The protagonist of the Yu-Gi-Oh! world might be the same person.

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 4]

Seahorse Man crossed his arms and said coldly, "Shadow Mist Lady... Hmph, a card I've never seen before."

He did not recall ever issuing such a card.

'Oh, Moses Roy, just like him, always pulls out some unknown cards. What an exciting battle!'

Thinking of this, the corners of Haima Xia's mouth involuntarily turned up.

At that moment, Jaden waved his hand and shouted, "At this instant, the Shadow Mist Lady's special ability is activated!"

This effect can only be activated if this card is Special Summoned. Add 1 [Change] Quick-Play Spell Card from your Deck to your hand.

"I added the [Mask Change] card from my deck to my hand."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 5]

Manjoume exclaimed in surprise, "It's the hero who retrieved the [Mask Change]! Judai has become even stronger!"

Judai flipped the "Mask Change" card he had just acquired face-down along with another card from his hand.

"Finally, cover two cards to end the turn."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 3]

Seeing that he ended his turn without any hesitation, Seahorse Man lowered his arms and then made a card-drawing motion.

"Heh, that round ended so quickly."

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 5→6]

Kaiba looked at the card he had drawn, and then revealed it without hesitation, "The card I drew is [Handsome Kaiba], Summon in Attack Position!"

As the card was struck onto the Duel Disk, a flash of white light appeared on the field, and another Kaiba Man, dressed identically but lacking a Duel Disk, was projected onto the screen.

【Seahorse Man, the Ally of Justice: Attack Power 200】

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 6→5]

"There are two Seahorse Man?"

This scene made others feel the wonder of the Jaden.

Jaden, however, was puzzled. 'Like the previous [Gravekeeper], the spirits summoned themselves, so why is there an extra Seahorse Man here? How strange...'

Unfortunately, he couldn't figure it out for the time being.

Seahorse Man then said, "I will use this card as a tribute to summon a minion from my hand."

"Let me show you what legend has to offer..."

As he spoke, he grabbed a card and held it up high.

"Appear, my most loyal servant!"

The Seahorse Man on the field disappeared instantly in a burst of light.

"Scream, then tremble! Descend, Blue-Ace-Waite-Dragon—!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a white dragon with blue eyes appeared in his field, and the dragon's roar filled the entire cave space.

Blue-Eyes White Dragon: Attack Power 3000

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 5→4]

Jaden's expression was somewhat strange. 'That familiar tone, that familiar chuunibyou vibe... could it be that his identity is...?'

'If it really is him, then this duel is going to be incredibly interesting.'

Although we don't know what the other party's purpose is, the prospect of fighting this legendary duelist is incredibly exciting.

He didn't intend to expose the other party, otherwise it would be too boring.

Unaware of Jaden's thoughts, Kaiba stretched out his long right hand and pointed at the opposite side, giving the order: "Blue-Eyes White Dragon, attack the Shadow Mist Lady! Destruction Burst Gale Bullet!"

Upon hearing the command, the white dragon immediately opened its mouth wide, and a blazing white light gathered inside before shooting out in an instant.

Boom!

The Shadow Mist Lady was instantly blasted to pieces by the light energy.

ah--!!!

Hearing the Shadow Mist Lady's screams, Jaden's expression remained calm. Instead, he immediately shouted, "At this moment, the Shadow Mist Lady's other ability is activated!"

This effect can only be activated if this card is sent to the Graveyard. Add 1 HERO monster other than Elemental HERO Lady of the Mist from your Deck to your hand.

"Using the effect of this monster, I added Elemental HERO Flamebringer from my deck to my hand."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 4]

"Hmph↓, this monster's effect is really powerful, it can draw two cards from the deck."

Finally, Seahorse Man inserted a card from his hand into the dragon-wing-shaped Duel Disk, saying, "Then I'll set one more card face down, and end my turn."

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 4→3]

"It's my turn, draw the card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 5]

After glancing at the cards he had drawn, Jaden first placed the cards he had drawn in the previous turn onto the Duel Disk: "I summon Flameman in Attack Position."

Om-! !

Amidst a flash of golden light, a warrior wielding a fiery fist appeared on the field.

[Elemental Heroes: Flame Warrior - Attack Power 1200]

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 4]

He pointed to the newly introduced hero beside him and continued, "Due to the special effect of Flamebringer's appearance, I will add [Fusion] from my deck to my hand and activate it."

"Merge the Flame Warrior and Solid Warrior on the field."

The two heroes then transformed into pure energy and merged into one, and this power then fell into the earth.

next moment.

