Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

[Ding Dong~ The boot time is 1 hour, which has beaten the same type of system by 0%, awesome! ]

At the same time as the [Death God] card disappeared, a pop-up window appeared in front of Hayato after a long absence.

"Shocked, I almost forgot I didn't turn it off." If it weren't for the pop-up window in front of him, Hayato would have almost forgotten that he had a "Sai Q Duelist System" and he had turned it on. "System, you're not dead yet?"

Naturally, the system did not respond to Hayato. After all, it was a pure point-based system, not a cat-based system that could be manipulated by the host.

[Congratulations to the duelist for completing a new achievement. The reward has been issued. Please check——]

"Very good, there are no messy requirements, and rewards are given out right away. Although I don't know what I have done, I have worked really hard on myself." Hayato praised the system, which usually has no sense of existence but gives rewards to himself as soon as it comes out, and casually opened the system's [Achievements] interface.

First of all, there are 1000 DP points that will be issued after completing any achievement. To be honest, even Hayato's scoring speed is sometimes not as fast as the system updating the cards in the store. In addition, some cards - like the [God of Light Creation - Harakti] that Hayato can't get even if he spends all his savings - are limited to the card pool and cannot be purchased directly. Even Hayato today is in a state of insufficient DP points.

After all, the system store is connected to the Duel Monsters real card environment of another world, and the reason why new cards continue to emerge in the real card environment is that Consortium K. Its 25th anniversary can last for five full years and connect seamlessly with the next 30th anniversary. Its level is almost the same as that of Consortium B next door.

Human power is limited, but the cards printed by Consortium K to make money are endless. Even if Hayato spent millions of his DP points in one go, he still couldn't exchange for all the endless cards. He is such a despicable card printer - so this is truly unforgivable, Bekas!

Of course, despite the criticism, it is hard for Hayato to resist buying interesting new cards, just like Pokémon players always buy new games despite the criticism. Apart from other things, Hayato saw that the system store had new cards related to [Hope], and except for the fact that he could not exchange for Xyz monsters because the Xyz network did not exist, he still couldn't resist buying all the other cards that could be exchanged.

There is also a synchro deck called [Meowth], which looks really exaggerated in strength, but unfortunately it cannot be exchanged. The same goes for Hayato's [K9] deck, which looks very much like a collaboration with Zetsu O Zero, but it cannot be purchased because it is a Xyz deck.

There was a deck called [Star Dragon] that was quite outrageous. Hayato initially thought it was a system bug and a typo, writing [Stardust Dragon] as [Star Dragon]. But there actually was a new deck with this name. However, the system rejected Hayato's purchase without giving any reason, and he shouted "Shut up and take my money" but it was useless.

Without thinking about the unhappy things anymore, Hayato looked at the description of the achievement while watching the DP points increase:

[Achievement name: Mathematical extraction]

[Completion conditions: Annihilate 1/1 of the Agents of the Light of Destruction (Completed)]

[Achievement Description: Remove and snatch the evil nature from the evil being. What will appear at the end of the spider thread be a dazed doll that has lost its fighting spirit, hostility, and murderous intent, or a crime that integrates all the evil? ]

[Reward: 1000DP, special item "Voice of the Stars"]

Oh, it turns out to be the Voice of the Stars. I thought it was the Color of the Stars.

Hayato nodded, and was about to take the distributed props out from the system warehouse——

"No, buddy? Wait, is this the 'Voice of the Stars' I'm thinking of?"

"I don't think my head is on fire or in flames, is it?"

Hayato knew that the system's achievement rewards might not necessarily give out cards, but the name of the reward given by the system this time made him a little nervous. Was he sure that the item he got was in the right world? No matter how he looked at it, it didn't look like an item that would appear in this card player's world.

But if it is true, then I can start protecting the world today, start protecting my world tomorrow, and stop eating beef the day after tomorrow - no, 35 seconds, after thinking about it, I think 40 seconds, and then I will start declaring victory after 40 seconds.

