Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

[Dragon Clan/Effect]

【0/0】→【600/0】

After playing the second card and Special Summoning a monster to the field, before [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] could fully reveal itself, Yugi immediately announced the activation of its third effect: "And, pay me half of your Life Points to activate the effect of [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G], destroying and banishing all other cards on the field except for this one!"

"Destroy everything, roar of the Light Dragon!"

【Muto Game: 4000→2000LP】

"What?!"

The fact that they were immediately greeted with a [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] to clear the field was something neither Jonouchi nor Kaiba had expected. While they recognized the [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora] card from Yugi, they never imagined that the card designer would be so shameless as to upgrade it from a Tribute Summon requiring tributes to a card that could be Special Summoned directly, and even intend to wipe out both of their cards!

Whether Jonouchi lacked the means to deal with the current situation among his two face-down cards in the back row, or whether his reaction was not as fast as Kaiba's, in any case, the instant Yugi declared the activation of the effect of [Destruction Dragon - Gandora G], Kaiba immediately waved his hand and flipped up one of his face-down cards in the back row without pressing the Duel Disk activation button, saying: "Although I intended to use it against Kobayashi Hayato, you are indeed an opponent that needs special attention, Yugi!"

"If it were you, it would be perfectly normal for you to force me to use this card! Trap Card [Destiny of Confrontation] activated!"

The monsters revealed in the card illustration are none other than the Dark Magician, who best represents Atem, and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, who best represents Kaiba, attacking each other. Just like the card name suggests, it is a confrontation between monsters destined to meet.

"This card can only be activated if I control [Blue-Eyes White Dragon]. Negate the effects of all face-up monsters your opponent controls until the end of this turn!" Kaiba pointed at [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] on Yugi's field. "Want to destroy my [Blue-Eyes]? You're 20,000 years too early!"

However, just as the impact released from Kaiba's card was about to negate the effects of [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] and the affected [Red Gadget] on the field, Hayato drew a card from his hand during his turn and quipped, "Where did this street urchin Saito come from? But you want to protect your cards from being destroyed? No way, I'm really looking forward to seeing your ugly expressions after all the monsters on the field are destroyed."

"To activate a Chain Trap Card, I also pay half of my Life Points to activate [Red Reboot] from my hand, negating the activation of [Confrontational Fate] and setting it face-down!"

[Hayato Kobayashi: 4000→2000LP]

"Hayato Kobayashi!" Kaiba was completely taken aback by Hayato's sudden appearance and said angrily, "What are you doing here!"

"There's nothing I can do about it. I only just realized that the effect of the game's [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] destroying all the cards on the field has absolutely no effect on me. The only ones who will suffer are you and Jonouchi." Hayato's face showed a smug smile. "I love seeing other people's faces when they're frustrated."

Putting aside Hayato's perverse sense of humor, his decision was absolutely correct. Rather than letting Kaiba's cards successfully defend against Yugi's "Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G" effect, it would be more beneficial for him to intervene and stop Kaiba's "Destiny of Confrontation" from activating. After all, if the effect of "Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G" were successfully used, Kaiba would have four cards destroyed and banished at once, and Jonouchi would also have three cards cleared.

In that case, when it's Hayato's turn, he can launch a fierce attack on either Kaiba or Jonouchi if he wants, taking advantage of their weakened defenses.

"【Red Reboot】is a noble counter-trap. With its Spell Speed ​​3, it can't be chained by ordinary Spell, Trap, or Monster effects. Set another Trap Card from your deck and prepare to face Yugi's 【Destruction Dragon - Gandora G】Destruction Beam!"

Amid Hayato's smug laughter, Kaiba stared at the Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon in his hand with a sour expression. This card's Special Summoning condition is met when a card on the field is destroyed; he can Special Summon this card from his hand to the field to avoid the awkward situation of an empty field. However, the fact that so many monsters would be destroyed still greatly annoyed him.

Moreover, he originally planned to use the three monsters on the field plus the Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon in his hand as a defense against Hayato's attack. If Yugi were to expel all the monsters on the field and force out the Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon, he wouldn't even dare to imagine that he could defend against Hayato's attack with just one Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon.

Sure enough, I should have been more aggressive in my last attack and cleared out more of Yugi Muto's cards!

