Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Chapter 1687 Kobayashi Hayato, get out of this world!

"I've already shut down all the internal functions, so I can take it off anytime. I was just distracted by watching your duel." Recalling Hayato's duel, Amon swallowed and subconsciously said, "It was simply like being a god."

With his body eroded and torn apart, Yubel's current form is more like the "Yubel Phantom" than his previous complete form, only with a higher proportion of flesh.

Hearing Amon's words, even with one foot already in her coffin, she still cried out in her decaying voice, "God? What kind of god is he? There are no gods in this world!"

"If there is a god, how could Judai bear such a cruel fate? What a ridiculous world it is to make an innocent and pure child bear such a heavy burden! I am willing to sacrifice myself and become what I am now in order to protect Judai."

"I will not let anyone who harms Jaden go unpunished, but if there is a god, why am I, who protects Jaden, destined to be separated from him?"

"All my suffering comes from people, all my sorrow comes from people. Even if a god exists in this world, he is just a despicable god who is obsessed with suffering, sorrow and pain!"

Hayato remained unmoved by Yubel's complaints: "Leaving aside other matters, Yubel, even now you still haven't realized your mistake? You call that protecting the Tenth Generation?"

"Because of you, everyone who fought and defeated Jaden was injured by your attacks. As a result, Jaden, who at that time had not yet awakened his ability to see spirits but could still feel your emotions in the cards, was regarded as a dangerous monster by others and was surrounded by loneliness from a young age."

"What's wrong with that! I belong solely to Judai, and Judai's love belongs solely to me!"

"No human being is an appendage of another!" As he said this, Hayato glanced at Amon, who had suddenly fallen silent. His New-Type ability clearly sensed the sudden emotional fluctuation in Amon's heart. "It's because the love you brought to Jaden was too heavy and painful that he has always remained a child who never grew up!"

"Wouldn't that be better? He can become more dependent on me and unable to live without me!"

"But one cannot remain nestled in one's mother's arms forever, and you, Yubel, cannot become Judai's mother!"

Hearing Hayato's words, Yubel's face darkened, and he lowered his head, muttering to himself, "Jūdai, even if I return to his side, will he leave me again? Will he change, will he break his vow and give the love that belongs only to me to someone else, that kind of thing?"

"I don't want that kind of thing! At least wait until I return to the Jade Emperor's side for twenty years, no, a hundred years!"

"Ten generations, ten generations, my ten generations"

"Did his brain get damaged and he's completely mentally deranged? It's a pity I don't know much about medicine, otherwise I'd really like to see if the brain of the materialized Card Spirit is structured like a human's." Hayato said, glancing unintentionally at Alai beside him.

"W-What are you doing? Why are you looking at me all of a sudden?" Hearing Hayato's mutterings and noticing that he was actually being looked at, Alai was startled. It was hard for him not to connect the two things. "Didn't you say, Master, that I should bring my [Codex] after you win the duel to celebrate your victory, and especially shout 'Ewaa'!"

(Celebrate!)
"No, you're too late. Lord Hayato clearly told you to come out before the duel and shout out your memorized lines to give him a victory buff." However, [Sanctuary's Mizuki] revealed the truth, "Can't even handle such a small matter, what a vulgar thing!"

"Gulp, am I such a despicable person?" Alai looked hurt and glanced at Yubel beside him before changing the subject, "But speaking of which, Master, now that you've defeated this guy, are you just going to leave it like this? Although its body is already shattered and it's barely worthy of being called a wreck, it can still be restored if it receives dueling energy from the students at the school."

"After all, card spirits, especially card spirits like this one that have entered the third stage where they can freely materialize, are the kind of beings that are very difficult to destroy."

"Wouldn't it be a pity to kill her?" [The Temple's Water Spy] asked. "If we were to subdue her and make her serve you, Lord Hayato, wouldn't that strengthen you—"

“No, there’s no need for that. My interest in Yubel is limited to her deck as an opponent, but in reality, the duel is just so-so.” Hayato shook his head. “If she had gone first instead of me, it might have ended in one turn.”

"As for capturing cards, there's no need to go into detail. She's right about one thing: she belongs to Jaden, and I have no interest in using other people's cards."

"Really no interest? I don't believe it," Alai retorted. "After your duel with that guy called 'Light of Destruction,' even though he was in outer space, didn't you, Master, make a point of collecting his card power and making it your own? Taking cards from those you lost is commonplace for you—"

"Shut up, Alai, don't ruin my plans." Hayato tapped Alai on the head. Even though Alai was an adult, he wasn't much taller than Crowley in his youth. In front of Hayato, he was like a high school student. "I said I don't like using other people's cards, and that's it—except in duels."

