Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

【True Six Samurai - Shining Slash】(Six Samurai's Spirit Generation) 【2300/500→2600/800】

As the number of Bushido Indicators on the Rokubuin and Rokubu Gate increased, the effect of the Machine Fox - Uka no Mitama Inari activated for the third time, dealing another 300 points of effect damage to Misawa, causing his base score to drop again, bringing his total to 900 points of effect damage.

[Misawa Daichi: 3400→3100LP, 3 card in hand]

[Rokubu-in] [Bushido Indicator 5→6]

[Six Samurai Gate] [Bushido Indicator 6→2→4]

【Kibou Fox - Uka no Mitama Inari】【ATK 1750→1650】

【Kidou-Sei-Murakumo Orochi】【ATK1950→1850】

"Activate the effect of [Gate of the Six Samurai] again, remove the four [Bushido Tokens] on it, and add [True Shadow of the Six Samurai] from my graveyard to my hand."

[Six Samurai Gate] [Bushido Indicator 4→0]

Reclaiming a card, Misawa pointed to the mechanical fox and said, "The purpose of Special Summoning [Shadow Six Samurai - Riban] is not only to free up my monster zone to continue Special Summoning monsters, but also to use its effect to take down that troublesome [Machine Fox - Uka no Mitama Inari].

"And now, I have the ammunition needed to activate the effect, which is this card in my hand: [The True Shadow of the Six Samurai]!"

"The effect of 【Shadow Six Samurai - Companion】is that once per turn, you can banish one 【Six Samurai】 card from your hand or face-up cards on the field, and then target one card on the field. You banish 【Six Samurai's True Shadow】 from your hand, and target the monster 【Machine Fox - Uka no Mitama Inari】 on your opponent's field. Then—ban that card!"

"Martial God's Blade Assault!"

Similar to the previous "Six Samurai's Spirit Generation", as Misawa threw out the card "Six Samurai's True Shadow" from his hand, the spirit immediately controlled the armor to fly out. However, this time it was not used as an equipment card to equip other monsters, but was forcibly bound to "Machine Fox - Uka no Mitama Inari".

The mechanical fox god was bound by armor that was forcibly attached to its body, hindering its movement. In the next moment, [Kage Six Samurai - Rihan] had already teleported in front of it, slashed at the fox god, and appeared behind it!

"Clang!"

The moment [Kagero Six Samurai - Riban] unleashed the green blade, Misawa even hallucinated that the song "Ichisai ni Katsuchi Toru Game" was playing.

Nine sword lights erupted from the body of [Kikōko-Uka no Mitama Inari] in succession, completing the "Nine-Headed Dragon Flash". Then, with a "boom", the entire body of [Kikōko-Uka no Mitama Inari] instantly exploded and shattered, and even the ability to enter the graveyard was no longer present. It was thus removed from the duel.

"I've been wondering about that for a while now. That armor looks a lot like the one [Great General - Shien] wore!" Looking at the [True Shadows of the Six Samurai] who were excluded along with [Kibou-Tama Inari], [King of Light War] tilted his head and said in a deliberately cute way, "I'm really curious~"

"Just like the situation with [Six Samurai's Master] and [True Six Samurai - Shining Blade], in my [Six Samurai] deck, there are different forms of the same monster at different times. [Six Samurai's True Shadow] is actually the future of [Great General - Shien]."

He gave a brief explanation without going into further detail. Misawa was there to play cards; he couldn't exactly recount the entire story of the "Honnoji Incident" to the [Koukai Tournament], could he? This wasn't a historical drama. He lowered his head, glanced at the cards in his hand, and began to think.

Having removed the troublesome [Kibou-Tama Inari], Misawa was still wary of the infamous prototype [Kibou-Tama Orochi]. However, the effect of [Kage Rokusha-Ryōban] could only be used once per turn, and the cards in his hand were insufficient to support him in making further plays.

The [Six Samurai Gate] can use [Bushido Tokens], and there are also six from the [Six Samurai Academy]. Considering the power of the mythical "Yamata no Orochi," perhaps I should prepare that card...

Having made up his mind, Misawa waved his hand again: "Remove the four Bushido Counters from the Rokubuin again, activate their effect, and add one Rokubushi monster from my deck to my hand."

"Next, I place three cards face down, and the turn ends."

[Misawa Daichi: 3100LP, 1 cards in hand]

[The Six Samurai's Instructor] [ATK2100]

【True Six Samurai - Shinzan】(Six Samurai's Spirit Generation) 【ATK2600】

【Kagero Six Samurai - Riban】【ATK2400】

【General - Purple Flame】【ATK2500】

[Six Martial Arts Academy] [GaiK] X3

Location: [Gate of the Six Samurai] [Bushido Marker 6→2]

【Kidou-Sei-Murakumo Orochi】【ATK1850→2250】

As the number of Bushido indicators on the Gate of the Six Samurai decreased, the suppressed attack power of the Machine Serpent - Murakumo Orochi was restored to a certain extent. It went from being unable to defeat anyone to being able to at least defeat the Master of the Six Samurai.

