Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

Maeda Hayato naturally recognized one of the academy's top stars—"Kaiser Ryo"—and had already guessed Sho's relationship with Kaiser Ryo when Sho first entered the academy. So he told him without any hesitation. Jaden, who was very interested in challenging the record of "drawing the golden bread in a row", went to the convenience store, while Sho, who was not confident in his ability to draw cards, planned to go to the cafeteria. Sho, on the other hand, was called away by the intern teacher Kido Ryuga for after-school tutoring.

The teacher was giving after-school tutoring to Marufuji Sho, who had taken the entrance exam with number 119. It sounded normal, and neither Judai, Maeda, nor Sho, who was called away, thought anything was amiss. However, Kaiser Ryo frowned after hearing Maeda's information.

Unlike Asuka, who was fixated on the last place Fubuki was seen before her disappearance—the old school building—Kaiser rarely paid attention to that place. Even though he didn't trust the investigators, Principal Hayato had been there and still hadn't been able to bring back the missing Fubuki and Yusuke. So, Kaiser mostly searched for clues within the school grounds.

Duel Academy Island is so large that even the most well-informed person would find it difficult to know all the secrets of the island. However, with so many students in the school, someone might accidentally learn about the missing students by chance, even a first-year student has a certain probability.

Although no clues have been found so far, Caesar learned some unusual rumors from a first-year student in the Sun God-Huang dormitory during this process.

Actually, it wasn't Caesar who sought out that freshman; rather, he took the initiative to approach Caesar. It seemed that he had learned from others that Caesar was the strongest student in the academy, so he sought out Caesar to learn about his favorite foods, his habits of speaking and acting, and even his physical characteristics. He seemed like a fanatical fan. However, after learning that Caesar's [Electronic Dragon] could usually only be obtained from the "Electronic Flow" dojo, he lost interest in Caesar.

What the new student told Caesar was that the intern teacher who was filling in for Kira Aoki, who was away on a business trip, was dueling with students in the academy according to the internship procedure. However, these were not duels for sparring or instruction, but duels involving rare cards. However, since Kido Ryuga only gambled cards when he had private instruction duels with students, there was no solid evidence for the time being.

Combining the words of the students in the Yellow Dormitory with the information provided by Maeda Hayato, Kaiser Ryo immediately thought that his younger brother, Marufuji Sho, might be being targeted by that intern teacher. Although he was a student in the Red Dormitory, Sho's deck contained several powerful cards that he had replaced in his own deck, such as cards like [Limit Removal] and [Power Welding].

The specific construction of a duelist's deck is like the pattern and color of panties under a skirt—it's something that only extremely close people would reveal. But a school teacher, like a cashier in a lingerie store, can know exactly which cards each student has through their student records.

If Kido Ryuga is indeed using card gambling duels to hunt down rare cards held by students, Marufuji Sho, who has weak dueling skills but possesses rare cards, would be the perfect target. And now Marufuji Sho has been called away by Ryuga for "after-school tutoring," which clearly means that he has already begun to take action!

On his way to the cafeteria, Caesar immediately turned around and headed towards the classroom. He happened to see Judai and Asuka walking together in a hurry. Caesar's intuition led him to follow the two of them, and sure enough, he found Ryuga, who was giving Marufuji Sho "after-school tutoring".

However, he was still a little late; the [Power Welding] card in Marufuji Sho's deck had already been taken by Ryuga.

Sho Marufuji, who was slumped on the ground, looked at Caesar, who had come to the classroom with Judai and the others to duel with Ryuga. His gaze lingered on Caesar's calm, mechanical, and expressionless face for only a moment before he lowered his head as if he had been electrocuted, unable to look at him any longer.

His "Power Welding" card was given to him by his older brother, but it was also a card that his brother had "sealed" from use. Now, it had been snatched away in front of his brother, leaving him completely at a loss as to how to face his older brother, Marufuji Ryo, with whom he had become somewhat estranged.

Seeing that Ryuga Kido and Ryo Marufuji, who had accepted Marufuji Ryo's duel, were standing on opposite sides of the dueling field, Jaden led the dejected Sho Marufuji off the field after he had gathered up his scattered decks. He said with some surprise, "Kaiser... that sounds like an ancient name. So there really are people with names like that?"

"It's not a name, 'Caesar' is just a nickname, like 'the monster of the Red Dorm' or something like that," Asuka said to Judai.

Although it was the first time Judai had heard this strange nickname, he subconsciously thought of himself: "Could it be referring to me?"

"After all, he's someone who can defeat Professor Chronos, yet he was assigned to the lowest-ranking Red Dorm. It's normal that you're called the 'Monster of the Red Dorm,' Jaden. I wonder if it will become a different nickname later." Asuka said this to Jaden in a teasing tone, glancing at Caesar on the stage. "And 'Caesar' is his nickname, because he's the strongest student in Duel Academy, reigning like Caesar of ancient Rome."

