Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Oh, I see. You want to use these monsters as sacrifices for a high-level summon, right?" Anubis put on a knowing look. "Hmph, it's useless. As long as my [Skill Drain] exists, all the effects of monsters on the field will be negated. And without the influence of monster effects, [Sphinx Androgynus]'s ATK is a whopping 3500 points, exceeding the limit of a normal monster!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing Anubis's words, Hayato revealed a contemptuous expression: "Then you've misunderstood. Against other opponents, I might use my full strength to defeat them with powerful monsters, but someone like you who toys with other people's precious cards only deserves to be defeated by a weakling like the [Disruption] monster!"

"How dare they say that about us!" "Ani-gei!" "That's outrageous!"

Hayato completely ignored their protests, because he suddenly wanted to go back a few hundred words and tell his past self that it was actually quite good that the [Disruptive Yellow] creatures didn't speak.

"Hmph, a monster with zero attack power? A monster with zero attack power is nothing but trash, even worse than a small fry."

"I suddenly realized that what the other person said was even more outrageous!"

"I still dislike it more!"

"Anige, just for my sake, use the Flame Fist on him!"

[Disruption - Yellow] They shouted, and Hayato cursed in annoyance, "Shut up, you lot!"

"In short, even trash has its uses. When [Disruption Yellow], [Disruption Black], and [Disruption Green] are all on my field, they can unleash tremendous power." Hayato said, playing a card from his hand. "Activate the Spell Card [Disruption Triangle Hurricane!!] to destroy all cards on the opponent's field!"

"What?!"

To Anubis's astonishment, [Disruption Yellow] and the others huddled together, spinning rapidly to form a whirlwind of yellow, green, and black, engulfing [Sphinx Andrgenius], [Skill Drain], and even [Pyramid of Light] on his field!

"boom!!"

As the disruptive triangle hurricane contracted, a massive explosion resounded across Anubis's field, destroying the invincible Sphinx Androgenus and the "Golden Kingdom Big Brother's" Skill Drain!

Chapter 520 Your ancient Egyptians' ancestral tradition of resurrection is it?

[Disruption - Yellow] They dispelled the [Disruption Triangle Hurricane!!] status and returned to Hayato's field. Hayato glanced at the [Pyramid of Light] that still existed in Anubis's field.

The effect of 【Disruptive Triangle Hurricane!!】 should be able to destroy all cards on the opponent's field, regardless of whether they are face-up or face-down, without targeting. Although the other two cards on Anubis's field were destroyed, the 【Pyramid of Light】 was still there.

Furthermore, it was only at this point that Hayato remembered to check the effect of the [Pyramid of Light] card, only to find that the text written on it was similar to the Egyptian hieroglyphs that appear on the card when [Ra the Winged Dragon of Ra] is summoned.

The above roughly means that this card is extremely sturdy and almost indestructible, and has the power to banish gods, which is not much different from the effect of the "Pyramid of Light" card in the anime version that Hayato remembers.

The fact that 【Disrupting the Triangle Hurricane!!】 failed to destroy the 【Pyramid of Light】 was actually within Hayato's expectations. After all, in the original story, even the self-destruct effect of the 【Blue-Eyes Light Dragon】, which Pegasus considered capable of defeating God, only worked on the 【Pyramid of Light】 after a second attempt. It was understandable that 【Disrupting the Triangle Hurricane!!】 did not work.

Hayato wasn't too disappointed, since destroying the Pyramid of Light wasn't his main goal; all he needed to do was take down Anubis, the duelist.

"Damn it, they actually took my card!" Anubis looked at the only remaining [Pyramid of Light] on his field and glared furiously at Hayato, or rather, at the three [Disruption] brothers that had fallen back onto Hayato's field.

[Disruption·Green]: "Your card is really weak~"

[Disruption Black]: "Now you know how powerful we are!"

[Disruption·Huang]: "A streaking pervert~"

"You guys are the only ones who don't have the right to call him a streaking pervert," Hayato retorted. However, he also noticed that after Sphinx Andre Guinness was destroyed, the Disruption Trio and Rainbow Kuriboh seemed to have regained some of their energy, as if they had also regained their power through "destruction."

"Tch, so what if you destroyed my monster? You only have three weak monsters with 0 attack power on your field." Although Anubis's field was cleared by [Disruptive Triangle Hurricane!!] and he had witnessed the combined power of the three Disruptive brothers, he still thought they were just a bunch of weaklings.

"Well then, let me show you just how useless a nobody like you really is." Hayato said, flipping out a card. "Activate the spell card [Lightning Smash]!"

Upon hearing the name of the card Hayato activated, the [Disruption Yellow] and the others, who had just been looking smug, suddenly trembled and turned around stiffly to look at Hayato and the [Lightning Smash] card that had appeared behind them.

"Ah, Anigee!?"

What are you doing?!

"Ani Gei!"

Listening to what [Disruption Yellow] and the others said, Hayato's "sorrow" was clearly visible in the corners of his mouth: "I'm sorry, [Disruption Yellow], [Disruption Green], [Disruption Black], this is a necessary sacrifice."

