Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Chapter 1697 Yes, why is that? I'm also looking for the reason.

【Blackfeather - Boreas of the Demonic Wind】【6☆/Dark】

[Bird/Beast Race/Synchro/Adjustment/Effect]

[2400/1200]

"A Synchro Tuner, and it's a Level 6 monster too." Hayato glanced at the newly summoned [Blackwing - Boreas the Wind] and [Blackwing - Starry Sky Bitterbird], both Level 6 monsters, and said, "Should we do another 'Accelerated Synchro'? Summon your 12-star monster that was returned to the Extra Deck again?"

Having easily grasped the meaning of the strange terms Hayato used, Oboro no Kage denied it, saying, "No, the grudge of [Strike Black Feather - God-Standing Onimaru Sword Bird] will be avenged by other companions, and the appearance of [Black Feather - Demon Wind Boreas] has other significance."

"This effect can only be activated when [Blackwing - Boreas the Demonic Wind] is Synchro Summoned. Send one [Blackwing] monster from my Deck to the Graveyard, and change the Level of [Blackwing - Boreas the Demonic Wind] to the same Level as that monster!"

"I send this Level 4 [Blackwing - Auster of the South Wind] from my deck to the Graveyard to upgrade [Blackwing - Boreas of the Demonic Wind] to Level 4!"

【Blackfeather - Boreas of the Demonic Wind】【6☆/Dark→4☆/Dark】【ATK2400】

The monster named after the Latin spelling of the South Wind God "Notus," "Auster," was sent to the Graveyard by the Shadow of Karma. His [Blackwing - Boreas of the Demonic Wind] on the field was enveloped in a layer of airflow, and its level changed.

"Rank change complete. Next, I'll banish [Blackwing - Auster of the South Wind] from my Graveyard to activate its second effect!" Utilizing the effect of [Blackwing - Boreas of the Demonic Wind] to complete the stacking, Oboro no Karma took out a card from the Graveyard and displayed it, saying, "Ban this card from my Graveyard, and place one Wedge Counter on each of the face-up monsters your opponent controls, if possible!"

The wind blew in his face, but it carried something ominous. After the wind, which obscured his vision, passed, each of the monsters on Hayato's field was left with a feather-like arrow embedded in their bodies, unable to be pulled out.

【True Crimson Lotus Demon】【Wedge Marker 0→1】【ATK1500】

[Psychic Executioner] [Wedge Marker 0→1] [ATK2700]

[Earthbound Squid - Earth Drawing] [Wedge Indicator 0→1] [DEF1200]

Having confirmed that Hayato's monsters had all been marked with wedges, Oboro no Karafu waved his hand again: "Next, I'll perform a Level 4 Tuner monster, [Blackwing - Boreas the Demon Wind], and a Level 6 non-Tuner monster, [Blackwing - Simon the Poison Wind], to level up my monster! The Synchro Material requirement is [Blackwing] Tuner monster plus at least one non-Tuner monster!"

"The power of darkness gives birth to magnificent wings, and the black whirlwind becomes wings that soar through the sky. Evolve your form in this storm and rise up against the divine wind!"

"Synchron Summon, Level 4 + 6 = 10☆!"

"Blow it out—[Blackfeather-Heavy Armored Raven]!"

【Blackfeather - Heavy Armored Raven】【10☆/Dark】

[Bird/Beast Race/Synchro/Effect]

[3000/3000]

A monster appeared, wielding a heavy sword in one hand and a gun in the other, its entire body covered in armor. Its pinkish-purple hair color was a combination of the hair colors of [Black Feather - Demon Wind Boreas] and [Black Feather - Poison Wind Simon]. Its attack power was comparable to the previous 12-star "Big Brother" - [Strike Black Feather - God-Standing Onimaru Tobi]!
"Compared to the attack-focused [Assault Blackwing - Divine Onimaru Blade Bird], [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Crow] is superior in defense, upgraded from 'cannot be destroyed by card effects' to this card on the field being unaffected by other cards' effects!"

Longying Zhifeng paused, "But more importantly, it has other effects!"

"No, I think the resistance to all resistances is very important." Hayato couldn't help but complain, "Compared to that 12-star Roadside Raven just now, [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Raven] is obviously more like the big brother of your [Blackwing] deck, okay? Especially since the latter even needs all Synchro Materials to be Synchro Monsters in order to achieve the effect of increasing attack power, but [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Raven] only requires [Blackwing] Tuner Monsters to be used during Synchro Summoning."

