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Chapter 1584: The Duel Plate Must Always Have Space for Excluded Cards

"Duel!"

Keipi came to observe the "Second World Martial Arts Tournament" on behalf of the Kaiba Group this time. Although he did not sign up for the competition, he still brought a duel disk, so he did not need to find another place with Hayato. They just found an open space on the spot to duel.

The place where they are now is the venue used for the second phase of last year's college exchange competition. Last year, it was transformed into a super-large virtual game cabin storage area, but this year's "Second World Martial Arts Tournament" has been transformed here again.

During the renovation period, the place was naturally cordoned off with a cordon and no non-staff members were allowed to enter. Hayato and Keihei naturally did not have to worry about anyone disturbing their duel.

"Let's have a pleasant duel, Keipi boy~" Hayato imitated the tone of Bekas and said, "But speaking of which, I remember that a GeneX badge was sent to Kaiba Group. Keipi boy, you didn't bring it with you?"

"Although you called me by my correct name, the same name as Bekas is really annoying, Hayato-nii." Keipi complained, "As for the GeneX badge you gave me, I didn't come to participate in the competition, so of course I didn't bring it with me. My brother took it away."

"And that's it..." After a pause, Keipi suddenly smiled slyly, "——Good opportunity! Now is the time!"

"I got the first strike, Yadada Thief!" While Hayato was talking to him, Keihei decisively pulled a card from the deck to take the first strike, and then said proudly as if he had already won the duel, "Hehe, Hayato-brother, you once said something like this, right? 'The first striker has six cards in hand, the second striker has no cards in hand, and *童真野市诅咒* only strikes last'."

"And now, the first attack is in my hands!"

[Keihei Kaiba: 4000LP, hand 6]

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

"Wow, I thought you already had the Five Elders." Hayato paused and asked casually, "But speaking of which, when I was playing cards with Mr. Sugoroku before, I found that he had gathered the [Sealed Exodia] again. Keipi boy, do you have any clues?"

"I just happened to know that. It's Yugi." Keipi sorted the cards in his hand and shuffled and cut them a few times to disrupt the order. His movements were quite professional. "As the head of the card design department of the International Illusion Society, Yugi has made a lot of cards over the years. Thinking that Grandpa Soroku will be 79 years old this year, I specially prepared a card as a gift for him."

"From the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] that was torn off by my brother in the past, to the [Sealed Exodia] that is no longer complete, Yugi originally planned to give such a deck of cards to Grandpa Soroku on his birthday this year. For this purpose, he even asked my brother to borrow the data of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] that was previously recorded by the Kaiba Group, so I know about this."

"But, my brother was researching something called 'Adjustment' and 'Synchronize' at the time, and he didn't agree to lend the data to Yugi, so Yugi had to use the data of the original 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' card that was torn to create a new card. As a result, Grandpa Sugoroku knew about this in advance, and simply gave the deck to Grandpa Sugoroku directly after it was made."

"Oh, is that so..." Hayato nodded, but he didn't ask why Yugi didn't use the internal data of the International Illusion Society to make cards. The answer was not that he couldn't, but that he couldn't.

There can only be one authentic "God Card" in the world. Although other cards are not as demanding as the "God Card", there are still some restrictions. For example, there can only be one copy of "Gemmon" due to material restrictions, and "Gem Knight" has been abandoned since its creation. Another example is "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" of which only four copies were printed by International Illusion Company at the beginning.

If cards can be printed at will with data, why did Pegasus only print four [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] cards, no more and no less? Even if Pegasus himself wanted to use the [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] card, he could only find a way to circumvent this restriction by temporarily printing out [Cartoon Blue-Eyes Dragon] during the duel, or learn from Paradox to use [Sin-Blue-Eyes White Dragon] by excluding [Blue-Eyes White Dragon].

If we have to explain, the situation of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] is actually the same type as the "Three Mythical Gods", that is, the "power of the heart" of the card limits there to only four [Blue-Eyes White Dragons]. Even the [Blue-Eyes Dragon of the Heart] that the game made for Mutou Sugoroku was created after the original [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] card representing his friendship with Professor Arthur was remade.

——Of course, the situation when Malik's "Gurus" imitated the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" to forge the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is another matter. They even dared to copy the "God Card", so just copying the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" is a small matter.