However, Hayato's idea of ​​giving up the duel and defeating the entire world on his own seems to have no chance of coming true, because after looking at the props in the system warehouse, he found that this "Voice of the Stars" is not the same as the "Voice of the Stars" of Lord Shafulin that he thought of.

"The power to amplify or even materialize the bond with a random compatriot?" Hayato frowned as he read out the instructions for the item called "Voice of a Star". "Does this mean that I can use the friendship with other people to forcibly print cards? It sounds a bit unclear."

Without sufficient bonds, what power can the printed cards have?

With enough bonds, do we still need other external forces to help print cards?

This item called "Voice of a Star" made a big change in Hayato's impression, and it suddenly became a bit useless. This thing is just like silver, very awkward, stuck here. But considering that it is a free achievement reward after all, what else can Hayato say, so he just obeyed.

Jonouchi and Kaiba had already started the duel while Hayato was killing the [Death God]. Before, the two of them seemed to say that there could not be two tigers in one mountain, but when they were playing cards, it didn't look very intense, as if neither of them was using their full strength after all - Jonouchi used [Red-Eyes Black Heavy Steel Dragon] to counter Kaiba's [Ultimate Fusion], and Kaiba also used [Ultimate Dragon Mage] to counter Jonouchi's [Black Flame Bomb], and the back and forth seemed like an exhibition match.

Of course, the actual situation was simply because both of them were trying their best to counter each other's moves. Jonouchi had already grown into a strong man who could be equally matched with Kaiba, and Hayato had expected that their duel would turn out like this - if one side's duel went extremely smoothly, it would mean that the other side was actually stuck and could not offer any resistance.

The strong attack that Kaiba was good at was constantly defended by Jonouchi with [Red-Eyes Triumph], and Jonouchi's alternative blood-burning tactics was also restrained by the [Material Dragon] that Kaiba deliberately put into the deck. Now that no one is disturbing him, Hayato thought of just using the item he just got.

After all, even the selected bonds are random. Who knows if the card pool will get bigger and bigger as Hayato gets to know more and more people? Wouldn't it be a waste if he chose some small fish? As soon as he took out the card from the system warehouse, Hayato found that "Voice of the Stars" had actually started on its own, and countless threads appeared on his body that led to all directions, as if that was the embodiment of the bonds between him and others.

The nearest ones were connected to Jonouchi and Kaiba respectively, but there was no thread connecting Peacock Dance, who also knew herself, and it seemed that she did not meet the criteria for being judged as having a connection by this "Voice of the Star". Or perhaps only people of the same sex could be considered compatriots?

But what Hayato was more curious about at the moment was actually one of the threads, which did not lead to the surroundings nor drill into the underground that might represent the underworld, but instead pointed straight to the sky. This puzzled Hayato, as he had never launched any ace cards into space before, nor did he know any astronauts stranded in the space station?

As luck would have it, the silk threads around Hayabusa disappeared one by one, as if they were eliminated. Even the "threads of bond" extending in all directions were reduced to less than ten in the end, and were still decreasing. In the end, even the two threads on Jonouchi and Kaiba disappeared, leaving only the one leading to the sky.

And a voice familiar to Hayato came from the other end of the thread.

"This familiar bright soul, are you calling me, fellow?"

Hayato was also startled, and looked up at the sky. It was still early in the morning, even the sunset and the sunset glow had not appeared yet, not to mention the stars and the moon that could only be clearly seen under the night sky.

But even now, Hayato clearly saw stars lighting up in the sky, connecting to each other to form an illusory starry dragon.

"Dragon? No, this voice is, [Ryuuki Takumi]?" Hayato raised his eyebrows. If there was no way to interact with the system, he would have wanted to grab the system's collar and question it. Is there something wrong with its judgment range of "fellows"? Is he a fellow of the constellations composed of stars in the universe? It's also weird to be a fellow of the Duel Monsters.

After all, I'm not the kind of pervert who would get excited when I hear that there is no reproductive isolation between me and the Duel Monsters. Maybe?

