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Chapter 509 Have you heard of Amway?

If you're expecting a spectacular duel between Hayato and Yusei, you're likely to be disappointed, because Yusei, going second, surrendered before his turn was even over.

"My turn, draw!" Yusei drew a card from his deck, looking at the red dragon that was coiled on Hayato's field, as if facing a formidable enemy.

[Hayato: 4000LP, 2 cards in hand]

【Osiris the Sky Dragon】【ATK2000】

In the previous round, Hayato used "Angel's Charity" to discard "Disruption Magic" and retrieved three monsters from his deck: "Disruption Yellow", "Disruption Black", and "Disruption Green". Then, he used the combo of "Fusion" and "Fusion Deactivation" to gather the three tributes needed to summon the God in one turn, resulting in a classic six-for-one summon of "Osiris" from the Egyptian God cards.

In his previous duel with Paradox, Yusei witnessed the power of the Winged Dragon Ra, which was as sacred as the sun and combined the powers of Yugi, Jaden, and Yusei to defeat Paradox in one fell swoop. Now, it was his turn to face a "god".

"Just like the power of [Ra's Winged Dragon] depends on the total power of the sacrifices, the attack power of [Osiris's Sky Dragon] depends on the cards in my hand. This means that if I want to maintain its power, I must keep a certain number of cards in my hand unused."

Hayato explained the effects of "Sky Dragon of Osiris" to Yusei, "In addition, the three Egyptian God cards have common resistances, such as not being affected by trap card effects, only spell cards that take effect in the current turn and monsters of level 10 or higher can have an effect on the Gods for one turn, and then they will not be affected by effects other than God attributes and will leave the field, and so on."

"Hmm, it's perfect for you to be used as a target for future exercises, Yusei... no, it's nothing."

Hayato remembered that Yusei would face three "god" cards besides the three Egyptian God cards, but Yusei didn't know what Hayato was referring to. However, this didn't stop him from starting to think about how to defeat [Osiris].

"Such high resistance basically means that bypassing a god with effects is nearly impossible; only pure power can do it." Yusei glanced at the [Blended Gum] he had just drawn, as well as the other cards in his hand, and had an idea. "With only 2000 attack power, it seems like it might work."

"I activate the effect of [Junk Converter] in my hand, sending it and the Tuner monster [Blend Gum] from my hand to the Graveyard, and then add [Junk Synchron] from my Deck to my hand."

Yusei retrieved [Junk Synchron] from his deck and summoned it directly to the field. "Next, I will Normal Summon [Junk Synchron]!"

"Because of the effect of [Junk Synchron], I Special Summoned [Junk Converter], a Level 2 monster from my Graveyard, in Defense Position. Then, because I Special Summoned a monster from my Graveyard, I Special Summoned [Doppelganger] from my hand!"

Yusei summoned three monsters on the field in one go, thanks to the synergy between Junk Synchron and other monsters, including both Tuner and non-Tuner monsters.

A Level 3 Junk Synchro and a Level 2 Doppelganger can Synchro Summon a Level 5 Junk Summon. Then, by utilizing Junk Summon's ATK boosting ability, you can combine the ATK of the two Doppelganger Tokens Special Summoned by Doppelganger's effect and Junk Converter to gain a total of 1200 ATK.

In that case, the attack power of [Scrap Warrior] would reach a full 3500 points, which would be more than enough to defeat [Sky Dragon of Osiris] on Hayato's field.

Yusei's idea was wonderful, but he didn't know that Hayato had only explained the most inconspicuous basic ability of the Sky Dragon of Osiris. Hayato didn't mention the Sky Dragon of Osiris's strongest and weakest ability, "Summon Lightning Bomb".

Just as Yusei was about to Synchro Summon his three monsters that had just appeared on the field, before he could even speak, Hayato's [Sky Dragon of Osiris] on the field suddenly started acting on its own without Hayato's command. One of its two mouths opened and instantly spat out three lightning balls!

"Boom!" X3

Like a bolt of lightning, three lightning orbs struck precisely the [Scrap Synchron], [Scrap Converter], and [Doppelganger], instantly stripping them of their power with the lightning as a symbol of punishment!

[Scrap Metal Synchronizer] [ATK1300→0]

[Scrap Converter] [DEF200→0]

【Doppelganger Warrior】【DEF800→0】

As the three monsters on the planetary field each had their attack or defense reduced to zero, their bodies suddenly shattered into dust and were sent to the graveyard!

