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Chapter 410 The Inheritance of Electron Flow

"【Electronic Celestial Dragon】?" Hayato looked at the card in Samejima's hand and blurted out its name. But when Hayato looked up, he saw the complicated expression on Samejima's face. His surprise and astonishment revealed a hint of understanding, and even a sense of "it should be this way".

"Oh, it's you, Hayato. I know, it really is you, Hayato."

Samejima spoke in strange words, her expression somewhat serious, "Then, Hayato-kun, I want to ask you for a favor."

"Please speak, Mr. Samejima." Samejima's expression was far too serious, and because Samejima had always been the future bald principal in Hayato's mind, Hayato couldn't help but become a little serious as well.

Of course, the two of them at least remembered that they were on the dueling stage and that many people were watching them, so the conversation did not continue in public but instead went back to the players' preparation room.

When Hayato parted ways with Samejima and returned to the audience, he had an extra card in his hand, which was the "Dragon Throne" that Samejima had shown to Hayato earlier—[Electronic Dragon Head].

According to Samejima, the representative Duel Monster of his "Cyber ​​School"—Cyber ​​Dragon—is said to originate from the power of the "Dragon" constellation in the sky. If Cyber ​​End Dragon is the ultimate technique of Cyber ​​Dragon, then Cyber ​​Dragon Head is the origin of Cyber ​​Dragon's power.

However, there's a rather awkward problem with the [Electronic Celestial Dragon] card: no one can actually use it.

This doesn't mean that duelists of "Cyber ​​Stream" are incapable of drawing and using the "Cyber ​​Dragon Head" in a duel, but rather that they are completely unable to unleash its power.

Level, attributes, and effects have always been blank on the [Electronic Dragon Head] card. Even the name [Electronic Dragon Head] was only known to people through the records of the Electronic Stream.

When Samejima said that, Hayato wouldn't have believed him if he hadn't specifically asked a nearby staff member to show him the "Electronic Dragon Head" card and learned that the staff member had only seen a blank card with nothing on it.

Samejima also said that although there is only one of these "Electronic Dragon Head" cards in the Electro-Flow Dojo, and it has always been kept by the current Electro-Flow instructor, anyone who joins Electro-Flow can actually try to use it. Because in a sense, compared to "Electronic Dragon," this "Electronic Dragon Head" is the true legacy of Electro-Flow.

Even Samejima's teacher once told him that whoever could use this [Electronic Heavenly Dragon] would be the most authentic successor of the Electronic Flow. This statement wasn't even passed down from the previous generation, but from the generation before that to the generation before that.

Samejima's predecessor as the master of the Cyber ​​Style, who was also Samejima's teacher, was hailed as the "most promising successor to the Cyber ​​Dragon Head" among several generations of Cyber ​​Style duelists. However, even he could only see the level of the Cyber ​​Dragon Head and its attack and defense power as "?", and could not figure out how to use it to summon this card.

Even Samejima himself could only barely discern that the [Electronic Dragon Head] was a noble 10☆, and he couldn't even see its name. It was only after his duel with Hayato that he unexpectedly discovered that what he could see about the [Electronic Dragon Head] were all attack and defense powers with "?".

Before Samejima could even rejoice, Hayato, who was not a duelist of the Cyber ​​Dragon style at all and had somehow acquired a Cyber ​​Dragon deck that was even more complete than his own, simply glanced at Cyber ​​Dragon and called it by name.

Even in the description section of the [Electronic Dragon Head] that Samejima saw as blank, Hayato saw dense text.

[Electronic antenna] [10 stars/light]

[Machine Race/Special Summon/Effect]

【？ /？】

[Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned. It can only be Special Summoned by banishing all Machine-Type LIGHT monsters from your Graveyard and the face-up monsters you control.]

①This card's ATK and DEF become 500 times the number of monsters banished as a result of this card's Special Summon.

②If this card is Special Summoned, activate this effect. Send all face-up monsters on the field except this card to the Graveyard.

Just after Hayato said he had fully understood the power of the [Electronic Sky Dragon], Samejima suddenly got stuck on this idea and insisted that Hayato was definitely the chosen user of the [Electronic Sky Dragon], and directly shoved the [Electronic Sky Dragon] into Hayato's hands, leaving him no room to refuse.

Even though Hayato's "Cyber ​​Dragon" was clearly derived from the system's Machine-type composition, Samejima insisted that Hayato had gained the approval of the "Cyber ​​Dragon" card spirit.

