Duels should be played with a smile.

Having made the decision to kill this guy, Yuki-onna no longer hesitated. After telling Carly and the others to step back a little more, she also reached into her clothes to take out her card deck.

Having learned her lesson from not having a suitable deck last time, Yuki-onna became wiser afterward. Not only did she always bring her own deck, but she also included the cards she obtained from the Super Magician in her deck—this was the source of her confidence.

With Super Magical Dragon Knight, plus Phoenix and the "Slaughter Package," along with some hand traps and a few Water Hundred cards, isn't this an invincible deck?

"Heh heh heh~ I'll show you my strongest evolved monster deck soon!"

The name of the Super Magical Dragon Knight contains the character "demon," so roughly speaking, it's also a demon!

The imposter remained unfazed by the snow woman's provocation, instead saying with a hint of arrogance, "Oh? Is that so? Then I'll wait and see if you can really impress me."

"He's just a guy who doesn't even dare to show his true colors, what are you so smug about..."

The Snow Woman took out a total of 5 decks, picked out the marked deck, opened the card box, and skillfully placed the deck into the Duel Disk with smooth and effortless movements.

"Come! Let's fight! Today I'm going to make a good..."

drop--

The Duel Disk emitted a piercing error message, interrupting Yuki-onna's attempt to shout "Dule."

The snow woman was completely stunned.

There's only one possible reason why this notification sound would ring at this time.

The deck does not comply with the duel rules.

However, this is almost impossible. After what happened last time, Yuki-onna checks her deck every time she goes out, and only leaves with peace of mind after confirming that everything is correct.

"Was this your doing?" the Snow Woman said coldly.

She saw it clearly: when the Duel Disk issued the error message, the imposter's face showed a smile that seemed to indicate he had expected it.

"Who knows? It's your own deck, how can you blame me?" The imposter raised his hands high, and wisps of black mist appeared out of thin air, landing in his hands and turning into his deck.

"Look, my deck is perfectly fine, unlike you, who doesn't even bother to check your own deck carefully. You're not a proper duelist at all."

With his strange tone and exaggerated movements, this imposter, despite wearing Jack's face, seemed more like Leyou in the Snow Woman's eyes.

Hmm... it's not even as good as Leyou.

Thinking about it this way, the Snow Woman, who was initially a little annoyed, suddenly felt much better.

That's it?

This ability to be sarcastic and sarcastic is still too weak.

Ignoring the imposter's interference, Yuki-onna took the deck out of the Duel Disk. She hadn't noticed before, but now she sensed something was wrong as soon as she touched it.

The thickness is incorrect.

There were originally 75 cards, but now, when I look at them, there are no more than 40.

I took out the remaining 4 decks and checked them one by one. As expected, some cards were missing from each of these decks.

In that short half minute, the Snow Woman roughly summarized a pattern based on the cards that disappeared from the deck.

Most of the more commonly used cards are still in good condition. The cards that have disappeared are the extremely powerful ones, as well as some less crucial cards or single cards that don't fit into any specific category.

However, this rule, whose validity is unknown, cannot solve my current predicament.

"How did she do that?" While pondering a countermeasure, the Snow Woman also tried to gather some information.

Why did my deck, which was perfectly fine this morning, suddenly become incomplete without me even noticing?

She remembered clearly that no one else had ever encountered her deck.

Faced with the Snow Woman's questioning, the imposter seemed to know that opening champagne halfway through would be disastrous, so he didn't reply. Instead, he set up his deck and urged the Snow Woman on.

The duel has been decided. The moment Yuki-onna agreed to the duel, she had a feeling that this was a special duel, and once it was decided, it had to continue.

"This power... it seems somewhat familiar..."

"Fortunately... my luck was alright today. Although I always feel like that guy brings me bad luck all day, it seems he actually helped me out this time..."

At this moment, the Snow Woman couldn't help but feel somewhat fortunate that she had made two preparations beforehand.

One hand holds cards stolen from Super Magician, and the other hand holds a deck copied from Leyou.

Most of the cards from the Super Magician deck are gone, which makes Yuki-onna feel like her heart is bleeding. Fortunately, the Leyou deck is currently not in too much trouble.

It's not because that deck didn't have any missing pieces, but because that deck could still be played even with missing pieces—or rather, that deck was used to having missing pieces.

I took some cards from other decks and mixed them with that deck; it was passable, I guess.

While Yuki-onna was adjusting her deck, Kali and the other two, seeing this strange phenomenon, also took out their decks. They suddenly realized that their decks had also been affected to some extent—which put their plan to use their cards to support Yuki-onna on hold before it even began.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, the first thing the three of them need to do now is to ensure that their decks are competitive enough.

"My Black Rose Dragon is still here. Some of the accompanying cards are missing, but I replaced them with some Yusei cards, and it still works."

"My ancient dragon is still here, but its mental state seems a bit poor. However, the Magic Bell Cave that Sister Ella gave me a few days ago is gone. If I replace it with the cards that Brother Yuxing gave me before, I can still put them to some use."

"My fortune teller and my destiny lady are fine... and my earthbound spirit is also alright... wait! My earthbound spirit is gone?!"

"What?!" ×3

Yuki-onna, Aki, and Ryuko all looked at Kali. Her earthbound spirit was gone, which seemed to be a big problem.

"Aren't you guys done chatting yet? I'm getting impatient." The imposter suddenly spoke up, attracting the attention of Carly and the others. He patted his Duel Disk, making a "click-click" sound.