However, besides that, Misawa also has three other monsters on his field with higher attack power than [Machine Serpent - Murakumo Orochi]. Monsters from the [Six Samurai], [Shadow Six Samurai], [True Six Samurai], and [Shien] series are all gathered on his field. Even though he changed his deck, Misawa's dueling style is still the same as before: the extremely classic type of opening up and gathering monsters, and then overwhelming the opponent head-on.

Previously, the pseudo-infinite loop of [Giant Plant] worked like this, and now the development of [Six Samurai] is similar. It can be predicted that if [Iron King Battle] cannot completely destroy Misawa's cards in one go, Misawa can still unleash a large number of cards and summon his forces again in the next turn, unless [Iron King Battle] can precisely exploit Misawa's exposed weakness—[Six Samurai Gate].

"【Six Samurai Gate】, target locked for priority destruction. Begin battle." 【Iron King Battle】 raised his arm, his thick fingers holding four equally gigantic cards, and stretched his other hand toward the duel disk. "My turn, draw a card, then activate the spell card 【Lightning Strike】."

"Destroy all of the opponent's monsters."

Despite having played an incredible card, [Iron King Battle]'s voice remained remarkably calm. After inserting the card into the Duel Disk, the Duel Disk, which had transformed from an iron hammer, reverted to its original giant hammer form. The magic card [Lightning Strike] that had been inserted earlier seemed to be charging it, and lightning enveloped the entire iron hammer, giving it the imposing aura of Mjolnir, the legendary hammer of Thor that creates lightning and is believed to have the power to "crush".

With a loud "boom," the hammer was smashed down by [Iron King Battle], seemingly intending to completely crush Misawa's forces on the field. However, before this burst of lightning, Misawa calmly said, "Don't think you can defeat [Six Samurai] so easily with just one card! Chain activate my face-down cards in the back row!"

"Counter-Trap Card [Six-Foot Magatama]!"

Before the thunderous hammer strike, one of the three face-down cards in Misawa's back row flipped open, releasing a pendant. A rope connected the pendant to a jewel bearing the same emblem of the Six Samurai (a type of samurai) as the Bushido symbol, and a magatama (a type of jewel) bearing the emblem of the Fire Cloud clan, Purple Flame. Without anyone holding them, the magatama and the round jewel flew into the air to meet the lightning strike.

It seemed like a futile attempt, but when the magatama collided with the iron hammer, the seemingly fragile magatama was not damaged in the slightest by the hammer blows of the [Iron King Battle]. Even the overflowing lightning power on the hammer was conducted along the rope and dissipated into the disc!

"【Six-Foot Magatama】is a counter trap that can be activated when the effect of a monster whose name contains 【Six Samurai】is activated by my opponent, provided that there is a monster on my field whose name contains 【Six Samurai】. It is a counter trap that can be activated when the effect of a monster whose name contains 【Six Samurai】is activated by my opponent. Its spell speed is three, so it cannot be chained by any card other than a counter trap of the same speed."

"Even if you have Principal Hayato's [Red Reboot], it won't help."

Misawa spoke the first half of his sentence quite loudly, but his voice became much softer in the second half, almost as if he were talking to himself. So that Iron King Battle could not hear him, Misawa pointed to the Rokusakani no Magatama on his field, which had absorbed the power of Lightning Strike, and continued, "Under the effect of the Rokusakani no Magatama, the activation of Lightning Strike is nullified and destroyed."

"You were already a rude guy who only knew how to destroy, and now you can't even destroy one of my monsters?"

Misawa thought his taunts would be ignored by [Iron King Battle] as before, but he didn't know which part of Misawa's words had touched a sensitive spot. [Iron King Battle]'s face turned red as before: "Destruction? Rudeness? Laughable human, you and your ancestors were not even born when we created the divine artifacts for the gods."

"Able to block one [Lightning Strike], threat level increased, reload! Spell Card [Pot of Greed], activate!"

After playing a [Pot of Greed] to replenish its hand, [Iron King Battle] drew another card, intending to insert it into the transformed Duel Disk to activate it and recharge the Duel Disk. At the same time, it said, "To be able to withstand an attack, even we must praise your tenacious vitality, human."

"But what will you do with the second shot?"

Iron Kaio Wars shoved the card heavily into the Duel Disk, intending to transform it, but saw the card he had just pushed in bounce off the disk. The "card," as thick as a stone slab, fell to the ground, creating a crater in the Six Samurai Academy, causing the Six Samurai's instructor to feel a pang of heartache.

