Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

[Mechanical Race/Fusion/Effect]

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"A top-tier 12-star monster, and with an attack power of 5000! It's even stronger than [Cyber ​​Dragon] and [Armored Black Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon]!" Fubuki's eyes were quite serious as she glanced at the monsters on her field. Even [Armored Black Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Dragon] with its 5000 attack power couldn't wipe out her Life Points in one hit. "But... I can still hold on!"

"No, it's already over, Tenjouin Fubuki." Caesar said with a cold laugh, "The moment I Special Summoned [Armored Black Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], your defeat was already sealed!"

"The fusion materials of 【Armored Black Dragon - Electronic Dark Terminator Dragon】represent 'surface electron flow' and 'inner electron flow' respectively, so he naturally obtained the ultimate power of 'surface electron flow' and 'inner electron flow' respectively."

"The first effect from 'Cyber ​​Stream' is that [Armored Black Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] is not affected by the opponent's activated effects. This means that no matter what cards you set to the back row, they cannot touch [Armored Black Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] in the slightest."

"The second effect is the ultimate power of 'Cyber ​​Darkness,' no longer restricted by situation or race. [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Darkness End Dragon] can be equipped once per turn by directly selecting one monster from both players' graveyards."

"And the third effect from 'Surface Electron Flow' is the same as that of 'Chimera Overload Dragon'. 'Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon' can attack multiple times during a single Battle Phase, the number of times being equal to the number of cards it equips!"

Having explained the effects of his monsters without reservation, Kaiser pointed at Fubuki and said, "First is the second effect of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]: I choose [Dark Overlord - Diablos] from my opponent's Graveyard as an Equip Card for [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]!"

"Then I activate the effect of my [Cyber ​​Dark Invasion] in the back row, and equip [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] from the opponent's graveyard as an Equip Card that increases its ATK by 1000 points to [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]!"

With its claws piercing the ground, [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] precisely retrieved two monster cards from Fubuki's graveyard, forcibly entangled them with cables, and absorbed power from them to enhance itself, further increasing its already high attack power of 5000.

Kaiser's two actions added two equipment cards to [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], which means it has gained the ability to attack twice in one battle phase!

【Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon】(Equipment 2)【ATK5000→6000】

Conversely, because Caesar forcibly took monsters from his graveyard as Equip Cards, the attack power of "Red-Eyes Dark Dragon" on the field decreased.

【True Red-Eyes Dark Dragon】【ATK3600→3000】

Although he still had two cards left in his hand, there was no need to play them. Caesar waved his hand and commanded, "Enter my battle phase, and then use [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] to attack [Black Hole Dragon] and [Red-Eyes Dark Dragon]!"

"The combined 3000 points of combat damage from the two battles are more than enough to wipe out your remaining basic points." Caesar's face showed an arrogant expression, with a slight smirk at the corner of his mouth. "I—won!"

"Emperor Dark End!"

Under the attack of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], the powerful dragon on the snow field was instantly destroyed in an instant, and his life points were immediately reduced to zero, and he was sent flying!

"Uwaaaaaahh ...

[Tenjoin Fubuki: 4000LP → 0]

With a sinister grin, Caesar drew a finger in front of him and delivered the death sentence: "Disappear, loser!"

“Then—” Turning his head to look at the audience, Caesar, basking in victory and the heartfelt joy of the moment, pointed at Jaden, “You’re next, Jaden Yuki!”

Chapter 1389 Remembering the Happy Times We Spent Together

"elder brother!"

Although Asuka chose to side with Kaiser during the duel because of Jaden's thoughts, when Fubuki was depleted of all her life points by Kaiser's double attack of "Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon" and was sent flying backwards in an exaggerated manner, Asuka in the audience still couldn't help but rush down to check on Fubuki's condition.

Fubuki lay on the ground, looking weak, her eyes closed as if she had no strength to open them. Asuka, who had come closer, saw this and couldn't help but run over anxiously.

Because he and Fubuki were "kidnapped" by the [Light King War - Queen Mador] and taken to the [Light Realm], Misawa knew some of Fubuki's condition. Therefore, he was worried that the "special treatment" that the [Light King War - Queen Mador] had given Fubuki might not have worked, so he came to Fubuki's side and helped him up after he fell down.

However, after helping Fubuki up, Misawa's expression was somewhat strange as he watched Fubuki's unnatural and forceful movements with her eyes closed. In fact, he didn't use much force when he helped Fubuki up; it didn't seem like he was helping someone who had been knocked down. It was as if Fubuki was sitting up on her own.

