Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Chain [Royal Decree], I activate the counter-trap card [Red Restart] from my hand!"

Hayato might not bring other cards, but how could Hayato, who had just played cards with Yugi and the others not long ago, not bring the "Switch" that is specifically used to deal with heavy pits, that is, [Red Restart]? Especially in this duel environment where everyone is increasingly heavily pitted, I don't know who started this bad trend.

It must be a game, right? This is unforgivable, Bekas! Hayato, who had no idea of ​​AC, thought so, not caring about his plummeting basic points.

[Hayato: 4000→2000LP, 3 cards in hand]

"[Red Restart] can be activated directly from my hand without having to cover it. In that case, I will pay half of the Life Points - that is, 2000 points."

Hayato pointed at [Royal Decree], "[Red Restart] can only be activated when the opponent activates a Trap Card. Its effect is to negate the activation of that Trap Card and set it on the Field. After that, the opponent can even select another Trap Card from the Deck and set it on their own Magic Trap Zone."

"However, as a price, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards during this turn after activating [Red Restart]."

Because [Red Restart] was a noble three-speed counterattack trap, Caesar couldn't even chain-activate other trap cards before it took effect, and watched helplessly as his [Royal Edict] was put down again.

"I've seen that card many times in Misawa Tenku's duels. Although it's a very powerful card, even he can't play it out in time to save the situation." After a pause, Caesar retrieved a card from the deck and prepared to put it down, and continued, "But, in your hands as the 'Duel King', you can use it as easily as an arm."

Hayato asked back, "For a true duelist, isn't it a basic skill to be able to draw any card you want?"

"And actually, the effect of [Red Restart] is not maximized right now. It would be more powerful if it was used with [Dark Bird - Simorf] present."

When Caesar heard Hayato mention the name of his friend, Tenjouin Fubuki's monster, he immediately remembered its effect, which is the ability that prevents the opponent from placing cards while it is present. That is to say, if [Red Restart] is activated at that time, not only will the activation of [Royal Edict] be invalidated, but it will also go directly to the graveyard and cannot be placed, not to mention retrieving cards from the deck to place them.

Because [Red Restart] invalidated the activation of [Royal Order], the next thing to deal with was the effect of Hayato's [Neighbor's Mowing]. He drew a large number of cards from the deck in one go, and shouted proudly: "With the effect of [Neighbor's Mowing], I will send twenty-seven cards in my deck to the graveyard to become the same number of cards in your deck!"

"I'll just raise the deck!"

Hayato threw a large number of cards pulled out of the deck into the air without any care, and the scene looked a bit cool for a moment. However, unlike some duelists who "looked cool when throwing up their decks, but looked embarrassed when squatting on the ground to pick up the cards one by one", the monsters with card elves in the cards Hayato threw out appeared from the cards one after another, helplessly pulling themselves and the cards without elves next to them, and flew back to Hayato's graveyard.

"Anigei only cares about showing off and doesn't care whether others can bear it or not." [Disruption·Yellow] complained while riding on [Shadow Beast], "He really has no sense of public morality!"

"Shut up, you bastard." Hayato also rewarded him with a flick of his finger without hesitation, leaving a big bump on Disturbance Yellow's head.

"Among the cards I sent to the Graveyard, the effect of [Shadowbeast] was activated, and I drew a card from my deck." Hayato said as he drew a card from his deck, "But, my luck was a bit bad, and I didn't put any other cards in the Graveyard that have effects activated when sent to the Graveyard."

[Hayato Kobayashi: 2000LP, hand 3 → 4]

"However, just because there are cards that can activate effects when not sent to the Graveyard doesn't mean that there are no cards in my Graveyard that can activate effects." Hayato knocked on the Graveyard area of ​​his Duel Disk, "Show yourself!"

"When the total Level of all Effect Monsters on my field is 8☆ or less, banish three [Infernal Machine] monsters in my Graveyard: [Infernal Machine Satan], [Infernal Machine Beelzebub], and [Infernal Machine Lucifer], and Special Summon them from the Graveyard—"

"Devyaty means '9', and is called 'God's pollution'. Debauched demon, as the enemy of 'principles', descend with continuous flames!"

"Special Summon, Level 9☆——"

Slapping the card taken from the graveyard onto the duel disk, Hayato shouted, "Let's collapse in front of this unrivaled power! [Inferno Machine Lilith]!"

Three different colors of flames rose from Hayato's grave, flickered and gathered together, rising to an ominous and evil purple, confined in the light tube, forming the shape of a giant winged snake. The mechanical demon named after the original woman "Lilith" spread its wings and stood behind Hayato.

Judging from its appearance, it is somewhat similar to the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], but it only has one head instead of three.

[Hellfire Machine·Lilith] [9☆/Flame]

[Demon/Special Summon/Effect]

[2900/2900]

"[Inferno Machine·Lilith]." Looking at the huge demon that appeared on Hayato's field, Caesar felt tremendous pressure, but at the same time he showed an excited smile, "Another powerful monster with 2900 attack points, and it seems that she has other more terrifying effects, right?"