"As for [The Sealed Exodia], in fact, as early as five years ago, after the 'Doma Incident', the archaeological team under the Kaiba Group and the team of the International Illusion Agency collected a new group of stone tablets from ancient Egypt three thousand years ago. Based on the archaeological discoveries - it seems to be about ancient Egyptians named 'Simon' and 'Kalim' - the game created a new [The Sealed Exodia] related card."

(This incident is also recorded in Chapter 0 of Volume 8)

After a pause, Guiping seemed to have thought of a strategy during the conversation. He played a card and said, "Then, this [Thunder Dragon] that has been with me for five years was born!"

"First, I activate the magic card [Hand Kill], and both sides send all their cards to the graveyard, and then each side draws the same number of cards from their decks as they would send to the graveyard." Without hesitation, Keipi sent all the cards in his hand to the graveyard and said, "Brother Hayato, you and I both have five cards in hand, so let's both draw five cards from our decks, so that both sides will be at the same starting point."

Hayato glanced at the card Keipi sent to the graveyard and said sarcastically, "I believe you. Didn't you draw a hand of cards suitable for graveyard?"

"Really? You guessed it right, Hayato-brother?" Keipi glanced at the cards he had sent to the cemetery, and thought to himself, from such a long distance, could it be that Hayato-brother could see clearly what cards he had sent to the cemetery?

Unexpectedly, Hayato also smiled and said, "Of course it's because the cards you sent to the cemetery for me, Keipi, also have cards suitable for use on graves."

"I have [Disruption Magic] in my hand that you sent to the graveyard, so after I draw the five cards I drew with [Hand Erase], I can add these three useless cards from my deck to my hand."

Then, before Hayato took the three cards retrieved from the deck, three figures jumped out from under those three cards.

"It's been a long time since I last appeared~"

"Dear audience friends~"

"I miss you guys so much~"

They stood together and posed, facing the three brothers of [Disturbance] outside the arena as if they were ready, but suddenly they found that although they were on the duel arena, there was only one spectator around them, Bakura.

"Oh, oh~" Realizing belatedly that the three [Disturbance] brothers were performing for the audience's praise, Tapirara cooperated by clapping and cheering, but one person's voice was really too small.

"That's too much, Annie!" Disturbance Yellow was so angry that he put his hands on his hips and stomped his feet and complained, "It's clearly a touching moment for the three of us to play together in a long time!"

"It's a classic episode in a special effects film where the protagonists of the previous work collaborate!"

"We are the ones who let the Tamashi given to you by Annie appear in such a place?" "Huh? What right do you have to be picky? Besides, when did you become my Tamashi?" Hayato took out three cards and added them to his hand, curling his lips, "Stop talking nonsense and get back here."

"Oh my, you're so fierce~" "Is beating love and scolding love?" "I love you even more~"

Saying disgusting words that gave people goosebumps, the three [Disturbance] brothers were slapped back into Hayato's hand.

"Is it the Disruption deck?" Seeing the card Hayato took out, Keihei was not too surprised, although it was unexpected, but also reasonable. "That is to say, the deck you used this time, Hayato-san, is it a mixed version with Armed Dragon and VtoZ? Humph, I was worried that if I let Hayato-san take the back attack, it would be bad if you suddenly took out Gaia to attack and knocked over my line, but if it's just 'VtoZ Disruption Armor' - there's nothing to be afraid of!"

Without realizing that he had just said a taboo line that would make people scratch their heads, Keipi played another card: "The effect of [Thunder Dragon], discard this card from my hand to activate, and add up to two [Thunder Dragons] from my deck to my hand."

Because it is easy to gather fusion materials, it was used by all major fusion card decks in the old days to solve the problem of having a [Fusion] magic card but not having all the materials. This is the original [Thunder Dragon], and its status is equivalent to the original RX-78-2 in Gundam - they are all old things that have long been eliminated and should have been parked in a museum.

However, being able to use such outdated cards flexibly is also part of strength. At least the effect of [Thunder Dragon] also has many advantages, such as there is no limit of once per round, and it is a win-win situation even if it is used as the cost of [Forbidden Drop]. At least you can try to trick [Gray Flowing Beauty].

