Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

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"Oh, this is incredible, Kaiba-man, you actually brought her back too? You kept insisting it was all an illusion, but it turns out you haven't let go of her at all." Seeing the girl appear, "Kisara's" voice was filled with undisguised laughter as she teased Kaiba-man while waving to the girl, "Long time no see, 'Kisara'? That should be the right name, right?"

The girl nodded and then shook her head, and smiled as she waved to "Nine of Bamboo" as a greeting.

Jaden wasn't entirely clear on the nature of the interpersonal relationships on the other side, but he was at least aware of the stats of the Duel Monster in front of him. Looking at the Blue-Eyes Girl with a puzzled expression, he said, "Blue-Eyes White Dragon... I thought the related cards would all be Dragon-type, but there's a Spellcaster-type one too? And its attack and defense are both 0!"

“Although the card name contains ‘Blue-Eyes,’ the ‘Blue-Eyes’ in ‘Blue-Eyes Girl’ should actually be called ‘Blue Eyes,’ which is similar to ‘Blue-Eyes’ but also related to it.” While explaining, “Nine of Bamboo” reminded Jaden, “Although we’re acquaintances, as the referee, I’m very fair and will never take sides—in short, don’t use ‘Blue-Eyes Girl’ as a target for attacks or effects.”

"Huh? Is there any danger?"

"It's not that it's dangerous, but that chuunibyou guy in the trench coat over there will get angry and then 'whoosh—' conjure up a bunch of monsters to beat people up."

Hearing that "Nine of Bamboo" had seemingly said nothing but had already conveyed the effect, even revealing it in a way that was defamatory, the Seahorse Man said somewhat angrily, "You, that's what you call 'absolutely impartial'?"

"It's fairer than knowing all the effects of the opponent's cards while the other party knows nothing about you."

Too lazy to argue with "Nine of Bamboo," Kaiba looked at Jaden again and said, "During my end phase, the second effect of [Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon] is activated. I add one Level 8 or higher Dragon monster from my Deck to my hand. I choose Level 8 [Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon].

[Seahorse Man: 4000LP, Hand 2→3]

[Abyssal Blue-Eyes Dragon] [ATK2500]

【Blue-Eyed Girl】【ATK0】

[Gathering Power] [Given Card] x4

Chapter 1201 Uno is tired of Kobayashi Hayato!

[Seahorse Man: 4000LP, 3 cards in hand]

[Abyssal Blue-Eyes Dragon] [ATK2500]

【Blue-Eyed Girl】【ATK0】

[Gathering Power] [Given Card] x4

Seeing the board Kaiba had built despite his disadvantageous hand, Jaden took a deep breath and exclaimed, "That's impressive, Mr. Kaiba. But I'm determined to get my friends out of here, so I won't lose."

"My turn, draw a card!"

As Jaden drew a card from his deck, he sensed something, as if a jolt of electricity had shot through his temples, instantly waking him up. He glanced at the card he had drawn, smiled slightly, and then looked at Kaiba, saying, "Although it's a Blue-Eyes White Dragon deck, Mr. Kaiba, you didn't end up with even a single monster with 3000 ATK on your field. Isn't that a bit of a shame?"

"How about I give you a powerful monster instead?"

Hearing those familiar words from Jaden, Kaiba's eyelids twitched, and a bad feeling rose within him: "You...you wouldn't happen to be...?"

"At the cost of not being able to Normal Summon this turn, I Tribute both [Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon] and [Blue-Eyes Maiden] from my opponent's field and Special Summon [Lava Demon] to their field!"

"I'm bestowing this powerful monster upon you!" Jaden raised the card in his hand, and the card itself dissolved into specks of light, then reformed on Kaiba's Duel Disk, taking over the spot that originally belonged to "Blue-Eyes Girl" and sending Kaiba's only two monsters on the field to the Graveyard. Finally, Jaden added, "This guy wants to come to your side~"

Although the helmet on Kaiba Man prevented Jaden from seeing the expression on the upper half of his face, the lower half of his face, visible through the helmet, revealed a rather displeased and angry expression after he "sent" the [Lava Demon] over. Gritting his teeth, he spoke not to Jaden, but to the referee "Nine of Bamboo," saying, "Onore!"

"Wow, that's so touching! To make the duel more intense, Jaden actually helped his opponent boost the strength of his monster. The reason behind it is heartwarming." As if he didn't see Kaiba's expression, "Kyuubi" was still commentating, "But without a Normal Summon to start the fight, how will Jaden deal with the [Lava Demon] that he himself sent to the opponent's field?"

