Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

"Next, I will use this card, a Continuous Trap Card [Magic Bullet - Crimson Crown] —"

"Hey, wait a minute. Although I was just saying it casually at first, you old guy, is this really your first time dueling?" Manjoume interrupted Kagemaru's operation, pointing to the card that the mechanical arm had inserted into the duel disk. "Although all magic cards can be activated directly from the hand, that doesn't mean trap cards can be activated directly. Trap cards are those types of cards that need to be set face-down and can only be used after a turn."

"If you activate a Trap Card directly from your hand like that, the Duel Disk won't read it—it will read it!?"

Seeing the opened Continuous Trap Card actually appear behind [Magic Bullet Shooter - Kid], Manjoume's eyes widened in disbelief. Had he been playing with fake Duel Monsters all along? He looked at Kagemaru, "What on earth is going on?"

“I remember there has never been a rule in Duel Monsters that requires explaining the effects of your cards, right?” Kagemaru wasn’t the kind of person who felt the need to explain the effects of his cards and make sure his opponent knew everything. He knew exactly how much of an advantage a little bit of unknown information could be amplified. “In short, I can activate this Continuous Trap Card directly from my hand.”

"At the same time, the effect of [Magic Bullet Shooter - Kid] is also triggered because a Spell/Trap Card is activated in the same column. I discard a [Magic Bullet] card from my hand to activate its effect and draw two cards from my deck."

Among the many famous gunmen during the westward expansion, there were countless sharpshooters, but when it comes to the fastest gun drawer, everyone will think of Billy the Kid, who died young. His super-fast 0.3-second gun draw and shooting skills surpassed any other gunman of his time, allowing him to seize the initiative in battle 1000% of the time.

The effect of [Magic Bullet Shooter - Kid], based on this gunman, naturally becomes stealing "hand cards" from Duel Monsters, which is almost equivalent to "advantage". After all, the advantage of hand cards can guide or even determine the outcome of a duel. The lead in the number of hand cards is the biggest advantage. How could there be a idiot who has a much larger hand than the opponent but is still reversed and defeated by someone else?

(Malik, who once lost a duel because he couldn't get a single card after endlessly drawing cards: Achoo!)

A card was sent to the graveyard, but the mechanical arm replenished Kagemaru's hand to six cards again. The Continuous Trap Card that had been successfully activated inexplicably in his back row also began to take effect. Kagemaru controlled the mechanical arm to draw a card from his hand and place it on the Duel Disk, saying, "During my Main Phase, I use the effect of [Magic Bullet - Crimson Crown] to Special Summon a [Magic Bullet] monster from my hand. The monster I Special Summon is this one, [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity]."

The name "Calamity" reveals the prototype of the new monster card played by Kagemaru. It is the legendary female gunslinger "Calamity Jane", who lived in the same era as "Billy the Kid" and was known as the "Queen of the Plains" and also as "Calamity".

A woman with contrasting red and blue hair appeared unnoticed on the field, concealed by the white doves flying out from the [Magic Bullet - Crimson Crown] card in the back of the field. Her unusually revealing outfit lived up to her title of "Queen of the Plains" and was full of wildness. However, compared to the bat wings that she wore, which looked like a cloak but were actually similar to the protruding organs on the other [Magic Bullet Shooters], the huge machine she carried on her shoulder was more eye-catching.

Not only because its size is so large that it can be called a "cannon", but also because its structure is completely beyond the comprehension of ordinary people, and the several red eyes growing on it make people wonder if it is some kind of abnormal creature that has turned into a gun.

(Sorry, wrong set, this should be the one.)

【Magic Shotgun - Calamity】【4☆/Light】

[Demon Race/Effect]

[1500/1300]

"Similarly, [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity] also has an effect that can be used when a Spell/Trap Card is activated in its column. I will activate another Continuous Trap Card, [Magic Bullet - Demon Trade], from my hand." Kagemaru inserted another card into the Spell/Trap Zone with his mechanical arm. "The effect of [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity] that is triggered is to Special Summon one [Magic Bullet] monster from my Graveyard to the field in Defense Position."

