Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

As he pondered, Baron recalled Hayato's past actions: NTRing other people's beloved monsters, ruthlessly releasing other people's cherished cards, and decisively sacrificing his own monsters for victory...

I suppose I won't let Marufuji Ryo continue to misunderstand?

Baron was starting to lose confidence again.

Jonouchi patted Baron on the shoulder and said with a grin, "Hehe, Baron, this kid knows what kind of trouble it is to look like a bad guy, right? Don't worry, you probably didn't see it because you were a little too anxious. Even I could see it. Hayato seems to simply want to have a duel with this boy."

"Well, it's probably because he has some connections with Samejima-san of Electro-ryu, so he wants to see what level the younger generation of Electro-ryu are at? I'm not really sure."

Upon hearing Jonouchi's words, Baron glanced at Hayato, who had already found an open space and was facing off against Marufuji Ryo, ready to begin their duel. He sighed and said, "Whatever. If I lose this job, I'll just cling to Kobayashi Hayato and ask him to arrange a security guard job for me at the International Illusion Society."

Looking at his watch, Baron realized that some time had passed and he needed to hurry up and eat more of the buffet. He had no intention of continuing to watch the duel and was about to head to the food area with his tray.

However, after taking a couple of steps, Baron turned back and asked Jonouchi in a low voice, "By the way, what do you think we should eat more of if we want to get our money's worth at a buffet?"

"That's easy, just eat more shellfish," Jonouchi casually remarked.

Chapter 856 The Final Warrior of the Alien

"Duel!" x2

[Ryo Marufuji: 4000LP, 5 card in hand]

【"Danrito": 4000LP, 5 cards in hand】

“I’ll take the first turn, you don’t have any objections, right?” Hayato said arrogantly, looking at Marufuji Ryo who had already drawn five cards. “After all, the strong offensive ability of ‘electronic flow’ is obvious to all, and its best skill is to break through with strong attacks when going second, right? My turn, draw a card.”

As Hayato drew a card, Ryo Marufuji, who had been somewhat angry, calmed down after entering duel mode and said to Hayato in a calm tone, "I have no objection. On the contrary, you, knowing the power of 'Electron Stream,' still chose to attack first?"

Despite his anger at Danrito's theft of the Cyber ​​Dragon card, Ryo Marufuji sets aside his personal feelings when it comes to duels, ensuring they don't affect the fight. This is because he has always learned from the Cyber ​​Stream dojo to respect duels, opponents, and victory.

When it comes to respect, the first thing is to show your best self and your deck in the duel, not to let emotions affect the duel, and to create the best conditions for the deck to exert its power. Although his intuition told Marufuji that it would be extremely unpleasant to let "Danrito" take the first turn, in order to maximize the power of [Cyber ​​Dragon], Marufuji still gave up the first turn out of respect.

"Hmph, you'll find out why." Hayato grinned wickedly and played a card. "I activate the Spell Card [Reinforcement]. I add a level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from my deck to my hand. I chose the level 4 [Dark Hero - Corpse Demon]."

'Is 【Dark Hero - Corpse Demon】the monster with 2100 attack power, comparable to 【Cyber ​​Dragon】, but whose attack power decreases by 200 points every time it destroys a monster and cannot attack directly?' Recalling the effects of the cards in his memory, Ryo Marufuji glanced at 【Cyber ​​Dragon】, which was already in his hand, and wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to deal with the cards Hayato was searching for.

However, after adding [Dark Hero - Corpse Demon] to his hand, "Dan Rito" did not summon the card as Marufuji Ryo had expected. Instead, he played another spell card: "Although I didn't get all the fusion materials in my hand at first, I was lucky enough to draw [Reinforcement] to search for them. Now I have all the cards I need!"

"Activate the Spell Card [Fusion], witness the power of Kami! Hahahaha!"

