Yu-Gi-Oh! Heroes

Looking at Yuki Judai who had a silly smile on his face and no sense of crisis at all, Ed, with a calm expression, had already sentenced him to death in his heart.

Before coming here, she received a prophecy about the upside-down "Chariot" in the Tarot card, which meant defeat.

Apparently, this was a declaration of Yugi Judai's fate.

"My turn, draw cards."

After pulling out a new card from the deck, Ed immediately turned his attention to where the card was.

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【Fusion Destiny】

(Usually Magic Card)

Effect: Only 1 card with this card name can be activated per turn.

①: Send the Fusion Material Monster determined by the Fusion Monster Card from your hand or deck to the Graveyard, and Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster with the "Fate-Hero" monster as the Fusion Material from your Extra Deck. The monster Special Summoned by this effect is destroyed during the End Phase of the next turn. After activating this card, you cannot Special Summon a monster other than a Dark "Hero" monster until the end of this turn.

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Magic Card——[Fusion of Destiny].

This card allows you to Fusion Summon a [Fate Hero] Fusion Monster using monsters from your hand or deck as materials.

Simply put, Ed, who drew this card, can now directly pull [Destiny Hero: Phoenix Man of Destruction] from the Extra Deck and deal a cross-generational devastating blow to Yugi Judai!

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a card that can instantly turn the tide after being successfully activated. When combined with the Big Green Bug (Predatory Plant - Blue Lock Dragon Anaconda), it can be directly launched, jumping up and down, disturbing the opponent at all...

Ed: “…”

Yugi Judai: "Oh? Judging from your expression, it seems that you didn't draw the card you wanted?"

Staring at the card in her hand, the girl's expression changed slightly, as if she was thinking whether it was necessary to use this key card that could determine the outcome of the duel.

However, her expression was mistaken by Yuki Judai as meaning that she did not draw the card she wanted.

"Hehe... That's right, as Senior said, I lost the game of drawing cards with my luck~"

"But I think a duel cannot just depend on luck. Strength is also a very important part."

Feeling a little amused by Yuki Judai's reaction, Ed thought for a moment, put away the fusion magic card she had just drawn, and then told a lie that she herself didn't believe without changing her expression.

"...Zhao! [Biscuit Frog]? [Giant Jet Satellite Shining]? And this red elf and the naughty elf... Which god is here to mess things up? Do you want us to play cards properly?"

Just as everyone was waiting for what Ed would do next, a slightly surprised voice suddenly echoed in their ears.

Following the direction of the sound, everyone turned their heads, and then they saw Youxing appearing alone at the end of the road.

"...Yusei?"

"Oh! Yusei, you finally made it here?"

The protagonist's appearance instantly attracted everyone's attention.

And just as everyone including Ed turned their eyes to where Yusei was, Yusei also subconsciously focused his attention on the silver-haired girl who was fighting against Yuki Judai.

When their eyes met, the gears of fate began to turn.

"Hmm... a beautiful girl I've never seen before... silver hair, twin ponytails, and a look that looks cute but is actually not very honest... the deck she uses is also the [Satellite Shining] deck..."

"No...wait!...This strangely familiar atmosphere, and that strangely strong aura, could it be that you are..."

After finishing his duties as a guide, Youxing separated from Tiangong at the door of the principal's office. When he returned to the vicinity of Osiris Red Dormitory, he saw the giant standing on the ground, whose height was almost as high as the sky, and whose body was constantly emitting blue electric light.

A flash of lightning struck his mind, and he subconsciously called out the name of the monster, and then his eyes met with a silver-haired girl with twin ponytails.

When he saw the girl's delicate and beautiful face, which was also filled with a bit of disdain and frivolity, someone's name suddenly emerged in Youxing's mind.

--Ed Phoenix!

That world-famous professional star genius duelist, Yuki Judai's lifelong rival in the original work, is also a hero user, and uses the [Destiny Hero] and [Phantom Hero] decks of the Dark Hero series that are completely different from Yuki Judai.

He has participated in 30 league tournaments and has never lost. He has a great interest in sports and is a genius among geniuses who is no less than Caesar. He was once called by the "Father of Duel Monsters" Pegasus J. Croft as the fourth strongest duelist he knew, second only to Yugi Muto, Seto Kaiba, and Katsuya Jonouchi.

However, in reality, despite her young age, she is carrying the heroic shackles of hatred and is constantly searching for the enemy who killed her father and took away the "First D".

but……

In the original work, Ed is clearly a nobleman wearing a silver-white suit, with blue pupils, silver-gray medium-length hair, and a handsome and elegant appearance.

How come when I got here, I suddenly turned into a beautiful girl with silver hair and twin ponytails?

444 Destiny is already determined (5K)

Fast forward a little bit in time, to before Ed went to Duel Academy.

In the confessional of a certain white church, she was listening to the prophecy of the future from her friend and agent.