"Is there no limit to activating one Trap Card from your hand? Is it because of the number of monsters, or something else?" Manjoume looked at the second Continuous Trap Card activated by Eyeshadow Maru from his hand, scanned his field for clues, and glanced at Eyeshadow Maru's Duel Disk. "The [Magic Bullet] monster in the Graveyard... I see, the effect of [Magic Bullet Shooter - Kid] before?"

A man dressed in a long white trench coat, resembling a doctor, silently approached the Shadow Maru field carrying a sniper rifle. He looked almost like an ordinary person, with a white glove on his slender left hand that held the gun barrel, making it hard to imagine that it was a hand used to hold a gun rather than to heal and save lives. However, his shoulder also had bat-wing-like skin like that of the [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity], and even his right hand, which held the gun handle, along with his clothes, had been transformed into a blue-purple demonic hand.

【Magic Shooter - Doctor】【3☆/Light】

[Demon Race/Effect]

[1400/1200]

As before, the newly introduced [Magic Shotgun - Doctor] is also a legendary gunslinger from the Western expansion era, namely "Doctor" Holliday. The origin of this nickname is very simple: in addition to being a gunslinger, he was also a dentist, which can be seen from the endoscope that [Magic Shotgun - Doctor] is wearing on his head.

Summoning four monsters in a single turn, even though none of them had an attack or defense value exceeding 2000, Kagemaru's performance still made Manjoume take him somewhat seriously. It seems that Kagemaru, this old man, is not as old as he looks; at least his mind is still quite sharp, and he can withstand the drain of Duel Monsters that require strategic thinking.

However, to Manjoume's surprise, who had just become somewhat serious, Kagemaru, despite still having four cards in his hand, did not place a single one face down. Instead, he suddenly declared to Manjoume, "Then, my turn will end here. Turn over."

[Kagemaru: 4000LP, 4 cards in hand]

【Magic Shotgun - Starr】【ATK1300】

【Magic Shotgun - Kid】【DEF200】

【Magic Shotgun - Calamity】【ATK1500】

[Magic Shooter - Doctor] [DEF1200]

【Magic Bullet - Crimson Crown】【Magic Bullet - Devil's Bargain】

"No, you're just ending your turn like this?" Looking at Kagemaru, who only had two Continuous Trap Cards on the back field, and then looking down at the cards in his hand, Manjoume frowned. "You don't have a single card that can be set in your four hands. Are they all monster cards? And you plan to deal with me, Mr. Manjoume, with these four weak monsters on the field, none of which have a stat total of 1500?"

"Hmph, hmph, hmph hahahahaha!" Holding his forehead, Wan Zhangmu burst into wild laughter, "I really have been underestimated! Well then, let me show you my power!"

"My turn, draw a card!"

The card that was drawn made Manjoume's expression become more relaxed, while Kagemaru's expression changed after hearing what Manjoume said, or more precisely after Manjoume drew the card, but after glancing at the four cards held by the mechanical arm, he breathed a sigh of relief and maintained his composure.

Instead of playing the card he drew, Manjoume added it to his hand. He drew one card from his original five cards and inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone, saying, "If the effect of a Spell & Trap Card in the same column can be triggered, then I just need to avoid your monsters and use my cards, right? Besides, not every monster on your field can have its effect activated at this moment."

"Then, in the column containing [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity] which revives monsters from the Graveyard, I activate this Spell Card, [Lightning Storm]!"

Thunder rolled along with the card played by Manjoume. Since there were no [Magic Bullet] monsters that could be revived in Kagemaru's graveyard, [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity] could not use its own effect in response to the activation of [Lightning Storm]. Manjoume continued, "If I have no face-up cards on my field, I can choose one of the two effects of [Lightning Storm] to activate: destroy all attack position monsters on my opponent's field, or destroy all Spell/Trap Cards on my opponent's field."