In theory, if Hayato wanted, he could build a Red-Eyes deck, a Dark Magician deck, or a Blue-Eyes deck to play cards. The card drop lists of Jonouchi and Kaiba also allow Hayato to randomly drop related cards during duels with them.

But Hayato actually had a slightly unexpected insistence: the Blue Eyes card lacked that arrogance unless used by Kaiba; the Red Eyes card, not belonging to Jonouchi, lacked resilience; and the Dark Magician card, no matter how others used it, never quite felt like the Dark Magician from Yugi. So even if he got these cards from them, Hayato probably wouldn't use them, even with powerful terminals like "White Daddy" Ultimate Dragon Magician and "Red Daddy" Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Rider available for him to use.

In line with Hayato's idea, in the many duels Hayato had fought with Yugi and Kaiba over the years, he had drawn more than three of cards like the "Treasure Card of Life" and the "Treasure Card of Destiny." The system hadn't given him a single card like the "Red-Eyes," "Blue-Eyes," and "Dark Magician" that he didn't want, making Hayato somewhat suspicious that the system actually had its own consciousness.

Even if Yubel is Jaden's card, Hayato won't hold back against him because of that, especially now that Yubel has already reached out to Duel Academy.

"Kill him."

Hayato casually announced his decision regarding Yubel.

"That's exactly what I've been waiting for, Lord Hayato." [The Temple's Mizuki] said excitedly, "Ever since just now, I've been itching to take action against this guy who dared to question you."

"I have at least nine ways to take her down, nine ways!"

"How unexpectedly bloodthirsty, Water Mage." Alai glanced at [Temple's Water Mage] with a subtle look, a cruel smile spreading across his face. "But I'm no saint myself, so I have no right to criticize others. In fact, it's been a while since I've attacked a spirit; I wonder if my skills have declined." Although he couldn't see the spirit beside Hayato, just hearing Hayato's words "Kill it," Amon knew Hayato's intention. He immediately stepped forward nervously: "Wait, wait a minute, Mr. Hayato, are you going to destroy this Duel Monster card called 'Yubel'?"

"Otherwise, why would I need to choose another auspicious day to kill her?" Hayato looked at Amon strangely.

"No, what I mean is," after a moment's hesitation, Amon finally spoke his mind, "there aren't many Duel Monster cards in the world with special powers, are there? Like the legendary 'Three Egyptian Gods' and the 'Three Egyptian Gods' that are said to be sealed on this island, this card called [Yubel] is also a very rare existence, isn't it? Wouldn't it be a pity to just destroy it like this?"

"It's like one of the only four Blue-Eyes White Dragons in the world has been torn off, or like the rarely collected Sealed Exodia has been destroyed!"

(A seahorse, on its way to America as part of a geological expedition in search of dyne: Achoo!)

Hearing Amon's analogy, Hayato shook his head: "Then let me ask you, when you are in the wild without water and food for several days and are about to starve to death, you encounter a panda that is a protected animal even on a global scale, and you still have the strength to kill it to get food, what would you choose?"

"No, you don't need to answer, because your answer is not important at all. I am just stating my opinion, which is that only life is the most precious thing: living life, human life, and one's own life."

"Protecting animals? Rare cards? From the moment [Yubel] lost control and became a dangerous being that could harm humans, the only label left on her was 'enemy,' and everything else vanished." After a pause, Hayato looked at [Sanctuary's Mizuki] and [Summoner-Aleister], who were materializing together, ready to destroy Yubel on the spot. To deal with [Yubel] in her current pineapple-like form, the two of them were enough.

Although there is a saying that "even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit," if Hayato has to bring out Ra and the others just to finish off the low-health Yubel, even if Ra and the others don't object, Hayato feels that it would lower their status.

"Hehehe, cry and scream all you want, no one will come to save you even if you scream your lungs out." Imitating the classic villain's line, Alai extended his staff, "First, I will strip you of your power."

"Then I will sever its remaining consciousness." [The Temple's Water Spirit] coldly watched as Alai's staff, which had unleashed its magic and drawn a magic circle, approached Yubel, tacitly agreeing to wait until Yubel was completely deprived of her ability to resist before beginning her actions. "Finally, it will be pure death. Don't worry, it will be over soon."

“Loss of power. Deprivation of consciousness. Death.” Yubel murmured, looking at the approaching [Sanctuary's Water Spirit] and [Summoner - Aleister], “In that case, I'll never be able to return to Jaden's side again. I finally managed to return to Earth, and I was about to go back to Jaden’s side.”

"—No! I refuse that outcome!" Yubel abruptly raised her head, her gaze sweeping past the two mages before her and fixing on Hayato. "You are not allowed to take Jaden away from me again!"

