Is this the world of card dealers? Yada thieves!

[1400/1000]

The rather ancient monster, [Cyber ​​Raider], was Normal Summoned by Kaiser in Defense Position. Upon its appearance, it immediately stole [Armored Cyber ​​Wing] from [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], just as many years ago when Hayato fought Keith, Keith also used this card to steal Hayato's [Gigantify].

【Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Terminator Dragon】(Equipment 2 → Attached Electronic Wings)【ATK5600】

However, at the same time, due to the increase in the number of monsters on the opponent's field, Jaden's [M·Hero Koga] on the field has also been boosted again.

【M·hero Light Tooth】【ATK4100→4600】

"They deliberately reduced the number of equipment cards on [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon]? But why?" Manjoume asked, puzzled. "Shouldn't [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] have as many equipment cards as possible?"

"It's because of the effect of the [Armored Electronic Wings]," Misawa explained. "As an Alliance Monster, the [Armored Electronic Wings] do have an effect."

"I activate the effect of the Alliance Monster Armored Cyberwing equipped on Cyber ​​Raider. Once per turn, target one face-up monster on the field, reduce the equipped monster's ATK by 1000, and destroy the targeted monster."

Kaiser sneered and pointed at Jaden's field, "I'm not willing to lower the attack power of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], so I've deliberately chosen [Cyber ​​Raider] to bear the cost of lowering its attack power by 1000 points. The monster I've chosen to destroy is, Jaden, your [M Hero Koga]!"

[Electronic Raider] (Armored Electronic Wings) [1400/1000→400/1000]

On the field of Jaden, with the help of the monsters that Kaiser added to the field and the power of his companion [E. Hero Sunrise], [M. Hero Lightfang]'s attack power is gradually approaching that of [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], and has even reached the subtle number of 4600 points.

If the [Skyscraper] effect weren't only effective against [E·heroes] and not [M·heroes], the [M·hero Lightfang] with an attack power of 4600 would have been qualified to take down the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] together, since the [Armored Electronic Wing], which could replace one battle effect destruction, had already been transferred to the [Electronic Raider].

With its "pseudo-all resistance" [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], one of Jaden's methods to defeat it is through battle destruction, and currently, the most likely Jaden has on his field to do this is [M Hero Lightfang]. Kaiser, of course, is not going to let this threat continue to exist. He understands very well that "the most useless resistance is battle destruction resistance, and the most useful removal method is battle destruction."

After all, he knew that the Jaden Heroes were really not that bad if they really wanted to go all out on attack. In his previous battle against Asuka, there was even an E-hero Earth that could boost its attack power to 9800. Even though his own Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon had an attack power of 5600, it was not certain that it could stand firm.

"I activate the effect of [Armored Electronic Wing] again. Once per turn, Special Summon this card equipped to a monster to my field in Defense Position." Without worrying about [M. Hero Lightfang]'s attack power continuing to increase, Kaiser added another monster to his field before setting his last card face down. "Then, I set one card, and my turn ends."

[Ryo Marufuji: 4000LP, 0 card in hand]

【Armored Dragon - Electronic Dark Terminator Dragon】(with Electronic Wings) 【ATK5600】

【Electronic Dragon】【ATK2100】

【Electronic Attacker】【DEF1000】

【Armored Electronic Wing】【4☆/Wind】

[Mechanical Race/Effect]

[0/2000]

[The Dark World of Electronics] [Gaika]

"'Thirsty Ones' and 'Responders'? It's not about 'who's better or worse,' but the difference between the two is obvious. In a duel where nice words don't work and only strength and will determine the outcome, this difference will be fully revealed in the final moment when the duelists are driven to the brink."

In the brief interval between the end of Caesar's turn and the start of Jaden's turn, Hayato glanced at Jaden and Caesar, who were staring intently at each other on the field, and said, "Compared to Jaden, Caesar's gaze was unusually resolute, as if a dark flame was burning in his eyes. This disparity... will steal victory and devour the loser."

"You cannot win without showing your hunger and thirst!"

“Hunger...coping…” The keywords Caesar had mentioned earlier echoed in Jaden’s mind. He shook his head in annoyance. “They keep talking about things that are hard to understand. Hasn’t Kaiba Corporation developed a machine that can translate riddles?”

