powerful skills often accompanied steep risks—the system already warned about this.
[WARNING! Using this skill may drastically reduce target's affection. Use with extreme caution!]
Except in current circumstances, reducing affection didn't matter.
If Finesse died, what use was a corpse's affection anyway?!
"System, activate skill!"
The moment Amano's command issued, his wrist Eva Terminal seemed recharged and activated, flashing brilliant golden light in darkness.
"Amano, what are you doing?"
"Eva, watch my body for me!"
Amano was just an ordinary person—no anime protagonist's cool hairstyle and card-playing guardian spirit.
Then if that's the case, let himself become that card-playing guardian spirit!
Let me become the cheat code!
Amano raised his arm high, aiming the golden-glowing terminal toward Finesse's position.
"—'Hacker Invasion'—!"