Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Although he had only taken 1300 damage, because Amon had turned the duel into a dark game, even though the outcome was still undecided, Manjoume was breathing heavily and feeling extremely tired due to his very low life points.

At the same time, one of the five evil orbs left behind by the Mad King of the Dark Realm, "Wrath," was constantly influencing Manjou's mind. A continuous stream of rage arose from his heart, amplified to the point of almost overwhelming him.

However, under these dual influences, Wan Zhangmu's state reached a rather delicate balance, which manifested outwardly as his sudden calmness.

"call--"

He let out a long breath, his fingers hovering over the deck, and closed his eyes: "My turn."

'Calm down, be like water.' In his mind, Manjoume recalled something Hayato-sensei had said during a duel training session some time ago.

What did Hayato-sensei say back then—

"While there are beast-like intuitive duelists, the strongest combination of reason and emotion is needed to go far in duels. That is, the combination of thought and reaction, the strongest super soldier, and so on."

Although there were some strange things in his words that no one could understand, Hayato still gave Manjoume a detailed analysis of his situation: "You have the ability of a 'spirit user' and you are not inferior to others in terms of intelligence. However, if these two cannot be integrated, they will hinder each other and prevent you from becoming pure in either aspect."

"In layman's terms, it means that when building a deck, you want to include cards with high card effects in order to win, but you also want to try to include your coolest and favorite Tamashi cards, which results in the deck not having high card effects and not having a soul."

"In other words, not like Jaden becoming a reckless, hot-blooded idiot, nor like Rokuzawa being overly rational?" Ignoring Hayato's last sentence, which was supposed to be "human language" but was actually even more difficult to understand, Manjoume thought for a moment and gave an example.

(Because it was quite funny, I'm showing the AI ​​spell checker in the writer's assistant; the little black dog is showing its chicken feet.)

"The situation is even worse than that. You will feel superior because of your uniqueness, but you will also feel frustrated because the current situation is beyond your control. When these two feelings intersect, you will become very 'angry'. You can feel it yourself in duels, right? You are easily provoked by others. 'Angry' is your biggest weakness in duels."

"So, I have to learn to 'not get angry'?"

"On the contrary, you must maintain your 'rage'." Hayato gave a different answer. "Calmness is never the opposite of anger. What you need to do is not to let anger control you, nor to suppress your anger, but to learn to control your anger in the duel and turn it into a cold flame."

"Stay calm, like water—hide your anger beneath the surface, and then let it boil at the right moment!"

"Oh, oh, oh." Although Manjoume didn't understand Hayato's meaning at the time, he just nodded blankly and then asked, "So, Hayato-sensei, are you like that too?"

"Oh, no, when you get strong enough, it doesn't matter whether you rely on rational thinking or intuition to make judgments. I usually just stuff all kinds of cards into my deck. Anyway, isn't it something that any duelist can do to draw whatever they want? It's just a pity that my Tamashi is too weak. Cards like [Tears of the Goddess], [Abhidharma], and [Star] are too weak and urgently need to be strengthened."

"My turn—" With his thoughts returning to the present, Manjoume banished his past memories and opened his eyes. "Draw a card!"

"Calm anger" became Manjoume's requirement for himself after that, to control his anger until the crucial moment before unleashing it, and now—that moment has arrived!

"The duel has gone on for so long that both of us have almost exhausted our resources. Let me use this card to give it a boost—I activate the Spell Card [Heavenly Treasure Card]. Both of us draw cards from our decks until we each have six cards in our hands!"

"Using this card now?" Amon raised an eyebrow. "Does that mean you're absolutely certain of victory? You know, I have zero cards in my hand, but I can draw six cards with this card, one more than you."

"I'm not entirely confident of victory!" However, Manjoume's answer surprised Amon. "Because I currently have no cards in my hand, and the power of the monsters on the field isn't enough to achieve a breakthrough. Whether I can gain enough power with [Heavenly Treasure Card] depends entirely on my next card draw. But—"

"Lesson 1, don't have any strange expectations of me;"

Lesson 2: Don't let the card notice;

"Lesson 3, just trust the deck, just trust it."

