Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

"My turn, draw a card." Goro the Boar drew a card, but instead of summoning a monster immediately, he glanced at the two cards Hayato had just set face-down. Last turn, he had attacked the monsters on Hayato's field, achieving some success, but it could also be said that it was completely ineffective.

Aside from the fact that the weaker [Disruptor Yellow] was sacrificed and sent to the graveyard, boosting Hayato's LP to 3000, the other two monsters remained exactly the same. Moreover, because of the battle reversal to change attack targets and the destruction of monsters followed by their immediate resummoning, Hayato's series of actions made Goro feel completely manipulated.

'I haven't summoned a monster this turn yet. Should I summon one? That way I can clear all of that guy's barriers in one go.' Gorō, gripping a card in his hand, hesitated. 'But that blond guy over there doesn't seem to be lying. He might have set some weird trap again.'

"I'll use my [Flame Swordsman] on the field to attack that [Baby Dragon]." After much hesitation, Goro Hokuto didn't summon a monster, but instead launched an attack directly with [Flame Swordsman]. [Flame Swordsman]'s attack power was more than enough to deal with the monsters currently appearing; there was no need to create any extra openings for the opponent. Goro Hokuto thought to himself.

Then, without making any moves, Hayato sent the [Baby Dragon] on the field to the graveyard.

"The card didn't activate!?"

Hayato looked annoyed: "Oh dear, I wanted to use this, but the activation conditions weren't met. One of the walls was destroyed, this is really annoying."

Damn it, I actually got intimidated by this guy's bluff! Giving Jonouchi an angry glare, which left Jonouchi somewhat bewildered, Goro the Pighead said, "End turn. Because I've reached my hand limit, I'm discarding one card."

[Goro: Hand card 6→7→6]

"Then it's my turn."

Hayato drew a card and glanced at the monster Goro had discarded—a common, low-level monster. Confirming it wasn't a graveyard monster like [Super Electromagnetic Turtle], Hayato smiled. "Goro over there, I heard you're a Pegasus fan. Have you heard about the new card he's planning to release recently?"

"I activate the Field Spell Card, [Land of Disruption]!"

"What?! Field Magic?!" Goro the Pighead showed a look of panic for the first time. "Impossible! I've memorized all the cards produced by the International Illusion Society. There's absolutely no such thing as 'Field Magic'!"

"Unfortunately, Field Spells are real, and this card in my hand is proof of that. Moreover, many more new types of cards will be released soon." Hayato placed [Disruptive Land] in the center of the field and then activated its effect.

"The first effect of [Disruptive Land] is that while it is on the field, I can send one card with the [Disruptive] tag to the Graveyard once per turn, and then Special Summon one [Disruptive] monster from the Graveyard."

Showing the [Disruption Black] in his hand, Hayato revived [Disruption Yellow] from the graveyard, and then played another card: "[Dark Factory], which can retrieve two Normal Monsters from the graveyard back to my hand. I will retrieve [Disruption Black] which was just sent to the graveyard and [Baby Dragon] which was destroyed earlier."

"Then, I will activate the [Fusion] I set up earlier!"

Chapter 43 You tried to print a card.rd100=79<80

At the moment he activated the [Fusion] spell card, in addition to the [Disruption Yellow] on the field, he also had a [Disruption Green] in his hand and the [Disruption Black] he had just recycled.

As Hayato played the Fusion Spell Card, he awkwardly discovered something—although in the anime of his previous life, no matter who activated the Fusion Spell Card, as long as they collected the Fusion materials, they could "print" a Fusion Monster Card.

But now, after Hayato repeatedly signaled to the assembled Disruption brothers with his eyes, they didn't seem to react at all.

"Huh? Does Anig want us to merge?"

"Although the three of us brothers can indeed summon the [King]~"

"But Anigei! You don't have the [King] card at all!"

Damn it, I'm dumbfounded.

If it were a duel on the Duel Disk or Duel Ring, it might be possible to just randomly throw out a Fusion Monster, but this is a face-to-face duel. Presenting a [Token] and declaring it is something [Disruptor King] definitely won't accept, right?

