Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"During your preparation phase, Caesar, my [Nightmare Mirage] will take effect."

Judai drew four cards from the deck and said, "I draw cards from the deck until I have four cards in my hand. Since I have no cards in my hand, I can draw four cards."

"However, during your preparation phase, you must randomly discard the same number of cards as you drew." Caesar raised his lips, "Unless you use it with a card like [Unusual Food]."

"But I'm kindhearted and I can't bear to see you lose so many cards like this. So, let me use this card to help you send [Nightmare Mirage] to the graveyard!" Caesar said as he played the card in his hand, "Activate the magic card [Lightning Storm]!"

  Although Judai often exerts his full strength in duels and is a complete "magic draw dog", Marufuji Ryo is also not incapable of making magic draws. The card that Caesar plays at this moment is the same card he drew at the beginning of this round!

"Only when I have no face-up cards on the field, I can choose one of the two effects of Lightning Storm to activate - destroy all Attack Position monsters on the field, or destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field."

Although it seems more cost-effective to destroy all the monsters in attack mode on the Judai field, Caesar's hand only has one card that can destroy the magic and trap cards on the back field, [Lightning Storm]. If he doesn't get rid of the Judai's back field card first, he can't even deploy. So he decisively said: "I choose the latter, destroy all the magic and trap cards on the opponent's field!"

Judai covered all the cards in his hand, including [Fusion], in order to trick [Whirlwind] and other cards that could be destroyed individually. However, Caesar's flashlight sweeping the backcourt still gave Judai a headache. He said helplessly, "As expected of Caesar, he launched such a fierce attack right from the start. It's a pity that I didn't cover cards like [Darkness of the Scapegoat]."

"But I can't let you destroy all the cards on my backfield. Let me use one of them first." Judai said, waving his hand, "Chain [Lightning Storm], I activate the cover card on the backfield - the quick attack magic card, [Masked Transformation]!"

He has already summoned [E·hero Absolute Zero] on the field, isn't Judai doing this to play the classic combo "Absolute Zero Acid Water"? Although it's not his turn, because [Masquerade Transformation] is a 2-speed Quick Attack Magic Card, it can also be used during the opponent's turn, so Judai can also play a combo that explodes the front and back fields at any time during Caesar's turn - but the premise is that the [Masquerade Transformation] he put on the field is still there, and Caesar must have a card on the field that is worth him using this combo.

Now Caesar only has one [Lightning Storm] that he just activated on the field. Even if he doesn't destroy it, it will leave the field after its effect ends. Using the "Absolute Zero Acid Water" combo for such a [Lightning Storm] is just like chaining [Pot of Greed] to activate [Cyclone]. It is meaningless. Therefore, Judai did not choose to use [E·hero Absolute Zero] to summon his old friend [M·hero Acid Water], but pointed to another monster on his field, instead.

"You can activate this effect by targeting a [Hero] monster on my field, confirming the attributes of the target monster and sending it to the Graveyard. When this effect causes a monster to leave the field, I can Special Summon a [M·hero] monster with the same attributes as the target monster from my Fusion Deck!" Judai pointed to an unexpected target, "The monster I chose is, [E·hero Sunrise]!"

"Hmm? Isn't it your most commonly used [E-hero Absolute Zero]?" Caesar looked at Judai's choice with some surprise, "If [E-hero Sunrise] disappears from the field, the attack power of your monsters will be collectively reduced."

"There's nothing we can do. It would be a big loss if we use [Masked Transformation] on [E-hero Absolute Zero] now. In that case, it would be more appropriate to use it on [E-hero Sunrise]." Judai spread his hands helplessly and smiled at Caesar, "Besides, his attribute happens to be 'light'. If the opponent is you, Caesar, it would be more appropriate to use the light attribute, right?"

"After all, the trump card monster we used to decide the winner during that doubles match was the light-attribute [E-hero Shining Man]."

Caesar remembered that it was not long after the beginning of this semester when Judai broke into the old school building to rescue Asuka and Maruto Sho, and the school board decided to use a doubles duel to decide whether Judai would drop out. He was very interested in Judai, and in order to repay him for saving his brother Maruto Sho, he became Judai's partner to fight against the legendary duelist and doubles expert "Labyrinth Brothers".

