Duels should be played with a smile.

Not to mention he can also blow up credit cards.

"Access Code Speaker! Clear the way for my trump card! Except for the graveyard's connecting spider, and the Trickster Clown!"

The Access Code Talker faithfully fulfilled its duty, throwing its spear to defeat the Trick Clown. Knowing that it had failed, Yuza Akane did not activate the Trick Clown's effect again to revive itself.

But she was curious why the famous access code talkers were merely the trailblazers for Leyou's unknown ace.

"Then let me take a good look at your secret trump card..." Yuza Yuu murmured. Her curiosity about the unknown monster eased the frustration of her defeat in the duel, and her mood improved slightly.

only...

"Descend, my ace monster!"

Holding the 1-star effect monster high in his hand, Leyou's originally cheerful smile turned into a joyful one.

"This card cannot be Normal Summoned. It can only be Special Summoned by banishing 5 or more cards face down from your hand, field, or Extra Deck!"

Upon hearing this extremely unusual summoning condition, Yuza Ageha's previously expectant expression instantly vanished.

"I shouldn't have had any expectations... Someone who can pull out two big arrest warrants... Now it seems, he's just as honest as he seems... No, he's quite handsome and sunny, and you could say he hasn't forgotten his original intentions."

Amidst Yuza Akane's complaints, all of Yuza's other cards in his hand, his field cards, and his remaining Extra Deck cards were used as the cost of summoning this monster and flew into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a gigantic maw, as if emerging from an abyss, devoured everything.

"Appear! [The Gluttonous Beast That Devours Millions]!"

[Dark 1★ Fiend Special Summon ATK? → 2700]

"This card increases the ATK and DEF of any face-down banished card by 100! You have 16 of these cards, and I have 11, so the increase is 2700 points!"

This is the real Card-Swallowing Beast.

"Gluttonous Beast! Direct Attack! Maw of the Abyss!"

The Gluttonous Beast gripped the ground with all four paws, opened its enormous maw—larger than its entire body—and devoured Yuza Ageha's last remaining LP.

"I lost to you this time, but if you meet my younger brother, maybe he can help me get revenge~ Goodbye~ Interesting duelist, Mr. Leiyou~"

Leaving behind a carefree smile and a remark that could be considered a complaint, Yuza Ageha's body transformed into starlight and vanished.

Leyou was stunned. It was just a game of cards, right? How could the person disappear after the game was over?

After a while, amidst Philvo's mocking laughter, Leyou suddenly realized that this was actually a virtual world.

Watching Fireproof Dragon's initial form transform into a human form wearing a blue dress in front of him, Leyou sighed with a hint of regret, "To be honest, this place is really quite realistic."

"Of course, the virtual world was originally intended to be built according to the real world. However, due to some events, it was not replicated in its original form. Instead, it was modified and changed to its current form based on some of the memories I received from you."

Unintentionally, Philwell, in a calm tone, revealed something quite significant.

At the same time, she noticed Leyou's subtle gaze and changed into a black dress.

A black dress looks great because black often represents depth, darkness, and fantasy.

Black is a color that can evoke endless fantasies in men, and many men like it.

But she just wouldn't transform back into her dragon form.

"Although the virtual world of this world has changed slightly, it is still basically the same structure, so it is relatively easy for me to make some changes."

With a wave of his hand, the classic light screen appeared in front of Philvo. The light blue screen displayed a map of the competition area, marked with red dots representing the participants, white dots representing the location of Leyou, and black dots representing NPCs who would most likely appear randomly according to the rules.

"For example, the academy has set up a special firewall system in the underlying program of this area to prevent ordinary hackers from intruding and interfering with the competition. But I can ignore that shameful firewall system and directly hack into the control center of this competition area."

Phil paused for a moment, then casually captured a stream of data flowing past him, rolled it into a strange sphere with his bare hands, and waved it in front of Leyou: "Take this, and you can teleport to any location at will. You can throw yourself into a deserted place and have a good time slacking off."

"Then I'll also set up an information blocker for you, so that even if you're lying down and sleeping, you can stay in bed until there are only 16 people left. When the alarm goes off, you can then go to participate in the main competition."