As Hayato played [Fusion], the two Fusion Material Monsters that Marufuji Ryo would use were revealed to him: [Dark Hero - Corpse Demon], which had just been added to his hand by [Reinforcement], and [Magic Absorption Sphere], a spherical skull monster that had been in Hayato's hand from the beginning.

The two were combined into one by the power of [fusion]. To Marufuji Ryo’s astonishment, the mutated warrior fell from the sky to the ground, creating a large crater!

Alien's Final Warrior [7 stars/location]

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2350/2300]

"When 'Alien Warrior' is successfully Special Summoned, all monsters on my field other than this card will be destroyed. After all, powerful cards often come with great risks," Hayato said smugly, hands on his hips. "But in return, 'Alien Warrior' also has extremely powerful effects."

"As long as this card is on the field, neither player can Normal Summon, Flip Summon, or Special Summon a monster."

"In other words, now that I've gained the first strike, you can no longer summon your [Cyber ​​Dragon], or the fused [Cyber ​​End Dragon]. Hahahaha, tremble before the power of Kami!"

Marufuji Ryo's pupils contracted: "So that's why you deliberately seized the initiative! You're so despicable!"

"Despicable? Foolish, brat. Do you really want to have a duel with mutual respect? Victory is everything. As long as the result is victory, the process doesn't matter. All I care about is domination and victory. If you want to lecture me, you'll have to survive the 'Final Warrior of Aliens'!"

Hayato said, placing a monster card face down: "I set a monster face down in Defense Position on the field, then bury a card, and my turn ends."

【"Danrito": 4000LP, 1 cards in hand】

Alien's Last Warrior [ATK2350]

[Inner Side Guardian Monster]

【GaiKa】

Although "Alien Warrior" blocks all Summoning, Flip Summoning, and Special Summoning, placing a monster face-down in Defense Position does not count as a Summon, so Hayato was able to place a Mysterious Face-down card next to "Alien Warrior".

When it was Ryo Marufuji's turn, he looked at the "Alien Warrior" on the field with a troubled expression and drew a card from his deck.

"My turn, draw a card."

Upon seeing the card he drew, Ryo Marufuji frowned. Although 【Cyber ​​Dragon】was a Level 5☆ high-level monster, it had the effect of being Special Summoned directly from the hand when only monsters were on the opponent's field. Combined with its 2100 ATK, it was quite powerful even without further enhancements.

However, with the existence of [Alien Warrior], Special Summoning has been fundamentally sealed, meaning that [Cyber ​​Dragon] can only be summoned through Tribute by tributes. But where would I get tributes on my field? Besides [Cyber ​​Dragon], I only have one monster in my hand.

"I also set a monster face down in Defense Position on the field, and bury a card in the back field. End of turn."

[Ryo Marufuji: 4000LP, 4 card in hand]

[Inner Side Guardian Monster]

【GaiKa】

"Let's wait until the time comes to crack 'Alien's Final Warrior,'" Marufuji Ryo thought to himself.

"Heh heh, you were so arrogant before the duel, but when it really comes down to it, you just cower in fear, kid. My turn, draw." Hayato drew a card from his deck, left it in his hand, and waved it, saying, "If you don't attack, then my 'Alien Warrior' is going to attack."

"Enter the battle phase, and then [Alien's Final Warrior] attacks the monster in the inverted defense position!"

"Yosh, attack!" Upon hearing Hayato's declaration of attack, Ryo Marufuji's eyes lit up, as did the button on his Duel Disk to activate face-down cards.

【Alien's Final Warrior】has a triple summoning and sealing ability. To deal with such a monster, you either need to summon a monster that can defeat it before it appears, or you need to change your strategy and use Spell/Trap Cards to deal with the monster. The card that Ryo Marufuji just set to the back row is a card that can destroy 【Alien's Final Warrior】.

The moment the button lit up, Ryo Marufuji pressed it to open the back panel, waving his hand and saying, "Chain your [Alien Final Warrior]'s attack declaration! I'm activating the panel, [Exploding Armor], to destroy the [Alien Final Warrior] that made the attack declaration!"

