I'm in Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I'm also in Machine Ascension.

With a loud "boom," the "jellyfish-headed" boy, Yuki Judai, immediately felt his foot slip and fell to the ground.

"Ahhh~"

Amidst a startled cry of sudden weightlessness, Ryo Marufuji immediately rushed forward and grabbed Jaden Yuki's Osiris Red jacket. Since he grabbed Jaden at the waist, the jacket was lifted up as Jaden fell.

Ultimately, this resulted in a bizarre scene resembling the hanging of Yuki Jaden here.

"Why am I always the unlucky one... It's so strange..."

After a brief moment of complaint, Jaden Yuki quickly climbed up with the help of the outstretched arms of the crowd.

...

At that very moment, Chairman Kagemaru immediately raised the new deck he was holding in the metal arm that he was manipulating outside the glass container in the nutrition room:

"I've got it. Hmph, your entire plan is futile, Youfeng!"

Soon, as the elderly man's powerful and triumphant voice rang out from inside the glass container, everyone clenched their fists.

"hateful..."

Principal Samejima, with a very grim expression, sighed:

"I never expected... that the chairman of the board, who is one of the founders of Duel Academy, would actually be the ultimate schemer. This is really hard to accept."

At that moment, amidst the sighs of the crowd, Asuka Tenjouin, still dressed in a skirt, immediately shook her head, looking at Yuuka with great surprise:

"This time... even Senior Youfeng has made a mistake?"

...

Seeing that he had almost achieved his goal of taking the most crucial step in unlocking the [Three Phantom Demons], Chairman Kagemaru let out another ear-piercing laugh:

“Hehehe…”

"Although you are the champion of Duel City from the same era as Kaiba, and one of the legendary duelists... I acknowledge your strength, but—"

"Youfeng... as a schemer, you're still far from qualified. You're too young and too naive~"

But in that instant, Youfeng also smiled and shook his head:

"You're right... but is it possible—"

As the gentle breeze blew, everyone instantly sensed the calm confidence in the handsome young man's voice, and their expressions suddenly tightened.

You Feng immediately shook his head again and continued:

"Is it possible that all of this will be part of my plan?"

...

Soon, seeing the handsome young man wearing the Duel Disk before him, Chairman Kagemaru immediately manipulated his mechanical arm to quickly organize the newly acquired deck and place it directly onto the same silver-white Duel Disk worn by the thicker mechanical arm on his left side, which was connected to a glass container.

"Humph..."

"Even so, knowing that I can obtain the power of the Three Phantom Demons, returning to challenge them still seems exceptionally ignorant and foolish..."

"Then... let's use you as the first sacrifice for the Three Phantom Demons!"

Then, accompanied by Chairman Kagemaru's deep voice, both sides immediately entered into a card duel:

"DUEL!!!"

"DUEL!!!"

Due to the unusual nature of this duel, Chairman Kagemaru, who seemed to have an extreme thirst for the power of the Three Phantom Demons, did not follow the standard duel rules regarding the order of first and second moves. Instead, he picked up a card first:

"Then, I'll take the first strike, is that alright, Youfeng?"

You Feng nodded immediately without saying anything.

In that instant, a card shimmering with a faint magical power was also immediately thrown from the hand by Chairman Kagemaru using his mechanical arm and onto the field:

"At this moment, I will activate a Normal Spell Card from my hand—[Golden Goblin]!"

A scene flashed by depicting a green goblin merchant flaunting his gold coins like a nouveau riche. The moment he was sent to the graveyard, a green number of +1000 immediately appeared on Yufeng's Duel Disk.

At the same time, a faint magical power shone brightly and soothingly on Yufeng's body, and Chairman Yingmaru used this opportunity to draw a card directly from the top of his main deck.

"This card's effect is simple: it restores 1000 LP points to you, and I get a chance to draw a card!"

[Wind: LP4000→5000!]

...

"???"

"So decisive and efficient? This start looks very friendly..."

At that moment, seeing this scene where both sides were gaining an advantage, so different from the tense atmosphere on the field, everyone was stunned for a second and glanced at the elderly man in the cylindrical glass container with some surprise.

And very quickly, Chairman Kagemaru immediately played another [Normal Spell] card, [Pot of Greed and Greed]:

"Then, I will immediately open a pot to gain the power of the Three Phantoms—I activate this Pot of Greed from my hand: You can activate this by banishing the top 10 cards of your Deck face down. Draw 2 cards from your Deck."

As this card is activated, a pot, similar in form to the one played by Daitokuji-sensei before, but different in its specific shape, will slowly rise up. It is made of a green and purple tongue sticking out greedily.

One by one, the cards were drawn into the jar from the top of their main deck by the immense magical power emanating from it.

In return, Chairman Kagemaru was immediately able to draw two cards from the top of his main deck and add them to his hand.

At this moment, the mechanical arm controlled by the elderly man, whose body was almost decaying, was immediately filled with a full six cards.

...

"Ah...why bother? I can totally understand why Master Daitokuji would use resources from his Extra Deck that don't work in his Main Deck to trade for cards..."

