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

'Jack...'

As the two gazed deeply into each other's eyes, Ryuya, disguised as Ryuko, who had infiltrated the group, looked around, observing the appearance of the contestants, until she noticed a woman with long, rose-red hair and wearing a crimson dress looking in their direction, or more precisely, looking at Yusei next to Ryuya.

'He actually came too?!'

Aki stared at Yusei with a complicated look for a while, and Yusei seemed to sense her gaze and turned her head away. Upon seeing this, Aki quickly closed her eyes and turned to the other side.

Just as Yusei was wondering who was watching him, the duel order and opponents were already assigned, and Yusei was the first to go. His opponent was...

"Oh my god! Yusei is facing off against our little angel Ryuko!"

Upon learning the result, Ryuya clutched his head in frustration: "My first duel is against Yusei? How could I be so unlucky?"

In the past few days, Ryuya has made great progress under Yusei's guidance, but he has never won against Yusei. He encountered the invincible Yusei right from the start, so it can be said that he has no hope of advancing. He is extremely unlucky.

Yusei placed his hand on Ryuya's shoulder and said, "Just give it your all and let me see how you've grown."

"Oh! Just you wait and see, Yusei!"

Longya's childlike nature quickly cheered him up. Since there was no hope of advancing, he might as well just start the match and enjoy the upcoming duel!

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After a short rest, only Yusei and Ryua remained in the dueling arena.

"Alright, it's time for the duel. Both of you, please activate your duel disks."

After the host announced the move, Ryuya unfolded his Duel Disk, and Yusei silently raised his own Duel Disk as well.

"Duel!!" ×2

【Yusei Fudo: LP4000】

【'Longke': LP4000】

Once the match began, Long Ya didn't hold back and took the first attack.

"My turn, draw a card!"

【'Ryuko' hand: 5 → 6】

He flipped over the card he had drawn and exclaimed excitedly, "Wow! It came right away! I'll summon [Transformer - Cellphone] in Attack Stance!"

As Ryuya slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, a burst of light rose up on the field, and a large yellow swivel phone was projected onto the screen.

Click click click click...!

After a transformation, it quickly turned into a robot.

Then Longya excitedly swung his right arm around a few times: "The phone's monster effect, displaying dialing!"

"When your phone is in Attack Position, once per turn, you can flip cards from the top of your Deck by the number shown when you dial (roll the dice). If any of those cards are Level 4 or lower [Transformer] monsters, you can Special Summon one of them."

Beep beep beep... The phone dialed number six at the end.

"Lucky! Then I can look at the six cards on top of the deck!"

Longa's eyes quickly scanned the six cards that were turned over, and he quickly picked out one of them, shuffling the rest back into the deck.

"I will Special Summon the Tuner Monster [Transformer Fighter Microscope] in Attack Position!"

Longya twirled his right arm a few more times, then excitedly exclaimed, "When the Microscope is in attack position, it can Special Summon a Level 4 [Transformer - Camera] from your hand!"

【'Ryuko' hand: 6 → 4】

Just like the first time Ryua and Yusei's relationship unfolded, but this time Ryua won't make the same mistakes as before.

"On! I'm using a Level 4 camera to adjust the stars on a Level 3 microscope!"

"To protect world peace, let us combine courage and strength!"

"Synchronization Summon! Messenger of Love and Justice, [Power Tool Dragon]!!"

In an instant, a bright green light shone, and Longya's ace power tool, the Dragon, made its appearance once again.

[Power Tool Dragon: Defense 2500]

Seeing that Ryūya didn't attack the table like the first time, Yusei nodded in satisfaction; his current actions were fine.

"Now I'm going to go all out, Yusei!"

"bring it on."

At this moment, Longya raised his little fist and shouted, "The monster effect of [Power Tool Dragon] is activated! I select three Equip Spell Cards from my Deck and reveal them to my opponent. My opponent then randomly selects one and adds it to my hand!"

"And I chose these three..."

He flipped over the three cards he had chosen: [Transformer - Repair Device], [Transformer - Repair Device], and [Transformer - Repair Device]. Lu

All three cards are the same; it doesn't matter which one you choose.

So Longya simply took out one of the cards and shuffled the remaining two back into the deck.

