Duels should be played with a smile.

"You can activate this effect by banishing this card from your Graveyard during your opponent's turn. Reveal the top card of your Deck. If it is a Normal Trap Card, Set it on your field. Otherwise, send it to the Graveyard."

"Because I just rearranged the order of the top 3 cards in my deck, the top card in my deck now is [Messenger of Peace]!"

"【Messenger of Peace】is a normal trap card that can be set directly on my field."

"Furthermore, this effect can be activated during the turn the card is set, so I'll activate [Messenger of Peace] right away!"

"This turn, your monsters will not be destroyed by battle, and the battle damage you take will be 0."

An envoy draped in a blue cloak appeared before Leyou's ranks, his scepter radiating a warm glow. As long as that glow remained, no one would suffer.

The mysterious man stopped attacking, as the effects of the Messenger of Peace rendered his attacks ineffective, so he simply withdrew from the battle.

"Cover three cards, end the turn."

[The Mysterious Person's Hand: 6→2]

"Oh? You're such a good person! If you hadn't covered those three cards, you might have been able to last another round. It's a pity you ruined your own chance of survival."

"My turn, draw a card!"

The card was just sorted when it was drawn. I originally planned to use it to survive another turn, but now it seems that I don't need it anymore.

"I activate [Pot of Greed and Humility], reveal the top 3 cards of my deck, choose 1 of them to add to my hand, and then return the remaining cards to the deck."

The deck was flipped over one by one. One of the cards was the previously seen "Disruptive Trio," and the remaining two...

[Chain Critical Strike] [Magic Cylinder]

It's a card that makes people feel uncomfortable just looking at it~

"I've added a chain critical strike to my hand; your fate is sealed!"

"Chain 1, activate the face-down trap card [Reckless Greed]!"

"Chain 2, activate the covered trap card [Built-in Machine Gun]!"

"Chain 3, activate the covered trap card [Self-Saving]!"

"Chain 4, activate the covered trap card [Internal Bomb]!"

"Finally, Chain 5! Activate the Quick-Play Spell Card in my hand, Chain Crit!"

"Give me your D-round!"

Chapter Thirty-Three: Butterfly

"A chain reaction of reverse processing. Even though you're already dead, we'll make sure you die knowing why."

"The effect of [Chain Strike] can only be activated after Chain 2. It deals damage to the opponent equal to 400 times the number of Chains accumulated when this card was activated. Currently, it is Chain 5, so you will take 2000 damage!"

[Mysterious Person's LP: 4000 → 2000]

"The effect of [Built-in Bomb] deals damage to the opponent equal to 300 times the number of cards on their field. Since you have 1 card in front and 3 cards behind, that's 1200 damage!"

[Mysterious Person's LP: 2000 → 800]

"The effect of [Self-Inflicted Damage] inflicts damage to your opponent equal to 500 times the number of monsters they control. You have 1 monster, so this is 500 damage!"

[Mysterious Person's LP: 800 → 300]

"Finally, there's the effect of [Built-in Machine Gun], which inflicts damage to the opponent equal to 200 times the number of cards in their hand or on the field, for a final 1200 damage!"

[Mysterious Person's LP: 300 → 0]

A series of effect damage instantly killed the mysterious man from full health; this is the terrifying power of the "Chain Burn" deck.

Perhaps this isn't too outrageous in the OCG environment where players start with 8000 HP, but this is the DM era where players only have 4000 HP.

This is probably why Duel City has banned all cards that deal pure effect damage.

Of course, the damage effect of the Wind Demon Shuriken is an incidental effect and is not within the scope of prohibition.

The enemy from the future was easily defeated by Leyou, but Leyou felt no joy, because he already knew that this enemy was nothing more than a mass-produced robot.

In other words, the number of these enemies could reach a terrifying level.

In the anime, when Yusei Fudo was being chased by hordes of these mass-produced dueling robots called "Ghosts," he was only able to escape thanks to Bruno's help, who helped him instantly kill all the Ghosts.

Now, becoming a Leyou might mean facing this kind of enemy.

"Damn it, if you fight me seriously, I don't mind having a peaceful exchange with you. But if you really don't care about martial ethics, then I don't need to pretend to be a gentleman anymore."

Staring at the defeated ghost who hadn't made a single statement, Leyou placed his hand on the deck. If the ghost made any unusual move, he would summon the sleeping spirits in the deck again for a real duel.

During duels, the rules must be followed, but outside of duels, the spirits in his Extra Deck don't care about chivalry or honor with their enemies.

For example, right now, the Access Code Talker in the deck is itching to make its move. If Leyou hadn't ordered them to hold back for the time being, the ghost in front of them would have had a good taste of what it means to "let me access" (i.e., grant access).

But just as Leyou was still on guard, he heard a sound like breaking glass, and the ghost in front of him suddenly turned into countless transparent fragments and disappeared into the air, leaving only a D-wheel.

