Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

The rainbow light extended from the card Hayato played, precisely blocking the position in front of Hayato, rendering the 4100-point attack power of [Synthetic Monster - Gazet], which was even stronger than the God of Destruction, completely ineffective, only causing a slight ripple in the rainbow light.

Riding on the band of light, the Rainbow Kuriboh spun in front of Hayato and flew toward the Synthetic Monster Gazette, which was bewildered by the failure of its attacks. It used the rainbow to entangle Gazette, rendering it unable to move.

"This monster? Damn it!" Seiji recognized [Rainbow Kuriboh]. Although this was the first time Hayato had used this monster in their duel, he had gathered information about Hayato's performance in Duel Kingdom and was naturally familiar with this [Rainbow Kuriboh] that had appeared many times.

Putting everything else aside, this card appeared in Hayato's duels against former Japanese national champion "Insect" Haga and "Father of Duel Monsters" Pegasus. That alone is enough to make Manjoume Masashi take notice.

“When your monster attacks, my Rainbow Kuriboh will automatically come out of my hand to save my life, and then it will use its superb skills to play a bondage game with your monster.” Hayato whistled. “What a pity, Masashi, I’m afraid I won’t be able to experience the power of your monster’s attack.”

"Stop with the sarcastic remarks. My turn is over!" Unable to attack and empty-handed, Manjoume Masashi had nothing to do and could only end his turn.

[Zhengsi: 4000LP, 0 cards in hand]

【Synthetic Warcraft - Gazette】(Rainbow Kuriboh)【ATK4100】

Chapter 234 This wave, this wave is...

"Sigh, is this the end of the round? I thought that [Synthetic Beast] could continue its performance."

"Hmph, don't get too cocky. You only managed to block one of my attacks." Manjoume Seiji crossed his arms and looked at Hayato. "You don't think you can break through my [Synthetic Beast - Gazette]'s 4100 attack power in one turn and kill me in one go, do you?"

"My turn, draw a card." Upon seeing the card he drew, Hayato gave Manjoume Masashi a cryptic smile.

"I can't guarantee anything about this, so let's leave it to fate to decide."

Hayato revealed the card in his hand and inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone of the Duel Disk to activate it. It was none other than the super-powerful card draw card he had obtained from Ryuji Otogi—[Treasure Card of Destiny]!

Manjoume Masaji sneered: "Ridiculous, you actually chose to include gambling cards in your deck? I thought only someone like Jonouchi would put cards that rely on luck in their deck."

Hayato glanced at Jonouchi, who was jumping up and down outside the arena, and looked at Manjoume Seiji with some helplessness: "I'm too lazy to explain the specific concepts to you. It's not like you can understand just by being told. In short, in my mind, this card is even more powerful than a level 12 super monster."

“Then, activate the effect of [Treasure of Fate].” Hayato said, looking at the dice that appeared above his field. “Roll a die, draw the number of cards that appear above your deck, and then banish the same number of cards from the top of your deck.”

The dice landed on the ground and spun around. After more than ten seconds, they slowly came to a stop, revealing the number 3!

"Ya☆da☆zei!" Hayato happily drew three cards, then banished the other three. "This one-sided mass card drawing is so satisfying."

"Tch, it's just three cards." Manjoume Seiji seemed somewhat dismissive.

Hayato glanced at the card in his hand, a joyful expression spreading across his face: "It seems the outcome of this duel is already decided. I am the victor, without a doubt."

"Field Spell Card [Disruptive Land] activated! Send [Disruptive Operation] from my hand to the Graveyard, and revive [Disruptive King] from the Graveyard!"

"No, no good!" Seeing the appearance of [Disruption Village] and the return of [Disruption King], Manjoume Masaji understood the combo Hayato had chosen. "Because of the effect of [Disruption Village], when a [Disruption] monster is on the field, the ATK and DEF of all monsters on the field will be swapped?!"

Honda, watching from the sidelines, exclaimed in surprise, "The 'Disruptor King' with 0 attack and 3000 defense will instantly transform into a powerful monster with 3000 attack and 0 defense?"

