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

[Electronic Terminator Dragon: Attack Power 8000 → 5400]

"In that case, Koga's attack power will surpass that of your monster!"

"How naive, Judai! I anticipated this situation..." Ryo Marufuji immediately drew a card from his hand and revealed it: "Quick-Play Spell [Limit Removal] activated. All Machine-Type monsters on your field have their ATK doubled this turn!"

[Electronic Terminator Dragon: Attack Power 5400 → 10800]

"What?!" Nine

The next second, the light energy that the Electro-Terminator Dragon had already gathered exploded, blasting towards the Light Fang.

Boom—!! Eight

"Uh..."

[Yujo Jaden: LP8100→2800]

Seeing Koga instantly obliterated, Jaden wiped the cold sweat from his forehead in lingering fear. "That was close... If I hadn't activated Koga's effect, I would have already lost."

“I’ve already defended against the attack from [Cyber-End Dragon]. Now it’s your turn to have a headache, Caesar. [Cyber-End Dragon] affected by the effect of [Limit Removal] will be destroyed during the End Phase. When it’s my turn, you’ll have to face my counterattack.”

Marufuji Ryo chuckled softly upon hearing this, replying, "Hmph~, I knew you'd say that..."

With that, he placed his last card onto the Duel Disk: "I haven't Normal Summoned this turn, so I'll Summon [Cyber ​​Dragon] in Defense Position." (Wu)

Om-! !

With a flash of golden light, a bronze mechanical dragon inlaid with several red gemstones appeared.

Electro-Dragon: Defense 0

[Marufuji Ryo's cue cards: 1→0]

'Cyber ​​Dragon...?' Jaden raised an eyebrow slightly upon seeing this. 'This card has three effects...'

'You can activate 1 of the following effects. ●When this card is targeted for an attack, you can banish this card to activate this effect. Draw 1 card from your Deck, then end the Battle Phase. ●Target 1 face-up monster you control and this card; banish that face-up monster and this card, then draw 2 cards from your Deck. ●Target 1 card in your Graveyard; banish this card from the field and 1 card from your hand, then return the targeted card to the top of your Deck.'

'Alright, what will Caesar choose?'

As he was thinking this, Ryo Marufuji continued, "Activate the special effect of [Cyber ​​Dragon]!"

"Remove this card and [Cyber ​​End Dragon] from the game, then draw two more cards."

His two monsters on the field instantly vanished into nothingness in a burst of light.

"Oh? Want to take another gamble, Caesar?"

“That’s right, I must go all out in this battle against you.” Marufuji Ryo nodded calmly.

Seeing this, Tenjouin Fubuki, who knew her friend very well, exclaimed in surprise, "Has Ryo really been forced to rely on luck?"

Asuka said with a proud look, "After all, Judai is the only one who has ever beaten Akira!"

"..."

While the audience was buzzing with discussion, Ryo Marufuji let out a soft breath and then grabbed two cards from the deck.

"Degeneration!!"

After glancing at his two cards, he smiled slightly: "I'll cover two more cards, end of turn."

"And because of the effect of the field magic [Test of Courage], the damage caused to me by [Power Combination] is ineffective."

Next, it was Judai's turn to play.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 3]

Before even checking the cards in his hand, he announced, "Based on the effects of [Future Fusion] activated two turns ago, Special Summon [Elemental HERO Immortal] in Attack Position!"

A burst of white light emanated from the illustration on the magic card, instantly projecting a golden, muscular figure.

[Elemental Heroes: Immortal Warrior - Attack Power 2900]

"At this moment, the effect of the Fusion Summoned Immortal Knight's monster activates, returning all banished cards from both players' decks!"

"Then before that, I'll open the cover card first..." Ryo Marufuji then swung his arm and shouted, "Quick Attack Spell [Electronic Load Fusion] activated!"

"I Fusion Summon a monster that uses a Cyber ​​Dragon monster as Fusion Material from my own monsters on my field or banished. I use three banished Cyber ​​Dragons to Fusion Summon this monster."

"Appear, [Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon]!"

Another white beam shot out from behind him, and the figure of the second Electronic Terminator Dragon appeared.

[Electronic Terminator Dragon: Attack Power 4000]

Seeing this, Judai gritted his teeth: "This is really troublesome, Caesar... but this won't stop my offensive..."

"Due to the effect of the Immortal, your ATK increases by 300 because there is a monster with the same attribute on your field."

[Elemental Heroes: Immortal Warrior - Attack Power 2900 → 3200]

He paused, then looked at the field spell opposite him and said, "I can also use the effect of [Test of Courage], so I will also pay 1000 health points to activate one of its effects."

[Yujo Jaden: LP2800→1800]

"My chosen effect is to destroy this Field Spell Card."

In an instant, the magic on the field exploded with a bang, turning into fragments and disappearing.

Chapter 118 The Named One to Annihilate

Watching Judai deliberately burn his health to destroy the field, Marufuji Ryo chuckled and said, "Want to settle this in this round?"

"Come on, Jaden! Let's settle this in this round and see who has the last laugh in this fusion battle!"

Hearing this, Jaden raised an eyebrow with amusement: "Confident in your card? Alright, Caesar, I accept this challenge!"

"Judai, you're really interesting. I'm feeling the adrenaline pumping too!"

"Me too..."

"Let's go!" Jaden immediately drew a card from his hand and placed it on the Duel Disk: "I summon [Elemental HERO Blaze] in Defense Position!"

Om-! !

A burst of light flashed across the field, and Flame Warrior reappeared.

