Duels should be played with a smile.

"Then, it's my turn. Draw a card!"

Because he used one of the Bubble cards, Leyou now only has five cards in his hand, and these five cards... seem quite interesting.

After briefly recalling the relatively few actions Kaiba had just performed, Leyou, under Kaiba's watchful eye, completed what he needed to do in this round with very simple actions.

"One in front and three behind, covering the whole area, please enlighten me!"

"End of round."

Holding the last card in his hand, it took less than half a minute for the turn to return to Kaiba's control.

The opponent only has one backcourt player, and the monsters on the field don't have much interference ability. A full sweep might even bring some surprises.

This deck doesn't have a lot of special moves, but the synergies are definitely there today.

Now we'll see if Haima falls for it.

The place where the two dueled was a laboratory that Philvo had previously built for himself, and no ordinary players would enter it, because no one could witness the silent scene before them.

The four people present remained silent. Two looked up at the sky, one clenched his fist, and the other smiled helplessly before turning his gaze to the somewhat angry seahorse with doting eyes.

"If this is your answer to me, then I will crush you with the power of the Blue Eye!"

Despite uttering strong words, the seahorse maintained a calm and composed demeanor. After several failures, it had learned to control its emotions.

Of course, the main reason is that Kisara is around, and if I get angry, I'll get scolded when I get back.

As the head of the family and the person with the highest status in the family, he naturally wouldn't be afraid of such a thing. The main concern was that if his younger brother saw it, it might set a bad example for the children, which wouldn't be good.

"My turn, draw a card!"

"The Spell Card [Discount Shopping] can be activated by discarding 1 Level 8 monster from your hand. Draw 2 cards from your Deck."

After glancing at the cards drawn, the seahorse immediately slapped them down again.

"Spell Card [Pot of Greed], Draw two cards."

Now, both Greed and Angel's Charity are limited to one per player. In all regular duels, only one of them can be included. Of course, when dealing with villains who don't care about chivalry, duelists don't need to talk about chivalry. Just fill up all the strongest cards and you're good to go.

Having drawn the only Pot of Greed in his deck thanks to the powerful synergy, Kaiba didn't think too much before continuing to play.

"Your Infinite Bubble can only last for one turn. This turn, the effect of Dragon Dominator can be activated again."

"Or do you have a new plan?"

Leyou didn't say anything, but just held up the last card in his hand and put it back, which annoyed the seahorse.

"Hmph! What a charade! With the effect of Dragon Ruler, I discard [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!] from my hand and Special Summon the White Spirit Dragon from my Graveyard!"

I don't know how Kaiba could shout out the name of that trap card with such overwhelming force without batting an eye. Anyway, I think I couldn't do it; my chuunibyou level isn't high enough.

"Chain your Special Summon, throw it! Do you have Graveyard? If not, this turn, every time you Special Summon, I will draw a card."

Although I had already seen the cards Sword Pointing and Grave Pointing, and even obtained them from Kisara, I didn't feel that I needed these two cards to protect me when I was drawing cards this turn, so naturally I didn't draw them.

"If not, we'll handle it in a chain. The effect of sending it will take effect. You'll recruit it through special recruitment, and I'll draw a card."

The Dragon Ruler blew the Dragon Calling Flute to restore the original state. In a soft white light, a white spirit dragon, even whiter than the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, flew out from Kisara's body and onto Kaiba's field.

[Light · 8★ · Dragon · Attack Power 2500]

Then a group of miniature versions of the Blue cards carried a card to Leyou's hand—the starting point for the next turn is here, and maybe we can even give the Seahorse a big one.

"White Spirit Dragon's effect: When it is successfully Special Summoned, target one Spell/Trap Card on your opponent's field and banish it!"

"I want to choose the one on the far left!"

After glancing at the card that Kaiba had chosen, Leyou thought for a moment, then made no move, letting the white spirit dragon activate its effect and blow the card directly out of the field.

I handed in my card too early last round, so I need to be more patient this round.

"【The Delaunay Triangle of Tinda's Magic Triangle】? What kind of strange card is this?" Kaiba examined the banished card, shook his head, and couldn't understand the meaningless card name at all.

My own version of "Strong! Invincible! Strongest!" sounds better.

If Kisara still has the power to print cards for me in the future, I will definitely print another card with the words "Crush! Shatter! Cheers!" to make a perfect pair.

"You've lost one of your traps, and your defenses have weakened. To make your defeat even more certain, I will show you my true power!"

"I usually summon Tuner monsters, [Ancient White Stone]!"

"Then, witness my Synchro Summoning!"

"The summoning condition is 1 or more 'Blue-Eyes' monsters (excluding Tuners)!"

"I will use the LV1 Ancient White Stone and the LV8 White Spirit Dragon to adjust the star!"

Chapter 130 Dark Thoughts (28 chapters)

"Yugi-san, what's wrong with your face? Even if we haven't found a way back yet, it doesn't have to be like this, does it? Cover 4 back row cards, end of turn, it's your turn, Yusei."

At their temporary lodging, Jaden and Yusei were engaged in a tense and exciting duel. However, since it was just for casual entertainment, both Jaden and Yusei also spared some attention to watch the game that had just entered through the door.

"It has nothing to do with whether or not I go back; I'm thinking about other things."

Yugi handed the two new Duel Disks he had bought to Jaden and Yusei, and pointed to the Kaiba Corporation advertisement that was playing on a loop on the TV.

"In my memory, the competition held by Haima was called the KC Cup, and a lot of things happened before the KC Cup."

Recalling the days when he couldn't face the darkness in his heart and was defeated, and was only able to continue fighting thanks to Aibo taking the hit, Yugi still feels a bit emotional.