Manjoume muttered to himself, "And then there's Lesson 4!"

"—Express your respect, express your respect, and then move on to a whole new phase of the duel!"

Anger ignited a burning passion within Wan Zhangmu, yet his emotions remained as calm as still water. With this tranquil mindset, he drew cards from his deck: "Victory, my destiny rests on this draw—Draw!"

The flashes of light gathered on the cards that Manjoume drew, and all six cards drawn at the same time were covered by the light. Based on the "flash card drawing", Manjoume added this action, which can also be called "divine drawing", six times!
"The Continuous Spell Card [Ruins of the Giant Dragon], I activate this card!" Manjoume shouted, playing the card he had drawn. "And now I'll use this card's second effect!"

"Once per turn, send one face-up card on my field other than this card—this [Primal Dragon - Underground Garnet Dragon]—to the Graveyard to activate this effect; Special Summon one [Dragon Token] to my field!"

[Dragon Derivative] [1☆/Light]

[Dragon/Derivatives]

[0/0]

"If a monster is sent from my field to the Graveyard, the effect of [Original Stone Dragon - Underground Yellow Arsenic Garnet Dragon] is activated, and I Special Summon one Normal Monster from my Deck - this [Emerald Dragon] - to my field in Defense Position."

【Purple Jade Dragon】【DEF100】

"Then there's the effect of this [Apple Scale Beetle] card in my hand: If there's a face-up monster on the field other than an Effect Monster, you can activate this effect and Special Summon this card!"

【Malus mongoose - Apple Scale Insect】【2☆/Light】

[Dragon Clan/Effect]

[100/100]

Watching Manjoume continuously Special Summon monsters on the field, Amon frowned: "Continuously Special Summoning such weak monsters on the field... is completely meaningless. Their power is simply insufficient to shake the invincible [Ultimate Sealing God - Exodus]!"

Upon hearing this, Manjoume grinned, revealing a contemptuous smile: "What? You idiot, you know absolutely nothing. You've already 'personally' experienced that power that seems to belong to the future, something that should only appear decades from now." "The power of the future... Could it be... Synchronization!?" Amon's eyes widened in surprise. "But how is that possible! Can such power really be controlled by humans?!"

"I can do it! If even someone like Professor Cobra can do it, then I can do it too!" Manjoume took out a card from his extra deck. It was one of the three cards Hayato had given him at the end of a memory from long ago.

"Although the [Infernal Fire] deck is a better fit in terms of card effect, in reality, due to the conflict of elven power, you have no better choice than the irritable yet calm Manjoume to awaken those seemingly cold but actually violent elves in these cards."

That's what Hayato-sensei said at the time, but his own cards were completely blank. Although they had the basic framework of monster cards, the card names, attributes, effects, attack power, and defense power were all blank. The only information he could gather was that the cards were probably Dragon-type Synchro Monsters, and the monster levels were 6☆, 7☆, and 9☆.

There was nothing else besides that. Even in the card illustration in the center of the card, Manjoume could only see an opaque area, as if it were frozen. Several eyes were vaguely visible in it, but upon closer inspection, nothing could be seen.

"I didn't just add the Level 6☆ [Stretcher Stone Dragon] to my deck because it's a Dragon-Type Normal Monster. Just like its card description says, it has the power to guide the soul of the viewer and liberate their inner emotions!"

"The light traces back to memories of past lives, causing people to meet. Awaken, [Elongated Stone Dragon], the stage for my glorious future is ready, so unleash your true, dormant power—the power called 'Adjustment'!"

"Change!"

On the field of Manjoume, the [Elongated Stone Dragon], which looks somewhat similar to the "Black Eclipse Dragon" from the neighboring "Monster X Man" world, had its wings, originally covered in stone, flutter, scattering "scale powder"-like fragments, gradually revealing its true appearance covered by stone, with brilliant colors flowing on the wing membranes.