Even the Duel Disk and the deck are gone.

The sudden strange phenomenon made Leyou even more vigilant, and Ella reappeared beside him, guarding him closely.

After a long time, seeing that nothing else had happened, Leyou released several other fast Pokémon to scout the surrounding area. Only after confirming that there was no danger did he slowly relax.

Caution, or rather, fear of death, is one of Leyou's major "principles".

Only by ensuring one's own safety can one feel safe and bold enough to court death and seek pleasure.

"It's alright for now. You stay on guard. I'm going to check on this D-round."

After giving Ella some instructions, Leyou carefully walked to the D-Wheel and began to observe this cool motorcycle, which should theoretically be equipped with a perpetual rotation system.

As a card player, Leyou also really likes D-Wheel. Although he was very dissatisfied when he first saw the Speeding Duel and complained, "Why ride a motorcycle when you're just playing cards?", later on, he became "What the hell is it to play cards without riding a motorcycle!"

After all, who can resist accelerated synchronization?

"System, if we confiscate this thing and give it to the seahorse, can the seahorse get the synchronization working?"

Who knows? The future is never predictable.

"Huh? You're getting on my nerves with the Riddler? Get out of Gotham, Riddler!"

According to calculations, there is a certain possibility, but the future is unknown, so an accurate probability cannot be determined.

"Oh, I thought you were going to say Vagarimas... Anyway, this thing is mine for now. I'll give it to Kaiba after we finish Duel City so he can get Synchro ...

Before proceeding, you may need to resolve one issue.

"uh-huh?"

[Temporary mission triggered]

[Mission: An Unpredictable Future, An Unknown Stage of Fate]

The mission name was obviously problematic, but before Leyou could even read the details, a sudden and strange shock descended from the sky.

Silently.

A beam of light enveloped Leyou, and Aila was also included within it.

This beam of light acted like a barrier, separating the inside from the outside. When Leyou reached out to touch the edge of the beam, he was blocked.

"It's nothing," Ella suddenly said softly, while moving closer to Leyou.

The distance between the two became very close, very close.

"Since you say everything's fine, then it probably really is fine. But if anything else happens, my Duel City will be in trouble."

Despite speaking lightly, Leyou remained vigilant. He guessed that Ella meant there was no danger when she said "it's okay," but based on his guess, something big was about to happen.

Time was running out, and Leyou didn't have much time left to collect the chip boards, but this unexpected event was clearly not something that could be resolved in a short time.

"Nice to meet you, someone from an unknown time and space."

An aged voice came from the sky. When Leyou looked up, he saw two tall and robust figures.

zone, and Antinomie.

They come from the future of the 5DS era and are said to be two of the four members of the Taiichi group.

The other two, one of whom can be called the bravest person in the history of Yu-Gi-Oh!, challenged three overpowered card holders all by himself.

Another one is the "Desperate Watcher," who was divided into three individuals and collectively named Apollia.

Of the four, one wants to destroy Synchro Summoning, one wants to destroy the entire history of Duel Monsters, and the other two have gone through some things and come to a realization, but judging from the current situation, things haven't developed to that point yet.

Only two of the four appeared. Le You narrowed his eyes, secretly calculating in his mind.

"Nice to meet you, but before we officially begin our conversation, could you please come down here?"

"I don't like people acting superior to me."

"Ella, you should be able to pull them down, right?"

Chapter Thirty-Four, let's continue!

Whether they were somewhat wary of Ella or not, Zone and Antinomi, who appeared as virtual projections, did not act arrogantly or anything. Before Ella made her move, they very consciously lowered their virtual projections.

Moreover, Antinomi's projection disappeared completely, leaving only Zone to communicate with Leyou.

Le You pulled out two chip boards from his pocket, looked directly at Zone, and said, "Tell me, what do you want? I'm in a hurry."

“A visitor from an unknown time and space, seeking your verification of something,” Zone replied just as calmly.

"We come from the future, from a future where the human world has been destroyed. We are the last survivors of that era, and we have traveled through time to the past, just to save our world and our era."

“We have traversed countless eras without finding a way to save the world, but in this era, after you appeared, our time has changed.”

"Although it's small and its impact is negligible, it gives us a glimmer of hope. The appearance of the [Thirteen Secret Words] seems to be a turning point."

"We don't know whether your influence is good or bad, so we came here to see you and to see if your appearance is a lifeline or poison for us."

Zone's words startled Leyou.

'Damn it, I was just making this up, is it really going to come true?'

Zone's attitude is currently quite friendly, but his face is covered by a mask, so Leyou has no way of knowing whether he is well-intentioned or malicious.

With a thought racing through his mind, Leyou pondered his answer.

'If all this nonsense I've made up actually comes true, it'll be hilarious. Maybe I should just make up some more?'