"That's great! Please make sure to arrange it for me!" Leyou agreed to Philvo's "genius plan" without hesitation, and reached out to take the ball from her hand, but she dodged him.

"Don't even think about it! You're only this enthusiastic when it comes to slacking off. Get back to work!"

Filvor punched Leyou in annoyance and pointed to the black dots on the light screen map, saying, "These things are the Faceless Ones you encountered before. But these people are quite something; they actually managed to turn these peculiar beings into data and put them into the virtual world."

"And then?" Leyou didn't quite understand Philvo's meaning. If it turned into data being thrown in, wouldn't it still be over as long as he won the duel?

"Then... I don't know if it's because these faceless beings inherently possess this characteristic, or if they developed a new evolutionary form after becoming data. Anyway... you see."

With a light tap of his fingertip on the two clustered black dots, the image on the screen instantly unfolded, revealing a view of the target location from above to Leyou's eyes.

In that scene, two Faceless Ones were actually engaged in a duel.

The duel between the two was devoid of any superfluous words or explanations; they simply had to execute their moves.

Within a minute, the duel ended. Under the remote monitoring of Leyou and Philvo, the defeated Faceless One turned into a stream of data, which was then devoured and absorbed by the victor.

"Good heavens, it's a synthetic Faceless One, isn't it?"

"So here's the question: if two Faceless Ones are combined, will they create a Sima-faced creature?"

Maybe it will explode again.

Chapter 51 This is too evil 19/23

While Leyou and Philvo were discussing how to handle the unusual situation that occurred on the field, the Snow Woman, who was wandering aimlessly, also made a new discovery.

As someone who doesn't particularly enjoy doing unnecessary things but loves having fun, Yuki-onna quickly concealed herself when she first logged into the virtual world.

Being an elf herself, and by secretly bribing Philvo, she acquired some tricks that were less useful in the virtual world, making it incredibly easy for her to hide herself among the ordinary contestants.

The competition area already simulated various climates and terrains. She only needed to find areas like snowfields and snow-capped mountains, and she even needed to use Philvo's method to blend herself into the environment. However, after discovering a potential source of amusement, she chose to disguise herself and hide her tracks while following that target.

The target was none other than Yusa Hisayu's younger brother, Yusa Hisama.

It was somewhat of a coincidence. Since this is a virtual world, you can actually hide your true identity by creating a character. When the Snow Woman first saw a masked person walk past the place where she was hiding, she didn't pay any attention to it.

Masks are an old and tired disguise. Only in the world of anime and manga do people wear masks and do whatever outrageous things without being detected.

But! The key point is that the masked man who walked past the Snow Woman was only about 1.45 meters tall.

A perfectly standard junior high school student's height.

There are very few participants who meet this requirement.

What's more, he was wearing the uniform of a special admissions student, only wearing a mask and not even bothering to change his clothes. Not to mention that his four loose shirt pockets and four pants pockets were stuffed full.

They are all decks.

Combining the image of the child named Yuza Naoma that Leyou had described to her a few days ago, the Snow Woman immediately confirmed it.

She's not Jounouchi, so how could she not recognize someone with so many matching characteristics?

"As expected... the person that guy took a liking to is really quite capable."

"Although he is just a child, he is surprisingly calm during the duel, and his skillful operation is like that of a veteran who has been immersed in dueling for many years."

"If we were in another world, could we check whether this is a boy who looks like an ordinary middle school student, but is actually an Ultimate Duel Master who was turned into a child as punishment by the Dark Games? After all, he doesn't have that heavy Millennium Toy hanging around his neck that looks like it would make his neck tired and uncomfortable."

While secretly criticizing Yuza Naoma's dueling skills that didn't match his age, Yuki-onna followed behind him, watching him defeat one duelist after another, and even felt an urge to run out and duel him herself.

She was originally a dueling spirit, and even though she was rather lazy, she would occasionally get itchy fingers.

But just as she watched Yusa Naoma defeat another opponent and made the decision to wait for him to rest before launching a duel, an uninvited guest appeared and disrupted the Yuki-onna's plans.