Just as [Destruction Dragon - Gandora G] was about to unleash its devastating beam, and [Confrontational Destiny] was being firmly blocked by [Red Reboot], Jonouchi hesitated for a moment before saying unhappily, "My goal was to defeat Kaiba, but how come it's become that if I don't help Kaiba, I can't defeat him? Tch, this is a terrible feeling."

"You're not the only one with a counter-trap card, Hayato! I also need to protect my cards from destruction, so I'm chaining [Red Reboot] and opening this face-down card in my back row!"

A card flew out from the uncovered deck and landed in Hayato's hand: "Huh?"

“When your opponent activates a Spell/Trap Card, you can activate [Bribery of the Demon Palace] to negate and destroy that activation, and also allow your opponent to draw one card from their deck.” Jonouchi rubbed his nose smugly. “Hayato, you entered the field too early. It’s not even your turn yet. Just put that card away and pretend nothing happened.”

"You make it sound so easy. But you should at least give me back the basic points I paid." Hayato pouted and helplessly shrugged at Yugi. "What a shame, Yugi. I've already taken Jonouchi's money, so I can't help you anymore."

C1 [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] C2 [Destiny of Confrontation] C3 [Red Reboot] C4 [Bribery of the Demon Palace] In this chain, all four players played cards to participate. In the end, under the influence of [Bribery of the Demon Palace], [Destiny of Confrontation] successfully avoided the influence of [Red Reboot] and released its effect, timely interrupting the destruction effect of [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] and protecting all of Kaiba and Jonouchi's cards.

Furthermore, because its effect was negated, [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] was unable to use its ability to absorb the power of banished cards to increase its own attack power. The power absorbed from the banished [Red-Eyes Armor Spin] and [Tricolor Gadgets] disappeared, and its attack power dropped back to 0!

[Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] [ATK600→0]

Chapter 1269 So Beautiful, Tears of Love

"Hmph, even a mediocre person can be of some use sometimes." However, even after receiving favors from Jonouchi, Kaiba still maintained an arrogant demeanor. "When my Blue Eyes launches a full-scale attack later, perhaps it can make you suffer a little less."

"Heh, you should worry more about whether you can survive the attacks from Yugi and Hayato," Jonouchi retorted sarcastically.

The monsters on the field had their effects negated, and Yugi couldn't help but show a helpless expression: "As expected, it's not that easy to clear the field. But it's not too surprising."

"Although the effects of my face-up monsters on the field were negated, the effect of the Continuous Spell Card 'Golden Chest of Light' on the back field was not negated." With a wave of his hand, a distorted spatial tunnel opened in front of Yugi, and as he reached into it, he conjured a card that had transformed from an illusory state into a physical form. "Once per turn, add one card with the name 'Golden Chest of Light' from my Deck to my hand, except for 'Golden Chest of Light'."

"The card I choose is [Dark Magician]! Then I use its effect to Special Summon it directly from my hand!"

[Dark Magician - Dark Wizard] [7☆/Dark]

[Mage Race/Effect]

[2500/2100]

The original plan was to use [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G] to clear the field and then use it to Special Summon other monsters with the [Golden Chest of Light] card name directly from the deck to continue the game. Unfortunately, its effect was negated by [Destiny of Confrontation], which interrupted the subsequent development and forced the game to use other methods to continue.

The [Dark Magician] who appeared on the game field was much more befitting of the name "Dark Magician" than the previous one who wore a purple robe. His familiar appearance also surprised Jonouchi and Kaiba.

"Hmph, it feels... not as good as [Blue Eyes]."

"Is that Mahad's new look? It's so cool." Compared to Kaiba, Jonouchi's praise was much more straightforward. He even gave Yugi a thumbs up and said, "This design is quite good, Yugi."

He thought that this card, like the other cards in the previous [Photon Gold Vault], was designed by the game's card designer.

However, Yugi scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "Although I designed all the other cards, this card, [Dark Magician - Dark Magician], is the only exception. Hayato actually gave this card to me."

He also said that he was able to create such a card because he had a system that allowed people to earn virtual currency by dueling with others and then exchange it for cards.

Upon hearing this, both Jonouchi and Kaiba looked at Hayato with an expression that seemed to say, "Do you think others are idiots?"

“I looked at Hayato with that same gaze back then.” After a pause, Yugi continued, “But he also said that he actually obtained this card through his ‘divine talent,’ just like others created their own future through gacha pulls, and then gave it to me.”

“That’s more like it. If it’s Hayato, drawing cards related to someone else’s deck isn’t anything special,” Jonouchi nodded.

