Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

The "See Through the Mind" perpetual trap card is incredibly powerful. Its very first effect alone makes it worth investing in.

Keeping your opponent's hand constantly exposed means that effects that activate upon seeing the cards will be unable to activate because "the opponent has already seen them," effectively blocking their potential. The effect of "anytime" allowing you to see your opponent's face-down cards is also incredibly powerful, since there's only one "anytime" moment in all Duel Monsters.

Its powerful second effect, "Forbidden Card," which can be used once per turn, can effectively prevent the opponent from using powerful cards. In particular, it can create a good synergy when combined with the information advantage gained from the first effect.

Just like Pegasus saw Hayato's hand and sealed the effect of [Primal Life Form - Nibiru] in advance during Hayato's turn, making it impossible for Hayato to use [Primal Life Form - Nibiru] to release the many monsters that Pegasus had displayed on the field.

And at the start of Hayato's turn, Pegasus immediately sealed away the [Harpie's Feather Duster], which posed a great threat to his Spell & Trap Cards.

Many of his strategies were actually fine, even including preventing Hayato from using the Pot of Greed to draw cards, since no one could say for sure whether Hayato could draw cards like the Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere or the Great Storm from the two cards.

However, [Purgatory's Dream] shattered his "dream of seeing cards," and the frantic graveyard-filling of [Hellfire Machine - Tiera] allowed Hayato to easily crush [Mind's Eye] with the effect of [Shadowduck].

As the Eye of the Mind was destroyed, because its second effect of sealing ability only takes effect while it is present, the seal on Hayato's Harpie's Feather Duster was released and he immediately used it!

The feather duster swept across, and then Pegasus's [Perfect World - Cartoon World] in the backcourt was—not destroyed? Only a bookmark tucked between the pages was swept away by the whirlwind created by the [Harpie Girl's Feather Duster]?
"【Cartoon Bookmark】If a 【Cartoon World】on my field is destroyed by an effect, it can be banished from the Graveyard instead."

Pegasus breathed a sigh of relief as he took the card out of the graveyard. "It wasn't just 'Seeing Through the Mind's Eye' that was destroyed; even my beloved 'Cartoon World' was almost ruined by Hayato."

"I didn't really expect that card to destroy [Perfect World - Cartoon World]." Hayato had an expression of no surprise, after all, [Cartoon Bookmark] was not a new card, Pegasus had used it a long time ago, and it was sent to Pegasus' graveyard with the card revealed.

While Hayato played "Harpie's Feather Duster," Pegasus's "Demon Box" quietly extended its inflatable scythe and picked up a card from Hayato's graveyard.

"The effect of 【Demon Box】 can be activated once per turn by targeting one card in each player's graveyard. At the same time that Hayato activated 【Harpie Girl's Feather Duster】, I also activated the effect of this card."

Pegasus explained, "In Hayato's graveyard lies [Hellfire Machine Lilith], that card is still fresh in my memory."

"Not only does it have the ability to destroy all Spell & Trap Cards on both sides of the field except for the 'Purgatory' card when it is on the field, but it can also negate and banish the effect of my monster by releasing monsters when the effect is activated. It is a very troublesome opponent."

Pointing at Hayato, Pegasus offered his analysis: "The combo effect of [Harpie Girl's Feather Duster] and [Hellfire Machine - Lilith] is the method you used to break my [Perfect World - Cartoon World], right, Hayato?"

"It was your mistake not to Special Summon [Inferno Lilith] first! So, under the effect of [Demon Box], [Inferno Lilith] will be returned to the bottom of your deck~"

Say goodbye to your [Hellfire Machine - Lilith]!

From Hayato's graveyard, [Hellfire Machine Lilith] was lifted up by the scythe of [Demon Box] and thrown back to the bottom of Hayato's deck, preventing it from being Special Summoned from the graveyard by its own effect and thus destroying Pegasus's [Perfect World - Toon World].

“Although you beat me to it and bounced [Inferno Lilith] back to the deck, I still have five [Inferno] monsters sleeping in my graveyard.” Hayato took out a card. “Without the eldest sister of the [Inferno] family, it won’t hurt to use the eldest brother of the [Inferno] family a little.”

"By banishing the three-body [Inferno] monster from my graveyard, I Special Summon [Inferno Lava]!"

