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

"A duel...?" Jaden nodded and replied, "No problem. Although I still don't understand what you're talking about, a duel can indeed solve all the problems, so I accept this challenge."

"Hahaha, how can we do it any other way, Judai!"

At the same time, on the other side, Saiō was observing the Jūdai through the medium of Manjō-me.

"Alright, let's start with him. Let's probe Jaden Yuki's full power little by little and see your limits!"

......

The location has changed back to the dueling arena, where Jaden and Manjoume are already standing on the dueling platform.

The latter spoke first, saying, "You actually dare to accept it, Judai! You should also undergo the purification of light and be dyed white!"

"You really dare to say that. You've lost to me so many times, what makes you so arrogant now?"

Manjoume replied matter-of-factly, "Of course it's the light of truth. If you bathe in the light of truth and your heart becomes pure white, you will be able to see spirit mediums."

"What did you see?"

"Yes, guided by the light, I saw human destiny. Destiny is something beyond human control, but those who are bathed in the light of truth can see the future!"

Upon hearing this, Judai frowned, thinking, 'Is it fate again? Last time it was Aida, this time it's Manjoume. Why are all the people connected to Saiou so strange? It seems I need to find some time to investigate this person's background and see what's wrong with him.'

His attention then returned to Manjoume. "Excuse me, I'm not a believer in fate! And besides, can you really see through my destiny?"

Upon hearing this, Manjoume gritted his teeth; he had indeed never been able to see through the Tenth Generation.

"Hmph, enough nonsense, let's get started! Judai, let's begin the duel!"

"Alright, Ten Thousand Eyes Lightning!"

"It's white lightning!"

The two immediately unrolled their duel disks and began their duel.

Chapter 148 The New Space Hero

"Duel!!" ×2

[Yujo Judai: LP4000]

【White Lightning with Ten Thousand Eyes: LP4000】

After the two began their duel, Manjoume won the first round.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Manjoume White Lightning Hand Card: 5→6]

After glancing at his hand, Manjoume first slammed the card onto the Duel Disk: "I summon [Manjushin] in Attack Position."

hum!

A flash of white light appeared on the field, and a strange man covered in hands was projected onto the screen.

[Ten Thousand Hands God: Attack Power 1400]

"When this card is summoned, you can add one Ritual Monster or Ritual Spell Card from your Deck to your hand."

"I add the Ritual Spell 'Descent of the Armored Dragon' to my hand and activate it, sacrificing 'God of a Thousand Hands' as a tribute to summon 'Paladin of the Armored Dragon' in Attack Position!"

In a burst of light, the Thousand-Handed God disappeared from the field, and then a knight riding on the back of a small armed dragon appeared on the field.

【Armored Dragon Paladin: Attack Power 1900】

[Manjoume White Lightning Hand Card: 6→4]

"It's not over yet! The special effect of [Armored Dragon Paladin] is activated!"

You can activate this effect by Tributing this card. Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher Dragon-Type WIND monster from your hand or Deck.

"I'll offer this card as a tribute... Appear, [Pile Driver Armed Dragon]!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a thick beam of light shot out from beneath the Armored Dragon Paladin's feet, obscuring his figure. Then, an armed dragon with a drill in its right claw descended through the light and onto the vast field, letting out a dragon's roar.

Roar--! !

[Armored Dragon with Piling Cap: Attack Power 2800]

Finally, Manjoume placed both cards from his hand into the Spell & Trap Card slot on the Duel Disk: "Two more cards face down, end of turn."

[Manjoume White Lightning Hand Card: 4→2]

Jaden smiled upon seeing this. "They're all using the new cards...? Perfect, I was just about to try out my new Hero deck!"

Upon hearing Judai's words, Manjoume frowned. "A new hero deck?"

Asuka, sitting in the audience, was somewhat curious: "Jundai has a new deck? Did he get it while he was away?"

While she was guessing, Jaden had already drawn a card from the deck.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 6]

After drawing a card, Jaden threw it out without hesitation: "Spell Card [Transform Contact] activated!"

You can activate this effect only if you control no monsters. Send 1 Neo-Spacian Spellcaster card from your hand and 1 card from your Deck to the Graveyard. Then, draw 2 cards from your Deck.

Asuka asked curiously, "A new Spaceman...? Could this be the new hero that Jaden acquired?"

At that moment, Jaden threw two cards into the graveyard, saying, "I put [Neo-Spacian: Radiant Moss] from my hand and [Neo-Spacian: Water Dolphin] from my deck into the graveyard, and I'm corrupted!!"

After exchanging two cards from his hand, he played his second spell card, "Then I activate the spell card 'Cocoon Party' from my hand!"

For each type of "NeoSpacian" monster in your Graveyard, Special Summon 1 "Cocoon" monster from your Deck.

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 5]

"I have two [NeoSpacian] cards in my graveyard, so I Special Summon [Cocoon Chick] and [Cocoon Mole] from my Deck."

Buzz!

Two beams of light flashed across the field, and two cocoon-like objects were instantly projected, each containing a small red bird and a small mole.