"That's just because you don't know about the other, more powerful effects of [Blackwing - Armored Crow]." Unlike Hayato, who cares more about all resistances, Oboro no Karafu, like other duelists today, cares more about offensive capabilities than resistances. "While [Blackwing - Armored Crow] is on the field, every time your opponent activates a monster's effect, you can place a Wedge Counter on that face-up monster."

"And during my End Phase, I can activate another effect of [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Raven], which is to destroy all monsters on the field with Widget Counters." After a pause, Oboro no Karma said, "Finally, and most importantly, [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Raven] can, once per turn, take control of one monster on your opponent's field with a Widget Counter!"

"I'm about to activate it now, and my target is—the opponent's [Earthbound Squid] in Defense Position on the field!"

On Hayato's field, [Earthbound Squid], whose stripes were already dull due to effect nullification, suddenly trembled. The wedge marker that [Blackwing - South Wind Oster] had previously used an effect to imprint on its body suddenly extended a long chain from its tail feathers and was held in the hand of [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Crow]?!

"Get-Over-Here!" Shouting a famous line from "Shin O Street Fighter," [Kuroba - Heavy Armored Crow] suddenly yanked the chain and forcibly dragged Hayato's [Jibaku - Earthbound Squid], who was in defense position on the field, over there!

Noticing Hayato's strange gaze, Oboro no Kage explained, "Now that we have [Blackwing - Heavy Armored Crow] with an attack power of 3000, I have completely suppressed the monsters on your field. Now, all I need to consider is how to clear the monsters on your field and reduce your Life Points to zero in one go. And the Defense Position [Earthbound Squid] is undoubtedly a point that needs to be paid a little attention to."

"Instead of taking your two other monsters whose attack power has been weakened and whose level is too high, what I need more is this [Earthbound Squid] whose effect has been negated and whose attack power has been reduced by 700 points - now, I'm changing it to Attack Position!"

【Earthbound Squid - Earth Painting Squid】【DEF1200→ATK2100】

现在胧影之业风的场合，有攻击力2400点的【黑羽-星影之苦剑鸟】、攻击力3000点的【黑羽-重装铠翼鸦】以及攻击力2100点的【地缚戒虏-地画乌贼】在场，合计攻击力高达7500点，而隼人场上却已经只剩下了攻击力1500点的【真红莲魔】以及攻击力2700点的【念力终结处刑者】这么两只怪兽，也就只能为其抵挡4200点的战斗伤害、但剩下的3300点战斗伤害已经超出了其剩余的3200点基本分！

In other words, the lineup of Oboro no Kage is now enough to wipe out Hayato's base points in one F2A combo!
However, there's one thing that still bothers Oborogure no Karma: the face-down card on Hayato's back row that hasn't been revealed yet. While his [Blackwing - Armored Crow] has resistance to other card effects—neither the opponent's debuffs nor his own buffs can affect it—his other monsters don't have that kind of resistance.

If Hayato sets a card that is an offensive card such as [Divine Shield - Power of Reflection], then [Blackwing - Armored Crow] will not be destroyed, but if all of his other monsters are wiped out at once, then there is no way he can finish off his opponent this turn.

So—it's still not enough. It's not time for my own development to stop; it must continue!

“The Spell Card [Pot of Greed] returns five monster cards from my Graveyard to my Deck, shuffles them, and then draws two cards.” Playing a card from her hand, Oboro no Karma Wind begins collecting cards from her Graveyard. “I return the following five monster cards from my Graveyard to my Deck: [Assault Blackwing - Thunder Cutter Bird], [Blackwing - Radiant Star Sword Bird], [Blackwing - Demon Wind Boreas], [Blackwing Bird Tamer - Dark Eagle Craftsman Joe], and [Blackwing - Elite Zephyros]. He instantly replenished his Extra Deck, which had been weakened by the loss of four Synchro Monsters and one Effect Monster, and his hand also grew. After drawing two cards and examining them, he played the remaining card from his hand, saying, "Next, I'll activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Extraordinary Food' to send my two 'Black Feather Whirlwind' and 'Black Whirlwind' cards to the Graveyard, restoring 3000 Life Points equal to the number of cards I control!"

Believing that there was no next turn in this duel, Oboro no Karasu sent his three useless Continuous Spell Cards to the Graveyard, instantly boosting his Life Points from 2200, which was 1000 points lower than Hayato's, to 5200.

This step is also necessary because if Shadow of the Wind fails to eliminate Hayato this turn, then at the end of the turn, the Black Whirlwind placed on the field by the effect of Black Feather - Poisonous Wind Simon will return to his hand and deal him 1000 effect damage. This damage is too high for him, who only had 2200 base points. However, this can be avoided by sending him to the graveyard with Extraordinary Food.

