Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

Under the effect of [Mind's Eye], Pegasus can see the cards remaining in Hayato's hand: [Primal Life Form - Nibiru], [Harpie's Feather Duster], [Purgatory Dream], and [Eternal Cannon].

The card name, 【Purgatory's Dream】, reminded Pegasus of the 【Infernal Machine】 deck he used seven years ago when Hayato, representing Doma, came to hunt him down. He remembered the card's effect as—

"The effect of 【Purgatory Dream】 can lower the level of Hayato Yu's 【Inferno】 monster, making it possible for multiple powerful 【Inferno】 monsters to appear. After all, it's a card you used when you killed me in the past, and I remember the ability of that card."

Without needing to confirm, Pegasus easily stated the card's effect: "However, since Hayato doesn't possess the [Inferno] monster, that card is meaningless."

"As for the other card, [Infernal Cannon]?" Pegasus carefully checked the card's ability using its effect. "It has the ability to send one [Infernal] monster from your hand to the Graveyard once per turn, and to Special Summon an [Infernal] monster from your Graveyard if you don't have any cards in your hand?"

"Could it be that Hayato has unexpectedly encountered a 'stuck' situation?"

Upon hearing Pegasus's words, Hayato initially looked puzzled, but then suddenly seemed to understand.

(See Chapter 46 of Volume VII)
"I see. Although I was impressed by [Purgatory Dream], you only knew its first effect because you didn't use Fusion Monsters much during our last duel."

"I think I only used [Inferno Belphegor] to take you down back then, so there was really no need to use the second effect. Did that mislead you and give you the impression that this card only has one effect?"

Seeing Pegasus's puzzled expression, Hayato explained, "Since my hand is in a public state, you should be able to see all the card effects, right? But because of your memory, you didn't check the specific effects of this card."

"It's like seeing 'Pot of Greed' and knowing it has the effect of drawing two cards, or 'Lightning Strike' is a card that destroys all of the opponent's monsters. Because we know the effect, there's no need to confirm it."

"That's why you prioritize [Pot of Greed], right?"

“That’s exactly what confuses me.” As he spoke, Hayato put down the card in his hand. “In that case, you should double-check the effect of this [Purgatory Dream].

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card [Purgatory Dream]. While this card is on my field, all [Inferno Machine] monsters on my field whose original Level was 2 or higher become Level 1 and deal half the battle damage to my opponent."

On the card activated by Hayato, the card depicts a white building entwined with tree roots, seemingly sealed beneath a giant tree, with an inverted Kabbalah Tree of Life drawn on it, also known as the reverse Kabbalah Tree of Life, "Qliphoth".

A corner of the building is broken, vaguely revealing a huge, horned creature hidden within.

Meanwhile, Pegasus, having already given the Tricolor Yasushi to [Pot of Greed] and the "Forbidden Activation Order" to [Harpie's Feather Duster], has not yet responded to Hayato's activation of the card.

The next moment, Hayato waved his hand, and six lights of different colors lit up in the deck, illuminating six nodes of the Reverse Kaba Tree of Life on the white building.
"The second effect of 【Purgatory Dream】: You can activate this effect by sending this face-up card from my Spell & Trap Zone to the Graveyard. Use monsters from my hand or field as Fusion Material to Fusion Summon a 【Inferno】 Fusion Monster."

After a brief pause, Hayato added, "And when a monster is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck and exists only on the opponent's field, up to six monsters from my Deck can be used as Fusion Material!"

At this moment, the only monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck is the two Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragons on Pegasus's field. Therefore, even if Hayato doesn't have a single Inferno monster in his hand, he can still use this card's effect to Fusion Summon it from the Deck!
As Hayato removes six monsters from his deck and sends them to the graveyard, the artwork for "Purgatory Dream" changes. The sleeping giant demon absorbs the power of six "Infernal Machines," awakens from the building, and moves its massive body onto the field through the artwork, descending into this room!
Although it is not as large as the almost towering scale that the game and Joey Wheeler saw in the open air, even with its body shrunk, the Minotaur's height still reaches the ceiling here!
"The required fusion materials are: [Inferno Rava] + [Inferno Lilith] + one or more [Inferno] monsters. I will send these six monsters from my Deck to the Graveyard: [Inferno Rava], [Inferno Lilith], [Inferno Admirer], [Inferno Baal], [Inferno Asmodeus], ​​and [Inferno Lucifer]!"