"Hehe, of course I have my own plans." Hearing "Nine of Bamboo's" words, Judai wiped his nose and looked at his graveyard, saying, "Although I was sent to the graveyard by [Hand Elimination] last turn, as long as I hear the call of justice, the hero will be awakened!"

"Spell Card [Miracle Fusion] activated! Banish the WATER Attribute monsters [E-Hero Liquid Man] and [E-Hero Sky Man] from my Graveyard as Fusion Materials for the [E-Hero] Fusion Monster. To fulfill the material requirement of combining a [Hero] monster and a WATER Attribute monster, I perform a Fusion Summon!"

The familiar fusion materials reminded Kaiba of five years ago, when that brat from the future first performed a Fusion Summon. Although it was a regular Fusion Summon activated from his hand, the fusion materials he used were also these two monsters. Could it be that the final Fusion Summon would be the same...?

"The power of endless storms and the power of pure flowing water converge, transforming into a protective ice barrier standing firm before the enemy!" Jaden called upon the name of the hero, placing a card with a purple border on the Duel Disk.

"Fusion Summoning! [E·hero Absolute Zero]!"

The armor was a pure, flawless white, like the snow and ice of the polar regions. Its sharp angles didn't convey a sense of menace, but rather a cool, calming feeling. Glistening ice flowers bloomed on the ground beneath his boots, supporting the warrior who had appeared on the battlefield!

【E·hero Absolute Zero】【8☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/2000]

"At the same time that [E·hero Absolute Zero] is successfully fused, the effect of [E·hero Liquid], which was banished as fusion material for [Hero] Fusion Monster, is activated."

As Jaden spoke, he drew two cards from his deck. "I draw two cards from my deck and then choose one card from my hand to discard."

Behind Jaden, E·hero Liquid Man, who was excluded due to [Miracle Fusion], appeared in the form of a phantom. The liquid jet wristbands equipped on his arms absorbed water and expanded, spraying a fine rain into the sky above Jaden. Then, under the low temperature naturally emanating from E·hero Absolute Zero Man, it was frozen into a piece of ice crystal, which gathered into two cards in Jaden's hand.

However, because the operation was too precise, some mistakes were inevitable. One of the two cards Jaden obtained shattered into ice crystals and fell into the graveyard just by Jaden gently pinching it.

"The card I discarded was this [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady]. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, I activate its effect to add one [Hero] monster other than [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady] from my Deck to my hand. I choose [E·hero Clayman].

'So this effect activates when the target isn't Special Summoned, but rather when the target is sent to the Graveyard? It's definitely different from what it was back then...'

Watching Jaden's actions, Kaiba thought to himself, "Jundai is playing more and more cards in his hand, even growing to six, but he doesn't make any moves, as if he's waiting for Jaden to play some card."

Unaware of anything amiss, Jaden put away the card [E·hero Nendoroid] and glanced at [E·hero Absolute Zero] on his field, saying, "[E·hero Absolute Zero]'s ATK will increase by 500 points for each other WATER monster on the field. Unfortunately, it seems that the only other monster on the field besides it is [Lava Demon], which was sent to Mr. Kaiba's field."

“But it doesn’t matter, because the power of [E·hero Absolute Zero] is not just this level. Next, let’s use the power of this card to activate his hidden energy.” As he spoke, Jaden revealed the card in his hand, “Quick-Play Spell Card [Mask Change], target [E·hero Absolute Zero] on my field!”

"The effect of this card is to transform one of my Hero monsters on the field into one M Hero monster of the same Attribute from my Fusion Deck."

Jaden explained, watching [E·Hero Absolute Zero], affected by the power of [Mask Transformation] and encased in its own solid ice. He extended his palm towards [E·Hero Absolute Zero]: "The water-attribute [E·Hero Absolute Zero] will summon a new Water Mask Hero. The solid ice will transform into gentle flowing water. Awaken with the power of water!"

"【M·hero Acid Water】!"

The ice crystals suddenly shattered, turning into a dense rain of ice blades that attacked the [Lava Demon] on the field. At the same time, a warrior wearing dark blue armor emerged from behind the shattered ice crystals.

—That's how it should have been.

However, after Jaden shouted, although the giant ice crystal that [E·hero Absolute Zero] transformed into after being activated by [Mask Change] shattered and the shooting ice blades successfully crushed [Lava Demon], [M·hero Acid], which should have appeared on his field under the power of [Mask Change], did not appear!?

"Counter Trap Card, [Black Horn Flute of Ascension], activated."

Kaiba's magnetic voice reached Jaden's ears, and he then noticed that Kaiba had quietly activated a face-down card in the back row without saying a word, revealing a jet-black horn with demonic bat wings.

