The card player needs to win easily

"If you don't want to use a card, you can also pay with cash! Just name a price, and I'll do my best to meet it."

Even after being rejected, Kaiba still did not give up.

Liva originally wanted to say something to explain.

But in the end, he kept his mouth shut.

To get Bekas' invitation, defeating Kaiba Seto head-on might be the best option - she turned her head slightly and looked at Siren.

Siren blinked, her eyes clearly meaning: Fight! Fight!

(Still feeling really bad...!)

Siren secretly stuck out her tongue playfully and began to "interpret" Liva's answer to the seahorse.

“She doesn’t agree!”

I didn't mean that at all.

Liva sighed weakly.

It's a done deal—she gave Siren a vicious look.

"Gu...!"

Siren shivered and felt a chill.

"Two people... rejected my perfectly good proposal with the same ridiculous reason...?"

Kaiba was furious.

For a proud person, this is an absolutely intolerable shame!

"Then I'll just have to ask you to go."

Kaiba snapped his fingers, and a row of men in black suits suddenly rushed out of the car behind him and surrounded Siren and Liva.

With the help of Liva's eyes behind her, Siren struggled to reveal a fearful expression that was so real that it could win the Oscar - maybe it was real?

"Okay...it seems I have no choice but to go with you guys."

With the seahorse looking down and the siren following, a group of people got into the car and rode away.

Inside the store, Yugi Muto and his group, who had already been affected by the noise outside the door, walked out of the store and looked in the direction where Kaiba left.

Anko Mazaki walked out first, and could only see the backs of Siren and Liva as they walked into the car under Kaiba's coercion.

"Um...are they Siren and Liva?"

Xingzi looked at the tail smoke left by the car in confusion.

"What, those two transfer students? Kaiba definitely has bad intentions!"

Based on his negative impression of Kaiba, Jonouchi immediately became indignant.

Yugi looked at the direction the car was leaving with a worried look on his face.

"I hope nothing will happen..."

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Seahorse Company, top floor.

Seto Kaiba waved his hand to disperse the employees and the men in black, leaving only Liva and Siren, then raised his hand to open the steel door in front of him.

The teeth-grinding sound of gears clashing against each other echoed, and before them stood a gigantic dueling arena.

"No matter how many times I watch the animation, it's still as shocking as watching it live..."

Liva sighed and whispered, and Siren nodded in agreement.

"Come on, I want you to stand on this dueling stage as a duelist!"

Haiba was the first to jump onto the two-meter-high platform and stood on one side of the top.

"A sudden duel—why in this way?"

Siren, who asked the question despite knowing the answer, made a "doubted" expression in the audience.

"I'll declare the stakes of this duel now!"

Kaiba said in a shocking voice.

"If you lose this duel, I will take your Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

"Why should I accept your duel?"

Liva folded her arms across her chest.

Kaiba sneered.

"Do you think you have a choice here?"

Liva sighed again.

I feel like the number of sighs I've sighed today is almost as much as in a month.

"What if you fail?"

"If I fail, I can even give you this Kaiba Corporation office building! But this premise doesn't exist!"

As expected of the president, his arrogant personality will never change no matter what.

"I accept the duel."

Liva walked onto the duel stage and stared at Siren again before going up. The strong desire for revenge in her eyes made Siren shudder.

"The rules are Kaiba's special rules. One round, one win. The basic score is 8000 points. The player whose basic score reaches zero is the loser!"

Kaiba proudly announced the rules.

"Virtual simulation system, start!"

Suddenly, the field was full of lights, and Kaiba's confident smile was extremely conspicuous in the brilliance.

Light particles gathered in Liva's hands, and with a flash of light, a set of cards was formed.

Perhaps it was the excitement of seeing the virtual simulation system, or perhaps it was because she had become a bit duel-minded after coming here, but Liva shouted out without hesitation along with Kaiba Seto.

——“DUEL!!! (The duel begins!!!)”

PS: Is there any chance to give me some time to post?

Duel Kingdom: Chapter 3: The Open Land (After multiple revisions, the content may not match the original post)

"I'll take the first strike!"

According to the random program of the duel arena, Seto Kaiba got the chance to attack first.

"I activate Dragon Temple from my hand, and using its effect, send a Dragon-Type monster from my deck to the Graveyard! If that monster is a Normal monster, you can send another Dragon-Type monster to the Graveyard."

A standard White Dragon starter.

“No chain.”

"Then the effects processing."

Kaiba Seto drew a "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and a "Ancient White Stone" from his deck and sent them to the graveyard.

"Activate Continuous Spell - 'Lost Brand'! As long as this card is on the field, the effects of my Fusion Summon cannot be negated. If the Fusion Summon succeeds, you cannot activate effects!"

"?" The construction of this White Dragon is very wrong!

"Come on!"

The Siren in the audience suddenly became excited.

"Normal Spell Card—"Brand Fusion" effect activated! Send the two monsters needed to create a Fusion Monster with "Albus's Fallen" as fusion material from your Deck, Hand, or Field to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon that Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck!"