After handing over the "Cyber ​​Dragon Head," which had been kept by the Cyber ​​Stream duelists for generations before finally finding a user, to Hayato, Samejima showed no regret whatsoever. Instead, he seemed to have let go of a heavy burden and breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at the end, Samejima made a small request: he wanted Hayato to accompany him to the Electro-Style Gym. The reason was simply to inform the retired Electro-Style Master, the "Electronic Dragon Head," that a successor had been appointed.

Hayato thought about it and figured that since he was just getting a heritage card for free, there wouldn't be any big problem with going, so he agreed.

Sitting in his seat, ignoring Malik's protests, Hayato snatched Malik's caramel popcorn under the pretext that "your sister said you can't eat too many sweets," and examined the [Electronic Sky Dragon] in his hand.

There are a lot of monsters in Duel Monsters, but if we were to categorize the strongest terminal monsters, we could simply divide them into several types, such as field presence type, pressure and expansion type, protection type, debuff type, and offensive type.

For example, Kaiba's "True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon" is a monster with 4500 attack power that can attack three times in one turn, making it a strong offensive type.

Of course, this classification is somewhat forced. For example, Ryuzaki's [Ultimate Transmission Terror Beast] can, at its best, unleash five or more attacks in one turn, focusing on strong offense. However, if needed, it can also release itself to act as a group Moon Book for protection.

For example, Hayato has always wanted to buy [Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Knight], also known as "Red Daddy," but he hasn't been able to because of its high cost. It has the ability to not target and not be destroyed by effects, the ability to suppress and expand by negating all effects once per turn, and the ability to destroy a monster in one turn.

Although Samejima's "Cyber ​​Dash" deck is essentially a heavy trap deck, it is still primarily an aggressive deck, and it also has cards like [Chimera Rage Dragon] specifically for breaking through the back row. [Cyber ​​Dragon Head] is also classified as an aggressive deck.

The fact that both its attack and defense are marked with "?" means that the power of [Cyber ​​Dragon] is unlimited. As long as it can be pushed to its limit, it can create infinite possibilities. Furthermore, its effect of sending all monsters on the field except itself to the Graveyard when it is successfully Special Summoned is an even stronger offensive move.

Let's assume that Hayato first uses "Chimera Raging Dragon" to destroy all of his opponent's back row cards, and then plays "Cyber ​​Dragon". If Hayato has previously placed more than eight LIGHT Machine-Type monsters in his graveyard, "Cyber ​​Dragon" can reach 4000 or even higher ATK, and can also banish all of the opponent's monsters and attack directly.

Who can withstand the power of twenty years of skill in this strike? Unless it's the invincible Kuribo, no one can stop it.

In particular, the [Electronic Dragon Head] is a high-ranking 10☆ card, which shows how powerful it is.

In Duel Monsters, although level doesn't represent everything—for example, Pegasus's level 1☆ monster, "Narcissus," possesses extremely strong dark power, and the level 5☆ monster, "Lion Wizard," is the strongest in the world—to a certain extent, level can largely represent the power level of a monster.

Especially the 10☆ rank, which is basically the very top tier of Duel Monsters. The best examples are the "Three Egyptian Gods" and the "Three Egyptian God Demons".

The [Cyber ​​Dragon] is a level 10☆, which means that even if its opponent is one of the three Egyptian God cards with strong resistance, it can use its effect to send them from the field to the graveyard. After all, this is not destruction but simply expulsion.

Of course, Hayato has all three Egyptian God cards, and he also has two of the three Egyptian Demon cards, so the chances of a matchup are not high.

However, when it comes to the Three Phantom Demons, Hayato still has one thing he's quite unhappy about.

Back in Duel City, Hayato was collecting puzzle pieces, and his final opponent was Rishid. However, after their duel, he was unexpectedly attacked by Bakura, which led to Rishid being sent to the hospital and awakening Dark Marik.

Bakura, who had successfully attacked, dropped the cards "Thunder Emperor" and "Divine Flame Emperor" as cover to escape. Hayato casually picked them up, thinking that he had collected all three Phantom Demon cards. However, before the Duel City finals began, he was attacked by Dark Marik, who was holding "Thunder Emperor".

It was only then that Hayato realized that the two cards Bakura had left behind were not the original body at all, but merely a disguised split spirit. Although they shared the same consciousness as the original card, the power within the cards was vastly different.

