Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"If this card is in my Graveyard and any one of the following cards is Tributed: [Mitsugumo no Mitsuki], [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mitsuki], or [Ama-no-Habakiri no Mitsuki] on my field, return it to my Deck."

"And the effect of the released [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mitsu-no-Tsurugi]: When this card is released, add one [Mitsu-no-Tsurugi] card from my Deck to my hand, other than [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mitsu-no-Tsurugi], and then Special Summon it. I add [Mitsu-no-Tsurugi no Prayer] to my hand and Special Summon it in Defense Position."

【Cao Na Yi: 3200LP, hand 3→2→3】

"How is it, Hayato Kobayashi? This is the true power of the [Mitsu Sword] that you are about to face, and it is also my complete form!"

Hearing Kusanagi's words, Hayato looked up at the Yamata no Orochi, which was even larger than the two [Mitsu no Tsurugi] from before, and said, "It feels... just so-so, right? It's one thing for duelists to go on stage and play cards themselves, but don't you know there's a taboo in Duel Monsters, that is, you can't just 'fuse' with your own monster or anything like that?"

"Nonsense!" Upon hearing Hayato's words, Kusanagi frowned. "[Kusanagi, the Supreme of the Snake Sword] and [Kusanagi, the Snake Sword of the Ama-Kurakumo] are one entity. This body is the most supreme and noble body in the mortal world. Don't use the term 'fusion' to insult my wisdom!"

"Such a great achievement doesn't frighten you? Are you truly unshaken or just putting on a brave face? Well then, let me use even greater power to make you tremble!" As she spoke, Kusanagi played another card, "Spell Card [Advanced Draw], this card requires me to Tribute one Level 8 or higher monster on my field to activate, and its effect is the same as [Pot of Greed]: draw two cards."

"The reason I'm using this card instead of [Pot of Greed] is because I want to release [Kusanagi no Mitsuki] and trigger its effect when it's released!"

With the activation of the card, the [Kusanagi no Mitsuki] disappeared for a moment and then returned to the field, and Kusanagi's hand size increased from three cards to a full five!

"This time, I'm adding the card 'Great Exorcism of the Snake Sword' from my deck to my hand, and then I'll Special Summon 'The Snake Sword of the Ama-Kurakumo'!"

"Finally, I activate the Continuous Spell Card [Sword of the Rock] and set four cards face-down on the back row. End of turn!"

【草那艺：3200LP，手牌3→4→5→0】

【Sword Master of the Snake - Kusana Art】【DEF400】

【Futsu-no-Mitama no Mitsu no Tsurugi】【DEF3400】

【Heavenly Feather Slash - The Fourth Sword】【DEF1800】

【The Sword of the Clouds】【ATK3200】

Backcourt: [Sword of the Rock] [Face Card] x4

After a burst of activity in one round, Kusanagi filled his back row and almost filled his front row with monsters. A group of [Sword of the Snake] monsters surrounded [Sword of the Snake - Kusanagi] and occupied the field, giving people the feeling of stepping into a myth and facing a number of monsters.

Hayato's system shop is also urgently inputting information about the [Mitsu Sword] cards, but the progress is a bit slow. At present, it has only recorded the effects of all the [Mitsu Sword] cards that have been used by Kusanagi. However, Hayato is not yet able to find more information about other [Mitsu Sword] cards from this system that can act as a "card search".

However, one thing is certain—the current three [Snake Swords] are all quite troublesome.

Not to mention that the effect is simply to display the hand to assist in the development and suppress the opponent's attack power on the field, [Ama-no-Habakiri no Mitsu-no-Tsurugi] can chain and revive the Reptile-Type monsters in the Graveyard every time Hayato Special Summons a monster, and there is no restriction of once per turn, only that the same chain can only be activated once.

This means that if Hayato uses the same explosive attack tactic, Kusanagi will also benefit from a continuous increase in field value.

