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

Jack's almost furious tone (with an air of dominance) startled Niuwei, who turned his head back and said, "Oh, never mind then..."

But just as Niuwei looked out the window, a flash of light caught his attention. "What's that?"

He looked closely and saw a fireball shooting towards the helicopter. He immediately exclaimed, "Oh no!!"

Just as everyone was wondering what was happening, the dragon seals on the arms of all the dragon seal bearers suddenly lit up.

Before they could react, the red energy rapidly expanded and created a barrier around the helicopter. The next second, a violent roar resounded outside the barrier.

boom--! ! !

"Woah woah woah——!!!"

"What happened?!"

"It's an attack!"

"Could it be a Dark Marker?"

After the firelight subsided, Yusei immediately looked out the window and saw a figure in a black robe standing on the ruins.

So Yusei grabbed Ushio's shoulder and ordered, "The enemy has appeared. Let's land here!"

"Huh? Shouldn't we be retreating first?"

Honestly, that attack just now really terrified Niuwei. If it weren't for the power of the Red Dragon, he probably would have crashed.

"It's no use. The enemy won't let us go. We might as well face them directly."

Deep Shadow: "Please land, Investigator Ushio."

"I see......"

Since his sweetheart had said so, Ushio couldn't appear too weak, so he followed Yusei's instructions and landed the helicopter.

A short while later, the helicopter landed not far from the figure.

After seeing Yusei and the others disembark, the man spoke in a flippant tone: "Hmph, I didn't expect the Red Dragon to protect you. I thought I could kill you with that [Fireball] just now. What a pity!"

"That voice... could it be...!?" Qiu's pupils contracted when she heard that voice. She had heard that man's voice countless times; she knew it all too well.

Yusei raised his Duel Disk, staring warily at the man before him: "Dewayne, is that you?!"

"Hmph hmph hmph~, I've missed you so much after just one day apart, Aki and... Fudo Yusei!"

The man pulled back his hood, revealing Dewayne's repulsive face. His hairstyle was still outrageous, but his eyes had been dyed black.

Qiu: "Dewayne, you've clearly been bound to the Earthbound God..."

Dewayne said coldly, "That's right, so I've come back to take my revenge on you, especially on you, Yusei Fudo!!"

He practically yelled it out in the end; if Yusei hadn't exposed him that day, he could still be living a carefree life.

Jack scoffed, "Hmph~, Yusei's enemy? You'd better step back..."

Autumn: "Be careful, Yusei."

Yusei nodded. "Mm."

After leaving the battlefield to Yusei, Yusei inserted his deck into the Duel Disk and randomly said, "There's no point in saying more, let's duel!"

Yusei might hesitate when facing Kiryu, but when facing a pure villain like Dewayne, there's no need to waste words; just crush him!

"Heh heh heh heh~ Don't think that I'm completely different now that I've gained new power, just like I was the day before yesterday!"

Dewayne raised his right arm, and the hummingbird-shaped mark on his right arm suddenly generated an invisible wave. Purple flames quickly rose around it until they formed a giant painting that surrounded everyone.

"Duel!!" ×2

【Yusei Fudo: LP4000】

[Dewayne: LP4000]

Once the duel began, Yusei decisively seized the initiative without hesitation.

"I'll attack first and draw the card!"

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 5 → 6]

After quickly scanning his hand, Yusei quickly came up with a plan. He then immediately placed a card into his Spell & Trap Slots. "I'll start with the Continuous Spell [Synchro Pursuit]."

"Then, if you have no monsters on your field, Special Summon 'Scrap Frontier' from your hand, and then Summon the Tuner monster 'Nitro Synchron'."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 6 → 3]

Without any hesitation, Yusei played three cards and then shouted, "I'm using a Level 3 [Scrap Frontier] to level up my Level 2 [Nitrogen Synchron]!"

"Come forth, wounded warrior! Synchronize Summon, [Wounded Warrior]!"

In an instant, a bright green light shone, and an indomitable warrior covered in wounds landed on the Starry Sky Arena. His right arm was tightly bound with bandages, along with the sword blade.

