Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Hmph, spouting that same old boring nonsense again. I don't care about your supernatural stuff." The seahorse's gaze remained unwavering. "My goal has always been the same: to prove that I am superior to you!"

Chapter 524 Ancient Egyptian Monsters Land in Domino City

"In that case, it wouldn't be good not to go all out."

Just as Kaiba and Yugi were facing off on opposite sides of the dueling arena, a voice suddenly rang out, reaching their ears. Accompanying that voice were two more whooshing sounds.

Yugi and Kaiba, quick-witted as ever, caught the items "attacking" them in the first instant. But when they looked at them, they were both stunned, because they had actually received the cards for "Sky Dragon of Osiris" and "Obelisk the Tormentor" respectively!?

Looking in the direction of the sound, Yugi and Kaiba saw Hayato standing on the stands beside the dueling arena, still in the motion of throwing a card. Behind Hayato, Jonouchi followed closely behind.

"game!"

"Jouchi, Hayato?"

The game was somewhat surprised that Hayato and Jonouchi had found this place, and so quickly. Furthermore, he was a little confused about Hayato's intentions in entrusting him with the [Sky Dragon of Osiris].

"Hey, Hayato Kobayashi, what do you mean by this? Are you doing me a favor?" Kaiba completely ignored Jonouchi, glanced at the [Obelisk] in his hand, and stared directly at Hayato, seemingly demanding an explanation from him.

"It's nothing, I just think that if you want to defeat Yugi at his full strength, you should at least see Yugi at his peak, right? During Duel City, Yugi, who had Osiris, was only narrowly defeated even by me."

"The same principle applies to Obelisk. After all, only a duel between evenly matched opponents can be considered exciting, right?"

Hayato, with a matter-of-fact expression, said, "Also, don't think of this as charity or anything. I'm just lending you the card temporarily. If you want to get the [Obelisk], you'll have to defeat me first, Kaiba."

"Evenly matched..."

Hayato's words seemed to have swayed Kaiba. Looking at the card in his hand, it would be a lie to say that Kaiba didn't feel any desire for it. However, he had just recently come to realize that even the Blue-Eyes card could prove his strength, so accepting the Obelisk card now felt somewhat like a "sudden change of heart." Hayato's words were more of a way to give Kaiba a way out.

"In that case, prepare to be amazed by my evolved deck, Hayato Kobayashi. As a spectator of this world's top duel, you have the right to do so, even if you end up with an unnecessary mediocre talent."

Ignoring Jonouchi's shout of "Who are you calling a bastard?", Kaiba placed the card "Obelisk the Tormentor" into his deck, letting the Duel Disk's automatic shuffle function mix it into the deck. He looked at Yugi with fierce determination, clearly ready for battle.

Yami Yugi looked at the [Sky Dragon of Osiris] in his hand, a hint of hesitation on his face. After a moment's thought, he added it to his deck, muttering to himself, 'I really don't know if this decision is right or wrong...'

'This is also a token of Hayato's affection, my other self.' Although he didn't say it aloud, my duelist's intuition tells me that Hayato also knows something, and is probably also trying to prevent the illusion I saw earlier from recurring.'

The voice of the protagonist, located within the Millennium Puzzle, entered Yami Yugi's mind. It must be said that his intuition as a duelist was indeed quite accurate: 'The Sky Dragon of Osiris will also come in handy in the upcoming duel with Kaiba.'

"That kind of thing, I guess." Yami Yugi mentally explained to Omoikami the reason for his hesitation, "But Aibo, do you remember Hayato mentioning the nickname 'Sky Dragon of Osiris,' and how we defeated Dark Marik, who wielded it?"

'I'm a little worried that we might also be tricked by the [Traitor Dragon].'

'Uh, you're right...'

It would have been better if the Dark Game hadn't brought it up, but once it was mentioned, even the Surface Game from Millennium Puzzle couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

As one of the three Egyptian God cards, Osiris the Sky Dragon is indeed powerful, but powerful cards often come with great risks, and compared to the other two God cards, Osiris is much riskier.

The ability called "Summoning Thunder Bomb" can effectively counter the opponent's strategy, but the forced activation effect can be easily exploited by the opponent. Furthermore, the fact that the attack power is determined by the hand limits the player to the point that some cards cannot be played.

Full of confidence, Kaiba and Yami Yugi stood on either side, simultaneously raising their unfolded Duel Disks and shouting in unison:

"Duel!" x2

[Haima: 4000LP]

[Game: 4000LP]

As the duel disks of the two players were activated and each drew five cards from their hands, the dome of the giant egg seemed to have triggered some mechanism, and a slight buzzing sound entered everyone's ears.

