Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

However, upon hearing Jonouchi's words, Hayato shook his head: "No, it's not [Disruptor Knight]. What is awakened by [Dead Soul Fusion] at this moment is another possibility contained within the seemingly worthless [Disruptors]. This is a card that only worthless creatures with no effect can fuse together."

"My time is but an illusion, the lives of mortals are but a fleeting dream. Ancient being of the progenitor, punish the light with darkness!" Hayato took out a purple card and slammed it onto the duel disk. "Extinction Fusion! Descend, [Progenitor Dragon - Ancient Dragon]!"

Hayato remembered that [Despair God - Antihope] was the trump card of "Ayra", a character in the manga world who corresponded to "Thousand Lords". However, the summoning incantation he was reciting at this moment was a modified version of the ultimate trump card of "Thousand Lords", with a ridiculously long name: [CiNo.1000 Dreamy Illusion God - Primal Number Heavenly Spirit? Primal Number Heaven and Earth].

Isn't this a form of NTR? Being NTR'd face-to-face is incredibly exciting.

With an enigmatic smile playing on his lips, Hayato summoned a soaring black dragon onto the field. Despite being just two weaklings, [Disruption Green] and [Disruption Black], they had summoned a formidable [Ancient Dragon].

[Proto-Dragon - Ancient Dragon] [9☆/Dark]

[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]

[2700/2000]

"The Fusion Material requirement for 【Ancestor Dragon - Elder Dragon】 is two Normal Monsters, and it cannot be Special Summoned without Fusion Summoning. Only one of these monsters can be face-up on my field at any time," Hayato explained. "And its effect is that as long as this card is in the Monster Zone, it cannot be destroyed by battle from monsters other than Normal Monsters, nor can it be affected by the effects of monsters other than this card."

"How can such a weakling summon a monster like this?" Marufuji Sho's eyes widened as he looked at Hayato's [Ancient Dragon] in Defense Position on the field. "This effect means that even if [Antihope the God of Despair] has a high attack power, it can't destroy it, and [Super Transporter - Invisible Fusion] can't use it as an Equip Card?!"

Somewhat disgusted by the effect of [Ancestor Dragon - Ancient Dragon], Marufuji Sho gritted his teeth and said, "It's just that it's affected by the effect of cowering and barely surviving. As long as I draw a Spell/Trap Card with the effect of destroying monsters, that monster will still be destroyed."

"Huh? Who told you that the [Ancestor Dragon - Elder Dragon] was used for defense?" Hayato tilted his head in surprise. "I just thought it would be very interesting to exclude [Disruption Black] and [Disruption Green], so I summoned it. If you have to say, this monster is just a stepping stone to kill you."

"Although the monster summoned by [Dead Soul Fusion] cannot attack this turn, I simply need a DARK monster as fusion material, and now I have all the fusion material on the field."

Upon hearing this, Marufuji Sho looked at Hayato's field, but apart from the Field Spell Card [Fusion Gate] and the [Ancient Dragon] that had just been summoned, there were clearly no other cards on Hayato's field.

He didn't understand Hayato's meaning, but Malik and the others on the sidelines knew all too well what Hayato was trying to do, especially Atem and Jonouchi, who had faced that fusion monster head-on. The crystallization of their bond—the invincible [Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Knight]—had become one of the fusion materials for that monster without any resistance.

It seems that even the [Despair God - Antihope], which bears the name of "god" but whose resistance only exists for the moment of attack, will likely face the same fate. And what it will need to do to achieve this is probably the so-called "ultimate power" in Hayato's hand.

Sure enough, under Marufuji Sho's questioning gaze, Hayato pointed to Antihope, the God of Despair, on his field: "You're really oblivious. There's such a huge monster standing right behind you; that's my fusion material. Your monster is great, but unfortunately, it'll be mine in the next second!"

"Unleash ultimate power here! Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card, [Super Polymerization]!"

Hayato plays the card drawn from his hand by "Angel's Charity," declaring, "I cannot activate the effects of Spell/Trap/Monsters in response to the activation of 'Super Polymerization.' I discard one card from my hand, send the materials of the Fusion Monster from both players' fields to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon one Fusion Monster from my Fusion Deck!"

