Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

In the original timeline, Ed Phoenix used a variety of different decks as a professional duelist, and under this premise he was still able to demonstrate considerable strength and was promoted to the top 10 of professional duelists.

However, because the environment of this world was completely changed by the existence of a certain person six years ago, the dinosaur Ryuuzaki, who should have retired from the Duel Monster world with a certain insect bastard, is still active today, the decadent thief Keith has regained his strength, and Jonouchi and Madoka are showing off their love on the stage of the World Championships every year.

In the professional dueling world where internal competition is serious, everyone has to use all their tricks if they don't want to be eliminated. There is no time to hide their weaknesses, and the same is true for Ed Phoenix.

Even so, if he had not been so "lucky" last year and encountered the legendary duelists collectively not participating in the competition, and the long-time leader Maeda Kumazo just gave up participating in the competition because of his son's affairs and went to the Duel Academy, he would probably still have found it difficult to win last year's championship.

Since the Professional Duel World Series was held in 2001, the 2005 champion with the lowest gold content, Ed Phoenix, did not continue to play with a deck of cards to conceal his strength, but directly took out his real deck at the beginning of the duel!

"I pay half of my Life Points to activate this card." Drawing a card and showing it to Caesar, Ed shouted, "Normal Magic Card, [Hero Arrives]!"

"It's actually a hero deck!?"

Caesar looked shocked when he saw the card Ed played. However, Ed frowned when he saw the expression on his face: "Can you act any more fake?"

It's no wonder Ed said that. Although Caesar's lines seemed quite shocking, his expression didn't change at all. Even his eyes revealed the feeling of "I knew it would start like this."

There's no way around it. Someone who doesn't want to admit that he's Hayato Kobayashi has told Caesar that Ed's real deck is [D·hero] which is closely related to [E·hero]. If he didn't know, he might be a little surprised to meet a [Hero] deck user again, but now, it's hard for him to be surprised by the appearance of [Hero Arrival].

"It's just to give you some positive feedback. I won't bother pretending if you don't need it."

"Although you are new to the professional dueling world, the agency behind you is quite good at collecting intelligence." Not knowing where Caesar got his information from, Ed only thought that his agent told Caesar after investigation, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. "If there are no face-up monsters on my field, you can activate [Hero Arrival] by paying half of my basic points."

"From my deck, Special Summon a Level 4☆ or lower [E·hero] monster!"

[Aid: 4000 → 2000 LP, 5 cards in hand]

"Before I graduated from school, the opponents I met were all using E-hero monsters. Now that I've graduated, the opponents I'm facing are still using E-hero monsters. How come I feel like I graduated in vain?" Talking to himself like Captain Jia, Caesar glanced at Ed's deck, "In other words, the monster you want to Special Summon should be--"

"Do you have some understanding of the [E·hero] deck? Compared to me who has never fought against a powerful 'Electronic Flow' duelist, you have a certain intelligence advantage." Ed had met other duelists who had practiced the "Electronic Flow" before, but at most they could only take out some [Electronic Ogres], and it was considered good if they could use [Electronic Dragon]. Few of them could take out [Electronic End Dragon], and there was almost no reference value for estimating the duel with Caesar.

Taking the card retrieved from the Duel Disk, Ed placed the monster card on the Duel Disk: "That's right! The monster I want to special summon is this one—"

“——【E·hero Bubble Man】!” “——【E·hero Sky Man】!”

However, after Ed put the card down, he and Caesar said two completely different card names, which made both of them stunned.

".Hmm?" ".Huh?"

"Hey, what's with that expression on your face? Why do you think I'm going to Special Summon [E-hero Bubble Man]?" Ed looked at Caesar, who was stunned, and was also a little puzzled. "Wait a minute, you don't think that the effect of [E-hero Bubble Man] has no restrictions on activation, and you can draw two cards just by Special Summoning it, right?"

"When I have only one card in my hand and on the field, his effect of drawing two cards can be activated. You students in the Duel Academy don't even understand this effect, but you are already considered strong enough to be recognized by outstanding graduates?"

As Caesar didn't say anything, Ed started to get angry. "That's really not right. You're from an academic school, but you're only at this level. How can you be a student of the Duel Academy? You're simply wasting the Duel King's youth."

"When [E·Hero Skyman] is successfully summoned or special summoned, choose one of its effects to activate. I choose to add a [Hero] monster from my deck to my hand!"

