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Chapter 1594: Dogs can see things that humans cannot see

Although Tachibana Ikkaku's turn was over, Jonouchi was not in a hurry to enter his turn and quickly take back the [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon]. Instead, he suddenly said to Tachibana Ikkaku: "I see, I think I figured it out."

"Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?" Peacock Dance raised an eyebrow. "Your monster was taken away, but you didn't take it back and release the control immediately. Why did you suddenly say something to that stubborn kid?"

"Maybe it's because Jonouchi can see things that we ordinary people can't see?" Kitamori Reiko said uncertainly.

"If I hadn't known about the existence of things like 'Card Spirits', I would have thought you were mocking Katsuya for being a dog." Peacock Dance complained, "After all, isn't there a saying that 'dogs can see things that humans can't see'?"

"Eh? No, that's not what I meant. I'm not talking about that!" After hearing what Kongquewu said, Kitamori Reiko realized that her statement was inappropriate and quickly explained, "And it's not something like 'elves'. What I want to say is that Jonouchi might be able to sense his opponent's thoughts through the duel."

"Just like, when Jonouchi was dueling with you, he noticed your fear of dueling?" Peacock Dance thought for a moment and suddenly said.

"How could you remember it so clearly? It was six years ago, Miss Peacock Dance..." Kitamori Reiko blushed, but still nodded and admitted helplessly, "Even though I don't want to admit it, it's all because of the mistakes I made when I was young."

"At that time, I was frightened by the facial expressions of a contestant named Malik in the quarterfinals of Duel City. I became terrified of Duel Monsters and could not enjoy the fun at all. It was Jonouchi who noticed that I was abnormal during the Duel and took the initiative to enlighten me, which made me grow mentally and eventually became who I am today."

"And Ichikaku Tachibana must be the same."

Jonouchi looked at Tachibana's card and said calmly, "Specializing the deck completely towards the direction of 'one-hit kill', and in combination with the so-called 'Power of Death', it does show a very strong strength, but I think the 'Power of Death' itself should not have a limit on the cards to be used, right?"

"Because 'one-hit kill' and the like don't seem to fit in with the style of 'Death' or something like that?"

After a pause, Jonouchi continued, "And, plus what you just said yourself, Tachibana Ikkaku, if you want to continue using this deck, you have to choose Death Force or something like that. This means that you didn't choose to use this One-Hit Kill deck because of the card drawing ability it brings you, but you used Death Force to unleash the power of this One-Hit Kill deck."

"Before you obtained the 'Power of Death', you felt that the goddess of luck was resisting you. It is impossible that you wanted to use your specialty of drawing cards to win and build a deck that was more gambling than a gambling deck. Excluding other possibilities."

The reasoning leader Jonouchi pointed a finger at Tachibana Ikkaku, "The scheming frog has been touching your belly!"

"You actually chose your favorite 'one-hit kill' combo out of your love for the cards. That's why after losing to others and being humiliated by their deck, you thought of using victory to prove that your cards were not meaningless. Even if the price of all this is that your soul is devoured by the 'God of Death', you are willing to do so as long as your cards prove your point!"

After Jonouchi finished speaking, Tachibana Ikkaku was almost stunned. He looked at Jonouchi in surprise and muttered, "All hits!?"

"I see. This is my mistake. I have always believed that you, the legendary duelist, Jonouchi Katsuya, only have extraordinary luck. But as expected, you are not such a simple person to become the world champion. You are also very smart."

"Hehe, do I need to tell you that?" Although he has revealed that Tachibana Ikkaku is not his fan, it is precisely because Tachibana Ikkaku is not a fan that his flattery of himself at this moment gives people a better feeling. Jonouchi feels as refreshed as if he is putting on a brand new pair of panties to greet the morning of the first day of the new year.

"How's it going, Mai?" Turning back to show off his perfect reasoning to Peacock Dance, Jonouchi had a silly smile on his face, "I'm so handsome, really!"

Unexpectedly, when Jonouchi turned around, he saw Kongquewu holding a mobile phone and sending a group voice message: "I am definitely not awake, or Jonouchi has been brainwashed and controlled by someone. I just heard Jonouchi using his brain to reason, and his reasoning was actually correct!"

"Hey! Is there anything wrong with me being able to reason? Don't treat me like a fool, okay?"

After hearing what Jonouchi said, Kongquewu thought for a moment and said, "But you only know how to use characters with numerical oddities in Duel Monsters League. The game says that you are almost blinded by your playing skills."

