Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"boom!"

As Hayato snapped his fingers, the massive explosion sent Gaussa flying, blasting him off the body of the Hundred-Armed Invisible God, Senor. He was tossed high into the air and then crashed to the ground, rolling several times.

[Gaussa: 4000→500LP, Hand: 3→2]

"Oh"

Gauza remained lying on the ground, not getting up immediately. His body trembled, and he made a low, guttural sound.

“That’s why I feel sorry for you. Although both [Armed Dragon Lightning LV10] and [Ra] have the ability to prevent the transfer of control, it is precisely because of this that you only lost 3500 Life Points to [Armed Dragon Power Cannon].” Hayato said calmly, putting the [Armed Dragon Power Cannon] card, which he had destroyed before his opponent could take it, into the graveyard. “You got lucky.”

".Onore.Onore!"

Gaussaur abruptly raised his head, his voice filled with utter fury, "How dare they use such a monster to harm God!"

"Unforgivable. You have incurred the wrath of the gods. There will be no place for you to turn to in heaven or on earth. Even purgatory is insufficient to purify your absolutely unforgivable sins—you rebellious madman!"

"Spell Card [Pot of Greed and Greed]! Banish ten cards from the top inside of my deck, then draw two cards!" After banishing a large number of cards to draw more and replenishing his hand, [Gaussa] played a card and said, "Then, because [Armed Dragon Cannon] is gone, I can use the same card as the banished card normally."

"【God's Hundred Arms Without Form】Activated! In addition to its normal activation, this card can also be activated by sending one other card on my field to the graveyard. Here, I choose to send 【Baphomet the Beast King】on my field to the graveyard."

"Add one 'Hundred Arms of God' monster from my Deck to my hand. And when I send a card to the Graveyard to activate 'Hundred Arms of God', I can set one 'Hundred Arms of God' Spell/Trap Card other than 'Hundred Arms of God' from my Deck."

[Gaussa: 500LP, Hand: 2→3→3]

[Disruptor King] [DEF3000]

【Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Awe-Inducing Disturbance】【ATK3400】

【The Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Tartarus】【ATK2900】

Backcourt: [Cover Card]

At this moment, [Gaussa] has four monster cards on the field. Although the effect of [Disruption Pink] in the last turn seemed insignificant, it can be very annoying at the most critical moment. [Gaussa] has to send one monster to the graveyard to make room on the field.

After clearing a space on the field, [Gaussa] took out two cards from his hand one after the other and said, "Then, I will show you [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Summoning Heaven Hand] and [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Tempting Heaven Hand] and activate their respective effects!"

"The effect of 【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Summoning Hand】 is to reveal this card in my hand to my opponent before activating this effect. This card is returned to my deck, and then a 【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand】 Spell/Trap Card is added to my hand from my deck. I choose 【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Tartarus】."

"Next is the effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Heavenly Hand], which can only be activated by showing this card in my hand to my opponent. Return it to the Deck, and then Special Summon one [Hundred-Armed Invisible] monster from my Deck in Defense Position, except for [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Heavenly Hand]!"

"—I hereby Special Summon [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breath]!"

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

[Fantasy Demon Race/Effect]

[2800/1300]

[Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breeze], previously banished by Hayato, has reappeared on [Gaussa's] field. Due to the departure of [Armed Dragon Cannon], [Gaussa] can now freely use the effects of cards with the same name as the banished card. [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breeze] hasn't actually activated this turn, however—

"The effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breeze] is to randomly check one card in my opponent's hand during my Main Phase. If it is a Monster Card, it can be Special Summoned to my field. However," [Gaussa] said, glaring at [Disruption Black], which was occupying a spot on his field. It was a "non-existent object" sent to his field by the effect of [Disruption Pink]. It was neither a Spell nor a Trap, and there was no way to get rid of it. It could only disappear on its own at the end of the turn.

"They're just as disgusting as their master!"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't attack me personally! Comparing me to [Disruptor] is so insulting!" Hayato retorted. "Besides, you're a better match for me, aren't you? After all, I don't have even half a [Disruptor] monster on my field, while you have a [Disruptor King] on your field."

"Heh, I'll get rid of this monster soon." [Gaussa] sneered, picked up the card, and crushed it violently. "Release [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Breath] and [Disruptor King] from my field!"

"Once again, I am unique—[Gaussa, the Hundred-Armed, Formless God]!"

Because of the departure of [Armed Dragon Strike Cannon], [Gaussa] can safely Special Summon itself again without worrying about having a card with the same name banished and thus unable to activate its effect. After Tributing two monsters on its field to Special Summon [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Gaussa], the newly brought-to-the-field [Gaussa] immediately activated its effect that it hadn't had a chance to use before!
"My special ability can be activated during my Main Phase. I can add one 'Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand' monster from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand. I choose 'Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gedos' from my Deck!"