And there's something else, which Hayato just remembered—

"Fusion?! That kind of lousy monster can actually fuse with the decent [Wyvern Warrior]?" Goro Hoshiguma stared at the only remaining [Disruptor Yellow] and [Wyvern Warrior] on Hayato's field, lost in thought. Although two cool [Thunder Dragons] could fuse into a [Two-Headed Thunder Dragon] that looked exactly like [Two-Mouthed Dark Ruler], he really couldn't imagine the combination of these two monsters on Hayato's field.

—In the early rules of DM, there seemed to be a restriction that "[Fusion] can only fuse with monsters that are already on the field".

Now that things had come to this, Hayato could only resort to a rare slip of the tongue to patch up his terrible play: "No, what I'm trying to fuse isn't [Disruption Yellow], but the [Baby Dragon] I normally summoned this turn!"

Although Hayato played the magic card first and then summoned the monster, Goro the Boar didn't question this strange order, which made Hayato breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, he thought to himself: Luckily, I still have this card in my hand as a backup measure.

"The [Dragon Warrior] will ride the grown-up [Baby Dragon], I summon the [Dragon-Riding Winged Dragon Warrior]!"

【Pterodactyl Warrior Riding a Dragon】【5☆/Wind】【Dragon/Fusion】【1700/1500】

"Then, I'm going to attack your Flame Swordmaster with [Pteranodon]!" Hayato sent [Baby Dragon] and [Wyvern Warrior] to the graveyard, played a monster, and pointed it at Goro's [Flame Swordmaster].

Although "Lapras Warrior" actually has the ability to "attack your opponent directly if the only face-up monsters on your opponent's field are EARTH, FIRE, or WATER", it is now a blank card, Bone Fusion, because the rules of Duel Monsters currently prohibit direct attacks.

Seeing Hayato launch an attack, Goro the Boar sneered, "It's just 1700 attack power, you want to take down my [Flame Swordsman] together? If you can do it, then come on!" In his hand, there were monsters that could rival or even surpass [Flame Swordsman], but he hadn't summoned them just now out of caution.

If the [Dragon-riding Wyvern Warrior] defeats the [Flame Swordsman], then next turn you will summon the stronger monster, attack the weakling that still dares to attack, and wipe out your opponent's life points in one go.

"Mutual destruction? Oh right, I forgot to mention that." Hayato chuckled, pointing to the [Disruptive Land] on the field, "While there is a [Disruptive] monster on the field, the second effect of [Disruptive Land] will take effect."

"The attack and defense stats of all monsters on the field will be completely swapped!"

【Pterodactyl Warriors】【ATK1700→1500】

[Disruption - Yellow] [ATK0→1000]

[Flame Swordsman] [1700→100]

"My [Flame Swordsman]!" Goro the Pig's eyes widened. "If that's the case, then even that weak monster can be defeated!"

"【Pterodactyl Warrior】Attack! Crush that monster!"

"Cough!"

The [Flame Swordsman], whose attack power was reduced to 100 points, was easily destroyed, and Goro the Pighead lost a full 1400 points of his base stats in one go.

[Goro: 2000LP → 600LP]

"End of round."

[Hayato: Hand Card 3→4→2]

Previously, when facing the attacks of "Flame Swordsman," Hayato could only defend and had to rely on spell cards to revive monsters time and time again. But in just one turn, he actually organized such a sharp offensive. Goro the Boar was extremely serious at this moment.

"Hey you over there, who are you? I've never heard of you before."

"The world is vast enough to accommodate anyone's ambition. As for me, my name is Kobayashi Hayato, just a passing duelist. Remember that."

Goro the Boar Head nodded seriously, his previous arrogance and contempt gone: "Hayato Kobayashi, I will remember this name, so—"

"My turn, draw a card!"

Goro glanced at the card he had drawn, then looked at Hayato seriously and said, "I thought he was just some third-rate duelist, but it turns out I've run into a rare master. Well then, I'll have to get serious!"

"I'm activating this magic card to summon my Tamashii!"

Goro threw out the card in his hand; it was a magic card—[Hamburger Recipe]! This was the first ritual magic card Hayato had ever seen.

