Duels should be played with a smile.

However, three other faceless figures in black robes blocked Leyou's way.

As if it had been planned in advance, the three Faceless Ones were matched up against Leyou, Ella, and the Snow Woman.

Upon seeing Leyou arrive, Edward wanted to say something, but the human wall formed by the three Faceless Ones blocked the two of them, preventing the heavily injured Edward and John from getting close.

The implication is all too clear.

"Just as I expected... when I'm with you, either you're the one causing trouble, or trouble is looking for me."

The Snow Woman's eyes were full of amusement. She didn't really care about whether there was a duel or not, and similarly, she didn't care much about whether Edward and John were seriously injured.

"Stop fooling around at a time like this. Let's take care of these guys first, and then rescue the people."

After unfolding the Duel Disk, the first thing Leyou did was not to challenge the Faceless One in front of him, but to summon a flower-scented fairy from his deck to serve as a post-battle healer.

【Fragrant Seraph - Jasmine】

As soon as the well-behaved Jasmine appeared, she saw two wounded people and wanted to wave her staff to heal them, but she found that she could not interfere with the two people in the duel at all, and could only watch Leyou helplessly.

"Ella, is there anything wrong on your end? If not, it's time to go!"

Having said that, Leyou was ready to initiate the duel.

"Have!"

With the brakes applied forcefully, Leyou turned to the side and asked, "Speak!"

Ella's gaze swept over the five Faceless Ones as she sized them up, tilting her head as she said, "They...they look delicious...can I eat them?"

A few drops of cold sweat slid down Leyou's forehead.

"...Which kind of eating do you mean?"

“They are all made up of some kind of ‘delicious’ energy, and I want to try them.”

Ella remained calm, seemingly unaffected by her own words.

"Uh..."

Recalling Edward's description of the Faceless Ones, after a second of deep thought, Leyou nodded.

"If you can eat them before they disappear, then go ahead."

"Alright! If there are no problems, it's time to go!"

"Faceless beings, huh? Unable to smile, huh? Today I'm going to carve a smile onto your faces!"

Chapter Thirty-Five: Do Fire-resistant Dragons Also Have Male and Female Forms?

While Leyou and his two companions were dueling with the Faceless One, Philvo, who was exploring the virtual world, also encountered some unexpected events.

The virtual world exists in a rather unique way compared to other dimensions. Essentially, the virtual world needs to rely on other dimensions to exist. However, due to some of its own characteristics, when residents of the real world enter the virtual world, they do not appear in their original form. Instead, they customize their form upon first entering and then use it as the form for their actions in the virtual world.

Commonly known as face pinching.

However, this characteristic only applies to residents of the real world. The native inhabitants of the virtual world, namely the electronic race, have a certain form from the moment they are born, and as they grow, they also gain the ability to change their form.

This has led to the virtual world sometimes being used to do things that are inconvenient to do in the real world, or to allow people who have mastered the method of traversing between the virtual and the real world to use the virtual world to move quickly between different dimensions.

Now, Philvo has encountered someone who is traveling between different dimensions using the virtual world—according to the records Philvo found, this guy has traveled between the four dimensions at least ten times in just a few days, and no one knows what he's doing.

Because finding the information he wanted would take a lot of time, and he was quite bored during the waiting period, out of curiosity, Philvo stopped the passerby.

Essentially, it was just a matter of changing the location of this guy's entry into the virtual world to be next to her. As the big sister of the electronics industry, Philwollman could handle this with ease.

"Who is it? What do you want?!"

The person who was stopped was somewhat cold-blooded, looking around warily. His appearance and voice had been heavily disguised, making it difficult for most people to discern his true identity.

He was unaware that his landing point had been altered; he only sensed that he had miscalculated. However, after noticing that the surrounding environment differed significantly from his usual landing spot, the ever-cautious man tentatively inquired in a low voice.

Philvo was just doing this for amusement, so there was no need for her to hide herself. After observing and analyzing the man's information, she appeared before him in her true form.

"You are... Fireguard Dragon?! No, my Fireguard Dragon doesn't look like yours... Who are you?!"

PlayMaker was now half wary and half extremely curious. His hand was already on his duel disk, and in his deck, there was also a Fireproof Dragon.

However, his fireproof dragon was blue, while the one in front of him was dark red—but when his fireproof dragon attacked, it would turn orange-red due to the flow of energy, which was somewhat similar to the one in front of him.

When Philvo saw his reaction, she was initially surprised, but then smiled – if this guy could tell that she was smiling in her true form.

"Looks like I'm pretty lucky today, I actually managed to meet a lucky person."

"A lucky one?"

PlayMaker was somewhat confused about the meaning of the spirit in front of him, which might also be a fireproof dragon.

Originally, she only wanted to investigate this person for amusement, but now Philvo was really interested. After thinking for a moment, she did not directly use her ability to forcibly analyze the disguise of the person in front of her, but patiently began to explain.

"You are indeed a lucky person to have one of my few kin."

Fireproof Dragon's cards and Pokémon are not unique, but she is unique.

She is the only and original Fire Keeper, and can be considered the origin of the Cybertronian race.

The other fireproof dragons were not born naturally either; their creation was more or less related to her.

"The same race?" PlayMaker felt a clear understanding in his heart and relaxed his vigilance slightly.

