Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

A flash of white light appeared, and a petite cat appeared in front of Hayato. Wearing a helmet, it had a resolute expression when it first appeared, as if it was prepared to step into danger to save people. However, after seeing the shattered ground of Pegasus Moonwalk and the two evil gods that looked ominous, it was completely dumbfounded.

Wait, you called me out to deal with an opponent like this? Isn't that a bit too much to ask of meow? I'm just a cute little kitten, meow~

[Rescue Cat] [4 stars/location]

[Orc/Effect]

【300/100→150/50】

Although Tenma Tsukiyuki was a true fan of Hayato and always believed that everything Hayato did had a deeper meaning, seeing the adorable "Rescue Cat" appear on Hayato's field, and its already low attack power further weakened by "Evil God - Source of Fear," he couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Hayato, did you pick up the wrong card?"

"You picked up the wrong card? I think you're completely clueless. You make judgments without knowing the value of 'Rescue Cat'." With one hand on his hip and the other pointing at the 'Rescue Cat' on the field, Hayato arrogantly said, "The effect of 'Rescue Cat' is to send yourself to the Graveyard and Special Summon two Level 3 or lower Beast-Type monsters from your Deck. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect are destroyed during the End Phase."

"This means that, when the opponent is caught off guard, the combination of [Rescue Cat] and [Last Will] can instantly summon a large number of monsters and quickly end the battle, making it an extremely vicious card!"

Upon hearing Hayato's words, Tenma Tsukiyuki couldn't help but imagine the combos that could be formed with [Rescue Cat]. Summoning a certain number of monsters that can increase the attack power of friendly monsters, such as the level 3 [Golden Roar], and then combining them with one or two high-attack monsters, let alone 4000 life points, the combination of [Rescue Cat] and [Last Word] might even wipe out 8000 life points in an instant.

Especially with the two cards Hayato just played, the "Harpie's Feather Duster" that destroys the back row and the "Lightning Storm" that can destroy monsters in the front row, if it weren't for the fact that the monsters on my field are not destroyed by those exit effects and that I had two defensive traps set on the back row, I probably would have already lost this turn!

"As expected of Mr. Hayato, even seemingly weak cards can be combined to create such a terrifying combo. This is your top-level understanding of Duel Monsters!" he exclaimed sincerely. However, Tenma Tsukiyuki quickly added, "If it weren't for the Evil God Beast, I would probably have already lost. But unfortunately, there are no ifs. Even if you use that combo of [Last Word] and [Rescue Cat] here, the effects of [Evil God - Source of Fear] and [Evil God - Annihilator] both counter this combo."

But upon hearing Tenma Tsukiko's words, Hayato tilted his head: "But I didn't say I was going to use that combo. I just wanted to use it as an example to correct your mistaken thinking."

"You formed 'New Gurus' and transported a large number of powerful cards based on your personal judgment to Domino City. Do you understand what this means? It means that you are instilling your personal understanding of dueling into others, making those who use the rare cards you give them unconsciously move in your direction, and build decks that require those rare cards according to your thinking. But this is absolutely wrong, because there are no useless decks in the world, only incompetent duelists who don't know how to use cards."

With a flick of his Duel Disk, Hayato declared, "I activate the effect of 'Rescue Cat,' sending it to the Graveyard. I then Special Summon two Level 3 or lower Beast-Type monsters from my Deck. And now, watch closely, Moonwalker, at this very moment, the very card I'm about to use to defeat your Evil God Beast-Type monster is the most useless, trash, and worthless minotaur in the eyes of ordinary people!"

"I Special Summon two Level 2 [Disruption Blue] cards!" Hayato took two cards from his deck and placed them on his Duel Disk. "This time, I'm playing a 'pure Disruption' deck!"

As Hayato finished speaking, [Rescue Cat], who had been wanting to run away for a while, immediately dug a hole in the ground and hid in the graveyard to avoid the evil god on the field of Pegasus Moonwalker, and pulled out two [Disruption Blue] cards from Hayato's deck.

【Disruption·Blue】【ATK0】

Then, to Tenma Tsukiyuki's surprise, Hayato decisively ordered, "I enter combat phase and use [Disruption Blue] to attack [Evil God - Annihilator]!"

Tenma Tsukiyuki frowned and said, "The effect of [Evil God - Annihilator] is that its attack and defense values ​​will be 1000 times the number of cards on the opponent's field. Because of the increase in the number of cards on your field, Mr. Hayato, its attack power has also increased."