Currently, Hayato possesses the physical forms of two cards: [Phantom Emperor - Rabiel] and [Thunder Emperor - Hamon], but the card [Divine Flame Emperor - Uria] is likely still in Bakura's possession.

As for whether Bakura has already died in Noa's silent sea fortress? Hayato doesn't think that guy is so easy to kill. After all, even after losing the Dark Game that devours souls, he was able to climb back from the abyss.

Malik was quite upset that his popcorn had been taken away. This was his only hobby. In particular, Hayato didn't really taste the popcorn after it was taken away. He just stuffed it in his mouth, chewed it absentmindedly, and stared at a card in his hand, lost in thought.

What could he say? Whether it was fighting monsters or hand-to-hand combat, he was no match for Hayato. Hayato was the savior of him and his sworn brother Rishid, and his sister had an ambiguous relationship with Hayato. All he could do was angrily cross his arms and watch the second duel that had already begun in the arena.

Back in Gurus, Malik rarely took action himself, but he did control others to play cards remotely quite often. In order to hunt for rare cards, Malik remembered many powerful duelists, but he didn't recognize either of the two on the field.

Looking at the names displayed on the big screen, one of them is named "Otto Fafnir," while his opponent is a guy wearing a hood and covering his face, who coughs from time to time. The spelling of the name on the screen looks strange; Malik doesn't know how to spell it very well. In any case, it uses an alchemy-themed monster.

The deck used by "Otto Fafnir," who sounds like he could be easily defeated, is a Dragon deck, which in a way matches his name.

As is well known, the most distinctive feature of dragon monsters is that they are generally expensive, and the rarer the dragon, the more expensive it is. However, at the same time, the more expensive the dragon, the more powerful it is.

Just like now, "Otto Fafnir" had all the monsters on the field cleared just last turn, but by using the effects of "Dragon Dominator" and "Dragon Summoning Flute", he summoned two "Tyrant Dragons" with 2900 attack power in just one turn, achieving a perfect counterattack.

【Tyrant Dragon】has the ability to launch a combo attack after attacking when there is a monster on the opponent's field, and it will not be a target of traps. Furthermore, under the protection of 【Dragon Ruler】, it gains the ability to not be a target of monster effects.

In Malik's eyes, the guy with only one [Golden Artificial Lifeform] with an attack power of 1500 was definitely going to lose.

Then, Malik watched helplessly as the masked guy chained the attack declaration of "Otto Fafnir"'s [Tyrant Dragon], activated several face-down cards in succession, and sent his deck to the graveyard. Then, with the effect of a [Cosmic] card, he banished all the cards sent to the graveyard.

The attack power of the [Golden Artificial Lifeform] instantly surged from only 1500 points to a full 6900 points, dealing exactly 4000 points of combat damage to "Otto Fafnir" and turning the tables.

While everyone was still stunned, the highly professional referee declared the masked man the winner of the duel. After confirming his victory, the man covered his mouth and nose, coughed, and left the dueling ring without any hesitation.

"Brother-in-law, did you see that? That guy is amazing." Malik nudged Hayato with his elbow to wake him up from his reverie, and then took back his nearly empty popcorn. "That masked guy actually chained four trap cards. He's even more powerful than Lishid. I've only ever seen him chain three at most."

"Oh really? That's great, that's awesome." Hayato replied with a series of perfunctory words, snapping out of his reverie about the [Electronic Dragon Head] card. He looked up at the name displayed on the big screen.

"Daitokuji Amunaeru?"

"The name is pretty strange, isn't it? I looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure out where it's from. It seems like it's from Japan or maybe it's from the Czech Republic?" Malik shrugged.

“Daitoku-ji.” Hayato smiled. “Although that’s not the correct translation, I think you can call him Daitoku-ji.”

Chapter 411 The Strange Adventures of Qigu Lloyd

After two or three matches, Yugi finally managed to break free from the standoff between Anzu and Rebecca. He had a legitimate reason, as the next duel was his turn.

"Phew, I finally escaped." Walking towards the preparation room, Yugi patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Unlike the oblivious Joey, Yugi was quite aware that both Kyoko and Rebecca had feelings for him. But honestly, they were both Yugi's friends, and Kyoko was his childhood friend, while Rebecca was a family friend. Yugi didn't want to hurt either of them.

Ultimately, the game didn't really have any desire to be in a relationship. Being somewhat conservative and introverted, he could only play dumb and pretend to understand the feelings between the two.