"That's the same height as Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Wow, that's strong!" Jonouchi exclaimed. "Wait, if it's Blue-Eyes, the attack and defense will be reversed. That means Blue-Eyes' attack power will become 2500 points, which is still lower than Disruption King!"

"Why are you so concerned about the seahorse?!" Anzu complained, then turned her gaze back to the arena. "The [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] will also change its attack and defense, right? Its defense seems to be..."

The game player said excitedly, "Although we can use tribute monsters to greatly increase our attack power, the [Synthetic Monster - Gazette] only has 0 defense. After changing the attack and defense, it becomes an attack power of 3000 versus an attack power of 0!"

"Tch, what a troublesome fellow!" Looking at the surrounding environment being transformed by the activation of the Field Spell Card [Disruptive Land], Manjoume Masashi frowned, feigning disdain, and said, "Hmph, it's just a measly 3000 points of damage. I'll retaliate next turn!"

But then, Hayato opened a card and said, "It's a real shame, Masashi, you probably won't have that chance."

"That card is!"

Before Hayato could even utter the card's name, Manjoume Masashi recognized it. After all, in their first duel, a significant portion of Manjoume Masashi's Life Points were deducted by that card. "【Disruption Trio】?!"

"You're probably familiar with this card, right? On your field, three [Disruption Tokens] will be Special Summoned in Defense Position, and since they cannot be Tributed, each one destroyed will deal 300 damage to you."

At that moment, Hayato played his last card: "Mass Disruption, Magic Card activated. It's over, Manjoume, this is the final blow of this duel!"

"Select one face-up 'Disruptor King' on the field, then destroy all monsters on the field whose names contain the word 'Disruptor' except for that 'Disruptor King'."

"What? Oh no!" Manjou Masaji suddenly turned his head to look at his field. [Disruption Yellow] and the others were carrying beach chairs and parasols to his field, but before they could lie down to rest, a beam of lightning struck them, turning them into three piles of black ash amidst screams.

As their temporary master, Masaji Manjoume also suffered three instances of effect damage.

[Main Division: 4000→3700→3400→3100LP]

After annihilating the three [Disruption Derivatives], the lightning did not dissipate. Instead, amidst Manjoume Masashi's puzzled expression, it drifted towards Hayato's [Disruption King] on the field and merged into its body.

"Because for each Disruption Monster destroyed by the Disruption Muscle effect, Disruption King's attack power will increase by 1000 points!" Hayato watched Disruption King posing with a bodybuilding stance and showing off its muscles, trying to hypnotize himself to forget this eye-catching scene.

"In short, the [Disruptor King]'s attack power will increase by 3000 points, plus the original 3000 points..."

【扰乱王】【0/3000→3000/0→6000/0】

[Synthesized Warcraft - Gazette] [4100/0→0/4100]

"Attack power 6000?!" Manjoume Seiji exclaimed in shock. He truly hadn't expected Hayato's dueling prowess to have grown so strong, even capable of summoning monsters with such terrifying attack power!?

"Battle time! Strike! [Disruptor King], meat, eggs, scallions, and chicken!"

With a crouching leap, the [Disruptor King] propelled its powerful muscles high above the head of the [Synthetic Monster - Gazette]. The [Synthetic Monster], which was suffering greatly from the troublesome [Disruptor] monsters in the [Disruptor Village], only had time to raise its head before the [Disruptor King] crushed it down with a crushing blow.

[Major: 3100LP→0]

"Resilient!" "Invincible!" "Strongest!"

When the duel ended, the three Disruptor brothers, unwilling to accept that they had only appeared once during the fusion phase, jumped out of the graveyard and struck a strange pose in front of Disruptor King, accompanied by what seemed like background music of "Auntie, press me down." However, as the duel ended, their virtual projections quickly disappeared, reverting to their original card sprites.

Hayato glanced at the system's settlement; there was only a guaranteed 500 dp, which was barely enough for Hayato, who had just spent all his savings.