【Evil God - The Annihilator】【ATK0→2000】

Hayato smiled nonchalantly: "Otherwise, why do you think I would activate a temporary truce?"

Under Hayato's command, though reluctantly, [Disruption Blue] still charged towards the behemoth-like evil dragon—[Evil God - Annihilator]—and unsurprisingly, it failed to inflict even the slightest damage, instead self-destructing. However, due to the effect of [Temporary Ceasefire], Hayato himself was completely unharmed.

[Hayato: 4000→4000LP]

Tenma Tsukiyuki looked at Hayato and said, "This is the first time I've seen you use that monster, Mr. Hayato. You've always used three different colors of [Disruption] monsters before. Does that monster have an effect that activates after being destroyed?"

"You reacted pretty quickly. It's so much easier playing cards with smart people." Hayato took out two cards he had retrieved from his deck and said, "The effect of [Disruption Blue] is activated when this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard. Add two [Disruption] cards from your deck to your hand. I added [Disruption Hybrid] and [Disruption Magic] to my hand."

"Then, during the Battle Phase, use this Quick-Play Spell Card, 'Disruption Mixed Match,' to send one 'Disruption' card from my hand and face-up cards on the field to the Graveyard to activate this effect. Select one 'Disruption' monster and one 'Armed Dragon' monster from my Deck and Graveyard with different names from the card sent to the Graveyard and add them to my hand. After that, you can Summon the monster that was added to your hand by this effect."

Hayato sends [Disruption Magic] to the graveyard, retrieves [Disruption Blue] which just entered the graveyard, and says: "I add [Disruption Blue] from the graveyard and [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV3] from my deck to my hand, and summon [Disruption Blue]."

The previously destroyed [Disruption Blue] returned to Hayato's field, and Hayato then took out three more cards from his deck, saying, "And the effect of [Disruption Magic] that was sent to the graveyard, I added three lowly [Disruption] cards—[Yellow], [Green], and [Black]—from my deck to my hand."

"Even the eldest brother," "He keeps calling us nobodies," "It's so embarrassing~"

From Hayato's hand, the three brothers of [Disruption] jumped out to protest, but when it came to the last one, [Yellow], they suddenly messed up. The shy [Disruption Yellow] was beaten up by [Green] and [Black] for ruining the atmosphere and started chasing and playing around Hayato.

However, Tenma Tsukiyuki was completely unfazed by them. He looked at Hayato's field and exclaimed in surprise, "I see. Use 'Temporary Truce' to negate the damage, then use 'Disruption Blue,' which was supposed to be used to search for cards during defense, to commit suicide and search for cards. Then use the searched cards to recycle and summon 'Disruption Blue' again. This combo can increase your hand size extremely quickly. Even after just the first time, Mr. Hayato, your hand size has increased to a full eight cards!"

“As long as I have [Disruption Mixed Match], [Disruption Blue] can return to my hand again and again, then be played again, and then self-destruct to search for cards. That's what you call having no value if it's only once per turn.” Hayato said smugly, waving his hand. “Then, attack again, [Disruption Blue]!”

"Oh!"

In an instant, [Disruption Blue] died again, vanishing in an instant, and Hayato retrieved two more cards from his deck: "Because [Disruption Blue] was destroyed by battle, I added [Disruption Hybrid] and [Disruption Magic] to my hand from my deck, and activated [Disruption Hybrid] again, discarding [Disruption Magic], adding [Disruption Blue] and [Armed Dragon - Lightning LV5] from my deck to my hand, and summoning [Disruption Blue].

"At the same time, add [Disruption Yellow], [Disruption Black], and [Disruption Green] to your hand."

【Disruption Blue】Returning to Hayato's field, with no changes to his Life Points or the monsters on the field, Hayato's hand size has increased to a full twelve cards.

Without hesitation, Hayato launched another attack with [Disruption Blue]. However, this time, after it was destroyed, Hayato did not search for [Disruption Hybrid] again. Instead, he added two [Disruption Magic Modification] cards to his hand. Meanwhile, the other [Disruption Blue] charged at [Evil God - Annihilator], bringing Hayato two more cards—the trap card [Disruption Pajama Party] and the last card in Hayato's deck, [Disruption Magic].