The effect of [Ama-no-Murakumo no Mitsuki] is even more disgusting. Although it wasn't shown just now, it has the effect of destroying all monsters on the opponent's field when it is Special Summoned. If it can be Ritual Summoned at Speed ​​2 using cards like those from Kusanagi, it is equivalent to a Speed ​​2 [Lightning Strike]. No wonder it has so many lightning patterns on it.

However, the key point isn't actually this effect, but rather the second effect of [Ama-no-Murakumo no Mitsuki], which is activated when the opponent activates their effect. The opponent can choose to discard a card from their hand or negate that effect, essentially a "three-color negation". Although often the opponent will only choose to discard one card, it becomes quite troublesome if the opponent has insufficient cards in their hand—and right now, Hayato does indeed only have three cards in his hand.

"My turn, draw a card—"

Just as Hayato finished drawing his card and entered the preparation phase, Kusanagi's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he activated a face-down card in his back row without hesitation: "This is the moment! I'm going to activate this trap card in my back row during my opponent's preparation phase—[Yakumo Danmaku]!"

As the cards were activated, the [Ama-no-Habakiri no Mi-no-Tsurugi] on the Sona Geisha Stadium transformed into a tornado, instantly creating a massive storm; the [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mi-no-Tsurugi] spewed forth flames, and a sea of ​​fire covered the entire field; the [Ama-no-Kurakumo no Mi-no-Tsurugi] even summoned a vast expanse of thunderclouds, and countless bolts of lightning crashed down from the sky!

In an instant, it seemed as if the entire world was drawing upon the power of nature, and the center of this anomaly was none other than the "Kusanagi Sword" in the hand of [Kusanagi no Kami - Kusanagi], who was at the very center of the entire arena.

"I can only activate this ultimate [Yakumo Slayer Sword] if the [Yakumo Slayer Sword] Ritual Spell Card exists in my Graveyard and I Tribute three monsters on my field whose original card names are [Ama-no-Habakiri no Yakumo Slayer Sword], [Futsu-no-Mitama no Yakumo Slayer Sword], and [Ama-no-Murakumo no Yakumo Slayer Sword]!"

Kusanagi laughed wildly, now he looked like the ravaged god "Yamata Orochi" who wreaked havoc on the mountains and rivers. "Under the effect of this [Yakumo Danmyo no Tsurugi], the opponent must banish a total of eight cards from their hand, field, graveyard, and Extra Deck!"

"Faced with the three calamities of wind, fire, and thunder, faced with the immense power of this desolate god, faced with... the might of us [Sword of the Snake]!"

"Kamui Draws His Sword - Yakumo Danji Sword!"

The three raging calamities all converged on the sword in Kusanagi's hand, transforming into an unparalleled slash that flew towards Hayato. Hayato's card was constantly shaking under this slash, on the verge of being banished at any moment.

Although it's up to Hayato to choose which card to banish, with only four cards in his hand, two cards in his graveyard, and no cards on the field, this card's effect forces Hayato to banish at least two cards from his Extra Deck!

Hayato didn't hesitate much and immediately took out "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" and "Infinite Impermanence" from his graveyard, as well as six cards from his Extra Deck, saying, "Then, I will banish these two cards from my graveyard and these six cards from my Extra Deck!"

Although banishing so many cards from the Extra Deck at once will definitely have some impact, it's better than losing cards in your hand. Besides, Hayato didn't tell Kusanagi whether banishing monsters from his Extra Deck was a good thing or a bad thing.

Kusanagi, unaware of the situation, smiled contemptuously after seeing Hayato's decision: "He chose to sacrifice monsters in the graveyard and cards from the Extra Deck... How foolish! Isn't this sacrificing his future for the sake of his current survival?"

"But now that the effect of [Yakumo Severed Sword] has finished resolving, the three [Swords of the Midas] that I released will return to my field with their respective effects, and I can search for three cards from my deck at once!"