【迦乌撒：500LP，手牌：3→3→2→3】

“Then, I’m going to activate this Quick-Play Spell Card, [Hundred-Armed Invisible Prison - Tartarus]. Each of its two effects can be used once per turn. I used the second effect, which has the ability to fuse, and now I’m going to use the first one!” Pointing to Hayato’s back row, [Gaussa] said, “If there is a [Hundred-Armed Invisible] monster on my field, I can target one Spell/Trap Card on my opponent’s field and return it to its owner’s hand.”

"I want to return the face-down card in my opponent's back row to their hand!"

This effect not only eliminates offensive and debunking traps like [Magic Cylinder] in advance, but also activates the effect of [Gaussa], which was just retrieved and drawn by [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gatosh], the moment Hayato adds a card to his hand, allowing it to be Special Summoned.

Although Gaussa already has three monsters on the field, adding one more would fill the field again. However, the effect of "Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gatosh" can be activated during the opponent's turn. After this turn ends, Gaussa can use the effect of "Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gatosh" to take monsters from the Graveyard during Hayato's turn, and also disrupt the opponent's strategy. The "Armed Dragon Strike Cannon" that was just destroyed is a very good option.

"What?! It's a reflective card!" Hayato exclaimed in a panic. "I'm doomed! My back row has the invincible [Divine Shield - Mirror Power]! I was planning to use this card to turn the tables and kill the opponent in one fell swoop, but without it, I'm doomed!"

Although Hayato's acting was quite exaggerated and pretentious, [Gaussa] couldn't tell the difference at all, and actually thought that Hayato's last resort had been cracked: "Heh, this is the price for angering God! Without that card, my [Hundred-Armed Invisible] monsters can directly attack you and wipe out your life points in one go!"

"Not only that, but because you added cards to your hand outside of the draw phase, my [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gedos] will be Special Summoned by its own effect!"

【Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gedos】【ATK2300】

With only one useless [Melting Beast Fusion] card left in his hand, [Gaussa], confident of victory, declared without hesitation, "I'm going to enter my battle now—"

"—Before that, I Special Summoned 'Red Mermaid' from my hand." Hayato suddenly spoke, interrupting [Gaussa]'s words, and slapped a card in his hand. "I wanted to duel you to the end with a fun deck, but all I got in return was your nonsensical stupidity and arrogance. I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table—this time, I actually also included [Teardrop] in my deck!"

"During the main phase for both players, I activate the effect of this card in my hand, [Tears of Elegy Type - Kusha's Wrath Type], Special Summon it from my hand, and banish either one [Tears of Elegy Type] card or one [Kusha's Wrath Type] card from my hand or Graveyard."

[Tears of Elegy, Clan Type: Kusha's Wrathful Might] [7☆/Water]

[Psychic Clan/Effect]

[2300/1200]

"What I'm excluding is—this [Shaking the World's Evil Drum] that just returned to my hand." Hayato shook the card, and [Gaussa] only then realized that he had been distracted by his Special Summoning of [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Gedos] and hadn't noticed that what Hayato returned to his hand wasn't the [Divine Shield - Mirror Power -] he had mentioned, but a Quick-Play Spell Card!?

“Although it’s not written on the card, the ‘Shaking the World’ card has the ‘Tears of Elegy’ field.” Hayato put down the “Red Mermaid” card and continued, “It can only be activated if the ‘Tears of Elegy Type: Absolute Wrath’ card is successfully Summoned or Special Summoned, and the top three cards of either my or my opponent’s deck are sent to the Graveyard—I choose to send the top three cards of my deck to the Graveyard.”

Looking at the monster Special Summoned by Hayato, [Gaussa] scoffed: "What's the use of Special Summoning monsters now? Under the effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Tartarus], all my [Hundred-Armed Invisible] monsters can attack you directly. Summoning more monsters on the field is meaningless!"

"Besides, it's just sending three cards from the top of the deck to the graveyard, what's the point?"

“There are different kinds of blind decks. For example, some people just flipped through my deck and found three copies of 'Reply,' while I can 1000% fill my graveyard with useful cards. That’s the combination skill that’s full of synergy between me and my deck!” Hayato raised his Duel Disk and said, “Respond to me, deck!”

"The first one—【The Lament of the Pearl-Tear Clan: The Siren Mermaid】!"

"The second one—[The Demon King of the Swamp]!"

"The third one—[Dark Flash]!"

Although he couldn't send all three [Tears of the Mermaid] cards to the graveyard in one blind stack, one was enough. Hayato continued, as [Gauza] seemed to be entering the battle phase, saying, "It's not over yet! The [Siren Mermaid] sent to the graveyard by the stack has an effect that needs to be activated!"