[Elemental Hero: Blaze Warrior - Defense 1800]

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 2]

"Using the effect of Flamebringer, I will add another Fusion card to my hand from the deck."

Jaden casually caught a card that popped out of his deck and then threw it out without hesitation: "Activate the Spell Card [Fusion], put [Elemental HERO] and an EARTH monster into the Graveyard as Fusion Materials."

"Immortal is also used as an EARTH monster, so I fused Flameman and Immortal on the field."

The two heroes' figures immediately overlapped, and they were instantly swallowed up by the fusion vortex and merged into one.

Jaden flicked his hand and shouted, "Fusion Summon! Appear, [Elemental HERO Earth Knight]!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the earth suddenly split open.

Rumble——! !

A hero clad in heavy black iron armor then appeared on the field.

[Elemental Hero Earth Warrior: Attack Power 2200]

After Earth Knight appeared, he continued, "The moment Earth Knight enters the field, its monster effect is activated. During this turn, the ATK of one monster on your opponent's field is halved, while Earth Knight's ATK increases by the amount of the change."

[Electronic Terminator Dragon: Attack Power 4000 → 2000]

[Elemental Hero Earth Warrior: Attack Power 2200 → 4200]

Asuka clenched her fist: "Great! If this attack goes through, Judai will be the winner!"

Tenjouin Fubuki, however, disagreed: "That's not necessarily true. There's still a face-down card on the field."

After increasing the monster's attack power, Jaden was eager to attack.

"Let's settle this, Caesar!"

"bring it on!"

Then, Jaden waved his hand and roared, "Go! Earth Warrior, attack Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon!"

At his command, Earth Warrior immediately activated its jet propulsion system to take off, as if to pounce on the mechanical behemoth with its massive iron fist.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time…” Marufuji Ryo clenched his fist, then waved his hand downwards, and the cover card under his feet opened.

"Quick-attack magic, [Duel Fusion]!"

This effect can be activated when a Fusion Monster on your field declares an attack and battles an opponent's monster. That Fusion Monster's ATK increases by the ATK of the battling opponent's monster until the end of the Damage Step.

[Electronic Terminator Dragon: Attack Power 2000 → 6200]

Upon seeing this, Daichi Misawa exclaimed in surprise, "The Cyber ​​Terminator Dragon's attack power has surpassed that of Earth Warrior!"

Manjoume Lightning immediately gloated: "Judai's HP is down to 1800. If this battle continues, he'll be the loser. Is his undefeated streak about to be broken...?"

Asuka also nervously clenched her fists.

"Sparashi! Both of them are fantastic!" The bald headmaster suddenly stood up, startling Professor Chronos.

At the same time, Ryo Marufuji laughed excitedly: "Hehe~, sorry, I won this duel, Judai!"

"Is that so...?" Jaden smiled calmly. "I'm quite surprised that your face-down card is [Duel Fusion]."

"However, as you said before, there are indeed many similarities between our decks, and I also have the card [Duel Fusion]."

Ryo Marufuji sneered, "Hmph, the goals are the same? But the timing is different. Even if you activate [Duel Fusion] now, the monster with higher attack power is still [Cyber ​​End Dragon]."

(This involves the inverse operation of a chain, where the order is that the attack power of the later one is increased first, and the attack power of the earlier one will increase the value of the attack power of the later one that has already been increased. So the operation in the original work is obviously nonsense.)

Jaden couldn't help but smirk. "Who said I was going to activate [Duel Fusion]?"

"What did you say?"

Marufuji Ryo was taken aback upon hearing this.

"I'm just stating that this card is in my deck."

"Hmm? What do you want to do?"

Everyone's curiosity about Jaden was piqued.

"Unfortunately, you ultimately fell short..."

With that, Jaden quickly threw out a spell card: "I activate a Quick-Play Spell Card from my hand, [Called Name: Annihilation]!"

You can activate this effect by declaring 1 card name. Banish 1 card from your Deck. Until the end of this turn, the effects of the banished card and cards with the same original name as the banished card are negated.

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 1]

"What?!" Marufuji Ryo's pupils suddenly contracted.

Jaden smiled and continued, "Judging from your expression, you should know what I'm going to do, right? That's right, I'm going to banish one [Duel Fusion] card from my deck, and negate all the effects of [Duel Fusion] for this turn."

"So your [Duel Fusion] that you just activated to amplify [Cyber ​​Dragon] has failed!"

[Electronic Terminator Dragon: Attack Power 6200 → 2000]

Seeing that the Electronic Terminator Dragon's attack power had returned to normal, Ryo Marufuji chuckled and said helplessly, "This is already my limit. As expected, I am still not perfect... Perfection, in a sense, is the pursuit of perfection."

"Hey~, is this what you've learned from duels, Caesar?"

"Yes! Judai Yuki, you have unlimited potential. I look forward to the day you step onto the world stage!"

Jaden smugly wiped his nose and readily replied, "Thanks, Caesar. I truly accept the graduate's words, and as the representative of the current students, I will also accept this duel..."

"Go, Earth Hero!"

Earth Warrior was already poised to strike. Upon hearing Jaden's command, he immediately charged forward, his fists piercing through the mechanical behemoth's chest, instantly causing a violent explosion.

boom--! !

"Ugh..."

The extra 2200 points of damage instantly wiped out Marufuji Ryo's health.

[Ryo Marufuji: LP1250→0]

Chapter 119 Visiting the Game Maker, An Unexpected Encounter with Jonouchi