Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Let me see who among the current contestants has the best performance."

"Wanzhangmu's record is pretty good. He has won ten games so far."

"Is the fourth one so powerful? He actually defeated ten opponents."

"Judai and that John kid met? It's really fate."

The monitoring system that he left on the Duel Academy Island compiled the data collected by the Duel Disks of all the participants of the "Second World Martial Arts Tournament" and presented it in front of him. Hayato looked at the data in front of him and muttered to himself. He paused and saw the last piece of data, which surprised him a little.

"Oh my god, what's going on in Samejima? Is the little robot still chasing me?"

After carefully looking at Samejima's recent duel data, Hayato found out that his opponent was actually Principal Ichinose of the Northern Branch. Now Hayato understood everything. It was nothing more than Samejima revealing to his old rival that one of the prizes for winning the "Second World Martial Arts Tournament" was something like the "What a Beautiful Kiss" from the school canteen, which he had added on his own initiative, and then the two passionate middle-aged men started dueling.

Hayato did not intend to stop Samejima's rare childish play. After all, he was the one who personally appointed him as the acting principal, and as the principal, his power in Duel Academy was of course unlimited!

It was already afternoon when Samejima announced the start of the "Second World Martial Arts Tournament". After a morning of fierce fighting, most of the people in the academy had completed their duel targets for the day. Conversely, many people had lost their qualifications to participate, especially when people like Manjomu had realized that strong men from all over the world would soon arrive on the Duel Academy Island and were actively eliminating more contestants.

As it turned out, Manjōme and his companions' plan was quite correct, because earlier than Hayato, Kajiki Yuta, Keith and his companions had already landed on the island, and started their duel carrying the competition badges given to them along with the invitation.

Due to the restrictions of the rules of the "Second World Martial Arts Tournament", everyone cannot refuse the first duel of the day, but must duel once. This makes it easy for the opponent you want to duel with to have already dueled with others before meeting you and then refused your challenge.

Reducing the number of students who are the main component of the contestants can not only collect a large number of badges as proof of one's own strength, but more importantly, it can also effectively increase the probability of successfully challenging the duelists that one wants to fight with. Under the rules of this competition, the strong will continue to be selected, and then the strong will fight each other to determine the stronger one - on this stage of fate that no one can predict!

Yes, no one could predict it. Just like at this moment - Hayato didn't expect that someone was waiting for him!

"The Second Martial Arts Tournament in the World, this name is very interesting, isn't it? Because it sounds like it has directly determined who is the best in the world." The short man with gray hair and a veil covering his face said arrogantly, "As a duelist, I still have to find the strongest person to challenge!"

"Since it's a duel that everyone on the island can participate in, it naturally includes you, Hayato Kobayashi, the principal of the Duel Academy." said the man who was also masked and whose bullet-like hairstyle stood up stubbornly despite wearing a headscarf.

"That is to say, you, like the others, cannot refuse our challenge to your first duel of the day!" said the third man, covering his face with a red scarf with a dice pattern on it.

Next to Hayato, Bakura looked suspiciously at the three masked men, two tall and one short, on the dock. He felt something was a little strange and asked Hayato, "So, who are they?"

"Good question! I am, the Dice King!"

"I am the Car King!"

The two tall guys standing on the left and right introduced themselves, then stepped back to let the shorter guy in the middle stand in front: "And this is our boss - Yu-Gi-Oh!"

"That's it, oh, oh, oh!" With a full-throated laugh, the gray-haired dwarf, who was called "Yu-Gi-Oh" by his two "subordinates", raised the duel disk on his wrist and challenged Hayato who was still standing on the boat, "So, do you dare to accept my challenge, Hayato Kobayashi?"

"Oh, that's totally fine." Hayato glanced at the other person's hairstyle, but didn't point it out. He smiled and said, "But at your age, you shouldn't be scared to have a heart attack by the realistic sense of presence of the virtual projection system, right?"

"Who, who would do that!" Although his face was covered with a scarf, Hayato could tell at a glance that the "Yu-Gi-Oh" opposite him blushed a little. "Even if that happened, it's just because it's the first time I've seen a virtual projection system so I'm not used to it. I'm not scared!"