"No, that's not it! I clearly saw the card 'Left Hand Take—' in the hand that Annie gave you."

"【Lightning Smash】 activated! Destroy all monsters on my field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to 300 times the number of destroyed monsters!"

Hayato interrupted [Disruption Yellow] before it could finish its sentence, and with a sudden wave of its hand, [Disruption Yellow] and the others "voluntarily" unleashed lightning at Anubis. As the three bolts of lightning exploded on Anubis's body, [Disruption Yellow] and the others were also reduced to fragments and entered the graveyard.

"Ugh!" Although Anubis only had 1500 points left in the basic score, the 2500 points he lost were all paid for voluntarily by himself. This was the first time he had been injured since the start of the duel, so he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.

Anubis: 1500→600LP

Seeing that the sacrifice of [Disruption Yellow] and the others had cost Anubis 900 base points, Hayato looked "grief-stricken" and said, "They actually destroyed the monsters I considered my partners! Unforgivable, Anubis!"

"You monster, you deliberately destroyed your own monster!" Anubis, already in a bad mood due to the drop in his life points, said angrily, "How dare you use such a lowly minotaur to attack someone as divine as me! I'll kill you a thousand times over!"

Hayato was completely unfazed by Anubis's threat: "Before that, you'll at least have to beat me in a duel. I told you, I'd use [Disruption Yellow] and a few of those to give you the humiliating defeat you deserve."

"Activate the Spell Card [Three White Bones Zone], then target three Normal Monsters of 2 stars or lower in my Graveyard and Special Summon [Disruptor Yellow], [Disruptor Green], and [Disruptor Black] from my Graveyard to my field in Attack Position!"

"Then, it's the second [Lightning Shatter]!"

Hayato played his last card besides "Sword in Left Hand, Shield in Right Hand," and a dug-out grave appeared in his field of play, with the three brothers "Disruption Yellow" posing as they rose from the ground.

However, behind them, an identical [Lightning Shatter] was already prepared.

"Laozi, sir—wait?! It's happening again!?"

"As expected of Anigei, he easily unleashed his monster!"

"It truly inspires awe!"

"But why us again?!" X3

Amidst the three brothers' simultaneous cries of despair, lightning struck Anubis once more. This time, Lightning Shatter was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, completely wiping out Anubis's remaining 600 basic points.

Amidst the lightning, Anubis let out a bloodcurdling scream: "Ugh!!!"

Anubis: 600LP → 0

As the lightning struck, Hayato witnessed Anubis's body aging at an accelerated pace, as if time itself were being accelerated. In almost an instant, he transformed from a robust, blond middle-aged man into a emaciated, white-haired old man, with his body continuing to age.

In the blink of an eye, Hayato was surprised to find that Anubis, who had lost in the Dark Game, had turned back into the desiccated corpse he had seen before. Except for the absence of the rotting bandages, he was almost exactly the same as the mummy he had seen before. He fell heavily to the ground, and the "Pyramid of Light" on his chest also fell to the ground, but it did not shatter due to the impact and seemed to be of good quality.

"What? I actually hit it pretty accurately." Hayato said with a smile as he looked at Rainbow Kuriboh, which had fully regained its former spirit after Anubis' defeat.

At the same time, I casually put several of them, including [Disruptive Yellow], into my deck after they had repeatedly jumped around the graveyard field during a duel and were still somewhat listless even after recovering their strength, and put away my Duel Disk.

"Ani-gei, you're so mean—!"

"It's my responsibility to liberate you, but I won't apologize." Hayato said nonchalantly as the voice of [Disruption Yellow] abruptly stopped, glancing down at the Anubis mummy lying face up on the ground. "But, it seems the matter is resolved just like that, isn't it?"

"The process was so easy that it almost felt unreal to me."

The surrounding dark game area and the projection of the Pyramid of Light dissipated as the duel concluded. Hayato walked to Anubis's mummy and poked the dried skull.

There was no movement.

He's probably really dead.

Hayato poked his finger into the mummy's eye socket and twisted it a few times. Seeing that Anubis's mummy still didn't react in this situation, he finally felt relieved.

Although it's common knowledge that playing cards can save the world, Hayato still felt it was a bit unreal. After all, Anubis didn't manage to pull off any big scenes before he died, so he didn't have the aura of a world-destroying boss. Moreover, he didn't say anything threatening before he died, which made Hayato feel very uncomfortable.

These days, you don't see many villains as honest as him.

Hayato wiped his fingers with a dust cloth and stood up to deal with the aftermath.

Although Hayato's defeat of Anubis would interrupt the "Pyramid of Light" storyline, he felt it was better to avoid trouble. After all, Kaiba's card-playing addiction wasn't new, and he could just play a few more games with him after Kaiba got the Blue-Eyes Dragon.

Anyway, he hasn't gotten any Blue-Eyes cards that Kaiba can drop yet, which made Hayato wonder if the Blue-Eyes cards in the Kaiba drop list provided by the system were just for show. He did get all the other cards like Destruction Wheel, though.