Compared to [Kagero Six Samurai - Rihan], who is always away from home, and [General - Shien], who spends money lavishly because of his wealthy family, he, as the [Instructor] of the new recruits, is the manager of this training ground. Damaging the floor means paying for repairs. If the [Iron King Battle] card falls to the ground, they will be the ones who suffer the most!

As for his younger self? That idiot knew nothing!

[Iron King Battle], confused about what was happening, picked up the card and tried to activate it again, only to find that the card still couldn't be read and activated by the Duel Disk and was bounced out again. [Iron King Battle], catching the bounced card, even heard Misawa mocking him from the opposite side.

"It's hard to avoid poor performance, don't blame yourself so much. It's normal to have this kind of situation as you get older."

Chapter 1338 I will... march!

"Unknown situation, cannot be understood."

[Iron King Battle] looked at Misawa, seeking an explanation.

“You used [Lightning Strike] at the beginning of your turn, but that [Lightning Strike] was negated by my [Six-Foot Magatama]. This was actually expected by you, wasn’t it? It was to test whether I had a face-down card to counter your card.” Misawa analyzed rationally. “The purpose was to allow your next [Pot of Greed] to be activated smoothly.”

"I must say, Professor Chronos's understanding of duels is as spot on as ever. This tactic of baiting out a counter with a card before using Pot of Greed is extremely practical... However, you're very unlucky. The big guy called Iron King Warrior, my Six Samurai deck, or more precisely, my Great General - Purple Flame, happens to be the nemesis of this tactic!"

"I didn't explain the effect of [Great General - Purple Flame] to you, did I? Besides the ability to Special Summon from the hand, as long as [Great General - Purple Flame] is face-up on the field, your opponent can only activate a Spell/Trap Card once per turn!"

"May the world be united by force!"

"Let this demon king's power be imprinted in your eyes!" The culprit—the Great General-Purple Flame—who had plunged his longsword into the ground and unleashed demonic flames that had engulfed the entire [Six Martial Arts Academy] in flames, preventing [Iron King Battle] from using a second Spell/Trap Card after [Pot of Greed], grinned maliciously at it, saying, "This is the Great Scorching Infernal Hell, where the six heavens and four seas are overthrown, and gods and Buddhas of the three realms are reduced to ashes!"

This power is the strongest suppressive force in Misawa's Six Samurai deck, and it can only be used to its fullest potential when it is not exposed. Imagine someone thinking they have baited out a counter with a card, or cleared out their back row with a card like "Great Storm" and thought they can play freely, only to suddenly find that they can't play a single spell card...

Just imagining the frustrated and unwilling expression on his opponent's face made Misawa excited!

In the quarterfinals, Asuka was unable to draw the cards of the Six Samurai and instead focused on the cards of the Two-Handed Miyabi that were mixed with them. Otherwise, Asuka would not have been able to use the power of the Cyber ​​Angel to perform multiple ritual summons, but would have been restricted by the Great General - Shien to only use one spell card. The same was true for Jaden's fusion deck, E·hero.

"Only one Spell/Trap Card can be used? What a disgusting effect."

"That's because you haven't seen our principal's monster that allows you to Special Summon only once per turn." Misawa casually replied to [King of Light Battle], looking at his opponent's large frame, "As long as [Great General - Purple Flame] exists, you, who used your only chance to use a Spell/Trap Card this turn to replenish your hand with [Pot of Greed], have already been deprived of the ability to use Spell/Trap Cards!"

Under Misawa's frantic hints, even the slow-witted [Iron King Battle] should have realized that it wasn't without a way to break this restriction, as long as it could make [Great General - Purple Flame] disappear from the field without using Spell/Trap Cards.

Coincidentally, there happened to be a card on the field that could destroy [Great General - Purple Flame]!

"Understood. Strategy changed. Priority for defeating [Great General - Purple Flame]." With his gaze fixed on [Great General - Purple Flame], [Iron King Battle] waved his hand. "Condition: Banish three cards from our Fusion Deck face down. Target: [Great General - Purple Flame]."

"【Mikakushi Orochi】effect activated, destroying 【Great General - Shien】."

Raising his right hand and extending it slightly to his left shoulder, [Iron King Battle] had three cards spat out from the face on his shoulder, which he then held in his hand. [Iron King Battle] then inserted the three cards back into the transformed Duel Disk.

This time, the Duel Disk took on a form that resembled a card reader. However, when [Iron King Battle] inserted a card into one end and the other end spat out the shredded card, Misawa realized that it was actually a paper shredder.

"Load, execute—" Banishing three cards from the Fusion Deck face-down by destroying them directly, [Iron King Battle] points at [Great General - Purple Flame], "Fear, tremble... Calamity is about to befall you!"

