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Chapter 1761 Electronic Dragon - Infinite - Just kidding, it's actually Ame no Habakiri!

While Hayato noticed Daitokuji, Daitokuji didn't notice Hayato, as he was currently focused on protecting the Osiris-Red dormitory and had no time to look away from the eight-headed serpent in front of him.

In particular, he didn't completely block a few of the initial attacks, and in order to protect the Osiris-Red dormitory behind him and the students inside, he used his own body to block the attacks.

Although he appears no different from ordinary people, Daitokuji has died twice—his original body died as the alchemist "Amunaeru"; he accidentally completed "human transmutation" as his second life, where he was defeated as the leader of the "Seven Stars"; and then this third life is as "Daitokuji Hugo," a teacher at the Duel Academy.

But fate is such a cruel thing. Kagemaru, who was obsessed with immortality and longed to live, could never obtain the eternal life he sought. On the other hand, Daitokuji, who was not interested in a long life, was blessed with eternity and his life was extended many times. Or perhaps it was precisely because Daitokuji did not covet immortality that he was able to have this third life.

Therefore, when the eight-headed serpent discovered the Osiris-Red dormitory and attacked the students, Daitokuji did not hesitate to fight it to protect the students and was willing to use his own body to block the attack—even though the price for doing so was that Daitokuji's body was covered in the serpent's venom, and a large part of his artificial body was corroded away.

This was only because Daitokuji acted decisively and immediately removed some of his own blood. Fortunately, he possessed alchemy skills. Although he couldn't create a new body out of thin air, he could still use readily available sand and gravel to create a temporary body to fill the wounds. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't have lasted this long and would have collapsed from excessive blood loss.

Even so, he was still somewhat dazed and confused, and he was only able to persevere and face the giant snake in front of him by sheer willpower.

"What bad luck, meow. They had to attack at night to completely neutralize their power, [Primordial Sun God Helios]." Looking at the giant serpent before him with some distress, Daitokuji muttered to himself, "If only I had been prepared."

For Daitokuji, if he had enough time to prepare and set up special devices around the Osiris-Red dormitory to assist him, he could unleash power far exceeding his current strength. If he had chosen a better time, he wouldn't have been forced to use the current [Golden Artificial Lifeform] but would have already pulled out his trump card [Three Sons Sun God Helios].

While it wouldn't be enough to instantly ascend to heaven and punch the "God of Orichalcos" or kick the "Great Evil God of Darkness," it would at least be able to protect the Osiris-Red Dormitory from the monsters' attacks.

However, even though he knew in his heart that he probably couldn't hold out for long against the eight-headed serpent in his current condition, Daitokuji could feel the students in the dormitory behind him, who had been ordered to hide in their rooms, watching his back.

Since that's the case, I have no choice but to grit my teeth and persevere. To paraphrase my favorite child, "A hero can't desert his post." Although I'm not a hero, I am a teacher, and behind me are my students.

Seeing that Daitokuji refused to retreat even a step, the eight-headed serpent that had been trying to attack the dormitory behind him finally became impatient. It locked all sixteen eyes onto Daitokuji, and the golden lightning-shaped exoskeleton on its body, which resembled both eyebrows and horns, lit up with purple light, as if it was gathering strength to launch an attack.

Seeing this, Daitokuji knew that a critical moment had arrived. If he could defend against this move, the giant snake might find it difficult to handle and have no choice but to retreat. However, if he couldn't defend against this move, the snake would launch a large-scale attack on the students in the dormitory—meaning that he would have to risk his life!
"Protecting students is a teacher's duty!" With that thought in mind, Daitokuji was about to play a few more cards to strengthen the [Golden Artificial Lifeform] in order to withstand the opponent's attack.

But just as he put the card down, his Duel Disk suddenly burst into a shower of sparks. Daitokuji looked down and discovered that his Duel Disk had been coated with purple venom and rendered unusable!
A cunning glint appeared in the eyes of the eight-headed serpent, and purple light gathered as it prepared to attack!
"boom!"

Just when Daitokuji was at its wits' end and almost had no choice but to gamble on the possibility that the current [Golden Artificial Lifeform] could block the attack, a huge roar suddenly came from somewhere. Then, one of the eight heads of the serpent exploded violently, as if it had been blown off by something. The accumulated energy went out of control and blasted the serpent to the ground!
Upon hearing the sound, Daitokuji saw Hayato standing in front of the [Tool Trailer], which was in its unfolded state.