"Even if you told me all that nonsense, I wouldn't really understand it. I'm not good at thinking." Looking down at his Duel Disk, Jaden murmured, staring at the transparent deck hidden within. "Although Hayato-sensei said, 'Winning a duel requires a passionate heart and a calm mind,' I can't do it even if you kill me."

"At times like this, courage is all that matters, and I'll make up for any shortcomings with my trust in my deck!"

Suddenly raising his head, Jaden's confident smile returned: "I'm going in, Caesar! In response to your fierce offensive, it's time for my [Heroes] to retaliate!"

"My turn—"

Against the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator] with "pseudo-all resistance", battle destruction is not the only solution. In addition to that, you can use [Skill Extraction] to strip it of its effect, and there is even the ultimate solution of Liberation. After all, unless there is Liberation resistance like [Five-Element Magician], even "all resistance" cannot resist the power of Liberation, let alone the "pseudo-all resistance" of the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator].

However, when Jaden touched the virtual card handed to him by the Duel Disk, he didn't feel like he had drawn the [Lava Demon] card, and in fact, he didn't want to draw the [Lava Demon] card.

What is victory? If judged solely by the rules, the losing side is naturally the loser and the other side is naturally the "winner." But that's not right. Jaden doesn't consider that kind of victory to be "victory."

In a duel between two gunmen, is the one who kills the other by sneaking up on him from behind the winner?

No, true victory is never achieved by the one who fires first at the enemy. Rather, it is the victory achieved by deliberately letting the other fire first and then defeating them.

Use the [Lava Demon] to engulf Caesar's monster and then defeat his remaining monsters to achieve victory?

—No, that's not the true victory Jaden wanted. A hero's true victory is to defeat the invincible Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon head-on, together with his Heroes, and then go and take down Kaiser's monsters.

So, what's wrong with abandoning the [Lava Demon]? Intentionally;

So, there's no need to worry! Don't think about "I want to draw [Lava Demon]", but think about "I want to create the future with my partners". This is the "broad road" that belongs to me and to my [Hero]!

"—Draw a card!"

Without hesitation, Jaden played the card he had drawn and shouted, "Magic Card [Masked Change Type II] activated!"

Chapter 1395 Jaden Yuki VS. Caesar of Hell! Light and Darkness Intertwined (Part Six)

"Spell Card [Masked Change Type II] activated!"

Even Caesar showed a somewhat surprised expression: "[Masked Transformation...Type II]?"

"Lesson 1, don't have any strange expectations of me;"

Lesson 2: Don't let the card notice;

"Lesson 3, just trust the deck, just trust it."

As Jaden spoke, he held up three fingers. “These are the first few lessons that Hayato-sensei taught in his class. I learned these before my duel with Caesar. And just now, through my duel with Caesar, I learned the fourth lesson—Lesson 4: Show respect, show respect, and then move on to a whole new stage of dueling.”

"Whether you call them 'Thirsty Ones' or 'Coping Ones,' my Heroes and I are not yet defeated by you, Caesar. Let's use this brand new Mask Transformation II to awaken new hope!"

"You can discard one card from my hand and target one face-up monster on my field to activate this effect. Send the targeted monster to the Graveyard, and Special Summon one [M·hero] monster of the same Attribute but higher Level than that monster from my Fusion Deck as a [Masked Change] Special Summon!"

Discarding a card, Jaden's helmets, representing different attributes of [M·hero] monsters, appeared in front of him. Two of the helmets, representing the WIND attribute, lit up, indicating Jaden's choice: "The monster I choose is—the WIND attribute [Cotton Token] on my field!"

"They actually gave derivatives to them?!" Caesar's expression turned to surprise. "It's no longer limited to [Hero] monsters?"

"Whether the mask conceals a warrior or a demon doesn't matter. As long as one possesses a heart of justice, anyone can become a hero!" Jaden smiled and replied to Caesar, waving his hand, "Form-Change! Cyclone!"

"Black mists surge, green winds swirl! Gain the will of steel and the speed of light, the power of evolution!"

"Level 6☆!"