"Time is a complex thing. A small change can completely change things. Wait, before you finish the main phase, I activate the Water Machine effect, pull the Accelerated Synchro, produce Accelerated Synchro Stardust Dragon, pull the 2-star Tuner from the graveyard, pull the Stardust Dragon, and then produce the 2+8 Baron of Flowers."

"Yugi-san, do you want to participate in this Strongest Duelist Tournament? That seems like a good suggestion. Anyway, we don't have any clue what to do right now, and this tournament gathers duelists from all over the world. Maybe some people will try to cause trouble. Maybe the person we're looking for is in there. I'll activate Hyper Fusion. Yusei, you're really strong!"

"I have no objection to participating in that tournament. In fact, I have another idea: maybe I can find a way back during the tournament. Jaden, you're very strong too. You win this round."

"Oh? If we can find a way back, then we definitely have to go. If Yusei loses, then it's my turn, right? By the way, to participate in this tournament, we need to climb the ladder first. Have you guys decided on your code names yet?"

"Code name? I'll call myself ATM. Someone once told me that my Neo-Ultraman looks a lot like some kind of guy called Ultraman."

"Hmm? I originally planned to use ATM as my code name, but if you want to use it, you can have it."

"Then let's forget about it. Game-san, your codename can be ATM. Mine... let's change it to Tanosi or Friend Hero. Yusei, what about you?"

"Me? Let me think... I'll call myself Rose."

After a peaceful discussion, the three card-addicted teenagers switched to the new Duel Disks and logged into the Duel Links, stirring up a bloody storm in the ranked ladder.

The moment the three entered the linked world, Philvo, who was watching the battle, sensed it and quietly made some remote modifications to the ladder settings—to clarify beforehand, this was not cheating, but simply for the mental and physical well-being of the majority of duelists, to minimize the chances of some overly powerful duelists smurfing.

If you drop these three nuclear bombs into the Sky Ladder, the fishpond will be completely destroyed!

"O spirit of light, slumbering within the sacred white stone since time immemorial! Heed my command, awaken and return! Synchro Summon! [Blue-Eyes Dragon]!"

The sacred white stone transformed into a star-tuning ring, within which the most powerful dragon soared, entering a completely new realm at an endless speed.

The spirit of light descended upon the strongest dragon, draping her in a transparent white veil, her body radiating shimmering silver light.

When the Blue-Eyes Dragon descended, Kisara's body, like the dragon's, shimmered with silver light, their interplay resembling two gentle stars.

[Light · 9★ · Dragon · Attack Power 2500]

So beautiful—that was the seahorse's thought at that moment. Neither dragons nor humans could take one's breath away.

Of course, he couldn't say what he was thinking directly. He simply admired the elegant figure of the elven dragon while trying to keep his facial expression from fluctuating too much, so as not to damage his dignity.

"It's so beautiful, it's a true spirit of light."

Without considering this, Leyou and Philvo frankly expressed their thoughts, and when such praise reached Kisara's ears, she smiled and nodded in response.

That smile made the already dreamlike girl less ethereal and more approachable, like a girl next door.

Of course, no matter how much the Blue-Eyes Dragon fits the dragon-loving XP, the moment the special recruitment was successful, another card was placed in Leyou's hand.

"This is the new power of the Blue Eyes, capable of rendering your many backup plans useless!"

Seahorse is fed up with being constantly ripped off by various graveyard effects.

Whenever he sees the opponent's field completely empty, as soon as he attacks, he either gets a hand trap or a graveyard trap, which makes his aggressive (reckless) deck always feel constrained.

Now, with the help of the Blue-Eyes Dragon, he can confidently and boldly attack and finish the job!

Once you've learned my operational methods, all you need to do is F2A!

"I understand the logic, but aren't you afraid of something going wrong if you take the lead?"

Although I don't know why I have such a high affinity with this weird deck, it feels really great to get the card I want every time I draw.

I'm only interested in a small part of Cthulhu stuff—referring to the adorable Abigail (Moon Limited) and Arlene (Moon Limited).

"Hmph! It's just drawing a few more cards. As long as you don't have the chance to use those cards, all the potential problems can be ignored!"

"I will finish you off in this round!"

"I've figured out your dueling style and Yugi's style. You always have countless tricks up your sleeve, and a single card can often have multiple effects. But all of that will be sealed away in the face of the power of the White Spirit Dragon and the Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon!"

"I activate the Ritual Spell [Chaos Form] from my hand!"

"Ritual Summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from your Graveyard as a substitute for a Ritual Summon Tribute!"

"Offer the soul of the White Dragon! The Gate of Chaos opens! From the primordial chaos descends the whip of utter defeat! [Blue-EyesChaosMAXDragon]!"

[Dark 8-Star · Dragon Race · Attack Power 4000]

The strongest evolved dragon, the only dark-attribute dragon of its kind with super-strong attack power and super-strong resistance, Chaos Extreme Dragon was summoned for the first time by Kaiba through his own power.

Unlike the previous times when Kisara summoned the white dragon and strange phenomena appeared on her body, this time Kisara showed no reaction at all. Instead, Kaiba himself exuded a strange aura.

"You know the effects of this card without me having to explain them, so I'm curious, what makes you so confident?"

Leyou shrugged: "Guess."

"Anyway, I'm asking for your advice with one in front and three behind. Oh, now it's two behind. You'll know once you call me."

Having drawn a card that can't be used this turn but will definitely be useful next turn, Leyou is now curious about what card Kaiba has been holding since the first turn.

"Hmph! You're just putting on an act. Since you're so eager to be defeated by me, then I'll grant your wish!"

"Change the Blue-Eyes Dragon Abyss to Attack Position! Then enter battle!"

[Abyssal Blue-Eyes Dragon - Attack Power 2500]

"Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon! Attack the monster with the inside defense position!"

"Ultimate Chaos Burst!!!"