Duels should be played with a smile.

A chilling meow rang out, and a golden cat king was sent flying from Leyou's hand into the graveyard.

"This moment!"

"The Maneki-neko King's guaranteed effect!"

"During your opponent's turn, if this card is sent to the Graveyard by the effect of your opponent's Spell/Trap/Effect Monster, your opponent's turn ends immediately!"

"Because the Dragon God King's effect modifies your effect, that effect still counts as being activated by you!"

The meow that had just stopped rang out again, and to the astonishment of the Super Magician, the meow turned into several, becoming a chorus of meows.

The meowing annoyed the super mage, even causing him to feel disoriented. By the time he came to his senses, he had been forced into the final stage.

"Alright, this is the final stage. You can now search and recruit specially~" Leyou kindly reminded you.

Before Super Magician could react, Leyou's eyes lit up, and he added, "Also, since you have more than six cards in your hand, remember to throw away the extra ones later!"

"What a pity~ So many cards are going to go to waste~"

The overly irritating tone made Super Magician completely unwilling to pay attention to Leyou at this moment. After helplessly searching for a magic card based on the effect of Divine Judgment, he was just about to Special Summon a monster to finish the game when he suddenly discovered an overlooked fact.

"Wait a minute... after my turn is skipped like this, let's not even talk about whether I'll lose the next round... that naughty elf, that little pony, and the Lucky Cat King..."

"Are you trying to lock down my turn?!" the Super Magician exclaimed in surprise.

"You just noticed?" Leyou grinned. "I've noticed something: it seems like you haven't dueled in a long time?"

"Is there anything surprising about this? Do you think there will be many duels worth my attention?" the Super Magician replied matter-of-factly.

“It is indeed quite noteworthy…” Leyou nodded, crossed his arms, and once again took a look at the super mage in front of him.

"As far as I know, Jaden is busy to death all day long, so you don't even have a chance to play cards... In fact, because you haven't dueled for a long time, your dueling acumen has decreased a lot."

In a duel, you can feel your opponent's will.

Putting aside the issue of deck strength between the two sides, in Leyou's opinion, the attitude that Super Magician showed towards the duel in this battle could not be described as high-spirited, but rather as perfunctory.

When Leyou asked the question, Super Magician turned his head away and did not answer.

After all... you can't just admit you were shirking your responsibilities, can you? Although it seems like even if you weren't being lenient, you'd still get a beating...

Considering his pride, Super Magician chose to remain silent and pretend to be a master.

If I don't acknowledge it, then it doesn't exist!

"Alright, your turn is over. It's my turn now. Draw a card!"

"Hey, Little Ma, is there something you need?"

Ignore everything else for now, get the pony out first, then you can retrieve the Lucky Cat King and continue blocking the Super Magician's turn.

Or... just keep dragging it out like this, not killing the opponent, and keep forcibly ending the Super Magician's turns, letting him have some fun?

Once this dark thought surfaced in his mind, Leyou's playful nature made him lose control, and the card he originally planned to play after Xiaoma was replaced with another one.

"I'm starting..."

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm surrendering."

"what?"

"Do you think I'm stupid? Don't forget, I'm part of you. You're laughing like that, how could I not understand your wicked thoughts?" the super-magician replied disdainfully, his face full of contempt.

You don't even need to guess what this mourner wants to do!

"Tsk tsk tsk... Oh dear, that's not good of you. I went through all that trouble to get this done, and you're not even satisfied."

"Tch, I'm not some masochist, nor am I one of those three. Why should I make you feel good?"

Super Magician deliberately phrased his words in a slightly ambiguous way, knowing that with Leyou's exceptionally keen sense in these areas, he would understand the meaning of those words instantly.

Then you can annoy him.

You can be serious when you want to be, but as a fragment, it's not difficult to learn from Leyou's own methods and annoy him.

At worst, I can just lock myself in a dark room; it's not like I haven't been in one before.

As expected, Leyou's expression changed instantly.

"That's enough, don't disgust me." Leyou immediately took two steps back and deliberately patted his shoulder, as if he were swatting away something disgusting.

"Since you don't want to go to jail, I won't be the warden anymore. You know the rules of this world. Now that I've won, you should be able to sit down and have a proper chat about succeeding the tenth generation and becoming the overlord, right?"

"..."

Super Magician remained silent, but in his heart he was thinking about how to better deceive Leyou in the next "negotiation" session and get more benefits.

After a long pause, with an air of resignation, the Super Magician shook his head, put away the Duel Disk, and sighed.

"Sigh, there's no escaping it after all."

"The winner takes all, you decide, but... there are some things I won't budge on."

"Heh~ Now you're the loser, so it's not up to you what to say."

Upon seeing the arrogant super mage who, despite being the defeated party, still seemed somewhat haughty, Leyou, whose mind wasn't particularly big, let his thoughts wander, and a dark idea instantly arose in his mind.

Are you trying to annoy me?

Let's see who can annoy whom more!

"Hehehe~ My good partner, the whispering sprite born from me, have you heard of the defeat CG?" Leyou rubbed his hands together in front of him, nodded slightly, and licked his lips.

"......Braise!" The Super Magician was momentarily dumbfounded.