【'Ryuko' hand: 4 → 5】

"By sending one 'Transformer' monster from your hand to the Graveyard and selecting one 'Transformer' monster from your Graveyard, activate the Equip Spell 'Transformer Repair Device' to Special Summon the selected monster. However, the monster revived by this effect cannot change its battle position."

"I Special Summon Microscope in Attack Position, and activate its effect again to Special Summon Level 4 [Transformer/Cassette] from my hand."

After the microscope reappeared, a tape recorder was projected onto the screen, and after some transformation, it quickly turned into a red robot.

【'Ryuko' hand: 5 → 2】

"Great, now I can perform a double Synchro Summon!"

Longya had wanted to do this for a long time. "I'll use a level 4 tape recorder to adjust the stars on a level 3 microscope!"

"Go ahead and try to touch this steel's scales! Synchronous Summoning, [Mechanical Dragon Power Tool]!!"

As the light of synergy dissipated, a mechanical dragon appeared, its form almost identical to that of the Power Tool Dragon, except that its color was darker and it had red markings on its body.

[Mechanical Dragon Power Tool: Defense 2500]

Chapter Seventeen: Scrap Metal Crash

【Mechanical Dragon Power Tool Dragon】This card was printed by Yusei using the power of the Red Dragon, and he gave it to Ryuya in the past few days.

"Wow!! Ryuko went all out right from the start and managed to complete two Synchro Summons!!"

'Ohhhhh!! ! ! '×N

Responding to the host's shouts, the audience cheered and praised Long Ke for his skill on the field.

Amid cheers, Ryua continued his actions: "It's not over yet, Yusei! I'll equip the Equipment Spell [Gravity Cannon] from my hand to a Machine-Type monster!"

In an instant, a beam of light appeared on the mechanical dragon's right arm, and the bucket on the right arm quickly transformed into a cannon.

"And at this moment, the monster effect of [Mechanical Dragon Power Tool Dragon] is activated. When this card is equipped with an Equip Spell during your turn, you can draw one card from your Deck."

"Then activate the effect of the Equip Spell [Gravity Cannon], which increases the ATK of the equipped monster by 400 points once per turn."

[Mechanical Dragon Power Tool Dragon: Attack Power 2300 → 2700]

Then Longa put the remaining two cards into the Spell & Trap Slots: "Two more cards to trap, end of turn."

【'Ryuko' hand: 2 → 0】

"How about it, Yusei? I've become very strong, haven't I?" Ryuya shouted excitedly after the turn ended.

"Yes, you have indeed become stronger."

This was the first time Long Ya had had such a good start, so he was naturally very satisfied.

By summoning two Synchro Monsters in succession while also setting a face-down card, it's clear that Ryua has taken Yusei's teachings to heart and is no longer focusing solely on his own cards.

"My turn!"

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 5 → 6]

Yusei glanced at the card in his hand and played it without hesitation: "I activate the Spell Card [Tune] from my hand, add a Tuner monster with [Synchro] in its name to my hand, and then send the top card of my deck to the Graveyard. I add [Junk Synchron] to my hand."

As soon as the words left his mouth, his deck was automatically shuffled and a card was pushed out – that card was, of course, [Scrap Synchron].

After finishing, Yusei flipped over a card from the top of his deck, glanced at it, and then put it into the graveyard.

"Next, I summon the Tuner Monster [Scrap Synchron]!"

Immediately, a beam of light rose up on the field, and a robot covered in orange armor appeared.

"Based on the effect of [Scrap Synchron], which negates the effects of monsters of level 2 or lower in the Graveyard and Special Summons them in Defense Position, I Special Summon [AD Changer] in Defense Position."

The next moment, a flag bearer appeared, carrying a red flag with the letter 'A' and a blue flag with the letter 'D'.

"And when I have a [Junk] monster on my field, I Special Summon a [Junk Servant] from my hand."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 6 → 4]

Upon seeing the row of monsters on Yusei's field, Ryua became excited: "Whoa! Yusei's counterattack is about to begin!"

Seeing his carefree attitude, Yusei smiled slightly, then announced loudly, "I'll use a level 1 [AD Changer] and a level 4 [Junk Servant] to adjust the level of [Junk Synchron]!"

"Summon Synchro! Appear, [Giant Warrior]!"

In an instant, the light of harmony shone brightly, and a beige giant wearing a green eye patch pierced through the light and landed in front of the wandering star.