C1 [Ama-no-Murakumo no Mi-no-Tsurugi] C2 [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mi-no-Tsurugi] C3 [Ama-no-Habakiri no Mi-no-Tsurugi]

"Look at what you're saying. Let's not even talk about how my cards willingly offered their power to me." Hayato put away the banished cards, then spread his arms and looked at the blue flame that appeared on his field. "Your [Yakumo Danmaku] is nothing but a weakened version of '[Star Relic Marked Scars]' and a weakened version of 'Orichalcos Heavenly Sweep'. What right do you have to claim that I should sacrifice my future?"

"It was precisely because of your card that I triggered the effect of the banished card!"

"【Inferno Machine - Evil】! This effect can only be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard or banished. Add one 【Purgatory】 Spell/Trap from my Deck to my hand!"

C4, [Hellfire Machine - Evil]!

Because the effect of [Yakumo Danmakusen] has just been dealt with, and the [Mitsuki] of Kusanagi have not yet returned to the field, even if Hayato activates [Hellfire Machine: Evil], there is no need to worry about the "pseudo" three-color Yasushi of [Ama-no-Mitsuki].

Using the power of the banished [Inferno Machine - Evil], Hayato retrieves a card from his deck and reveals it: "The card I'm adding to my hand is this [Blazing Purgatory]."

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌5→4→3→4→5】

At the same time, Kusanagi had already used the effect of three [Snake Swords] to retrieve three cards and add them to his hand, and then Special Summoned them all back to the field.

"【Blazing Purgatory】, 【Hellfire Machine】? Those cards sound pretty dangerous. Is that your deck, Hayato Kobayashi?!"

Just recalling the fleeting image of [Hellfire Machine - Evil]'s face sent chills down Kusanagi's spine. Then, he was filled with rage at the thought that someone of his noble and esteemed status could be so afraid of a monster that had already been banished. "But you absolutely cannot defeat my invincible [Snake Sword]! With your mere five cards, you can't do anything!"

"Can't do anything? Then I'll just swap all five cards in my hand, won't that solve the problem?" Hayato said with a matter-of-fact expression, playing the card he had just retrieved. "Spell Card [Blazing Purgatory], this card requires me to reveal one [Purgatory] Spell/Trap Card or [Inferno] Monster in my hand to my opponent to activate—"

"At this very moment!" As Hayato activated [Blazing Purgatory], Kusanagi waved his hand and said, "I'm going to chain-activate the effect of myself—that is, the effect of [Ama-no-Murakumo no Mi]!"

"When your opponent activates an effect, they have the choice—to discard a card from their hand to continue the effect, or to keep the card and negate the activated effect. Choose quickly, Hayato Kobayashi! Will you yield to my offer of a card, or will your effect fail prematurely?"

Although he really wanted to say something like "I want to create the future with my companions," Hayato simply picked up a card and said, "My choice is to discard the card, and what I'm discarding is this very 'Feast of Purgatory' that I'm showing you in order to activate 'Blazing Purgatory'."

"It doesn't matter, I was going to throw this card away anyway."

Upon hearing this, Kusanagi was taken aback: "What...did you say?"

"【Blazing Purgatory】reveals the activation of 【Purgatory's Feast】, and to ensure its effect continues smoothly, I discard 【Purgatory's Feast】 due to the effect of your 【Ama-no-Murakumo no Mitsu】. At this moment, I have three cards remaining in my hand." Hayato paused, but the Duel Disk automatically retrieved three cards and added them to his hand. "And the effect of 【Blazing Purgatory】 is—discard all cards in my hand, and then draw the same number of cards from my deck!"

"Therefore, I will draw three cards!"

【小林隼人：4000LP，手牌5→4→3→3】

The moment Hayato finished building his graveyard, all three cards that had been discarded in his graveyard lit up, seemingly activating their effects!

Chapter 1764 Mirapolias (not)

"The cards that were sent to the graveyard were the trap card [Transaction Rewind], the monster card [Shadowdow Lizard], and the spell card [Disruption Magic]."