On the [Stretched Stone Dragon] card, the distance between "Dragon" and "Normal" gradually widens, revealing the hidden word "Adjustment"!

Even the [Apple Scale Dragon] next to it, this Apple Dragon lying on the "Golden Apple" underwent the same change and turned into a Tuner Monster!

"Both Tuner and non-Tuner monsters have gathered on Manjoume's field!"

Jaden and O'Brien, watching from the sidelines, were both surprised and excited by what they were seeing. Manjoume waved his hand and said, "Now, I'm going to send my Level 2 Tuner monster [Applescale] and Level 4 [Emerald Dragon] to the Graveyard as Synchro Materials for a Synchro Summon!"

"Unleash your fury, first of the three sealed dragons!"

As the ice that had obscured the monster's true form on the card shattered, Manjoume shouted, "Synchro Summon! Level 2☆ + 4☆ = 6☆!"

"Freezing Unlocked - [Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon]!"

【Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Spear Dragon】【6☆/Water】

[Sea Dragon Clan/Synchro/Effect]

[2300/1400]

"It's done! Synchro Summon!" O'Brien exclaimed as he looked at the blue-white ice dragon with fierce eyes on the field.

"Amazing! I never expected that Manjoume would be the first among us to complete a Synchro Summon on his own!" Jaden exclaimed excitedly, even forgetting for a moment the danger of the duel.

"It actually worked!"

Upon hearing the last sentence, Judai subconsciously thought it was Amon who said it. However, when he looked over, he was surprised to find that the person who had been so confident just moments before was none other than Manjoume himself, who had been so certain about the situation.

"So why were you surprised yourself?"

"Idiot, Idiot, I was just saying that casually. I wasn't really confident or certain that I could succeed." Judai's words made Manjoume turn his head away slightly, as if he was a little embarrassed. "But—in the end, we succeeded! As expected, Mr. Manjoume, I am the man who can turn the impossible into the possible!"

"Ah, that line was clearly mine!"

"Shut up, jellyfish head!"

Watching the interaction between Manjoume and Jaden, Amon pointed out something: "So—what's with all this talk of 'three sealed dragons'? This monster is clearly a sea dragon monster, isn't it?"

"Heh, you don't need to care about that, do you?" Unlike his interactions with Judai, Manjoume's attitude towards Amon was much worse. This was the most suitable way Manjoume had found to control his "anger"—to concentrate his anger on a specific target, and right now, the target that kept Manjoume "angry" was Amon.

After completing a Synchro Summon, Manjoume felt that something in the world had opened up to him, like a shackle finally being broken, a frog leaping out of a well to see the true vastness of the world. Even the other two cards in his Extra Deck showed signs of the ice seal on their artwork being broken.

"However, Synchro Summoning is not easy at all. My eyelids are trembling just trying to summon this monster." Looking at his [Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Lance Dragon] on the field, Manjoume's breathing became heavy, indicating that he had already exhausted too much stamina and needed to finish the battle quickly.

"I was originally planning to try to Synchro Summon all three monsters at once, but now—I guess I can only Synchro Summon one more time." Looking at his Extra Deck, Manjoume picked up a card from his Graveyard and said, "Next, I'm going to banish [Applescale Dragon] from my Graveyard to use its second effect."

"During the Main Phase of the turn I Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster, I can banish this card from my Graveyard to activate this effect and Special Summon one [Mega Token] to my field."

【Crabapple Derivatives】【2☆/Light】

【Phantom Dragon Clan/Derivatives】

[100/100]

"Using these three monsters on my field—[Omega Token], [Ice Barrier Dragon - Light Lance Dragon], and [Dragon Token]—as Synchro Materials!" Manjoume drew another card from his Extra Deck. "When I use [Omega Token] as Synchro Material, it can be treated as a Tuner Monster!"

"O holy spear unleashed by the God of Destruction, now pierce through the city of demons!"

"Summoning Synchro, Level 2☆+6☆+1☆=9☆!"

"Ferocious, ultimate spear—[Ice Barrier Dragon - Trident Dragon]!" (End of Chapter)