At the same time, Yusei pointed to the Continuous Spell beside him and continued, "At this moment, because I Synchro Summoned a Synchro Monster whose name includes 'Warrior', I Special Summoned one of the Material Monsters used in this Synchro Summon in Defense Position based on the effect of 'Synchro Pursuit', and Special Summoned 'Nitrogen Synchron' from my Graveyard!"

"Then, the level 5 [Scarred Warrior] will adjust the star level of the level 2 [Nitrogen Synchron]!"

"May our gathered prayers become a new force, a path that shines with light!"

Synchro Summon! Burn, [Nitrogen Warrior]!

[Nitrogen Warrior: Attack Power 2800]

Chapter Sixty Necromantic Synchronization

After the Big Butt Warrior enters the field, Yusei immediately draws a card from the top of his deck, saying, "Due to the effect of [Nitrogen Synchron], draw a card from your deck."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3 → 4]

"Hmph~, lowering the cost of summoning, huh? Just like your hateful style..." Dewayne pursed his lips and sneered, "But that level of Synchro Monster can't beat my current deck!"

"..." Ignoring his opponent's inexplicable confidence, Yusei played a spell card with no clear meaning: "I activate the spell card [Necromantic Synchro] from my hand!"

"By banishing one Tuner monster and up to two non-Tuner monsters from your Graveyard, you can Synchro Summon a Stardust Synchro Monster with the same total Level, except that the effects of the monsters Special Summoned by this effect are negated."

This effect can completely ignore the material requirements; to paraphrase a certain blogger, it's like saying, "The king's synchronization must be capricious!"

"Therefore, I used a level 3 [Scrap Vanguard] and a level 5 [Scarred Warrior] to upgrade the level 2 [Nitrogen Synchron]!"

"Let the gathered power reside in the iron fist, transforming into the will to shatter steel! Let it become a path of radiant light!"

"Synchronization Summon! Manifest, Stardust Warrior!"

As soon as Yusei finished speaking, a thick pillar of light suddenly rose up, and a steel giant in the shape of a Stardust Dragon solidified in front of him.

Stardust Warrior: Attack Power 3000

Seeing this, Ryuya exclaimed excitedly, "Great! Now Yusei has two powerful Synchro Monsters on his field!"

Aki: "Although the effect of [Stardust Warrior] is very powerful, monsters Special Summoned through [Necromantic Synchro] are nullified. Synchro monsters summoned in this way only have pure attack power left. Is that really enough?"

Jack crossed his arms and sneered, "Hmph~, Yusei's every move is carefully considered, he definitely has his own plans, just keep watching and you'll see."

That's right. Although Stardust Warrior's effect is nullified and it doesn't use regular materials, it was still summoned through a regular Synchro Summon, so this card currently has no revival restriction.

So Yusei set two more cards in his hand to the back row, "I'll set two more cards face down, end of turn."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 4 → 1]

"Hehehe~, is the formation finally complete? Well then, it's my turn now... my turn!"

[Dewayne's hand: 5→6]

The moment Dewayne drew his card, Yusei decisively pressed a button on his Duel Disk and shouted, "Activate the Continuous Trap [Stardust Wish] at this very moment!"

"Ok?"

Seeing that Yusei had played a face-down card but hadn't made any further moves, Dewayne began his turn's action: "I summon the Tuner monster [Psychic Wheelman] from my hand."

As he slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, a burst of light appeared, and a Lucky Wheel (not really) suddenly materialized on the field.

"And if you control a Level 3 monster other than Psychic Tracker, you can Special Summon Psychic Tracker from your hand in Defense Position."

[Dewayne's hand: 6→4]

The instant he played his second monster card, Yusei immediately raised his hand and shouted, "When this monster is Special Summoned, the monster effect of [Stardust Warrior] activates. By Tributing this card, negate that Special Summon!"

Dewayne thought it was something serious, but upon hearing the effect, he immediately burst into laughter: "Hahaha~, are you stupid? That effect is indeed terrifying, but don't forget that due to the effect of [Necromantic Synchro], [Stardust Warrior]'s effect is nullified, a complete waste of your ace monster!"

"So what?"

"what?!"

At that moment, Yusei pointed to the trap card beside him and said, "At this instant, the effect of the Continuous Trap [Stardust's Wish] activates!"