"Oh, oh, oh, here it comes! Annie, who loves NTRing other people's monsters, uses her favorite cheat card!" Seeing Hayato use [Super Polymerization], [Disruption Yellow] subconsciously exclaimed, causing Hayato's fingers, which had already brushed past its card, to move back and grab [Disruption Yellow].

"Ah, Annie gave it to you!?" Seeing her card being caught, [Disruption Yellow] was stunned. "Didn't Annie give you [Spiritual Exophysis] in your hand? Don't throw me into the cold graveyard!"

But the merciless Hayato replied, "It's a necessary sacrifice, um."

"It's completely unnecessary!"

With a mournful howl, [Disruption Yellow] was forcibly silenced by being stuffed into the graveyard by Hayato, while the power of [Hyperfusion] was activated, covering [Proto-Dragon - Elder Dragon] on Hayato's field and [Despair God - Antihope] on Marufuji Sho's field.

"【Despair God - Antihope】?!" Seeing the abnormality of his monster, Marufuji Sho, who had been so confident just moments before, panicked instantly. Everything he had done so far, and the source of his confidence, was this 【Despair God - Antihope】. He could discard and destroy other monsters however he wanted, but this one absolutely could not be harmed. "Move, 【Despair God - Antihope】, why aren't you moving!"

"The materials I've specified are [Antihope, the God of Despair] on your field and [Ancient Dragon] on mine. There are two DARK monsters on the field. I'm going to annihilate them and soar to the heavens!"

Chapter 867 XX I love XX the most

[Predatory Plants]!? I must summon the Anaconda immediately!

This was Hayato's first reaction when he saw the new deck unlocked by the system, but considering the large number of people around him, he didn't just take out the new deck.

Even without taking out the deck, Hayato, after calming down a bit, knew that this [Predator Plant] pre-deck might contain most of the [Predator Plant] cards, but the "Anaconda" he longed for—[Predator Plant - Blue Lock Dragon Anaconda]—had no chance of being in this deck.

The reason is simple: although [Predator Plant] is mainly about fusion, with some pendulum and synchronization, [Predator Plant - Blue Lock Dragon Anaconda] is the only Link Monster, so it is impossible for the system to release it.

Although it doesn't have a high profile, Hayato's [Cyber ​​Q Duelist System] still adheres to certain principles. It refuses to release any summoning methods that don't belong to the DM era. The Tuner monsters in Hayato's possession, such as [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring], were obtained from Paradox, who traveled through time to fight four opponents and deliberately came to die. Furthermore, due to the departure of the Red Dragon, they have remained in a state without the word "Tuner" in their names until now.

However, what troubled Hayato a little was that although the [Predator Plant] deck had a certain strength, it was like [Inferno] and [Shadowdome], the kind of deck that didn't seem like it was used by a good guy. Even if it were a villain, it would at least be a character like one of the Dark Elite Four.

As a self-proclaimed Duel King, usually cheerful and kind-hearted, I wonder why all the decks I get are like this? Oh well, Predator Plant isn't so bad. At least it unlocked the Predator Plant's "Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon," which can now advance to the next stage with the help of Predator Plant.

As one of the "Four Heavenly Dragons" appearing in the well-known Yu-Gi-Oh! fan works, the dimensional fusion dragon, although it is a level 8☆ which is out of place with the other dragons of the same type that are either level 7 or rank 7, still has the ability to evolve into other forms. The next form of the dimensional fusion dragon, the greedy dragon, requires the ability to prey on plants.

Hayato wasn't new to this, but the main reason he hadn't actively exchanged for a [Predator Plant] to evolve [Greedy Poison Fusion Dragon] wasn't because he was stingy, but because compared to [Greedy Poison Fusion Dragon]'s power to steal other monsters' attack power and effects, the evolved form [Greedy Poison Fusion Dragon] could only nullify the opponent's effects, so it was better not to evolve it at all.

Furthermore, compared to the [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] which only requires "2 DARK monsters" in Hayato's hands, the [Greed Poison Fusion Dragon] requires "[Predator Plant] monster + DARK monster of level 8 or higher". Given the less noticeable improvement in effect and the higher requirement for fusion materials, the [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] is still the more cost-effective option.