"It's like a Faceless One... but this posture... is clearly a bit too much."

As a junior high school student, Yuza Naoma is of average height. Therefore, when he faces a "giant" who is over two meters tall, he appears even smaller.

The giant stood upright in front of Yuza Naoma, raising his Duel Disk; it was obvious what he intended to do.

"Oh dear, why does this always happen..." Shaking her head and lamenting that her plan had fallen through, Yuki-onna also withdrew her concealment and, pretending to be passing by by chance, stepped out from the side and blocked Shang-mo's way.

"At a time like this, I, a person of justice, cannot stand idly by! The hymn of humanity is the hymn of courage!"

Having copied a few lines from Leyou's memories, the Snow Maiden made a dashing declaration. Standing between Shangmo and the large Faceless One, she seemed to radiate golden light, dazzlingly bright.

Especially Shang Mo behind her, he felt that the figure in front of him was incredibly tall and majestic, like an indestructible defensive line that blocked the giant who exuded a dangerous aura.

Unfortunately, his cool demeanor only lasted three seconds.

"Your name is Shang Mo, right? You seem to have just been in a duel. Judging from your appearance, you're probably quite exhausted. You should retreat first. I'll hold them off for you for now... Hey, where's that guy? It's better to leave the dirty work to him."

A salty, lifeless aura replaced the imposing figure. Yuza Shomo's lips twitched slightly, sensing the awkward atmosphere.

He hadn't noticed before, just thinking she was some kind person, but now that he'd calmed down, he immediately recognized her as the older sister he'd met a few days ago—it seemed that she had always been this lazy and laid-back when they met before.

"Um... if it's just a duel, there shouldn't be such a big fuss, right? And this should be the NPC mentioned in the official announcement, right? You can get extra rewards by defeating this kind of NPC."

As they talked, Shangmo sensed that something was amiss.

He did defeat an opponent, and he did expend some energy, but if it was just a duel, the energy expenditure certainly wouldn't be that great.

So how did this kind older sister know that he wasn't feeling well?

Just as Shang Mo was about to discover the blind spot, the large faceless man did Xue Nu a small favor. A strong pressure was released from his tall body, causing Shang Mo to lose his balance and stumble. Fortunately, Xue Nu reacted quickly, using a gust of cold wind to interfere with the faceless man's pressure and pulling Shang Mo up in time, preventing him from falling to the ground.

"With your skills, don't even think about the reward. Don't forget, being defeated by this guy means you're out of the competition too!"

After giving Shangmo a light rebuke, the Snow Woman waved her hand, and an ice-blue duel disk appeared on her arm. She confronted the Faceless One again, blocking his idea of ​​challenging Shangmo to a duel.

She noticed that the Faceless One didn't seem to be very hostile towards her; on the contrary, he seemed to have a greater desire for Shang Mo behind her.

Noting down this small detail to ask Philvo when she got back, the Snow Maiden took a few steps back again, trying to get Shangmo to behave and leave quickly.

Perhaps it was the Snow Woman's reprimand that made Shangmo see his sister's shadow, because he obediently nodded and left in a certain direction. In order to prevent the Faceless One from chasing after Shangmo, the Snow Woman had no choice but to block Shangmo's way out, preparing to use a duel to stop this obviously abnormal Faceless One.

"Seriously... I came here to have some fun, how did I end up being the fun myself... Come to think of it, why did I suddenly have a brain fart and come out to help?"

"I don't really like kids either..."

"But since everyone has stepped forward, it seems there's no other way."

Shaking aside the useless information about children from her mind, Yuki-onna steadied herself and, while preparing to initiate a duel, pondered which deck she should use this time.

"Hey you big guy over there, come and decide..."

"Ok?"

The snow woman was stunned, her icy blue pupils filled with confusion. Why was she lying down?

One second he was almost forced into a duel, the next second he was in a strange place.

Fortunately, a broadcast came through in time, answering the Snow Woman's questions.

"The first day of the qualifying rounds has ended. All duelists, please log out in an orderly manner and leave the venue under the guidance of the staff."