"Where are the stats monsters in Duel Monsters League? I use [Iron Knight - Kia Freed] in the top lane every day, and I don't see any stats monsters?" Jonouchi said puzzledly, "It can't be 'Iron Man', right? If he has stats monster skills, why would he need to steal stats? Basic A interspersed with normal attacks, use W when you are alive, and use [Fireball] when the opponent is alive. It's very easy to operate."

Hearing what Jonouchi said, Peacock Dance spread her hands and said, "I obey. What can I say?"

After recovering from the initial shock, Tachibana Ikkaku said seriously to Jonouchi who had seen through him, "But, Jonouchi Katsuya, you should also know one thing. Some things cannot be solved by mutual understanding. What's wrong with my love for the deck? What's wrong with wanting to prove the power of my cards?"

"I have never been blessed by the goddess of luck and have never received any response in the card drawing. If I want to change, isn't the only option I have to use the power of the 'God of Death'?"

"I'm not someone who can be easily moved by words. If you want to interfere with me verbally, I'll wait until after the duel. Maybe after the duel, I'll die after voluntarily giving up my soul for the power of the 'God of Death', but before that, I'll continue to duel with my deck!"

Seeing Tachibana Ikkaku say this, Jonouchi was not disappointed because the other party refused to listen to his "mouth-to-mouth", but nodded affirmatively: "That's it, Tachibana Ikkaku, that's the mentality. I completely understand this, about what I felt was missing from your deck before."

"It just so happens that I also think that it might be more effective to communicate mentally through dueling rather than through language, so I will use this round to tell you the answer!"

Putting his finger on top of the deck, Jonouchi pulled out a card: "My turn, draw a card!"

As Jonouchi drew the card, the card passed through the air, leaving a fleeting golden trail, like a shooting star. This was obviously not the [One-hit kill! Iai card draw] that Tachibana Ikkaku had previously activated, but Tachibana Ikkaku clearly felt a gust of wind blowing in his face. Did the "Death God" surrounding Tachibana Ikkaku also retreat because of the golden trail released by Jonouchi's card draw?

"It feels like this, could it be that the rumor on the online forum that 'Goddess of Luck is Jonouchi Katsuya's bootlicker' is not false?" Tachibana Ikkaku muttered to himself, but still calmly completed his operation, "Then when there is a face-up card in the field area, the effect of this card in my graveyard can be activated during the preparation phase of both parties." "Special Summon [Necromancer - Evil Eye] from my graveyard in Defense Position!"

[Dead King - Evil Eyes] [8☆/Dark]

【Undead/Effect】

[2800/2000]

"The [Evil Eyes of the Deathly Lord] that has a strong suppression on the Undead?" Jonouchi also recognized [Evil Eyes of the Deathly Lord] because Hayato had used it before. It seemed that it came from a card he got after defeating someone in the past. Jonouchi was not surprised. "Combined with [Undead World] that changes the opponent's monster species, I can't make good use of the effects of the monsters on the field and in the graveyard."

"Not only that, but my [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] was also taken away. Although its race and attack and defense power were changed, the effect was not negated, and it can also prevent me from activating the card."

Looking at the three counters provided by the monsters on Tachibana Ikkaku's field, Jonouchi looked at his only two cards in hand, and then looked at the only remaining [Phantom Flame Swordsman] on the field, but the corners of his mouth curled up: "But, Tachibana Ikkaku, I put [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] in attack position here because its original attack power is as high as 3400 points, but the attack power of your [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] is 0 points."

"Your basic points are now 1900. I don't need to use any other cards. I only need to use [Phantom Flame Swordsman] to attack [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] to destroy it and regain your basic points!"

Although there is a saying that "Basic points are infinite as long as they are not reset to zero", Jonouchi is also very clear that this sentence actually also means "As long as the basic points are reset to zero, infinity will no longer exist". After all, Duel Monsters is ultimately a game where you can win by clearing the opponent's basic points to zero. He keenly noticed that the basic points lost by Tachibana Ikkaku in order to activate the effect of [Death Coffin - Carved Coffin] were points that could be utilized, and he decisively seized the opportunity.

"But you can't do it!" Tachibana Ikkaku said, and activated the face-up card on the back field before Jonouchi entered the battle phase, "I open this card, the trap card [Provocation]!"

"During the Main Phase of your opponent's turn, select a monster on my field to activate this. As long as the selected monster is on the field, when your opponent attacks this turn, you must target the selected monster." Tachibana looked at the [Death Lord] in attack mode on his field, "I choose [Death Lord]!"

"Indeed, the attack power of the Death Lord after resurrection is as high as 3000 points, while the attack power of my Phantom Flame Swordsman is 2800 points. You are numerically better." Jonouchi raised an eyebrow and showed a card in his hand, "But I also added cards that can increase attack power to my hand."