As soon as Manjoume finished speaking, before he could even raise his hand to make his choice, Kagemaru suddenly said, "Fool, the monsters on my field won't be easily destroyed by your card. It's not just because I have two monsters in both attack and defense positions, but also because of the effect of [Magic Bullet - Devil's Deal] on my back field."

"As long as this card is in the Spell & Trap Zone, the [Magic Bullet] monsters on my field cannot be destroyed by card effects."

Hearing that Kagemaru inexplicably revealed the effect of his card, thus preventing him from wasting a card, Manjoume looked at Kagemaru in confusion. He found that the other person in the life support pod was still calm, and with the breathing mask covering him, Manjoume could not tell what the other person was thinking at all.

Intuition told Manjoume that his opponent's sudden revelation of his card's effect was definitely part of a scheme, but Manjoume had no choice. After a moment's thought, he decisively said, "In that case, I'll choose the second effect of [Lightning Storm] to destroy all the Spell & Trap Cards on the opponent's field!"

"Lightning! Lightning! Storm!" Shouting what sounded like some kind of electric rat's move, Manjou waved his hand forward, and the lightning accumulated in the sky immediately fell according to his command, completely covering the two face-down cards in Kagemaru's back row.

"Before being destroyed, activate the effect of [Magic Bullet - Crimson Crown] for the last time. During both players' Main Phases, Special Summon one [Magic Bullet] monster from my hand. The one I Special Summon is [Magic Bullet Shooter - Wild].

A burly man appeared in the last empty monster zone on the field of Kagemaru, carrying a arsenal of weapons that was practically a small armory. His prototype was Wild Bill, the lover of the "Queen of the Plains" and known as the "King of the Plains." However, even this late-arriving legendary gunslinger could not change the fate of the cards in Kagemaru's back row with his hands, which had mutated into demonic claws.

As Kagemaru's two cards were destroyed, and the Lightning Storm dissipated, Kagemaru couldn't help but smile.

Chapter 1165 Doing Kang is a Dead End—Panda Dragon is Dead Again, What an Inhumanity!

【Magic Shotgun - Wild】【4☆/Light】

[Demon Race/Effect]

[1700/900]

"Oh!"

[Lightning Storm] shattered the cards in the back row of Kagemaru, but at that very moment, a gunshot suddenly rang in Manjoume's ears.

He saw that among the two Continuous Trap Cards that Kagemaru had destroyed, a phantom of a devil suddenly appeared in the broken image of the [Magic Bullet - Demon's Deal] card, grinning as it pulled out a gun and pulled the trigger.

The bullet struck Kagemaru's deck, and his Duel Disk spat out a card, which was then picked up by the mechanical arm.

"The effect of the destroyed [Magic Bullet - Demon Bargain] can be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard by an opponent's card effect. Choose one [Magic Bullet] card from my Deck or Graveyard other than [Magic Bullet - Demon Bargain] and add it to your hand." Kagemaru's voice came from the mechanical device, with a hint of smugness. "The card I chose is this one, the Quick-Play Spell Card [Magic Bullet - Cross Ruler].

"Tch, so there's a trap, but it's pointless. It's Mr. Manjoume's turn now, not yours. You can't use the Quick-Play Spell Cards in your hand." Looking at the newly summoned [Magic Bullet Shooter - Wild] on the field, while not bad, it still didn't catch Manjoume's eye. He continued, "Having a bunch of weak monsters on the field is meaningless. Since you don't have a single face-down card to protect your monsters in your back row, let me show you—"

"—What does it mean to be utterly defeated!"

Sending a card from my hand to the graveyard, Manjoume exclaimed, "I discard a card from my hand to use this spell card, in the same column as [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity]. The spell card [Angel's Charity] is activated, drawing three cards from my deck, and then I choose two more cards from my hand to discard."

