Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Time goes back to not long ago.

In a forest somewhere on the Duel Academy Island—

"Under the effect of [Counter Gate], Miss Wu's direct attack on me will be invalid, and then I can draw a card from the top of the deck."

As the girl spoke, she pulled out a card from her deck and showed it to her opponent without even looking at it. "And the card I pulled out is this [Doll Castle] that I used [Volatile] to return from my field to the top of my deck. Because it's a monster card, under the effect of [Counter Gate], [Doll Castle] will be Normal Summoned to my field in face-up Attack Position."

"When [Puppet Castle] is successfully summoned, its first effect can be activated. Change it to Defense Position and send a Warrior-Type Earth monster from my deck to the Graveyard. I choose [Puppet Queen]."

"Then the second effect, as long as [Doll Castle] exists in the Monster Zone, the opponent's monsters that can attack must attack this card!"

Looking at her opponent, Kitamori Reiko had a determined expression on her face, "With this, my defense has been rebuilt!"

When [Doll Castle] is selected as an attack target, you can use its third effect once per turn to send it to the Graveyard, then Special Summon a Warrior-Type EARTH monster with a Level 6☆ or higher in the Graveyard.

After Special Summoning the [Doll Queen] just sent to the Graveyard with this effect, [Doll Queen] can also Special Summon a Level 7☆ Warrior-Type Earth attribute monster in Reiko Kitamori's hand or Graveyard unless it uses its appearance effect. The monster Reiko Kitamori intends to Special Summon is the ace monster [Doll King] in her own Graveyard.

If the monster Special Summoned by the effect of "Puppet Queen" is "Puppet King", you can also increase the ATK of all Earth Attribute Warrior-Type monsters on the field by 1000 points until the end of the next turn.

[Kitamori Reiko: 2300LP, hand 0]

【Doll Castle】【DEF1800】

Backfield: [United Forces]

"Reiko, it's amazing that Reiko's duel was so impressive." Outside the arena, Jonouchi looked at the two people dueling and said with emotion, "If they were so motivated in the professional arena, they might be able to move up the rankings."

Kitamori Reiko, who had a resolute expression on her face just now, felt a little embarrassed when she heard Jonouchi's praise. She turned her face away shyly and said, "W-How can it be that amazing?"

"Of course it's amazing! Because Reiko, you showed a special kind of courage in today's duel. I've rarely seen such a feeling in your duels before. Eh? Why are you blushing?"

"Because I'm full of energy!"

"Oh." Jonouchi easily believed what Kitamori Reiko said, and looked at Peacock Dance again, only to find that Peacock Dance was staring at him with an unfriendly face, "Huh? Why are you staring at me with such a fierce look?"

"You know it well! Idiot Katsuya!"

Rolling her eyes at Jonouchi, Kongquewu looked at Kitamori Reiko on the opposite side unhappily: "You were able to put up a decent defense after I almost cleared the field. You're really a tough guy. But - I'm the winner, that's an established fact!"

"Ah, this cannot be denied, but the established facts do not mean that the loser has no complaints." Looking at Jonouchi outside the arena, Kitamori Reiko also looked at Kongquewu with full fighting spirit and said, "At least, let me struggle for one more round."

"It's really ugly to be obsessed with someone else's husband."

"Because he is the man who can be my father!"

Jonouchi scratched the back of his head in confusion. "Strange, are you talking about Duel Monsters? Why don't I quite understand?"

"Of course it's Duel Monsters. Otherwise, do you think it's a melodramatic story about a poor kid falling in love with a senior who turns out to be someone else's girlfriend?" Peacock Dance said casually.

First of all, let's sort out the relationship between the characters. Kitamori Reiko first met Jonouchi at the KC Cup six years ago. At that time, Kitamori Reiko, who had just been exposed to Duel Monsters for a month, almost suppressed Jonouchi, who had already reached the top four in Duel City, in the duel. However, due to her personal psychological defects, she was defeated by Jonouchi who seized her weakness of lack of motivation. However, it was also because of that duel that Kitamori Reiko grew spiritually and she developed a vague liking for Jonouchi.

Although the KC Cup failed to achieve its original purpose - to let Kaiba have fun playing cards - due to unexpected events, at least the contestants' goals were partially achieved. For example, Ryuuzaki, who wanted to regain his fame and find a good professional duel agency to sign with, joined the agency under the Manjome Foundation, Hayato got a lot of cards, Malik had a great time disgusting people with the Hell Duel, etc.

