Duels should be played with a smile.

"Um... what should I call you?"

"Just call me Ella."

To be honest, Leyou doesn't particularly like mature women who look older than her.

But she's too big.

To be honest, as a ruthless card player, Leyou doesn't really care about women, because his XP order is Dragon, Mech, Woman.

But she's too big.

To be honest, as someone who doesn't care about finding a partner, Leyou doesn't really care about cards other than the Goddess of the Underworld.

But she is really, really big.

"Ella, right... How did you suddenly appear out of nowhere?"

Although I used to use Despair God to make a fuss a lot in the past, I really never thought that Despair God's spirit would be like this, and its personality has nothing to do with despair at all. It is a completely soft girl.

Generally speaking, Leyou's Duel Monsters rarely show themselves on their own, because while maintaining their original personalities, they are also influenced by their masters—Leyou is a lazy dog, so his monsters are not particularly diligent either.

But Ella is clearly an exception.

She's even a bit clingy, like a little girl, which is completely unfair to her.

"I think..."

"Ok?"

"I think..."

The air fell silent. Ella thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution, and she hesitated awkwardly.

If it were a grown man, Leyou would probably have turned around and left long ago, but with such a big, big guy, it's really not easy to leave her behind.

Although she is essentially a sprite who will always follow Leyou around, the kind that you can't get rid of.

"Alright, judging from your expression, you can't say anything right now. If you don't have any objections, you can just stay here for now. You can talk about it when you want to, or go back by yourself when you don't want to stay outside anymore."

Ella had no objection to the suggestion and nodded obediently. Just when Leyou thought she would go with him, she went straight back to her deck.

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"The meaning is unclear, oh well, I'm too lazy to care. I'll just go find a few weaklings to bully and get some puzzle cards."

Shaking his head, Leyou was too lazy to think about these nonsensical things. He threw the Millennium Wisdom Wheel in his hand to the system and walked out of the alley.

Dark Bakura was a competent courier. After delivering the Millennium Wisdom Wheel, he had completed his mission. Luckily, Rakuyu wasn't one to meddle in other people's business, so he left it lying in the alley.

Of course, Leyou is a kind person, so after leaving the alley, he still called an ambulance and took Bakura to the hospital. Without the possessing evil spirit, Bakura can still be an ordinary Pokémon Master.

Several hours have passed since I left home this morning. After grabbing a quick lunch at a random spot, Leyou began searching for his prey.

Although a lot happened throughout the morning, he got nothing except a puzzle card from Pandora.

To qualify for the top eight, you need a total of four puzzle cards.

If you're lucky, you might find a fat sheep and slaughter them all at once to collect them all. If you're unlucky, you'll have to find four more victims to qualify.

"The Jonouchi Trial should be this afternoon. Damn, I really want to go watch! If it weren't for that brat Zorc and Kaiba causing trouble, I would have qualified long ago!"

While complaining about his day's events, Leyou, guided by the enhanced Z-type Pokémon, searches for the Duelist's trail.

Because each card in the deck can be played three times, many spirits can exist in threes at the same time, except for some special spirits. For example, the one that Leyou is playing here is not the same one that Jonouchi is playing there.

However, there can only be one elf like the God of Despair—no, like Ella—and barring any unforeseen circumstances, unless spacetime merges, there will only be one in the entire world.

Just as Leyou was thinking about Ella, Ella suddenly reappeared on her own. As soon as she appeared, she put the increased Z back in, then took Leyou's hand and walked in one direction.

"uh-huh?"

"There are people here, and the target is you."

It wasn't until Ella pulled Leyou to another deserted place that he realized something—why could Ella directly materialize and interfere with reality? Is this the true value of the God of Despair?

"What's the matter?"

"Duel, the future."

Ella pointed to the open space in front of her, and then with a wave of her hand, a stream of dark energy surged toward her hand.

The pitch-black energy had only rushed out a short distance when it seemed to encounter some obstacle, splitting into two streams in the middle and bypassing the obstacle.

Once the energy dissipated, something that looked very familiar appeared before them.

That is something that should not exist in this era.

A D-wheel.

On the pitch-black D-wheel, there was a rider dressed entirely in black, wearing a helmet so his face was obscured.

Leyou began to understand what Ella meant.

A duelist from the future has come looking for him.

If it were just a future duelist approaching him, Leyou would definitely be a little annoyed, because it would delay his advancement.

However, this person is clearly similar to Yami Bakura, because he not only came in person, but also rode a D-Wheel.

Just when Leyou was worrying about how to get Kaiba to use Synchro Summon, the arrival of this Future Duelist was like a godsend.

Without uttering a word, the duelist, upon realizing he had been exposed, removed his Duel Disk from his D-Wheel, put it on his wrist, and went to face Leyou, assuming a fighting stance.

