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

"Who?"

"Uh......"

Upon seeing Judai's completely unfamiliar expression, the man's lips twitched involuntarily.

Chronos, who was standing nearby, reminded Jaden, "Jaden, the person in front of you is Gin Meteor, who was also a student of Obelisk Blue. ~ Nao-nai~"

"Oh, I don't know him!"

"Haha, I thought so too~ I'm having a milk craving."

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Chronos's face. Even he didn't have much of an impression of this extra, because the person really didn't have much of a presence.

"In short, the second battle is yours, Silver Meteor."

In the audience, Asuka turned to Misawa, who knew her best, and asked, "Do you know this person, Misawa-kun?"

The latter nodded and explained, "He was the world champion of shooting games and is obsessed with warship shooting games. However, he is not particularly outstanding in dueling, so he is not well-known in the Duel Academy."

"In other words, there won't be any pressure in this duel, Jaden..."

Asuka could rest assured.

The second duel began soon after.

"Duel!!" ×2

[Yujo Judai: LP4000]

【Silver Meteor: LP4000】

After the two shouted that the duel had begun, Silver Meteor was the first to seize the right to draw a card.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 5→6]

"I will absolutely win this duel, Jaden Yuki!"

"Ha, can you do it? You'll only lose if you fight me."

"Who would lose? As long as I defeat you, I can stay by Lord Saiō's side, and who knows, it might even allow me to debut in the professional dueling world."

“Hey~~” Judai raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

Finally, there's someone somewhat normal in the Society of Light. His wish is quite simple and unpretentious. He only stood up against Jaden to curry favor with Saiou. Let's just play along with him for a bit.

"Come on, let me see what you've got, Judai Yuki!"

After saying that, Silver Meteor looked at his hand of cards.

He first drew a card from his hand and placed it on the field. "First, I will activate the field spell [Giant Fortress Zelos] from my hand."

[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 6→5]

Swish!

As the Duel Disk reads the information about the arena, the surrounding environment rapidly transforms into a massive mechanical fortress.

"Based on the effect of [Great Fortress Zelos] when activated, add one [Boss Battle] from the deck to your hand."

After taking the aforementioned card from the deck, Silver Meteor placed it into the Spell & Trap Card slot without hesitation.

"Then, activate the Continuous Magic [Boss Battle]!"

"This card can only be activated on a turn when I have not made a Normal Summon, and I cannot make a Normal Summon as long as this card is on the field. However, during the End Phase of the turn when a monster with 'Giant Battleship' in its name on your field is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 'Giant Battleship' monster from your Deck."

"The Giant Battleship deck... Its unique feature is that it places counters on itself when it enters the field. These counters are not destroyed in battle, but one counter is removed after each battle. If it has no counters, it will destroy itself after battle. It's quite an interesting deck."

Listening to Judai's comments, Gin Meteorite was covered in cold sweat.

"Hey! If you know everything, why would I need to duel?"

In response, Jaden shook his head and said, "Then what kind of professional duelist are you? Your deck information has been revealed, and instead of finding a way to deal with it, what kind of professional duelist are you?"

"Uh...that makes sense..." Yin Liuxing scratched his head, speechless after being refuted by a single sentence.

"Then I'll continue..."

He looked back at his hand, quickly made a decision, and drew another card from his hand, placing it on the Duel Disk. "Activate the effect of the Field Spell [Giant Fortress Zelos]: Once per turn during your Main Phase, Special Summon one [Giant Battleship] monster from your hand."

"Come out, [Giant Battleship Mk-2]!"

Immediately, the massive fortress opened a passage, and a red and silver warship, adorned with two enormous cores, flew out and hovered above the two.

"As long as the Giant Fortress exists on the field, monsters with 'Giant Battleship' in their name gain 500 ATK and DEF, and cannot be targeted by the opponent's card effects or destroyed by their card effects."

【巨大战舰 巨核Mk-2：攻击力2400→2900，守备力1100→1600】

[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 5→4]

Silver Meteor clenched his fist and said excitedly, "Moreover, when the Giant Core Mk-2 is successfully Special Summoned, it places three counters on itself. Also, when the Giant Battleship monster is Summoned or Special Summoned, it can add an additional counter according to the Giant Fortress effect."

[Giant Battleship Mk-2 Core: Counters 0→4]

"In that case, my giant warship will be invincible, and my turn will be over."

Chapter 181 The Wind Emperor

"My turn! Draw a card!"

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 5 → 6]

After glancing through his hand, Jaden drew two cards and said, "First, I will discard a Water-attribute monster, [Escher, Retainer of Hyotei], from my hand as a price to Special Summon [Oni Frog] from my hand."

hum!

A golden light flashed across the field, and a red and yellow frog with ghost patterns was projected onto the screen.

【Ghost Frog: Attack Power 1000】

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 6 → 4]

"Due to the effect of [Ghost Frog] when it is summoned, send one [Yomi Frog] from your Deck to the Graveyard."

Then he threw out another monster card: "I offer the [Ghost Frog] on the field as a tribute to summon [Wind Emperor Raiza] in Attack Position."

The demon frog that had just entered the field disappeared in the blink of an eye. Then, a sudden gust of wind swept across Jaden's field, and a green giant wearing a bird-shaped helmet took shape in the storm.

【Wind Emperor Raiza: Attack Power 2400】

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 4 → 3]

"The Wind Emperor... so there are emperors other than the Four Emperors..."