【胧影之业风：2200→5200LP，手牌2→3→2】

"Next, I'll activate this trap card from my hand!"

"If there are two or more Blackwing monsters on my field, I can also activate [Blackwing - Twin Shadows] directly from my hand if I previously added it to my hand using the effect of [Blackwing - Phantom of Sodri].

After a pause, Oboro no Kage raised his hand and made a fist. "This card can be activated by returning my Graveyard, banished [Blackwing] Tuner monsters, and non-Tuner [Blackwing] monsters to the Deck. I return the banished Level 4 Tuner monster [Blackwing - Auster of the South Wind] and the Level 3 non-Tuner monster [Blackwing - Kibli of the Hot Wind] to the Deck!"

Hayato still remembered [Blackwing - Oster of the South Wind], since all the monsters on his field still had Wedge Counters placed on them, but when did he get [Blackwing - Kibli of the Hot Wind]?
After thinking for a moment, Hayato remembered a card: "That card that was banished by [Black Feather - Simon of the Poison Wind]?"

“Exactly!” Oboro no Kage admitted. “In order to activate the effect of [Blackwing - Simon of Poisonous Wind], I need to banish one [Blackwing] monster from my hand. At that time, the card that is banished is this [Blackwing - Kibli of Hot Wind].

The prototype of [Black Feather - Hot Wind of Kibli] is the seasonal hot cyclone "Kibli Wind" in the Sahara Desert, except for [Black Feather - Poisonous Wind of Simon], which is also related to the Sahara. What a coincidence of fate.

Hayato thought to himself, watching the two banished cards fly back into the hand held by Oborogane no Karma, and then he put them back into the deck. Oborogane no Karma then pointed to his field and said, "But this is not the end. It's just the cost of activating [Blackwing - Twin Shadows]. The real effect of this card is to Special Summon one [Blackwing] Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck as a Synchro Summon, where the combined Levels of the two monsters that are held by and returned to the Deck are the same!"

"Synchron Summon, Level 3 + 4 = 7☆!"

"Once again, descend upon my field on the storm, [Strike Blackwing - Thunder Cutter Bird]!"

The monster that was specially retrieved using the Pot of Greed is now summoned again by the Shadow of Karma. Although its first effect is no longer effective because it was Special Summoned by the effect of Blackwing - Twin Shadows, its second effect, which can be used once per turn, is reset because it left the field and then returned, and can be used a second time by the Shadow of Karma!

【Strike Blackwing - Thunder Cutter Bird】【ATK2600】

"Once per turn, target the number of Blackwing monsters on your opponent's field other than [Assault Blackwing - Thunder Cutter Bird] on my field, and destroy those cards!"

The current state of Oboro no Karasu is different from before. With five monsters on the field, the number of cards he can choose with [Strike Blackwing - Thunder Cutter Bird] has increased from one to three, while Hayato only has four cards left on the field.

"My targets are—the monster cards [Crimson Demon], [Psychic Executioner], and the face-down card in the Spell & Trap Zone. Destroy these three cards on your opponent's field!"

"Raikiri - Kirin!"

A violent bolt of lightning was unleashed from the tip of the sword of [Assault Blackwing - Thunder Cutter Bird], transforming into a gigantic Kirin in mid-air and swooping down on Hayato's field, aiming to destroy all of Hayato's cards except for the seemingly useless Continuous Spell Card [Crimson Hell Earth]!
After the roar, everything fell silent. Smoke and dust covered the earth, but the lightning snakes swimming on the ground occasionally illuminated the inside of the smoke and dust. However, it was too blurry for even birds like the Shadowless Wind to see what was inside.

However, under such an offensive, how could the opponent possibly still have the ability to resist?

As Oboro no Kage was thinking this, he saw that after the smoke and dust on Hayato's field gradually dissipated, the images of several seemingly intact monsters were revealed!

[Hayato Kobayashi: 3200LP, 1 card in hand]

【Psychic Executioner】【ATK2700】

【Crimson Dragon】【8☆/Dark】

[Dragon/Synchro/Effect]

[3000/2000]

【Phantom Wing Synchro Dragon】【7☆/Wind】

[Dragon/Synchro/Effect]

[2500/2000]

Backcourt: [Crimson Prison Land]

The opponent's monsters have not decreased but increased? What's going on?!

"You seem puzzled as to why I have more monsters now?" Hayato said with a smile, shaking the cards "Troublemaker" and "Crimson Demon" that he was holding in his hand and hadn't sent to the graveyard yet. "Yeah, why is that? I'm looking for the reason too."

"How about we go back in time? Let's go back to the moment when you were about to destroy the card you had chosen for me."

　The Illusionary Wings make their dazzling debut!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)