Yubel, who had been unable to move just moments before, suddenly sprang up from the ground, dragging his tattered body, mostly made of energy, and charged towards Hayato!

"Trying to attack Master? Did you ask me first?" With a practiced inversion, Alai swung his staff, and a simulated energy blast shot from its tip, accompanied by a massive whirlwind. "As long as Endymion doesn't see it, this isn't a knock-off, is it? — Cloud Storm!"

(The magic trick used by the Three Sages to extinguish the flame; the one standing next to Sea King in the bottom right corner is Crowley.)

What appears to be an offensive spell is actually a sealing magic attack unleashed by Alai. After the magic bullet in front hits the target, the magic power on the target is completely drained by the cloud storm behind. And the magic bullet did indeed successfully hit Yubel, who had only taken a few steps.

In an instant, Yubel's body, which had just been able to construct itself with energy, became transparent. The magic power on her body was violently sucked out by the cloud storm clinging to her, and it seemed that she could not even maintain the form of [Yubel Illusion]. In just the time it takes to breathe, the largest part of her body—her left arm—detached from her body and was about to fall to the ground.

It looked as if Yubel had been drained of his power, leaving only an arm as a physical entity, but [Temple's Water Execution] keenly sensed something was amiss: "No, you haven't captured its true form, Alai, you idiot!"

"Wow!"

Water erupted from the ground like a fountain, transforming into a water mirror that precisely intercepted Yubel, who was approaching Hayato in his almost completely transparent spirit form, the [Yubel Spirit]. Through the water mirror summoned by [Temple Water Dispatch], Hayato calmly said, "It's useless to struggle in vain, Yubel."

"Hmph, you actually prepared a barrier to block the attack, what a coward, Kobayashi Hayato!" Yubel grinned and suddenly sneered, "But who said my real target was you?"

Upon hearing this, Amon instinctively assumed that Yubel was going to attack him. Not only him, but even Alai glanced at him instinctively. However, they quickly realized that Yubel's killing of Amon had nothing to do with the card spirits of the Hayatos. Yubel was going to attack other targets.

The [Shadow Maiden Midrash], who had been silently controlling the threads, suddenly widened her eyes, the doll-like girl exclaiming in surprise: "The cage... is broken!?"

Inside the underground monitoring room, the walls were originally covered with Shaddoll's threads to form a prison that isolated the inside from the outside. But now, a gap was punched in the ceiling, and the concrete layer was pierced through, leading all the way to the underground forest above. It looked as if Yubel had used the attack on Hayato to divert the attention of the others and take the opportunity to escape!
"No! This is an illusion!" Because among the people he knew—specifically referring to a certain [Great Sage of the Holy Demon] who was skilled in magic indicator spells—there was someone who was proficient in illusions. In an instant, Alai saw through the gap on his head. It was clearly an illusion that he could see through with just a little sensing. It was far less powerful than the "Holy Moon Magic - Dream Fork" that he had seen before, which could even interfere with the magic of a demon god who had obtained the power of a dragon king from another world.

However, it must be said that even the crudest illusion can be considered successful if it can distract attention. After everyone saw the restored Shaddoll threads under the disappearing hole above their heads, Yubel had also achieved his true goal.

"You're a dangerous guy who threatens my and Jaden's happiness, Hayato Kobayashi!" Besides Yubel's physical body, which was controlled by Alai's magic, and her spirit form, which had detached from its physical form but was imprisoned by the Temple's Water Mirror, her voice rang out from somewhere else—behind Hayato!?

Before being stripped of his power by Arai, Yubel released all the dueling energy he had been accumulating, appearing behind Hayato in the form of the energy body [Yubel Phantom], surrounded by a beam of light, and at such close range, he enveloped Hayato in the blink of an eye!

"At this distance, your men's barriers won't hold them off—get out of this world!"

　Yubel's ability to "split" isn't something I made up; she did indeed act as multiple individuals in the original work. Right after Professor Cobra finished fighting Jaden, while still in her glass capsule, she used her energy to teleport to Jaden and the others, guiding Professor Cobra to commit suicide. However, at the same time, her body inside the capsule was taken away by the escaping Amon—and then, after the group traveled to another world, she ran off to find Malden.

　　And Wei Xian has a lot of combination spells, but unfortunately, they're all in the comics and very few have been converted to Omega form. The few Omega forms he's had recently used are all individual spells, such as Judgment Lightning and Tears of Light.
　　Furthermore, Death Stranding 2 was delayed two days earlier than expected. After playing for about four hours, it felt like Death Stranding 2 was like Death Stranding 2 to Picnic – it was good, but it lacked that initial thrill and driving force.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)