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

"The terminal reward for [Scrap 2]?"

"Indeed... as another of Crab Bro's ace decks, the final destination of [Little Junk] is [Stardust Dragon], right?"

"So, that makes sense...and—"

After a brief moment of reflection, Youfeng stroked his chin, looking at his [Heaven-Shattering Giant Love] that had been launched to achieve a surprising victory, and quipped:

"Who says [Mechanical Ascension] can't be a Dragon Cancer?!"

"I'm a fan of Mechs, Dragons, and Michelangelo, right? What's wrong with putting some Dragons into my pure Mech collection?"

Soon, with a slight smile appearing on You Feng's lips, this handsome duelist quickly reached an agreement with the system.

...

Meanwhile, just as You Feng, in a way that was completely beyond everyone's expectations, used [Ejector Turtle] and even launched his [Heaven-Shattering Giant Love], smearing it all over his opponent's face, the eyes of everyone looking at the victor in the arena were filled with utter terror:

"Well..."

"Is this the power of that legendary duelist, Yuuka-senpai, who once shouted 'Machine Race feels no pain' during the battles of Duel City, a duelist as devilish as he was..."

"Just watching the game is enough to make me tremble..."

"..."

Soon, amidst the silence and even slight "fearful trembling" expressions of the duelists, the duelists quickly fell silent.

In that instant—

The [Dark Magician Girl] card spirit, who was watching the battle, slightly parted her lips, and then seemed to fall into deep thought:

"Hmm... such powerful aura in this mysterious duelist..."

"I can even feel the same power as the Pharaoh—"

Then, after staring at this seemingly familiar operation for a moment, the girl's gaze returned to Youfeng's handsome face, and she gradually recalled her past memories.

"Is that... Mr. Yuuka, a friend of Pharaoh and Yugi Muto?"

Soon, after blinking her lake-like eyes in slight surprise, the girl's expression shifted slightly as she retorted:

"Back in the Duel City tournament, they directly used the power of [Super Polymerization]...and fused Yugi's [Sky Dragon of Osiris] as a Dragon-type monster card..."

"Even as a card spirit, I still remember this event vividly; it was truly shocking..."

"I remember--"

Lost in her memories, the girl immediately shook her head gently.

"Both Mr. Game and Pharaoh were deeply frustrated and withdrawn for a long time after this competition..."

...

The next second, amidst the girl's unexpected exclamation, Jaden Yuki, who had just enjoyed the same treatment as the peacock dance performer, also got up from the ground with a contorted expression:

"Senior Youfeng, you have no martial ethics whatsoever! You actually used this move to ambush a novice like me!"

Accompanied by the boy with the "jellyfish head" making a wry comment, Youfeng smiled and nodded:

"Yes, that's how we [Cyber ​​Dragon] players are."

At that instant, among the spectators, Marufuji Ryo, still wearing his blue Obelisk Blue academy uniform, also darkened his expression, and his gaze towards Yuuka flickered slightly:

"While I can imagine that Yuuki-sensei will continue to strengthen [Cyber ​​Dragon]... this method of directly and completely utilizing lower-level Cyber ​​Dragon monsters as terminal monsters to launch attacks against other decks..."

"This seems to be completely beyond my acceptable range..."

"Besides—the ultimate factor in victory is something like the [Catapult Turtle]..."

Soon after, amidst Marufuji Ryo's slight sigh, Yuuka looked at the boy who seemed to have his worldview shaken and smiled slightly:

"...Actually, I can also demonstrate a fighting style like the [Thunder Dragon]—if you'd like!"

Ryo Marufuji: Teacher, please don't do this!

[Electronic Dragon]: Stop stuffing it in! I'm going to break!

...

Faced with Judai's "accusations," unlike Ryo Marufuji's expression of doubt and reflection, Asuka Tenjouin, the girl watching the match, immediately clenched her fists and argued quite readily:

"That's not the case!"

"Judai-kun, you clearly played the [Friendship Killer] card first, didn't you?"

"If we stick to the idea of ​​completely preventing the opponent from continuing to play... it doesn't seem to be much better than the [ejecting turtle] tactic, does it?"

Soon, accompanied by the sharp, assertive voice of a girl in a dress with brown eyes, Jaden Yuki raised her arms slightly and nodded helplessly:

"Stop talking, stop talking... I concede—after all, losing to a legendary duelist like Yufeng isn't really anything shameful, is it..."

"after all--"

The boy with the jellyfish-shaped haircut, who had an "innocent" look on his face, quickly glanced around before giving an embarrassed laugh:

"Even the strongest person in Duel Academy, known as Kaiser—Ryo Marufuji, and Asuka, the top female student—along with the professor and Manjoume, couldn't gain any advantage against Yuuka-senpai..."

Asuka: ...