Seeing Yusei's puzzled and shocked look, Hayato put his hands on his hips, looking quite smug: "When the opponent successfully summons, flips, or special summons a monster, [Sky Dragon of Osiris] will forcibly activate an effect called 'Thunderbolt,' which reduces the monster's ATK and DEF by 2000 points depending on its battle position. When this effect reduces the corresponding values ​​to 0, it destroys that monster."

"Although it's easy to be tricked into becoming an inside agent, it's perfect for dealing with your [Junk Deck], Yusei."

Upon hearing Hayato's explanation of the "Summoning Lightning" effect of [Sky Dragon of Osiris], Yusei fell silent. After a brief moment of thought, he reluctantly lowered the Duel Disk he had raised, and said with a wry smile, "My deck is completely countered. What a terrifying monster."

Yusei isn't someone who gives up easily. If he were that kind of person, he would never have left the Satellite Zone, would have spent his whole life in that dilapidated place like the Junkyard with his friends, and would never have been able to obtain the Stardust Dragon.

The reason he decisively gave up was that after Yusei went through all the cards in his deck in his mind, he realized that even if he had the entire deck in his hand, he would not be able to defeat [Sky Dragon of Osiris]. Knowing that the duel would be a futile struggle, he chose to end the duel.

Yusei's deck certainly includes tactics that can be used to deal with powerful monsters, but unfortunately, his opponent is the Sky Dragon of Osiris, which has strong resistance, so direct destruction cards are simply ineffective.

On the other hand, the deck that Yusei used was a "junk" deck that he picked up from the trash heap. Although it sounds absurd, as he not only picked up a deck with the entire field of cards but also powerful cards such as "Effect Masker", it was indeed a deck picked up from the trash heap.

The strength of the [Scrap] deck lies in its extremely smooth overall synergy and continuous recycling. Although a single [Scrap] card lacks a powerful monster with the ability to deliver the final blow, it can summon a powerful terminal through Synchro Summoning.

The problem lies here. Yusei discovered that the "Summon Lightning Bomb" of [Sky Dragon of Osiris], which can be activated an infinite number of times, is far too effective against the weak single-target [Junk] deck. His deck revolves around Synchro Summoning, and his strongest single-target monster is only [Junk Giant] with 2000 ATK. None of his other monsters can withstand the "Summon Lightning Bomb".

If you can't destroy or collect enough Synchro materials to perform Synchro Synchro, what's the point of fighting?

"【Sky Dragon of Osiris】is indeed very powerful, but powerful cards often come with risks. If someone unqualified uses the Egyptian God cards, it can be fatal," Hayato said with a smile as he put away his Duel Disk.

At the same time, he saw a card drop when the system settled the battle results, something he hadn't seen in a long time. It was a card that Yusei had used but hadn't been made into a physical card: the Continuous Spell Card [Future Battle].

This card's effect is very similar to "Berserker's Soul," which also has the ability to make a monster launch continuous attacks. However, the difference is that the card is drawn by the opponent, not the player.

Regardless of the outcome, for Hayato, who has a slight collecting obsession, being able to draw a card he has never owned before is a good thing. His joy is palpable as he smiles at Yusei.

In a good mood, Hayato looked at Yusei, who was deep in thought, and asked, "Are you thinking about how to deal with the Sky Dragon?"

“Yes, I’ve always had the habit of adjusting my deck based on information about my opponents. I can only become stronger by learning from every failure.” Yusei nodded. “However, the only way I can think of is to use some monsters with high attack power to forcefully break through the low attack power state of [Sky Dragon of Osiris].

After some thought, Yusei realized that no matter how he modified his deck, it always followed the path of "a collection of a large number of low-attack monsters," making it too vulnerable to counters. In contrast, the Blue-Eyes deck used by Seto Kaiba was much less vulnerable.

With a high-star starting move and fusion, even with a 2000-point reduction in attack power, the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon still has 2500 points, making it possible to defeat the Sky Dragon of Osiris.

However, his own deck simply couldn't handle [Sky Dragon Osiris]; its ability to interfere with the deck's opening moves was too strong.

Hayato, seeing that Yusei couldn't come up with a way to counter the Sky Dragon of Osiris, smiled mysteriously and offered Yusei advice on how to defeat the Sky Dragon of Osiris when Synchro ...

(【Osiris】: You keep calling me a traitor, but you betrayed me yourself?)

"Yusei, your deck is basically built around the 'Synchro' tactic, right? If a battle like today's [Sky Dragon of Osiris] comes along that restricts your ability to Synchro Summon monsters, your deck will be in big trouble."