"【Giant Warrior】's ATK increases by 100 points based on the number of Warrior-Type monsters in both players' graveyards. Since I have three Warrior-Type monsters in my graveyard, my ATK increases by 300 points."

[Giant Warrior: Attack Power 2800 → 3100]

"Attack power 3100!? That's awesome, no wonder he's Yusei!"

As Ryūya sighed, Yūsei continued, "I banished the monster 'AD Changer' from my graveyard. Based on its effect, I changed the battle position of one monster on the field. 'Machine Dragon Power Tool' is now in Attack Position."

[Giant Warrior: Attack Power 3100 → 3000]

"Trying to destroy this guy? No way!"

Seeing this, Longya waved his hand and shouted, "Activate the Trap Card [Weapon Call]! Add one Equip Spell Card from the Deck to your hand, and equip that card to the correct target. I'm equipping [Guardian Power] from the Deck to [Machine Dragon Power Tool]!"

As a layer of colored light appeared on the mechanical dragon's body, Yu Xingxin thought, 'It wasn't equipped on [Transforming Fighter - Phone]? Then the remaining face-down cards are most likely [Transformers].'

The card 【Transform】 is a trap card that negates an attack and changes the battle position of a 【Transformer】 when it is attacked. As long as it does not attack a 【Transformer】, it has little effect on Yusei.

“In that case…” Yusei said, and then threw out another magic card.

"I activate the Equip Spell [Scrap Smash] from my hand and equip it to [Giant Fighter]. When a monster equipped with this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the destroyed monster's ATK."

"Hey!? Half the attack power for damage? You can't use such a powerful effect!" Ryuya shouted hurriedly, "At this moment, the other effect of [Mech Dragon Power Tool] activates, allowing you to equip one Equip Card (which is equipped to another monster) to [Mech Dragon Power Tool] once per turn!"

"Yusei, I'll accept your card, hee hee~!"

However, Yusei did not panic. Instead, he smiled slightly, because in Yusei's eyes, Ryua's move was an extremely bad move.

"It's not over yet! I activate the Spell Card [Double Summon], which allows me to perform another Normal Summon. By Tributing [Giant Warrior], I can Tribute Summon [Salvage Warrior]!"

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 4 → 1]

"Huh!? The Synchro Monster I finally managed to summon was... "

Not only Ryuya, but Yusei's 'terrible play' left everyone watching completely dumbfounded.

Yusei ignored everyone's strange looks and continued operating the card: "When this card is successfully Tribute Summoned, Special Summon 1 Tuner Monster from your Graveyard or Hand, and Special Summon 'Junk Synchron'."

"Then, the Level 5 Salvage Warrior levels up the Level 3 Junk Synchron and Special Summons a second Giant Fighter!"

[Giant Warrior: Attack Power 2800 → 3100]

P.S.: My computer is finally working!

Chapter Eighteen: The Ingenious Use of Scrap Metal Drops

PS: The attack power of the giant warrior in the previous chapter was calculated incorrectly; it was 3200 instead of 3100. It has been corrected.

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Freeing the first Giant Warrior and then Synchro Summoning another Giant Warrior? What kind of strange move is this? Just for an extra 200 attack points?

Having been tormented by Yusei, Ryua didn't believe the former would be so superficial, but still said, "It's useless, Yusei! No matter how much the attack power of [Giant Warrior] increases, as long as it fights against an equipped monster that is equipped with [Gravity Cannon], the opponent's monster will only be nullified during the battle phase."

"And each time the equipped monster declares an attack in battle, the equipped magic [Guardian's Power] will place a magic counter, increasing the equipped monster's attack and defense by 500 points."

"In other words, if [Giant Warrior] and [Mechanical Dragon Power Tool] were to fight, [Giant Warrior]'s attack power would drop back to 2800 points, while [Mechanical Dragon Power Tool]'s attack power would increase to 3200 points. Your monster would lose, Yusei!"

"Besides, the remaining faceplates I have are 'Transformations,' so even if Yusei attacks the phone, it won't do me the slightest damage, hehe!"

However, just as Ryūya was feeling smug, Yūsei did something that no one expected.

He decisively swung his arm and immediately gave the order: "Battle! [Giant Warrior] Attack [Mechanical Dragon Power Tool]!"