However, Hayato did not play any cards in his hand in a chain effect with Thunder Dragon, so Keipi continued to unfold the cards and played another card, saying, "Activate the Magic Card [Pot of Greed], I draw two cards from my deck, and then from my hand, I Normal Summon [Lonely Beast] in Attack Position, triggering its appearance effect - when [Lonely Beast] is summoned, I remove a monster card from my hand to activate, and remove a monster from my deck with the same race as the removed monster."

【Aloof Beast Killer】【4☆/Dark】

[Orc/Effect]

[1700/300]

"I will remove the Thunder Tribe [Thunder Dragon] that was just added to my hand from my hand, and then remove [Thunder Dragon - Thunder Dragon] from my deck!"

The green [Thunder Dragon] released yellow electric current and flew out of Keiping's hand. The electric charge accumulated in the air made the hair of the wolf that appeared on Keiping's field stand up due to static electricity. But this was not the end. Another "Thunder Dragon" flew out from Keiping's deck, which was almost a color-changed version of the [Thunder Dragon]. However, its overall color changed from green to black, and there were many dark pink stripes like scars on its slender body.

"When banished or sent to the graveyard, the second effect of Thunder Dragon is activated!" Keipi said as he showed Hayato the latest improvement to the Duel Disk he was using - a new card slot installed on the side of the graveyard area, which is used to place the banned cards without having to stuff the cards into pockets or something like that to avoid damaging the cards. "Although only one of the two effects of Thunder Dragon can be used once per turn, it does not affect the power of Thunder Dragon!"

"From my deck, I add the card [Thunder Dragon] in addition to [Thunder Dragon - Thunder Dragon] to my hand. The card I added to my hand is [Thunderbird Dragon - Thunder Dragon]."

The card Keipi immediately discarded to the graveyard. He waved his hand and said, "Then the effect of Thunderbird Dragon - Thunder Dragon. Activate by discarding this card from your hand. Special Summon a Thunder Dragon monster from my graveyard and banished monsters except Thunderbird Dragon - Thunder Dragon!"

"The monster I want to special summon is this [Thunder Dragon - Thunder Dragon] in my graveyard that was previously discarded by [Hand Erased]!"

Long snakes, flying birds, and then wild beasts. Although the word "dragon" is in its name, [Thunder Dragon] can be regarded as a typical duel monster. None of them is a real dragon. It is similar to the team building of a certain Flying-type king.

[Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon] [6☆/Dark]

[Thunder Tribe/Effect]

[2400/0]

The Thunder Dragon, which looks like a tiger and a lion, has scales on its back, fins, and a tail covered with long hair. It cannot be matched with any animal in the real world. It appeared on Keipi's field in attack mode, and it was quite powerful.

At least, judging from the fact that Keipi still had five cards left in his hand after using them up, he was able to Special Summon a monster with 2400 ATK and a [Lone Beast Slayer] with 1700 ATK. He was already much stronger than Jonouchi who was still playing the Ultimate Five-for-One Advanced Summon [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] in Duel City.

After Special Summoning [Thunder Dragon - Thunder Dragon], Keipi couldn't help but smile, looking overjoyed, and said to Hayato proudly: "Hehehe, now is the time when my [Thunder Dragon] deck will be at its most powerful. Brother Hayato, don't blink - because I am going to Special Summon my ace monster just like that!"

Previously, the Thunder Dragons had been continuously activating their effects, constantly appearing and releasing lightning above Keipi's field. Although they did not cause any substantial damage, they still used the current that penetrated the air to gather a static electricity field. Even when Keipi just took out a card and raised it, there was a "crackling" sound in the air.

"During the turn when the effect of a Thunder-Type monster is activated in your hand, Tribute a Thunder-Type effect monster on my field other than a Fusion Monster to satisfy the Special Summoning conditions of this card!"

"The lightning of the heavens, add it to my body, use the power of heaven to increase my voltage, and then roar!" Keipi imitated other duelists he had seen in the past and shouted the summoning words he made up, "Lightning Evolution Summon! Level 8☆!"

"Evolution! [Super Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon]!"

[Super Thunder Dragon-Thunder Dragon] [8☆/Dark]

[Thunder Tribe/Fusion/Effect]

[2600/2400]

Finally, the wedding socials are over - and next week is my birthday.

Alas, things are never done.