  But——[Shadowbeast] and [Inferno Machine], is this the so-called "Pure [Silver City]" deck?

"Sodayo~ At this moment of entering the field, the effect of [Inferno Machine·Lilith] is activated!" Hayato nodded and waved his hand again, "It can only be activated when [Inferno Machine·Lilith] is successfully Special Summoned, and all Magic and Trap Cards on both sides' fields except [Purgatory] are destroyed!"

"Completely destroy the demonic flame!"

Purple lightning spread over [Inferno Machine Lilith], and when it fell to the ground, it turned into a turquoise flame and began to spread. The first to be affected was Hayato's backcourt. However, there were no cards on Hayato's backcourt, so even if it was burned by the flames, it would not have any effect - on the contrary, there were four covered cards on Caesar's field at this moment!

Especially, at this moment, Caesar's activation of trap cards was sealed due to the effect of Hayato's previous [Red Restart]. Two of the four cards in the backfield have clearly become decorations. If the remaining two cards are all trap cards, I am afraid that he will not have any ability to resist [Hellfire Machine·Lilith].

"It's not enough to just seal the activation of my trap card this turn. Mr. Hayato, are you planning to destroy even the sealed activation of the cover card?" Looking at the oncoming sea of ​​fire, Caesar looked at Hayato and said.

"After all, it's better to be safe than sorry. Even with Red Restart, I can only confirm that two of your cards in the backfield are sealed, but I have no idea what the other two are." After a pause, Hayato spread his hands, "Besides, the effect of Red Restart can only last for one turn. In order to prevent you from activating the Royal Mandate again in the next turn, I might as well get rid of all your face-up cards now."

Facing the approaching wave of fire, Caesar couldn't hold back even if he wanted to, and was forced to press the button to activate the cover card this time and said, "Rather than letting it be destroyed, I'd better use it now - chain the effect of [Hellfire Machine·Lilith], and activate this fast-attack magic card I placed in the backfield, [Roar of the Ultra Beast]!"

"This card can only be activated by targeting a monster on my field and a card on the opponent's field, destroying those cards. The targets I choose are [Chimera Tyrannosaurus] on my field and [Inferno Machine Lilith] on the opponent's field."

Caesar said with a sneer: "Although it can't negate the destructive effect that [Infernal Machine Lilith] has already launched, at least it has solved a powerful monster that was a problem."

"Even if you have to sacrifice your own monster for this?" Hayato looked at Caesar and asked with a smile.

And Caesar's answer was as he expected: "This is a necessary sacrifice!"

The two dragon heads of the Chimeric Tyrannosaurus retracted, and it concentrated all its strength in one place. Facing the flames from the Hellfire Machine Lilith, it suddenly released its full-strength attack even if it overloaded and damaged its body.

  The blue laser beam instantly penetrated the sea of ​​fire, and even the ground was cracked and shattered by the powerful force of this attack. Although the flame itself was not eliminated by this straight attack, it successfully hit the one who released the flame - [Hellfire Machine Lilith]!

At the same time, [Inferno Machine Lilith] and the overloaded [Chimera Tyrannosaurus] were destroyed and entered the graveyard at the same time, and along with it, four cards on Caesar's field were also destroyed.

But at this moment, Caesar suddenly picked up two of the cards and said, "As expected, you chose to destroy all the cards in my backfield, Mr. Hayato. This certainly eliminates the possibility of me using other Quick Play Magic Cards to interfere with you in your next deployment, but anticipating this, the cards I placed were also triggered the moment they were destroyed and sent to the graveyard!"

"Normal Trap Card [Cursed Casket]! When this Set card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, your opponent chooses one of its effects to apply - discard a random card from your hand, or selects a monster on your field and destroys it."

"It's not over yet! I retrieved this [Wild Tornado] from my deck with the effect of [Red Restart], and set it together with [Royal Order]. If this set card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, I can activate this by targeting a face-up card on the field, and destroy that face-up card!"

"The one I chose is, of course, the face-up player on the other side of the field, [Silver City's Summoner - Arianna]!"

As Professor Chronos's most proud student, Caesar naturally also mastered Professor Chronos's most proficient "loss card" - specifically using [Big Storm] to destroy [Golden Evil God Statue] to gather the sacrifice superior to summon [Ancient Mechanical Giant], a "four-for-one" operation - and he was better than his teacher.

  Naturally, his deck contains cards that can be used in this combo, namely the two Trap Cards played at this moment - even if [Red Restart] seals him and activates the Trap Card, the activation of the Trap Card effect does not belong to the activation of the card, so even [Red Restart] can't do anything about it!

C1 [Cursed Coffin] C2 [Wild Tornado], the first thing to be dealt with was the Wild Tornado. In the wilderness after the ravages of [Hellfire Machine Lilith], the scorching earth continued to heat the air, gradually forming a huge tornado that attacked Hayato's only monster on the field - [Silver City Summoner - Arianna].