"Understanding, strength, victory, glory, principle, and kingdom—the six enemies of the Holy Spirit are now united as one—God is enraged by what man has done and intends to unleash a devastating tide of fire!"

"Fusion Summon, Level 11☆!"

Hayato placed the card on the dueling ring and shouted, "Ignite the inextinguishable flame—[Hellfire Machine Tierra]!"

【Hellfire Machine - Tiera】【11☆/Flame】

[Demon Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3400/3600]

A high-level monster with a level of 11☆ and an attack power of 3400 points was fused and summoned by Hayato with a single card!
"【Hellfire Machine - Tiera】When fused, different effects can be applied depending on the types of monsters used in the fusion. I used six types of monsters as fusion materials, so the effects applicable to situations with three or more types, or even five or more types, are possible!"

Upon entering the scene, Hayato immediately activated the effect of [Hellfire Machine - Tierra].

Upon hearing this, Pegasus immediately flipped over a card from the back row: "Although it was my mistake not to notice the effect of [Purgatory's Dream], if that monster is Hayato's chance to turn the tide, I will not let it remain on the field!"

"Trap Card [Toon Suitcase] activated! Activated when a Toon monster is on my field, or when your opponent Normal Summons, Flip Summons, or Special Summons a monster. Return those Special Summonsed monsters to your Deck!"

The effect of [Cartoon Suitcase] is neither destructive nor targeted, so even if Hayato's [Hellfire Tearer] has the "power resistance" common to terminal monsters, it doesn't matter, and it can effectively deal with powerful monsters specially summoned by the opponent.

However, Pegasus suffered the same fate as before when he was defeated before even seeing the higher-level version of the "Hellfire" deck in his previous duel with Hayato.

He didn't realize at all that although it had a high level and a full 3400 attack power, [Hellfire Tira] was actually not a terminal card in the [Hellfire] deck at all; on the contrary, it was a troublesome card that needed to be dealt with.

Hearing that Pegasus was going to help him get rid of [Inferno Tierra], Hayato laughed: "You're actually going to help me get rid of [Inferno Tierra]? That's a big help, Pegasus." "But even if you kick [Inferno Tierra] back into my Extra Deck, she's not a Continuous Field Spell Card, and her effect will still take effect!"

In the previous turn, Pegasus used the effect of "Demon Box" to place "Cartoon Suitcase" on the board. As soon as "Hellfire Teara" appeared, it was immediately kicked back to Hayato's Extra Deck. Although the monster disappeared, its effect was still being processed.

Pegasus saw that three cards at the top of his deck were to be forcibly sent to the graveyard, and his Extra Deck on the table was also flashing, requiring him to choose cards to discard. Hayato was experiencing the same thing.

"When three or more types of Fusion Material are used, the effect of [Inferno Tearah] causes both players to send three cards from their Extra Deck to the Graveyard. When five or more types are used, both players send three cards from the top of their Deck to the Graveyard."

Hayato skillfully selected the cards to send to the graveyard: "I will send [Inferno Machine - Evil Thought], [Wings of Destiny - Garuda] and [Shadowdome - Seven Sages Giant Kun Demon] to the graveyard."

Compared to Hayato, who had already decided which cards to send to the graveyard, Pegasus thought a little longer. However, considering that his Extra Deck didn't have many cards to begin with, and he mostly just wanted to fill up the fifteen cards to make up the number, he finally reluctantly picked out three cards.

"So, what I sent to the cemetery were the [Thousand-Eyed Sacrifice God], the [Thousand-Year-Old Sacrifice God], and the [Illusionary Eye Sacrifice God]."

It would have been better if Pegasus hadn't sent it to the graveyard. As soon as Pegasus sent it to the graveyard, Hayato immediately discovered that among the monsters he sent, "Illusory Eyes of the Sacred Relic" was a new card that he had never used before.

Meeting Hayato's gaze, Pegasus said somewhat awkwardly, "This [Illusion Eye Sacrifice] is the first prototype I tried to create after I learned of the existence of the Illusion Demon race."

"While I did say there would only be seven new cards in the Toon deck, I didn't say there would only be seven new cards in total~"

"So, you'd rather make a couple more cards for yourself when you have free time, right?" Jonouchi, sitting offstage, sounded like an editor rushing a manga artist to finish a draft. "Where's the new Red-Eyes card? Where's my new Red-Eyes card?"