"Show yourself, [Elemental Hero Earth Warrior]!"

The moment the words left his mouth, the earth split open.

boom--!

A jet-black steel giant emerged from the ground.

[Elemental Hero Earth Warrior: Attack Power 2200]

Jaden waved his hand and shouted, "Earth Knight's monster effect: When this card is successfully Fusion Summoned, reduce the ATK of 1 monster your opponent controls by half for this turn, and Earth Knight absorbs the portion of the ATK that was reduced."

[Blue-Eyes White Dragon: Attack power 3000 → 1500]

[Elemental Hero Earth Warrior: Attack Power 2200 → 3700]

“Roar~.”

Seahorse Man watched this scene with great interest.

Chapter Seventy-Two: The Hero Who Ends Friendships

"It's not over yet. I'll activate the monster effect of Solid Warrior that was sent to the Graveyard by the Spell Card and Special Summon Shadow Mist Lady from the Graveyard in Defense Position."

After a flash of light, the Shadow Mist Lady was summoned back to the Jaden stage.

[Elemental Hero: Shadow Mist Lady: Defense 1500]

"And because of the Special Summon of this monster, I will add another [Change] Spell Card from my Deck to my hand."

"I chose [morphological change]."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 5]

After finishing, Jaden launched an attack without hesitation, shouting, "Battle begins! Earth Warrior attacks Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"

At his command, Earth Warrior raised his hands, ready to slam them into the ground.

Upon seeing this action, Seahorse Man quickly swung his long arms and shouted, "At this moment, open the face-down card, activate the Trap Card [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!]!"

"With the effect of this card, Blue-Eyes White Dragon is unaffected by the effects of other cards this turn, cannot be destroyed by battle, and when an opponent's monster battles it, that monster is destroyed."

In this case, with nine rounds, the winner cannot be determined within two rounds in ten generations.

He immediately abandoned the battle and revealed the card he had just retrieved. "In that case, I will activate the Quick-Play Spell [Shape Change] from my hand!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 4]

"The effect of this card is to return any 'Hero' Fusion Monsters you control to the Extra Deck, and then Special Summon a 'Masked HERO' monster with the same Level but a different Card Name."

"Of course, it's Earth Knight who's going back. This monster is a Level 6, so the one that will be Special Summoned is the Level 6 Masked Hero."

Immediately after saying that, the armor on Earth Knight's body cracked open.

Click, click, click...

It didn't explode completely until its armor was covered in cracks all over its body.

boom--! !

"Henshin! Show yourself, [Masked Hero Darkclaw]!"

As soon as Jaden finished speaking, the smoke dissipated, revealing a jet-black hero wearing beast-shaped armor and with sharp claws.

【Masked Hero Dark Claw: Defense 1800】

With the arrival of the new Masked Hero, an atmosphere of impending doom is palpable.

Dark Claw: Let's be friends!

Seahorse Man seemed to hear this inexplicable sentence.

At this moment, Jaden pointed to the newly born hero and continued, "The special effect of Dark Claw is that as long as this card is on the field, cards that the opponent loses to the graveyard will not be sent to the graveyard, but will be banished directly."

"Therefore, the [Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!] sent to the graveyard at this moment is excluded from the game."

Although Dark Claw is known as a friend in real life, its effects are anything but friendly.

You can understand by looking at Seahorse Man's clenched teeth right now.

"Oh no!"

He banished the trap card in frustration, and could no longer recover it through its own effect.

Judai puts one last card face down, saying, "I'll put one more card face down, end of turn."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

"Hmph! My turn, draw a card!"

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 3→4]

After glancing at the cards he drew, Seahorse immediately played them: "I activate [Pot of Greed], and draw two more cards."

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 4→5]

Looking at the two cards in his hand, the corners of his mouth involuntarily curled up.

However, at that moment, Jaden immediately shouted, "The moment you draw the card, Dark Claw's special ability will activate!"

Once per turn, this effect can be activated if the opponent adds a card from their deck to their hand outside of their draw phase. Banish 1 random card from the opponent's hand.

"What a dirty effect!"

"What a terrifying monster this is!"

The audience was amazed by the two powerful exclusion effects of the Friendship Killer.

At the same time, one of the two cards drawn from Seahorse's hand by Pot of Greed vanished in a flash of light.

[Seahorse Knight Hand Cards: 5→4]

Seeing the card disappear from his hand, he clicked his tongue inwardly, 'Tch, the one that was excluded was [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], what a lucky guy.'

He now feels that his friend Xia is somewhat detestable, but he is not without a solution.