Yu - Gi - Oh ! R - Duel Round 027 " To Each His Own Battle ! ! " is the twenty - seventh chapter of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! R " manga . It was first printed in Japan on July 21 , 2006 in V Jump magazine . It was later reprinted in volume 4 of Yu - Gi - Oh ! R . Summary . A weary Industrial Illusions suit lifts up a phone , video calling Mr . Saruwatari , who asks what ' s going on down there , and if they found them . The unconscious bodies of five more guards litter the hallway where the suit is , and he explains that they couldn ' t stop them before passing out himself , attempting to warn Saruwatari . Saruwatari shouts into the phone , but is warned by three other suits that someone is using the elevator . Jonouchi and Honda each land a punch as the elevator doors open , knocking out one of the guards . As the guards body crashes to the ground , Saruwatari recognizes his old enemies , and Jonouchi cracks his knuckles , asking if they ' re going to get in his way too . As he knocks down one man and kicks Saruwatari in the chin , Honda asks Mokuba which they they go . Mokuba , still holding his hacking device , directs them , and Honda yells at Jonouchi to stop beating up dudes - the exit ' s this way . Jonouchi is a little annoyed they didn ' t tell him earlier , and flees with the guards on his tail , forcing him to turn and kick them to the ground . Saruwatari yells that they can ' t let them reach the Duel Ring Server , and orders his men after them . Jonouchi muses that he ' s been Dueling for so long that it ' s been a while since he ' s been in an actual fight , though he thinks that Yugi is winning his way up by Dueling , isn ' t he ? Unfortunately , his thoughts couldn ' t be further from the truth , as Yugi looks in horror at Gekko , who sinks to his knees , having lost the duel to Richie . Richie chuckles , and tells Gekko that he wins . Gritting his teeth , Gekko looks up at Richie , who explains that he was in too much of a hurry to win , which was why he lost . The scene flashes back to where it left off at the end of the previous chapter before the flash of light . Gekkos had attacked with his " Boomerang Elf " and " Angel O7 , " thinking that Richie would let them pass . Richie activated a Trap Card , " Dazzling Radiance , " the Trap that caused the glare of light from the previous chapter , which Richie explains will dazzle Gekko ' s monsters and cause them to attack one another , with " Boomerang Elf " ending up on Richie ' s field , though the excess damage will still go to Gekko . Yugi is horrified , but Gekko activated his own Trap , " Amulet of Affection " to reduce the damage to zero . However , instead of hitting " Boomerang Elf , " " Angel O7 ' s " " Angel Beam Buster " hits Richie , reducing his Life Points to 600 . Gekko is shocked that Richie ended up getting hit , and Richie explains that he activated " Grazing Bullet , " causing the attack of the monster standing in front of each player to attack that player . Then " Boomerang Elf ' s " boomerang hits Gekko , reducing his Life Points to zero . Yugi walks up to Gekko in shock and tries to console him , and Richie comments that Gekko wasn ' t Dueling the way he normally was , otherwise he ' d have countered the move . The reason he didn ' t was because , unlike the other orphans , Gekko still has his brother . Gekko is shocked , and Richie explains that his desire to save Yako made him act without thinking . Yugi refuses to believe it , asking if Gekko lost because he cared about his only brother ? How is that different from Richie , who is fighting for Pegasus ? Richie explains that he fights for Pegasus , but not to protect him like Gekko was for Yako . When he was a kid , his world was dirt and trash , and he crawled in the slime like he wasn ' t even alive . The one who taught him to live - as a Duelist - was Pegasus ( a flashback shows a younger Richie being given his deck by Pegasus ) . He declares that Pegasus gave him his life , so he ' s fighting to give him back his . This was a Duel of wills . He turns to leave , declaring that he ' s not some spoiled kid who ' s scared of losing . Yugi yells at him to wait , and Richie turns , asking if Yugi remembers his promise . He agreed to have Gekko fight for him , and he lost . This is as far as he goes . Yugi freezes up , and Gekko begins to cry , tears hitting the floor . Yugi cries for Richie to wait , but Richie leaves , closing the door behind him . Gekko screams in frustration , burying his hands in his hair , and apologizes . It ' s all his fault . He ' s so sorry . Yugi looks at him in horror and runs to the door , begging someone to open the door . They have to get to Yako . IF they don ' t , he won ' t be able to save Anzu . . . He screams " Nooooo ! ! ! " as tears form in his eyes . Richie walks down the hallway , and an Industrial Illusions suit congratulates him . Richie simply replies " Yeah . . . " before asking what the situation is like . The suit states that , according to Yako , the final Phase of the Project is about to begin . Richie is surprised , but the suit admits that there ' s a slight problem . Mokuba Kaiba and the Duelist Jonouchi have teamed up , and appear to be heading to the Duel Ring Server . Richie is furious that they can ' t stop them , and decides to deal with it himself , asking where they are . Up on a walkway , Bandit Keith overhears them , and he grins , before leaping off the balcony two floors up with a Duel Disk on his arm . Richie appears to notice him , but Keith punches him across the face and sends him flying , telling him to take that . The suit yells his master ' s name as Richie is thrown across the ground . Bandit Keith thanks him for the favour , claiming that it ' s payback for before , before breaking out on coarse laughter . Richie , being tended to by the suit angrily calls Bandit Keith a lousy old man . He just had to do it , didn ' t he ? He lashes out with a kick from the floor , but Keith dodges with ease , and Richie angrily yells that Keith is nothing more than a guinea pig for Pegasus ' s summoning . Does he want to go back to being a corpse ? Swearing , Keith asks who cares about their experiments . The reason he ' s alive right now , is so that he can get revenge on the people who made a fool out of him , and now that one of them is out of the picture , he ' s got one target left - Jonouchi . No way is he giving him to Richie . He grins , admitting that he just got back to this world , and isn ' t used to all the new game rules yet . This time , Richie ' s his guinea pig . As Richie gets up , pushing the suit away , Bandit Keith tells Richie Merced to prepare to Duel . Featured Duel : Gekko Tenma vs . Richie Merced . " Duel continues from the previous chapter . " Turn 9 : Gekko Gekko attack s directly with " Angel O7 " and " Boomerang Elf " , but Richie activate s his face - down " Dazzling Radiance " , taking control of " Boomerang Elf " , who immediately becomes the attack target of " Angel O7 " . Gekko activates his face - down " Amulet of Affection " , equip ping it to " Boomerang Elf " , meaning he will take no Battle Damage from battles involving it . Richie activates his face - down " Grazing Bullet " , inflicting damage to both players equal to the ATK of " Angel O7 " ( Richie 3100 → 600 , Gekko 700 → 0 ) . Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here .