[Mash POV]
Hello!
My name is Mash, just Mash, since for whatever reason my parents never bothered to give me a last name. I'm a healthy 18-year-old guy with the default protagonist loadout: black hair, Typical highschooler body, and a generic face that's not ugly nor charming. Just imagine your average generic isekai MC that gets trucked into another world because the universe said "funny."
Anyway! Enough about that!
You're probably wondering why I'm floating in this strange, space-like void… and why there's this guy in front of me who looks like... no joke. The literal God.
Long, flowing white hair and beard? Check.Glowing white eyes that scream "omniscient grandpa"? Double check.Wrinkly face full of ancient wisdom? Yup.Blanketed in a divine white aura like he just walked off the cover of a holy Bible expansion pack? You bet.
"Yes, yes… thank you for describing me, Mash," the old man spoke calmly.
[Did this guy just read my mind?]
"Yes, Mash. I can read your thoughts. I mean, as you just said... I AM GOD."
I blinked at him as he slowly lifted his head, those blinding eyes glowing even brighter. His hand raised above him like he was about to summon lightning, and sure enough, thunder cracked dramatically around me. The air around him buzzed with divine pressure. Intense, majestic, probably expensive to animate if this were an anime.
It was… a lot.
Honestly? He kinda looked like he was trying too hard.
With a sigh of exaggerated flair, God sat down on his invisible throne.
"Now," he began, folding his hands. "Let's discuss the reason why… you're here."
I swallowed nervously. "Is it because I died by literally getting trucked? Like, full-on Isekai Truck-kun special delivery? And now this is the judgment zone where you decide if I go to Hell or not?"
✦ WRONG BUZZER NOISE ✦
God wheezed like a gremlin. "Of course not! Or at least, not in your case. Because…" he grinned, throwing his hands up, "CONGRATULATIONS! You're getting reincarnated! Or in your earthly weeb terms… ISEKAI'D!!"
My eyes widened with glee. The possibilities flashed through my head like a harem anime opening. All the hot girls I could meet! All the power I could flex! The potential—
...Nope. Never mind. I'm not into harems. I only want one waifu.
My beautiful silver princess, Lovely Labrynth.
"Wow, that's great! But… this kinda feels too good to be true. Why me, though? What makes me special?"
God let out a deep belly laugh, slamming the arm of his invisible chair.
"Ho ho ho ho! You don't remember, do you?"
I tilted my head. I tried to recall any good deed I'd ever done... But nothing major came to mind.
"It's fine if you don't. After all, it was something so small, you probably forgot it the minute after you did it. But for someone else? It meant everything."
"Oh! Was it that one time I donated a dollar to help starving African children at Moonbucks!?"
"No." His voice went flat. "That dollar didn't help anyone. You just tipped the store."
[That fuckin shop...!]
"Anyway," God continued, "you get three wishes! Like that blue genie from your cartoons. The first wish determines where you'll be reincarnated. The other two will help you survive once you get there."
My eyes practically glowed. "HOLY SHIT! For real!? Thank you, God! You're the best!"
I paused. "Uh, can I have some time to think about it? Also, can you not peek into my thoughts while I do?"
God gave me a thumbs-up like an understanding dad.
I sat down cross-legged, deep in thought. Then the image of my beloved waifu, Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle, popped into my mind like the goddess she is.
I grinned.
"Alright!" I clapped my hands confidently. "Here are my three wishes!"
"First, I want to be reincarnated into Yu-Gi-Oh! GX at the very start of Episode 1 of the anime."
"Second, I want to be reborn with my Labrynth deck. Not only because it's meta proof as hell, but also because it includes her. My waifu. My queen. My Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle. And let's be honest, I'll probably need it when this silly children card game anime inevitably turns into a dark, edgy, everyone dying, trauma situation."
"And third, I want a Master Duel-style system! Gacha, card crafting, dismantling, bundles... all of it! Give me a way to build and edit my deck, like a proper degenerate!"
God rubbed his beard, nodding. "Interesting. All your wishes have been granted."