Kaiba ostentatiously played a magic card onto the field.

Liva finally realized that something was wrong - indeed, the intensity of duels in this world was increasing, just as the Creator God of Light had said.

When the banned card table is applied, even if you can print cards out of thin air, it is not impossible to lose the duel.

"I send "Albus's Fallen Heir" and "Beast of the Abyss, Hekkai Dragon" to the graveyard, and Fusion Summon "Branded Dragon, White Dragon"!"

A huge red dragon shadow emerged from the field, burning, and a huge dragon roar resounded through the sky.

"Are you scared? This is the latest 'virtual simulation system', which can project everything onto this duel stage in the most realistic way!"

Kaiba Seto smiled smugly.

"Chain 1, the effect of "Branded Dragon White Dragon" performs a Fusion Summon from the field, the graveyard, or the hand. Chain 2, the effect of "Lost Brand" adds a card named "Albus's Heir" from the deck to the hand!"

"Reverse the chain, add "Metal Beast Bird Mercury Messenger" to your hand, then banish "Tragic Death Prison Actor" from your hand and "Albus's Fallen" from your graveyard, and Fusion Summon "Divine Flame Dragon Hekai Dragon"!"

"Chain one, the effect of 'Tragic Death Prison Actor', chain two, discard 'Mechanical Puppet - Nightmare' from your hand, and activate the effect of 'Divine Flame Dragon Hekai Dragon'!"

"Reverse the chain, return the "Divine Flame Dragon Hekai Dragon" on the field and the banished "Albus's Fallen" to the deck, and Fusion Summon "Ice Sword Dragon Phantom Ice Dragon"! Then, add "Guided Saint Quim" from the deck to your hand."

"I haven't Normal Summoned anything yet this turn! I Normal Summon "Guided Saint Quim" and send "He Saint Cartesia" to the Graveyard!"

"Next, release the "Branded Dragon White Dragon" on the field and Special Summon "Beast of the Abyss Hekkai Dragon"."

"Use the effect of 'Beast of the Abyss, Hekkai Dragon' to place 'Branded Beast' on the field!"

“That’s how I get to the end of the round.”

Liva didn't move because she knew what was going to happen.

The end of the round is the time to lay out the "Brand".

"I activate the effect of Ancient White Stone to Special Summon Abyssal Blue-Eyes Dragon, and with its effect, add Fusion and Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon to my hand! Then, with the effect of Branded Dragon, White Dragon, I can Settle Separated Brand from my Deck!"

"Send [Ember Dragon] to the Graveyard, activate the effect of [Ice Sword Dragon Phantom Ice Dragon], and banish [Abyss Blue-Eyes Dragon] from your field."

"Due to the card leaving the Extra Deck, the effect of 'Guided Saint Quim' allows me to Special Summon 'Branded Dragon White Dragon'!"

"I activate the effect of "Dragon of Ashes" in my Graveyard to Special Summon "Dogmatic Saint Ecclesia"! Using its effect, I add "Dogmatic Knight Fleurdelis" to my hand."

The ingredients are really mixed.

The brand axis is like this. If it weren't for the "Dragon Temple", Liwa would have thought he was playing a game with pure branding - although the ending now is no different.

Let me explain the current ending of Kaiba.

His hand returned to four cards - "Iron Beast Bird Mercury Messenger", "Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon", "Fusion", and "Dogmatika Fleurdelis". Two monster effects were negated here.

In the backfield, "Separated Brand" can release "Ice Sword Dragon Phantom Ice Dragon" or "Branded Dragon White Dragon" on the field, and Special Summon the supporting answer "Mechanical Puppet - Nightmare" on the field, making it impossible for itself to Special Summon - although this has no effect on itself.

As long as the card on the field is destroyed, "Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon" will be Special Summoned to the field, giving the entire field resistance that cannot be destroyed by effects.

The "Branded Beast" in the backfield can release a Dragon-Type monster to destroy a card on the field when there is a "Beast of the Abyss" monster on the field.

Trouble, Liva thought.

However, whether I can make this situation disappear——it depends on the next draw.

"My turn - draw a card!"

"The moment I enter the Draw Phase, I release the "Branded Dragon White Dragon" on the field. I activate "Separated Brand" to Special Summon "He Saint Cartesia" to my side of the field and Special Summon "Gyggoth Nightmare" to your side of the field!"

"Okay, here comes the defense!"

The Siren in the audience murmured, saying that the person cheering was not her teammate. Liva glared at the Siren.

"So—you can't Special Summon monsters this turn."

A smug look appeared on Kaiba's face again.

"As the strongest duelist in this world, the scene I created is undoubtedly the strongest in the world."

"Even if one of them can't be Special Summoned, how can you break through—"

"I activate 'Pot of Greedy and Modest' from my hand, flip three cards from the top of my deck, and add one of them to my hand."

Kaiba's smile froze.

He was very clear about the self-restraint of this card - he could not special summon it this turn.

His blockade was in vain.

Liva flipped over three cards from the top of the deck.

Here comes a card that works.