Although [Silver City's Summoner Arianna] tried to hold Hayato and not leave, [Silver City's Labrinth], who had been waiting for this opportunity in the cemetery for a long time, acted decisively and dragged her to the cemetery with the idea of ​​"If I can't escape, you can't escape either."

However, because the only monster on the field disappeared and the effect of [Cursed Coffin] was processed, the original two options became single choices, and Hayato was forced to randomly destroy a card from his hand, and that card happened to be [Silver Princess of the Labyrinth City] that had returned to Hayato's hand with the effect of [Labyrinth Welcome Welcome Big Welcome].

[Hayato: 2000LP, hand 4→3]

Although Caesar's backfield was cleared, except for [Chimera Tyrannosaurus] and [Inferno Machine·Lilith] which died together, the rest of the monsters were safe and sound, and Hayato was left with only three cards in his hand.

"That's a great counterattack, well done." Hayato said with a smile, not worried about his "disadvantage" at all. "But by the way, after Chimera Tyrannosaurus entered the graveyard, didn't your Cyber ​​Eternal Dragon light up just now?"

"That's because the first effect of Cyber ​​Eternal Dragon has taken effect." Caesar explained, "As long as there is a Machine-type Fusion Monster in my Graveyard, Cyber ​​Eternal Dragon will not be targeted by the opponent's effects, nor will it be destroyed by the opponent's effects."

"I see. So you didn't choose Cyber ​​Dragon or Cyber ​​Laser Dragon just now, but deliberately destroyed Chimeric Tyrannosaurus." Hayato nodded, "Cyber ​​Eternal Dragon, Cyber ​​Laser Dragon, Cyber ​​Dragon, there are still so many shields left? Be a little more serious and try to eliminate all the obstacles in this round."

  As he said this, Hayato pulled out a card from his hand, and then threw the remaining two cards into the graveyard?

"Monster Card [Fireblower of Silver City], I can activate this card from my hand or field by sending it to the Graveyard and discarding a card from my hand."

Hayato said as he retrieved a card from his deck, "Choose a Spell/Trap Card from [Labrinth] from my hand/deck and place it on my backfield. This effect can be activated during the opponent's turn."

The cat-like [Fire Blowing Furnace of Silver City] appeared in front of Hayato, and he threw a card in his hand into it. A blazing flame rose in the belly of the [Fire Blowing Furnace of Silver City], and its metal tail also tied a card and placed it on Hayato's field.

However, at the same time, Caesar saw the [Crazy Clock of the City of Silver] that had appeared once before in Hayato's graveyard sticking its head out from the ground.

"The second effect of [Crazy Clock of the City of Silver]: If this card is in the Graveyard, and I send a card in my hand to the Graveyard in order to activate the effect of another [Rabbin's] card other than [Crazy Clock of the City of Silver] or a Normal Trap Card, I can activate it and add it to my hand or Special Summon it. Return it to my hand, [Crazy Clock]!"

After discarding two cards from his hand to search for trap cards in his deck, Hayato added [Crazy Clock of the City of Silver], which allows trap cards to be activated directly during the face-down turn, back to his hand. The next moment, as Caesar expected, he discarded it again and said, "Then I will activate the first effect of [Crazy Clock of the City of Silver]. Discarding this card allows me to activate a Normal Trap Card during the face-down activation turn!"

"However, the prerequisite for this effect to take effect is that you must have a [Labrinth] monster on the field." Caesar interrupted Hayato and pointed out the problem.

"Indeed, my [Silver City Summoner - Arianna], [Silver Princess of Labyrinth City], and [Silver City Labyrinth] are all in the graveyard, and I only have one copy of each in my deck. It's really frustrating to think about it~"

Hayato looked troubled, then suddenly realized something: "Hey, I have an idea - why don't I just shuffle the cards in the graveyard back into the deck?"

As he said that, Hayato played the last card in his hand and said, "You have also used a card, so I don't need to explain the effect again, right? Activate the magic card [Pot of Greed]! Take the five cards in my graveyard, [Gray Flowing Beauty], [Butler of the Silver City - Arias], [Summoner of the Silver City - Arianna], [Rabilins of the Silver City], and [Crazy Clock of the Silver City], as the targets, return them to the deck, shuffle them, and then draw two cards from the deck!"

The [Pot of Greed] that Caesar had used before also appeared in Hayato's hand, helping him return a large number of monsters in the graveyard to the deck and draw two cards. Still without checking what card he had drawn, Hayato said as he played one of the cards he had drawn: "I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn. So next I'm going to summon this monster--"

"You are a loner who is not accepted by any mainstream [Silver City] structure. Open your eyes and offer your strength to me, the master you serve. You are the 'little pink' who only appears in [Rabilins's arrangement]!"

"Normal Summon [Silver City Summoner - Ariana] in Attack Position!" (End of this chapter)