He still deliberately chose to activate the card in the column where the [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity], a [Magic Bullet] monster in the Graveyard, was located. With five monsters already on Kagemaru's field, Manjoume wasn't worried at all about how he could summon any more monsters, unless the rules of Duel Monsters were changed and a sixth zone where monsters could be placed was added to the field.

Manjou's hand has grown to seven cards, but he can't keep all of them; he needs to choose two more to discard and send to the graveyard. It seems like a cost, but in the game of Duel Monsters, the graveyard is already a resource similar to the hand. Sending cards to the graveyard may seem like giving up cards, but it's actually another way to activate card effects.

"I sent these two cards to the graveyard: [Eclipse Wyvern] and [Hell Dragon]."

Sending the card to the graveyard, Manjou's actions didn't stop. He continued, "When 'Eclipse Wyvern' is sent to the graveyard, I activate its effect. I banish one Level 7 or higher LIGHT or DARK Dragon monster from my Deck. I chose Level 8 LIGHT Dragon—this 'Dragon of Light and Darkness'."

From his deck, Manjoume took out a Dragon monster card. The black and white dragon caught Kagemaru's attention: "You just protected me, and now you banish your own monster? What a cold-blooded brat."

"Heh, stop lecturing me, you old fool. Do you think you can believe in my amazing wisdom?" Wan Zhangmu sneered as he played another card from his hand. "Any card banished from [Eclipse Wyvern] will be added to my hand if it is banished from the Graveyard. And now, I will use the effect of this [Dark Dragon - Collapse Star Serpent] in my hand to banish one LIGHT monster from my Graveyard—that is, the LIGHT [Eclipse Wyvern]—and Special Summon it to my field!"

An image of the bipedal winged dragon [Eclipse Pterosaur] with black and white carapace emerged from Manjoume's graveyard. The red markings on its body, resembling sun bait, lit up, and a portal to another dimension opened in Manjoume's field. From within, a winged dragon holding a black hole in its claws and wielding the power of a gravitational singularity appeared before Manjoume. At the same time, a beam of light, intertwined with black and white, flew out of the portal and landed in Manjoume's hand.

[Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent] [4☆/Dark]

[Dragon/Special Summon/Effect]

[1800/1700]

"Because [Eclipse Wyvern] was banished, [Light and Darkness Dragon], which was just banished, has been added to my hand." Looking at [Light and Darkness Dragon] in his hand, he really wanted to send this powerful monster down right now to let Kagemaru have some fun, but the Level 8 [Light and Darkness Dragon] requires two monsters as tributes to be Normal Summoned, and the current conditions are not yet met.

However, light is often accompanied by darkness. The Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent has a counterpart in another light-attribute dragon race, which happens to be in the hands of Manjou at this moment.

"The effect of this [Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus] in my hand allows me to banish one DARK monster from my Graveyard—the DARK monster [Inferno Dragon] that was sent to the Graveyard along with [Eclipse Dragon]—and Special Summon [Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus] from my hand!"

In stark contrast to [Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent], this white dragon, symbolizing the power of a supernova explosion, appeared on his field after banishing another Dragon-type monster from Manjoume's graveyard. Its level is the same as [Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent], but its attack, defense, and attribute are exactly the opposite of [Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent].

【Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Rex】【4☆/Light】

[Dragon/Special Summon/Effect]

[1700/1800]

"I activate the Spell Card [Super Regeneration], and during the End Phase of the turn this card is activated, I draw cards from my Deck equal to the number of Dragon monsters I discarded from my hand this turn, plus the number of Dragon monsters I Tributed from my hand or field this turn."

"Activate the Continuous Spell Card [Treasure of the Underworld]: If I successfully Tribute Summon two or more monsters, I draw two cards from my Deck."

After activating two cards in succession, both of which were in the same column as [Magic Bullet Shooter - Calamity], Manjoume finally played the monster he had been waiting for after exhausting his hand to only two cards and having gathered the tributes required for a Tribute Summon on his field.