【Hellfire Machine - Nava】【10☆/Flame】

[Demon/Special Summon/Effect]

[3000/3000]

The evil demon representing the enemy of the "Kingdom"—the [Hellfire Machine Nava], which is the highest level below [Hellfire Machine Tiera], descended upon Hayato's field in an instant.

In the 【Inferno】 family's main deck monsters, apart from the only one that can be Normal Summoned, 【Inferno Decimal】, all the other cards are Special Summon monsters, which can be Special Summoned from a specific area without forming a chain, according to their own rules.

Their special summons are "time-limited," and Pegasus's previous [Cartoon Suitcase] couldn't counter them. Pegasus learned this lesson seven years ago.

As the highest-ranking [Inferno Machine], [Inferno Machine Nava]'s effect is exactly the opposite of [Inferno Machine Lilith]. The two have the ability to counter Spell/Trap Cards and Monster Effect Cards, respectively. When it is brought into the field, the latter can destroy Spell/Trap Cards that are not [Inferno], while the former can destroy all monsters except itself.

"The flames of calamity fall from the heavens—" Hayato raised his hand, "Its effect can only be activated when [Inferno Machine - Nava] is Special Summoned, destroying all other cards on the field except for it!"

"The coffin is sealed within an iron mountain!"

After [Hellfire Machine - Nava] unleashes its flames, in just an instant, both sides' fields are engulfed in flames, turning into a sea of ​​fire, resembling an apocalyptic scene.

Beneath the inferno that burns everything, almost no living thing can survive—unless you are a comedic character from an animated world.

"While the card's effect is active, the last effect of [Perfect World - Cartoon World] takes effect!"

Forced by Hayato's "Black Hole" effect activated by "Inferno Machine Nava", Pegasus finally revealed the last effect of his Field Spell Card: "Ban me all the Toon monsters on the field until that effect resolves."

"This effect has no limit on the number of times it can be used per turn, only requiring that I cannot banish a monster with the same original card name in this turn. In other words—"

"Roar!"

One Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragon was trampled underfoot by the other monsters, serving as a foothold to separate it from the flames, while another Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragon survived the flames, carrying Comic Cat and Demon Box.

[Bekas: 4000LP, Hand: 0]

[Demon Box] [ATK2300] [Blue-Eyes Cartoon Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

【Comics Cat】【DEF0】

Location: [Perfect World - Cartoon World]

The effect of [Hellfire Machine - Nava], which should have destroyed everything, ultimately only swallowed up one of the [Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragons] that hadn't managed to escape, and didn't destroy anything else.

"It can't banish cards with the same name, so one of the [Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragon] was destroyed. What a cheesy effect." Hayato frowned as he looked at Pegasus's [Perfect World - Toon World], which was still active on the field. "No wonder Yugi and the others said that this card can even dodge [Super Polymerization]."

Just as [Mind's Eye] chose such a magical moment as "anytime," Pegasus's [Perfect World - Toon World] third effect is the ability to take effect directly when the effects of other cards are applied, without needing to be activated.

Because it doesn't need to be activated, this card's effect can negate many card effects without being chained, just like "Magician's Left Hand" and "Magician's Right Hand".

Hayato's "Hellfire Machine - Lava" could have chained the activation of a Spell & Trap Card effect, released a monster on Hayato's field to negate its activation and destroy it, but the final effect of "Perfect World - Toon World" didn't even need to be activated, so "Hellfire Machine - Lava" couldn't do anything about it.

At the same time, Hayato also discovered something—

"Since the effect of [Perfect World - Cartoon World] can banish your Cartoon monsters until the effect is resolved, it means that your monsters can use this effect to leave the field and then return, refreshing the number of uses of their own effect."

Hayato raised a question: "Like the effects of [Funny Dark Rabbit] and [Blue-Eyes Toon Ultimate Dragon] from the last turn, you could simply banish yourself when their respective effects are active to reset the card's activation count, right?"

"But why didn't you use it back then?"

Bekas's smug smile froze.

Seeing this, Hayato understood. It turned out that Pegasus wasn't refusing to use it, but rather he had never even considered that it could be used in this way. This guy designed the card effect himself, but he didn't even realize how to use it.

“There was once a guy also named ‘Hayato’ who said, ‘That’s the difference between a development team and a combat team.’” Hayato shook his head at Pegasus. “Your talent as a duelist is still not enough, Pegasus.”