Hayato didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly revealed which cards he sent to the graveyard: "First is the effect of [Shaddoll Lizard]. If this card is sent to the graveyard by an effect, send one [Shaddoll] card from my deck other than [Shaddoll Lizard] to the graveyard."

"And the effect of [Disruption Magic]: If this card is sent from my hand or field to the Graveyard, I can add three low-level monsters from my Deck to my hand."

"Even though we're just small fry..."

"But they always include us in their decks!"

"Ani-ge is so tsundere~"

Hayato's deck features the "Disruptive Trio," who appears awkwardly and speaks in a disgusting tone.

"Shut up, trash. It's not your turn to appear yet." Hayato shoved the three monsters back into the deck, but didn't stop there. He continued, "And finally, [Transaction Rollback]. This card itself doesn't have an effect that activates by sending it to the graveyard. It's just that while this card is in the graveyard, you can use its second effect by banishing it and paying me half of my Life Points."

"Target this Normal Trap Card in my Graveyard that is not [Transaction Reversal] - this [Feast of Purgatory] that I previously showed you and then discarded - and change the effect of [Transaction Reversal] to be the same as the effect when that Normal Trap Card was activated."

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000→2000LP, 3 card in hand]

C1 [Shadowdow Lizard] C2 [Disruption Magic] C3 [Transaction Reversal] The first thing to be dealt with was the effect of [Transaction Reversal]. Hayato generously paid half of his Life Points in one go, and then said, "[Purgatory Feast] originally required sending one face-up [Purgatory] Spell/Trap Card from my hand or field to the Graveyard to activate, but since [Transaction Reversal] only copied its effect, I don't need to pay the cost for its activation."

"Under the effect of [Infernal Feast], I, Feast, will Special Summon up to three [Infernal Machine] monsters from my Deck until the total Levels reach 8 stars, ignoring their Summoning conditions!"

"I hereby Special Summon two Level 1 'Hellfire Machine Decimal' units and one Level 6 'Hellfire Machine Belphegor'!"

[Hellfire Machine - Decimal Tube] [ATK500→0]

[Hellfire Machine - Decimal Tube] [ATK500→0]

[Hellfire Machine - Belfinger] [ATK2400→1600]

As soon as it appeared, Hayato's monsters on the field had their attack power reduced by 800 points due to the effect of [Ame no Habakiri no Mitsuki].

"Three monsters were Special Summoned in one go, including a Level 6☆ monster!?" Kusanagi said in surprise.

"Should I tell you that [Hellfire Belphegor] is just there to reach the required level, and the real focus is on the two [Hellfire Decimal]s?" Hayato retorted, continuing to process the subsequent card effects in the chain. "Next up is the effect of this [Disruption Magic], which adds three monsters—[Disruption Yellow], [Disruption Green], and [Disruption Black]—from my Deck to my hand."

"They always get a chance to appear in every duel!" "The real Tamashi!" "It's us three brothers!"

The noisy "Disruptive Trio" appeared in Hayato's hand. He glared at them to shut them up, then said, "The last thing to deal with is the effect of 'Shaddoll Lizard.' Send this 'Shaddoll Beast' from my deck to the graveyard."

"After the current chain is resolved, the effects of the [Shadowdome] sent to the graveyard and the two [Inferno Decimals] I Special Summoned to the field will start a new chain."

Upon hearing this, Kusanagi immediately replied, "Then in this chain, my [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mitsu-no-Tsurugi] will also have its effect activated—if the opponent successfully Special Summons a monster, I will target a Reptile-Type monster in my Graveyard and Special Summons it to my field. This effect can only be activated once per chain."

C1 [Shadowdome] C2 [Inferno Machine Decimal] C3 [Inferno Machine Decimal] C4 [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mitsuki], while Kusanagi has already chosen a card from the Graveyard, retrieved it, and is about to play it on the field: "My chosen target is this [Mitsuki no Mitsuki - Kou-no-Mae] in my Graveyard..."

