Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Hmph, foolish. You have no idea what the beauty of power is. I now possess a power you can't even imagine." Looking down at Hayato, Tenma Yagyō sneered, "I've changed my mind. Killing you all like this would be too easy for you. I'm going to use this body to unleash a dark game and completely devour your souls!"

On his outstretched arm, a duel disk appeared out of thin air, identical to the one he had worn before. At the same time, Pegasus Nightwalker took out three cards that he had wanted to use but were interrupted by the explosion, put them into the deck he had printed, and automatically shuffled them.

"You were the one who refused to duel before, and now you're the one who wants to duel. But I don't care." Hayato glanced at the cards that Pegasus Night Walk had shuffled into his deck, thought for a moment, modified the deck he was going to use, and then inserted the cards back into the Duel Disk. "In that case, I'll use the strongest evolved Dragon to unleash a complete defeat on you!"

The seahorse behind him: "?"

Chapter 892 Wooden Buckle Screws

"Duel!" x2

As everyone knows, playing cards is the best way to resolve most disputes. Even if it doesn't solve the problem, it can at least get rid of the person who raised it. So, unsurprisingly, in front of the collapsed central building of the Kaima Group's Egyptian branch, Hayato and Tenma Yagyō, who was incarnate as [Tragoddia], started playing cards.

[Kobayashi Hayato: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

【Pegasus at Night - Tragodia: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand】

Almost at the instant the two drew their five cards, Hayato's [Millennium Wisdom Wheel] and Pegasus Night Walk's body simultaneously released powerful energy, their golden and black magic colliding.

"Hmm? You actually want to start a dark game too?" Tenma Yagyō glanced at Hayato with some surprise, a sinister smile spreading across his ugly face. "Just like I want to devour your shining soul with a dark game, you seem to also crave to kill me?"

Hayato sneered upon hearing this, "While I did want to screw your wooden buckle shut, there was no need to use the Dark Game. It was just a precaution to prevent you from cheating."

After all, Tenma Yagyō's deck didn't appear normally; rather, it grew out of his body like a plant bearing fruit—it was born from his mother. Hayato was confident of victory, but if Tenma Yagyō cheated, manually arranged the card order, or played tricks like drawing three Pot of Greed in a row, that would be disgusting.

However, there are no such concerns in the Dark Game, where no one can cheat under the rigid and inflexible rules.

"Heh, who would want to cheat!" Pegasus Night Walker said, but there was an inexplicable hint of guilt in his tone.

He had actually considered cheating, after all, his opponent was Kobayashi Hayato, the master of traps, the self-destruction expert, and the NTR enthusiast. No matter how confident a duelist was in their deck, they would lose confidence in front of him, because you never know what cards Kobayashi Hayato's complex deck would pull out next turn.

However, the Dark Game has begun. Although the rules restrict my ability to freely control the order of the cards in my deck, my deck contains many powerful cards, giving me the advantage!

"I'll take the first turn. It's my turn, draw!" With Hayato intentionally letting him go first, Tenma Yako won the first turn, drawing a card from his deck. When he saw the first card he had drawn, Tenma Yako couldn't help but grin, feeling that his luck was really good.

"I activate the Spell Card 'Bitter Choice'. I select five cards from my deck, and my opponent selects one to add to my hand. The remaining four cards are sent to the Graveyard." The Duel Disk automatically popped out five cards, which were caught by Tenma Yagyō and revealed to Hayato.

Hayato looked closely:

Lava Cannon Striker, Lava Burner, Lava Archer, Lava Gunner, Lava Judgement King

[Lava] Deck? Hayato frowned upon recognizing the deck used by Pegasus Night Walk. He recalled the characteristics of the [Lava] deck, which originated from the DT worldview and was primarily a FIRE deck that filled the graveyard with cards before unleashing a burst of power from it. It also possessed Synchro Summoning ability...

That's the [Hellfire Machine].

To be honest, Hayato only vaguely remembered that there was such a deck. Although he had seen some skilled players use [Lava] to perform acrobatics like three Streamers in one turn, he had never actually encountered one of them when playing the game. So after looking at the five cards, he chose the one that seemed to be the weakest.

"I choose [Lava Gunner]".

After a quick look at the other monsters, I found that they can either be Special Summoned from the hand or rely on Lava monsters in the Graveyard to activate their effects. Most of them are usable cards, with the only one that can Special Summon banished monsters, Lava Gunner, being temporarily useless.

"Then, I will add [Lava Gunner] to my hand and send the remaining four cards to the graveyard." After sending the cards to the graveyard, Pegasus Night Walk arrogantly said, "Actually, there is no need to compare the strength of these cards, because from the beginning, the only value of them sent to the graveyard is to serve as tributes for my Tribute Summon."

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Crimson Wall of Flames]! Banish any number of [Lava] monsters from my Graveyard to activate this effect, then Special Summon the corresponding number of [Lava Tokens] to my field!"

"I will banish all four Lava monsters from my Graveyard and Special Summon four Lava Tokens to my field in Defense Position!"

