Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

A Level 1 ritual?

Hayato paused for a moment.

Wait, no way, you're not going to summon that monster—

Chapter 661 Hiding in the Toilet

Looking at all Duel Monsters, there is a common understanding that while star rating does not absolutely represent the strength of a monster card, the higher the star rating, the more powerful the monster is usually.

However, there is one monster that, despite having zero attack and defense and being the lowest level (1☆), became famous for its powerful and unique effect, even becoming a symbol of NTR (Netorare, a Japanese term for incestuous relationships). Even after the number of Duel Monster cards grew to over ten thousand, that monster remains the only 1☆ Ritual Monster.

That is—

"The level of [Little Rabbit] is 1☆, therefore I Ritual Summon this level 1☆ Ritual Monster from my hand using the effect of [Advanced Ritual Spell]!" Dartz played a card that surprised Hayato. "Come forth!"

"【Sacrifice Demon】!"

From Dartz's Duel Disk appeared a cute little rabbit with unparalleled defensive power, hopping around quite lively.

But in the next moment, a sharp tentacle suddenly rose from beneath it and pierced its body, and a large amount of black mud gushed out from the wound and enveloped the [Little White Rabbit]'s body.

As the black mud receded, a monster that Hayato was quite familiar with appeared on Dartsfield.

[Sacrifice Demon] [1☆/Dark]

[Mage Race/Ritual/Effect]

[0/0]

Its attack and defense are both 0! That's terrifying!

"Why are Pegasus's cards in your hands, Dartz?" Hayato asked with considerable apprehension as Dartz summoned the [Narcissus] that he and Yugi had once defeated together.

Dartz simply smiled calmly: "Do you remember who you were working with back in the International Illusion Society, Hayato-kun?"

Hayato frowned: "Rafael?"

When Dartz mentioned it, Hayato realized that Dartz had arranged for the Doma Trio to kill Pegasus, the "father of Duel Monsters," to create troublesome cards under the guidance of the spirits. Although Pegasus was killed, Kaiba obtained the cards left behind by Pegasus from Pegasus's castle and gave them to Yugi. In the end, the operation was a failure.

The one who killed Pegasus was none other than Hayato himself. Then, coincidentally, after sealing Pegasus's soul, Hayato encountered Yugi and Jonouchi, and a duel ensued on the top floor of the International Illusion Society.

Because of the rush, Hayato didn't even have time to exercise his usual virtue of thrift before he had to duel with Yugi and Jonouchi, and didn't have time to... I mean, to keep Pegasus's beloved deck safe.

After the duel, the headquarters building of the International Illusion Society collapsed due to the damage caused by the materialized card monsters during the duel. Pegasus's body was taken away by the "Legendary Dragon" awakened by Yugi and Jonouchi at that time, and Hayato also did not have the opportunity to retrieve the card.

Thinking about it this way, Rafael, who was the only one who didn't participate in the duel but was just watching the battle and was unaware of the truth about his family's death, and who was loyal to Dartz, had ample motivation and time to take Pegasus's deck. Dartz most likely obtained the monster born from the darkness of Pegasus's "Millennium Eye" from Rafael.

"You actually took someone else's card without permission! You have no dignity as a duelist at all, Dartz!" Hayato rebuked Dartz, who was using Pegasus's [Narcissus] as if it were perfectly normal.

Dartz was taken aback by Hayato's words and gave a rather helpless look: "You're the only one who doesn't have the right to say that to me. Didn't I learn this from you? Pegasus is a loser, so it's not a problem for me to take his deck and use it, is it?"

“If you had taken Pegasus’s deck, I wouldn’t have had any objections,” Hayato said, pointing to himself with his thumb. “But I was the one who defeated Pegasus, which means it’s no longer Pegasus’s deck, but my cards!”

"You actually stole my card to use against me! Unforgivable, Dartz!"

Even though Dartz had lived for ten thousand years, this was the first time he had ever seen Hayato make such a shameless statement. Helplessly, he changed the subject back to the duel: "Although I can't enter the battle phase, it doesn't mean I'll keep that [ABC-Dragon Annihilator] on your field that can banish cards once per turn for the next turn."

