Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

What is the fun of Duel Monsters? Of course, many people will give the simple and direct answer of "winning", but if that is the case, wouldn't Duel Monsters become a game that only a few winners can enjoy? How can it still be so popular around the world?

In addition to victory, there is something more important, that is, the satisfaction of the "heart". Collecting good-looking cards, playing interesting combos, restoring classic scenes, summoning monsters with harsh conditions that are difficult to meet, and even just being able to interact with people can achieve the satisfaction of the "heart".

For Tachibana Ikkaku, his satisfaction is to have his deck recognized. Since no one else has recognized this deck because of his own experience, there is only one way to get recognition - victory! A real and unshakable victory without any excuses or comparisons!

After hearing what Jonouchi said, Tachibana Ikkaku looked down at his duel disk.

From the perspective of the duelist's rationality, objectively speaking, there is no need for Tachibana Ikkaku to listen to Jonouchi's words and not use the "Power of Death" in order to choose to believe in his own card-drawing ability which has never been good. He can draw good cards 100% of the time. Is it because he has won too many times that he believes in the possibility?

But the sensibility of a duelist cannot be calculated in this way.

"Are you hesitating? Hesitating whether you should use the power of the 'God of Death' that 100% allows you to draw powerful cards, or trust your own deck?"

As if he could read people's minds, Jonouchi accurately guessed what was in Tachibana's mind from his tangled expression, and continued to say to him who was having trouble making a decision, "On one hand, there is a 100% certainty, and on the other hand, there is the probability of drawing a specific card from more than 25 cards. I'm not very good at math, is it %?"

"Indeed, once we compare the two sides, it's obvious which choice is better. After all, this is not a comparison of 0.8 and 0.11." Jonouchi paused and said with a smile, "But I still have to repeat it, Tachibana Ikkaku - believe in the deck, just believe it."

"The so-called 'real duelists can even create their own future card draws'. According to probability, the deck has only a 25% chance of responding to you. However, if you draw cards with faith, the deck will naturally respond to you, and the probability of that happening is as high as 1000%!"

"Believe in the deck." After hearing Jonouchi's words, Tachibana Ikkaku also remembered the original intention of forming the current deck. When he was building the deck, he certainly thought that adding a certain card would make it difficult to win, but when he thought about the surprise that would come when the chain was successful, he couldn't resist this romantic idea and put the card into the deck.

I believe in the deck, and have come this far because of my love for it, so should I trust the deck again and leave the drawing to a deck that I'm not sure whether it will respond to me?

".What are you hesitating about? You want victory, right?" Seeing that Ikkaku was a little shaken, the "Death God" that had just been forced back finally enveloped Ikkaku again, and the bewitching voice sounded in his ears again, "Don't you want to prove the power of your deck to those who make fun of you?"

"Besides, your hesitation is meaningless. The cursed skull mark on your right hand is proof of the contract you signed with me. It cannot disappear. Even if you don't want to, when you use this arm to draw cards, your deck will only be controlled by my power again."

Because Tachibana Ikkaku still wore the card of the God of Death on his chest, the "power of the God of Death" once again enveloped Tachibana Ikkaku, especially concentrated on his right hand that was used to draw cards. The "power of the God of Death" turned into smoke and wrapped around his arm, and it even seemed to be forcibly controlling it to draw the card!

"Forcing others to draw cards is interfering with the duel!" Even Peacock Dance and the others could see the existence called "Death God", and naturally saw its bewitching and manipulating of Tachibana. Peacock Dance said angrily, "This is no longer an ordinary evil force, we must strike hard!"

"Don't worry, Mai." However, Jonouchi showed an expression of great trust in Ikkaku Tachibana, even though the two of them had only met for ten minutes, "This is a test of willpower that only Ikkaku Tachibana can accomplish, and he can definitely accomplish it!"

The "God of Death" who had only been interacting with Ikkaku Tachibana ignored Jonouchi's words and continued to tempt Ikkaku Tachibana: "Come on, draw the cards, and then seize the victory!"

