Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

The one-winged hero wielding the dragon's head arm flew out of Jaden's Duel Disk, his dragon tail whipping around to shatter another "Gale Burst Bullet" spat out by Blue-Eyes White Dragon, while his right arm's dragon head fired a fireball in retaliation.

A golden dot of light floated out of Jaden's coat pocket, from which came a lazy man's voice: "No, this doesn't feel like the Blue Eyes of Kaiba. The Blue Eyes that was once driven by him to fight against the Duel King shouldn't be so weak. It's as if he hasn't experienced much battle."

"Huh? Could it be that fourth [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]? But that can't be right, Mr. Hayato said that Mr. Seto Kaiba tore up that card, you must be wrong, Mr. Daitokuji~"

Jaden waved his hand dismissively, and beside him, a phantom figure appeared. With his arms crossed, [Yubel], much calmer and more composed than when he was sealed by Hayato, said, "Regardless, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's limits are what they are. Even with Jaden's support, [E.Hero Flame Wingman] can only maneuver around it, not defeat it."

"Furthermore, I don't think it's that easy to deal with the [Electronic Terminator Dragon]."

Jaden nodded: "After all, he's Caesar's trump card. Even Yubel almost couldn't handle Caesar back then."

"Hmph!" Hearing Jaden bring up the past again, [Yubel] gave a haughty snort and said, "So, what should we do next?"

Upon hearing this, Jaden straightened his expression and said seriously, "Mr. Hayato mentioned this situation to me before. As a duelist, if you want to reach the pinnacle, you must be able to coordinate your entire body."

"Not only do you need a courageous and intelligent mind, and the ability to draw cards in perfect harmony with your deck, but your legs are also extremely important."

"Oh, oh, oh, what are you going to do with your legs, Judai-kun?" The light spot named Daitokuji asked expectantly, completely unaware that [Yubel] was covering his forehead with a troubled expression.

"No way, not again?"

Suddenly, Judai reached out and grabbed Daitokuji, stuffing him into his pocket. He then turned his back to the Blue-Eyes White Dragon in the midst of battle and ran wildly along the rooftops, shouting, "Of course, I'll run away on foot, Daitokuji-sensei!"

"Muddy Lu Dayou~"

Chapter 489 Collecting powerful monsters? Then I'll give you one too.

Jaden Yuki, aged 2, was once a student at the Duel Academy, which was funded by Kaiba Entertainment Group. After graduating a few years ago, he began his global travels.

At some point, a strange phenomenon began to appear around the world: the monsters in the cards held by duelists mysteriously disappeared, and they were very subtly limited to "Dragons".

Leaving aside orthodox Dragon-type monsters like [Light and Darkness Dragon] and [Rainbow Dragon], monsters like [Cyber ​​End Dragon] and [Water Dragon], which are clearly Machine/Sea Dragon type monsters, have also disappeared from the cards. Following various clues, Jaden finds the mastermind behind it all in Italy—a mysterious masked man.

The Duel Monsters that had mysteriously disappeared from the cards were actually in the hands of the man wearing a black and white mask. What surprised Jaden even more was that he even saw the legendary Duel Monster—Blue-Eyes White Dragon—in the man's hand!

Next time, the death of the tenth generation—

"Yeah, right! Don't use such a weird title!" Judai, who looked like a slightly thin boy, was running at an extraordinary speed along the tilted clock tower like a superhero with superpowers. "And what have you been saying since the beginning, Daitokuji-sensei!"

"Well, just like all heroic epics need a background explanation, this is just a basic recap." A voice came from within Jaden's arms, emanating from a point of light. "Also, the [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon] is catching up soon~"

"What?!"

Jaden turned around abruptly and found that, just as Daitokuji had said, the Cyber ​​End Dragon that he had previously shot down with his E-Hero Gaia had reappeared unharmed and was rapidly approaching Jaden, with its three heads already locked onto him.

With a leap, Judai forcibly changed his direction of travel and hid behind a griffin statue. However, he was not naive enough to think that the statue could be like the cover used by the good guys in movies and TV shows, where the main characters could chat and exchange tactics without being destroyed. He jumped away instantly.

Sure enough, in the next second, the light bullet that shot out from the left side of the [Electronic Terminator Dragon]'s head instantly destroyed the griffin statue.