“Even if we relax the conditions a little more, and don’t restrict monsters, but only target your Synchro Monsters, the battle situation will probably become very difficult.” Hayato paused for a moment, thinking about how to describe it, “For example, the opponent could even use your Stardust Dragon to summon monsters during their turn.”

Actually, compared to the "Yu-Gi-Oh! DM" era that Hayato is currently in, the era that Yusei is in is actually the "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" era. Although he has forgotten most of the details of the plot, he still remembers some of the main storylines.

If Hayato's memory is correct, the current timeline of Yusei's future seems to be the time when Yusei and his team just defeated someone claiming to be a Kami who used [Earthbound God - Veracocha Raska]... Something seems off?

In short, Yusei and his friends have just saved the future city of Neo-Domino, and it seems that Neo-Domino is about to start a large-scale team-based riding duel competition called "WRGP". In this competition, Yusei's "5D's" team will face off against three members of the "New World" team, who are from the future like Paradox.

Or perhaps it is the same person's triple despair: A post-apocalyptic future survivor named Aporia splits herself into three androids of different ages, sent from the future to the past.

The three members of the "New World" team not only have an intelligence advantage because they come from the future and are extremely familiar with Yusei and the other "ancient people," just like Paradox, but they can also actively modify history because they possess the ability to travel through time.

Of course, although it sounds impressive, this is a world of card masters, and in the end, it all comes down to card-playing ability. However, the "New World" team is also very strong in card-playing, or rather, their decks are extremely targeted.

The deck they used was called "Machine Emperor". Its specific ability was like a Super Sentai team. It was a deck in which four monsters served as parts and formed a giant robot around one monster to fight. Its strength was that the parts could be freely replaced to become stronger. Its weakness was that if the core was destroyed, all the parts would also self-destruct.

However, the most powerful aspect of the [Machine Emperor] is that they all have the ability to "take the opponent's Synchro Monster as their Equip Card," just like Paradox, they love to steal other people's monsters. Although this effect is just an effect for normal monsters and Fusion Monsters, purely targeting Synchro Monsters, Yusei and his generation just liked to go all the way down the Synchro route.

Hayato used Osiris the Sky Dragon specifically to simulate how vulnerable Yusei's deck would be after losing Synchro Summoning because he remembered that Yusei would encounter the Machine Emperor and that Yusei's Stardust Dragon had been taken down by the Minotaur.

"For this situation, the best way I recommend to you is this." Hayato reached into the card box at his waist and took out a large stack of spare cards stored in the warehouse.

[The Mysterious Chinese Pot] [Cannon Soldier] [Psychic Exosome] [Mass Accelerator] [Destruction Wheel]...

Hayato grinned smugly: "As long as we squeeze every last drop of value out of our monsters before they're destroyed or stolen, that's all that matters."

Yusei's eyes lit up when he heard Hayato's words, and he seemed somewhat tempted by the card in Hayato's hand.

However, because of Hayato's statement about "squeezing out every last drop of value," Yusei glanced at Hayato unintentionally and, because of Hayato's status as a "shareholder of the International Illusion Society," suddenly hallucinated that Hayato was wearing a monocle and a fedora, and even saw what appeared to be a rope hanging from a street lamp behind him.

Chapter 510 So, don't stop!

Although Yusei himself felt that Hayato's actions seemed a bit strange, he then had a duel with both Yugi and Jaden and found that both of them were using the tactics Hayato had mentioned.

Leaving aside Jaden for now, even Yugi, when Yusei's base score was dwindling, decisively unleashed his Dark Magician into Catapult Turtle for a self-destruct kill.

"I see, I understand completely now."

Yusei looked like he suddenly understood, and then, taking advantage of the large number of duelists gathered at the Duel Monsters Tournament, he used the cards he brought from the future to exchange for many cards he wanted. He was also introduced by Hayato to Sugoroku Muto, who was busy enjoying the scent of rouge.

Unlike Kaiba, perhaps because of their greater contact, Sugoroku easily accepted the claim that "Yusei is from the future," and was quite enthusiastic about Yusei wanting to buy cards. He even gave up participating in the Duel Monsters Tournament and took Yusei directly to his card shop.

Although Yusei arrived in this era in a hurry and didn't bring much money with him, and the currency he brought was only available in the future New Domino City and couldn't be used to directly purchase cards, the cards that Yusei brought were already of considerable value as they were unreleased in this era.