At this moment, Hayato had a full sixteen cards in his hand, almost a third of his deck. Not to mention, he still had twelve cards in his graveyard. His deck had already consumed a total of twenty-eight cards, and the thick deck had dropped by half!

"While Mr. Hayato's combo certainly drew an enormous number of cards in one go," Tenma Tsukiyuki said, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth as he looked at the thick stack of cards in Hayato's hand—which looked like a deck to anyone who didn't know better—"How are you going to win?"

“Win? That’s easy!” Hayato played a card and said, “I end my battle phase, but no one says you can only clear the field during the battle phase, right? On the contrary, the best time to clear the field is right at the end of the battle phase, when people are most relaxed!”

"I'm activating a trap card, Illiterate... I mean, [Battle of the Titans]!"

"If your opponent controls more cards than I do, this effect can only be activated at the end of both players' Battle Phases. Until the number of cards on your field equals the number on mine, your opponent must banish any cards they control face-down!"

Tenma Tsukiyuki watched as Hayato activated a trap card directly from his hand, and said in surprise, "A card similar to [Red Reboot]? But it doesn't have any cost!?"

"Even if I have no cards on my field, this card can still be activated from my hand!" Hayato said smugly, hands on his hips. "I only have one card on my field, [Battle of the Beasts], so you must also banish all your cards face down until only one remains. Furthermore, the effect of [Battle of the Beasts] is not for monsters but is a noble duelist effect. Even if your Beast-Type monsters have Trap Card resistance, it's all for naught!"

"Tremble, fear! This is my divine power, heh heh heh heh!"

Chapter 1110 The Proclaimer of Light (In its fused form)

Under the effect of 【Battle of the Best】, Pegasus Moonwalker can only keep one card on his field, which is a very difficult choice for most duelists.

However, looking at the two evil gods on his field and the three cards remaining in the back row, Tenma Tsukiyuki said, "A choice? Mr. Hayato, are you trying to tell me about the pain of making a choice? Those who are abandoned will fall into despair, and those who are chosen will walk alone. Are you trying to tell me that my choice to concentrate resources to make some people stronger first is wrong?"

"Huh? I just wanted to play cards..." Hayato said instinctively, then paused and changed his mind, "That's right, that's exactly what I was thinking!"

Tianma Yuexing glanced at his own field and reached out without hesitation: "But for me, there is absolutely no reason to hesitate. The world is inherently unfair. It is simply unrealistic to expect everyone to become stronger and evolve together. The only way to achieve this is to concentrate resources and allow a select few to become stronger first, which is the truth chosen by nature."

"And it's the same right now. If only one card can be left, there's no reason for me to hesitate!" Pegasus Yueyu said, removing all other cards from the Duel Disk except for one. "I'll leave one face-down card on my back row and banish all the rest face-down!"

"I don't care about anything else. Being able to fulfill Mr. Pegasus's dream and witness the birth of a duelist who is even slightly closer to Mr. Hayato is my justice!"

"My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror, and all my deeds are righteous!"

Pegasus Moonwalker's [God's Abode - Valhalla] and a face-down card, along with two evil gods in his front row, were banished face-down, leaving only one card in his back row.

The three evil gods, possessing immense suppressive power, were so easily discarded by Tenma Gekko! This left Hayato looking at the [Turtle Kaiju - Gamesiale] card in his hand with considerable regret. He had been thinking of letting the turtle experience what the three evil gods were like, but who would have thought that Tenma Gekko would simply eliminate all the monsters without leaving a single one.

Compared to [Ra's Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere] and [Lava Demon], [Turtle Kaiju - Gamesiale] requires the fewest monsters to be released, but at this moment, Pegasus Moonwalker has no monster cards left on the field, making the turtle a dead card in his hand.

【Lightning Storm】, 【Harpie's Feather Duster】, 【Whirlwind】, 【Rescue Cat】, 【Battle of the Titans】, and 【Turtle Kaiju - Gamesiale】—these are Hayato's six cards at the start of his turn. Adding to this the enigmatic spell card he drew at the start of the turn and the 【Temporary Truce】 he drew due to 【Bribery of the Demon Palace】, Hayato's remaining usable cards seem limited, aside from the numerous 【Disruption】 cards he retrieved through the continuous self-destruction of 【Disruption Blue】 and two 【Armed Dragon - Lightning LV3】.

However, since Hayato is already using [Disruption] to play cards, how can he not play his favorite combo?

