Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Woohoo! I finally won!"

Seeing France's basic points being cleared and him falling to the ground without knowing whether he was dead or alive, John didn't bother to care about his condition. Instead, he sat down on the ground with a sigh of relief: "I'm so tired. Although the user is not a professional duelist, the 'God Card' is really strong!"

"But in the end, John, you won. Congratulations." Judai came up to John, held out his hand and said, "It was such an interesting duel!"

"I feel like I've never seen a duel like yours, John. Others say that I'm a very talented duelist because I rely more on intuition than thinking, but your performance in the duel, John, is like the darling of the Duel Monsters. Although the attack power of each [Gemmon] is nothing, you can actually face the 'God Card' head-on..."

At this point, Judai was suddenly stunned: "Huh? Attack power is nothing. Wait a minute, John! "

"Huh?" John tilted his head in confusion as he watched Juudai, who was pulling him up, startled as he spoke.

"John, you haven't even summoned the trump card monster yet, can you beat the 'God'?"

"Huh!? How did you know that, Judai? It's like you can read my mind!" John was shocked when he heard Judai's words. Then, he smiled embarrassedly, "As expected of you, I felt that we got along really well from the moment we met. You were able to guess this even though I didn't reveal any clues. It's really amazing."

Although John didn't explain it directly, it was the same as admitting that Judai's guess was correct. Hearing his words, Judai also showed a very excited expression: "So, as expected!"

"Well, that is the ultimate figure of the seven [Gemmons] combined. The aggregation of the seven colors of light released by the [Gemmons] will eventually cross all obstacles and create a rainbow bridge. That is the strongest trump card of the [Gemmon] deck - [Rainbow Dragon]!"

"Oh, oh, oh! Just listening to your description, John, I'm getting excited!" Judai felt his blood boiling and said excitedly, "Do you want to take a break, John? I can't wait to see your exciting trump card monster - [Rainbow Dragon]!"

"If there is such a powerful card, please show it to me quickly!"

However, in front of Judai's surprised look, John refused and said, "Humph, that won't do."

"Hey?"

"You have to keep the Rainbow Dragon, keep it, and keep it, unless the situation is very suitable for its appearance," John said seriously, "otherwise, it is a card that must be kept until the very end and must not be easily used!"

Hearing this, Judai was about to say, "Then I will definitely use a duel to force you, John, to play that card." But the next moment, John changed his expression and said helplessly, "Well, I would use that rhetoric for other people, but if the opponent is Judai, it will be exposed in the duel soon, right? So, I just told the truth."

"In fact, the Rainbow Dragon card is indeed in my hand, but it can also be said that it is not in my hand. As for the specific reason, Judai, you can take a look."

As he spoke, John took out a card from his deck and showed it to Judai. Judai also saw the name of the card John took out, which was [Ultimate Gemmon], which was different from other [Gemmon].

"Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon? What a powerful card! Its attack power is as high as 3000 points!"

After a pause, Judai said with some confusion: "But why is the effect area of ​​this card empty and has nothing written on it?"

"Ah! Could it be that, like the rumored card of [Ra's Winged Dragon], [Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon] is a card that only reveals the text of the effect area after being summoned?"

But in response to Judai's guess, John just shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, that's not the case. In fact, the reason why [Ultimate Gemmon-Rainbow Dragon] is in its current state is purely because he has not been completed yet."

Having said that, John didn't mind talking to Judai a little more about the [Jade Beast]. After all, looking at France's condition, he wouldn't wake up and sneak away for a while. "When France and I were dueling before, Judai, you heard part of it, right? The thing about the [Jade Beast] being made of seven jade slabs from the ancient Roman period?"

"Those seven gemstone tablets were collected by the extremely famous Gaius Julius Caesar of ancient Rome. Since these seven stone tablets are regarded as symbols of the territory ruled by ancient Rome, there is naturally a special stone tablet that can be used as a symbol of the 'ruler' of ancient Rome itself. That is the stone tablet of the Rainbow Dragon."