"Once per turn, if a Stardust Synchro Monster you control activates its effect by Tributing itself, you can Special Summon that monster back. Your opponent cannot activate any effect in response to this, and if it is Special Summoned in Attack Position, that monster cannot be destroyed by battle."

"What did you say?!"

"Awaken, Stardust Warriors!"

With a flash of light, the Stardust Warrior reappeared.

Ryuya: "Sigh! Stardust Warriors summoned with Stardust Wish won't be destroyed in battle!"

Jack shook his head and analyzed, "Wrong, that's not Yusei's goal... If a monster whose effect is negated leaves the field and then returns, its effect will be refreshed..."

Long Ke continued, "In this way, the effect of [Stardust Warrior] can be activated again, and the effect will no longer be invalid."

Aki nodded. "That's right. Yusei was aiming for this moment to refresh the effect, in order to prevent Dewayne from using Synchro Summoning."

"What an amazing combination! As expected of Yusei!"

"Tch!" Dewayne clicked his tongue in annoyance. "You dared to give me such a troublesome monster, but don't think I can't do anything about it!"

"Let me show you my newly acquired power..." He then pushed his palm forward and raised his voice, "I'm using a level three [Psychic Tracker] to adjust the star level of a level three [Psychic Wheel Controller]!"

"Synchro Summon! Appear, [Psychic Balanced Man]!"

In an instant, the light of synchronization rose, and then a silver robot with two large wheels attached to its two legs landed on the Dewayne field.

[Super Psychic Balanced Human: Attack Power 2000]

Then Dewey laughed wildly: "Hahahaha~, the effect of [Super Psychic Balancer] is that monsters on the field cannot attack if their ATK is lower than this card, and cannot activate their effects if their ATK is higher than this card!"

"Hey! What are you going to do? Should we take this opportunity to disable this guy's Synchro Summon, Yusei Fudo?"

"..." Upon hearing this, Yusei gritted his teeth and immediately made a decision: "Then I will activate the effect of [Stardust Warrior] once again, by releasing myself and negating the special summon of [Psycho-Equilibrium Man]!"

boom!boom!

In the blink of an eye, the two Synchro Monsters turned into stardust and disappeared from the field.

“That’s it, that’s all you can do!” Dewayne licked his lips and grinned wickedly. “Thanks to you destroying the [Psycho-Psycho Balanced Man], I can activate its other effect.”

"really!"

"If [Psychic Balancer] is destroyed by the opponent and sent to the Graveyard, add one Tuner monster of the same Type and Attribute and one non-Tuner monster from the Graveyard to your hand. The monsters that return to your hand are [Psychic Wheelman] and [Psychic Tracker].

[Dewayne's hand: 4→6]

Chapter Sixty-One: Overloaded Demon

“You still have a high-level monster with 2800 ATK on your field, and I’ve already Normal Summoned a monster this turn. Do you think I can’t do anything?” Dewayne stared at the calm Yusei and sneered.

'No, I don't think so...'

Yusei glanced at the other person coldly, but did not respond.

Seeing that Yusei didn't react, Dewayne took it as Yusei's agreement and continued to himself, "Hmph, how naive! My true power is much more than that... Activate the field spell [Brain Development Laboratory] from my hand!"

Swish!

As Dewayne added a card from his hand to the field card slot, the surrounding environment quickly transformed into a dark research institute, with a culture tank containing a head standing in the center.

"As long as the Brain Development Institute is on the field, both sides can summon a Psychic-type monster once more in addition to the Normal Summon. Each time a monster is summoned using this method, a Psychic Counter is placed."

As Dewayne spoke, he slapped a monster card he had retrieved onto the Duel Disk.

"I summon the [Psychic Guide]."

[Brain Development Institute: Mind Power Markers 0→1]

"Furthermore, [Psychic Wheel Man] has the same effect as [Psychic Tracker]: if there is a Level 3 monster other than itself, it can be Special Summoned from your hand in Defense Position."

He then played another spell card, "It's not over yet. I'll activate the Quick-Play Spell Card 'Emergency Teleport' from my hand and Special Summon another 'Psychic Tracker' through its effect."

[Dewayne's hand: 6→2]

In the blink of an eye, three monsters appeared on his field in succession, and his emotions gradually became excited.