"Asuka-san, Fubuki-senpai—"

Because there were two "Tenjōin"s on the scene, Misawa directly addressed Asuka by her name and was about to reveal his discovery. However, Fubuki raised her hand with a trembling expression and blocked Misawa's path, indicating that he should not continue: "No... I can still hold on, Yoshinori-kun."

Misawa's expression turned cold the moment he heard Fubuki call his name wrong. He let go of Fubuki's hand and ignored her situation. As he walked back to the audience, he muttered things like, "This is hell," and "I want to create a world where people can call my name correctly."

However, unlike Misawa, Asuka, due to the angle, didn't notice Fubuki's unusual behavior at all. Instead, she mistook his earlier statement, "I can still hold on," for a boastful one, and said with considerable concern, "Could it be that dark power...?"

“It’s not that I’m a true red-eyed demon… I just didn’t expect Ryo to become so powerful…” Fubuki barely opened her eyes, looked at Asuka, and forced a smile. “I’m sorry, Asuka-chan, I lost the duel. I couldn’t show you how cool and stylish my brother was when he won.”

"My time may be running out. Can you grant me a request, Asuka?" Fubuki looked at Asuka with hope in her eyes, her voice growing weaker and weaker. "If I ever do anything wrong that makes you angry, can you forgive me and not be angry?"

"Hmm?" The atmosphere had been gradually turning somber, but upon hearing Fubuki's words, Asuka suddenly paused, somewhat confused about what he meant by "mistake."

Seeing Asuka's confusion, Fubuki immediately explained, "Because your brother is quite popular. If I have fans who admire and pursue me at the academy, I can't possibly refuse all their kindness, right? It would be normal for us to hug and kiss each other to show our friendship, wouldn't it?"

"But if any of my fans are sad or heartbroken because of this, Asuka, please don't think I'm two-timing and hurting other people's feelings. And please don't say bad things about me in the girls' dormitory, especially to your dormitory head, Ayukawa Megumi."

Subconsciously, Fubuki forgot to maintain her previous weak appearance and began to explain to Asuka with great energy. Asuka's face gradually darkened as she watched her brother talking and gesturing as if nothing had happened.

Behind Asuka, who had a dark expression, Judai, who had also followed along out of concern for Fubuki, said with a puzzled tone, adding the final blow: "Speaking of which, I was wondering earlier, isn't this a virtual world? And there's not even a fatigue system, so why was Fubuki so weak after being defeated?"

"Because this guy is just faking his death." Asuka shoved Fubuki away without hesitation, stood up with a dark face, and looked down at Fubuki, saying, "You actually took advantage of my concern for you? You're the worst brother in the world!"

Looking at Asuka's gloomy face, Fubuki asked in horror, "Hey, can we make peace?"

"At this very moment? You must be joking!"

"No, Asuka! What about all the years of brother-sister bond we've shared? Just think of all the happy times we've had together!"

"Wow, I'll teach you your old-fashioned swearing!"

Although there is no fatigue system in the world of "Duel-Links", the pain system is well reproduced. Judging from Asuka and Fubuki's experience, the feeling of hitting someone and being hit is almost the same as in reality.

Dragging Fubuki, who had only pretended to faint but was now truly unconscious, Asuka returned towards the audience seats. Seeing Judai behind her, she tucked a stray strand of hair behind her ear and gave Judai a helpless look: "That idiot Fubuki, she's such a troublemaker. She made you come all this way for nothing because you were worried about her."

"No, it's nothing. I'm going to have a duel anyway." Jaden shook his head to indicate that it was nothing.

Upon hearing this, Asuka glanced to the other side. The victorious Caesar had not returned to the audience seats, nor had he tidied up his deck. It seemed that he intended to use the deck he had on hand without making any adjustments to directly face Jaden and win consecutively.

In the future, Duel Monsters may become a game where you duel on a motorcycle, skateboard, or even on the highway, or an action duel where you jump around to pick up cards and use them. But for now, it is still a game where two duelists stand on opposite sides of a field, draw cards, and then play them to win.

Although the actions are simple, due to the influence of multiple factors, including the virtual impact simulation system, fighting monsters is far more physically demanding than imagined. It is normal for a duel to leave you sweating and panting after playing cards. However, compared to the physical exertion, the more important drain is on willpower and morale.

Aside from the extremely rare case of someone collapsing from exhaustion halfway through a card game and losing, the physical exertion from a duel is far less than the morale boost from a victory.

To draw an analogy, it's like a battle in Pokémon. A battle will certainly consume a certain number of skill usage attempts (PP) and life points (HP), but duelists all have a Plus version of the "overconfidence" trait. Defeating an opponent will raise all attributes by two levels. Therefore, although he has lost some stamina, Caesar is in high spirits and can't wait to continue his duel with Jaden.