[Cocoon-like Form - Chick: Attack Power 600]

【Cocoon-like Small Mole: Attack Power 700】

Looking at the two monsters, Manjoume was full of dissatisfaction. "They're just two weak monsters. Do you think you can defeat my Armed Dragon with such a weak card?"

Judai smiled upon hearing this and denied it, saying, "Of course it's not that simple..."

He then placed another spell card in the field area, announcing, "Field Spell [Neocosm] activated!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 4]

Swish!

As the Duel Disk reads the information from the cards, the surrounding space rapidly shifts, and the scene transforms in the blink of an eye into a strange space radiating colorful light.

Manjoume looked around in confusion, "What is this...?"

Jaden explained to him, "The Neo Spaceman is a hero of the universe, so in the field magic Neo Universe, the Cocoon will hatch into the Neo Spaceman."

"what?"

"When the effects of [Cocoon Chick] and [Cocoon Mole] are activated, and [Neo-Spacian] is on the field, use them as tributes to Special Summon the corresponding [Neo-Spacian] from your hand or Deck."

Jaden flicked his hand and shouted, "Appear, [New Spaceman Sky Hummingbird] and [New Spaceman Earth Mole]!"

The next moment, two beams of light shot up, engulfing the two cocoon-like creatures, followed by a red birdman with a pair of pure white wings and a mole equipped with a drill.

【New Space Hero - Sky Hummingbird: Attack Power 800】

【New Space Warrior - Earth Mole: Attack Power 600】

"What's going on? You went through so much trouble, and all you got were weaklings?" Manjoume said with a look of disdain.

"Heh, this is the only time you can laugh, Manjoume." Jaden chuckled and shrugged, then continued, "I'll activate the Spell Card 'Warrior Survival' from my hand."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

"Based on this card's effect, I added the Warrior-Type monster Water Wave Dolphin from my graveyard to my hand, and then summoned this card directly."

hum!

Another burst of light appeared, and a blue dolphin-man materialized.

【New Space Warrior - Water Dolphin: Attack Power 600】

After completing the summoning, Jaden immediately launched an attack: "Battle begins! [New Spaceman - Earth Mole] attacks [Pile Driver Armed Dragon]!"

"Are you crazy? You're using a monster with even lower attack power to launch an attack!?"

At this moment, after receiving the command, the two halves of the drill bit on the Earth Mole merged together on its head, and then the drill bit started spinning rapidly, rushing towards the Piling Armored Dragon, seemingly committing suicide.

However, at that moment, Jaden suddenly shouted, "Earth Mole's monster effect is activated! At the start of the Battle Damage Step with an opponent's monster, no damage calculation is performed, and you return both the opponent's monster and this card to your hand!"

"What did you say?!"

The drill on the Armored Dragon Claw collided with the drill of the Earth Mole.

Clang——!

The two monsters bounced away instantly, then disappeared from the field and returned to the players' hands.

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 4]

[Manjoume White Lightning Hand Card: 2→3]

Chapter 149 Where are you? Let's see your hand!

"Now you have no monsters on your field..." Jaden waved his hand and gave the order: "Go! Sky Hummingbird and Water Dolphin attack the player directly!"

Upon receiving the order, Birdman and Dolphin immediately flew to the other side and each punched Manjoume.

"Ugh...!"

【White Lightning with Ten Thousand Eyes: LP4000→2600】

Manjoume staggered a step but regained his footing, gritting his teeth as he said, "Damn it! I was actually suppressed by these weak monsters!?"

At this point, Jaden also ended his battle phase.

“My turn isn’t over yet…” He first pointed to the birdman beside him and said, “Sky Hummingbird’s effect activated, Wing Search!”

As soon as he finished speaking, three large red flowers suddenly sprouted from the three cards in Wan Zhangmu's hand.

"what?!"

Seeing that Manjoume was stunned for a moment, Judai explained, "The effect of Sky Hummingbird is that once per turn, you recover 500 life points for each card your opponent has in their hand."

"You have three cards in your hand, therefore my health is restored to 1500 points."

The Blood-Regenerating Bird flapped its wings incessantly, flew to the three flowers, and collected all the life force from them.

[Yujo Jaden: LP4000→5500]

Then Jaden threw out another card from his hand and shouted, "I activate the Spell Card 'Easy Contact' from my hand!"

"Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon a Level 7 or lower Fusion Monster of Elemental HERO or Neo Spacman, ignoring the Summoning conditions."

[Yujo Jaden: LP5500→4500]

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

"Appear, [Elemental Heroes: Sky Neos]!"

hum!

A flash of white light appeared on the field, and a pair of large wings spread out, revealing a brand-new red hero with features of a healing bird.

【Elemental Heroes: Sky Neos: Attack Power 2500】

"When you have no Elemental HERO Neos on your field or in your graveyard, monsters Special Summoned by the effect of Easy Contact cannot attack, their effects are negated, and they are returned to the Extra Deck during the End Phase."

Upon hearing Jaden's explanation, Asuka exclaimed in surprise, "Neocrypha...? I've never seen an Elemental HERO like this before... Could this be the core of Jaden's new deck?"