Under the gaze of Jonouchi and others, Tachibana Ikkaku's right hand kept approaching the deck, and was about to touch the deck and draw a card. But at this moment, Tachibana Ikkaku suddenly said: "Well, of course I plan to do this. But--"

With his right hand controlled, Ikkaku Tachibana suddenly raised his left hand which was wearing the Duel Disk, tore off the necklace on his chest, and grabbed the Death God's card? !

"I want to trust my deck more than you, a chatterbox! Because I heard the voice of my deck, and it told me that the duelist and the deck are one and the same, and there is absolutely no room for others to get in!"

He threw the [Death] card in his hand, and while the control on him was weakened, Tachibana Ikkaku untied the Duel Disk and suddenly threw it into the air, then stretched out his right hand towards the spinning Duel Disk!

The duel disk that fell from mid-air was placed on Ikkaku Tachibana's right hand. The skull mark was completely pressed underneath by Ikkaku Tachibana's deck. The black mist that was entangled around was shattered by the duel disk, and even the "God of Death" behind him suddenly dissipated in reluctance!

"I heard what you wanted to tell me, Jonouchi Katsuya. That's right, now I also realize what my deck is really missing." Tachibana Ikkaku fixed the duel disk again, and the dark circles under his eyes disappeared as he voluntarily gave up the power of "Death". "It's not the perfect construction, nor the powerful card drawing ability, but my absolute trust in my deck!"

"That's it!" Jonouchi was very happy about Tachibana Ikkaku's growth, "This is what I want to see. That's right, Tachibana Ikkaku, your love for the deck is genuine, and now you must maintain your infinite trust in this deck. This is, 'Love is Infinite'!"

"I'm sorry, my deck, for taking so long to give you the trust that I should have had long ago." Looking at his duel disk, Tachibana Ikkaku placed his left hand on top of the deck in an awkward position, "But, please lend me your strength!"

"Draw!"

Jonouchi, who had been paying attention to Tachibana Ikkaku, saw the corners of his mouth curled up and said with a smile: "So, what are the results?"

"Ah, I borrowed quite a good power, probably 1000%." ​​Tachibana Ikkaku looked at the card in his hand and smiled, because in his hand appeared a [Magic Regeneration] that can recover Graveyard Magic Cards, which can send two Magic Cards in the hand to the Graveyard to recover the [One Hit Kill! Iai Draw Card] that he used once.

My own deck really responded to me!

"Thank you, my deck."

"It's really touching, Tachibana Ikkaku." Happy for Tachibana Ikkaku's growth, Jonouchi also looked at the card he drew and said, "But the duel is still going on. I am also communicating with the deck and fighting with all my strength."

"I will sacrifice the [Phantom Flame Swordsman] on my field and Advanced Summon [Maximum 6]!"

[Maximum 6] [☆/land]

[Warrior → Undead/Effect]

[1900/1600]

"I released the [Phantom Flame Swordsman] with an attack power of 2800 points, and summoned the [Maximum Six] with an attack power of 1900 points?"

Seeing Tachibana Ikkaku's puzzled face, Jonouchi explained: "Of course it's not that simple. [Maximum Six] activates its effect when the Tribute Summon is successful. Roll a dice, and as long as this card is face-up on the field, its attack power permanently increases by the number of points rolled x 200 points." "Although it is 1900 attack points now, if the maximum value of six is ​​rolled, the attack power of [Maximum Six] can increase by a full 1200 points in one go, reaching 3100 points, surpassing [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]!"

"In other words, can you defeat the Death Lord?" Tachibana waved his hand, "Although I can bet that the number you cast is not six, the possibility of that is too low. I choose to chain the effect of the Undead's Maximum Value Six and activate the effect of my Death Lord - Evil Eye!

"Apply the power to banish all monsters on both sides' fields and in the Graveyard, and banish up to six on your opponent's field!"

The effect of [Necromancer - Evil Eye] can be chosen to negate the effect of a monster, or to exclude a monster on both sides' field or in the graveyard. It is better to save the negation effect of Ikkaku Tachibana's intuitive judgment for later use. For now, just use the exclusion effect.

