Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Magic Card [Obedience of Heavenly Voice]!"

As Manjoume played his card, his base score plummeted by a full 2000 points, as if he were retaliating against Amon's previous continuous payouts of base score.

[Obedience of the Heavenly Voice] This card exists in Kaiba's possession in another version. It only requires paying 1000 Life Points to declare the name of a Level 8 or higher monster and force the opponent to add the declared monster from their Deck to the user's hand. However, Manjoume uses the standard version that is available on the market.

"Pay me 2000 Life Points, declare a monster card name to activate this effect. Your opponent checks their Deck, and if the declared monster is in it, reveal one of those monsters to both players, and choose one effect to apply—either add the revealed card to the hand of the duelist who activated [Obedience of Heaven], or Special Summon that card to the duelist's field in Attack Position, ignoring its Summoning conditions."

Looking at the three cards in Amon's hand, Manjoume said without hesitation, "Because of your previous nonsensical 'showing off,' I don't even need to guess anymore—because what I want to declare is [The Sealed Exodia]!"

【The Sealed Exodia】, also known as the "Head", is the only Effect Monster among the five 【Sealed】 monsters. Exodia's victory is based on its effect. At the same time, that card can be said to be the key card that truly blocked most Exodia collectors - many people have collected all four "limbs", but they just can't collect this "head".

Although none of the five "Sealed" monsters were included in the Kaiba Group's "Forbidden/Limited Card List," there's really no need to target them since only one person in the world has collected all of them, especially since Sugoroku Muto is a "retired" old man who wouldn't participate in most duels—of course, if those five cards were still in Yugi's possession or had been taken by Hayato, that would be a different story.

Since these aren't banned or restricted cards, Amon's deck could easily include several more "Sealed" monsters if he wanted; he could even include three of each if he had them. However, Manjoume could deduce that his opponent's deck probably didn't contain that many "Sealed" monsters, especially the core of the five cards—"Sealed Exodia"—which he likely only had one of.

As expected! After Manjoume declared the card name, a card lit up in the upper middle position of Amon's Duel Disk. Judging from the position of that card, Amon would probably only need to draw four or five more cards to get it. Amon took the card out of the Duel Disk and showed it to Amon, and it was none other than [The Sealed Exodia]!
(Sister Shui: Ee-ya-da!!!)
With the "Obedience of the God of Light" able to Special Summon the card despite its summoning conditions, Amon has two choices: either send the "Sealed Exodia" to Manjoume's field or hand the card over to Manjoume. Either way, Amon will be unable to achieve his "Exodia" rule victory!
"How could this be?" After glancing at the card in his hand, Amon had no choice but to send it away. "I Special Summon [Sealed Exodia] to my opponent's field."

If it's sent to Manjoume's hand, as long as Manjoume doesn't encounter cards like "Hand Elimination," he can keep it in his hand and not play it, completely cutting off Amon's hope of getting it back. However, if it's just Special Summoned to the opponent's field, Amon still has a chance to destroy it and send it back to his graveyard, and then try to retrieve it later.

【万丈目准：4000→2000LP，手牌：3→4→3】

【The Sealed Exodia】【ATK1000】

A lone Exodia head appeared on Manjoume's field. He wasn't afraid at all that Amon would play a high-attack monster that could attack the Sealed Exodia and instantly defeat him. As he played another card, he said, "Now the positions are reversed—without Exodia, how are you going to win?"

"I activate the Spell Card [Primal Fusion] again. I select monsters, including Normal Monsters, from my field, Graveyard, and banished monsters as Fusion Materials to return to my Deck. I then Fusion Summon a Dragon-Type Fusion Monster. I chose [Primal Dragon - Variant Beryl Dragon] and [Emerald Dragon], which I had previously banished. I Fusion Summon a second [Primal Dragon - Underground Garnet Dragon]." [Primal Dragon - Underground Garnet Dragon] [ATK 1600]

The Stone Dragon, who had previously fought the King of Mist but was forcibly "killed in a mutual destruction" by the opponent, returned to the battlefield. Although its effects were nullified, Manjoume still allowed it to maintain its attack position on the field.

After that, he took out the [Original Stone Fusion] he had just activated from the graveyard. "Next, I banish the [Original Stone Fusion] from the graveyard to activate its second effect. I add one [Original Stone] monster with a Level of 5 or higher from my Deck and Graveyard to my hand. I chose [Original Stone Dragon - Imperial Jade Dragon] from my Deck."

"Finally, there's the effect of [Original Stone's Light]. During my Main Phase, if I have an [Original Stone] monster on my field, I can activate this effect and set this card from my Graveyard to my field."

"I place two cards face down, and my turn ends here."

【万丈目准：2000LP，手牌：3→2→3→1】

【The Sealed Exodia】【ATK1000】

【Original Stone Dragon - Underground Yellow Arsenic Garnet Dragon】【ATK1600】

Backcourt: [Flip Card (Original Gem Light Penetration)] [Flip Card] x2
With his opponent no longer worried about collecting Exodia, Manjoume conducted a round of searching and filtering, and then decisively ended the turn. He knew that one of the major advantages of the Primal Stone series cards he was using was resource management. Not to mention anything else, the powerful card Primal Stone Light could be recycled from the graveyard every turn by its own effect, negating and banishing it once at second speed, which was advantageous for him in a long game.

Of course, Manjoume didn't immediately play the "Original Stone's Light," which had been set for one turn and was now available for activation, after his turn ended and Amon's turn began, because there really weren't any cards on the opponent's field worth banishing.

The effect of [King of the Mist] annoyed Manjoume during his turn, and now it's Amon's turn to be annoyed, since its effect covers the entire field, not only affecting Manjoume's monsters but also Amon's three [Royal Magic Library] cards. (End of Chapter)