"Continuous Spell Card, [Purgatory's Dream] activated!"

The [Purgatory] spell card that Hayato previously added to his hand from his deck using the effect of [Inferno Machine - Evil] was none other than the second [Purgatory's Dream]. Keep in mind, this card's effect isn't limited to once per turn!

"Since there are still only monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck on the opponent's field, the second effect of my 'Infernal Dream' can still select up to six cards from the Deck as Fusion Materials."

Hayato paused, then looked regretful: "Unfortunately, even though the previous [Inferno Tyra] has been bounced back to the Extra Deck, I can't Fusion Summon it. It's not because the effect is useless; the effect of [Inferno Tyra] doesn't actually have a one-time limit per turn."

"The real reason is that although [Inferno Tira] can select a large number of [Inferno] monsters to use as fusion materials at the same time, the two essential cards are [Inferno Lilith] and [Inferno Nava], and I only have one copy of both [Inferno Nava] and [Inferno Lilith] in this deck."

Although Hayato spoke in a regretful tone, Pegasus suddenly realized that the guy was being completely sarcastic.

"In this deck, I only included one copy of each of the [Inferno] monsters, making a total of eleven cards. After the previous fusion, I can only choose a maximum of five cards from the deck now, which is a real shame."

Sure enough, Pegasus witnessed Hayato's reversal. Instead of five cards, Hayato took out six from his deck, one of which he deliberately flipped over. "Oh dear, what's going on? Who sent [Hellfire Machine Lilith] back to my deck?"

“That’s right, it’s you, Pegasus~” Hayato said, sending six cards and the [Inferno Machine Nava] on the field to the graveyard at once. “Chaining the effect of [Harpie Lady’s Feather Duster] to send [Inferno Machine Lilith] back to the graveyard is indeed a good counterattack, but you overdid it!”

"Use [Inferno Nava] on my field, and [Inferno Lilith], [Inferno Astaroth], [Inferno Beelzebub], [Inferno Belphegor], [Inferno Satan], and [Inferno Decimal] from my deck as Fusion Materials!"

"Summon again, [Hellfire Machine Tiera]!"

The level 11 demon god descended onto the field again under the effect of [Purgatory Dream], and also absorbed [Hellfire Machine - Nava] from Hayato's field into its body.

Meanwhile, it absorbed seven [Inferno] monsters as fusion materials. It only needed one [Inferno Tierra] to meet the requirement of eight or more types of fusion material monsters for the next stage effect, but it exceeded the five types required for the second stage.

It got stuck in the middle, neither here nor there, and in the end, only the first two parts of the effect could be applied.

"Under the effect of [Inferno Tira], both players still choose three cards from their Extra Deck and send them to the Graveyard, as well as send three cards from the top of their Deck to the Graveyard."

This time, Pegasus acted faster than Hayato, because he still sent those three [Sacrifice God] monsters to the graveyard—after all, he had three of each of these three Fusion Monsters in his Extra Deck, so even after sending them to the graveyard twice, he still had one of each left.

Hayato then picked through the cards and showed them the three cards he wanted to send to the graveyard: "The cards I want to send to the graveyard are [PSY Skeleton King Omega], [Armored Black Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon], and [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon].

Compared to before, Hayato didn't make a big fuss or create a long chain of graves this time; he simply piled up the graves.

However, Pegasus did not let his guard down. The moment Hayato put [Inferno Machine Nava] back into the graveyard, he activated the effect of his own card. As a result, before the card Hayato was going to put into the graveyard could enter the graveyard, [Inferno Machine Nava] in his graveyard was bounced back into the deck.

“Thanks to Hayato Yu’s reminder, I remembered that the effect of [Demon Box] was reset because it left the field and then returned to the field,” Pegasus said. “Just now, when your [Inferno Tira] effect was activated, I chained its effect to return [Inferno Nava] from Yu’s graveyard to the deck.”

Although Hayato's total level of monsters on the field has reached 11 stars with just one "Inferno Tira" card, preventing the "Inferno" monsters in his graveyard from being Special Summoned, Pegasus believes that Hayato must have a unique way to solve this problem.

Therefore—prioritize eliminating [Inferno Machine Nava], which can destroy all monsters on your field! (End of Chapter)