“You should know the effects of [Requiem Demon] very well, right, Hayato?” Dartz said, pointing to [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] in Defense Position on Hayato’s field. “Once per turn, select one monster on your opponent’s field as the only Equip Card for [Requiem Demon]. [Requiem Demon] gains ATK and DEF equal to the original ATK and DEF of that monster.”

"Don't resist, join me, Hayato!"

As Dartz spoke, the [Nasagi Demon], mutated from the [White Rabbit], twisted its disgusting single eye and aimed it at the [ABC-Dragon Annihilator], releasing a strange purple light in an attempt to absorb it into its body.

Hayato noticed that Dartz's [Requiem Demon] seemed to have a different effect than Pegasus's [Requiem Demon]. Perhaps it was because Pegasus had the [Millennium Eye] blessing when he used [Requiem Demon]. His [Requiem Demon] not only did not have the limit on the number of monsters it could equip, but the attack and defense points that increased after absorbing monsters were not the original attack and defense points. It could even gain the effect of equipping monsters.

Even the anime version of the [Blood Demon-D] that Hayato used before was, in a sense, a "homage" to the [Nasal Demon] controlled by Pegasus. Maybe Edward's father actually likes to "create happiness with his heart"?

In short, Dartz's [Requiem Demon] effect is almost identical to the physical card version, far inferior to Pegasus's version. However, even so, Hayato had no intention of simply giving him his monster, mainly because that guy's expression when activating [Requiem Demon]'s effect was too much like a pervert.

“But I refuse. I’m a pure love person and I never like NTR.” Hayato glanced at his [ABC-Dragon Annihilator], which was about to be sucked into [Sacrifice Demon], and said, “Let me sing you a song, Dartz!”

"[Assault Core], [Destroyer Dragon], [Crusher Wyvern] stacked on top of [Divine Dragon Annihilator], hiding in the toilet!"

Humming a tune devoid of skill but full of emotion, Hayato decisively commanded: "During my opponent's turn, I will Tribute my [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] and Special Summon the three Machine-Type LIGHT Union Monsters that I banish!"

"Special Summon three monsters except me: [A-Assault Core], [B-Destroyer Dragon], and [C-Crusher Winged Dragon]!"

Linked by the effect of [Sacrifice Demon], the body of [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] suddenly disintegrated, escaping its fate of being sucked into the storm, and reassembled into a three-body monster on Hayato's field.

These are the three fusion materials that were previously excluded in order to fuse and summon [ABC-Dragon Destroyer].

【A-Assault Core】【ATK1900】

【B-Destroyer Dragon】【ATK1500】

【C-Crushing Pterodactyl】【ATK1200】

"The effect of [Sacrifice Demon] requires targeting a monster to activate. The fact that [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] lost its target after being released caused the effect to stop resolving." Hayato said smugly, hands on his hips. "From me, you won't be able to take a single monster from [Sacrifice Demon], Dartz!"

Seeing Hayato conjure up three more monsters on the field in the blink of an eye, Dartz wasn't disappointed that his [Narcissus] hadn't absorbed a single monster. Instead, he calmly said, "As expected of you, Hayato. You're definitely not an easy opponent to defeat."

"In that case, I'll have to cover one card in my hand and end this turn."

As she spoke, Darz covered the card in her hand.

[Dartz: 4000LP, 0 cards in hand]

【God of Ten Thousand Hands】【ATK1400】

【Sacrifice Demon】【ATK0】

【GaiKa】

Dartz assumed that since he had declared the end of his turn, Hayato should naturally activate one of his two face-down cards, "Extraordinary Food," to send "Nightmare Mirage" to the graveyard, should Hayato not want to send all the cards in his hand to the graveyard due to the negative effect of "Nightmare Mirage."

However, to Dartz's surprise, Hayato actually had no intention of activating the face-down card. He was holding the three cards in his hand and was about to draw a card.

It's worth noting that Hayato had no cards in hand when he drew cards last turn because of [Nightmare Mirage], and he drew four cards in one go. Although replenishing his hand was great, it also meant that Hayato would have to discard four cards in one go during his preparation phase this turn.

