Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Despite his complaints, Hayato managed to find a newly acquired card in the system shop after the other player revealed their name—a fusion monster named [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa].

—Even though the duel hasn't started yet, that doesn't stop Hayato from gathering information about his opponent. If it's not turned off, it's turned on?
Hayato hadn't finished reading the detailed effects yet, but the other party's race surprised him: "It's actually a Fantasy Demon?"

The race of a Duel Monster can often summarize its overall tendency. For example, the Angel race, whether it is light, dark or even earth attribute! (suddenly loudly) has some abstract elements and few of them are good-looking. The Dragon race mostly has handsome and beautiful designs, creating countless dragon-loving characters. The Spellcaster race is particularly suitable for use with Spell Trap Cards.

While there are exceptions, such as the fact that while most of the cards of the [Mischievous Fairy] type have beautiful artwork, the lack of abstraction on the cards often appears more prominently in the duelists; some Dragon-type monsters have designs that even a character like Kaiba wouldn't dare to bite; and there are also examples of Spellcaster-type monsters like [Wei Xian] that don't use proper magic but instead use other monsters as Equip Spell Cards—but in general, the "stereotypes" of a particular race are still quite firmly established.

Among the many races, there are also some special races, such as the Phantom Dragon race, which has not yet spread and exists only in a small area, and the Electronic Realm race, which has no living space due to the underdeveloped network. However, excluding these races that do not yet exist, the three most special races in the world are the Phantom Beast race, the Creator God race, and the Phantom Demon race.

The first two are basically bound together, and the two races together only have six cards. There is even a Winged Dragon of Ra that splits into three cards by itself to make up the number. The "Phantom Beast Race" and "Creator Race" are highly bound to ancient Egypt from three thousand years ago, so they can be ignored.

However, the "Fantasy Demons" are quite special. What makes them special is that very few people use cards from this race. At least in Hayato's intelligence network, how many people use cards from this race in battle? Even including himself, there are only three people in total, and it's hard to say whether the other two are even "human".

It is not the "clone" that possesses Fubuki, but the real Darkness. It was found by Hayato three years ago, the year Fubuki disappeared. In that duel, Hayato fought against Darkness using cards from the Fantasy Demon Clan, which were based on cards like the [Fantasy Beast King - Chimera] that the game used to love.

The second one is last year's "Light Wave," in which He, using the [Divine Arts] deck, dueled with Hayato in space. Although inconspicuous, the [Divine Arts Prison Beast] in the [Divine Arts] deck—that is, the owl—is indeed a fantasy demon monster.

Now, Hayato has encountered the third person to use a Phantom Demon card, or rather, he has directly confronted the Phantom Demon monster itself, [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa]—Phantom Demon, Phantom Demon, could this be the full name of "Phantom Demon"?

Hayato didn't know the answer, but he knew that it was absolutely right to use this dark game that had already begun to defeat his opponent. Although the card of [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa] did not record any earth-shatteringly powerful effects, it still subtly revealed to Hayato a part of the truth of the so-called [Hundred-Armed Invisible] power.

Hayato had already experienced the effect of "not being destroyed by battle nor by monsters" with Darkness before. The ability to search and recycle a [Hundred-Armed Invisible God] field card during the Main Phase seemed unremarkable, but the Special Summoning method of [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa] was something that couldn't be ignored—

The requirements for fusion materials of the [Hundred-Armed Invisible] monster and the Fantasy Demon monster are not important. What is important is that it can also be used to Special Summon a Fantasy Demon monster on your field and a face-up monster whose original owner is your opponent.

What do you mean by "the original holder was the other party"? This card looks quite disturbing, and it's already controlled Vera next to it. Could it be that you're really playing NTR?

Even Hayato had to get serious. While taking out his deck, he casually added several targeted cards such as "Troy Bomb" and "Owner's Mark" before unfolding his Duel Disk.

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

"I'll take the first turn!" Because of the time pressure, Hayato had no intention of letting his opponent take the first turn. Instead, he took the initiative and drew a card from his deck. In the short three minutes, there could only be three rounds of interaction. If he let his opponent go first, Hayato might not be able to defeat him in one turn without knowing his opponent's abilities. That would drag the game out until at least the fourth turn, which would be too slow.

Conversely, if Hayato goes first, although he cannot enter the battle phase, he can create enough field to deal with and test what abilities the opponent's cards have. With sufficient information, he can greatly increase his success rate in defeating the opponent in the third turn.

"First of all, I activate the spell card [Pot of Greed] and draw two cards from my deck."

Although this tactic is old-fashioned, the "Greed Deception" is indeed quite effective. Hayato, who had already drawn the "Pot of Greed" into his hand, naturally activated the card immediately to gain card advantage and draw two cards from his deck.