"He's famous even in the middle school of Duel Academy. I thought you must have heard of Caesar, Jaden, even though you've only been here for a little over a week."

"Haha, I guess it's because I'm not really interested in rumors on campus. It's because of you, Asuka, that I know there's such a powerful-sounding person." Judai touched his nose awkwardly. His social circle wasn't large. So far, he was only familiar with people in the Red Dorm, and the only people he could "know" were Asuka and Manjoume.

Among them, Marufuji Sho was ashamed to let others know about his brotherly relationship with Caesar, while Maeda, who had actually repeated a year despite being a first-year student, subconsciously felt that everyone knew about Caesar and there was nothing to introduce. His two roommates felt the same way, as did Manjoume, who had heard of Caesar in middle school. However, his plan to challenge Caesar had been put on hold for a long time because he had lost to Jaden in a duel a few days earlier.

If it weren't for the observant Asuka remembering that Jaden had taken the entrance exam and had met Caesar today, Jaden probably wouldn't have heard of him from anyone else for a long time.

"Even though that annoying Ryuga-sensei only accepted Caesar's duel, was that appropriate?" Jaden said again. "It was Sho and Makita who had their cards stolen, right? Are we just going to stand here and watch?"

"While theoretically it should be us friends who stand up for him, Caesar certainly has the right to do so. Because he—"

Looking at Ryo Marufuji opposite him, Ryuga Kido could hardly contain his joy. Just thinking about how he could get the extremely famous [Cyber ​​Dragon] if he defeated him, he smiled and said to Kaiser, "Kaiser Ryo-kun, it's great that you can help me complete my internship duel. If I can duel with an upperclassman, the internship results I can submit to Professor Chronos will be even more impressive."

"How about you do me another favor? I'm actually a card collector, and among my collection, there aren't any cards as rare as [Cyber ​​Dragon]." Ryuga rubbed a ring on the middle finger of his left hand, which was adorned with a Duel Disk, and gave a sly smile. "After I defeat you, how about you 'gift' me the [Cyber ​​Dragon] card from your deck? I can use it for something else."

"As a teacher at the school, how could you directly tell a student that you want to gamble with him on a card?" Even after hearing Longya's words, Caesar remained expressionless, after all, he already knew what Longya had done. However, his voice became even colder as he spoke, "If you want it, then come and get it yourself. You know the rules."

【Cyber ​​Dragon】is the signature card of the "Cyber ​​Style" dojo. The card-betting rule of stealing another's card is already a provocation to the duelist, not to mention that Ryuga had his eye on Caesar's 【Cyber ​​Dragon】. Normally, Caesar would never agree to such a bet, but in order to duel Ryuga who had stolen 【Power Welding】, Caesar agreed to his conditions.

The two exchanged a glance and shouted in unison, "Duel!" x2

【Kido Ryuga: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand】

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

"I'll take the first turn, draw a card!" Knowing that Caesar was a user of [Cyber ​​Dragon], Ryuga seemed completely unaware of the "Cyber ​​Dragon" style of combat and took the initiative to seize the first turn, triumphantly drawing a card from his deck.

Caesar was slightly surprised, but pleased to see this situation, since for an aggressive deck like [Cyber ​​Dragon], the difference in strength between going first and going second is like heaven and earth.

"During my Main Phase, I activate the Normal Spell Card 'Rough Man's Expectation'. This card can only be activated if I control no monsters. Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Normal Monster from my Deck. I Special Summon this monster, 'Scale Insect', in Attack Position."

With the field empty, Longya activated the card "Rough Man's Expectation" to Special Summon a monster from his Deck. Accompanied by a flash of lightning, a worm monster immediately appeared on his field.

【Scale Insect】【4☆/Land】

[Reptile family/typical]

[1400/1500]

With its unremarkable physique, ineffective normal monster, lack of style and beauty (or even ugly), and being a low-popularity reptile race, the [Scale Insect] that Dragon Fang pulled out was practically unwanted even when given away as a gift at a card shop.

“Although it’s just a small fry, it’s perfect as a tribute to summon a more powerful monster. It only requires a little extra motivation.” Pushing up his glasses, Ryuga sneered as he played a card. “Second Normal Spell Card, [Sacrifice Doll] activated. I will sacrifice [Scale Insect] on the field to Special Summon a Level 7 monster that can be Normal Summoned from my hand!”

"Come forth, my strongest monster, [Electronic Dinosaur]!"

The [Scale Worms] that appeared with the lightning disappeared with the lightning, and in their place appeared on the Dragon Tooth Field a giant mechanical dinosaur - the [Electronic Dinosaur], whose body was wrapped in electricity overflowing due to overcharging.