A sneer curled at the corner of his lips, revealing a contemptuous coldness. "What a terrible performance. Did you think you could keep using the same trick just because it works? Fool! You already revealed your intentions to your opponent after [E·hero Absolute Zero] appeared!"

"In Duel Monsters, having your intentions read is almost a death sentence. Such naive methods are still 20,000 years too early to defeat me!"

"The effect of [Ascension Black Horn Flute] negates and destroys the Special Summon of the opponent's monster, and when [E·hero Absolute Zero] leaves the field, the monster destruction effect can be activated by you. Destroy [Lava Demon], but since the Special Summon of [M·hero Acid] is negated, its effect of destroying my backrow cards cannot be activated!"

Hearing Kaiba's words, Jaden looked at him in surprise: "You actually know so much about the deck I'm using?"

"Now you know why I revealed information about the opponent's cards to you, right?" The referee "Nine of Bamboo" crossed his arms and said to Jaden, "Other cards are fine, but the combo you used is the one he remembers most clearly. It would be strange if he didn't know how you would play it."

Five years ago, Kaiba, who did not believe in the so-called "future people", had a duel with Jaden Yuki, who had graduated more than ten years in the future. Jaden, who had tricked his teammates several times when fighting Paradox, seemed to be taking revenge on his younger self in that duel and beat Kaiba up. The most memorable combo for Kaiba was the "Zetsu Zero Acid" transformation combo.

Five years, five years! In these five years, Kaiba has never forgotten the humiliation of being defeated by a mere brat—although the future Jaden was actually much older than the still-adult Kaiba at the time. And today, this [Black Horn of Ascension] is the prelude to his counterattack.

Transformation? Transformation is forbidden!

After his actions, although he still had five cards in his hand, he couldn't leave any monsters on the field. He only managed to destroy the "Lava Demon" on Kaiba's field and return it to his graveyard. Kaiba only used one face-down card in his back row, and he still had three face-down cards left.

Feeling the pressure, Jaden's forehead was covered in sweat, but he was not discouraged. He glanced at the cards in his hand and said, "It's not that easy to win after all. But even if I defeat one hero, more heroes will rise up. It's not time for me to run out of options yet."

"Send 'Swamp Demon King' from my hand to the Graveyard to activate its effect. I add one 'Fusion' Spell Card from my Deck to my hand." Jaden immediately activated the card after searching for a 'Fusion' with a general card. "Then I activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed' to shuffle five monster cards from my Graveyard into my Deck and draw two cards."

As Jaden spoke, he took out five cards from the graveyard and showed them: "These are the five I chose: [E·hero Absolute Zero], [E·hero Shadow Mist Lady], [M·hero Acid Water], [Swamp Demon King] which was just sent to the graveyard, and [Lava Demon King].

After shuffling the cards back into the deck, Jaden drew two cards and added them to his hand. He then played the Fusion card he had searched for: "Activate the Spell Card [Fusion], Fusion Summon using the EARTH [E-Hero Nendoroid] and FIRE [E-Hero Flameman] from my hand as Fusion Materials!"

"These materials, humph, the same old stuff again." Just by hearing Jaden call out the different attributes of the fusion materials when he summoned them, Kaiba knew which monster he planned to fuse and summon.

However, Jaden was unmoved by his words. His hand, which had just grown to six cards, was reduced to only half due to the card disadvantage of Fusion Summoning. He placed the Fusion Monster Card on the Duel Disk and shouted, "The earth nurtures burning hope, and the light of courage will burst forth from the ground and rise to the sky, to be born and transform into the radiance of miracles!"

"Fusion Summon! [E·Hero Sunrise Warrior]!"

A flowing blue cloak billowed in the breeze, revealing a broad chest, sharp eyes peering through a horned helmet, and a striking weapon adorned with two arm armors, each resembling a shimmering sun disc split in two!

【E·hero Sunrise Man】【7☆/Light】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

[2500/1200]

"【E·hero】 refers to heroes who wield the elemental power 'Elemental' to uphold justice. Their greatest skill is combining multiple elemental powers to create miracles," Jaden said proudly. "When 【E·hero Sunrise Knight】 is successfully Special Summoned, its effect can be activated to add a second 【Miracle Fusion】 from the Deck to my hand."

"At the same time, the effect of [E·Hero Sunrise] increases the ATK of my monsters by 200 points based on the type of my monsters. If I only have [E·Hero Sunrise] of the LIGHT attribute on my field, its ATK increases by 200 points!"