"I loaded three [D] cards in one go. [Tool Truck] isn't just for show; after the attack power is increased, it has a destructive power of up to 3700 points. Although it only has the power of one hit, it's enough to destroy a normal monster." Hayato retracted the [Tool Truck], whose attack power had dropped back to 1300 points, and waved to Daitokuji, "Are you alright, Daitokuji!"

"I don't think I look alright, meow~" Because of Hayato's arrival, just seeing him made Daitokuji feel incredibly relieved. Knowing that the Osiris-Red dormitory and its students were now completely safe, he immediately relaxed and sat down on the sand. A part of his body lost control and turned back into sand. "But, I'm saved, meow."

Daitokuji was about to continue speaking when, as Hayato passed by the eight-headed giant serpent that appeared to have been defeated and killed, he suddenly opened his eyes and loudly warned Hayato, "Danger! Get out of the way!"

Just as Daitokuji spoke, Hayato drew the Holy Sword of Light - Dennell and held it horizontally beside him. At the same time, a gust of wind swept in, and an exaggeratedly shaped giant sword slashed down on Hayato's Holy Sword of Light - Dennell!

"Qiang!"

Using the force of the attack, Hayato slid a distance across the sand, and in doing so, he saw clearly what had ambushed him—from among the "remains" of the defeated eight-headed serpent, a bare-chested, purple-haired man bound with many "shimenawa" ropes emerged. It was this man who had just ambushed him with a strangely shaped giant sword with a tsuba (handguard) inlaid with eight blue jade rings.

However, what attracted Hayato's attention even more than other places was the lightning-shaped golden decoration on the other's eyebrows, which was highly similar to, or even exactly the same as, the eight-headed serpent from before.

After the man's sneak attack on Hayato failed, the eight-headed serpent beneath him stopped feigning death and resumed its activity. It was clear that it hadn't been so easily stunned by his own attack—even the head that had been shattered by Hayato's "Tool Trailer" was now rapidly healing itself as if time had reversed.

Compared to his lively and cunning demeanor when attacking the Osiris-Red dormitory, the man's appearance suddenly became much more rigid after he broke free from the eight-headed serpent, as if he had lost his soul or self-awareness.

“Your keen combat awareness is evident, unlike that human who is bound by pointless shackles. You are a fine warrior.” Under Hayato and Daitokuji’s gaze, the man spoke in human language, “Unfortunately, your sword is far inferior to mine.”

Hayato glanced down at the [Holy Sword of Light - Dennell] in his hand. After blocking just one attack, it was already covered in cracks and looked like it was about to shatter. Hayato, however, casually flicked it, and holy light surged from the sword. The [Holy Sword of Light - Dennell], which had just looked fragile, was restored to its original state in the blink of an eye.

"It might be a little lacking in sharpness, but in terms of durability, even if this sword breaks, it can be repaired immediately." "That's perfect, it's a weapon of the same type as mine." The purple-haired man revealed a wicked smile, raising the weapon in his hand, "Sword name, 'Amatsukumo no Michi', the sword is two feet eight inches long, the blade is like iris, the handle is eight inches long, like a fish spine, with uneven joints, and the whole body is white."

Hearing the other party describe the weapon like something out of a martial arts novel, Hayato looked at the [Holy Sword of Light - Dennell] in his hand and casually made up a name for himself: "Sword name, 'Pink Furry Rabbit,' eight feet long, eight feet wide, and eight feet thick, with built-in RGB lighting effects, Kira☆Kira!"

Listening to Hayato's obviously fabricated introduction, the purple-haired man didn't care. He just curled his lips into a bloodthirsty expression: "You're still so relaxed in front of me? I hope you can still maintain this amusing state after my blade strikes you."

"You talk as if I'd let you off the hook. You attacked my students and teachers and damaged my property—this school building. Your regenerative abilities seem pretty good? Well, if I cut off one of your heads, can you grow two back?"