【E·hero Skyman】【ATK1800】

Seeing that Ed had begun to unfold, Caesar also realized something, that is, he seemed to have gotten used to it because he had played cards with Judai too many times, and had forgotten that Judai's [E·hero Bubble Man] was different from most of the [E·hero Bubble Man] on the market.

Although it can also Special Summon itself when there is only one card in the hand, the second effect of Judai's [E·hero Bubble Man] - that is, the card drawing ability that gives it the nickname "Greed Man" mentioned by Hayabusa - is activated only when "there are no other cards other than it on the field", and does not require a hand, so Judai often uses [Hero Arrival] to Special Summon [E·hero Bubble Man] to earn cards.

But for the ordinary version of [E·hero Bubble Man] in Ed's hand, the special summon of [E·hero Bubble Man] cannot activate its effect at all when there is a card in the hand. It is far less useful than [E·hero Sky Man] which can accurately retrieve a specified [Hero] monster.

Caesar also noticed that the foreshadowing had been laid long ago. The effect of [E·hero Skyman] has always been about searching for [Hero] monsters instead of searching for its [E·hero]. If he had not known about the existence of [D·hero] from the intelligence he learned in advance, he probably would not have associated [D·hero] with the same category of [Hero].

However, although he didn't know whether Ed wanted to retrieve [D·hero] or [E·hero] from the deck, Caesar was clear about one thing, that is, in a duel, as long as he didn't let his opponent get what he wanted, he would basically not make mistakes. Not all cards had the same secondary effect as his [Emergency SOS] that took effect after being invalidated.

Caesar, who was quite familiar with the effect of [E·hero Skyman], saw that he was about to take action, and immediately played a card from his hand and said, "Chain [E·hero Skyman]'s effect, I will activate this Trap Card directly from my hand!"

"Huh?! A trap card activated directly from the hand!?" Ed was a little surprised when he saw Caesar insert the card into the magic trap area and saw that the duel disk successfully recognized and allowed the activation of the card.

"Although most Trap Cards need to be set aside for a turn before being activated, just like the famous [Red Restart] held by the Duel King can be activated directly from the hand by paying half of the Basic Points, this card of mine can also be activated directly from the hand if the conditions are met."

Caesar glanced at the card he activated. "The condition of this card is that I have no cards on the field. Of course, the condition is met at this moment."

"The normal trap card [Infinite Bubble] is the end of the 'eternity' that the 'Electric Stream' leads to, and the moment when the 'infinity' collapses into 'bubble'. The effect is that it can only be activated by targeting a face-up monster on the opponent's field, and the effect of that monster is directly negated at the end of the turn!"

An illusion of a cyber dragon that Caesar had never seen before appeared behind him. The nuclear furnace with the maximum power was located in the center of its body. Unlike ordinary [cyber dragons], it had already been equipped with mechanical wings that could only be mastered by a terminal of the level of the Trinity [cyber end dragon]. Its slender tail even coiled into an "∞" representing infinity. However, even if it was just an illusion, Caesar could see that its condition was not very good. It seemed that because it had increased its performance to the limit, it was backfired by its own powerful strength. The armor on its body was incomplete, and the dragon wings behind it were also shattered. Even the uncontrolled energy kept overflowing and turned into a storm of electric current that splashed everywhere, destroying the surroundings.

Under the impact of this thunderstorm, [E·hero Skyman] didn't even have time to get his feet off the ground, and the pair of metal flying wings behind him drew a considerable amount of electricity and hit him directly. Although it was not destroyed, the flying wings were damaged and could no longer help him to perform his effects.

Seeing that his [E·hero Skyman] had been negated, although Ed was a little unhappy that his 2000 basic points were wasted, he still took the opportunity to use the "trash talk" tactic on Caesar based on the scene when [Infinite Bubble] was activated.

"Is that also a Cyber ​​Dragon card? Your continuous efforts and progress have resulted in nothing. It looks so miserable. It's like your 'fate' was defeated by me."

  (Not only did the parts fall off, but the parts were also disintegrating. The Cyber ​​Dragon Infinite literally turned into nothing and died completely.)

However, Ed's trash talk did not affect Caesar at all. As he watched the strange [Cyber ​​Dragon] that appeared in the [Infinite Bubble] completely disintegrate and dissipate into countless parts, and those parts also turned into blue light spots and floated away, Caesar instead showed a satisfied smile.