But spending DP points to buy cards is one thing, and the system giving you a deck is another. As for me, Hayato, I love getting things for free.

However, Hayato was also curious about the details of obtaining the achievement "Predatory Plants". Ignoring the obvious source of the name William Black, Hayato had no idea that his "Fierce Hungry Poisonous Fusion Dragon" was actually secretly engaging in predatory behavior.

When he used the [Super Fusion] card to create the card, he devoured the [Phantom Gate], Anubis who possessed the power of Orichalcos, Red Daddy who symbolized the bond between Yugi and Jonouchi during their duel, and the [Despair God - Antihope] from just now. Hayato realized that his [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] had actually devoured quite a few formidable beings.

When Hayato removed [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] from the Duel Disk, he also saw the Pokémon [Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] stretching out its body on the card.

Despite its fierce appearance, Hayato discovered that the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] on the card was quite docile and showed no intention of leaving the card. Hayato sensed the same thing about the [Fierce Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] from the card; it gave the impression that it was, perhaps, an otaku?

'The outside world is so boring. I'd much rather stay in this card than deal with those tedious things. So, Master, please feed me lots of good food. But even if you don't have any, it's okay. I'll always be there to help you!'

[The Ferocious, Hungry, and Poisonous Fusion Dragon] is roughly the idea behind it. Hayato smiled slightly as he looked at the card: "I really can't do anything with you. Well, you can work even harder next time. But don't worry about feeding me. There will be plenty of characters that will give you a big meal in the future."

"Huh? Brother-in-law, did you just say something?" As Hayato put away the [Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon], Malik, who had just approached, overheard Hayato's voice and asked curiously. Because the [Ferocious Hungry Poison Fusion Dragon] remained inside the card, even Malik hadn't noticed the Pokémon's presence.

"No, it's nothing," Hayato replied casually, glancing at Marufuji Ryo, who was being carried on Baron's back. "How's Marufuji Ryo doing?"

Malik shrugged: "We took a quick look and it seems to be alright. Although he did faint because of the Dark Game, you intervened early, so he wasn't too affected. He just fainted from the pain and is fine now."

"However, that kid might be a different story."

As he spoke, Malik glanced at Sho Marufuji next to Hayato, his smile full of mockery.

When Marufuji Sho was in the lead and feeling smug, his arrogant expression made Malik look down on him. All he had was a card with "God" in its name and a few special abilities. Malik, on the other hand, used to have two genuine "God Cards" and wasn't as arrogant as that kid.

Uh, maybe he's not that arrogant? Malik selectively forgets his performance during the Duel City period. You guys found the leader of Gurus, the expressionless boy Dark Malik, what does that have to do with my pure and sunny boy Malik?

"Brother-in-law, I saw everything you did just now. You stole that 'God of Despair' card again, didn't you?" Malik nudged Hayato with his elbow, looking on with curiosity. "Hurry up and show it to me. You don't want others to know that the Duel King is stealing other people's cards again, do you?"

Hayato, too lazy to correct Malik's way of addressing him, took out the card [Despair God - Antihope] and said, "I was thinking of finding a less crowded place later to take a closer look. If you want to see it, go ahead."

Just as Hayato raised his hand to hand the card to Malik, Malik, who was reaching out to take it, paused and said to Hayato, "Brother-in-law, why does your card glow?"

"Glowing?"

Upon hearing this, Hayato lowered his head in confusion and discovered that the card [Despair God - Antihope] in his hand was actually glowing. While glowing, it was also trembling, and a voice rang out from it: "I thought someone else had gotten this card, but it's you again, Kobayashi Hayato!"

"That voice sounds so familiar." Frowning, Hayato picked up the card and examined it closely. "I feel like I've heard it somewhere before."

Not only Hayato, but Malik, who was standing next to him, also nodded: "I think I have a vague impression of it too. I'm absolutely certain that I've heard this voice somewhere before, just like I'm certain that if I pee into the wind, I'll definitely wet my shoes."

"You didn't even remember my name?! Hayato Kobayashi, you bastard, Onore!" Even Malik didn't remember the voice, but the voice coming from the [God of Despair - Antihope] card only remembered venting its dissatisfaction on Hayato, "Remember this, I am the night, I am revenge, I am Pegasus in the Night!"