'This is truly a trial like a battlefield, aibo.'

In the world of "Millennium Puzzle," Yami Yugi teased.

"Seriously, stop making fun of me, my other self."

In the game, there is only another self, because both sides know each other inside and out, so they can share anything with each other, express any mood, and confide any thoughts.

Such friends are rare and precious, and the game is truly grateful to [Millennium Bricks] for bringing such a good friend to its players.

After returning from his archaeological expedition in Egypt, Sugoroku Muto brought Yugi fragments of the Millennium Puzzle as a gift, telling him that if someone could complete the Millennium Puzzle, they would have the ability to grant wishes. Yugi spent eight years piecing together the fragmented Millennium Puzzle into the Millennium Cone, driven by the desire to make friends. This led to his encounter with another version of himself.

"That's great."

Looking back, since meeting Yami Yugi, he has become acquainted with Jonouchi, Honda, Hayato, Otogi and others, and now he has gained more and more bonds. His wish to "have friends" has long been fulfilled. "This peaceful and happy life is so good."

Yugi's remark was unintentional, but upon hearing it, the Dark Yugi within Millennium Puzzle felt a complex mix of emotions, sighing and saying, "Yes, what a peaceful life..."

No matter how warm and peaceful his daily life was, after learning from Isis in Duel City that he was actually an unnamed pharaoh from three thousand years ago, Yami Yugi always understood one thing: one day, he would have to go and find his lost memories.

In other words, the two, himself and the game, are destined to separate.

The sensitive game seemed to sense Dark Game's unusual mood: "What's wrong, my other self?"

'No, it's nothing, Aibo.'

Yami Yugi feigned nonchalance and changed the subject, saying, "Our next opponent seems to be that 'Kig Lloyd'?"

The game was aware that his other self was changing the subject, but he didn't care. Since his other self didn't want to talk about that topic for the time being, he would talk about it later.

"Yes, the deck he used was the 'War Goddess' deck, but apart from knowing it was the 'War Goddess' deck, we know nothing else about it." Yugi recalled the information he got from Mai, and a troubled expression appeared on his face. "Mai even dueled with Qigu Lloyd, but she couldn't even see how she lost the duel."

"It is said that after he played only two cards, Mai Kongjaku suddenly lost, and the same thing happened to the other duelists who had dueled with him."

Even Yami Yugi couldn't help but ponder: 'Even his direct duelists didn't know what happened before they lost? If Qigu Lloyd's opponents were strong enough to make it into the top 64, they couldn't have been weak, yet they still lost in an instant? It's unbelievable.'

“Yes, the duel ended in an instant,” Yugi said, raising his hands as if to grab something and shouting “Zawarudo.” Although he didn’t know what it meant, Hayato said that the phrase represented the power to stop time, “It was as if time had been stopped by ‘Zawarudo.’”

Yami Yugi remarked, "Aibo, your voice could actually be a little more forceful. That line sounds more imposing coming from Hayato."

'Even if the enemy can stop time, it doesn't matter. Don't forget, our goal is to become the KC Cup champion.'

“Speaking of this…” Yugi felt a little embarrassed when he heard Yami Yugi bring it up. “It’s all because Grandpa insisted that we participate.”

Yugi himself wasn't particularly interested in the KC Cup, but Kaiba set up such a high prize for the champion, which successfully attracted the poor Joey Wheeler and Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku Muto, who was greedy for money. It was under Sugoroku's grandfather's encouragement that Yugi reluctantly accepted Kaiba's invitation to participate.

Yami Yugi couldn't help but chuckle, and casually asked, "So, Aibo, do you need me to make an appearance?"

After a moment's thought, recalling the humiliating scene of sitting between Kyoko and Rebecca, Yugi quickly shook his head: "No, I'll do it. Let me get some fresh air. If it's another version of me, and this duel ends too quickly, I'll have to go back again."

"Besides, Qigu Lloyd's tactics are so strange, I think it's better for me, who is good at defense and counter-attack, to do it."

As he spoke, Yugi began organizing his deck, and Yami Yugi's figure appeared behind him. Watching Yugi sit in his seat adding cards like [Torrent Tribute], [Divine Punishment], and [Magic Interference Array] to his deck, Yami Yugi's lips curled into a gentle smile.

'Without realizing it, you've grown so much, Aibo. You're no longer the introverted person you used to be who couldn't even stand in front of others.'