I probably attracted the attention of this Fireproof Dragon because I possess it. Judging from the fact that she doesn't seem to have any ill intentions, there's probably no danger to me.

However, my curiosity only grew stronger.

Because his own Fireproof Dragon wouldn't communicate with him like that, and even if it were summoned during a duel, the voice it emitted wouldn't be this pleasant female voice.

So he asked a question.

"The Fireproof Dragon race, beings born from data storms, also have males and females? So mine is male?"

"..."

Philvo's movements stiffened slightly.

Even though some things don't have much to do with her, who is a product of eternal rationality, she still feels a little embarrassed whenever they are mentioned.

For example, when Leyou foolishly used that incident to tease her, the result was that she brutally beat him with her code-language punch.

In short, the access code user, the update interfering user, and the firmly established demon are all in use.

If this guy hadn't been someone she'd just met and it hadn't been an unintentional mistake, she might have struck back with a heavy blow.

"The Fireproof Dragons were indeed born from the data storm, but as dragons within the Cybertronian race, they do not possess the gender of ordinary creatures until they are fully grown."

The other fireproof dragons were essentially products of her previous experiments.

Fire Dragon was born from a data storm, which is formed by data disturbance. In the incredibly stable virtual world, there are only a few things that can cause enough disturbance to form a data storm.

She herself is the one who has committed the most crimes.

This is why she said the person in front of her was a lucky person, because the last time she caused a data storm in an experiment was not long before she met Leyou.

She was conducting an experiment to see if she could give Leyou a "surprise," but when she was about to succeed, she became too complacent and lost her focus, causing the experiment to explode.

This led to the formation of a data storm and the potential emergence of new firewalls.

According to Philvo's perception, the Fireproof Dragon in the person's deck hadn't been around for very long, and hadn't even fully matured yet; it was only at the third stage.

"In short, you don't need to understand the Fire Keeper Dragon's affairs so well. As someone chosen by the Fire Keeper Dragon, just communicate with it properly, learn how to use its power, and explore other possibilities as well."

High emotional intelligence: Learn to utilize the power of the fire dragon.

Low emotional intelligence: Stop thinking about attacking and take a good look at the second effect of the fireproof dragon!

While communicating with PlayMaker, Philvo had already connected with the newly formed Firewall Dragon in his deck, and used the connection with the Firewall Dragon to thoroughly research PlayMaker's information.

At the same time, it also means that this person is the ruthless card-playing man in the tight-fitting clothes in Leyou's memory.

It's a pity, it's a man.

She's so pretty; if she were made to look like a woman, it would probably make a lot of card players ecstatic.

PlayMaker suddenly felt a chill run through his body. He subconsciously looked around twice, but found nothing unusual.

The fireproof dragon in front of me is being so nice, so this inexplicable chill probably isn't coming from her, right?

"Well... is there something you need that you stopped me for? If there's nothing special, we can exchange contact information and keep in touch later. I have some things to take care of right now."

These are all excuses. PlayMaker doesn't actually have anything to do right now; he just doesn't like staying in the virtual world all the time.

Alone, he has a place to stay in all four dimensions, and only uses the virtual world to move when he needs to travel between dimensions.

"Well... it's nothing much. I just happened to find someone of my kind, so I came out to chat. If you want to contact me in the future, you can just summon your fireproof dragon. As long as it's in the virtual world, it can find me."

"If you really have something urgent, then do as you please."

PlayMaker nodded upon hearing this, took out the Fireguard Dragon from his deck, and saw that the Fireguard Dragon on the original card was now stretching its wings toward him, and the eyes on the card art had become much more lively.

Place the card into the Duel Disk, and a stream of data flows out of the Duel Disk. With a magnetic roar, PlayMaker's Fireguard Dragon appears.

Looking up at the dark red fireproof dragon, and then at the fireproof dragon next to him that was clearly more than a head shorter, PlayMaker suddenly felt as if he had also suddenly become a head shorter.

The difference is evident through comparison.

Upon appearing, the blue fireproof dragon immediately spotted Philvo, bowed its head respectfully, and obediently moved closer.

Philvo pinned the Fireproof Dragon's head down with a claw, simultaneously injecting some data into its core. For a Cyber ​​Dragon like this, the increase in data is equivalent to the increase in experience points. It's estimated that it won't be long before PlayMaker's Extra Deck has an extra card.

Having received a considerable amount of data, the Fireproof Dragon let out a joyful cry. Its somewhat excited demeanor made PlayMaker realize that its Fireproof Dragon seemed to have received some benefits.

"Thanks..."

"My name is Fairworth."

“Filvor…” PlayMaker repeated the name, and instantly guessed a lot from it.

So he expressed his gratitude once again in a very formal manner.

And it also temporarily dispelled his idea of ​​leaving immediately.

"It seems you're not only lucky, but also very smart."

Upon hearing this, PlayMaker pondered for a moment, then removed his disguise and appeared before Philvo in his true form.

With a distinctive hairstyle featuring three distinct colors of red, yellow, and purple, a technologically advanced electronic bodysuit, and a face that blends a cool demeanor with a touch of youthful innocence and maturity, this is the being known as PlayMaker.

Philwo commented that the hairstyle, which looked like it belonged to a card player, was very good, but she preferred Leyou's simple black hair.