However, speaking of Kaiba, that guy also... Ever since the Duel Robot at Kaiba Park—the very machine that went berserk during the KC Cup and got crushed by Hayato while playing with Hayato's deck—became a huge success and became very popular, Kaiba somehow discovered another use for the Duel Robot:

The win rate in a simulated duel.

By submitting card data, the Duel Bot can simultaneously simulate multiple duels between the two duelists to calculate the final win rate of a duel between two decks. Because the process is so scientific, Kaiba is extremely superstitious about the win rate obtained in this way.

However, Kaiba came in full of confidence because he had simulated a 1000% win rate against the Blue-Eyes deck against the Gaia deck, but when Hayato used Super Polymerization to fuse the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Gaia into Sky Dragon Knight, Kaiba's face turned sour again.

While recalling Kaiba's displeased expression, Hayato casually opened the system to check the rewards he had received after defeating Anubis.

The usual DP points are 500, which is actually a bit low, just enough to offset the cost of starting the Dark Game. However, to Hayato's surprise, Anubis dropped a card that he had been craving for a long time.

The undisputed signature card of the "Draw" series, the ultimate nemesis of decks that rely on monster effects to show off, and the invincible [Skill Draw] whose card art is incredibly cool because of its strength, known as the "Big Brother of the Golden Country"!

Hayato had been eyeing this card for a very long time. The price of this card in the system shop was a hefty 30000 DP, comparable to the price of super powerful and versatile cards such as the noble Red Daddy and Phoenix Man. For Hayato, who was used to not saving DP, it was an astronomical price.

He had considered buying one directly from the market, but after checking the price, he decisively gave up on that idea.

Back in Duel Kingdom, Hayato had seen Anasis, a guy with a big butt and a chin, use this card when he dueled on the island. Hayato had the upper hand, but once the invincible [Skill Draw] was activated, Duel Monsters turned back into a game of axe-wielding and attack power deciding the outcome.

After checking the price, Hayato felt relieved. Only a tycoon like Anasis, who controls most of the world's shipping industry, could afford such an outrageously expensive [Skill Extraction], which at least guaranteed a fair duel experience for most people.

But...

Looking at the [Skill Draw] card he had just acquired, Hayato revealed a "friendly" smile. Now, he could also enjoy the thrill of [Skill Draw] on others. It seemed he had another way to make others enjoy dueling and show a "smile" during the duel.

If the other party refuses to laugh, then beat them until they do.

However, Hayato still had some regrets, namely that Anubis's Duel Disk and deck appeared out of thin air in the Dark Game. The moment Anubis's Life Points were cleared by Lightning Smash, both the Duel Disk and the cards on it returned to their original nothingness.

Otherwise, how could Hayato have let go of such a good opportunity to collect loot? If the Anubist deck hadn't disappeared, he could have had two [Skill Draw] cards.

Thinking this, Hayato glanced down at the Anubis mummy on the ground with displeasure. If it weren't for Isis still needing this artifact to fulfill her obligations, why would Hayato have kept it?

But when Hayato looked down, he was stunned. Anubis's mummy seemed to have reversed time, just like when he first obtained the Pyramid of Light, and gradually returned to a normal human body!

However, compared to before, this recovery was much less noticeable, as if it didn't want to attract Hayato's attention.

Sensing Hayato's gaze and knowing his little tricks, Anubis's mummy suddenly got up from the ground and, before Hayato could react immediately, suddenly started running!

Hayato, having changed positions while inspecting Anubis's mummy, was too late to block it!

Hayato and Anubis's mummy quickly ran from the end of the corridor to the location of Anubis's coffin. Anubis ignored everyone and flipped through it, while Hayato glanced at the fallen people and hesitated, his steps slowing down slightly.

"You've fallen for it, Hayato Kobayashi! I, Anubis, am not so easily defeated! This is my retreat route!" The mummy of Anubis, who was running wildly, noticed Hayato falling behind and mocked him smugly with its mouth restored to normal. "Your pointless emotions will only hold you back, and worrying about those mortals will only make it harder for you to catch up with me!"

"In terms of strategy, you still can't compare to me, Anubis, hahahaha!"

Hayato watched Anubis escape, truly at a loss. He could resume the Dark Game, but at this distance, it would definitely engulf Isis and the game itself, and the Dark Game would only force Anubis to fight to the death, even taking the unconscious members of the group hostage.

With this in mind, Hayato watched resentfully as Anubis's mummy turned to dust and vanished from the exhibition hall along with the Pyramid of Light: "These Egyptian guys, Dark Malik and Dark Bakura, are they all hereditary zombies?"

Chapter 521 In horror movies, acting alone can lead to death.

After the game's vision was filled with the light emanating from the mummy, the player found himself in a starry sky, standing in the void with nothing under his feet.

Countless distant stars filled the surrounding area, but this place wasn't just empty except for the game. In a spot he could see when he looked up, the Millennium Puzzle and a crystal pyramid that the game had only seen in newspapers and had never actually seen in person were magnified countless times and floated above the game.

Although it's a bit strange to say "above" in this gravityless and three-dimensional space, the game tentatively re-established a coordinate system centered on itself, looking up in surprise at the two huge square pyramids, one upright and one inverted, above it.