"In that case, your blockade against me will be lifted!"

After saying that, Marufuji looked at "Danrito", but found that there was no surprise on his face. Instead, he sighed with some disappointment, "Tsk, how could it be Exploding Armor? What a pity. If you had used other cards, you might have succeeded, but it just had to be [Exploding Armor]."

"Didn't Samejima teach you that [Explosive Armor] has a curse that prevents it from ever taking effect?" As he spoke, Hayato pressed the button to activate a face-down card. "Chain [Explosive Armor], I also activate a face-down card in my back row, [Subspace Matter Transfer Device], banishing my [Alien Final Warrior] until the end of the turn."

Just as [Alien's Last Warrior] was about to be destroyed by [Explosive Armor] activated by Ryo Marufuji, a teleportation device that appeared behind Hayato instantly teleported it away, causing [Explosive Armor] to miss its target.

“Heh heh heh, during my End Phase, [Alien Warrior] will return to the field, and this isn’t a Special Summon. Do you know what that means?” Hayato stretched his hand across the field. “It means that although my Battle Phase is wasted this turn, I can perform Summons, Flip Summons, and Special Summons without any restrictions for the rest of the time, without worrying about being destroyed by [Alien Warrior]!”

"At the end of the Battle Phase, during Main Phase 2, I Flip Summon a face-down Defense Position monster on the field, and then activate the effect of [Summoner Aleister] when it is Flip Summoned, adding one [Summoning Magic] card from my Deck to my hand, and activating it immediately!"

“I send the Fusion Material Monsters from my hand to the Graveyard, and then Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster from my Fusion Deck. If that Fusion Monster is a Summoned Monster, I can also banish monsters from my field and from both players' Graveyards as Fusion Material.” Hayato pulls a card from the Graveyard and shows it, “I banish the Summoner Aleister from the field and the DARK Dark Hero Corpse Demon from the Graveyard.”

"Fusion Summon, [Summoned Beast - Caligula]!"

The summoner who appeared on Hayato's field raised his wand and guided the power of darkness into his body through a summoning circle. In the blink of an eye, the handsome young man's body transformed into a demon.

[Summoned Beast - Caligula] [4☆/Dark]

[Orc/Fusion/Effect]

[1000/1800]

"Activate the effect of [Summoning Magic] in the graveyard, and return the banished [Summoner - Aleister] to my hand. This card is returned to the deck." After returning the banished [Aleister], Hayato's hand size increased to three cards instead of decreasing. "Set one card, end my turn, and then [Alien Warrior] returns to my field."

Beside the demonic [Summoned Beast], the banished demonic muscle warrior returns to Hayato's field, bringing back the seals on Summoning, Flip Summoning, and Special Summoning as well. However, unlike before, Hayato has already used the gap while the monster was away to add new monsters to the field.

【"Danrito": 4000LP, 2 cards in hand】

[Summoned Beast - Caligula] [DEF 1800]

Alien's Last Warrior [ATK2350]

【GaiKa】

Three rounds passed in the blink of an eye, and it was Marufuji Ryo's turn again.

Looking at the monsters on Hayato's field, he frowned. Simply because he gave up the first move at the beginning, the number of monsters on Danrito's field had snowballed, while he himself was constantly restricted because he hadn't been able to gain the first move. Forget about unleashing the full power of Cyber ​​Dragon in a duel; he couldn't do anything at all.

For a moment, Ryo Marufuji almost had the thought that "respecting the duel is the right thing to do," but he quickly dismissed it.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with respecting duels; it's just that my own strength is insufficient. My training as a duelist is still lacking. Did I become complacent and stop progressing after graduating from the "Cyber ​​Stream" dojo? In any case, the most important thing now is to defeat the enemy before me.

However, whether it was just his imagination or not, even though the two monsters that appeared on the opponent's field, whether it was [Alien's Final Warrior] or [Summoned Beast - Caligula], were both monsters that looked quite evil, Marufuji Ryo could only sense a clear and awe-inspiring fighting spirit from the person named "Dan Rito".