Kitamori Reiko was originally discovered by a small professional duel agency and signed a contract, but after that she left the agency that only used her as a tool to make money and forced her to participate in competitions even though she had no fighting spirit, and switched to the Kaiba Group agency where Jonouchi worked. That small agency later tried to seize Kitamori Reiko's contract and threatened her to go back, but Keipi mistakenly thought that she was trying to extort benefits from the Kaiba Group, so he easily bankrupted the black agency.

With admiration for Jonouchi who gave her the courage and enabled her to go from being a passive duel player to being able to feel the fun of the duel and truly devote herself to it, and also because Keihei later let Jonouchi take the credit for helping Kitamori Reiko to settle the previous agency because he was too lazy to do so and kept the credit to himself, Kitamori Reiko, who already had a certain admiration for Jonouchi, became even more fond of Jonouchi and even confessed her love to Jonouchi a few years ago.

However, at that time, Jonouchi had already confirmed his relationship with Kozakura Mai. Although they were not married at that time, the friendship between them was already unshakable. Jonouchi rejected Kitamori Reiko's confession in front of Kozakura Mai.

——However, in Kongquewu's opinion, although Jonouchi is still very loyal and does not have any bad intentions, he is too enthusiastic. This woman who obviously has not let go of the feelings in her heart always relies on her status as a junior in the office to ask Jonouchi for common sense in the field of Duel Monsters. Knowing that the other party is indeed just a beginner in Duel Monsters, Jonouchi also likes to be a teacher and tutors Kitamori Reiko as enthusiastically as Mutou Sugoroku taught himself before.

You've already got married to me, so I don't mean to keep your distance from any women, but this guy is obviously after your body, idiot! I really don't understand why Jonouchi is so stupid, how blind must those women be to like him.

After marrying Jonouchi last year, he took Jonouchi on a honeymoon for a whole year, but he made a point to post every day to show off where they went today. He even participated in the doubles event of last year's World Championships and live-streamed it to feed their love, just to make women like Kitamori Reiko who like Jonouchi give up.

Kong Que Wu didn't know whether the other party had given up or not, but she did hear that during her honeymoon with Jonouchi, Kitamori Reiko was indeed very lost for a while, as if she had been heartbroken. However, when she and Jonouchi came to Duel Academy Island again to participate in the "GeneX Competition" renamed "World Second Martial Arts Tournament", they actually "ran into" Kitamori Reiko who was also participating in the competition! ?

She said it was an accidental encounter, but Kong Quewu didn't believe a word! She had been thinking about her husband and had been unhappy with him for a long time. Although she was blonde, her name was not "Caesar Gattuso". Anyway, everyone was now a contestant in the "Second World Martial Arts Tournament", so she could use a duel to teach him a lesson!

[Peacock Dance: 4000LP, Hand 0]

【Amazon Pet Tiger Lion】【ATK2500】

[Amazon Queen] [ATK3200]

【Amazon Fighting Warrior】【ATK1500】

[Amazon Swordsman] [ATK1500]

The monster that just attacked Kitamori Reiko was the [Amazon Queen] on her own field. She wanted to use this attack to directly clear the opponent's basic points, but she didn't expect that the series of combos planned by the opponent would revitalize the situation again - the effect of [Puppet Castle] had been demonstrated in the previous duel. Peacock Dance knew that the opponent's plan was to special summon [Puppet Queen] and [Puppet King] again.

But it doesn't matter! What I just said, "I am the winner, it's a fait accompli," is about both love and duels. "It's just a [Doll Castle], would I be afraid of you?" Peacock Dance waved her hand, "Because I used [Amazon Queen] as the fusion material, [Amazon Queen] can attack twice in one battle phase, I use [Amazon Queen] to attack [Doll Castle]!"

"Then at this moment, trigger the effect of [Doll Castle], and activate it targeting the [Doll Queen] in my Graveyard!" Send the [Doll Castle] card from the Duel Disk to the Graveyard, and Kitamori Reiko retrieves the [Doll Queen] card, "Send the [Doll Castle] on my field to the Graveyard, Special Summon the target monster, and transfer the attack target to that monster!"

"But before I proceed with your attack declaration, I will activate the effect of my Special Summoned [Puppet Queen]!"

The [Doll Castle] on Reiko Kitamori's field suddenly transformed into a female chess monster [Doll Queen], and as soon as it appeared, it waved the scepter in its hand and pounded it on the ground.

[Doll Queen] [6☆/Earth]

【Warrior/Effect】

[2200/2500]

After transferring from the original Black Agency to the Kaiba Entertainment Group, Kitamori Reiko has naturally obtained a lot of resources over the years with her own strength. She even remade the crude and backward "Puppet" monsters in her hands and made them more modern.