“Once during both players’ turns, I can Tribute one monster on my field to activate the effect of my [Hellfire Machine Belphegor].” At that moment, Hayato interrupted Kusanagi, pointing to the card in his opponent’s hand, “Target one card in your opponent’s Graveyard and banish it. And the card I’m going to ‘dig up’ is [Mitsu no Mikoto - Koumasa], which was targeted by your [Futsu-no-Mitsu no Mikoto]!”

"Huh!?" Even though he already had the card in his hand, under Hayato's C5 chain activation of [Hellfire Machine - Belphegor], Kusanagi's [Mitsu no Mikoto - Kou Masashi] was still banished, not even having a chance to appear and activate its effect. This made Kusanagi very unhappy, saying, "Even now, are you still going to lie to me and say that [Hellfire Machine - Belphegor] was just for show? It clearly has such a powerful effect!"

"That's because you haven't seen truly powerful cards yet. Anyway, let's continue with the chain."

With Kusanagi's [Futsu-no-Mitama no Mi-no-Tsurugi] out of the way, the remaining chain effects to deal with were all Hayato's cards. He took two cards from his deck and sent them to the graveyard, saying, "The effect of [Inferno Machine Decimal] is that if this card is Normal or Special Summoned, send one [Inferno Machine] monster other than [Inferno Machine Decimal] from my deck to the graveyard. I used the effects of two [Inferno Machine Decimal] cards to send [Inferno Machine Nawa] and [Inferno Machine Lilith] to the graveyard respectively."

"The [Inferno Machine Nava] and [Inferno Machine Lilith] sent to the Graveyard are Level 9 and Level 10 monsters respectively. The two [Inferno Machine Decimal] monsters on my field each gain the Level of the [Inferno Machine Nava] and [Inferno Machine Lilith] sent to the Graveyard, becoming Level 10 and Level 11 respectively, and gain the same card name and effect as [Inferno Machine Nava] and [Inferno Machine Lilith]!"

[Hellfire Machine - Decimal Tube → Hellfire Machine - Nava] [1☆/Flame → 11☆/Flame] [ATK 0]

[Hellfire Machine - Decimal Tube → Hellfire Machine - Lilith] [1☆/Flame → 10☆/Flame] [ATK 0]

"Finally, there's the effect of [Shaddoll Beast]. This card's effect is similar to [Shaddoll Lizard]. If it's sent to the Graveyard by an effect, I draw one card from my deck."

[Hayato Kobayashi: 2000LP, hand 3→6→7]

“Although you replenished your hand with a large number of cards at once, three of them are just cards to make up the numbers!” Kusanagi said, looking at Hayato’s hand. “Those three [Disruption] monsters are just ordinary ones. You yourself said they are trash. In fact, this is giving them too much credit. They are trash that only deserve to be hunted by [Harpies].

"They call us trash?" "How dare they look down on us like that!" "But we can't argue with that!"

Hearing Kusanagi's undisguised contempt, the three brothers of [Disruption] were enraged and dared not come out of the card to shout.

“Even trash has its uses. Even garbage can be recycled in my hands.” Hayato didn’t correct Kusanagi’s words. After all, even the three [Disruption] brothers knew their place and knew they were indeed just trash. But that’s precisely why they were willing to do anything for Hayato, despite their lack of self-respect and principles. In that respect, there was no card more useful than them.

"Spell Card [Fusion] activated! Sending the three [Disruption] cards from my hand to the Graveyard as Fusion Materials for Fusion Summoning, witness this power that transcends time—the legend begins, flesh is torn apart, bones and blood are pulverized and drained, its form is revealed!"

Kusanagi merely frowned at Hayato's strange summoning incantation: "The fusion of three [Disruption] monsters is nothing more than that [Disruption King] whose defense is only passable, but it can't withstand our [Mitsu-no-Tsurugi]. Even though its attack power is already at zero, it won't have its attack power reduced by [Ame-no-Habakiri no Mitsu-no-Tsurugi], but with a mere 3000 points of defense, my [Ame-no-Kurakumo no Mitsu-no-Tsurugi] can easily break through it!"