"Based on the card's effect, I will tribute monsters from my hand whose total Level is 6 or higher."

Goro draws three low-rarity Ordinary cards from his hand and sacrifices them to the Graveyard as offerings for his Summoning Ritual. He then summons his Tamashi: "The scorching metal and flames are pressed tightly together, this is the secret of teppanyaki cooking. Come forth, [Hungry Burger]!"

[Hungry Hamburger] [6☆/Dark] [Warrior/Ritual] [2000/1850]

"Two thousand points of attack power, but because of the effect of [Disruptive Land], the attack power and defense power of [Hungry Hamburger] will be swapped," Hayato reminded.

[Hungry Burger] [ATK 2000 → 1850]

"So what happens after adding this card?" After using up five cards in one go in a classic "five-for-one" trade to summon [Hungry Hamburger], Goro continued his actions, "Activate the Spell Card, [Legendary Sword]!"

[Hungry Burger] [ATK 1850 → 2150]

"And then there's my last card in my hand, which I haven't even Normal Summoned yet!" Goro the Boar's last card was played—a monster card, [Rock Giant].

[Rock Giant] [3 stars/land] [Rock race/normal] [1300/2000]

"Then [Land of Disruption] comes into play!" Before Hayato could even speak, Goro proactively used the effect of the field magic.

[Rock Giant] [ATK 1300 → 2000]

"Although that [Disruptive Land] weakened my other monsters, it greatly enhanced the abilities of [Rock Giant]." Goro waved his hand forward, "[Hungry Hamburger] attacks [Pteranodon Warrior], and then [Rock Giant] crushes that [Disruptive Yellow]!"

Chapter 44 Childlike Genius

"That's quite an impressive combo." Hayato's cards failed to resist the serious attack launched by Goro the Orochi, sending two monsters to the graveyard, and his Life Points dropped significantly.

[Hayato: 3000LP → 1350LP]

"My turn is over." With an empty hand, Goro the Boar couldn't perform any actions and ended his turn. "Come on, Hayato Kobayashi, let me see the limits of your dueling prowess!"

[Goro: Hand card 6→7→0]

"My turn..." Hayato placed his hand on the top of the deck and paused slightly. He felt a familiar feeling that he hadn't noticed in a long time, as if the card that was about to be drawn was calling to him.

Looking at Goro the Pig-Headed Man opposite him, Hayato smiled and replied, "In that case, I'll show you."

"Draw a card! Then summon!"

Without even glancing at it, Hayato drew the top monster from his deck and placed it directly onto the field. Sure enough, it was [Dark Knight Gaia]!

【Dark Knight Gaia】【ATK2300】

"Then activate the card, [Dragon Slayer Sword]! Increase [Gaia's] attack power by 700 points!"

【Dark Knight Gaia】【ATK2300→3000】

The onlookers were astonished to see that Hayato had managed to push the monster's attack power to such an extent.

"It actually has the attack power of the legendary dream card [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]!"

"At this level, no matter which monster it attacks, Goro the Boar's life points will be wiped out!"

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Hayato, without making a sound, pinched the mouths of [Disruption Black] and [Disruption Green], who were peeking out from the card deck to flatter him, and said, "[Dark Knight Gaia]'s attack, crush [Hungry Hamburger]!"

"Hmph, you've got some skills."

[Goro: 600LP → 0]

The system's rewards were also revealed at the opportune time:

Congratulations on your victory in the duel. The results will now be tallied.

Victory in the duel: 2000 dp

Use a magic card 3 times: 100 dp

Unable to resist (an attack declaration deals more than 1000 damage): 300 dp

Total: 2400dp

Use the newbie reward - double rating? (Remaining uses: 9)

After thinking it over, Hayato decided to take advantage of the opportunity. The 4800 DP points were transferred into his balance, and he watched with satisfaction as his balance increased to 9300 points. Hayato smiled contentedly.

Goro the Inuyasha finished organizing his deck and walked up to Hayato. But before he could say anything, Jonouchi and Honda surrounded him, blocking Hayato's path with wary expressions.