That duel was the first time Judai showed his strength in front of the collective faculty and students of the academy, the first time he used [Masquerade Transformation], and the first time he came into contact with himself.

Although he remembered it clearly, Caesar said indifferently: "I have long forgotten the boring past that was useless to victory."

"It's not useless! The brilliance of the duel you displayed back then, Caesar, was quite dazzling. And I also firmly believe that even though you are using the seemingly dark 'Inner Electron Flow' now, that brilliance still exists in your heart." Judai said, calling out, "The attribute of [E·hero Sunrise] is light. I will send [E·hero Sunrise] to the graveyard, and then special summon this light attribute [M·hero] from the fusion deck!"

The power of [Masked Transformation] entered the body of [E·hero Sunrise] on the Judai field, and the armor on his body instantly turned into pure light and dispersed. Countless laser beams reflected irregularly in the surroundings and then converged towards the position of [E·hero Sunrise].

"The shining light surrounds you, turn your will into lightning and release it to the universe, capture everything and turn it into a force to guide the future!" Clenching his open palms, Judai's palms glowed with light, "Grab this shining victory! The heart that moves forward courageously will change the world!"

"Form-Change! Level 8☆!"

  He suddenly raised his hand and opened it, and Judai played the card that appeared out of thin air in his hand.

"【M·hero Light Fang】!"

  The armor on [E·hero Sunrise]'s body was regenerated after all the armor was removed, but the coverage area and thickness were significantly reduced. The main force was gathered on his arms, and the original pair of arm blades transformed into two sharp arm swords, all golden, looking extraordinary!

[M·hero Light Fang] [8☆/Light]

[Warrior/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/1800]

However, at the same time, because of the change in form, the attack power bonus provided by [E·hero Sunrise] disappeared, and the attack power of the other two monsters on the Judai field all decreased.

[E.hero Absolute Zero] [ATK3100→2500]

[E·hero] [ATK3300→2700] After the effect of [Masked Transformation] was resolved, it was Caesar's turn to launch [Lightning Storm]. The lightning strikes from the sky accurately hit the Magic and Trap Cards in the Judai's backfield, destroying [Mirage of Nightmare], [Tyrant's Violence], [Masked Transformation], and the face-down [Fusion] and sending them to the Graveyard.

"【M·hero Light Fang】, a secret weapon that I haven't seen before, do you think it is more valuable than 【E·hero Sunrise】?" Caesar said this, but it seemed that he was just talking to himself, and he didn't wait for Judai to respond before taking action on his own. At the same time, he said, "In my opinion, compared to using 【Lightning Storm】 to destroy the monsters in the front field, it is more important to destroy the cards in the back field. Because——"

"——If I destroy all your monsters, what will be left for my monsters to ravage?" Caesar raised his head with a wild smile on his face and a bloodthirsty expression.

"I activate the Spell Card [Pot of Greed] and draw two cards from my deck. Next is this Continuous Spell Card [Cyber ​​Dark World]. As an effect when [Cyber ​​Dark World] is activated, I can add a [Cyber ​​Dark] monster from my deck that does not exist in my graveyard to my hand."

"The monster I chose is this [Electronic Dark Claw]."

Just like in the previous battle against Fubuki, the first card Caesar played was still [Electronic Dark World], a card that is a continuous magic card but better than a field magic card. Its activation is also accompanied by a standard deployment process of the "Inner Electronic Flow" in Caesar's hand.

The red-purple electric current began to spread from under Caesar's feet, with green lines flowing through it like data, constructing one detailed pattern after another in the air, and at the same time printing a card out of thin air in his hand like a three-dimensional print.

After adding the card to his hand, Caesar did not stop and sent the card he had added to his hand to the graveyard again: "Then, I activate the effect of [Cyber ​​Dark Claw] in my hand, I discard it from my hand, and then add a [Cyber ​​Dark] Spell/Trap Card from the deck to my hand."