"But unlike the seven gemstone tablets that were lost in a shipwreck during transportation back to ancient Rome, the eighth stone tablet of [Rainbow Dragon] existed in ancient Rome from the beginning. After all, being completely made in ancient Rome can better demonstrate the purity of that rule. However, that is why the eight stone tablets were not kept together. When Mr. Becas of the International Illusion Society accidentally obtained the seven [Gemstone Beast] stone tablets a few years ago, the eighth stone tablet of [Rainbow Dragon] was still missing."

"Finding the Rainbow Dragon's stone tablet without any clues is harder than finding a needle in a haystack."

"Why is that?" Judai had a look of regret when he heard this. "It's just like drawing three Hero cards that can be used as fusion materials for Wingman, Electro, and Bubbleman, but the only thing missing is a Fusion magic card."

"Although your analogy is a little strange, that's indeed what you mean." Although Judai's example was a bit abstract, John could really understand how unfortunate the situation Judai described was.

"Huh? That's not right. Since the slate has not been found, what about this [Ultimate Gemmon - Rainbow Dragon] of yours, John?" Suddenly coming to his senses, Judai pointed at the [Ultimate Gemmon] that John had not yet taken back, and asked curiously, "Could it be that, John, you also drew [Rainbow Dragon] yourself, and then launched [Rainbow Dragon] into space to turn it into a Duel Monster Card?" "I don't have the potential for card design, and why is the card production process you mentioned different from what I have heard of?"

"Hehe, because that's how my [N]s were born." Judai said, and took out his own "new spaces" to show John.

"Amazing!" John was somewhat amazed by the variety of [N] in Judai's hand, and he also said while holding the [Ultra Gemmon - Rainbow Dragon] card, "Although the birth process was quite bumpy, this [Rainbow Dragon] is still the same as other Duel Monster cards. The designer redraws the image of the stone slab and then re-makes it using the materials on the stone slab."

"There was no news about the Rainbow Dragon slate. That was indeed the case at the beginning. Until a few years ago, when I was invited by Mr. Becas to the International Illusion Society as a model for the card of the Jewel's Bond, I unexpectedly met Mr. Hayato, who rarely appeared in the International Illusion Society."

"After looking at me for a few seconds, Mr. Hayato suddenly said something strange like 'the drop list has been updated with the whole G family', and then he dragged me to stand up Mr. Bekas and play a duel for an afternoon. He also asked about the [Rainbow Dragon] because he was dissatisfied with my weak strength and the fact that the duel could not make him more satisfied."

"After learning that no trace of the Rainbow Dragon's stone tablet had been found after several years, Mr. Hayato suddenly said, 'Isn't the Rainbow Dragon's stone tablet buried under the ancient Roman Colosseum? We haven't found it after so many years. This is unforgivable, Becas.'" John spread his hands helplessly and said, "So that's how it was. Mr. Hayato suddenly told us where the Rainbow Dragon's stone tablet was, and then Mr. Becas found the Rainbow Dragon's stone tablet quickly."

"So is there something wrong with the slate?" Judai glanced at the card of [Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon], "Is it because it's too old and it's damaged?"

"It has something to do with the age. But it's not that the stone slab is damaged. In fact, the [Rainbow Dragon] sleeping in the stone slab slept so soundly that he didn't notice that he was almost losing all his strength. After all, he has never had the opportunity to gather with other [Gem Beasts] to exert his power since he was born. If you count, he has been sleeping since 49 BC when Caesar defeated Gnaeus Pompey and became the great dictator of Rome, and there is no chance to wake up until now."

John was a little embarrassed when he said this. "This means that in order to completely complete the Rainbow Dragon card and turn him from a dormant Ultimate Gem Beast into an Ultimate Gem God, two very important things are still missing. One of them is naturally the ability to communicate with the spirits to wake him up, which anyone with a 'spirit user' who can see the spirits on the card can do. But more importantly, there is another point, which is to use something to make up for the power lost by the Rainbow Dragon during his two thousand years of slumber."