"The card that was added to my hand with the effect of [Flying Dragon Flame - Flying Dragon Flame] is the Equipment Magic Card [Flying Dragon Flame] in my hand!"

Although Jonouchi's current deck contains new-era cards from several series such as [Red-Eyes], [Metallization], and [Flame Swordsman], he did not discard the old cards just to use the new cards. The prototype and ancestor of [Flying Dragon Flame - Flying Dragon Flame] - the equipment magic card [Flying Dragon Flame] is the magic and trap card of [Flying Dragon Flame] that he just added to his hand!

"During the existence of the Undead World, all the monsters on my field became Undead, so the remaining Dragon Flame became unusable, including the Dragon Flame in my graveyard." Jonouchi inserted the card into the magic trap area and said, "However, the use of this original Dragon Flame is not affected, because only the race of the Phantom Flame Swordsman was changed, and its attribute is still the Fire attribute!"

"【Flying Dragon Flame】 can only be equipped to a Fire attribute monster. Its effect is to increase the equipped monster's attack power by 700 points. After equipping 【Flying Dragon Flame】, the attack power of 【Phantom Flame Swordsman】 will increase to 3500 points, exceeding the 【Death Lord】 on your field!"

After hearing what Jonouchi said, Tachibana Ikkaku knew he had to take action, because he knew very well that there was no other monster in his deck that could defeat the [Phantom Flame Swordsman] with an attack power of 3500 points. [One Hit Kill! Iai Card Draw] also became unusable because two copies were in the graveyard, even if he drew the remaining card in the deck.

Therefore, it is necessary to intercept [Flying Dragon Flame] before it takes effect!

"At the moment when the opponent activates the effect, I activate the effect of [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] on my field!" Commanding the [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] on his field that was transformed into an Undead, Tachibana Ikkaku said, "The activation is negated, and after that, you can inflict damage equal to the original attack power of an Attack Position monster on the opponent's field!"

At the moment when [Flying Dragon Flame] was about to wrap around the weapon of [Phantom Flame Swordsman], the controlled [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] turned against Jonouchi and launched its effect. Its rotten dragon claws grabbed [Flying Dragon Flame] and refined it in an instant, and it also spit out a breath of dragon breath with the breath of the underworld from its mouth and attacked Jonouchi!

"Ahem!" Although it looked intimidating, Jonouchi did not feel any pain at all due to the decrease in basic points. He was just choked by the sulfur smell in the dragon's breath. The card Pokémon of [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] was not so easy to be completely controlled to attack Jonouchi without mercy. Now it was more of an obedience to Ikkaku because of the rules of Duel Monsters.

However, the decline in basic scores is real.

[Jounouchi Katsuya: 4000 → 1200 LP, 1 cards in hand]

"What a heroic attack! As expected of my Red-Eyes!" Jonouchi was not sad at all that his own monster had hurt him. Instead, he was quite satisfied with the power of Red-Eyes Steel Dragon. He looked at Ikkaku and said, "You used the effect decisively, but this also means that the only thing left on the field is the suppression effect of Undead monsters provided by the Evil Eyes of the Deathly Hallows!"

"But unfortunately, I don't have any Undead monsters to activate their effects, but I do have this magic card that needs to be activated." Showing the cards in his hand, Jonouchi said, "Although I didn't draw the [Treasure Card of Destiny], I think this card is more suitable at this time. The duel has been going on for now, and both sides have very few cards left, so put aside the 'Death God' and the like for now, and draw cards with me with faith in the deck!"

"Trust the deck. Just trust the deck. And then - activate the magic card [Treasure Drop from the Sky]!"

Golden light burst out from Jonouchi's deck and even spread to Ikkaku Tachibana's deck. In this dazzling but not glaring golden light, even the "God of Death" on Ikkaku Tachibana had to step back a little and keep a distance. And at this moment, Ikkaku Tachibana suddenly heard a faint heartbeat coming from the deck?

"Both parties draw cards from their decks until each has six cards in hand." After drawing cards from the deck using the effect of [Treasure Cards from Heaven], Jonouchi looked at Tachibana Ikkaku, "I'm not very good at summarizing, describing, and teaching, but a friend of mine summarized his duel this way. Now, this is the so-called 'Lesson 4'!"

"Show your respect, Tachibana Ikkaku. Show your love, trust, and respect for your deck."

"Then, move on to another new stage of your duel!"

There was a joint live broadcast by OCG and RD on the evening of March 3.26th, mainly about the release of Brand and Sky Striker animations. I didn't see Kenn participating. I guess we have to wait until next month for information on the GX remake.

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