The two men, each wielding a sword, faced each other. One stood on the sand, while the other stood atop a ferocious eight-headed serpent. The tension was palpable—not to mention others, even Daitokuji was so tense that he almost forgot to breathe!
Just as Daitokuji thought the two were about to clash with their swords, the purple-haired man suddenly placed his sword on his left arm. Suddenly, a rope made of small black thunderclouds wrapped around the sword and fixed it to his left arm, as if it were a dueling disk.
Hayato casually tossed the [Holy Sword of Light - Denel] aside and pulled out his deck to open the Duel Disk.

Both sides simultaneously shouted in unison, "Duel!" x2
"Cough cough!" Daitokuji almost fainted, and couldn't help but complain, "Weren't you just acting like you were going to have a real sword fight? How come you've suddenly started dueling, meow?"

"Hmph, boring mortals, who doesn't know that the ritual of dueling is a battle far more bloody and ruthless than the clash of swords and spears?"

"Exactly, Daitokuji, how come you don't even have common sense? Isn't it normal to solve problems through duels?"

The purple-haired man and Hayato each said something, making Daitokuji seem like an idiot.

"Yeah, right! Just a moment ago you were practically ready to kill each other, even resorting to sneak attacks. How come you're suddenly all in agreement and starting a duel, meow?"

Hearing Daitokuji's complaint, Hayato said matter-of-factly, "Although I was ambushed just now, theoretically I also ambushed him once, so isn't that even? Besides, there is an old saying that greeting is an absolute courtesy in duels. No matter how much you hate your opponent, you cannot do without greeting. But you can ambush him once before greeting him. This is also recorded in the Kojiki."

"Are there really such interesting things in the human world? Hmph, how delightful." The purple-haired man chuckled upon hearing this, though his expression wasn't particularly pleasant. "Then, as you said, let's begin with greetings before the battle. My name is 'Kusanagi'."

"Domo, Sona Gei=mulberry. Kobayashi Hayato DESU." Hayato greeted with his hands clasped in front of his body.

[Cao Na Yi: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000LP, 5 card in hand]

What seems like a strange habit contains unique rules. Immature duelists cannot immediately enter a fighting state after greeting each other, and there is a possibility that someone else will take the initiative and expose their weaknesses. On the contrary, people like Hayato and Kusanagi can complete the transition from greeting to dueling in less than a decimal second.

Both players drew their cards with lightning speed, and then Kusanagi seized the initiative, drawing a card from his deck.

"I'll take the initiative. My turn, draw!" Kusanagi said, placing the drawn card on the blade pattern on his greatsword, which seemed to have been specially made for cards. "Then, let's immediately begin preparations for my arrival—activate the magic card [Preparations for the Ritual]!"

"You can only activate one card with this name per turn. Select one Ritual Spell Card from my Deck and one Ritual Monster from my Deck or Graveyard whose name is written on that Ritual Spell Card. Add those two cards to my hand!"

Although the card effects of Ritual decks are actually poor, it doesn't mean that the effects of Ritual-related cards are bad. On the contrary, it's precisely because Ritual decks are basically in a card disadvantageous position that the support cards for Ritual can generally generate card advantage. For example, the card "Preparation for Ritual" which can reliably exchange one card for two and accurately search for cards is basically a must-have card in most Ritual decks.

"You'll use this card, which means it's a Ritual deck?" Hayato raised an eyebrow and played a card from his hand without hesitation. "I won't let you set up so easily—chain the effect of this [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] card in my hand and turn it to Ash!"

The blonde-haired old lady (lol) flew out from the card Hayato showed and kicked away the [Ritual Offering] in the [Preparation for the Ritual] card image, which was about to feast on it, thus negating its effect.

"Hmm? Hmph, an interesting man." The activated card was negated by its effect, but Kusanagi wasn't annoyed. He glanced with interest at [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring] entering Hayato's graveyard and continued, "In that case, I'll use this card first—reveal this card in my hand to activate its effect!"

Upon seeing the card art displayed by Kusanagi, Hayato hallucinated on another monster and instinctively exclaimed, "Holy crap, [Cyber ​​Dragon Infinite]!?"

Upon hearing this, Kusanagi raised an eyebrow and corrected, "It's [Ama-no-Habakiri]!"

(And that one action is the same)
While eating original recipe chicken this afternoon, I suddenly realized I hadn't updated my blog on time today, and I almost had to use my leave request.