"During Main Phase Two, I activate the Spell Card 'Disruptor Modified', revealing the LIGHT Attribute Machine-Type Fusion Monster 'XYZ-Dragon Cannon' from my Fusion Deck and banishing three 'Disruptor Blue' cards from my Graveyard to activate this effect!" Hayato said with a cold laugh as he took the cards out of his Graveyard. "With these consecutive self-destructions, I've completely squeezed out the remaining value of 'Disruptor Blue.' And monsters without enough value should just become unavailable!"

Three [Disruption Blue] cards were placed in his pocket. Hayato took out three monster cards automatically retrieved from the Duel Disk, swept his hand across the Duel Disk, and spread the cards out in the Monster Zone: "One card of the same name at most. I Special Summon the three-body fusion material of [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] to my field! Come forth, [X-Boss Cannon], [Y-Dragon Head], [Z-Metal Tracks]!"

【X-Leader Cannon】【ATK1800】

【Y-Dragon Head】【ATK1500】

【Z-Metal Tracks】【ATK1500】

Three monsters appeared on Hayato's field one after another. Without the suppression of the [Evil God - Source of Fear], they were all at their peak when they first appeared. If they were still in the battle phase, any one of them could have depleted Pegasus Moonwalker's life points. Unfortunately, it was already the second main phase.

But can you only destroy your opponent's cards during the Battle Phase? Are Duel Monsters really that inconvenient?

"I banish the three cards on my field: [X-Boss Cannon], [Y-Dragon Head], and [Z-Metal Tracks]. I'll perform Triple Contact Fusion without needing a [Fusion] Spell Card!" Hayato stretched out his hand, conjuring a purple-bordered monster card out of thin air. "Come forth, [XYZ-Dragon Cannon]!"

Just like the Labyrinth Brothers' [Fusion Demon God - Gate Guardian] not long ago, Hayato's three-body monster on the field also combined together in the order of head, crotch, and legs. Just two steps ago, the field was empty, but in the blink of an eye, he summoned a high-level fusion monster with a level of 8!

【XYZ-Dragon Cannon】【ATK2800】

But that wasn't all. After summoning [XYZ-Dragon Cannon], Hayato discarded [Disruption Yellow] from his hand and said, "Is that face-down card in your back row the [Spirit Disk] that you searched for with the effect of [Dark Mysticism]? Whether it is or not, don't think you're safe just because you kept it under [Battle of the Titans].

"Discard a card from your hand to activate the effect of [XYZ-Dragon Cannon], targeting and destroying one card on your opponent's field. I'm going to destroy that face-down card in your back row!" Hayato commanded. "Energy recharge confirmed, [XYZ], lock onto the back row, unleash all fire!"

The missile launch bays on the tracks opened, the cannons were calibrated, and the dragon head opened to reveal the laser emission port. The discarded hand cards were absorbed by [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] as the cost of activating the effect. The cannon, laser, and missiles shot out towards the only remaining face-down card in the back row of Pegasus Moonwalker.

However, at that moment, seeing Hayato launch an attack towards his backfield, Tenma Tsukiyuki revealed an expression of "I knew it".

"Boom!" The powerful impact destroyed the cover card in the back field of Tenma Tsukiyuki in an instant, but looking at the large cloud of smoke that seemed to be caused by his own attack, Hayato frowned and looked at Tenma Tsukiyuki standing in the middle.

"Just now, I shouldn't have misread it, that face-down card that my [XYZ] destroyed." Looking at Tenma Tsukiyuki, Hayato said, "That card, was it [Troublemaker]?"

“Although this card first appeared in your possession, Mr. Hayato, thanks to the data uploaded to Kaiba Corporation by your Duel Disk, Mr. Pegasus, at Mr. Seto Kaiba's request, reproduced the card, but failed to achieve mass production and release.” Tenma Tsukiyuki nodded, acknowledging that Hayato had not misread it, and continued, “Besides the prototype card in your possession, Mr. Hayato, Mr. Pegasus made three cards for Mr. Seto Kaiba and gave them to him, but he also made three other cards for himself, and one of those cards is in my possession.”

"The card 【Battle of Wits】possesses extremely powerful field-clearing capabilities, but because the last card remaining during the clear is chosen by the opponent, it still has a certain degree of instability." After a pause, Pegasus Moon removed the destroyed 【Troublemaker】 from the back row.