In the past, the [Puppet Queen] could only serve as a sacrifice for the Advanced Summon of two [Puppet Kings], but now the effect is completely different. As she did so, Kitamori Reiko took out another card from the Graveyard: "Although I have explained it before, at the moment when the [Puppet Queen] is Special Summoned successfully, I can Special Summon this [Puppet King] in my Graveyard, and because the additional conditions are met, the ATK of the Warrior-Type EARTH attribute monsters on my field will be increased by 1000 points until the End Phase of the next turn!"

[Puppet King] [7☆/land]

【Warrior/Effect】

[2800/2600]

Although it is the pinnacle of the [Puppet] deck, the [Puppet King] whose previous card effects have not been enhanced appears next to the [Puppet Queen], and then the attack power of both of them increases at the same time!

[Puppet King] [ATK2800→3800]

[Doll Queen] [ATK2200→3200]

As the number of enemy monsters increased, Peacock Dance triggered the attack rewind rule, which allowed her to reselect the target to attack or withdraw the attack. However, she said without hesitation, "I will not use the attack rewind rule - continue to attack the [Puppet Queen] and [Amazon Queen]!"

"Do you want to use the same attack power as my [Puppet Queen] and die together? But no!" Kitamori Reiko said, and reminded Peacock Dance, "The Continuous Magic Card [United Forces] on my backfield can increase the value of my Warrior-Type monsters by the number of Warrior-Type and Magician-Type monsters on my field x 200 points!"

"So the attack power of the [Puppet Queen] that the [Amazon Queen] wants to attack is not 3200 points, but 3600 points!"

[Puppet King] [ATK3800→4200]

[Doll Queen] [ATK3200→3600]

Unexpectedly, Peacock Dance smiled confidently: "Of course I know this, but it's only 400 points of damage!"

"Oh!"

[Peacock Dance: 4000 → 3600 LP, 0 cards in hand]

Because Peacock Dance's [Amazon Queen] attacked a monster with higher attack power than her own, she was killed on the spot by the [Puppet Queen]. Not only was she destroyed and sent to the graveyard, Peacock Dance also received 400 points of combat damage due to the attack power difference. However, in order to fight against the [Amazon Queen], Kitamori Reiko's [Puppet Queen] also had a crack on her body.

"While [Amazon Pet Tiger Lion] is on the field, after calculating the damage of each attack by my [Amazon] monster to the opponent's monster, I activate this skill by targeting the opponent's face-up monster on the field and reduce its attack power by 800 points." Peacock Dance waved her hand, "I reduce the attack power of [Puppet Queen]!"

[Doll Queen] [ATK3600→2800]

"It's not over yet! I'll use [Amazon Fighting Warrior] to attack [Puppet Queen] next. When this card fights, the battle damage received by the controller of this card is 0 points. Although it will still be destroyed by battle, the effect of [Amazon Pet Tiger Lion] will be triggered again!" Peacock Dance waved his hand, "I attack [Puppet Queen]!"

"Oh!"

[Amazon Fighting Warrior] followed the same fate as [Amazon Queen] and was destroyed in battle, but this time Peacock Dance suffered no combat damage. [Puppet Queen] had another crack on her body, which had begun to affect her shield holding and scepter swinging.

[Doll Queen] [ATK2800→2000]

"The effect of [Amazon Swordsman] is that the battle damage inflicted on me by this card will be borne by the opponent instead. It is very useful for blackmailing." After a pause, Peacock Dance still pointed at [Puppet Queen], "However, I just want to defeat you head-on in an upright and most respectful way, so I will still attack [Puppet Queen]!"

"Oh!"

The third time a monster was destroyed in battle, Peacock Dance still did not suffer any battle damage. Instead, Kitamori Reiko suffered the battle damage that was transferred to her from the effect of [Amazon Swordsman].

[Kitamori Reiko: 2300 → 1800 LP, 0 cards in hand]

At the same time, the cracks on the [Puppet Queen]'s body widened again, and she could no longer hold the scepter and could only fight with her bare hands.

[Doll Queen] [ATK2000→1200]

"It's the final attack, Kitamori Reiko, I use [Amazon Pet Tiger Lion] to attack [Puppet Queen]!"

Peacock Dance added, "And when the damage of the [Amazon Pet Tiger Lion]'s attack is calculated, its first effect is activated. Only during that damage calculation, the attack power of the [Amazon Pet Tiger Lion] increases by 500 points!" (End of this chapter)