Kaiba crossed his arms and said, "You have such an exciting talent for gaining cards related to other people's decks by resonating with theirs, Kobayashi Hayato!"

"I'm telling you, is this really a world where everyone's brain is focused on playing cards?" Hayato sighed, rubbing his forehead as he looked at Yugi. "But Yugi, when you Special Summoned [Dark Magician - Dark Magician], it wasn't just to show off your new card to Jonouchi and Seth, was it?"

“I’m not Kaiba, of course it couldn’t be because of that.” Yugi said with a smile, playing a card from his hand. “【Dark Magician】As long as it exists in the Monster Zone, its card name can be used as 【Dark Magician】, and that’s why I Special Summoned it, just to meet the requirements for Fusion Materials.”

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Dark Magician's Ritual] activated! Send the Fusion Material Monster that is [Dark Magician] or [Dark Magician Girl] as determined by the Fusion Monster Card from my hand or field to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from my Fusion Deck!"

"The Fusion Material Monsters I've chosen are [Dark Magician - Dark Magician] and [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G], which are both [Dark Magician] on the field. This satisfies the material requirements of [Dark Magician] and Dragon-Type Effect Monsters!"

"That fusion material!?" Jonouchi's eyes widened in surprise. "The game actually fused it first?"

“Although it would be easier for Jonouchi to fuse it, Jonouchi chose [Meteor Dragon - Meteorite Black Dragon] instead of fusing it because you wanted to OTK Seth. So now it’s Yugi’s turn,” Hayato said with a smile.

Having witnessed Atem and Yugi's duel ceremony, Kaiba knew which monster Yugi's chosen fusion material corresponded to. He became serious and looked at the fusion vortex formed by red and blue magic on the field: "Is it coming, that ultimate monster?"

"Black Tyrannosaurus Rex, noble mage, unite as one under a bond that even death cannot sever! I entrust the hope of the future to you, to conquer and pave the way for my victory!"

Yugi suddenly raised his hand above his head, and a card was quickly created in the virtual world, held in his hand, and slammed onto the duel disk. "Fusion Summon!"

"【Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Rider】!"

(Ahem, it's all because of that persistent little blue ghost that I posted the wrong picture; it should be the one below.)

【Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Knight】【8☆/Dark】

[Mage Race/Fusion/Effect]

[3000/2500]

"Holy crap, Red Daddy?! So strong, so incredibly strong!" Hayato immediately clapped his hands to express his admiration. "However, because the materials used, whether it's [Dark Magician - Dark Magician] or [Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G], are both Effect Monsters, it directly renders your Red Daddy's second effect useless, and you can't even activate it once."

"But that's still better than having a monster with 0 attack power on the field, risking being OTK'd by Hayato at any moment, right? Even if Kaiba's 'Destiny of Confrontation' expires at the end of the turn, 'Destroyer Dragon - Gandora G' only has a mere 600 attack power."

I've heard Hayato mention the term "Red Daddy" many times, but the game isn't confused by Hayato's way of referring to [Super Magical Dragoon - Red-Eyes Dragoon]. "Besides, even if one effect is lost, the other two effects of [Super Magical Dragoon - Red-Eyes Dragoon] are still in normal condition."

"It won't be targeted by card effects, nor will it be destroyed by them. Once per turn, you can discard one card from your hand to negate and destroy the activation of a Spell/Trap/Monster effect, while also gaining 1000 ATK." Yugi smiled at Hayato and said, "With Kaiba and Jonouchi's remaining face-down cards, Hayato, you might encounter quite a few problems trying to set up your plays during your turn!"

"I'll activate this card again, the spell card [Pot of Greed]. Draw two cards from my deck, then set those two cards face down." Only after everyone else's blocking effects had been tested until none of them remained did Yugi finally play the [Pot of Greed] that he had been holding onto for a long time during his draw phase. His hand grew to three cards, then returned to one, and two more face-down cards appeared on the field.

"This turn, I haven't made a normal summon yet. I summon [Yellow Gadget] in defense position, and add one [Green Gadget] from my deck to my hand based on its effect when it is successfully summoned. End this turn."

[Yugi Muto: 2000 LP, 1 card in hand]

【Red Gadget】【DEF1500】

[Yellow Gadget] [DEF1200]

【Super Magical Dragon Knight - Red-Eyes Dragon Knight】【ATK3000】

[Golden Chest of Light] [Given Card] X2

Compared to Jonouchi, who immediately planned to OTK and clear Kaiba's field and was planning to sabotage his hand, Yugi performed much better this turn. He started by trying to destroy and banish other players' cards, and after failing to clear the field, he created a Red Daddy to control the field and prepare for defense.