Chapter 235 Rare Card Hunter

After losing the duel, Manjoume Masaji knelt on one knee and angrily slammed his fist into the ground: "Damn it, I was defeated by that disgusting monster again!"

"Hahaha, who was spouting nonsense before the duel just now?" Honda naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity to mock Masashi. "In the end, he was easily defeated by Hayato."

"It's all because of that awful gambling card!" Manjoume Seiji was a strong-willed man. Even though he lost duels time and time again, he still refused to admit that Hayato was better than him, and he always managed to find some excuse for it.

"If a gust of wind had blown just now, you would have been the winner, right? I knew you would say that." Hayato put away his duel disk and saw Junmaru Manjoume holding a large cardboard box in both hands, handing it to him.

"Mr. Hayato, congratulations on your victory in the duel. Well, after all, you are the King of Duels, so the result was entirely expected." The box in Jun Manjoume's arms was printed with the logos of the Kaiba Corporation and the Manjoume Foundation, as well as a pattern of the duel disk.

"Thank you, Jun." Hayato ruffled Jun Manjoume's hair, took the duel disk—the real trophy of his duel with Masaji Manjoume—and handed it to Jonouchi, who had been longing for it.

"Oh, so this is the Duel Disk?" Jonouchi eagerly tore open the outer packaging and took out the Duel Disk, feeling its weight in his hand. "It feels a bit different from the Duel Disks that Yugi and Hayato use."

Yugi glanced at Jonouchi's Duel Disk: "Both Hayato's and my Duel Disks were gifts from Kaiba. I guess it's because there's a difference between the internal version and the mass-produced version? Besides, Hayato's Duel Disk has been modified twice."

Of the duel disks, Jonouchi's newly acquired one was the lightest, even heavier than Yugi's. However, Yugi was the kind of powerful player who always carried a pure gold box containing his deck, wore an iron chain and a large gold weight around his neck, so the weight of his duel disk was nothing to him.

But the heaviest of all is Hayato's Duel Disk. Although it has many practical functions, Keihei, who modified it, was not a genius who could surpass his time; he was merely a prodigy.

The automatic shuffling and deck searching functions come with a large number of components crammed into the Duel Disk, but with current technology, these devices cannot yet be miniaturized. It's no exaggeration to say that while Yugi's Duel Disk has a metal outer layer, it is hollow inside, whereas Hayato's is completely filled with these hollow parts.

If you were to use Hayato in hand-to-hand combat, it could cause a huge commotion in no time—either you'd be too weak to lift the duel disk and get knocked down by a blow, or you'd lift it up and smash someone's bones.

Hayato, who can hold this Duel Disk steadily during a duel, must have a monstrous physique, befitting his 195cm height.

"Ring ring~" Just then, Jonouchi's cell phone rang in his pocket. He took it out and answered the call: "Moshi moshi?"

"Ha, really? Tomorrow? That's great!"

"I'm coming right away!"

Without talking to the person on the other end of the phone for long, Jonouchi excitedly told Honda and the others, "Shizuka just called me and said that the preliminary preparations for the surgery have been completed ahead of schedule, and the surgeon said that she can have the surgery tomorrow!"

"That's wonderful, Jonouchi." The others were also happy for Jonouchi when they heard the news. His sister Shizuka's vision problems had always been a worry for Jonouchi, and now that there was hope for a cure, it was only natural that Jonouchi was so excited.

While Hayato was happy for Jonouchi, he couldn't help but think about Jonouchi's experience in the original timeline. He too had been intercepted by Gurus's men on his way to the hospital. Now that he and Kaiba had taken down the card shop's hideout, he wondered if Jonouchi would still be targeted.

"Since we're free today, why don't we go to the hospital with Jonouchi and cheer Shizuka on?"

Before Yugi and Kyoko could react to Hayato's words, Honda, as if he had been waiting for someone to bring it up, eagerly replied, "Okay, okay, let's go see Shizuka!"