Hayato currently only has three cards in his hand, which means that the card he draws this turn won't even be able to be kept until the main phase; it will be sent to the graveyard along with the other cards in his hand.

"My turn..."

"Draw!" Under Dartz's questioning gaze, Hayato's fingers rested on the deck, drawing a card and adding it to his hand. Then, Hayato activated his face-down card in the back row, "And the instant my draw phase ends, I activate this face-down Quick-Play Spell Card, [Cyber ​​Load Fusion]!"

"Return the Fusion Material Monsters specified by the Fusion Monster from my field and banished monsters to my Deck, and Special Summon 1 monster that used [Cyber ​​Dragon] as Fusion Material from my Fusion Deck!"

“Cyber ​​Dragon?!” Dartz looked at the three monsters on Hayato’s field in confusion, but he didn’t see Cyber ​​Dragon. Moreover, he didn’t remember when Hayato had used the Cyber ​​Dragon card and banished it.

Without Cyber ​​Dragon, Cyber ​​Fusion should theoretically be unable to activate, but Dartz personally witnessed Hayato's face-down card in the back row open, revealing the card art for Cyber ​​Fusion.

"You must be wondering right now where I got this [Cyber ​​Dragon], Dartz," Hayato said smugly. "So, have you noticed my Element Points?"

Upon hearing this, Dartz followed Hayato's upward-pointing finger and looked at the virtual scoreboard above his head, where Hayato's base score had instantly dropped by half.

[Hayato: 4000→2000LP]

"Chain [Cyber ​​Fusion], I've also activated this card." Hayato revealed the second card on his back row, which was also a Quick-Play Spell Card, but it wasn't [Extraordinary Food] that Dartz had guessed; it was actually [Cyber ​​Fusion Support]?!

"Pay me half of my Life Points to activate this effect. If I Fusion Summon a Machine-Type Fusion Monster this turn, I can banish the Fusion Materials specified by that Fusion Monster from my hand, field, or Graveyard and use those monsters as Fusion Materials!"

As Hayato spoke, he took out two more cards from his graveyard. "Besides the three monsters I have on my field, [A-Assault Core], [B-Destroyer Dragon], and [C-Crusher Wyvern], I'm also going to banish [ABC-Dragon Destroyer] and this [Cyber ​​Dragon] from my graveyard as Fusion Material!"

"When was that?!" Dartz stared wide-eyed at one of the cards Hayato pulled out, which was none other than the starting point and core of "Cyber ​​Stream"—[Cyber ​​Dragon]. Dartz suddenly remembered that last turn, in order to activate the effect of [ABC-Dragon Annihilator], Hayato had discarded a card to banish the [Evil Remnant Soul Giant] he had Ritual Summoned. "Was it when he discarded that card?"

However, Hayato only drew the card "Cyber ​​Dragon" during Dartz's Standby Phase after his turn ended, using the effect of "Nightmare Mirage," while "Cyber ​​Load Fusion" and "Cyber ​​Fusion Support" were cards Hayato set face-down before the end of his turn.

"Was this also part of your plan, Hayato!"

"Of course! If I can't even draw the cards I want, what kind of duelist am I?" Hayato banished all five cards at once, along with the three Machine-Type monsters on the field. "Hoo hoo hoo, don't blink, Dartz, this is the last monster you'll ever see!"

"The most powerful and elegant dragon maid, command the power of five monsters and descend upon me!"

"【Matching Overload Dragon】!"

Bathed in a welding-like glow, a colossal mechanical dragon appeared behind Hayato, its five mechanical heads glowing with azure light in their eyes, its silver-white body standing firmly on the earth. The mere aftershocks of its appearance instantly destroyed the [Land of Disorder] and the [Nightmare Mirage] in Hayato's backfield.

"【Chimera Overload Dragon】Since it is a silver-white mechanical dragon with blue eyes, or simply Blue-Eyes White Dragon, it is naturally a dragon, and if we were to gender-bending it, it would naturally be a dragon maid."

Hayato insisted that his deck was a "pure" Dragon Maid deck, and at the same time, the stats of the newly summoned [Chimera Overload Dragon] were displayed in Dartz's eyes.

