Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1361 Time Stop
As we all know, it's a common practice for Konami to give old monsters new forms, and many classic old decks will also follow the trend of the new version and be strengthened in some new summoning method.

For example, the evolution of Blue-Eyes White Dragon is clearly in the same direction as the Synchro series, such as Blue-Eyes Fairy Dragon, Blue-Eyes Silver Dragon, and the later-appearing Ultimate Spirit Dragon, which added fresh blood to the Blue-Eyes series. At its peak, it even propelled the Blue-Eyes series, a long-established Yu-Gi-Oh! series, to the throne of world champion in the new generation.

Compared to the Blue-Eyes series, which once won the championship, the Red-Eyes series, which was originally compared to the Blue-Eyes, has not fared so well. Even with improvements, it has remained lukewarm, unable to even reach the competitive threshold, let alone win the world championship.

It's rare to find a truly powerful addition like Red Daddy, but it's been overused by various competitive decks, with other decks getting fed and enjoying the benefits of Red Daddy, while the original Red-Eyes deck remains stuck on the sidelines.

The worst part is that Red Eyes's main character, Red Daddy, was reported for having too many jobs and using cheats all over the place, resulting in his permanent account ban. This further worsened Red Eyes' already declining fortunes by losing its main support.

However, in fact, the Red-Eyes in the new generation has also been strengthened by a new summoning method, namely "Xyz Summon".

Red-Eyes Steel Flame Dragon is a Red-Eyes Xyz Monster. It is a Rank 7 Xyz Monster, and its summoning condition is two of any Rank 7 monsters. It has an ATK of 2800, and its rank and base stats are standard for the Red-Eyes family.

This card's effect prevents it from being destroyed by card effects when it contains Xyz Material, and inflicts 500 damage to your opponent each time they activate a Spell/Trap Monster effect. Additionally, once per turn, you can detach one Xyz Material to revive one "Red-Eyes" Normal Monster from your Graveyard; this effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn.

At first glance, it seems the core effect is simply reviving Red-Eyes from the graveyard during both player's and enemy's turns. However, experienced players might immediately notice that there's a hidden trick in another effect.

Every time the opponent activates any card's effect, you deal 500 damage. Doesn't this effect seem to not specify once per turn?

With no limit on the number of times it can be activated and a blood-burning effect, it's pretty self-evident what will happen when this monster appears.

Once this kind of thing is released, I can't say how much practical value it will have, but it will definitely contribute to various self-contained loops and acrobatic endeavors.

Upon hearing that his own Red-Eyes could ride the "Extreme Time Express," Jonouchi was quite excited and immediately pestered Yugen to go to the laboratory to take a look.

Yu Xuan agreed, and mysteriously added that if the Red-Eyes Xyz was successfully developed, he could show him some exciting new ways to play Red-Eyes.

The group chatted and laughed as they walked along the riverbank from the Duel Academy towards the teaching building. They hadn't gone far when the already gloomy sky suddenly began to rain again. The rain lashed against the dense forest, enveloping the entire woods in a misty haze.

At that very moment, a sudden change occurred.

The moment a bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds, everything was frozen in time.

Silver-snake-like lightning froze within the leaden-gray clouds, and the entire rainforest suddenly fell into an eerie stillness. Tens of thousands of raindrops hovered two meters above the ground, forming a crystalline three-dimensional matrix, each droplet refracting the frozen light of the lightning. An oak leaf maintained its torn trajectory, three diamond-like raindrops caught between its veins, its tip forever remaining a centimeter away from the muddy ground.

The rising mist in the forest transformed into a milky-white sculpture: on the outstretched wings of a startled owl, seventeen water droplets clung to the tips of its feathers, poised to fall. Beneath the fallen ferns, the muscular lines of a leaping tree frog were clearly visible, the water film drawn from its webbed feet resembling a work of glass art. Most breathtaking were the vertically suspended rain streaks, not hanging straight down, but maintaining a spiral shape twisted by the gale, as if invisible threads were guiding this liquid ballet.

Time stood still.

"What!?"

The city dwellers also noticed the anomaly and looked around in surprise.

Then he immediately realized that all the raindrops were frozen in mid-air, and time seemed to have stopped in the entire forest—no, it seemed to be the entire world. Only he and You Xuan were able to move freely.

Behind them, including the peacock dancer, her companions, and the academy students, everyone was frozen in place, just like the environment, stiffly frozen in their walking postures, even her flowing blonde hair was frozen in mid-air.

Then a whistle came from the woods.

In the stillness of time and space, a trench coat ripped through the rain. Kaito Amagi slowly walked over and stopped in front of the two. "So you are, Yugen Fujiki, the king of this world."

Kaito looked up at Yugen.

Only then did You Xuan remember.

Oh right, Douzi can also stop time, I almost forgot.

When Kaito first appeared in the anime, he used a time-stop skill, which was very cool. It was probably one of the Z4's advanced technologies that he carried.

Yes, that's right. ZEXAL's advanced technology can even do things like time stop. It's just that because Douzi almost stopped using this move later on, Youxuan almost forgot about it.

Of course, time stop isn't absolutely invincible. As mentioned before, in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh!, any extraordinary technology or supernatural abilities must give way to card play. In the anime, time stop is ineffective against those holding "NO." cards; victory can only be determined through card play.

At this moment, neither Yuugen nor Jonouchi possessed "NO.", yet Kaito's time stop remained ineffective against them. Yuugen guessed that either their Pokémon power reached a certain level, granting them immunity, or their Destiny power reached a certain level.

Jōnei was now in shock: "Time...stopped?"

He looked around in surprise: "Interdimensional beings can even do something like this!?"

Although he was a man of considerable experience, time stop was something he'd never seen before. If everyone in another dimension could use this technique, what kind of terrifying world would it be?
"Calm down."

You Xuan remained calm.

"There's an important principle when dealing with people from other worlds: don't take any fancy abilities too seriously. Just remember, if you win the duel, everything will be fine."

Upon hearing this, Jonouchi tilted his head and thought about it, seemingly finding his words to be reasonable, and his mood quickly calmed down.

Right.

He was confident when it came to duels, and with that in mind, there was nothing to be afraid of.

You Xuan looked at Douzi across from him: "You are Kaito Amagi."

Kaito frowned slightly: "Do you know me?"

“Of course, ‘NO. Hunter,’ Heart City’s ace,” You Xuan said. “But before we begin, can we ask why we’re fighting?”

"I don't know, and I don't care."

Kaito coldly said this and immediately unfolded the Duel Disk.

"You are my mission, it's that simple."

(End of this chapter)