Under normal circumstances, such acts of damaging precious cultural relics would certainly result in fines and imprisonment. However, even if the police responsible for apprehending the criminals were present, they would probably not dare to issue a ticket to the "Electronic Terminator Dragon," which soars through the air like a killing machine.

And so, Jaden fled and dodged all the way, as if Drake and Lara had possessed him at the same time. After destroying several churches, museums and bell towers along the way, he finally managed to use the collapsing bell tower to block the flight path of the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], creating distance between them, and landed on the ground panting heavily.

"Phew, that was close, I was almost done for." Jaden, who had landed on an open space, turned around and glanced at the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], which was blocked by the clock tower and had to make an evasive maneuver. Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he saw a serpentine figure fly out from the gap between the toppled clock tower and the building next to it.

"That's John's [Rainbow Dragon]?" Jaden frowned, sensing something was wrong.

Because of its size, the [Electronic Terminator Dragon] couldn't pass through the gap, so he deliberately lured it to the clock tower as a restriction, thinking he could rest for a bit before landing in this open space. However, he never expected that although the large [Electronic Terminator Dragon] couldn't pass through the gap, it would be easy for the long, serpentine [Rainbow Dragon] to pass through it. Moreover, there were no cover in the open space around him for him to hide in.

The Rainbow Dragon, with its two pairs of dim yellow eyes, stared intently at Jaden on the ground. It opened its mouth, and a stream of seven-colored breath shot out, aimed directly at Jaden. Jaden, unfazed, drew a card: "[E·hero Neos Elf]!"

A monster with a silver-white body and a appearance like Ultraman, which even Hayato didn't possess, appeared in front of Jaden. Although its body was transparent, it easily cleaved the rainbow beam spewed by Rainbow Dragon with a single chop.

The beam of light that had been cleaved through his body swept past his sides, destroying the buildings on either side. Just then, Jaden heard a strange voice.

"Judai Yuki, a duelist who wields the power of spirits..."

"Hmph, so because [Rainbow Dragon] has an attack power of 4000, you're using [Neuro Spirit], which cannot be destroyed in battle when Special Summoned, to block the attack?"

Looking in the direction of the sound, Jaden saw the [Electronic Terminator Dragon] that had circled the bell tower and the [Rainbow Dragon] that had just launched its attack descend from the sky, guarding the top of a church, where a masked person was standing.

Jaden witnessed the other party stealing a monster from a duelist's deck, which confirmed that the other party was the culprit behind the "disappearing duel monsters" incident, and thus he was pursued by the other party.

Glancing behind him, he saw that the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, which should have been destroyed by the E-hero Flame Winged Man, had silently landed behind him, blocking his escape route.

Despite this, Judai still wore a smile.

"Hooray, what an honor! I never imagined I was so famous?" Jaden rubbed his nose, looking nothing like someone surrounded by three powerful Duel Monsters. "But speaking of controlling Spirit power, didn't you also materialize a Duel Monster?"

"There's no need to tell you this. Anyway, we've collected almost all the cards we can in this era. Let's just perish, Jaden Yuki." The masked man drew a card from his Duel Disk. "I'll use this Future Card!"

Strange starlight surged from the card in the masked man's hand, converging into the air and transforming into a golden sphere, before lightning struck!

Before Jaden appeared a dragon-shaped monster with a humanoid torso and limbs, and a slender and handsome body, with starlight swirling around its thin wings.

"A white dragon I've never seen before? And it's a card with a black border!?" Jaden, with his sharp eyes, immediately noticed the unusual nature of the card the masked man had placed on the Duel Disk. Unlike the yellow borders of ordinary monsters, or the blue of rituals or the purple of fusion, it was a rather dark-looking black.

However, the masked man didn't seem to answer Jaden's question. With a wave of his hand, the [Electronic Terminator Dragon], [Rainbow Dragon], [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], and the unknown dragon that had just appeared surrounded Jaden from four directions, all gathering their attacks in their mouths!

"I don't have any more time to spend with you. Die, Judai Yuki!"

"Eternal Evolution Flame!" "Beyond the Rainbow!" "Destructive Gale Burst!" "Sonic Jet!"