"but--"

Soon, upon seeing that Chairman Kagemaru had actually banished the members of his main deck face down, the "Jellyfish Head" boy, Jaden Yuki, immediately frowned in bewilderment:

"Surely no one doesn't need the resources of their main deck... Doing this resource swapping, if you banish your important combo cards, like the [Three Phantom Demons] themselves..."

"Wouldn't that mean we'd have to declare defeat on the spot...?"

As Jaden Yuki expressed his confusion, Asuka Tenjouin, Ryo Marufuji, and the other onlookers nodded in agreement.

At the same time, he turned his gaze toward Youfeng questioningly.

...

Yuuki Kazekage also expressed his agreement with Jaden Yuki's statement:

"Hmm...that's true, sometimes that does happen, but—"

Soon, Youfeng smiled slightly at everyone: "Opening a pot is an activity with both risks and rewards. Giving away freebies is the norm... but once you draw a key card resource, it's a huge profit."

As Yufeng's voice drifted on, the chairman of the board opposite him, Kagemaru, turned his mechanical arm and, in a very excited and enthusiastic voice, laughed through the loudspeaker on the machine:

"Hmph... Even so, the Three Phantom Demons are like destiny to me—so no matter how I open the pot, I won't give them away for nothing!"

As Chairman Kagemaru's voice resounded with excitement, he immediately played a card from his hand—his third [Spell] card of the first turn—onto the field:

"Next, I will activate this [Continuous Spell] card in my hand—[Seven Gates]!"

In an instant, a scene exactly like the present moment appeared in the backstage area of ​​Chairman Kagemaru: seven stone pillars, engraved with ancient runes and leaning precariously, were connected by a blue, electric-like force, unlocking the famous scene of the [Three Phantom Demons].

...

"Is this...is this a sign of the future from the [Three Phantom Demons] deck?"

Upon seeing this [Magic Card], which was almost identical to the one she had just seen, Asuka Tenjouin was also startled, looking at the old man in the glass container—the [Continuous Card] behind Chairman Kagemaru.

"Hmph~ That's right!"

Chairman Kagemaru's familiar voice rang out once again:

"This is a completely predetermined and irresistible fate—based on the effect of this card, as part of the effect processing when this card is activated, add any 1 of [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria], [Thunder Emperor - Hamon], [Phantom Demon Emperor - Rabiel], or 1 monster with the name of any of these cards from your Deck to your hand."

In an instant, a corresponding monster card with immense magical power was also retrieved from the main deck of his silver-white Duel Disk by Chairman Kagemaru and added to his hand.

...

Seeing that the other side seemed to have already taken the initiative to use one of the Three Phantoms, everyone's expressions instantly became serious.

The only one present was Jaden Yuki, the "jellyfish-headed" boy standing closest to Yuuki. After looking at the cards in Yuuki's back row, he also looked suspiciously at Chairman Kagemaru inside the glass container:

"That's what they mean... something about the certainty of fate..."

"but--"

Jaden Yuki abruptly changed the subject: "Old man, I suspect you printed this card yourself to fool people!"

But in that very instant, as Jaden Yuki frowned and uttered his "questioning" voice, Chairman Kagemaru immediately manipulated the mechanical arm to precisely retrieve and play the monster card that had just been drawn from his hand using the [Continuous Spell] card—[Seven Gates of Essence]:

"You all think I retrieved a [Three Phantoms] card—you're sorely mistaken!"

"Because this monster card of mine, as a messenger of demons, also possesses the ability to summon the Three Phantom Demons: at this moment, I Normal Summon this Dark Summoner in face-up Attack Position!"

In an instant, as Chairman Kagemaru played a Level 5 monster card depicting an evil demon-type monster, a purple demonic power, seemingly capable of devouring the entire world, ignited in the center of this forest, surrounded by stone pillars and used as a temporary duel arena. A black-purple demon with bat-like wings also circled in:

【Darkness summons God】

[Race: Demon Race]

[Attribute: Dark]

[Star rating: 2]

[Attack power: 0]

[Defense: 0]

"When this card is successfully summoned, you can activate it. Add any one of [Uriah, the Flame God], [Hammon, the Thunder King], [Labiel, the Phantom Demon King], or a card with any of these names, other than [Dark Summoning God], from your deck to your hand."

In an instant, Chairman Kagemaru once again manipulated the mechanical arm to open his main deck, and unexpectedly retrieved another [Spell] card that was not the [Three Phantom Demons] itself.

Then, the user's mechanical arm was pointed directly at the demonic monster that had just been summoned and activated its effect:

"Furthermore, this card also has the following: As long as this card is in the Monster Zone, you can add one more monster to your Main Phase in addition to your Normal Summon, which has 0 ATK and 0 DEF."

"Granted the ability to perform a second normal summon!"

"Therefore, I will Tribute this card to Tribute Summon a Level 5 monster card from my hand—[Dark Summoning God]"

Soon, in the clearing in the forest, the crimson demonic aura that had been lingering due to the appearance of the [Dark Summoning God] not only did not dissipate, but in the next instant, it unleashed an even more powerful demonic force, and a loud "bang" immediately resounded throughout the clearing.