Shaking his head to clear the messy thoughts in his mind, Hayato looked up into the sky and tried to respond to the voice with his own thoughts as prana, or "New-Type": "If I'm sensing it correctly, [Ryūki Takumi]?"

In his mind, Hayato heard the other party's voice directly: "You are my compatriot after all, the one who uses this name."

"I can't help it. You didn't give me your names. Rather, can we really communicate directly like this? It's really the literal meaning of 'Voice of a Star'." Although he usually has a low presence, Hayato still recognizes the reliability of his system. At least he feels that the experience of using the reward props this time is okay. "I used a special prop to contact you. Do you feel anything special?"

"Although the changes are not big, it seems that it can shine more light on you, my compatriot." There is no good name to call this constellation will of [Dragon Brilliance], so let's call it 'The Brilliance of Draco'. The sound he made and received by Hayato was obviously much clearer and more coherent than the previous times. "It's only been a moment, but you have grown so much. You are worthy of being the most brilliant compatriot among us."

"I can understand it if I consider you are stars for a moment. But I am just as amazing as you say!" Facing the praise from "Glory of Draco", Hayato accepted it calmly, with a natural expression on his face, "All the growth I have achieved so far is from myself, full of hard work and sweat. I really want to improve!"

The effort is on the system, and the sweat is on the opponent's face, so how can it not be counted as effort and sweat?

"I see. We already know your intention." Because they were using the "New-Type" communication method, "Glory of the Draco" clearly felt Hayato's thoughts at the moment, and the stars in the sky flickered visibly. "In that case, then accept our new power."

The thing that was probably the "thread of bond" that had just disappeared reappeared. Hayato saw a stream of light flying from the sky along the thread and falling into his hand, squeezing out the card of the [Death God] that had been cleared away and turning it into a real card.

The straightforwardness of "Glory of Draco" was beyond Hayato's expectation. Before he even said "Are you there? Lend me some strength to print the card", the other party had already stuffed the card into his hand. It was so straightforward.

In the thoughts transmitted by the "Voice of the Stars", the "Glory of the Draco" was still conveying additional explanations to Hayato: "This power comes from our newborn compatriots. Although they have not fully awakened, they have already shown some brilliance. I believe it will bring enough power to you, my compatriot."

"The light of our stars will always illuminate your path, my fellow man."

"Hello? Are you there?"

Feeling that the power of transmitting thoughts became weak, "Glory of Draco" fell silent again without any echo. Although Hayato could still feel the other party's presence, he could no longer communicate smoothly like he did just now. Hayato guessed that it was probably because the power of "Voice of the Star" had been exhausted.

After all, this thing was probably originally used to allow Hayato to talk remotely with his family and friends on Earth, and to print a card that represents the bond with others, and that would be it. But Hayato knew the "Glory of Draco" which was far away in the Draco constellation, and the other party even sent some "local specialties" to Hayato from there remotely. Didn't that use up the "phone credit" of this "Voice of the Star"?

"I was just wondering if I could get some new reinforcements for [Dragon's Glory], but the call was hung up so quickly." Hayato said with some regret, looking at the card in his hand whose light was fading. Although a [Death] card was forcibly turned into a pile of cards by the light of "Dragon's Glory", this is the world of card players. Duel monsters, isn't it amazing?

He wanted to see what "Glory of Draco" meant by "newborn compatriots". Could it be that they were infant-level cards that needed to be nurtured slowly by himself?

"Anyway, it can't be 'Kuma Kuai Qiao'. Kaiba hasn't figured out 'Synchronize' yet." After the light completely dissipated, Hayato saw the card clearly, "Now that things have come to this, let me see if the new card is developing normally. Oh my god, Leo!?"

"Lao Da, are you calling me meow?"

In the card in Hayato's hand, a lion that looked majestic in appearance blinked its blue eyes and looked at its duelist, but when it spoke, it was full of silly meow. (End of this chapter)