"Stop blinking, old man! Let me show you my strongest monster, the ultimate dragon that combines the power of light and darkness!" Having just appeared, two dragon-type monsters were released by Manjoume as tributes. He then played a card in his hand, declaring, "O dragon that negates all things, clear away all obstacles before me!"

"Level 8☆! Offer up the dual offerings of darkness and light, come forth, Wagatsumashi!"

The light-attribute [Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Wyvern] and the dark-attribute [Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent] dissipated into black and white particles that rose into the air, filling the body of a new giant dragon on the left and right. Its azure eyes suddenly lit up, and the two-colored dragon, with angelic white wings and demonic black bat wings, descended upon the vast field, letting out a majestic roar!

The Dragon of Light and Darkness makes its grand entrance!

【Dragon of Light and Darkness】【8☆/Light】

[Dragon Clan/Effect]

[2800/2400]

"When a monster is sent from the field to the graveyard, both 'Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus' and 'Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent' can activate their effects, adding the corresponding dragon from my deck to my hand. If I simultaneously Tribute both of these monsters, I can add one 'Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus' and one 'Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent' from my deck to my hand."

After a pause, Manjoume continued, "And with the effect of the Continuous Trap Card [Treasure of the Underworld], I drew two cards from my deck."

Although Manjoume said that there were three cards that would participate in the chain, Kagemaru discovered that the black and white dragons that had just been summoned had launched an attack in the direction of their master, hitting the card 【Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Rex】 in Manjoume's graveyard.

[Dragon of Light and Darkness] [2800/2400→2300/1900]

"The effect of 【Dragon of Light and Darkness】is that while she is on the field, all monster effects, spell cards, and trap cards are negated. As a trade-off, each use of this negation power will consume 500 of her ATK and DEF. This effect does not discriminate between friend and foe."

"The effects of 'Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Rex' and 'Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent,' which were released for the superior summon of 'Dragon of Light and Darkness,' naturally only activate after they are summoned. The self-arranged chain is C1 'Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Rex,' C2 'Dragon of Light and Darkness,' C3 'Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent,' and C4 'Treasure of the Underworld.' According to the reverse chain processing, the effects of 'Treasure of the Underworld' and 'Dark Dragon - Collapsed Star Serpent' activate smoothly. I draw two cards from my deck and add one 'Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Rex' to my hand, while the effect of 'Radiant White Dragon - Tyrannosaurus Rex' is negated by 'Dragon of Light and Darkness.'"

Manjoume glanced at the [Dragon of Light and Darkness] and complained, "Although it's not the first time, I still have to say that this guy is just too difficult to use. It's definitely a pure traitor dragon."

"Never mind, even with only 2300 attack power, it's enough to crush those weaklings." With a wave of his hand, Manjoume said, "Entering the battle phase, I will use [Dragon of Light and Darkness] to attack the opponent's [Magic Shot - Starr] in attack position!"

Pointing at [Magic Bullet Shooter - Starr], the first [Magic Bullet Shooter] to appear on the field and in attack position, with the lowest attack power of 1300, Manjoume commanded, "2300 against 1300, the advantage is on my side!"

"Chaos Burst!"

The black and white dragon seemed to want to make amends, and it unleashed its dragon breath on the dancer gunner on the field. The attack was aimed at the target, and if it hit, its combat power would be completely unable to reach the power of the dragon, and it would deal a full 1000 points of combat damage to the Shadow Maru.

No matter how Manjoume looked at it, he couldn't see how Kagemaru could possibly avoid this damage, since he had no cards left in his back row and couldn't do anything about it.

But just as Manjou was thinking this, he noticed that the mechanical arm holding the cards in his hand was openly inserting them into the Duel Disk. With a slightly smug tone, it said, "How foolish! Did you really think you could rest easy just because you saw I had no face-down cards in my back row? But with the chain attack of [Dragon of Light and Darkness], I'll activate this Trap Card from my hand: [Magic Bullet - Outlaw]!"