But Jaden was no less impressive. Caesar's interruption of Fubuki's duel ignited his passion and fighting spirit, and he was in equally high spirits. In terms of looking forward to the duel with Caesar, he was no less eager than Caesar, who was also looking forward to his duel.

"The [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], capable of continuously stealing cards from the opponent's graveyard to equip itself, increasing its attack power, and performing multiple combos, was finally revealed by Kaiser in your duel with Jaden." Asuka glanced at Jaden's deck with some concern and said, "Its powerful resistance to being affected by the opponent's activated cards almost completely counters the power of your [Hero] monsters and trap cards that you excel at."

“It’s unnecessary to specifically mention trap cards. I only included ‘a tiny bit’ of cards in my deck to support the Heroes in battle,” Jaden corrected earnestly, then suddenly smiled. “But don’t worry, the Heroes are very strong. I believe they can definitely create miracles.”

"Just trust your own card; you don't need a reason to believe."

"Yes, I also believe that you can definitely win the duel, big brother!" Beside Jaden, Sho Marufuji, who had also come along, expressed his trust and support for Jaden. He glanced at the ready Caesar with a complex expression, then turned to Jaden and said, "Just as you believe in me, I believe in you, my big brother!"

"Oh! Such cool lines and resolve, Sho!" Jaden said with a grin, affectionately ruffling the short, blue hair of Marufuji Sho, who was a head shorter than him. "Since you trust me so much, then I can only win the duel and defeat Caesar."

"Well then, we'll be waiting to see your duel, Judai." Nodding to Judai, Asuka and Marufuji Sho each grabbed Fubuki's arm and left the arena.

"Finally, the final battle has arrived." Manjoume sat there, looking at the arena. "Third-year student, or perhaps the strongest student in the history of Duel Academy, known as 'Kaiser' Marufuji Ryo."

"And, there's also Judai Yuki, a first-year student who's arguably the strongest in the current class." Daitokuji said with a smile, looking at Judai's group. "If the school's news club were to report on this, it would probably be something like 'The Strongest in Modern Times VS The Strongest in History,' right?"

“Those clueless guys are really good at changing their tune. When Judai advanced to the semifinals, the headline was ‘Yuki Judai occupies a spot in the semifinals,’ but before that, his related news was ‘Despicable and shameless first-year student defeats Muto Yugi,’ ‘An unspeakable lucky draw dog approaches the convenience store,’ ‘The monster of the red dormitory lands at the port.’”

Manjoume said disdainfully, "They would never use such a proper headline. Instead, they would do their best to report on Judai's confidence in defeating Caesar so that they could quote him again after his defeat and publish articles that kick him while he's down. But if Judai wins, they will change their tune and call him 'Lord Judai Yuki'."

"It's supposed to be a news club, yet it completely disregards the three essential characteristics of news—truthfulness, accuracy, and timeliness." Maeda Hayato, as the senior of Banjou, who is a first-year student but reads as a second-year student and actually skipped a grade to graduate, knows better than anyone what the news club is all about. He also looked helpless. "Luckily, I'm leaving school this year and I don't have to read those pornographic news anymore."

"Aren't the three main characteristics of modern news fabrication, taking things out of context, and inciting conflict?" Sanze said disdainfully. He couldn't stand the people in the news department the most. His name hadn't been fixed in their weekly magazine since he enrolled a year ago. It would be changed every time the magazine was published, and he hadn't gotten it right even once!

As he said this, Misawa subconsciously touched his chest again, suddenly remembering that he had just given that thing to Judai.

The duel between Jaden and Caesar is the final match of the 2005 Duel Academy Exchange Tournament. If the "Loki" mentioned by [Astral Tree - Light Oak] wants to cause trouble, this is the only time he can do something. It might be better if Jaden has that thing in his possession.

Hayato, who had overheard the group discussing the school's journalism club, chimed in, "Don't worry, the school has actually been planning to crack down on bad clubs for a while now, including the journalism club. Starting next semester, all clubs, big and small, will be strictly investigated, and those 'Faker News' kinds of things should never happen again."

"Actually, if it weren't for that unscrupulous reporter, Shameimaru, who enrolled last year, the news club wouldn't have this terrible atmosphere. I'll be taking his fabricated report on a home visit this holiday." As he spoke, Hayato glanced at one of the countless water curtains. The second-year student from the Blue Dormitory named "Shameimaru" was unaware of the torment he was about to suffer this holiday, and was still enthusiastically writing down his fabricated article on the paper in his hand. "Who told this guy to also be named Shameimaru? I thought Touhou Project had come to kill me."