However, just as Hayato drew his card, many hands, enveloped in black matter, suddenly emerged from the hand of [Hundred-Armed Invisible - Gaussa] and surged onto the field!?
"Activate outside of the draw phase if your opponent has a card added to their hand. The three hundred-armed, invisible giants of Tartarus, imprisoned in the endless abyss, will escape!"

He took out three cards at once and placed them on his Duel Disk. The cards were held in place by a hand that reached out from the Duel Disk. "Special Summon these three monsters—[Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gatosh], [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gagassh], and [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breathsh]!"

Three monsters, red, green, and blue, appeared amidst the surging, turbulent black matter. Despite their name, "Hundred-Armed Invisible Monsters," they were not particularly large, nor did they have many arms. They were simply covered in black liquid and had numerous eyeballs growing on their bodies.

However, based on their names, Hayato quickly came up with their possible prototypes using the many strange and useless bits of knowledge he had acquired as a card dealer.

"The three hundred-handed giants from Greek mythology: Kottos, Gyges, and Briareus?"

It wasn't that Hayato had an exceptionally good memory; rather, it was that Gaussa, the Hundred-Armed Invisible God, himself reminded him of the name "Tartarus"—in Greek mythology, the three hundred-armed giant brothers were imprisoned underground by their father, Uranus, who was jealous of their enormous bodies, after being born to their mother Gaia. They remained hidden from the light of day until Zeus overthrew his father's rule and released the three brothers to participate in the war against the Titans.

After the Titans' War in Greek mythology, the Titans were conquered, bound with bitter chains, and imprisoned in Tartarus, a hell deep within the earth, while the three hundred-handed giants served as its guardians, forever watching over the hell.

However, compared to the dark prison in mythology, which was shrouded in "three dark curtains" and "three copper walls," what is more familiar to card players is Tartarus's child—yes, although it was a "prison," Tartarus and the earth goddess Gaia had a child, who was Typhon, who later almost managed to kill Zeus.

It was here that the [Hundred-Armed Invisible] beings before us showed a difference from their original counterparts—while the original Hundred-Armed Giants were also imprisoned in the Netherworld in a disguised way, at least their official identities were those of jailers and guards. But the [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa] claimed that they had escaped from the Netherworld?
Another point is that, if he hadn't been thinking about it, Hayato suddenly felt that the image of Typhon in the mythology was somewhat similar to the [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa] in front of him.
—No, the name "Jawza" is probably just a transliteration of "al-Jawzā," which means "the one in the middle" and is also the name for "Orion" in Arabic in the past. However, in astrological symbols, "al-Jawzā" refers to Gemini, so the other party claims to be the "god of Gemini and Orion," right?

"Be careful, fellow countryman. There is definitely an aura from beyond the boundary on the other side."

The [Dragon Light] and [Stars] on Hayato's body issued a reminder together, which also confirmed Hayato's guess.

【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gedosh】【7☆/Dark】

[Fantasy Demon Race/Effect]

[2300/2000]

【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gaiga Tear】【7☆/Dark】

[Fantasy Demon Race/Effect] [1200/2800]

【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breeze】【7☆/Dark】

[Fantasy Demon Race/Effect]

[2800/1300]

"Sending out three Level 7 monsters right off the bat? That's quite a show of force. Are you planning to summon a [No. 67] or something?" Hayato casually remarked, but his mind didn't actually stop what he was doing. "It's not like it's [Teardrop]. What are you doing during my turn? Even if a monster appears, if its effect is useless, it's pointless!"

"Chain your Special Summon of a monster, Quick-Play Spell Card [End of the World]!" Hayato said, playing a Quick-Play Spell Card. "This card can only be activated when my opponent successfully Special Summons a monster. I select one Field Spell Card from my Deck to activate it."

【Gaussa】 used Hayato’s 【Pot of Greed】 to draw a card, so Hayato can naturally use it to Special Summon a monster to activate this Quick-Play Spell Card. The surrounding ground instantly hardens and is isolated by a layer of metal. Under the influence of Hayato’s Field Spell Card, the environment changes, which greatly reduces the pressure on DaMi’s side.

"The Field Spell Card [Union Hangar] is the Field Spell Card I activated. As part of the effect processing when this card is activated, I can add one LIGHT Attribute Machine-Type Union Monster from my Deck to my hand - here I chose [Y-Year Dragon Head]."

Hayato takes out a card and adds it to his hand, then plays another spell card from his hand: "Next is this Normal Spell Card, 'Rough Man's Expectation.' This card can only be activated if I have no monsters on my field. I Special Summon a Normal Monster of Level 4 or lower from my Deck—this 'V-Jet Tiger.'"