"Oh, is that so? As expected, a fool with his mind full of 'fate' can only see things that are the same as his own decadent and cowardly mentality." With a sneer, Caesar sent the used [Infinite Bubble] to the cemetery. "What you saw was a 'bubble', but I confirmed the existence of 'infinity'!"

"Even if it's just for a moment, but."

Caesar didn't say anything more, and Ed wasn't interested in "infinity" or "eternity" and so on. He frowned and played another card and said, "In that case, I activate the Normal Spell Card [Reinforcement]. This card can add a Level 4☆ or lower Warrior-Type monster from my deck to my hand."

"The card I chose is this one, the level 4☆ [D-hero Drillman]."

Although he failed to complete the search with [E·hero Skyman], Ed had a backup method for when it was negated. He added a card from the deck to his hand and immediately played it: "Next, I will use this turn's Normal Summon--"

"Normal Summon this [D·hero Drillman] that I just added to my hand into Attack Position!"

In addition to the bionic muscles that enhance strength, there is a close-fitting armor made of tough stratum corneum material. Unlike the tenth generation's [E·hero] cards that fully display the corresponding natural elements, the card called [D·hero] that Ed played has a somewhat dark temperament.

Not only is his right arm completely replaced by a drill from the wrist, but all five fingers of D·hero Drillman's left hand are also sharp drills, and there are drills of different sizes all over his body. Rather than a hero who upholds justice, he gives people the feeling of a combat weapon born for revenge.

"Is this [D·hero]?" Caesar looked at the data panel displayed next to [D·hero Drill Man].

[D·hero Drillman][4☆/Dark]

【Warrior/Effect】

[1600/1200]

"That's right. Unlike monsters like [E·hero Skyman] that represent the 'element', [D·hero] is a hero of destiny that carries a heavy fate." Ed's expression was serious and solemn. "Compared to those light and unreal [E·hero], [D·hero] is naturally much stronger than [E·hero] because of the heaviness of its fate."

"[D·hero] is the strongest [Hero]! Both the power and the effect are 1000% of [E·hero]!"

"Before you say that, take down the [E·hero Skyman] in your deck first." After hearing Ed's declaration, Caesar was unmoved and even had the energy to tease Ed's [E·hero Skyman] on the field.

"Hmph, don't you believe it? Then just look at it carefully! This is the power of [D·hero]!" Waving his hand, Ed said, "When [D·hero Drillman] is successfully summoned or Special Summoned, its first effect can be activated - from my hand, I can Special Summon a [D·hero] monster with an attack power less than [D·hero Drillman]'s attack power!"

"The attack power of [D. Hero Drillman] is 1600 points. The monster I want to Special Summon from my hand is this one, [D. Hero Gunner] with an attack power of 1600 points!"

Next to [D·hero Drill Man], a purple-haired man wearing a casual suit and a gentleman's hat walked out slowly with his head down, his hands in the pockets of his white trousers, a dark purple scarf hanging down behind his back, and a red tie on his chest. If he hadn't appeared at the Amity venue, many people would have believed that he was an office worker who would be called back to work in the middle of a cosplay exhibition.

[D·hero Gun Puller] [4☆/Dark]

【Warrior/Effect】

[1600/800]

"When [D. Hero Gunner] is successfully Special Summoned by the effect of a [Hero] monster, activate its first effect. Both players Duel and draw a card from their decks."

Ed and Caesar drew a card from the deck together. After looking at the card he drew, he couldn't help laughing. "Haha, it seems that fate is on my side, Caesar. My trump card monster is in my hand!"

"Liberate the three monsters on my field - [D·hero Gunner], [D·hero Drillman], and [E·hero Skyman] as sacrifices and send them to the cemetery. The blood of the sacrifices will become the altar of the end of fate and awaken the ultimate [D·hero]!"

"Special Summon, Level 8☆! Descend, my trump card, my ultimate 'D'!"

As if he was summoning a god, he offered three sacrifices. A pool of blood began to spread under Ed's feet, swallowing up all the monsters on his field. In the pool of blood, a humanoid monster wearing blood-colored dragon bone armor gradually rose up, and an ominous aura swept the field. However, Ed only felt a special warmth from the blood-bathed monster that seemed bloody and terrifying to others. It was a kind of reassurance similar to that of a father.

[D·hero Blood Demon-D] [8☆/Dark]

【Warrior/Effect】

【1900/600】(End of this chapter)