“I’m doing it, I’m doing it. Have I ever lied to you?” Pegasus turned his head and refocused his attention on the duel.

Although it was a bit unpleasant to be forced to send cards from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard, Pegasus's Extra Deck only contained a few types of cards, and he had three copies of each. Even though he sent cards like "Thousand-Eyed Sacrifice God" to the Graveyard, he still had some left in his Extra Deck.

In addition, Pegasus was also very happy with the three cards that Hayato had just helped him build up his graveyard, because those three cards were [Toon Twins], [Toon Masked Sorcerer], and [Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon].

Yes, the Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon that was previously returned to the Deck has gone back to the Graveyard. This means that as long as it's Pegasus' turn, he can perform "Contact Fusion" again and Special Summon the third Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragon from the Extra Deck using the three cards in the Graveyard.

Pegasus was secretly pleased, then looked at Hayato, only to find that unlike the cards that had been silent since being sent to the graveyard, Hayato's graveyard had suddenly become lively.
"Hoo hoo hoo, letting me complete the grave-building was your biggest mistake, Pegasus—you should have used the Counter Tricolor Con to deal with [Hellfire Machine Tiera]."

With a wave of his hand, Hayato said, "The three cards I sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard, and one more of the three cards I sent to the Graveyard, for a total of four cards, all of them have effects that can be activated!"

"【Infernal Machine - Evil Thoughts】If this card is sent to the Graveyard or banished, you can activate this effect: Add one 【Purgatory】Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand;

"The ill-fated couple. I mean, this can only be activated when [Wings of Shared Fate - Garuda] is sent to the graveyard. I draw a card from my deck."

"And [Shaddoll Seven Sages Giant Giant], can only be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard. Add one [Shaddoll] card from my Deck or Graveyard to my hand, and then discard one card from my hand."

After explaining the effects of the three cards sent from the Extra Deck to the Graveyard, Hayato pointed to the Graveyard, "And, if [Shadowduck] is sent to the Graveyard by an effect, you can target one Spell/Trap Card on the field and destroy it."

"Of course I'll choose Bekas's 'Mind's Eye' on the field."

"Self-chained, C1 [Shadowdome], C2 [Shadowdome: Seven Sages Giant Kundal], C3 [Hellfire Machine: Evil Thought], C4 [Wings of Shared Destiny - Garuda]!"

Without needing any other interaction, Hayato single-handedly built up the chain all the way to chain 4, while Pegasus could only watch Hayato move around like an "incompetent husband."

—It all started because Pegasus didn't save his three-color counterattacks but instead used them on the Pot of Greed!

Pegasus couldn't keep up with the chain. After the lock was closed, this long chain of chain effects began to be dealt with. The first was the effect of [Wings of Destiny - Garuda], which allowed Hayato to draw a card from his deck.

Then comes the effect of [Inferno Machine - Evil Thoughts], which allows Hayato to retrieve a [Purgatory]-type spell card from his deck and add it to his hand.

The chain reaction continued. Hayato used the effect of [Shaddoll Seven Sages Giant Giant] to search for cards, and under Pegasus's watchful eye, he added a [Shaddoll Fusion] to his hand and sent the useless [Primal Lifeform - Nibiru] that he had left in his hand to the graveyard.

Finally, there was the effect of [Shadow Dragon]. As Hayato pointed his hand towards [Mind's Eye], the power of [Shadow Dragon] erupted, and the purple threads instantly bound the Ugato Eye, which was originally just an illusion, forcibly dragging it into the shadows on the ground and swallowing it up!
The image of Hayato's hand, which had been publicly displayed behind him, finally disappeared after his departure. At the same time, the "Mind-Seeing Eye" was released from its blockade of the "Harpie Lady's Feather Duster" in his hand!

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌：5→4→5→4→3→4→5→5】

Then, Hayato immediately played a card: "Although you only have one Field Spell Card left on your field, it's a bit wasteful to use that card, but I'll still activate it—Spell Card [Harpie's Feather Duster], destroy all Spell & Trap Cards on your opponent's field!"

"Just like that, I'll shatter your [Perfect World - Cartoon World]!" (End of Chapter)