He took several steps back, adopting a defensive stance: "Humans cannot, or at least should not, as an elf with an independent personality, I strongly oppose all of Nan Tong's actions!"

"Hehehehe... Whether it's possible or not, whether it should or not, it's not up to you~" Leyou chuckled playfully, his eyes sweeping back and forth over the Super Magician.

"My advice is that you'd better understand your own position and then cooperate properly."

"Otherwise... if people can, they should at least try (referring to modifying the Super Magician's artwork and sending it to other spirits)."

Faced with Leyou's somewhat unbelievable threat, the Super Magician pondered for half a second before slowly nodding, suppressing his frustration.

"As expected of you..."

Chapter 109 It's all that guy's fault!

"My lord, you know our..."

"I! Don't! Know!" Judai said sternly, enunciating each word clearly.

Taking a step forward, Judai looked down at the bowing researcher, his dissatisfaction written all over his face.

"I thought I knew! But your actions, and the series of events they have caused, clearly and unequivocally tell me that I didn't know!"

"It's not just me who doesn't know! You yourselves don't know either!"

"You yourselves have no idea what kind of harm your secret plans will bring to our dimensional fusion!"

"If you can't provide a reasonable explanation today, then don't even think about leaving! Just notify your people from Arc Domain to come and ransom us!"

Judai's sharp retort, with its imposing aura, made the researcher, who spent most of his time in the lab and lacked exercise, turn several shades pale.

The moment the incident occurred in the virtual world, the relevant personnel were taken into custody. After Judai returned from the virtual world, his first task was to interrogate these personnel.

“If your superiors don’t think much of you people…” Judai lowered his voice, turned his back, and his black cloak fluttered slowly, blocking the researcher’s view so that he could only see darkness.

"Then I'll have no choice but to reluctantly take your place as your boss and let you 'work hard' in our Fusion Academy."

The emphasis fell on the word "labor," and the researcher, whose face was already somewhat pale, looked even more ashen. As someone from the Pendulum Arc Domain, he had seen his "colleagues" taken away under similar pretexts quite often in the past...

And then I never saw those people again.

And often at such times, their research funding will suddenly increase by a few cents.

The researcher had never delved into the intricacies of this matter before, but now, he had a vague premonition.

"Your Majesty!"

Driven by an overwhelming will to survive, the researcher instantly activated the kneeling gene ingrained in his DNA. With a flick of his wrists, he tossed the documents in his hands into the air, bent his knees, and knelt down, striking what could be described as the ultimate gesture of begging for mercy: "prostration."

"A sensation in your private Marseille!"

"Lord Overlord, you may not know this, but ever since our Pendulum Arc Domain experienced that upheaval and Lord Zack disappeared, although we still operate under the name of the Pendulum Arc Domain on the surface, we each have our own thoughts in reality."

"So..." Judai instantly realized where the problem might lie.

Because this tournament is of great importance, Judai himself has been following it closely. However, he is also very busy with his own affairs, so he will definitely have to delegate some details to his subordinates.

"Then what about me back then, and that Yuya I met a few times before?"

"I don't know much about these things that we can't access, but according to rumors, Lord Yuya... is quite kind-hearted and has a lot of free time..."

The researcher's words carried a hint of uncertainty, and he even slightly raised his head to observe Jaden's expression. However, as soon as he met Jaden's eyes, he was immediately frightened by the fleeting "killing intent" and quickly lowered his head.

"So, be honest and tell me which side you belong to... and then I'll decide your fate based on your answer."

The chill borrowed from Absolute Zero Genius quietly emanated from Judai's body, causing the kneeling researcher to shiver instantly. He felt that the tyrant's aura had intensified even further.

Such terrifying power made him dare not hide anything, and he hurriedly told everything he knew, like spilling beans.

"Lord Overlord... those of us sent to the Fusion Academy this time, including myself, are all under Lord Yuri's command..."

"This incident was purely accidental. After all, the reputation of Fusion Academy is widely known across various dimensions, and Lord Yuri is very powerful, but ultimately he is only a quarter of the Pendulum Dimension..."

"We didn't have any malicious intent at first; we just wanted to use this opportunity to advance some of our research projects. But things didn't go as planned, so..."

……

"Oh! After a tense and exciting exhibition match, we are finally about to usher in the final!"

"I'm sure you viewers have all had a feast for the eyes. For an exhibition match to be so exciting, to be honest, even I, who have commentated on countless amazing duels, am feeling quite excited right now!"

Inside the arena, after John and others began to leave, the professional commentator took back the "leadership," using his outstanding eloquence to guide the audience's emotions and attention.

In fact, he only breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the notification that the crisis had been resolved.

The multi-person duel just now was indeed spectacular, but in his eyes, who knew the truth, he couldn't be as immersed in the duel as the ordinary audience. Instead, he had to endure the inner torment to commentate on the duel, and he couldn't let the audience notice anything unusual about him or anything else.

For a professional commentator who is good at "speaking freely," the situation just now, where every word had to be carefully considered, was tantamount to being in prison.

Fortunately, nothing went wrong...

After calming down, the professional commentators returned to their usual routines and, following instructions from the communicator, began preparing for the final match.