"The card I want to search is this one, [Electronic Horizon]. The name of this card is also used as an [Electronic Dark] card in the rules, so it can be searched by [Electronic Dark Claw]."

Watching Caesar's operation and easily completing the graveyard stacking and searching, Judai frowned seriously: "【Electronic Dark Claw】has been sent to the graveyard, so the next step is to send the 【Electronic Dark Devil Horn】to the graveyard as well, and use the 【Electronic Dark Chimera】 to fuse them in the graveyard to summon the 【Armored Prison Dragon-Electronic Dark Nether Dragon】?"

"No, the power of [Armored Prison Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] is more than enough to suppress, but not offensive enough. I have no interest in the kind of duel where I suppress my opponent and then slowly accumulate advantages to win. Such a duel cannot satisfy my hunger for victory at all." Caesar looked at the six cards in his hand, took out two cards and put them on the backcourt, saying, "Now that I have [Armored Emperor Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark End Dragon], how can I not summon it in my first round?"

"Put two cards on the ground. I activate the magic card [Hand Kill]. Both duelists send all their cards to the graveyard, and then draw the same number of cards from their decks as the cards they discarded!" After playing a card, Caesar showed the remaining three cards to Judai before sending them to the graveyard. "The three cards I'm sending to the graveyard are these!"

Judai's pupils shrank, because he clearly saw that the three remaining cards in Caesar's hand were neither magic cards nor trap cards, but all monster cards, and they happened to be [Cyber ​​Dark Dragon Bone], [Cyber ​​Dark Wing Blade], and [Cyber ​​Dark Demon Horn]!

"Actually!?" Seeing Caesar sending the cards to the graveyard, Judai was forced to send all four cards in his hand to the graveyard, and then said, "But Caesar, you forcibly sent my cards to the graveyard, but it just happened to trigger the effect of this card!"

"Effect of [Dandelion Lion]! If this card is sent to the Graveyard, I Special Summon two [Cotton Tokens] on my field in Defense Position. [Cotton Tokens] cannot be Tributed for a Higher Summon during the turn they were Special Summoned!"

By activating the effect of this banned card that has no chance of escaping the banned card list in the future without modifying its effect, the two remaining empty spots on the Judai field were filled with two cotton-like tokens, completely filling the field.

【Cotton Derivative】【1☆/Wind】

[Plant family/derivatives]

[0/0]

"Increasing the number of monsters is meaningless. Are you going to use such inconspicuous derivatives as embellishments for my monsters to attack, Judai?" After a cold sneer, Caesar, who had already drawn three cards from the deck, waved his hand and activated one of the two face-up cards in the backfield, "Open the face-up card in my backfield, the magic card [Electronic Horizon]!"

"You can only activate one card of this name per turn, and the turn this card is activated, I cannot Special Summon monsters that are not Machine-Type from my Fusion Deck. And the cost of activating it is to send one Dragon-Type or Machine-Type [Cyber] monster of a different attribute from my hand and deck to the Graveyard."

Caesar took out a card from his hand and a card from his deck, and said, "The cards I'm sending to the graveyard are the Stroke-attribute, Mechanical-type [Armored Cyber ​​Wing] from my hand and the Light-attribute, Mechanical-type [Electronic Dragon Core] from my deck."

As the card was activated, the green lines around Caesar converged into a compound concentric circle, forming a three-dimensional channel. The allied monster [Armored Cyber ​​Wing] in his hand and [Cyber ​​Dragon Core] in the deck were sucked into it together.

Then, a card appeared out of thin air in Caesar's hand again, and a flash of light like a meteor was sent to his grave.

"Under the effect of [Electronic Horizon], I added a One-Dragon Machine-Type [Electronic] monster from my deck to my hand, and sent a One-Dragon Machine-Type [Electronic] Fusion monster from my Fusion Deck to the Graveyard. The card that I added a Dragon-Type [Attached Cyber ​​Wing] from my deck to my hand and then sent to the Graveyard from my Fusion Deck is this one."

A card appeared in Caesar's hand, and he said with a grin, "This is a necessary sacrifice for victory!" (End of this chapter)