The [Dead King - Evil Eye], whose body is a giant black python, placed his staff on the ground, and the red jade inlaid on it released a blood-red light, instantly devouring the [Maximum 6] on the Jonouchi field, removing it from the game.

Jonouchi was not surprised. Rather, this was one of his purposes. "I was worried that you would banish the monsters in my graveyard. But if you only banish the maximum value of six, that's not a big deal."

"But now, I will activate this Magic Card [Pot of Greed] in my hand, and return the five monster cards [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon], [Swordsman of Extreme Flame], [Swordsman of Fighting Flame], [Flying Dragon Flame], and [Swordsman of Illusion Flame] that was just sent to the Graveyard from my Graveyard to the Deck, shuffle them, and draw two cards."

[Jounouchi Katsuya: 1200 LP, hand 6→5→6]

Without even looking at the card he drew, Jonouchi played it directly and said, "Then, activate the Spell Card [Approaching Machinery], and add a monster with the card name of [Metalized·Reinforced Reflective Armor] or a [Metalized] Trap from my deck or graveyard to my hand."

"I choose the Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon that I returned to the deck earlier."

"Next, I place a card on the backfield and send it to the graveyard to activate the effect of Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon in my hand!"

Because Jonouchi activated the effect of [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon] in his hand, his race was not affected by [Undead World] and was still a dragon. By tearing the [Explosive Armor] on the back field of Jonouchi to obtain the metal coating on his claws, he returned to Jonouchi's field again!

[Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon] [Dragon → Undead / Effect] [ATK 2400]

Similar to the [Red-Eyes Black Steel Dragon] standing on the opposite field at this moment, the body of [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon], which was eroded by the power of [Undead World], also showed signs of corpse-like decay, but the position of its claws remained bright because the metal isolated the air.

"When Red-Eyes Steelclaw Dragon is Summoned or Special Summoned, since I have Metalized Reflective Armor in my Graveyard, I add a Metalized Trap Card from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand."

Seeing that Jonouchi was about to start searching again, Tachibana frowned, "Although the process has not changed, [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon] has now become an Undead monster, and there is more than one [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] in your deck. Can it be Special Summoned by [Metalized·Reinforced Reflective Armor]?"

"Anyway, I will use the effect of [Dead King - Evil Eye] first to negate the effect of [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon] that has turned into an undead!"

Although the first effect of [Necromancer - Evil Eyes] does not limit the number of times it can be activated, there is a restriction that the same effect cannot be applied within a round. Ikkaku Tachibana, who had not previously invalidated the effect, saw that Jonouchi was about to search for [Metalization] and decisively activated it again. This time, the red light blocked the Jonouchi deck from responding to the call of [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon].

“Hehe, that’s a wise move, but Tachibana Ikkaku, you won’t have the final null effect now.” Jonouchi didn’t feel bad that the effect of Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon failed to activate, but proudly showed a card in his hand, “Besides, I already have a Metallize card in my hand.”

When Tachibana Ikkaku saw the card Jonouchi showed, he also laughed: "It's really difficult. However, the issue of race has not been resolved yet."

"Don't worry about that. I'll set [Metalized Steel Flame Armor]. Then, due to the effect of [Red-Eyes Steel Claw Dragon], my [Metalized] trap card can be activated directly during the turn I set it."

As soon as he put the card down, Jonouchi pressed the button to activate the cover card and opened it. A metal armor wrapped in flames rose on his field.

"Metalized Steel Flame Armor can be activated by releasing a face-up monster on my field with the name of Metalized Reflective Armor. The effect is to Special Summon a monster from my deck that cannot be Normal Summoned with the name of Metalized Reflective Armor, ignoring the summoning conditions!"

Jonouchi's duel disk retrieved a card, which was caught by Jonouchi. He showed it and said, "Release the [Red Eyes], activate [Metalization], and the one who descends now will be the final [Flame Swordsman]!"

"Super metal armor, super gorgeous propulsion, super powerful knight!"

"Warp Summon, Level 6☆!"

"Draw your sword in blazing fire——【Steel Flame Swordsman】!"

[Steel Flame Swordsman] [6☆/Flame]

[Machine → Undead/Special Summon/Effect]

【2500/1600】(End of this chapter)