“I’ve given you enough time. If you still haven’t sorted things out, I’m going to forcibly take the initiative—no, I should say I’m going to take the initiative as compensation for waiting so long for you.”

"Tch, stingy guy, just you wait, I'll be done in a minute." The Snow Woman snorted coldly, put away the deck that had just been almost completely rebuilt, as well as the other few incomplete decks, and set them back on the Duel Disk.

"Since you're so eager to get beaten up by me, then I'll grant your wish!"

"Oh, really? Then I'll wait and see."

The imposter remained defiant—which was understandable, given that his opponent's deck was incomplete and rebuilt, and any duelist knew the implications of that.

It's not like some Duelist joke where you open 3 boxes of SD43 and beat Sky Striker. How could my complete deck lose to a crippled deck?

Limited by the rules of the world, it's impossible to directly create a deck like the Magic Catapult Cannon to eliminate these key figures and cards, but the deck that this temporary body originally came with is already somewhat powerful.

"I've waited so long, and I'm getting tired of it too. Now that you're ready, I'm not giving you any more chances."

"Hmph, just what I wanted."

Their gazes met in mid-air, as if a bolt of lightning had struck.

"Duel!"

"Duel!"

[Yuki-onna: 1 point]

【I am the great God: 6 o'clock】

"What kind of weird name is that... It's hard not to suspect that you tampered with the roll results."

Seeing this result, the Snow Woman was not surprised at all. Don't ask, she's just used to it.

Moreover, after seeing his hand, he almost fainted.

It can't be called a perfect hand; it's more like getting caught in a hand trap and then losing.

Now that we're playing second, we actually have a better chance.

Yuki-onna could sense that because she had only recently acquired this deck and it had undergone disassembly, reorganization, and patching, the bond between her and the deck was practically zero.

Card-related accidents are considered normal occurrences.

With this in mind, the Snow Woman's regard for this guy increased several levels.

This method... is too dangerous.

"I'll take the first move!" The imposter... no, it should be said that the capitalist unceremoniously chose to go first.

"My turn, Normal Summon [Crimson Rose Dragon]!"

The moment Qiu saw the monster appear, the aura of a psychic duelist burst forth from her.

"Could you please explain why you, the guy who looks like Jack, are using my card?"

Among the cards that just disappeared was a Crimson Rose Dragon, making it hard for Qiu not to connect the two.

"Relax, I wouldn't stoop to such a despicable act as stealing someone's cards." The capitalist smiled slightly at Qiu, explaining with a hint of disdain, "Because... what I'm going to do is 'discard' you all!"

"Meaningless, worthless, utterly incompetent, you bunch of products with no potential, just obediently become discontinued!"

"Quick-Play Spell Card [Scented Rose Sprout]! Special Summon 1 [Rose Dragon] monster from your hand or Graveyard (Guard List)!"

"I'll recruit [Rose Dragon Izayoi] from my handbag!"

"Next... both Crimson Rose Dragon and Izayoi Rose Dragon are Tuner monsters. You should understand what that means, right?"

"Reveal yourself! Great circuit of God!"

Chapter Four: Who doesn't know how to do a water swing?

Merging dimensions.

The newly appointed Super Magician was working on a mountain of documents. Even though he was very bright and his extensive experience helped him deal with all sorts of strange questions raised in the documents, he still couldn't help but stand up and walk around the office every now and then to relax.

This is so agonizing. Is Judai some kind of superman? How did he manage to deal with all this stuff and still have the energy to do other things?

The more challenging the problems he encountered, the more he realized just how remarkable the previous Judai had been.

This boundless energy, powerful mindset, and consistently efficient work ethic were qualities he had only ever seen in the Pharaohs of Mahad's memory.

However, the Atum in Mahad's memory was always assisted by several priests, while Jaden, apart from some hero companions who didn't understand politics and could only be used as tools, really couldn't find any help.

Standing by the office window overlooking the scenery of the Fusion Academy, the Super Magician took a few deep breaths, returned to his chair, and continued to deal with the mountain of documents.

"Recently, spacetime storms have been occurring frequently, affecting resource transportation and personnel transport between dimensions... Didn't some members of the Wind-Traveling Bird Clan migrate to our academy a while ago? Let's go and purchase some [Void Space] from them to stabilize the dimensional channels."

"Some abnormal data was discovered in the virtual world area where the competition was held before... So let's send some people to check if there's any danger. If there's not much danger, we'll issue it as a mission to the senior students so they can earn credits! Fusion Academy isn't a charity organization like the Hyperdimension; if you want powerful rare cards, you'll have to fight for them yourself!"

"There have been a lot of thefts in the academy lately? As duelists, you can't even protect your own decks, what kind of cards are you playing! But if the thefts are so rampant that they have to come to me, then it must be something serious... First, I'll issue a notice to let them be careful, and then... this is considered a criminal act. Isn't fighting crime what heroes are all about? I'll have Edward take those in the academy who use hero decks to investigate."

After the super-magician meticulously annotated each document, he would set it aside. Every so often, someone would come and collect the annotated documents, distribute them, and then implement them as needed. By the time the super-magician had finished annotating all the documents on his desk, the day was almost over.

"At first I didn't think so... but now it seems that guy was right, the position of Overlord really is a prison."

Gazing at the afterglow of the setting sun, the Super Magician's face was tinged with twilight, and he suddenly felt a sense of a hero's decline.