Who said only Atem can be a mischivous lil shit?
Ah, sometimes when you are somewhat of a main character, you still get overlooked at times.
Some people are just seemingly too nice to be an actual suspect when it comes to many things.
But oh boy, they can create just as much chaos as those typical trolls.
Enter Yugi Muto. Sure, he was most known to be the vessel for the entity which now is known to be named Atem, but the shorter one can still be quite mischievous.
And the fact that Yugi and Atem look as similar as they do makes it even better, Yugi can just pretend to be Atem when he gets caught in something. The people who assume Yugi was all sunshine and roses were also those who can't tell the two apart at all.
And said pharaoh just plays along most of the time.
Now, today was no different from many other days. Since Yugi and his friends are regular visitors to the Avengers compound after Mahad set up a few long term portals, the situation around the Rogue Avengers and the new Avengers did not escape them.
Atem and his pseudo siblings already had a nasty little run in with Captain America, and Téa apparently had one with Maximoff.
Yugi still has to find a way to thank Mana and Mahad for teaching the whole crew how to ward the witch out. Even Seto Kaiba accepted to learn that skill, if only for the reason that he despises people getting into his head more than the notion of magic.
But this incident alone sparked a series of arguably petty revenge motions. Joey and Tristan sure planned a whole lot, Mokuba having joined sometime later too.
But Yugi has something planned on his own.
Some might say Atem is the only menace of the duo, well then they are about to meet the current King of Games.
For those who have never seen or played Duel Monsters, these card holographics look scary as hell. Who knew that a small Pinch Hopper card can cause enough mayhem that even the multiverse guests Mahad and Stephen somehow got into contact with came to look what happened. By the ends of it, the good ol' captain Rogers was legit fighting with the summoned and very much called into reality Grasshopper monster, with Maximoff screeching something at the big bug.
And of course, once Pinch Hopper was sent to Yugi's graveyard, the duelist just summoned another. The boy Lee Gilyoung had quite fun watching from the doorway how the people he had been told did awful crimes without an apocalypse, being beat up by a lot of insects.
And Romanoff was likely the first one to suspect one of the duelists, since that 'Grasshopper' was certainly not a normal one. But there were a few duelists around, and each one had a different reason to dislike the Rouge Avengers.
No one really took the Rouges all that serious when they demanded a meeting with everyone, literally everyone. The Duelists from Domino City, the Duelists from Egypt, the Duelists from Ancient Egypt and the multiverse hoppers from Korea alongside the New Avengers.
“So~ what you are saying is that you want to find the one responsible for these pranks?” Sooyoung asked first, disinterested and with a lollipop in her mouth. She also had her feet on the meeting table, at which some frowned at her lack of manners.
Steve was one of the more condescending among them, though. “Yes, miss...eh.” And apparently he had yet to memorize the names of the ones from the Korean Peninsula.
“Seriously? I'm Sooyoung.” Sooyoung actually replied to that, a little indignant.
“Ah, yes. Miss Sooyoung. And please, no boots on the table.” He then said, tsk-ing at her.
Sooyoung apparently couldn't care less.
“So, do you have any proofs or indicators who the one you seek might be?” Mahado asked next, the perfect image of neutrality.
Murmurs were heard around the meeting table, which was natural by this large number of people. It was actually impressive how many of the compound inhabitants followed the request of a meeting.
“Well, for one, these grasshoppers from today were clearly no normal ones. Duel Monsters seems more likely, but they were quite real. So one of you.” Natasha said, looking at the side of the table that held the crew around Atem and Yugi.
Some were looking confused at the mention of 'Grasshopper' monsters. A few of the duelists only arrived after this incident and hadn't yet gotten all the information.
Mahad, not having been actually here in the morning, was among the confused ones, so his confusion was not an act like the careful neutrality from before.
He mouthed 'Grasshoppers?' to Atem and Mana with a questioning expression on his face.
Mana looked to be around as confused as her older brother, while Atem just looked kinda gleeful.
“Aibou had some fun with Pinch Hopper.” Atem whispered to his two siblings in Egyptian, grinning faintly.
Mahad and Mana made a ':o' face before chuckling a little too. Thankfully, that all was lost in the murmuring around the meeting room.
On the other side of the table, the crew who were just unlucky enough to be here today as guests were also discussing who might be responsible for the pranks they keep hearing about. Granted, they were treating this more as a fun mystery to solve. Gilyoung had his suspicion about the one behind this 'grasshopper' attack today, and voiced as much to Dokja. Dokja for his part was still a little astonished about how [Character Profile] works on just about everyone in this room, regardless from multiverse realm, and apone hearing Gilyoung voice his suspicions decided to check on the person in question.
[Name: Yugi Muto
Age: 19 years old
Constellation sponsor: The Nameless Pharaoh
Personal attribute: Duelist (rare), King of Games (Mythical), Soul of Light and Darkness (Legendary)
Exclusive skills: Exceptional Adaptability lvl. 10, Spellcaster's Exchange lvl.5, Summon Duel Monster lvl.9, Calculating Enemy Move lvl. 10
Stigma: Soul Exchange lvl. 4, Destiny Draw lvl. 5
Overall stats: Stamina lvl. 6, Strength lvl. 10, Agility lvl. 32, Mana lvl. 40
General evaluation: Not available.]
'So the only thing unavailable from non TWSA characters in [Character Profile] is that the general evaluation is not available. Or at least until an update comes for my skill.' Dokja though to himself. He didn't know whether or not that monster summon ability is common among these duelists, but so far, Yugi appears to be the prime suspect responsible for that mayhem today. Not that Dokja would voice that suspicion to the room as a whole. Especially not to that partie that even these so-called New Avengers seem to avoid.
Kim Dokja was a little stumped as to who that sponsor was. It wasn't a constellation from <Papyrus> as far as he knows.
Just to check, though, he used [Character Profile] on another duelist. Maybe the one with the serious vibe to him who spoke up earlier.
[Name: Mahado Sekhem (Mahad Khalil)
Age: 3046 years old (22 years old)
Constellation sponsor: Illusion Magician
Personal attribute: Ancient Duelist (rare), Sacred Guardian (rare), Eternal Soul (Mythical), Scarred Guardian (Heroic)
Exclusive skills: Locating Malice lvl. 10, Weapon Proficiency lvl. 7, Dark Sorcery lvl. 10, Enhanced Intellect lvl. 10, Spirit Summon lvl. 6, Spirit Fusion lvl. ???, Summon Duel Monster lvl. 4
Stigma: Dark Magical Circle lvl. 3, Magician Navigation lvl.4, Illusion Magic lvl. 6, Dark Magic Veil lvl. 10
Overall stats: Stamina lvl. 46, Strength lvl. 20, Agility lvl. 50, Mana lvl. 99
General evaluation: Not available.]
Now that was an interesting Character Profile too. Especially the 'age' section. Just how is that guy over 3000 years old? The personal attribute 'Ancient Duelist' sure fits. The skill list also has interesting information.
'The oddities aside, it does seem as if the duelist have the monster summon ability. Considering how that game of theirs appears to work, that was a given.'
While Kim Dokja was thinking to himself and contemplating if he should be worried about these constellations, the discussion was still all over the place in the rest of the room.
But somehow Yugi weaseled himself out of the suspect list, and Joey somehow ended up on it instead.