"The common effect of the mermaids of 【Tears of the Goddess】 is that if this card is sent to the Graveyard by a card effect, you can activate this effect to Fusion Summon the Fusion Monster by returning the Fusion Material Monsters (including this card in the Graveyard) from your hand, field, and Graveyard to the bottom of your Deck in any order."

A cute but weak (questionable) mermaid appears beside Hayato, swimming happily, while Hayato picks up a card from his Duel Disk—similar to [Gaussa], Hayato's field is already full of monsters. Even if he wants to use the effect of [Tears of the Goddess] to fuse a new monster, he has to first select two monsters on the field as fusion materials and send them away.

"Return the aquatic monster 'Tearful Lament Siren Mermaid' from my graveyard and the 'Tearful Lament Type: Utter Wrathful Wrathful' from my field as Fusion Material to my Deck! This will satisfy the Fusion Material requirement and add an aquatic monster to the 'Tearful Lament' monster!" "In the mournful elegy, clear, lingering tears transform into pearls; the pulsating strings create ripples on the water, pushing open the closed gates of world destruction!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 5☆!"

"Descend! Wagha Tamashi!"

"To proclaim to the world why Fusion Summoning is the noblest form of summoning—[Tears of Elegy Clan: Narcissus Mermaid]!"

【Tears of Elegy Clan - Narcissus Mermaid】【5☆/Dark】

[Aquarium/Fusion/Effect]

[2300/1200]

"They're all Fusion Summons without using any Spell Cards!?" [Gausa] was surprised for a moment, then suddenly realized that since the start of this duel, Hayato really hadn't used a single Fusion-related Spell Card. Neither [VtoZ] nor [Armed Dragon Cannon] had summoned any of those monsters with a Fusion Spell Card, let alone the two monsters in the present.

But just when [Gausa] thought Hayato was finally done, Hayato said again: "If [Tears of Elegy - Narcissus Mermaid] is Special Summoned, activate its effect, choose one [Tears of Elegy] card from my Deck and add it to my hand or send it to the Graveyard."

"I have added [Tears of Elegy - Renohart] to my hand."

Hayato waved his hand, "Finally, I'll pay half of my Life Points, banish the [Transaction Rewind] card from my Graveyard, and activate the second effect of [Transaction Rewind] by targeting one Normal Trap Card in my Graveyard!"

"【Transaction Rollback】?" 【Gaussa】remembered that it was one of the cards Hayato had discarded when he used monsters like 【XYZ】 before. "Back then!?"

"The effect of [Transaction Reversal] will become the same as the effect of the selected Normal Trap Card, and [Dark Flash] originally required the Tribute of one DARK monster with 1500 or more ATK on my field to activate, but now its effect will take effect immediately—destroy all monsters Special Summoned this turn!"

Hayato waved his hand, "Not only will my [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] and [Tears of Elegy - Narcissus Mermaid] be destroyed in one fell swoop, but all four cards on my opponent's field will also be destroyed in one fell swoop!"

"Blast defense!" Hayato put on his sunglasses and waved his hand, and a dark flash swept across the entire area in an instant!

With [Gaussa] completely unable to react, first, the two monsters on Hayato's field self-destructed, and then all four cards on his field were destroyed in an instant, with none surviving!
"This is a necessary sacrifice!" Pushing up his sunglasses and placing them on his forehead, Hayato looked at the [Gaussa] field, which was now empty in an instant, and sneered, "No way, no way? Does anyone really think that I can't blow up all the monsters on your field without my back row face-down card?"

【小林隼人：4000→2000LP，手牌：4→5→3→4】

【ABC-Dragon Annihilator】【ATK3000】

[Armed Dragon - Lightning LV10] [ATK5000]

【Ra's Winged Dragon】【ATK4600】

Venue: [Union Hangar]

[Gaussa: 500LP, Hand: 1]

Backcourt: [Cover Card]

"Even if you ruined it, don't think it's over!"

Looking at his empty field, [Gaussa]'s voice was somewhat gloomy: "While [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Heavenly Guide] is in my Graveyard, if a Fantasy Demon Fusion Monster is sent to the Graveyard, add this card to my hand."

"The third effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Shyno], which is destroyed at the same time, can be activated if this Fusion Summoned card is destroyed by an opponent's card effect: Target any number of monsters your opponent controls and gain control of them!"

Although [Armed Dragon Lightning LV10] and [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra] cannot be taken away, Hayato still has one monster on his field—[ABC-Dragon Destroyer]—which can be transferred! Although it has no effect on [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra], it can at least banish [Armed Dragon Lightning LV10] from Hayato's field with its effect!
But Hayato waved his hand and said, "It's not just you who has card effects to activate—when a card is sent to the graveyard by an effect, the third effect of [Tears of Elegy - Narcissus Mermaid] is activated—sending five cards from the top of my deck to the graveyard, and I also activate the effect of [ABC - Divine Dragon Annihilator] on my field at speed 2, Tributing this card, and targeting the Machine-Type LIGHT Union Monster that I banish the most copies of the same name from my banished Triads, Special Summoning those monsters."