Amidst the swirling winds, Jaden raised the card in his hand and shouted its name.

"【M·Hero Gust】!"

The black combat suit was accented with dark green armor, and the light green accents prevented it from looking too monotonous. Around the neck of this swift hero was a red scarf, the loose ends fluttering in the wind. No one would guess that he had transformed from the frail [Cotton Wool Derivative] from before.

【M·hero Gust】【6☆/Wind】

[Warrior Race/Fusion/Effect]

【2200/1800→2800/1800】

Although a new monster was Special Summoned, since [M·hero Gale] is a Wind-attribute monster derived from the Wind-attribute [Wool Token], the ATK bonus provided by [E·hero Sunrise] remains unchanged at 600 points, raising [M·hero Gale's] ATK to 2800 points.

While this level of attack power is quite impressive in a regular duel, as it is very close to the legendary Blue-Eyes White Dragon, it is still far inferior to the Armored Dragon CyberDark Terminator, which has an attack power of 5600 points. It is only half of the latter's power.

However, Jaden never intended for the low-based attack power of [M·hero Gale] to directly confront [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], but rather wanted to utilize its effect.

"If [M·Hero Gale] is Special Summoned, you can target one face-up monster your opponent controls to halve its ATK." Jaden pointed to one of the two Attack Position monsters on Kaiser's field—[Cyber ​​Dragon]—and said, "My target is [Cyber ​​Dragon]!"

"Cyclone! Maximum Drive!"

The howling wind swept across Jaden's field and towards Kaiser's field. Unaffected by the opponent's activated effects, [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon] was naturally not targeted by Jaden. Instead, he targeted Kaiser's weakest point on the field - the "weak" 2100-point [Cyber ​​Dragon].

"That's right! Although it's difficult to defeat [Armored Dragon - CyberDark End Dragon], Big Brother can deal massive damage in one go by targeting [CyberDragon]!" Seeing Jaden's actions, Marufuji Sho excitedly said, "In the end, Duel Monsters is also a game of reducing the opponent's Life Points. As long as we can find a way to deal more than 4000 points of battle damage in the battle against [CyberDragon], we can still defeat Kaiser!"

"Compared to going head-to-head with the [Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], which has an attack power of 5600, the [Cyber ​​Dragon] with its attack power halved is simply the perfect breakthrough point," Asuka said happily. "Under the effect of [M·Hero Gust], the Cyber ​​Dragon's effect will only be 1050 points!"

Seeing that Kaiser did not activate the effect of [M·hero Gale] to activate the cards on his field, Jaden continued, "It's not over yet. [M·hero Gale] has more than one effect. Once per turn, I pay 500 Life Points to target one Spell/Trap Card on my opponent's field and activate the second effect of [M·hero Gale] to return that card to my opponent's hand."

“I’ve chosen that face-down card in your back row, Caesar!” Jaden said, having locked onto one of the few cards in Caesar’s back row.

[Yuki Jaden: 3800→3300LP, 4 cards in hand]

Kaiser glanced at the face-down card on his back row: "Are you trying to deal with the face-down card on my back row first? But Jaden, you can return this card to your hand, and I can naturally chain your effect to activate this face-down card!"

"Trap Card [Electromagnetic Railgun]! You can activate this effect by Tributing one Machine-Type monster on my field and targeting one card on the field for every 1000 original ATK of the Tributed Monster, and destroying those cards."

Caesar sneered as he removed the "Cyber ​​Dragon" card from the field and crushed it. "The target I'm going to release is naturally 'Cyber ​​Dragon.' Not to mention that the effect that activates when your 'M·Hero Gale' is successfully Special Summoned in the chain hasn't even reached you yet, Jaden, even if it does, the attack power of 'Electromagnetic Railgun' is based on its original attack power."

The gust of wind swept across Caesar's field, but failed to catch the Cyber ​​Dragon, which had been preemptively inserted into the Electromagnetic Railgun. Instead, the Cyber ​​Dragon, disassembled into two projectiles, began to lock onto the cards on Jaden's field.

The target is none other than the [E·hero Sunrise] and [M·hero Fury] on the field in the tenth generation!