Now it's Hayato's turn. He faces a face-down card from Jonouchi's back row, a face-down card from Kaiba's back row, and two face-down cards from Yugi's back row, totaling four cards of unknown significance. In addition, there's a three-color counter from "Red Daddy," making it quite troublesome, especially since he only has six cards left after drawing cards.

"My turn, draw a card." However, Hayato looked at the cards on the other three players' fields with a relaxed expression, and said in a slightly disappointed tone, "Actually, I'm quite disappointed with your performance."

"Because I'm the strongest, I was thinking that the three of you might team up to defeat me, the strongest enemy, first, and then decide the winner among yourselves. If it's my turn and I have to face each of you with five face-down cards, a total of fifteen, it will be difficult for me to play any of my cards. Of course, it will only be difficult; in the end, I will definitely still win."

"But now, after you fight each other, you've almost exhausted each other's resources before I can even make a move. This kind of chaotic battle is really annoying to watch."

Hayato's words made Kaiba frown: "What nonsense are you spouting now? Even you couldn't possibly take us all down in an instant!"

Although his words were quite imposing, Kaiba's statement carried a hint of "If we all gang up on you, even Zhang Zhenren can't wipe us all out in one go," which made Hayato chuckle: "Don't misunderstand, I'm not just targeting you, Seth. After all, the decks you're using can only be considered fun decks even in the Duel Monsters 1.0 version, while my deck is the noble Duel Monsters 2.0."

"Furthermore, I can declare in advance that the monster I am about to Normal Summon is a Level 2 monster related to 'water' and has the effect of sending three cards from the top of my Deck to the Graveyard when it is successfully Normal or Special Summoned."

Hearing Hayato's words, Jonouchi thought for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Isn't that Little Blue? That [Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl]?"

Upon seeing Hayato's back again, and hearing her name called, Little Blue, though unsure why her master didn't have her card, jumped out with a smug look on her face, eager to make her appearance. Seeing this, Jonouchi assumed what he had seen before was just an illusion, that he had mistaken Little Blue's tail for a fishtail-like hem.

However, Hayato shoved Blue's head back into the deck and arrogantly declared, "Blue? We don't need those weak cards from the old era anymore! For victory, I'm willing to abandon my old friend!"

"Tears of sorrow, now it's my turn to take control of you!"

"Normal Summon: [Tears of Elegy Clan - Merlo Mermaid]!"

On the airship speeding through the sky, the sound of ocean waves suddenly rang out, accompanied by a hazy singing voice coming from afar. Several crystal-clear pearls rose from the card Hayato slapped on the duel disk. Along with the pearls appeared a girl dressed in a cool blue-purple outfit, dragging a double-headed hammer spear shaped like a fish basket.

If you don't look closely, the game almost made you mistake the gray-haired girl with blue highlights for a fish tail. But if you look closely, you can see that it's just that her clothes are too long and cover her hands and feet. Otherwise, where would she get the hands to hold the hammer handle?

【Tears of Elegy Clan - Mermaid of Mermaid】】【2☆/Dark

[Aquarium/Effect]

[800/2000]

"It's true that its level is 2 stars, just like Little Blue. Its attribute has also changed from Water to the more useful Dark attribute. Furthermore, its attack and defense values ​​are also higher. If its effect is the same, allowing you to send three cards to the graveyard... isn't this just a complete upgrade of Little Blue?!" Jonouchi said in surprise, looking at the cute girl on Hayato's field.

"I'm going to cry, Little Blue, I'm going to cry!" Little Blue, who had been pushed back into the deck, poked her head out. She was both angry that a monster was so similar to her own role and afraid that Hayato would really remove her from the deck. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Jōnei, you made Azur Lane cry."

"What does this have to do with me? Wasn't it Hayato who said he wanted to give up on Ran? Don't try to pin the blame on me!"

As Kaiba looked at the Mermaid of the Pearl Tear Clan, summoned by Hayato and looking around fearlessly, even daring to greet his Blue-Eyes White Dragon, he said disdainfully, "This is what you call 'Duel Monsters 2.0'? Hmph, is the only thing worth looking at in Duel Monsters these days?"

"Feel......"