"My turn," if I can't draw a card that can change the situation, this duel will soon be over, and even I will feel resentful. So, I'm betting the outcome of the duel on this draw, "Draw!"

Flipping the card he had drawn, Ryo Marufuji smiled as he saw the card art. He said to Rito Dan, "I've got the card I've been waiting for, the card that can defeat the [Alien Final Warrior]. Watch closely, Rito Dan, the power of [Cyber ​​Dragon] and 'Cyber ​​Stream' will be revealed before your eyes."

"Now, I hold hope in my hands!"

With that, Ryo Marufuji inserted the card he had drawn into the magic trap area.

"During my Main Phase, I send [Fusion Release] and [Power Wall] from my hand to the Graveyard, activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Forbidden Drop], and select the same number of monsters on your field as the number sent to the Graveyard, namely [Summoned Beast - Caligula] and [Alien Final Warrior]."

"Those monsters' effects are negated until the end of this turn, and their attack power is halved. Also, because I sent a Spell Card and a Trap Card to the Graveyard, you cannot activate either of these cards in response to the activation of 'Forbidden Drop'."

Marufuji Ryo pointed directly at the two monsters on Hayato's field. Above their heads, two ominous drops of black liquid dripped from a pitch-black wine glass, landing on them. The instant they came into contact with the liquid, the bodies of [Alien's Final Warrior] and [Summoned Beast - Caligula] turned ashen, and their auras weakened.

[Summoned Beast - Caligula] [1000/1800→500/1800]

【Alien's Final Warrior】【ATK2350→1175】

By removing the seal on [Alien's Final Warrior], Ryo Marufuji was left with only two cards in his hand in exchange. However, he confidently flipped the cards on the field over.

"The monster I have face-down in Defense Position on the field is this [Primal Cyber ​​Dragon]. As long as it's face-up on the field, its name is treated as [Cyber ​​Dragon]." Revealing his last two cards, Ryo Marufuji announced loudly, "I activate the Spell Card [Power Fusion], using the [Cyber ​​Dragon] in my hand and the [Primal Cyber ​​Dragon] on the field, whose name is treated as [Cyber ​​Dragon], as Fusion Material!"

Chapter 857 Powerful cards often come with great risks.

"I activate the Spell Card [Power Fusion], using [Cyber ​​Dragon] from my hand and [Primal Cyber ​​Dragon] from the field, whose card name is also [Cyber ​​Dragon], as Fusion Material!"

Ryo Marufuji shouted, "The fusion materials are two Cyber ​​Dragons! Fusion Summon this monster from the Fusion Deck! Watch closely, this is the evolution of Cyber ​​Dragon!"

"Fusion Summon! [Cyber ​​Twin-Headed Dragon]!"

The power of fusion manifested, engulfing the monsters on Marufuji's field and in his hand. When the light faded, what was revealed was the combined form of two Cyber ​​Dragons, Cyber ​​Twin-Headed Dragon.

【Electronic Twin-Headed Dragon】【8☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2800/2100]

Although named "Electronic Two-Headed Dragon," there is a very noticeable gap where its two heads split apart. That gap is obviously reserved for the middle head of its true perfect evolution form, "Electronic Terminator Dragon." However, although it does not have the powerful defensive and penetrating abilities of "Electronic Terminator Dragon," "Electronic Two-Headed Dragon" has its own unique abilities.

"During a battle phase, [Cyber ​​Twin-Headed Dragon] can attack twice, destroying two monsters on your field. Also, due to the effect of [Power Fusion], although it can only be used to fuse and summon Machine-Type monsters, the ATK of the fused monster will be doubled."

"In other words, the [Electronic Two-Headed Dragon]'s attack power is not 2800 points, but doubled to 5600 points!"

[Electronic Dual-Headed Dragon] [ATK2800→5600]

Upon hearing this, Hayato smiled and said, "But—"