Ryo Marufuji, Professor, and Manjoume: Judai...it seems we didn't actually criticize you...

...

With Jaden Yuki's sincere voice, the school festival, which should have been lively, instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Seeing this eerie atmosphere, Jaden Yuki immediately realized what was happening at that moment:

"Haha...did I say something wrong? But..."

"What I want to say is that losing to an idol-level duelist like Senior Yufeng will not be a blow to me as a duelist. On the contrary, it will ignite my fighting spirit even more to follow in Senior Yufeng's footsteps!"

Soon, with Judai Yuki's sincere voice, everyone's expressions softened instantly, and they nodded in agreement with Judai Yuki's point of view.

Ryo Marufuji: "That's right, reaching the level of Yuuka-sensei is my lifelong dream."

Jun Manjoume: "...The relentless pursuit of victory is something that boils in my DNA—to be realized by Manjoume Lightning!"

...

Soon, amidst the excited shouts of the people present, Youfeng nodded instantly. After finishing the battle, he immediately piloted the [Heaven-Shattering Love] and slowly left the dueling arena.

At this moment, having finally realized what was happening, Manjou Jun immediately raised his arm and loudly announced the victory of the duel:

"This battle should rightfully be won by Senior Youfeng's [Heaven-Shattering Mighty Love]!"

At that moment, thunderous applause erupted from the audience:

"Oh oh oh~"

As Yuuka left the arena, she glanced at the figure of the girl who had been watching the battle from the crowd—[Dark Magician Girl].

After scanning the area without finding anything, he shook his head slightly in disappointment.

"...Perhaps it was because materialization consumed too much of the spirit's power that they left early?"

"I was originally planning to fight her and melt down [Dark Magician Girl] too..."

Soon, with a slightly regretful tone, Yufeng immediately left the school festival, which had been ignited by the intense atmosphere of the duel between Yufeng and Yuki Judai, and was now filled with eager participants engaging in duels. He went straight back to his dormitory.

...

Soon, Youfeng was at his desk, and immediately opened his system page to check the rewards the system had given him at the end of the battle. A pale silver card pack representing the power of [Synchronization] instantly appeared in Youfeng's hand, flashing with light.

"...However, this deck pack will probably be distributed as a reward, with the Level 8 Stardust Dragon as the final card for the 'Useless II' expansion, right?"

As Youfeng anticipated, he immediately turned the gear-shaped switch on the card pack, and in an instant, a dragon monster card radiating auspicious light appeared before him:

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully obtained the Level 12 Synchro Monster card – Cosmic Radiant Dragon!]

[Cosmic Flare Dragon]

[Race: Dragon]

[Attribute: Wind]

[Star rating: 12]

[Attack power: 4000]

[Defense: 4000]

As this white bone dragon card, bathed in brilliant galactic stardust and traversing three layers of Synchro Power aura, appeared before Yufeng.

One after another, silver-white monster cards belonging to the [Stardust Dragon] system and possessing the same power, exclusive to [Synchro], were presented to Yufeng as card pack rewards.

"Wow, did I just get an SSR character in the draw?"

"It looks like my luck with cards has improved significantly recently!"

Soon, after Yu Feng sorted through all the cards he had acquired and combined them with [Waste II] to form a [Synchro] deck, he immediately obtained a more complete deck build centered around [Waste II], and very satisfied, he put the deck into his card box.

At that very moment, just as You Feng was feeling quite satisfied with the system reward, the system immediately sent out another crucial message:

[Due to the unique method used by the host to achieve victory this time, the synchronization unlock progress has been greatly accelerated.]

[A special mission is now being issued to you—Host, please use the power of the God of Time Machines to attempt to transcend the limitations of time and complete the first synchronization limit!]

Then, accompanied by a crisp system notification, the prerequisites for this task quickly appeared in the system's task list:

[Special Mission: Pioneers of a New Path of Light!]

...

The instant the mission message flashed across the system interface in Youfeng's mind, Youfeng also instantly felt his phone vibrate.

A new email immediately popped up on Youfeng's phone screen:

[Mr. Yufeng, the exciting and humane special summoning mode you mentioned in your last letter has made significant progress. International Illusion invites you, along with Mr. Hua Malay, President of Kaiba Group, to join us as test subjects for this new summoning mode in its subsequent development...]

Soon, accompanied by this calm and powerful email that concisely explained the purpose of the invitation, Youfeng was not too surprised by Pegasus's invitation, since he had already been informed by the system in advance.

On the contrary, because of that extremely familiar voice on the shared invitation list, he blinked slightly in surprise:

"President?! Hmm... Indeed, as a pioneer in technology development, President Kaiba, who has always possessed cutting-edge technology, might have already been involved in the development of [Synchro]..."

"but--"