Duels should be played with a smile.

In this situation, if someone who likes to get to the bottom of things were to argue with a system that's pretending to be dead, they would probably keep arguing with it, just like mobile game players arguing with a game operator who's pretending to be dead. Not only would they waste their time, but they would also end up feeling frustrated.

Le You, being a person who enjoys himself, is different. Faced with this situation, he immediately put it out of his mind and went to do other meaningful things.

For example...

"To be fair, although the technology wasn't as advanced due to the times, the food was still pretty good."

After paying the waiter, Leyou gave the meal a good review.

It's been so long since I've used paper money for payment; it feels like I've traveled back in time.

Oh, so you really did time travel. That's alright then.

“To be honest, that’s true.” Philvo nodded in agreement. Although as a “creature” of the Cyberse, she didn’t need to rely on eating to maintain her existence, occasionally enjoying a delicious meal was still a good form of entertainment for her.

"Check where Kaiba is now. If I remember correctly, he's going abroad after the tournament, and then there's all that mess with Orichalcos. If he's there now, please let him know so he can come and take the D-Wheel and start developing Synchro Summoning."

Kaiba is working on Synchro Summoning, and Leyou is working on Link Summoning. Once they've both done it, Leyou can finally release that fun and visually appealing deck.

The Snow Woman is so charming! Three outfits for a dress-up game, plus she can cool you down in the summer, and with her white hair, who could resist! (You can tell just by looking at the cover!)

"If we can get the synergy sorted out before Dartz causes trouble, then we can openly bully the cavemen in a way that's ahead of its time. Just thinking about it is exciting!"

Because it's been so long, Leyou's memory of Dartz's deck is vague. He only remembers that it has an effect of infinite attack and defense and changing the defeat conditions—it doesn't even have full resistance, how can it be a BOSS!

"I really don't understand this plot where these old fogies come out to cause trouble. They should just be buried properly. The new generation of ships can't hold the remnants of the old era!"

Hearing such a high-sounding excuse, Philwar rolled his eyes: "Is this your reason for using an advanced deck to bully others?"

"When facing a boss who doesn't follow the code of honor, there's no need for us to act like virtuous gentlemen!"

To be honest, Leyou really thinks that Dazi is a pretty low-class boss. Putting everything else aside, he's an old man who's been around for ten thousand years, and he has to resort to deception and murdering entire families to recruit his subordinates. Has he wasted his entire life of ten thousand years?

If you can use magic to burn down other people's houses, can't you use magic to do something decent that makes people grateful and devoted to you?

Isn't this just like those third-rate fantasy cultivation stories where the ancestors of each family and sect only know how to kill and set fires, then bully the protagonist, and finally get rid of by the protagonist?

Wait a minute, the game is about the protagonist who has a serendipitous encounter and is attacked by an enemy of unknown origin. Dartz is the mastermind behind it all. The protagonist and his companions work together to defeat the mastermind. Does that make sense now?

Looking at it this way, it makes quite a bit of sense.

Putting aside just how despicable Dartz really was, the news that came from the other side after Philvo informed Kaiba did surprise Leyou a little.

"Is he still staying in Tongshiye?"

"Yes, he also said that once he develops other summoning methods or his strength increases significantly, he will come back to fight you again."

When Philvo heard Kaiba's answer, he was both amused and exasperated. If you said Kaiba was going to research black technology, then there was nothing to say. But if you asked him to beat Leyou, then you could only pray that Leyou would use a random deck and draw a deck that was extremely weak and not the kind of deck that was acrobatic.

Even if you print a Blue-Eyes Light Dragon, with those ridiculously stupid entry requirements, let's just get it out first!

Otherwise, no matter how hard we fight, it will be a waste of time.

White Dragon? Throw it onto the Heavenly Ladder, and it'll be considered something like land reclamation!

"All I can say is that his courage is commendable, keep it up! By the way, does he really not need a D-round? Is he going to give us a demonstration of how to create a perpetual motion machine with his bare hands?"

Phil shrugged: "This might seem absurd in other places, but in his case, it's just normal."

"Indeed, after all, he's a superhuman who doesn't need any protection, escapes Earth's gravity, and ascends directly to the space station via a space elevator."

……

As night fell, Leyou, having finished dealing with some trivial matters, finally had time to check the "true name" related to her origins.

To be honest, I'm definitely curious, but if there's something wrong with its origin, I might not really care.

[Claim Reward: The True Name]

In a daze, the system's giraffe voice disappeared, replaced by a voice that I had just heard but could not understand.

It's as if the system's permissions were temporarily borrowed by that great being.

[To those outside, your true name]

【Eternal Calamity】

As if in a replay, the scene he saw after defeating the game reappeared before Leyou's eyes. The difference this time was that Leyou finally understood what He was saying.

After those brief words, another familiar memory began to play in his mind.

Those were images recorded when I was still in my original world, from the moment I was born, before I had any memories of them.

From birth, he had that jade-colored crystal on his chest.