"Power?" Judai thought of something. "Direct current or alternating current?"

"It's not that Powder. It's the unique power of the card elves. And it's not something that ordinary elves can satisfy. I don't want to force other elves to contribute their power to it just to awaken the Rainbow Dragon."

John paused and continued, "So relying on the power voluntarily contributed by the [Gemmon], it took me two years from entering the Duel Academy North Branch to make [Ultimate Gemmon-Rainbow Dragon] show its basic name, card picture and data, but it will take at least another year to awaken its effect, not to mention the power required to make it show its true form."

"So John, you just put [Ultimate Gem Beast - Rainbow Dragon] in the card box, but didn't add it to the deck." Judai nodded, finally understanding everything. "It will take at least a year to awaken [Rainbow Dragon] as the [Ultimate Gem God]. It's really itchy."

"Who says it's not? But this is at least much better than the situation at the beginning when we couldn't even find the Rainbow Dragon's stone tablet." John put away the cards with a smile, and suddenly said, "Besides, it may not take a year."

"Because I came to the Duel Academy headquarters this time because Principal Ichinose kept begging me to come here. He was so humble and almost begging me, saying things like 'Ounegai' and 'Watashi'. Even Mr. Becas asked me to find France to help stop him after he knew I came to the Duel Academy."

"Principal Ichinose, I remember now. He seemed to have been here during the college exchange competition last year. His baldness was almost as bad as Vice Principal Samejima." After thinking for a while, Judai remembered where he had heard the name.

"Yeah, yeah. But he still believes in the secret recipe of 'hair growth curry' from a teacher named 'Kaabayama' from the headquarters who came to the Northern Branch for an exchange activity last year. Although that curry is indeed delicious, ahem, I accidentally strayed from the topic."

John glanced at France, who was still lying on the ground. If it weren't for his body moving up and down, people would almost doubt whether he was dead. He continued, "But in the final analysis, I came here because of Principal Ichinose. He asked me to help recover a sealed card that was stolen from the Northern Branch. As a reward for the commission, he has negotiated with Mr. Hayato and will exchange it for a sealed card from the headquarters."

"A sealed card? Could it be!" Thinking of the target of Chairman Kagemaru in the "Seven Star" incident last year, even Judai guessed the answer, "It's the 'Three Phantoms'!?"

"Yes, it's those three cards. It's said that if all three cards are gathered together, it's easy for someone to steal them all at once, so Mr. Hayato gave me one of them as an advance payment. However, that 'Three Phantom Magic' card doesn't seem to be the original one, but a copy of the original one just like the [Winged Dragon of the Sun God]. Mr. Hayato even said that I need to activate it in a duel first, so that I can use this copy card as a medium to extract the energy accumulated over the years from the original and supply it to the [Rainbow Dragon]."

After glancing at the fallen France, Judai recalled that the duel John had just fought was his first duel since landing on the island, and he said excitedly, "That is to say—"

"Well, although the [Ultimate Gem God] has not yet been born, at least this one of the 'Three Phantom Demons' - [Thunder King Hamon], which is exactly the same as the original only on the card but does not have any of the original's power, can be put into use."

John put a card into the deck together with the [Ultimate Gemmon - Rainbow Dragon] in his hand. Although he had just finished a duel with "God", he was still full of energy and showed a passion for duels that was no less than Judai's. "It's not impossible to make [Ultimate Gemmon - Rainbow Dragon] complete this duel!"

"Let's duel, Judai!"

Facing John's invitation, Judai said happily: "Of course, I can't refuse your challenge since we haven't had a duel yet. This is what we agreed on before."

"Let me see the power of the 'Three Phantom Demons' that I haven't had the chance to face before!"

"Duel!" X2 (End of this chapter)