The group stared at Honda speechlessly, making him somewhat embarrassed. He quickly said, "Listen to my excuse, pfft, listen to my explanation. The main thing is, Jonouchi and I are best buddies. I was just concerned about his sister."

"Is that what you call caring about Shizuka? You're just lusting after her body, you're despicable," Hayato retorted.

The game player said with a smile, "But since we don't really have anything to do today, let's go to the hospital together."

Kyoko naturally agreed to the game.

"Mr. Manjoume, let's go." As the group left the shopping street for the hospital, Hayato didn't forget to turn back and greet the Manjoume brothers.

"Oh, goodbye, Mr. Hayato!" Jun Manjoume waved excitedly, only to be headbutted by Masaji Manjoume standing nearby: "Idiot, he's calling me. You're just a loser!"

"Who said I'm the worst? When it comes to Duel Monsters, I'm clearly 1000% better than you, Second Brother. You should just take over the family business!"

The boisterous chatter of the Manjoume brothers gradually faded into the distance, and the group followed Jonouchi towards the hospital where Shizuka was. Shizuka's eyesight had deteriorated with age, and she was on the verge of losing her sight completely. It was only thanks to the prize money provided by the great philanthropist Pegasus that her medical expenses were paid off.

"This place is a bit remote; I've never been here before," Honda said, looking at the unfamiliar road around him. Although he often rode his motorcycle around Domino City, he only ever went along the main roads; they were now on a side road.

Jōnei, however, was quite familiar with the process: "There's no need for Shizuka to be transferred to a large hospital like the Tongshino City Central Hospital for her eye problems. Considering that she needs to maintain a good mindset because of her eye condition, she will stay at the original hospital."

"Although it looks remote and no one ever passes by here, this is the closest path to the hospital. I can't wait to see Shizuka!"

"Jōnei, have you ever heard this saying?" Hayato said after thinking for a moment, "Taking a shortcut is actually taking a longer route. It seems we've been blocked?"

Two figures clad in black robes emerged from the shadows of the buildings lining the path, their faces shrouded in the shadows of their hoods. Directly in front of them stood another figure in black robes, holding a duel disk, blocking their path.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen and ladies, this road is closed." The hooded man smiled sinisterly.

"Are you from Gurus? Why are you targeting us?" Yugi's expression also became serious. He held the Duel Disk like a shield in front of his chest, ready to switch with Yami Yugi if things went wrong.

"That rare card theft organization?" Jonouchi recalled the information he had seen in the newspaper. When Kaiba learned from Isis that Gurus possessed two more God Cards, he generously placed a bounty on the front page of the newspaper for over a month, offering a reward for information about Gurus. As a result, information about Gurus became common knowledge.

"Could it be that you guys are eyeing our rare cards?"

Thinking of this, Jonouchi nervously protected the deck in the card box at his waist. The [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] inside was the most valuable thing he owned.

"Hmph, although your [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] is also among our targets, Jonouchi Katsuya, you're just a nobody who can be easily dealt with." The man in black robes looked down on Jonouchi. "The person we're looking for is you, Duel King Kobayashi Hayato!"

“By the name of Lord Malik, you have repeatedly disrupted our plans in Gurus. Let me—the ‘Rare Card Hunter’ Hutt—take care of you here!”

Chapter 236 Suicide Attack

“Rare card hunter, Hurt, your name really is perfect for this line of work,” Hayato remarked.

Unexpectedly, after he wiped out one of Gurus's strongholds, the butterfly effect caused Gurus's group to still come after them, but their target shifted from the city to him.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Although the Red-Eyes Black Dragon is indeed a rare card, it's still not as rare as the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which only has four copies. Although it's rare, it's still something you can buy with money. For example, as far as Hayato knows, Kaiba also has the Red-Eyes Black Dragon.

However, that arrogant guy said something like, "Why don't I summon Blue-Eyes with the same tribute? Only a mediocre person would use this card as an ace," and refused to use it in the deck.

Comparing the valuable but not unique rare cards with the enemy who had offended their organization and even destroyed an important stronghold, the people of Gurus naturally chose to cause trouble for the latter.