"And their attributes are all different. Does that mean there are also dark attribute emperor monsters?"

"Who knows..."

While everyone was speculating, Jaden raised his right hand and shouted while staring at the giant's back: "Reza's monster effect is activated. When this card is summoned by tribute, you can return one card on your opponent's field to the top of their deck."

"What? It's an effect that sends the card back to the deck!? But as long as Giant Fortress is on the field, you can't target Giant Battleship Monster!"

"So I've chosen your Field Spell, so put that card back in your deck for now!"

As soon as Jaden finished speaking, a card slot popped out of the field area from Silver Meteor's Duel Disk with a whoosh, and the card flew back to the deck.

"In this way, the attack and defense capabilities of your massive warship will be restored to their original state, and it will be able to be affected by my effects."

As the site was blown away, the surrounding environment quickly transformed, returning to the appearance of the real world.

"Oops!"

Beep beep beep...!

【巨大战舰 巨核Mk-2丿：攻击力2900→2400，守备力1600→1100】

Silver Meteor gritted his teeth and said stubbornly, "But your monster and the Giant Core Mk-2 have the same attack power of 2400 points, and the Giant Core Mk-2 cannot be destroyed by battle. My Giant Battleship Monster is stronger now, and I will draw this card again next turn."

"Then let's destroy it with an effect this turn..."

As Judai spoke, he played a magic card.

"I will then activate the Spell Card [Card Move Up] from my hand to check the top five cards of my deck and put them back in the order I like."

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 3 → 2]

He pulled out five cards from the top of the deck to examine them, quickly rearranged them, and put them back in their original order.

He then drew another card from his hand, saying, "After activating [Card Move Up], I gain an additional chance to summon a Triple Summon this turn."

"Offer up the Leza on the field as a sacrifice and summon [Thunder Emperor Zaborgh] in Attack Stance!"

As he slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, the Wind Emperor vanished from his spot amidst a burst of light.

Rumble——! !

Amidst the thunderous roar, a giant clad in heavy silver-white armor appeared.

[Thunder Emperor Zaborgh: Attack Power 2400]

[Yuki Jaden's hand cards: 2 → 1]

Jaden pointed at the warship in the sky and commanded, "When the Thunder Emperor is successfully summoned, destroy one of the monsters on the field and destroy that piece of scrap metal!"

Sizzle...!

The Thunder Emperor raised his palms high, and violent lightning burst forth from his palms, shooting towards the core of the massive warship above him.

Rumble——!

An electric arc instantly spread across the entire massive warship, and the mechanical monster exploded as if it had encountered lightning, its nemesis, turning into dust amidst the flames.

Seeing this, Silver Meteor muttered, "Damn it! Why won't they fight me fair and square? I hate these roundabout duels the most..."

At the same time, Jaden immediately waved his hand and roared, "Take this! Zaborg launches a direct attack on the player!"

Upon receiving the command, the Thunder Emperor raised his palm, and a bolt of lightning erupted from his palm, hurtling towards the opponent.

boom--! !

"Ughh ...

[Silver Meteor: LP4000→1600]

Seeing that his opponent had lost most of his life points, Jaden continued, "Now my turn is over. Based on the effect of your Continuous Spell Card [Boss], you can choose to Special Summon a [Giant Battleship] monster from your Deck during this End Phase."

"However, this means that the Field Spell [Giant Fortress Zeros] on your deck will be shuffled into your deck. If you choose to pass this turn, then you can only use the cards you already have in your hand for the next turn, and I guess you don't have any Giant Battleship Monsters with higher attack power than Giant Core Mk-2 in your hand."

"Alright, how will you choose, Silver Meteor?"

"A choice between two options? Neither one is a good choice..." At this point, Silver Meteor's pig brain was about to overload. "Ah!! This is too complicated! Making things this complicated isn't my style. I can't be indecisive!"

So he randomly chose one, "I choose not to activate the effect..."

As Judai had predicted, the opponent chose resistance over resistance.

"It's my turn again, time to draw a card!"

"Activate the field spell [Giant Fortress Zelos] once more!"

Swish!

The Duel Disk reads the card's information again, and the surrounding scene transforms once more into the interior of a massive mechanical fortress.

Then, without hesitation, he played a card from his hand, “Using the effect of Giant Fortress once again, Special Summon [Giant Battleship Core] from my hand.”

The fortress suddenly opened a hatch, and a huge warship with only one core flew out from it.

"Due to the effect of the giant fortress, the attack and defense of the giant core have increased by 500 points."

[Giant Battleship Core: Attack 2300 → 2800, Defense 1100 → 1600]

[Silver Meteor Hand Cards: 4→3]

"And in accordance with another effect of the Great Fortress, place an indicator on the Great Warship."

[Giant Battleship Core: Counters 0→1]

Upon seeing this, Jaden revealed an expression of "I knew it," and said, "As expected, all you have right now are these giant battleship monsters that require a normal summon to place three counters. If you only have one counter, your monster will be destroyed after just two battles."

Chapter 182 The Evil Emperor

Listening to Judai's analysis, Silver Meteor curled his lip dismissively: "Hey, do you think I haven't considered that? A giant battleship that's a BOSS isn't so easily defeated..."

As he spoke, he played a spell card: "I activate the spell card 'Shield Recovery' (anime card) from my hand. Monsters with 'Giant Battleship' in their names gain three more counters."

[Giant Battleship Core: Counters 1→4]