Money and Knife Money and Knife was a Shadow Game in the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! " manga that Dark Yugi and Ushio played to distribute the money for Ushio ' s self - imposed bodyguard fees . The players picked bank notes off their own hand by stabbing the money with a knife . Egyptians are also shown playing this game in the prologue . Events . Prior events . The hall monitor , Ushio , suspected that Yugi Mutou was being bullied by Katsuya Jonouchi and Hiroto Honda and confronted Yugi about it . Although , Yugi was being picked on by Jonouchi and Honda , he told Ushio otherwise . Ushio wasn ' t convinced , believing that victims often defend their attackers and assigned himself the position of Yugi ' s bodyguard . The next day , Ushio proceeded to beat up Jonouchi and Honda and then showed Yugi what he had done . Yugi insisted that he didn ' t want this , but Ushio continued to attack them . Yugi tried to stop him , saying that Jonouchi and Honda were his friends . However Ushio laughed at this and demanded a bodyguard fee of ¥200 , 000 . He interpreted Yugi ' s reaction as Yugi not being satisfied and kicked Jonouchi and Honda some more . Yugi tried to stop him , only to get beaten - up himself too . Before leaving , Ushio threatened with a knife , should he not pay . That night , as Yugi thought about how he was going to handle Ushio ' s fee , he found himself working on the Millennium Puzzle , something he had been unable to solve for eight years . However he was able to put it together with ease this time , until there was only one piece left , which turned out to be missing . He informed his grandfather , Sugoroku , of what had happened . Sugoroku then gave Yugi the final piece , which Jonouchi had anonymously returned having stolen and disposed of it earlier . Yugi proceeded to complete the Millennium Puzzle , causing his body to host the soul of Dark Yugi . The game . Dark Yugi confronted Ushio at a vaulting horse at school and brought twice the money Ushio had demanded . He suggested that they play a game to see who gets it . He checked that Ushio still has his knife and explained the rules : The two continued to play the game . After a few turns , Ushio ' s hand began to tremble . Dark Yugi explained that it was now controlled by his greed and asked would he sacrifice his hand to get more money . However Ushio said there was a way to get all the money with one stab without hurting his hand and lunged at Dark Yugi with the knife . However Dark Yugi dodged the attack and inflicted the Illusion of Avarice , Penalty Game on Ushio for cheating . Aftermath . Due to his Penalty Game , Ushio believed that litter and leaves were money and played around in them all night . The next day students stared at him , wondering what he was doing . Yugi had no memory of what happened the night before after completing the Millennium Puzzle . As he celebrated finishing it , he bumped into Jonouchi in the hallway . Jonouchi answered Yugi ' s " something you can show , but can ' t see " riddle , saying it is friendship and thanked Yugi for showing him that they are friends . Other versions . In the Toei anime , Dark Yugi and Ushio played a different Shadow Game , where they climbed a dome by turning over playing cards to dictate the number of steps they were to take . The NAS anime shows flashbacks of to Yugi sticking up for Jonouchi and Honda while they were being beaten up by Ushio , but there is no mention of the Shadow Game .