"C1 [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Guide to Heaven] C2 [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Deterrence] C3 [Tearful Song Clan - Narcissus Mermaid] C4 [ABC - Divine Dragon Annihilator], first deal with the effect of [ABC - Divine Dragon Annihilator], I Special Summon the banished [W - Catapult Wing], [Y - Dragon Head] and [Z - Metal Tracks]."

【ABC-Dragon Destroyer】can Special Summon banished Union Monsters, but it doesn't say that you have to Special Summon 【A】, 【B】, and 【C】. Hayato directly chose to Special Summon the weakest of his banished monsters to the field. Even if they are all destroyed, it's better than 【ABC-Dragon Destroyer】being destroyed.

Yes, the special feature of the Minotaur effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Shock] is that it doesn't target the monster first and then kill it; instead, the monster is killed during the effect's processing, so even if [ABC - Dragon Annihilator] has already freed itself, it's useless.

【Gausa】 also saw through Hayato's plan and was somewhat unhappy that he had failed to obtain 【ABC-Dragon Destroyer】.

Next, we deal with the effect of [Tears of Elegy - Narcissus Mermaid]. The Narcissus Mermaid, who was blown into the graveyard, sings a lament, and five more cards from the top of Hayato's deck are sent to the graveyard.

Then it was [Gaussaint]'s turn to use the effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible God - Sero]. He was not afraid of being blocked again and took away all three Machine-Type monsters that could be taken from Hayato's field in one go. The Machine-Type monsters that had just returned to Hayato's field for only a few seconds immediately moved to another position.

Finally, the [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Heavenly Guide Hand] returned to [Gaussa]'s hands.

[Gaussaint: 500 LP, Hand: 1 → 2]

【W-Ejection Wing】【DEF1500】

【Y-Dragon Head】【DEF1600】

【Z-Metal Tracks】【DEF1300】

Backcourt: [Cover Card]

Although he has two cards in his hand, [Gaussa] is actually unable to play them at all. He has already used his Normal Summon this turn, and he has also used the effect of [Hundred-Armed Invisible Hand - Heavenly Guide Hand]. Although [Mega Beast Fusion] can be activated, he has no usable materials on the field at this moment. He just wants to continue into the Battle Phase—Hayato has put several Machine-Type monsters that he Special Summoned into Attack Position, so he can't use them at all!
He was about to set a card and end the turn immediately—but Hayato was still deploying!

"Among the cards I sent to the Graveyard by the effect of [Tears of the Fallen - Narcissus Mermaid], [Shaddoll], [Tears of the Fallen - Little Mermaid], and [Tears of the Fallen - Mermaid] can activate their effects."

"I first draw a card from my deck using the effect of [Shaddoll], then use the effect of [Little Mermaid of the Tearful Song Tribe] to return [Shaddoll] from my graveyard to the deck along with it for fusion; similarly, I also use the effect of [Melo Mermaid of the Tearful Song Tribe] and [Swamp Demon King] from my graveyard to replace [Albus's Fallen Child]."

"Fusion Summon, [Divine Flame Dragon - Hellfire Dragon], [Divine Shadow - Midrash]!"

[Hayato Kobayashi: 2000LP, hand cards: 4→5]

【Divine Flame Dragon - Crimson Realm Dragon】【8☆/Light】

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/3000]

【Shadowd Midrash】【5☆/Dark】

[Mage Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2200/800]

After playing two cards in quick succession, with "Xiaomi" being the second one to appear, Hayato discarded another card from his hand, saying, "If [Divine Flame Dragon - Crimson World Dragon] is successfully Fusion Summoned, I will discard one card from my hand to activate this effect. I will return all monsters on my field, in my graveyard, and those that have been banished to my Deck as Fusion Material to perform a Fusion Summon of one Fusion Monster of Level 8 or lower, excluding [Divine Flame Dragon - Crimson World Dragon]!"

"I return 'Guiding Saintess - Quim,' which I also use as a 'Death Prison' card in my graveyard, and the LIGHT Attribute 'ABC - Divine Dragon Annihilator' to my deck, and Fusion Summon 'Crimson Dragon - Disguised Dragon'!"

【Crimson Dragon - Disguised Dragon】【8☆/Dark】

[Demon Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/2000]

Hayato, who had been making endless moves during his opponent's turn, finally paused his duel. Looking at his field filled with monsters, he said, "Alright, you can continue your duel now—although, I've already stripped you of your right to duel." (End of Chapter)