"Divine Might Draws the Sword - Divine Sword: Greatsword of Kusana Art!"

In the case of "Kidou-Orochi - Murakumo Orochi", the "Iron Kaio War" was actually made with much less effort. It did not have "eight heads and eight tails" and the basic framework was pieced together from spare parts from other works. As a result, if you did not see the name, no one would have thought that its prototype was actually the mythical monster "Yamata no Orochi".

However, there is only one thing that the Iron Realm King War seriously designed and manufactured, and that is the sword it carries that is powerful enough to cut through the world.

In the myth, Susanoo, carrying his father Izanagi's divine sword Ame no Habakiri, confidently went to slay the Yamata no Orochi. He successfully ambushed and killed it by getting it drunk, but while dismembering the body, the blade of the divine sword broke, and he discovered the "Ame no Murakumo" sword hidden in the serpent's tail.

No one cares about the plausibility of myths, just as no one questions why Venus was born from such a delicate organ, and no one tries to understand why a sword can be hidden in a snake's tail, or who was so foolish as to put it there. But one thing is certain: from the moment it appeared, the "Ame no Kusanagi" was the sharpest divine sword in its respective Japanese mythology.

The four legs of the [Murakumo Orochi] spun rapidly, its remaining long tail, sacrificing some of its original design, was flung out. The structure at the end of the tail cleaved open, causing the previously barely visible blade to extend rapidly. A graceful arc of light flashed past, its brilliance surpassing even the thunderbolts from before, like the arc of a peerless swordsman's Iaijutsu, unleashed after a period of intense preparation.

That is the ultimate technique of [Kibou no Orochi - Murakumo] - Ame-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi!

Under the slash of the divine sword, [General-Purple Flame] tried to dodge at the first moment, but still could not avoid this sharp and tricky slash. In an instant, he was cut in half at the waist like a prisoner hit by a spatial slash, with only his lower body still standing on the ground, while his upper body fell backward and coughed up blood.

However, just when [Iron King Battle] thought [Great General Shien] was about to say something funny like "I'm sorry I couldn't get [Kikousou Orochi] to use his full strength," he saw that the mask and helmet on the face of [Great General Shien], who was lying on the ground, had fallen off, revealing the disguised appearance of [Kagero Six Samurai - Rihan].

Then, with a "bang," he turned into smoke and disappeared. It was unknown when he had exchanged with [Kagero Six Samurai - Rihan] before he returned to the field from the smoke after the crisis was over.

【General - Purple Flame】【ATK2500】

"The second effect of 【Great General - Shien】: If this face-up card on the field is destroyed, instead of destroying this card, I destroy one 【Six Samurai】 monster on my field. I replaced the destruction of 【Great General - Shien】 with 【Shadow Six Samurai - Riban】."

Seeing the confusion in the Iron King Battle from that unchanging metallic face, Misawa explained, "This is a necessary sacrifice!"

Even a powerful being like "Kusanagi" can destroy any selected target, but what if the selected target was flawed from the start? Just like now, "Iron King Battle" is trying to destroy "Great General Shien" to remove the restrictions it is under, but it has encountered "Great General Shien," who can use other "Six Samurai" monsters as substitutes to destroy them an unlimited number of times.

Even though [Shadow Six Samurai - Rihan] had already been used to block one attack on Misawa's field, there were still two monsters, [Six Samurai Master] and [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash], which could replace [Great General - Shien] in being destroyed. The confident attack from [Iron King Battle] only destroyed [Shadow Six Samurai - Rihan] and caused [True Six Samurai - Shining Slash] to lose its effect bonus due to the reduced number of [Six Samurai] monsters.

【True Six Samurai - Shining Slash】(Six Samurai's Spirit Generation) 【2600/1300→2300/1000】

"A restrictive effect, plus pseudo-indestructibility resistance, it's practically what the principal called 'the solution to Xiaomi,' right? However, even with battle destruction, [Great General - Purple Flame] can be replaced by other [Six Samurai] monsters," Misawa provocatively said. "Do you have enough monsters in your inventory, [Iron Kaio Battle]?"

“Arrogant humans, completely unaware of their own foolishness.” [Iron King Battle] looked at Misawa and drew a card from his remaining five cards. “The hunt begins. Special Summon this card—[Magic Hound]—from our hand in Defense Position.”

Without seeing any price paid by the Iron King Battle, Misawa saw the card that had been drawn and placed in the Duel Disk activated. As a spherical energy shield appeared on the Iron King Battle field, a golden mechanical hound appeared out of thin air in the shield, assuming a defense position.

【Magic Hound】【1☆/Location】

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[500/800]

Judging from its appearance, it seems to be designed based on the [Mechanical Hound], a monster of the same mechanical type and earth attribute.