Looking up, I saw Guiping sitting inside a spherical mechanical device, rising to its highest point along a dome-shaped track, while simultaneously operating some equipment. His voice came through the broadcast system: "Full-scale projection activated! Immersive real-world duel mode, In to the Vrains!"

As Keihei seemed to activate something, Hayato, Jonouchi, and Yugi were astonished to find that the ground beneath their feet was gradually being replaced by a flat, open space that looked extremely familiar, and the distant scenery had even transformed into a view from high above!

Upon comparison, Jonouchi instantly recalled where he had seen the scene before: "This is... the airship from Duel City!? Did we teleport?"

“No, this is still the Kaiba Dome.” Hayato understood the principle behind the anomaly before him. “Kaiba’s technology has advanced again by using a virtual projection system to overlay illusory scenery onto normal buildings and simulate real-world scenes.”

"I'll take the first turn. Draw a card!"

Taking advantage of the game's surprise at the surrounding scenery, Kaiba cunningly seized the initiative, drew a card, and then slowly explained, "Rather than progress, it's more like achieving my original goal when I first designed the virtual projection system."

“It couldn’t be more fitting to use this arena, which was once used to decide who could challenge for the throne of ‘King of Duels,’ as the stage to end our entangled fate.”

As he spoke, Kaiba finally checked what card he had drawn. Upon seeing the card, a smug smile crept across Kaiba's face.

"Spell Card [Dragon Awakening Melody]: I discard one card from my hand to activate it. I add two Dragon-Type monsters with 3000 or more ATK and 2500 or less DEF from my Deck to my hand. I chose two [Blue-Eyes White Dragons]."

After searching and adding two Blue-Eyes White Dragons to his hand, Kaiba draws another card: "Since Blue-Eyes White Dragon is a Level 8 monster, I will activate this Spell Card, 'Discount Shopping,' to discard the Level 8 Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the Graveyard, and then draw two cards from my Deck."

"Let's rest in the graveyard for a while, [Blue Eyes]." With that, Kaiba drew two cards.

Jonouchi, watching the game, looked at Kaiba's actions with a surprised expression: "That Kaiba, he actually sent [Blue Eyes] to the graveyard on his own?"

In Jonouchi's understanding, Kaiba has always had the attitude of "Blue-Eyes is mine, whoever touches it dies." Normally, let alone transferring control of Blue-Eyes, even just weakening Blue-Eyes or destroying Blue-Eyes in the graveyard would make Kaiba furious, and he would unleash his Seed and kill his opponent in no time.

Currently, only Hayato remains unscathed because he can't beat Kaiba.

But now, Kaiba is deliberately sending his Blue-Eyes to the graveyard? You know, Blue-Eyes isn't Red-Eyes; it's supposed to be good at attacking in various ways, not coming back from the graveyard. Kaiba's actions are really strange.

"Hmph, don't try to figure out my tactics with that kind of intelligence, you idiot." Jonouchi's voice reached Kaiba's ears. "To create the future, destruction is inevitable, the so-called 'to be reborn from the ashes'."

"The spell card [Dark Factory] allows you to add two Normal Monsters from your Graveyard to your hand. I added two [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] that were sent to the Graveyard by the effects of [Dragon Awakening Melody] and [Discount Shopping] to my hand."

Kaiba retrieved two cards from the graveyard, increasing his hand size to seven cards, three of which were face-up Blue-Eyes White Dragon!

"The [Dragon Awakening Melody] also discarded [Blue-Eyes] before? In that case, doesn't that mean Kaiba has collected all three [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] cards again!?" Jonouchi said in surprise, but after saying that, he himself felt a little strange, "Huh? Why did I say 'again'?"

Hayato casually remarked, "It's probably strange that Kaiba didn't use glue to stick the three Blue Eyes cards together."

After collecting three Blue-Eyes cards in his hand, Kaiba, unsurprisingly, played Fusion.

"I activate the [Fusion] Spell Card. I will use all three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons] in my hand as a fusion. Appear here, the strongest evolved dragon!"

"【True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon】!"

The three white dragons merged into one under the power of [fusion], and a three-headed dragon with two legs and two wings descended on Kaiba Field!

[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

"Since it's the first round, I can't fight, so I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." After summoning a high-attack card to put some pressure on the game, Kaiba kept one card in his hand, set the other two cards face down, and declared the end of his turn.

[Seahorse: 4000LP, 1 cards in hand]

[True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] [ATK4500]

[GaiK] X2

Yami Yugi watched as the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon made a strong presence on the field, trying its best to attract everyone's attention, but he was somewhat wary.

"Kaiba's Blue-Eyes deck focuses on aggressive tactics, aiming to overwhelm the opponent with high attack power." Yugi Omoikazuchi explained his thinking in the Millennium Puzzle deck, "Logically, launching an aggressive attack with True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, which can attack three times, would be more in line with Kaiba's style."