Seeing this, Judai's brain began to think at high speed.

Although he has the ability to materialize Duel Monsters, and it is not difficult for him to materialize five at once, the maximum number of monsters he can make is three. Any more than that would not be effective in resisting attacks from several powerful monsters.

[E.Hero Flame Wingman] and [E.Hero Neos] were immediately substituted by Jaden, and for the last monster, his choice was—

"Your goal is to collect powerful monsters, right? But choosing only dragon monsters is a bit too picky. To help you achieve a balanced diet, I'll give you this powerful monster!"

As Jaden drew a card, a large amount of lava suddenly surged up from beneath the feet of Cyber ​​End Dragon and Rainbow Dragon, two monsters with the highest attack power that Jaden knew. The lava then rose and merged, forming a towering lava giant.

The attacks from the unknown white dragon and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon were blocked by the Flame Winged Man and the Neo-Universe Knight, whose pressure had been greatly reduced.

"Damn it, it's the [Lava Demon]!" The masked man was furious that his monster had been swallowed up, gritting his teeth as he spoke. Jaden, on the other hand, didn't hold back in praising the monster that had done such a great service, "Niiiice! [Lava Demon]!"

The masked man, clearly displeased, was about to place his hand on the Duel Disk again to summon another monster and launch another attack to defeat Jaden, but just then, a dragon's roar suddenly echoed from the church where he stood:

"Ooh ooh ooh!!!"

"What?!"

The moment he heard the sound, the masked man left his position. The next second, a phantom red dragon flew out of the church beneath his feet, soared into the sky, turned, and swooped down to the ground before shattering and disappearing like a phantom.

At the spot where the dragon's head had disappeared, a uniquely designed motorcycle emerged, making a standard Akira-style stop. The motorcyclist immediately spotted the white dragon locked in combat with [E·hero Neo-Universe].

"[Stardust Dragon]!!"

"Yusei Fudo? Hmph, did you follow the Stardust Dragon to this era?" The masked man stopped drawing a card when he saw the motorcycle driver—a crab-headed man named "Yusei Fudo"—arrive.

Jaden Yuki alone is already a huge problem, and now with the addition of Yusei Fudo's support, it will definitely take a lot of effort to kill the two of them here.

There was no absolute need for him to kill the two of them. In any case, once he achieved his goal, they would disappear from the world anyway, so it didn't matter if he left them alone.

Anyway, they have absolutely no idea what they're going to do next.

"You bastard!" Yusei Fudo, oblivious to the masked man's movement of withdrawing his hand, stepped aggressively off the motorcycle, wearing a Duel Disk. "Give me back my Stardust Dragon!"

"Hmph, that won't do. It still has a great use for me." The masked man said, leaping off the motorcycle and being caught by a giant, driverless motorcycle. "Let's end this fight here. Anyway, this era will be destroyed because of my act of saving the world!"

"An era, destruction?" Jaden struggled to understand the masked man's meaning, but Yusei Fudo's eyes widened. "Could it be that this guy is planning to—"

"Cherish your last moments with Duel Monsters, duelists, hahahaha!" The giant motorcycle driven by the masked man was enveloped in a phantom white light. After a flash of light, the extremely conspicuous giant motorcycle vanished into thin air amidst the masked man's maniacal laughter!

As the masked man disappeared, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and the Stardust Dragon also vanished, and the Lava Demon turned into lava and fell back to the ground.

"Damn it! It got away again!" Yusei angrily flung his hand away, but he was helpless against the masked man who had already vanished. In his frustration, he remembered Jaden, who had just fought the masked man, and turned to walk towards him, asking with concern, "Hello, are you alright?"

Jaden had just put away his Duel Disk and was brushing the dust off his red jacket when he saw Yusei Fudo approaching. He gave Yusei a bright smile and said, "Hehe, you're so cute, you don't even have a scratch."

"Oh right, my name is Yuki Judai."

“Yuki Judai?” Yusei nodded, remembering the name. “My name is Fudo Yusei.”

———Pure Love God of War Seahorse Will Instantly Destroy Minotaur Paradox———

"I see. That [Stardust Dragon] card is yours, Yusei. Because the card was stolen, you traveled through time from Domino City decades in the future to the present." Sitting in the ruins of a building, Jaden held a backpack that had been hidden before and checked its contents. "You're really lucky. I thought it would be smashed."