【Electronic Dinosaur】【7☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[2500/1900]

"I set a card face down, and my turn ends." By inserting a card into the Spell & Trap Zone, Dragonfang ended his turn.

Meanwhile, Caesar, who was opposite him, glanced at the [Electronic Dinosaur] on the Dragon Tooth Field and frowned.

Summoning the high-level monster "Cyber ​​Dinosaur" with 2500 attack power in the first turn, and taking advantage of the fact that you can't enter the battle phase in the first turn to avoid the weakness of "Sacrifice Doll", you can achieve a three-for-one exchange. Although it is a slight card disadvantage, it is still acceptable and can even be considered quite good.

The problem is that this "acceptable" standard is the student's standard, not a teacher's standard. If Ryuga is only at this level, he might as well be teaching with the first-year students like Judai instead of being a teacher.

But no matter what, even though he graduated from the dojo many years ago, Kaiser still upholds the honor of "electronic style" duelists and remembers to respect his opponents and duels. Even when dueling with Ryuga, who did such a despicable thing, he decided to go all out—first, let's do an OTK.

"My turn, draw!" Caesar glanced at the card he had drawn and played it. "I Normal Summon [Primal Cyber ​​Dragon] from my hand. While it is in the Monster Zone on the field, it is treated as [Cyber ​​Dragon]."

"Next, using it and the other two Cyber ​​Dragons in my hand as Fusion Material, I activate the Spell Card: Fusion!"

Chapter 1082 The Village of the Magic Race

[Dragon Tooth: 4000LP, 2 cards in hand]

【Electronic Dinosaur】【ATK2500】

【GaiKa】

"I will use the 'Original Cyber ​​Dragon' on the field, which I consider a 'Cyber ​​Dragon,' and the other two 'Cyber ​​Dragons' in my hand as Fusion Material," Caesar declared, inserting a card from his hand into the Spell Trap Zone. "Activate the Spell Card, Fusion!"

"The fusion of the three [Cyber ​​Dragons]... does that mean it's the strongest monster of the 'Cyber ​​Stream', [Cyber ​​End Dragon]?!" Ryuga's pupils contracted upon hearing Kaiser's words. "Hey, hey, hey, although I've heard that Marufuji Ryo, a third-year student at Duel Academy, possesses strength comparable to professional duelists, isn't it a bit too exaggerated to have [Cyber ​​End Dragon] in the first round?"

'But as a teacher, in order to teach you kids how terrifying the adult world can be, it's okay for me to use a little adult methods, right?'

Thinking this, Longya pretended to reach his left hand with his right hand to organize the cards, and flicked the outer ring of the ring on his left middle finger.

As the hidden mechanism within the Dragon Fang Ring was activated, a subtle, mysterious force locked onto Caesar's Duel Disk, which was connected to the Dragon Fang's Duel Disk—just one second before Caesar inserted the [Fusion] Spell Card into the Duel Disk.

Caesar inserted the card into the Duel Disk and waited for the [Fusion] to activate, but to his surprise, the Duel Disk didn't respond to his action at all. Had he inserted the card backwards? Impossible.

Not to mention that the most basic training in the Electronic Flow Dojo is drawing cards, Caesar glanced down at the Duel Disk and confirmed that he had not mixed up the front and back or top and bottom of the cards, which prevented the Duel Disk from successfully reading which card he had activated. However, after he inserted the card into the Magic and Trap Zone, the Duel Disk did not react at all.

"Huh? What's wrong, Caesar? Didn't you say you were going to use the [Fusion] Spell Card?" Ryuga pretended not to know what was going on, but the undisguised smirk on his face betrayed that he knew exactly what was happening. "Did you pick up the wrong card? Hmph, don't make such a basic mistake. Let's continue your turn, Caesar."

The activation of [Fusion] was—no, not invalidated or its effect was invalidated, but rather it became "unable to activate" from the very beginning. Since Dragon Fang did not chain any cards in response to my summoning of a monster or the activation of [Fusion], is it some kind of continuous effect?

Subconsciously, Caesar's gaze fell on the only one on the Dragon Tooth field that might have an effect and was in face-up Attack Position: [Cyber ​​Dinosaur], but he quickly shook his head and rejected the conjecture.

The effect of 【Cyber ​​Dinosaur】is that when the opponent Special Summons a monster from their hand, you can also Special Summon it from your hand simultaneously. That's all. It's the kind of card that doesn't offer much advantage when used, and doesn't make much difference when not used. Since its name contains the word "Cyber", I also have a 【Cyber ​​Dinosaur】, so I won't forget its effect.

"What exactly is this—"

Not only Caesar, but Jaden and Asuka, who were watching from the sidelines, were also puzzled: "Didn't they say they were going to use [Fusion]? Why is there still no reaction even though Caesar has already inserted [Fusion] into the Duel Disk?"