'To recklessly seize the initiative simply for the sake of momentum is not the kind of reckless duelist Kaiba.'

Yami Yugi largely agreed with Omoikazuchi's thoughts: 'Furthermore, the [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] is far too conspicuous. In a high-attack-power battlefield, the [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] alone would be sufficient, but its current aura is almost as if it's deliberately trying to attract my attention.'

'Kaiba is expecting me to destroy [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], and those two cards in the back row are definitely suspicious!' x2

The two games, as if by unspoken agreement, gave the same guess at the same time.

"My turn, draw a card!" After thinking it over, Yugi drew a card and began to implement the tactics he had devised. "Activate the Spell Card [Ancient Rule], I Special Summon 1 Normal Monster with a Level of 5 or higher from my hand."

"Come forth, my most loyal servant, [Dark Magician]!"

[Black Magician] [ATK2500]

The emerald staff, imbued with powerful magic, was held in the mage's hand. The Dark Mage stood before Yugi, facing the towering three-headed white dragon in his place, silent and reliable.

But the game doesn't only have this one card: "Because [Dark Magician] is on my field, I activate the spell card [Master-Disciple Bond]."

"The great Dark Magician has a disciple. Special Summon him from my deck. Show yourself!"

"【Dark Magician Girl】!"

Following closely behind the Dark Magician, the playful female mage made her entrance with light steps, playfully trying to charm the game behind her. However, because she was so unserious and lacked any of the elegance expected of a mage, the expressionless Dark Magician tapped her on the head with his staff.

Dark Magician Girls, ATK2000

"The follow-up effect of [Master-Disciple Bond] continues to activate after I Special Summon [Dark Magician Girl]." The game retrieved two cards from the deck, one of which was [Dark Magician Girl] which had just been placed on the field, and the other card was being displayed in his hand. "I set [Dark Magician Blast] face down on the back field."

Although the game only mentioned the card name, Kaiba remembered the card: "If I remember correctly, it was a Normal Spell Card that could destroy all monsters on your opponent's field when [Dark Magician Girl] was on your field."

"Ah, that's true. Although I could also choose to use [Dark Magician] to destroy Kaiba's face-down cards in the back row, that would leave me helpless against [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. After weighing the pros and cons, I chose [Dark Magician Burst].

As Yugi said this, he activated the card he had just set face-down: "Because it's a Normal Spell Card, [Dark Magician Burst] can be activated the turn it's set face-down. I'll activate this card!"

"Even if Kaiba, you have a card like [Fusion Destroy] set to your back row, it won't prevent it from being destroyed, [Blue-Eyes]!"

[Dark Magician Girl] raised her staff, and a magic sphere crackling with lightning was thrown, striking [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon]. The white dragon, with an attack power of up to 4500 points, was thus successfully destroyed.

Yugi watched as he realized that he had actually destroyed the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon so easily, and that Kaiba hadn't even activated his face-down card. He felt a sense of unreality and became wary, because he knew that Kaiba was definitely not an opponent that could be easily suppressed.

Sure enough, seeing his [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] destroyed, Kaiba revealed a smug sneer.

"Game, actually, because of the bond between master and apprentice, you could have chosen Black Burst Magic Break and Black Magic Combo, right? In order to defeat you and Hayato, I remember every single card you used."

"However, the other two cards are Quick-Play Spell Cards that cannot be used this turn once they are set. Your eagerness to gain an advantage this turn is exactly what I expected!"

"Behold the future born of destruction!"

Chapter 525 The Man-Eating Demon Advances Towards the Seahorse Building

"Behold the future born of destruction!"

As Kaiba slammed the cards from his hand onto the Duel Disk, a dazzling light suddenly erupted from the spot where the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, which had been hit by Dark Magician Girl, had been. Five slender, sharp wings emerged from the smoke and dust, clearing away the dust and revealing a long, white dragon!

"The pure white power hidden in the source of infinite time, raise your wings that tremble amidst the intertwining echoes of souls, and emerge from the azure abyss!"

"【Abyssal Eye White Dragon】!!"

"Roar!"

【Abyss Eye White Dragon】【ATK0】

"When a Blue-Eyes on my field is destroyed, Abyssal White Dragon can be Special Summoned from my hand, inheriting the power of the recently destroyed True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon from my Graveyard," Kaiba said smugly. "And you'll also have to bear the wrath of the Graveyard dragon!"

"Each dragon monster in my graveyard will deal you 600 damage!"

Upon seeing the [Abyss-Eyed White Dragon] for the first time, Jonouchi was taken aback: "What? Such a cheating effect!"

"Not only did it thwart the game's plan to destroy a powerful monster, but it also summoned a monster as powerful as [True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon], and even launched a counterattack!"

【Abyss Eye White Dragon】【ATK0→4500】