"Hurry up and take out your deck, Hayato-kun!" Yu-Gi-Oh excitedly inserted a deck into the duel disk, "Duel!"

["Yu-Gi-Oh": 4000 LP, 5 cards in hand]

Seeing that Yu-Gi-Oh was ready, his "little brothers" also cheered for him: "Come on, Boss Yu-Gi-Oh!"

"Don't lose to that Hayato guy too quickly!"

"What's with that tone of voice that seems to indicate you have no confidence in me?"

Malik, who was still wondering what was going on at the dock, also walked out of the boat. After hearing what the people on the shore said, he sneered, "Oh, this ignorant guy who calls himself the 'king' suddenly shows up. But there is no doubt that my brother-in-law will be the winner in the end. There is no one in the world who can still resist him."

"Yes, there is. If it's my deck," the man called "Yu-Gi-Oh" said confidently, "ZTK might appear."

"ZTK?" Bakura was a little confused. "I've heard of OTK and FTK. They stand for one-turn kill and the more difficult first-turn kill, respectively. But does ZTK mean 'zero-turn kill'?"

"But it's impossible to win a duel before your turn comes, right?"

"No, there is a side deck that can do that." Malik stroked his chin and thought of something, "As long as you gather all five cards in your hand, you can directly achieve the special victory conditions and win the duel according to the rules of [Exodia]."

"I had a man under Gurus who used this deck before, but the cards he used were imitation cards made when the Kaiba Group's Duel Disk was still imperfect. They are no longer applicable to today's Duel Disks. Besides him, I haven't heard of anyone else who has collected all five Exodia cards."

After a pause, Malik said nonchalantly, "Except for Exodia, there are no other decks that my brother-in-law needs to be afraid of." "Yes, I do." Hayato said casually as he took out the deck, "Tears of Pearls still requires too much operation, but it doesn't matter. I have nine decks like Tears of Pearls, some of which are as easy to operate and have generous stats as this one."

"It's boring to play a deck that's too strong every time. This time I'm playing the 'Band Girls' deck!"

"Duel!"

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

If it's anything else, Malik might feel that way, but Hayato said he played a "Band Girls" deck? He won't be sleepy if you tell him that!

"In Duel Monsters, there seems to be a deck related to musical instruments, but is there a deck called 'Band Girl'?" Tapirara tilted his head in confusion. As a celebrity employed by Kaiba Entertainment Group, Tapirara is not a professional duelist, but he has always paid attention to the new cards released by International Illusion Club because of his work. However, he has no impression of the "Band Girl" mentioned by Hayato.

"It's not called 'Band Girls'. Maybe it's just a code name my brother-in-law came up with on the spur of the moment? Anyway, let's wait and have hope." Malik said excitedly, "I love watching women fight the most!"

"Qiang!"

Although he was waiting at the dock for Hayato who had just returned to the Duel Academy in a very unsportsmanlike manner, the "Yu-Gi-Oh" honestly chose to decide the order of the duel with Hayato by tossing a coin instead of drawing cards to attack, which was somewhat old-fashioned and ceremonial.

The coin spun in the air and landed on the ground, finally landing on the front side with the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] print.

"Then I'll take the initiative. It's my turn, draw a card!" The man called "Yu-Gi-Oh" said as he drew a card. He seemed to have drawn a good card and laughed proudly, "Hahaha, I actually drew this card on my first draw."

"Then, I will activate the effect of this card [Blue Eyes] in my hand!"

“【Blue Eyes】!?”

After hearing what Yu-Gi-Oh said, Hayato was fine, but Malik got nervous first: "Wait a minute! The Blue-Eyes card should only be possessed by Kaiba Seto, why does that guy have it too!?"

"Bluffer?" Bakura guessed, but the next moment, as "Yu-Gi-Oh" sent the "Blue-Eyes" in his hand to the graveyard, his duel disk actually read the card data successfully, and a genuine [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] appeared behind him!

"It's really Blue-Eyes! Could it be that the card was made using some kind of counterfeiting technology that could fool even the Kaiba Group's Duel Disk?" Malik looked at the rather agile Blue-Eyes in surprise. "If that's the case, then wouldn't it be possible that the Yu-Gi-Oh really has a full deck of Sealed Exodia?!"