In the scene, Leyou could not see who gave birth to her or who raised her to adulthood—her memories of her parents, which she used to remember clearly, became blurred from the moment their real names were revealed.

However, Leyou is certain that her parents do exist and that her past experiences are not fabricated.

It's just different from my original memories.

I have never owned a crystal pendant before. In my memory, I have always worn a crystal pendant since I can remember. The amazing thing is that I have never let this pendant leave my side, never lost it, and no one has ever even noticed it.

What's even more amazing is that I was never aware of these obviously flawed memories before.

Memories from childhood to adulthood flashed through my mind, each place having its own unique characteristics.

These differences are all just proof of one fact—that one's own crystal, from the very beginning, has been one with oneself.

Even the previous awakening, the pendant merging into his body, were just illusions born from his subconscious.

"So how dare your system call me an ordinary person?!"

If you believe you are, then you are.

The system reverted to its previous voice, the one that said "Wagalimas," as if Herakti had never been there.

"Your real name is a load of rubbish! After reading it, not only did I not understand what happened, but I also created even more problems! It's fucking toxic!"

The name "Eternal Calamity" is very chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur) and very cool. Leyou likes it very much.

But what's the point of knowing this name? At least Leyou doesn't know for sure right now.

He's starting to doubt whether he's really caught in a vicious cycle of cause and effect, whether there's a future version of himself causing trouble and leaving his present self completely confused.

But he instinctively felt that this guess was false—he instinctively felt that the name Eternity originally belonged to him, and that he, who held this name, seemed to have the same multifaceted and unique characteristics as Herakdi.

In a sense, he has no past, no future, only the present.

"Forget it, whatever, let's talk about it later. It's good to be a lazy bum."

The advantages of the game once again came in handy, and he quickly fell asleep, putting everything else out of his mind.

However, this time, something seems a little off.

Because he saw a strange-looking guy, someone he couldn't tell was human, waving at him.

This guy is probably a ball—but this ball has two hands, one of which is holding a duel disk.

"Let's duel!"

This is what the ball says.

Even in her dreams, Leyou resolutely refused: "I won't come. I won't come to anything that doesn't benefit me."

"Okay then, if you agree, I'll tell you some very useful information."

"Hmm? Well, that's not something we can't discuss, but before that, could you introduce yourself?"

"Let's start the duel first, and I'll tell you after we begin."

"...OK."

Since it's just a dream, it doesn't matter whether it's real or not. Leyou casually placed a deck he had been thinking about during the day onto the Duel Disk, which inexplicably appeared in his dream, and nodded in agreement.

"Duel!"

"I'm so sorry, I get to go first."

"Alright, now I can tell you my name."

Then, Leyou saw two scoreboards suddenly appear in his dream.

[Leyou LP: 8000]

【I'm so handsome! LP: 8000】

Looking at my hand again, it's a perfect hand, but the opponent went first and doesn't have any hand traps.

Now, Leyou has only one question in his mind—can I directly activate the five-speed magic card [Quick Victory in the upper right corner]?

Chapter 90 You have Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, but now you need Yashiki-dōji.

"Is there a G during the preparation phase?"

Can you imagine a sphere with two arms saying something like that in a smug tone?

In short, when faced with this situation, Leyou just wanted to give himself a good whack on the head. If this were really a dream, he would probably wake up immediately—that would be a quick victory in the top right corner in another sense.

Unfortunately, Leyou's intuition told him that although he was indeed dreaming, he would not be able to wake up until the duel was over.

God knows what's going on, but after awakening a third of his powers, he was able to judge the truth or falsehood of many things through intuition. This is probably the most obvious ability he has shown after awakening. Whether he has other abilities is still unknown.

However, at this moment, this intuition can only keep Leyou in this nightmare, unable to wake up—dreaming of playing cards with a deck that specializes in tanking or red-daddy decks, what else could it be but a nightmare?

"No G, do as you please."

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

"Main Phase, Spell Card [Aramissia Ritual], Special Summon Hero Tokens to the field, is that alright?"

Okay, it's a case of "tanking out". If he doesn't have an exceptionally lucky streak, it seems like he still has a chance.

"No traps, quick move." Leyou placed his hand face down on the duel disk, crossed his arms, and watched his opponent perform.

With no ash, no gold, no bird lock, and no meteorite in hand, what can I do besides just stare?

"Oh? Really a pitless, high-speed operation? You didn't happen to be holding a meteorite and counting one, two, three, four, five, did you?"

It's perfectly normal to have such doubts, but the way these words are coming from a ball makes it feel incredibly out of place.

"Then just pretend I have a meteorite. You think a lazy bum like you can't defend against a meteorite? Are you kidding me?"

Although Leyou basically doesn't play the "play it safe" strategy, is there really anyone who doesn't understand the development process of this deck, which can be turned into a song and even engraved into the DNA of many card players?

"That's true. Then I'll handle the effect and specially recruit the Hero Derivative."