As Pegasus Night Walk activated his magic card, a wall of flames suddenly rose in front of him, from which several small fire sprites emerged.

[Lava Derivative] [1☆/Fire]

【Flame Clan/Derivatives】

[0/0]

"It certainly looks impressive, but ultimately, isn't this something that can be solved with just one [Scapegoat]?" Keihei, watching the flames engulfing the field, said in bewilderment.

The seahorse explained, "No, the [Scapegoat] has a restriction that it cannot be Summoned, Special Summoned, or Flip Summoned during the turn it is used. It can either be used as a tribute to be released when a specific monster attacks, like a certain mediocre monster, or it can be used as a shield to block the opponent's monster attacks."

Alternatively, one could use methods like Hayato's [DNA Modification Surgery] to quickly gather fusion materials for monsters of a specific race.

Recalling how his "True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon," which he fused from his hand, was often defeated by "Super Fusion" before it could even make a single attack, and how it was turned into "Five Magician Magicians" or "Five Divine Dragons" along with the "scapegoats" who were transformed into Dragon or Magician types, Kaiba didn't voice the last one, which annoyed him the most.

“Although it summoned four derivatives through a more complicated process, the [Crimson Flame Wall] is different from the [Scapegoat]. It does not have the negative effect of self-restriction. In other words, these derivatives can be immediately fused, ritualized, or summoned by higher authorities,” Ameruda said.

Just as he had said, Tianma Yexing was playing a card from his hand.

"I haven't performed a Normal Summon this turn. I will Tribute two [Lava Tokens] as Tribute Summon to this monster from my hand in Attack Position."

"The signs of destruction have now appeared; unleash absolute and invincible despair!"

"【Despair Uranus】!"

The two [Lava Derivatives] were released, and the scattered sparks rose into the air, converging into a spherical monster. The golden relief on it formed a human face directly in front, looking down at Hayato.

【Despair Uranus】【8☆/Light】

[Rock Faction/Effect]

[2900/2300]

With the appearance of [Despair Uranus], Tenma Yagyō said, "I have no Spell/Trap Cards on my field. This can only be activated when [Despair Uranus] is successfully Tribute Summoned. My opponent declares that the card type is either a Continuous Spell Card or a Continuous Trap Card. I then set one card of the declared type from my Deck to the Spell/Trap Zone."

"Choose one: a Continuous Spell Card or a Continuous Trap Card?"

After a moment's consideration, Hayato said, "I choose the Perpetual Magic Card."

Although if a Continuous Spell Card is retrieved and set, Pegasus Night Walk can activate the card immediately on the turn it is set, it is still better than a Continuous Trap Card. If Pegasus Night Walk has some annoying stickers in the deck, such as Skill Draw or Imperial Decree, then it will be troublesome.

"If it's a Continuous Spell Card, then this is it. I'll set this Continuous Spell Card to my back row and then activate it." As expected, Tenma Yagyō activated it immediately after searching for the Continuous Spell Card, but the card he used surprised Hayato a little. "Continuous Spell Card, [Nightmare Mirage]. You should know the effect of this card best, Kobayashi Hayato."

"Draw up to four cards during my Standby Phase, and then discard the number of cards drawn during my Standby Phase." Hayato was certainly familiar with the effect of this card, after all, he had used the combo of [Nightmare Mirage] and [Extraordinary Food] quite a few times.

"In addition to the inherent power of Continuous Spell Cards, [Despair Uranus] can also draw power from them, increasing the ATK of each face-up Spell/Trap Card on my field by 300. Furthermore, [Despair Uranus] can also protect my face-up Spell/Trap Cards in the back row from being destroyed by card effects."

As Tianma Yexing finished speaking, the golden patterns on [Despair Uranus]'s body glowed slightly, absorbing the power of [Nightmare Mirage].

【Despair Uranus】【ATK2900→3200】

"Its attack power surpasses that of the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon!?"

Hearing Hayato's exaggerated words on the field, Kaiba's fist hardened: "Even you, stop talking nonsense. Is this the first time you've seen a monster with this level of attack power?"

"Well, after all, that guy on the other side seems quite proud of this monster, so I have to play along and express my surprise."

Hayato shrugged innocently at Kaiba, then looked at Pegasus Yagyo again and said, "It sounds impressive, but if it's only this strong, you're not even qualified to be the final boss. You should at least have a barrier that makes everyone who uses it lose, or a cheating monster with infinite attack power."

"What is that? Who would have something like that?" Tenma Yagyō couldn't understand what Hayato was saying, and played two more cards from his hand. "Isn't this enough for you to consider me a match? In that case, what's wrong with adding this card?"

"Spell Card [Double Summon]: This turn I can perform a second Normal Summon, and then I can Tribute the remaining two [Lava Tokens] on the field as Tribute Cards for a Tribute Summon." Having performed a second Tribute Summon this turn, Pegasus Nightwalker seemed very confident in his second card. "On the path to destruction, all hope will be suppressed, the ultimate oppression and darkness!"

"Come forth! [Suppress Pluto]!"