"Time and again, you have escaped from the hands of my men, but you have only managed to survive by clinging to life. The net I have woven for you is about to be drawn in. Soon, I will complete my plan and come with absolute invincible power to kill you, who will be trapped in the net!"

Hayato frowned upon hearing the message on the card: "What the hell? Lingering on? Let me think. Was that guy named Camus, who caused trouble on the plane on my way to Egypt, sent by you?"

As he spoke, Hayato walked towards Pegasus without hesitation, carrying the glowing card in his hand. Although he had asked Pegasus once before, now that Tenma Yagyō had appeared, he had to ask him again about how many adopted sons he had.

But before Hayato could take two steps toward Pegasus, the voice of Tenma Yako from the card rang out again: "Want to see Mr. Pegasus? Heh, whatever. You won't get any information about me from anyone else, neither Mr. Pegasus nor my brother Tenma Tsukiyuki."

"Enjoy the last moments of your life, even if it's in fear, ha ha ha—"

The laughter of Tianma Yexing abruptly stopped. Hayato pulled out the Millennium Scepter and pierced the card of Despair God Antihope. The light on the card was instantly dispelled, and the card itself quickly became transparent, turning into a blank card with a crack in front of Hayato and Malik, clearly ruined.

"Tsk, they escaped pretty quickly. I was thinking of intercepting some of them to try and track them down." Hayato said with some regret as he pulled out the Millennium Scepter, looking at Malik beside him. "I was originally planning to go back to Domino City and slowly deal with the guys who have been causing us trouble lately, but they just jumped out on their own."

"That guy is really unlucky, actually getting targeted by you, brother-in-law. No, it's more like he's courting death, actually going out of his way to cause you trouble." Malik chuckled, then asked curiously, "Speaking of 'Pegasus Night Walk,' is that a person's name? What's his connection to Pegasus? And isn't Pegasus Moon Walk Pegasus's adopted son? Is he also one?"

“My adopted son? I only adopted one child, Tsukigami Boy?” Malik’s voice attracted Pegasus’s attention. As he leaned closer, he overheard Malik mentioning his adopted son, Tenma Tsukigami, as well as another unfamiliar name, “Tenma Yagami.” “Another name. Hayato Boy seems to have asked me about it before, but just like the answer I gave then, I still don’t remember that person.”

Hayato nodded, still somewhat puzzled as to how Pegasus managed to do it. He had gathered information from Kaiba's earlier pictures rather than written materials, and Pegasus had indeed adopted Pegasus as his son when he took in Pegasus. Moreover, Pegasus had shown some talent as a duelist at that time.

However, apart from that, there was no more information about Pegasus Night Walk on the internet. Even Pegasus and Pegasus Tsukigami didn't remember that Pegasus Night Walk existed. If Hayato hadn't believed in Kaiba's abilities, he would have doubted whether the news reports he found were fake.

Furthermore, Malik's statement also puzzled Hayato: "The name Tenma Yagyō, although the surname is indeed strange, it sounds like a person's name, so what's so strange about it?"

“No, it’s not the name itself that’s the problem. It’s just that I think I’ve heard that voice somewhere before. I think that Baron over there should also remember it,” Malik said. “When things went wrong at the KC Cup and I was holding off Baron for Honda and the others, I heard that ‘person’s’ voice in the underground space of the stage that they broke into.”

"However, it wasn't a person speaking, but a card, just like the one that was glowing just now."

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"Hayato Kobayashi and Yugi Muto, are they in Luxor now?"

In front of a lit screen, a green-haired man with a face somewhat similar to Tianma Yuexing shifted his gaze from the data stream on the screen to a map displayed on another screen. On the map, a red dot that had been jumping around in Luxor, Egypt, had disappeared.

"Tsk, a piece of debris has been destroyed? Even though it was picked up for free, it's still a waste. Even I would be very unhappy about it."

As he casually remarked, several sharp, phantom-like claws, resembling those of some kind of creature, suddenly emerged from the green-haired man's body, reaching out and seemingly struggling to leave his body. The green-haired man couldn't help but show a troubled expression.