He leaned forward slightly, eyes gleaming. "However… I will place one limitation on you. It's not a big one. Just enough to make sure you don't snowball your way through the world, though that seems unlikely. After all... I'll be watching you."
I shivered. "You're not gonna watch me while I… do the diddy deeds, right?"
"No promises." He smirked.
"…Alright," I muttered, clapping my hands again. "I am bringing a 2020 meta deck into what's basically 2008 Yugioh, so… yeah. What's the catch?"
God chuckled ominously. "You'll figure it out."
With that, he raised a glowing hand. Light poured out from the void around me, enveloping my body like a divine beam of plot convenience.
"Good luck, Mash. Have fun."
And with a final snap of his fingers—
FLASH.
I blinked.
Suddenly, I was sitting on a wooden bench in a peaceful park. I stood up, still dazed, and wandered over to a nearby fountain. The water rippled as I leaned in and saw my reflection.
My new life had begun.
[Holy shit!][Look at me! I actually got anime'd! More specifically... in YU-GI-OH style!]
I stared into the fountain's reflection My jaw dropped, literally. My mouth turned into a white rectangle block. Then after my mouth go back to normal I then see my chin.
[Is that my chin?!] It looked sharp enough to slice a watermelon. My eyes were also huge! Comically expressive saucers and my hair?Way too dense.[Why does it feels like it has a gravity of its own?]
I ran my hand across my face, still trying to process how I'd gone full Yu-Gi-Oh! art style. And here I was, hoping I'd look like Kirito or something halfway normal. Nope. I looked like someone who screamed "duel me" as a first language to a protagonist and then get beaten off screen.
Then I felt something in my pocket. I reached in—and froze.
[Holy shit… my deck. My Labrynth deck.][Wait—]
I quickly flipped through the cards.
Something felt wrong.
It was wrong.
This wasn't 40 cards. Not even close. I kept flipping, faster and faster, until I realized...
All the staples were missing.No Ash Blossom. No Maxx "C". No Infinite Impermanence. No Solemn Judgment. Nothing.
All I had were:
1x Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle
2x Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle
3x Arianna the Labrynth Servant
3x Ariane the Labrynth Servant
3x Arias the Labrynth Butler
2x Labrynth Stovie Torbie
2x Labrynth Chandraglier
1x Labrynth Cooclock
1x Labrynth Labyrinth
2x Welcome Labrynth
3x Big Welcome Labrynth
[What the hell, GOD?!][This is only 20 cards! No hand traps, no floodgates, no tech traps, no backrow hate, not even my usual normal traps, nothing! Ah! This must be the limitation he warned me about...]
I dropped my deck back into my pocket and started throwing a minor tantrum in the middle of the park. Feet stomping, hands flailing, the whole nine yards—until I noticed the very confused people passing by and stopped mid-spasm.
[Okay... breathe. There's still one thing I can try.]
I raised my hand.
"Status... OPEN!"
A few park-goers turned to look at me weird, and I immediately regretted yelling like a lunatic.[Smooth, Mash. Real smooth.]
But sure enough, a translucent window blinked into existence before me, the interface is just like in Master Duel. There were only three options:[Shop] | [Deck] | [Missions]
I plopped back onto the bench, excited.
Then my smile vanished.
Credits: 500
[Really, GOD? Not even a starter 1000 like in the actual game?! I can't even roll 10 packs with this!][Sure, I could open 5... but what if they're all garbage?!]
I groaned, then froze. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a blur sprinting past. It was a boy with black jacket and the hair that resembles a Kuriboh.
I blinked.
"…Oh fuuuck."
[I forgot! If I started at the beginning of the anime... that means I'm late for the entrance exam!]
Panicking, I slammed the system window closed, shoved my 20-card excuse of a deck into my pocket, and took off at full speed after the human Kuriboh.
And just like that...
This is where my story begins.
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Hello author Im_good here!
Just call me IG for short. I hope you had fun reading this because I also enjoy writing it. (Or more like fixing it because the early one is just shitty) Anyway, Chiao!
______________________________________________________________________________________________