"Well, it's about to begin, the final duel." The card in Hayato's waist box, sandwiched between [Summoner-Aleister] and [Temple's Water Sprite], was imprisoned. Although it could speak, it couldn't appear beside Hayato as freely as they could, indicating that he could at least continue observing his surroundings.

On the field, after glancing at Judai who had finished his conversation with Asuka and the others, Caesar stepped forward and stood in the spot where he had started, saying, "I've been waiting for you for so long, Judai. I've been itching to have a duel with you."

"Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration, Caesar? It can't be that you're desperate for sex, can it?" Seeing the sneer on Caesar's face, Jaden rubbed his nose nonchalantly and revealed a hearty smile. "Although that's what I'm saying, I think I'm getting a little excited too."

“Isn’t that right? You’re also craving battle, aren’t you? Indeed, you and I are very similar, Jaden.” Caesar laughed quite happily. “Even though you’re different from me, who has realized the deep desire for victory in your heart, and you haven’t figured out why you enjoy dueling so much yet, our hunger is incredibly similar.”

"That's why only you, the duel with you, and the victory in the duel with you can bring me the greatest satisfaction, Jaden Yuki!" Raising the Duel Disk, Caesar could no longer contain his joy and excitement and laughed wildly, saying, "Caesar, let's enjoy the duel that leads to hell together, and then decide who can savor the unparalleled thrill of the final victory!"

"Although I don't quite understand what you're saying, Caesar." Jaden didn't quite understand what Caesar meant by not understanding why he enjoyed dueling, but his extraordinary wisdom led him to the conclusion that he should just use his extraordinary power to overpower everyone. He smiled and raised the Duel Disk, saying, "I don't want to lose to you either, given the trust my comrades have placed in me."

"Alright, let the duel begin."

Jaden draws a card from his deck, and Kaiser does the same in unison, both shouting, "Duel!" x2

[Ryo Marufuji: 4000LP, 5 card in hand]

[Yujo Judai: 4000LP, 5 cards in hand]

Chapter 1390 Jaden Yuki VS. Caesar of Hell! Light and Darkness Intertwined (Part 1)

"It's my turn to attack first, my turn, draw!"

Knowing his opponent was Caesar, Jaden still seized the initiative, drawing a card from his deck and declaring, "First, I activate the Spell Card 'Pot of Greed' to draw two cards from my deck!"

Seeing that Caesar didn't respond to "Pot of Greed" by playing any cards, Judai knew that Caesar had no cards in his hand that could stop his play. After testing the waters, Judai smiled and said, "Next, I'll activate this spell card, 'Fake Hero'!"

"The effect of this card is to Special Summon one [E·hero] monster from my hand. As a trade-off, the monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack this turn, and it will return to my hand at the End Phase of this turn." Jaden paused, then smiled and said, "But since this is only the first turn, the restriction of not being able to attack doesn't really matter."

"The monster I want to Special Summon is this one, come forth, Flowing Water [Hero] - [E·hero Bubble Man]!"

Although it represents the water element, its powerful card draw effect makes it more like a water hero with money. It is also the most commonly used starting monster in the Jade Dynasty - [E·hero Bubble Man] - which reveals its form in a dense bubble.

【E·hero Bubble Man】【4☆/Water】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

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"When I successfully Summon, Flip Summon, or Special Summon, I activate the effect of [E·hero Bubble Man]: I draw two cards from my Deck. This effect can only be activated and resolved if I have no other cards on my field."

Jaden quickly replenished the two cards he had just played, restoring his hand to seven cards. He then drew another card and said, "Next is my Normal Summon for this turn. I Normal Summon [Hero] – [E·hero Solid Man], the symbol of solid matter, to my field in Defense Position!"

Jaden plays a card, then draws another: "And when [E·hero Solid Warrior] is successfully summoned, activate its effect to Special Summon one Level 4 or lower [Hero] monster from my hand. Water, Earth, then Wind, come forth, Sky Hero—[E·hero Sky Warrior]!"

Wearing small shields on both arms and lightweight armor that clearly indicates his expertise in defense, [E·hero Solid Man] appeared on the stage of Jaden, right next to [E·hero Bubble Man]. At the same time, a blue figure soared into the air behind him, accompanied by [E·hero Sky Man], who was wearing a propeller-driven flight backpack.

【E·hero Solid State Vehicle】【4☆/Location】

[Warrior Race/Effect]

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【E·hero Sky Warrior】【4☆/Wind】