"Still haven't given up even now, [Tragodia]? You incited me to kill Kobayashi Hayato to avenge you, but when you tried to devour me, [Antihope, the God of Despair] was drawn in by my despair and got in the way. Haven't you realized that your power is already a part of mine?"

"Give up. I will fulfill your wish and destroy the reincarnations of those pharaohs who sealed you away before, whether it's Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, or Hayato Kobayashi." The phantom-like claws on his body gradually retracted, and the green-haired man turned around, looking at a device installed behind him, revealing a ferocious smile.

Several cards were placed around the device, connected to it by cables, seemingly providing some kind of energy. The card inside the device bore the name "Tragodia," which the green-haired man had just mentioned. However, the image of the grotesque, lobster-like monster on the card kept changing, occasionally even transforming into the green-haired man's appearance.

"After I enabled humans to become elves and then 'gods'."

Chapter 868 I'm sorry, I can't do it

The riot that Marufuji Sho instigated among the "Electronic Flow" apprentices ended with Marufuji Sho and his older brother Marufuji Ryo falling into a coma. The group of apprentices he had incited, although initially hesitant after demanding refunds and witnessing two people fall into a coma during a duel, quickly abandoned the idea.

"Refund? Absolutely no problem. However, the registration fee is paid at the American temple, while the refund is processed at the Himalayas. You'll have to find out the exact location yourselves."

This is what Barong said, based on the fact that the "Electronic Flow" dojo was located in the Himalayas before it moved to America, and the refund office did not move with it, which is highly unreliable.

However, the real reason was actually Balong's clarification of Marufuji Sho's previous slander. He did his best in this regard, even though he was thinking, "If 'Electronic Stream' gets a bad reputation and can't get any apprentices, won't I be unemployed again?" In the end, he still let those apprentices know that although Marufuji Sho is Marufuji Ryo's younger brother, his words are not very credible.

In fact, even if Baron didn't say anything, the apprentices who watched the duel were somewhat aware of this, after all, they could tell from Marufuji Sho's changed appearance during the duel and his face when he knocked his brother unconscious.

After the commotion subsided, Baron, along with his apprentices and the still unconscious Marufuji brothers, boarded the tour bus. While the initial intention of raising funds cannot be denied, the "Electronic Flow" master Samejima agreed to Baron's "slacking off trip" plan because the training trip would definitely have an effect; experiencing the changes of time would indeed improve the apprentices' skills.

Therefore, Baron was about to lead his apprentices to the next training location with a long history. Since it was not on the same route as Hayato and the others, he bid farewell to them and drove away in the bus in front of the hotel, watched by Hayato and the others. Although Samejima's budget included hiring a driver, it seemed that Baron had taken a cut of that money and was earning the driver's fee himself.

About an hour after the bus departed, Ryo Marufuji, who had been unconscious in the tour guide's seat, finally woke up, clutching his head as if he had not yet fully recovered from the effects of the previous dark games.

"Oh, you're awake, kid." Baron, in the driver's seat, glanced at Marufuji Ryo's movements and said casually, but he was secretly relieved.

Despite his past tendency to cause destruction rather than protect, he was actually quite worried about Ryo Marufuji's condition. Even though Hayato, Malik, and Pegasus all insisted that Ryo was not injured, he still couldn't rest easy. The bus was actually heading towards the hospital.

But now, it seems that Hayato Kobayashi and the others were right. Baron activated his turn signal by shifting the steering wheel, changing lanes instead of heading straight for the hospital, and instead turning towards the highway.

"Have we already left the hotel, Mr. Baron?"

"Yeah, after all, today's journey is quite long, and that guy Hayato Kobayashi said that you and your brother are both fine and don't need to go to the hospital. I'm driving onto the highway now."

Although Hayato and the others said that Marufuji Sho, who was also in a coma, was different from Marufuji Ryo and had been harmed by the Dark Games to some extent, people are different. Although Baron would care about Marufuji Ryo, he didn't care about Marufuji Sho. That kid's previous behavior still made Baron look down on him to this day.

Anyway, Hayato said that whether or not he was sent to the hospital would only affect how long it would take for him to wake up. The damage from the Dark Game couldn't be cured by a regular hospital, so Baron chose to pretend he didn't know anything.