"That's so rude, kid over there!"

Hearing Malik's words, Yu-Gi-Oh said unhappily, "You actually said this card is a fake card. It's simply an insult to my identity and the friendship between me and my friend for many years. You even tarnished the kindness of my grandson."

After a pause, he continued, "Although the three Blue-Eyes White Dragons that are known to the world are from Kaiba Seto's deck, this Blue-Eyes is a brand new card that was remade based on the fourth Blue-Eyes White Dragon that is not in Kaiba's hand - the Blue-Eyes Dragon of the Heart!"

"I discard this card from my hand to activate its effect, and I add a [Millennium Cross] from my deck to my hand!"

Behind "Yu-Gi-Oh", [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. Or [Blue-Eyes Dragon of the Heart] roared, and its body turned into countless ancient Egyptian priest characters and dissipated, and then reorganized into a golden cross that was somewhat similar to the "Ankh", which made it easy to think of the [Millennium Key] with the same style and color, but the circle on the top was replaced by the "Eye of Ugato".

"That card is, [Millennium Key]?" Not only Hayato thought so, but Malik who was watching the game had the same feeling. Even the card name of [Millennium Cross] clearly stated that it was "Ankh".

"But do you think I will just watch you finish the search?" Seeing that Yu-Gi-Oh was about to add the [Millennium Cross] that was extremely similar to the [Millennium Key] to his hand, Hayato showed a card in his hand, "To chain the search for [Blue-Eyes Dragon of Heart's Nest], I'm going to use this yellow-haired cleaning lady who works as a handyman in the band - Ulala!"

"Not an old lady!" From Hayato's hand, a little girl with short yellow hair made a flying kick towards Hayato, but Hayato did not even look at her and easily dodged by turning his head. Then he watched as [Gray Flow Rei] shouted in protest while kicking the card that "Yu-Gi-Oh" was about to add to his deck back into his deck with a flying kick.

"So, you don't deny that I was responsible for mopping the floor in the band?" Hayato teased with a smile, then showed the card to "Yu-Gi-Oh" and sent it to the graveyard, "Add a card from the deck to your hand, Special Summon a monster, or send a card to the graveyard. When the effect of a Spell, Trap, or Monster with any of the above effects is activated, discard [Gray Flowing Beauty] from my hand to activate its effect, negating that effect."

"It's a shame. I'm pretty good at dealing with either version of Blue Eyes."

Seeing this, Yu-Gi-Oh sighed with some regret: "It didn't surprise me too much, but at least I tested one of your cards, Hayato. It's just a pity that I couldn't successfully activate the effect of [Blue-Eyes Dragon of Sushin]."

"However, fortunately I have more than one card that can come in handy." After a pause, "Yu-Gi-Oh" played another card, "Lend me your strength, old friends! Let the young people today see how powerful we old guys are!"

"Come out, [Millennium Stone Man]!"

[Millennium Stoneman] is a very old card. It can be said that it was printed by the International Illusion Society in the earliest days of Duel Monsters. However, because it is a Level 6☆ Normal Monster, its attack and defense are not good enough, and the card illustration is not cool enough, this card is not very popular among duelists.

However, Hayato remembered that Yugi's grandfather, Muto Sugoroku, had left the discarded [Millennium Stone Man] in his shop, collected it like other cards, and maintained it from time to time.

After Yu-Gi-Oh called out the name of the Millennium Stone Man, a stone with the "Eye of Ugato" painted on it rose up behind him, and a large amount of bricks and stones continued to gather from that stone, and a huge stone man rose up from the ground and stood behind Yu-Gi-Oh? !

But in the next moment, the stone man's body deformed and turned into a stone building with a pointed roof.

"No, you should be called something else for your current form." Realizing belatedly that the card behind him should not be called [Millennium Stoneman], Yu-Gi-Oh corrected him, "If it is in my hand, I will activate the effect of this card and place it face-up in my Magic Trap Zone as a Continuous Magic Card. Come out - [Millennium Stoneman Guarding Treasures]!" (End of this chapter)