"Cyber ​​Dragon's original ATK is 2100, so I can target up to two cards to destroy it. The monsters I choose are E. Hero Sunrise and M. Hero Gale!"

[M·hero Gale], which had only been on the field for a few seconds, was quickly defeated, along with [E·hero Sunrise] on the field of the Jaden series. Both monsters were blasted apart and sent to the graveyard by [Electromagnetic Railgun], causing the attack power of the monsters on the field of the Jaden series to plummet.

[Yujo Judai: 3300LP, 4 cards in hand]

【E·hero Absolute Zero】【ATK3100→2500】

[Cotton and Wool Derivatives] [600/0→0/0]

Two cards were consumed and 500 Life Points were paid, but in return, the "breakthrough point" on Caesar's field disappeared and a face-down card was consumed. However, the most threatening card on Caesar's field, [Armor Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon], still exists.

Even though Kaiser's "Armored Cyber ​​Wing" cannot be used as an Equip Card to "Armored Dragon - Cyber ​​Dark Terminator Dragon" which is neither "Cyber ​​Dragon" nor uses "Cyber ​​Dragon" as Fusion Material, Kaiser can still use its effect to steal a monster from both players' Graveyards as its Equip Card in the next turn, gaining the ability to attack twice during the Battle Phase once again.

"Ada Thief!"

The sudden sound startled the others who were worried about Judai, and they looked at him in confusion as he suddenly started laughing. Only Manjoume wore an expression of "I knew it."

"Even though he spent a year in the Red Dorm, he didn't turn into an idiot, Jaden with that jellyfish-head hairstyle." Manjoume had a knowing look on his face. "By using both effects of [M·Hero Gale] in a row, his real intention wasn't to use [Cyber ​​Dragon] as a breakthrough, but to cover something up. The so-called 'openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang pass'? Anyway, that's roughly what it means."

"Success would be great, as it would eliminate the face-down card in Caesar's back row. But even so, Jaden probably never intended to use Cyber ​​Dragon as a breakthrough to avoid fighting Cyber ​​Dragon, right?"

"Huh!? There's a shortcut to victory, why take the long way around?" Marufuji Sho said, then paused for a moment, "Wait, I feel like I've heard that phrase somewhere before."

“Lesson 5, Lesson 5. Principal Hayato mentioned it in class, Lesson 5.” Fubuki looked at Jaden on the field with great interest. “Even if Jaden himself hasn’t fully grasped it yet, there’s no doubt that he has mastered what Principal Hayato said about Lesson 5—'Taking a shortcut is taking a longer route, and taking a longer route is the shortest shortcut.'”

"Even though the deck has [Lava Demon], and we could have used [Cyber ​​Dragon] as a weak point against Kaiser, Jaden is walking a path that isn't the shortest shortcut, but the one he knows best!" Daitokuji opened his eyes excitedly, as if trying to imprint the following scene into his memory. "This is him actively 'taking the path of harshness'!"

"Towards the path of rigor?" Jaden heard the voices from the audience, but without turning around, he glanced at the card in his hand and smiled.

That sounds like it might be difficult, but I'm going to walk this path that belongs only to me and the Heroes. Nothing can stop us on this path, just like the perfect spin that unfolded when the Fusion was activated. This path only has everything that the Heroes and I are familiar with.

So—rush into the light!

"【M·hero Gale】 and 【M·hero Light Fang】, I now have two 【M·hero】 monsters in my graveyard. This is truly the first time ever. As expected of Caesar, this is an unprecedentedly tough battle."

Jaden selected a card in front of him and played the card with the power of "miracle" that Caesar had seen once in this duel. "From [E·hero Core Man] to [E·hero Sunrise Man], and then just now [M·hero Light Fang], [E·hero Sunrise Man] and [M·hero Gale] all sacrificed themselves one after another."

"The efforts of the [Hero] that I believed in have not been in vain! The power they left behind will shine with a new light under this miraculous force!" After a pause, Jaden solemnly activated the card, "Awaken—the new [Hero]!"

"Spell Card [Miracle Fusion] activated! Banish monsters from my field and Graveyard as Fusion Material to Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster of one [E-Hero] from my Fusion Deck!"