【V-Turbo】【DEF1800】

"Then I activate this Quick-Play Spell Card, 'Licensureless Resurrection,' targeting one Machine-Type monster on my field. I equip that Machine-Type Union Monster that it can equip to it from my hand or Deck. However, the Union Monster equipped by this effect cannot be Special Summoned this turn."

"The only target I can choose is [V-Jet Tiger] on the field. I'll equip it with [W-Catapult Wing] from my deck. It doesn't matter if I can't Special Summon [W-Catapult Wing] afterwards—because I can directly use Contact Fusion! I'll banish [V-Jet Tiger] and [W-Catapult Wing] from my field and Special Summon [VW-Strike Tiger] directly from my Extra Deck!"

【VW-Strong Tiger】【6☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2000/2100]

—Now that things have come to this, it's quite obvious which deck Hayato used this time. It's the [AtoZ] deck that he used a long time ago but hasn't used for a long time now. He has already made [VW-Strong Tiger] without using Normal Summon.

However, there's a price to pay. It's fair to say that there's a reason why Hayato hasn't used this deck for so long.

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌：5→6→7→6→7→6→5】

The card advantage created by "Pot of Greed" was immediately returned, ultimately only summoning "VW-Strike Tiger," whose strength was not even comparable to any of the three "Hundred-Armed Invisible" monsters on the field under "Gaussaint."

However, this was intentional on Hayato's part, because he was worried that the opponent's NTR might be able to activate during his turn with the second-fastest attack, so he summoned [VW-Strike Tiger] as a probe. However, he was not sure whether the opponent was not falling for the trap or whether the effect was not relevant, so he had to continue.

"The next card I'll activate is this one, [Disruption Mixed Game]. You can activate this by sending one [Disruption] card from my hand and face-up cards on the field to the Graveyard. I've chosen [Disruption Magic] from my hand."

Discarding the cards, Hayato catches the two cards that pop up after searching the Duel Disk. "Select one 'Disrupt' monster and one 'Armed Dragon' monster from my Deck and Graveyard with different card names, add them to my hand, and then I can add this effect to one monster in my hand to Summon."

"I add [Disruptor Yellow] and [Armed Dragon Lightning LV3] to my hand and summon [Disruptor Yellow]."

"Hmph, I really am the Tamashi given by Anni—whoa, what kind of monster is this!"

He had just arrogantly jumped into the arena, but after only glancing at the [Hundred-Armed Invisible] and [Disruption Yellow] on the opposite side, he immediately backed down and moved backward at full speed, just as Hayato had expected.

“Because I had no expectations of you, and you didn’t disappoint me at all.” Hayato took out three cards and said, “The effect of [Disruption Magic] is activated when this card in my hand or on the field is sent to the Graveyard. Add [Disruption Green], [Disruption Black] and a second [Disruption Yellow] from my Deck to my hand.”

"Next, I activate [The Price of Horse Bones], sending my Normal Monster [Disruption Yellow] (excluding One-Effect Monsters) to the Graveyard to activate it, and I draw two cards from my Deck."

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌：5→4→7→8】

Just as Hayato was replenishing his hand, since Hayato hadn't played any powerful monsters, [Gaussa] finally spoke up: "What an ugly posture! The lost lambs truly need our salvation. So from this moment on, we will guide you onto the right path!"

"The effect of 【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gedos】 can be activated during your opponent's Main Phase by targeting a monster in their Graveyard, Special Summoning that monster to your field, and then banishing it if that monster leaves your field!"

On the field of [Gaussa], a red fantasy demon monster that looks like a spider and a bat opened its palms, and the pink eyes in its palms stared at Hayato's grave. After the black liquid under its feet surged, a yellow figure slowly rose up - wasn't that [Disruption Yellow] that had just entered Hayato's grave?
【Disruption - Yellow】【DEF1000】

However, the [Disruptor Yellow] appearing on the opposite side of the field seemed to have lost its mind, muttering incoherent words like "A mere Rainbow Kuriboh is no match for me," just like Vera who had been controlled earlier. At the same time, its body was also covered in the black liquid, and within the churning liquid, several eyeballs attempted to open, but seemed too weak for [Disruptor Yellow] to do so.
"The spirits you cherish will be enlightened, but when will you all finally awaken?" Having gained control of a card that had awakened a spirit—a rare find for ordinary warriors—[Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa] once again bewitched the enemy, even though the monster was ugly, weak, and unremarkable.

But all He saw was Hayato's suppressed laughter: "So that's how it is. [Disruption Yellow] makes you think this guy is my ace? I have to say, sometimes the 'dead' are indeed more useful than the 'living'."

"【Huang】You've really outdone this guy; he's been more useful than he was when he was with me his whole life." (End of Chapter)