【Matching Overload Dragon】【9☆/Dark】

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

[4000/4000]

Chapter 662 I'm a Kind-Hearted Person

"The fusion materials for 【Chimera Overload Dragon】 are 【Cyber ​​Dragon】 and one or more Machine-Type monsters. Originally, the ATK would be provided by the monsters used as fusion materials. Since it has five fusion materials, the ATK of 【Chimera Overload Dragon】 is 4000 points (5 x 800)!"

"Not only that, [Chimera Overload Dragon] can attack your monsters a number of times equal to the number of Fusion Materials it attacks in a single turn, which is five consecutive attacks!"

Hayato said smugly, although a monster with an attack power of up to one [Giant God Soldier] and the ability to punch others five times is indeed awesome, Darts always felt that Hayato just wanted to say "five times in a row".

Just like some people get incredibly excited just by seeing a straight tree branch, or get thrilled by seeing a large rock thrown from a mountaintop into a lake and splashing water, Daz sometimes does feel that there is a generation gap between herself, who has lived for ten thousand years, and modern people, and she can't quite understand some strange quirks.

After a pause, Hayato continued, "However, as we all know, powerful cards often come with great risks. When [Chimera Overload Dragon] is played, it will forcibly send all the other cards on my field to the graveyard."

"I see. So you used the negative effect of [Chimera Overload Dragon] to deal with [Nightmare Mirage] on your field?" Dartz said with a knowing look. "The effect of the Continuous Spell Card [Nightmare Mirage] doesn't start a chain, but it takes effect automatically during the Standby Phase, provided that it's still on the field."

"Did you extract what should have been a phantom future from the power of destruction...?" Dartz sighed, looking at the four cards in Hayato's hand that didn't need to be discarded.

"After using [Cyberload Fusion] to summon [Chimera Overload Dragon], due to the effect of [Cyberload Fusion], I cannot use any monster other than [Chimera Overload Dragon] to attack this turn. But that's okay, this one monster alone is enough to annihilate you, Dartz."

Due to the restrictions, Hayato wasn't in a hurry to summon a monster. Instead, he directly ended the Main Phase and entered the Battle Phase, saying, "During my Battle Phase, I will use [Chimera Overload Dragon] to attack Dartz's [Narcissus] in Attack Position!"

"Although the [Redeemable Demon] has the annoying effect of reflecting damage, it requires a monster to be equipped on it. Right now, your [Redeemable Demon] with 0 ATK doesn't even have a single monster that can act as a shield. Accept this judgment of light, Dartz!"

Hayato waved his hand to give the order, and the [Chimera Overload Dragon] behind him immediately raised its body. The five mechanical dragon heads opened their mouths, revealing the energy emission devices in their mouths, and five deadly blue laser beams swept towards the [Narcissus Demon] on the Dartz field, which was marked as attacking.

“Wait a moment, [Sacrifice Demon], you will no longer bear the burden of sin,” Hayato said solemnly, looking at [Sacrifice Demon]. “I am a kind-hearted person and cannot bear to see others suffer. I will immediately free you from Dartz’s clutches!”

"The Hundred Dragons of Mount Lu!"

"Who asked you to help me get rid of this!" Hayato shouted the meaningless name of his move. Dartzman on the field seemed very agitated. It was a good thing it didn't have a mouth and couldn't speak, otherwise it would have cursed at Hayato long ago.

After the laser with a power of up to 4000 points swept past, the mud on the ground in front of Dartz was swept away, revealing the charred ground. However, the [Sacrifice Demon] was still on Dartz's field, completely unharmed, and was opening its single eye that it had just closed in fright, looking relieved that it had survived.

If that contorted expression on its face was one of relief.

Hayato frowned. Although he had acted quite confidently just now, he wasn't too surprised that his attack had failed. After all, he didn't think Dartz would be so easily defeated. Following the direction of the [Chimera Overload Dragon]'s attack, Hayato looked at the face-down card that Dartz had revealed on his back field.

"Trap Card [Change Fate]: Can be activated when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Negate that monster's attack and change its status to Defense Position."