With the remaining two [Lava Derivatives] released, the wall of flames on the Pegasus Night Parade burned away, and instead, dark power rose up, coiled and gathered, transforming into a hideous monster with a sharp carapace, sharp claws on its arms, and pincer-like launchers at the ends of each tentacle connected to its back, floating like a wire-controlled cannon from a science fiction work.

[Suppressing Pluto] [8☆/Dark]

[Demon Race/Effect]

[2600/2000]

Without revealing the effect of his "Pluto Suppression" on the field, Tenma Yagyō laughed arrogantly: "Summon powerful monsters on your field, Kobayashi Hayato, and my 'Pluto Suppression' will bring you endless fear and steal your hope."

"I set a card to the top of my hand, and my turn ends."

【Pegasus at Night: 4000LP, 1 card in hand】

【Despair Uranus】【ATK3200】

[Suppressing Pluto] [ATK2600]

【Nightmare of the Mirage】【GaiKa】

Relying on the fact that his current body was no longer human but in the form of [Tragodia], Pegasus Yagyō breathed a sigh of relief after announcing the end of his turn and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

Although he spoke so arrogantly, in reality, [Suppress Pluto] does not have the ability to be used automatically during the opponent's turn. What he just said was just to scare Hayato and bluff, taking advantage of the fact that Hayato could not know the effect of this card.

Tenma Yako is quite confident in the secrecy of the effect of [Suppress Pluto]. When he was collecting the "Planet" series cards to break the seal, [Suppress Pluto] was the first card he collected that had not been circulated outside. When he first played the card, he intentionally covered it with his hand to prevent Hayato from seeing what the effect was written on the card from a distance.

With such good acting skills, I can definitely fool them!

As Tenma Yako thought this, he did indeed see Hayato across from him with a furrowed brow. But what he didn't know was that Hayato was trying hard to recall the effects of [Suppressing Pluto] from his memory.

Whether it's the manga version, which is weak due to its early release, or the physical card version, which is given some enhancements out of pity, the strength of [Suppress Pluto], [Desperate Uranus], and most of the "Planet" series cards is simply terrible. Apart from that, only [E·Hero Earthman], which has the [E·Hero] attribute, is passable.

What do you mean by "Tyrant Neptune"? "Tyrant Neptune" is already in the blacklist. Who would have thought that Pluto, which was kicked out of the solar system, would be the one locked up on the banned list?

While [Suppressing Pluto] and [Despairing Uranus] aren't exactly useless, they're not particularly powerful either. So, is this guy just bluffing?

Knowing the effect of the card Pegasus Night Walk, which he thought was well-kept secret, Hayato draws a card from his deck: "My turn, draw."

“So, during your preparation phase, because of the effect of [Nightmare of the Mirage], I draw three cards from my deck, making my hand four cards.” Seeing Hayato draw cards, Tenma Yagyō also drew three cards from his deck.

Hayato watched as he drew a card, shrugged indifferently, drew a card and played it: "Pay 1000 Life Points, I activate the Spell Card [Easy Fusion], Special Summon a Fusion Monster of Level 5 or lower from my Fusion Deck as a Fusion Summon. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack and are destroyed during the End Phase."

[Hayato: 4000→3000LP]

Just when everyone present thought Hayato was about to summon the so-called "strongest evolved dragon," Hayato raised his hand, clenched it tightly, and shouted, "Bite through the barriers, hills, and planets that block my way, clear the path ahead, and devour everything!"

"Fusion Summoning! [Predatory Plant - Pineapple Insectivorous Valley Spirit Whale]!"

"You can't believe your name says you're not a dragon at all, you liar!"

Chapter 893 The performance of the Duel Monster is not the key factor in determining the outcome.

Ignoring Keipai's sarcastic remarks, Hayato placed a card with a purple border on the Duel Disk.

In his field, vines broke through the ground and grew upwards, intertwining to form a huge plant.

Although it is a plant, and there are indeed insectivorous Eriocaulon buergerianum plants blooming on its back, the plant itself is actually a ferocious beast with sharp teeth and powerful reptiles, which looks very similar to the long-extinct wandering whale.

[Plant-eating Pineapple Insectivorous Valley Whale] [5 stars/Dark]

[Plant Tribe/Fusion/Effect]

[1000/2500]

Upon seeing the full form of the monster summoned by Hayato, Amelda, watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but remark, "[Predatory Plant]... What an apt name! Not only is the name ferocious, but the appearance is also terrifying. However, isn't the name a bit too long?"

"Aren't the names more problematic than pineapple and Eriocaulon? Although the two families of plants do look similar, they are completely different. While Eriocaulon usually grows alongside Eriocaulon, the shape of this plant growing on its back looks too much like Myo-O Seed." The professional tsukkomi, Keihei, remained consistent in his performance.

Hayato said without turning his head, "You don't need to know too much about the Duel Monsters thing."

Upon seeing the [Plant-eating Pineapple Insectivor Whale], Pegasus Nightwalker was wary for a moment, but relaxed after seeing its attack and defense stats, and said disdainfully, "Huh? I thought it was something special, but it's just a small monster with only 1000 attack points."