"Could it be a malfunction of the Duel Disk?" Jaden said, somewhat embarrassed. "I was playing around with the Duel Disk yesterday, tossing it around like a boomerang. Could it be that Caesar also played with the Duel Disk like me and broke it?"

"What's so fun about throwing the duel disk? Not all boys like that kind of boring game as much as you do, Jaden."

"That's hard to say. The day before yesterday, I found a tree branch in the woods that was long, curved, and super cool, like a katana. A lot of people came to fight me for it, but unfortunately, someone picked it up in the end."

(Misawa, posing alone in his room with a tree branch: Hasagaki!)

“…I encountered the same situation during my previous duel.” While Asuka and Judai were puzzled by the situation on the field, Marufuji Sho recovered slightly from his depression and looked at Caesar’s back, who had failed to activate [Fusion], and said, “I can use traps and monsters normally, but I just can’t use spell cards.”

"Normally, I can't use any of the spell cards in my deck, whether they are spell cards, continuous spell cards, equip spell cards, or even field spell cards. But Ryuga-sensei can use spell cards normally. It's as if my spell cards are too slow to keep up with his pace."

“Once could be explained as an accident, but if Caesar also experienced the same thing as you, Sho, then Ryuga-sensei definitely has a problem!” Judai looked at the calm Ryuga. “Hey, Ryuga-sensei, what exactly did you do!”

"Idiot! You think I'll answer you just because you asked?" Ryuga glanced at Judai with disdain, completely ignoring him, and simply smiled calmly, "No, teacher, I don't know anything."

"As for Caesar, haven't you been thinking a little too long since you summoned the [Primal Cyber ​​Dragon]? Hurry up and summon your powerful 'Cyber ​​Stream' monster to broaden my horizons. I'm getting impatient."

Upon hearing this, Caesar merely frowned and glanced at his hand and the cards on the field.

[Original Electro Dragon → Electro Dragon] [ATK1100]

【Primal CyberDragon】 has already used its Normal Summon this turn. The two 【CyberDragon】 in the hand cannot be Special Summoned because of the existence of 【Primal CyberDragon】. Also, 【Fusion】, which should have been able to summon 【Cyber ​​End Dragon】, cannot be activated for unknown reasons.

"If I can't use it as fusion material for now, then I'll discard one of my [Cyber ​​Dragon] cards to activate the effect of [Cyber ​​Dragon: Next Generation] and Special Summon it from my hand!"

The [Electronic Dragon] in the hand was sent to the graveyard as Cost. Several orbs of light appeared on Caesar's field, arranged in a curve. Using the orbs of light as the base, a mechanical dragon was projected out of thin air.

【Electronic Dragon - Next Generation Star】【1☆/Light】

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[200/200]

However, it was clear that [Cyber ​​Dragon Next Generation Star] was quite relaxed in constructing its body with projections, and had enough leeway to make additional projections. The [Cyber ​​Dragon] card that had just been sent to the Graveyard was retrieved by Kaiser: "Furthermore, if [Cyber ​​Dragon Next Generation Star] is successfully Normal or Special Summoned, Special Summon one Machine-Type monster with 2100 ATK or DEF from my Graveyard. After this effect is activated, I cannot Special Summon non-Machine-Type monsters until the end of this turn."

"Come forth, Sebatorgagon!"

When summoning the previous two monsters, Kaiser maintained a serious and calm expression. However, when he was about to Special Summon Cyber ​​Dragon from the Graveyard, he became somewhat excited and shouted out the name of Cyber ​​Dragon much louder.

The most symbolic monster of "Cyber ​​Stream," the beginning of all evolution—[Cyber ​​Dragon]—has appeared on the Kaiser field!

"Clang!"

【Electronic Dragon】【ATK2100】

"He actually summoned three monsters in one turn?" Ryuga looked at the three monsters on Caesar's field with surprise, glanced at the cards in his hand, and said, "Ordinary duelists are already very powerful if they can summon two monsters at once. As expected of the top student with the name 'Caesar', this is really unexpected."

"After all, I've almost never had the chance to use this card before."

As he spoke, Ryuga actually placed a monster card face down on his Duel Disk from his hand, saying, "This effect can be activated during the turn when your opponent successfully Normal, Flip, or Special Summon three or more monsters. I Special Summon [Mobile Rhinoceros - Iron Rhinoceros Triceratops] from my hand in Defense Position. This effect can also be activated during your opponent's turn!"

The enormous dinosaur appeared on his field as Dragon Fang placed the card down. Its massive body was heavy enough to cause the ground to tremble violently. Not to mention that the huge Triceratops was wearing heavy and sharp metal armor like a warrior, making it look like a mobile fortress!

[Mobile Rhinoceros - Iron Rhinoceros Triceratops] [6☆/Dark]

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[1600/2800]