This seems to be a ruthless and taciturn character.

"So you sensed his presence and that's why you brought me here?" Leyou turned his head and asked Ella.

Ella nodded obediently, then transformed into a beam of light and returned to the deck, leaving Leyou somewhat bewildered.

"Forget it, I don't understand it. A duel is simpler."

"They've come with ill intentions, but once we defeat you, everything will be fine."

"Due to the rules of Duel City, this deck has never had a chance to be used, but since you've delivered it to my doorstep, I have no choice but to ask you to take a look."

"Come on, let the show begin!"

"Duel!"

Chapter Thirty-Two: Hand over your D-Wheel

"My turn!"

Although the person who came had a D-Wheel and seemed to be from the 5DS era, they adapted to local customs and still used the rules of Duel City.

To be honest, Leyou really wants to play a Master Rule game, but unfortunately, he doesn't have a suitable deck right now.

[Leyou LP: 4000]

[Mysterious Person's LP: 4000]

"【Pot of Greed and Avarice】: You can activate this effect by banishing the top 10 cards of your Deck face down. Draw 2 cards from your Deck."

The deck was reduced by a quarter in no time. Leyou drew two cards and looked at the person opposite him, only to find that the mysterious person's expression was completely hidden by the helmet.

The mysterious man seemed uninterested in offering his opinion, simply standing there like a statue, waiting for Leyou's next move.

"I don't know if you've ever heard the story of a small bridge over a flowing stream... In short, it usually summons mathematicians."

A mathematician with a long white beard, so long it could be used to mop the floor, wearing a graduation cap, appeared on stage, holding a thick book in his hand.

The inscription above reads four large characters: "Advanced Mathematics".

[Earth, 3-star, Mage race, Attack 1500, Defense 500]

While it's impossible to have a mathematician tell the story of the babbling brook in this day and age, this deck can still tell another story.

"When this card is successfully summoned, you can activate this effect. Send 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, and I send 'Absolute King J Revolution' to the Graveyard!"

A miniature figure that looks remarkably like someone who loves children's meals quietly flew from the deck to the graveyard, flipping over the top three cards of the Leyu deck before leaving.

"This effect can only be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard. Look at the top 3 cards of your Deck and return them to the top of the Deck in any order you like."

Reveal the three cards: [Disruptive Trio], [Warbreaker], [Peacemaker], and...

If you're an OCG veteran, the first thing you'll probably feel uneasy when you see these three cards is that decks that include these cards are generally not serious decks.

However, the mysterious person on the other side didn't pay attention to these three cards. Instead, he focused his attention on the Absolute King that had just flashed by and took a second look at it.

"It seems you know this guy, so we can basically confirm your era."

After rearranging the order of the three flipped-over cards, Leyou glanced at the remaining cards in his hand and then made another move that would make anyone's eyelids twitch.

“Gai 4, your turn.”

[Leyou Hand Cards: 6→2]

The mysterious man silently drew a card. Perhaps because he was used to riding a D-Wheel and not used to standing duels, he looked back at his D-Wheel a few times, stared blankly for a while, and then began to operate it.

"Normal summon: [Justice Allies DD Barrier Bug]!"

"As long as this card is face-up on the field, neither player can Special Summon a LIGHT monster."

[Dark · 4-Star · Machine Race · Attack 1700 · Defense 1200]

A strangely shaped mechanical insect appeared on the field. The moment the insect appeared, some unpleasant memories came back to Leyou's mind.

Those bad memories have nothing to do with the barrier bug, but rather with another monster in this Allied Justice series.

Its name is [Justice Allies Cycle Interpretation Bug]

Any player of Longhui Qiao should be familiar with this monster, because this monster can banish up to two LIGHT monsters from the opponent's graveyard by discarding it from their hand. Longhui Qiao's mentality will explode if he gets hit by one of these.

The entire Justice Alliance series was created to counter LIGHT monsters, with most cards having either a super-effective effect against LIGHT monsters or a special response mechanism.

At the same time, Leyou roughly understood the true identity of this mysterious person.

Because, during the 5DS era, the Justice Alliance series of monsters only appeared once.

"Am I being targeted by the Four Great Masters of Taiyi? Or what?" With a calm expression, Leyou had already begun to think about how to deal with what might happen next.

The Justice Allies series is incredibly powerful against LIGHT monsters. If you use it against Kaiba, it can make his Blue-Eyes White Dragon have a blast. But unfortunately, this deck by Leyou doesn't have any LIGHT monsters.

"Entering combat phase! Blocking bug attack..."

"The moment you enter the battle phase, the Absolute King effect of the Graveyard activates!"