After trading a few less important cards from his spare deck to Sugoroku, Yusei happily received a large box full of cards, including cards like "Heavenly Treasure" and "Pot of Greed".

Although taking the cards from this era into the future would make them seem like newly printed fakes rather than antiques, Yusei knows quite a few people in the Satellite District who are skilled in this area. In addition, the cards are genuine and can be used directly on the Duel Disk, so it's likely that many wealthy people will be willing to buy them at high prices in the future.

At that time, I can earn a lot of money, not only to buy some useful cards, but also to modify my D-wheel, replace some parts, and even...

Let's rent out a venue and race cars and play cards with Qiu and everyone else!

Yu Xing was in a very good mood and didn't feel at all that it was a waste to drag a beautiful young woman to play cards.

As dusk approached and the sun gradually sank below the horizon, Yusei, who had been adjusting his deck through a duel with Jaden, discovered that the state of the [Stardust Dragon] that had just been Synchro Summoned was becoming somewhat unstable.

"Ugh, oh oh oh~~"

From afar, Yusei could also hear the roar of the red dragon "Ultraman Tzolkin".

"What's wrong, Yusei?" Jaden looked at Yusei, who seemed to be deep in thought, with some confusion.

"Synchro Summoning can basically be said to be a summoning method based on 'Star Particles'. Although 'Star Particles' were only discovered and named by my father, and they have always existed in nature and were not created by humans, before the appearance of Synchro Summoning and perpetual motion machines, most 'Star Particles' were actually inactive."

Yusei began to explain his reasoning, "We traveled through time and space to get here by relying on the power of the Red Dragon 'Ultramania Tzolkin,' and the power of the Red Dragon is embodied in the activated 'Yusei Particles,' but the energy of the activated 'Yusei Particles' that we brought from the future is limited."

"Since the beginning of this era, the energy of the active 'planetary particles' has been released to the surroundings, and now it has almost reached its limit."

Although Yusei was only explaining the underlying principles, Jaden still understood what he meant.

"Has the time I can stay in this era reached its limit?" Jaden lowered his raised wrist, put away the card, and ended his duel with Yusei. He looked helplessly at Yugi and Hayato beside him. "I'm sorry, Mr. Yugi, Mr. Hayato."

"Are we going back?" Yugi asked, looking at Jaden and Yusei with a smile.

"Yeah, there are still many things left undone in my time. For example, it seems that Manjoume has made the entertainment headlines. I'm really looking forward to it." Judai chuckled.

Hayato said with great interest, "Manjoume? Now that you mention it, I'm also looking forward to it. It's just a bit of a pity that things from the future can't be brought here."

“But I always feel like there’s still a chance to come back.” Yusei picked up the box that was placed to the side and fixed it to his D-Wheel. “When that time comes, let’s have another duel and show you how much I’ve grown, Hayato-san.”

"Yes, of course, we'll meet again someday." Hayato smiled and nodded, standing on the edge of the rooftop looking down at the Duel Monsters Tournament, which was about to end. "As long as we believe in Duel Monsters, our bond will always remain strong."

Although there was a slight mishap at the beginning, due to the change in time and space, the Duel Monsters Tournament ultimately ended smoothly without any major incidents. Pegasus had his remains and the wreckage of his flying D-Wheel "Truth" taken away and kept safe. At this moment, he was in the crowd distributing commemorative gifts with several security guards.

Of course, it's still Duel Monsters cards, since for card printers, this is the most cost-effective and efficient option. As a bonus card, Pegasus chose an alternate art version of [Dark Knight Gaia], complete with Hayato's printed signature.

Although it's a special edition and can't be used on the Duel Disk, the large group of people surrounding Pegasus shows that this freebie is quite popular.

"This is a special gift card prepared for today's event; everyone gets one, desu~"

Hayato turned around and looked at the glowing dragon head mark on Yusei's right hand, visible even through his glove, and said with a smile, "Our struggles so far have not been in vain. Being able to protect this world is proof of our efforts."

"With our love for Duel Monsters, there is always a way forward as long as we keep going."

"I will keep moving forward, so Yusei, Jaden, you two shouldn't stop either."

A long, red dragon enveloped the D-Wheel carrying Jaden and Yusei, and with a roar, it passed through a time tunnel, disappearing before Yugi and Hayato's eyes. The active "Yusei Particles" also returned to silence as the red dragon left this spacetime.

However, the torrential rain that had disturbed the lake's calm had stopped, but the ripples on the water's surface would not cease anytime soon.

—Plasido: They actually fried and ate the monster!—