"However, I think you must have planned for everything, Mr. Hayato. Even if I had kept the Three Evil Gods, they would probably have been quickly removed by some means, right? Even if I had kept the face-down cards in the back row, you must have had a countermeasure, Mr. Hayato. And sure enough, you destroyed them."

"Although you know this card very well, Mr. Hayato, let me repeat its effect once more," Tenma Tsukiyuki said, sending [Troublemaker] to the Graveyard. He then made a fist in front of him. "If this Set card leaves the field due to an opponent's card effect, is sent to the Graveyard, or is banished, you can activate this effect: Special Summon 1 monster card from my Deck or Extra Deck to the field!"

"Now, I hold hope in my hands!"

The power of Valhalla, the abode of the gods, which had been previously excluded, and the remnants of the three evil gods actually converged on Pegasus Moonwalker's field once again. No, rather than "converging," it was more like being swept up and absorbed by a vortex of some power. Dark magic and dazzling divine light mingled, and behind Pegasus Moonwalker, a sun shrouded in darkness actually rose!

In his hand, a card with a purple border appeared out of thin air. The card depicted an angel with pure white wings absorbing all the surrounding dark power and transforming into a strange, chaotic form!

“O bright star, son of the morning, why have you fallen from heaven? Why have you been cast down to the earth, you who conquered the nations?”

“I will ascend into the heavens; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mountain of assembly, on the highest of the north; I will ascend above the highest clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!”

Reciting a unique incantation, as if it were a poem from a scripture, Pegasus Yueyuki raised the card in his hand above his head and said, "O primordial fallen angel, cast aside the name 'Herel,' and fall into the underworld in the name of Satan and Lucifer, into the deepest depths of the pit!"

"【Dawn's Fallen Angel - Lucifer】!"

The monster awakened from Hayato's destruction of "Troublesome Snake" spread its twelve wings, now dyed jet black, and stood beside Pegasus Gekko, raising its invincible shield and sword high as if singing a song of victory!

【Dawn's Fallen Angel - Lucifer】【12☆/Dark】

[Angel Race/Fusion/Effect]

[4000/4000]

"A Level 12 Fusion Monster? Wow, that's amazing." Hayato raised an eyebrow and exclaimed in admiration, "This monster can actually be Special Summoned directly by [Troublemaker]?"

"But it's quite a coincidence, isn't it? I happen to have a card called 'Herel' because of 'Lucifer'." If Hayato remembers correctly, the name "Lucifer" is mispronounced. The real name of the angel closest to God who brought one-third of the angels down with him in mythology should be "Herel," the name that symbolizes the Morning Star. And he just happens to have a card called [Philosopher's Stone - Herel].

On the other hand, the legends surrounding "Lucifer" are remarkably similar to those of Pegasus Gekko. The near-divine angel (Pegasus's secretary) fell from grace because of her desire to "be equal to the Most High" (to catch up with Hayato). If Hayato hadn't remembered seeing such a card in another world, he would have thought this fusion monster Pegasus Gekko was hastily printed at this moment...

Wait a minute, it seems like he really did just print it out of thin air?

“Although Fusion Summoning can fully unleash the power of [Dawn's Fallen Angel - Lucifer], even when summoned in a 'taunting' manner, [Dawn's Fallen Angel - Lucifer] isn't weakened much,” Pegasus Moonwalker said. “As long as [Dawn's Fallen Angel - Lucifer] exists in the Monster Zone, he will grant my Angel-Type monsters on the field the resistance to being targeted by my opponent's monster effects!”

"Tsk, so while the [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] effect can still fire, it can't target the monsters on your field," Hayato said somewhat unhappily. "And its attack and defense are the least valuable 4000 points."

“In that case, my turn continues. I activate the effect of [Disruptor Modified] in my graveyard, banishing it. Then, I return the three banished [Disruptor Blue] cards to my deck, shuffle them, and draw one card.” After drawing a card, Hayato plays a card from his hand. “Next, I activate the second [Disruptor Modified], revealing [ABC-Dragon Destroyer], banishing [Disruptor Yellow] from my graveyard and [Disruptor Green] and [Disruptor Black] from my hand. I then Special Summon [A-Assault Core], [B-Destroyer Dragon], and [C-Crusher Winged Dragon] from my deck!”

As if the scene were being recreated, three mechanical monsters of different colors reappeared on Hayato's field.

【A-Assault Core】【ATK1900】

【B-Destroyer Dragon】【ATK1500】