【E·hero Sunrise Man】【ATK2500→2700】

“It’s not over yet! I’m going to activate the Spell Card [Weapon Hole]. I can’t Normal Summon this card the turn it’s activated, but since it overlaps with the self-restriction of [Lava Demon], it doesn’t really matter.” Jaden said, drawing the top card of his deck and sending it to the Graveyard. “[Weapon Hole] can only be activated by sending the top card of my deck to the Graveyard. I choose one Equip Spell Card from my deck or Graveyard and add it to my hand. I’ve chosen the Equip Spell Card [Beloved Hero].

"It's here! The [Beloved Hero] card that Tenjouin exchanged with Judai!" Manjoume exclaimed excitedly upon hearing the familiar card appear. "Although it's still the same old three-pronged attack, it's as effective as ever, which is enough."

"It can search for Field Spell Cards, grant Equipment Monsters resistance, and even boost their attack power significantly. Big brother is amazing!" Marufuji Sho said happily.

However, Misawa frowned: "The attack power increase of [Beloved Hero] is based on the defense power of the equipped monster, but I remember that the defense power of [E·hero Sunrise Warrior] is only 1200 points, right?"

"With 2700 attack power plus 1200 defense power, that's only 3900 attack power, still a bit lacking." Misawa paused, then looked at Jaden's graveyard and said, "In fact, in order to use [Pot of Greed] to replenish my hand, Yuki doesn't have many monsters left in his graveyard. The only thing he has is the fusion material for that set of [E. Hero Rising Sun] that was just sent to the graveyard, but now that he already has [E. Hero Rising Sun], there's not even a chance to use [Miracle Fusion].

"No, No. 3, this time it wasn't close at all!" Upon hearing Misawa's words, Jaden confidently replied, glancing at the four cards in his hand. He couldn't help but recall the criticism he received from Daitokuji during their duel, and said again, "This time, it wasn't close at all."

"Activate the Spell Card, [H-Heart of Fire], target [E-Hero Sunrise] on my field, increase its ATK by 500 until the end of this turn, and give it the effect of Defense Penetration!"

"And equip the Magic Card [Beloved Hero] to the Level 7☆ [E·hero Sunrise Warrior] and enter my Battle Phase!"

Chapter 1202 The Miracle of Resurrection! (Confirmed)

【E·hero Sunrise Warrior】(Beloved Hero)【ATK2700→3200】

Just as Judai declared that he was about to enter his battle phase, Kaiba suddenly spoke up: "Isn't it just going to start spouting that nonsense about 'heroes having their own stage to fight' again? First it was [E·hero Absolute Zero] and [M·hero Acid], then [E·hero Sunrise]. You call yourself a three-hit wonder and that's it."

"You want to enter the battle phase and activate a field spell card with [Beloved Hero]? You've done something as arrogant as challenging [Blue-Eyes], so I'll give you a little punishment first."

As he spoke, Kaiba waved his hand, and without any visible action, a flash of light appeared on the Spell Trap Zone of his Duel Disk, and then a face-down card on the field was revealed: "Before entering your Battle Phase, during both players' Main Phases, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Card [Ultimate Fusion]!"

"A quick-attack fusion, and even without any monsters on the field!?" Jaden exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right! You can't fuse if you don't have any monsters in your hand or on the field? You can't fuse during someone else's turn? Fusion isn't such an inconvenient thing!" The referee "Nine of Bamboo" said smugly, as if he were the one who played that card, not Kaiba. "Fusion Summoning is the noblest form of summoning, and that's Kaiba's talent!"

"Hmph, then I'll accept your praise." Kaiba seemed quite pleased with "Nine of Bamboo's" compliment, his voice revealing obvious joy as he explained, "This [Ultimate Fusion] can only be activated during both players' Main Phases. Its effect is to return the Fusion Material Monsters required for the Fusion Monster from my hand, field, or Graveyard to the Deck for Fusion Summoning."

"The requirements for fusion monsters stipulate that they must be made from either Blue-Eyes White Dragon or Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon."

The graveyard area of ​​Kaibaman's Duel Disk glowed, and the phantom of the three-part white dragon rose from the ground behind him, circling Kaibaman in a rather affectionate manner. As Kaibaman pointed his hand towards the top of his head, the three-part [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] was commanded to fly into the air and merge together!

"That's it!" "Is it coming?!" "The legendary monster!" "This is terrible!"

Off the field, Daichi Misawa, Joume, Maeda, and Sho Marufuji all guessed Kaiba's plan without exception. After all, Blue-Eyes White Dragon was so famous that its three-in-one fusion form had become the most famous fusion monster in the Duel Monsters world.

It's no wonder that the fusion that summons the ultimate dragon is called "ultimate"!