"That's right, although these words sound very unbelievable, they are indeed true."

To Yusei's slight surprise, Jaden nonchalantly replied to the mention of "time travel," "No, I believe you, Yusei. I've actually experienced similar things before, like having my friends stolen or time travel."

"But speaking of which, is that the Duel Disk of the future?" Jaden glanced at the empty space to the side, where the strangely shaped red motorcycle that Yusei rode when he traveled through time to make his appearance—a device called "D-Wheel"—was parked. "And the new Domino City, huh? I'm really looking forward to seeing what it will be like."

"Well, it's hard to describe in words." Recalling the prosperity of New Domino City and the dilapidation of the satellite district, Yusei thought that he might as well let Jaden continue to live with his beautiful imagination.

“Well, it’s the future after all. Just like people in the past can’t imagine the present, I really can’t imagine what the future will be like.” Jaden nodded with a smile, then, as if remembering something, “Speaking of which, the guy who took away your Stardust Dragon, Yusei, seems to have traveled through time again, right?”

"Well, although I'm not quite sure what that person's purpose is, his actions have caused my era to collapse. If we continue to let him act recklessly, the era may even disappear."

Yusei's expression was quite serious. "So not only to reclaim the Stardust Dragon, but also for the sake of the people living in my time, I must find that masked man and stop him."

"Oh, I'll lend you a hand too. That guy has also taken a lot of my friends' cards. And from what you said, Yusei, my era will also disappear, right?"

Jaden scratched his head: "When I first spotted that guy, I was thinking of retreating and calling for help, but I didn't expect it to be such a serious incident. In this situation, as a hero, I can't desert my post."

Chapter 490 Mech Race vs. Cyber ​​Dragon — A Freebie

Thus, Jaden Yuki and Yusei Fudo formed a team, working together to stop the masked man's world-destroying act and retrieve the many Duel Monsters he had stolen.

“That’s what they say,” Jaden asked, somewhat puzzled, “which era should we go to to find that masked man?”

Yusei shook his head; he didn't know how to find the masked man either.

He was able to travel through time to the era of the Tenth Generation thanks to a being called "Ultramania Tzolkin"—the red dragon that appeared alongside Yusei. However, Yusei himself had to navigate to the specific era he was heading to.

The precise timing of Yusei's appearance was thanks to a pair of twin siblings he knew named "Ryua" and "Ryuko." Their family wasn't exactly wealthy, but they were certainly capable of doing whatever they wanted. With their help, Yusei learned that the [Stardust Dragon] that had been stolen from him had inexplicably appeared in Europe decades ago and materialized to cause widespread destruction.

But right now, Yusei doesn't have Ryuya and Ryuko by his side to help him find information.

"Ultra-Maya Tzolkin" can help Yusei and Jaden return to the past, but the first thing to do is to confirm the time they need to go to. If they blindly go to the past without knowing their destination, they will only waste time.

However, from what the masked man said earlier, Yusei also gleaned some information: his ultimate goal in collecting powerful monsters from various eras was to make the Duel Monsters disappear. But what Yusei couldn't understand was why the other party was only collecting "Dragon" monsters.

Could it be that he thinks only the dragon race is the most important in Duel Monsters? Yusei thought to himself.

"Collecting Duel Monsters relentlessly won't have much of an impact, will it? After all, as long as Mirage International exists, no matter how many cards there are, they can be reprinted. That masked man can't possibly destroy every single card spirit in every single card," Jaden said casually. "So what exactly is he collecting these cards for?"

What was said in jest was taken seriously by Yusei: "I understand now. That guy's goal isn't actually the 'Dragon Clan,' but rather, as he said, the 'powerful monster.' Whether it's the Machine Clan or the Mage Clan makes no difference, because he just wants a tool."

"His goal is to destroy Duel Monsters, so the simplest and most straightforward way is undoubtedly to kill Pegasus J. Crawford, the 'Father of Duel Monsters' who created them!"

"What?! Mr. Pegasus? That guy's target is actually Mr. Pegasus!" Jaden exclaimed in shock. "I see, I understand now."