Sitting in front of the table in the middle of the room, the man wearing pure white priest clothing, playing with the tarot cards in his hand, Saiou Takuma, looked at the silver-haired girl opposite him and said lightly: "Ed, the tarot card prophecy shows an inverted [chariot], which means [defeat]..."

"...In other words, the result of the next duel will be that Yugi Judai wins, and Ai De loses."

"Got it. I'm going to lose to Yugi Judai."

Ed Phoenix nodded to this childhood friend who brought him out of the shadow of his father's death, indicating that he would do as he predicted.

Even so, this would give her long-standing undefeated record a slight stain of defeat.

"Well, for the sake of your next victory, Ed...you must take this opportunity to see through Yuki Judai's abilities and his duel."

"Oh? Is that guy a duelist worthy of you doing this?" Crossing his arms, Ed couldn't help but reveal a puzzled look on his face.

Although she has won many titles in the professional duel arena, she has yet to meet an opponent that she finds truly difficult.

And this was the first time she had heard of a guy who could make the King of Sai so concerned.

"The truth revealed by the prophecy tells me... this man, Yuki Judai, is an indispensable stepping stone for you to grow further."

Putting his hands on his chin, Saiou stared at the girl in front of him and told her his true feelings: "That guy is a human favored by the elves. He has extraordinary talents. Only after you truly defeat him, will your destiny be truly opened..."

"...Then I will fulfill this prophecy as you wish."

Seeing that the King of Kings stopped talking and stared at the cards on the table in silence, Ed immediately turned around and left, boarding the special plane to the Duel Academy...

……

Time goes back to the present, and it is Ed's turn.

Without rushing to unfold the cards, Ed drew a card from the deck, and after looking at Yusei, he turned his attention back to the field.

To her, it was just another onlooker, nothing worth worrying about.

Nothing will change about what she wants to do.

Fate had already determined that this duel would end in his defeat.

With Yuki Judai's victory as a signal, his new path will slowly unfold before him.

"Senior, do you know? Someone once told me that fate is different from luck. For a person, fate is already determined when he is born... So, in some way, we can predict everything that will happen in the future."

Brushing the hair that fell beside his ear, he twisted it around his finger and turned it clockwise a few times. Then, Ed turned his gaze to where Yuki Judai was. "Just like this duel... who will win and who will lose has already been decided."

"I don't know who said that... but that's a really stupid idea!" Upon hearing what Ed said, Yuki Judai subconsciously frowned and objected: "You mean to say that your victory is already predetermined and I will lose no matter what?"

In Yuki Judai's opinion, the idea that "the future has been decided and cannot be changed no matter what" is absolutely wrong and completely contrary to his three views.

It's interesting because it's unknown.

If everything is already predetermined, then what is the meaning of the choices we make in life?

Everything is destined... Is it really necessary for such a boring world to exist?

"No, that's not the case." Shaking her head, the silver-haired girl explained in an extremely serious tone: "What I want to say is... this duel will end with my defeat, and the winner will be you, senior."

Yugi Judai: “…Huh?”

Everyone: “What…”

On Yuki Judai's field, there was only an evil hero who had lost his resistance protection, and a cover card that posed no threat to Ed under heavy protection.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that at this moment, Ed had clearly gained an absolute advantage and there was no possibility of him losing.

Even if she did nothing, it would take several rounds for Yuki Judai to destroy her current ending and reduce all her health points, and this was excluding the effects of various last words and forced activations.

No matter how you look at it, this so-called prophecy is all nonsense, right?

"...The deployed satellite Shining can't beat the hero with a stuck hand? Are you kidding me?"

As a user of the hero deck, Yusei, who was standing by, also sneered at Ed's remarks.

The satellite Shining has already been deployed. This is an even more stupid automatic card game than the Golden Country's "where there is a light, there is a light"! Let alone the genius Ed, even if a pig is replaced, it can still win, right?

While sighing just now, Youxing had already begun to observe a moment of silence for Yuki Judai.

That’s right, Yuki Judai’s strength is not weak, and he has also achieved the growth he deserves…

However, the opponent's Shining deck directly crushes the hero in terms of strength!

This is a new system that occupies nearly half of the pie, and packs away a number of original mainstreams, both good and bad factions such as [Dragon Brilliance Qiao], [Death Prison Township], and [Phantom Dragon Jun]. It can almost be said to be the strongest deck at present.

If you don't prepare in advance and interrupt her development, you can basically just declare GG.

If I had to describe it, Yuki Judai was like holding a small machine gun and fighting against Ed's Star Destroyer...

The result is obvious, there is no suspense.

All Ed needs to do is stack a cat shark to double the monster's attack power, and he can easily take down Yuki Judai and win the duel.

Even if Yuki Judai intends to turn on the [Kuribaki's Calling Flute] lying in ambush in the backcourt to summon his aibo to survive this round, he will face the full health of Biscuit Frog and will not be able to cause any trouble.

"Indeed... Logically, I should win." Closing his eyes, Ed spoke slowly, "However, I have decided to follow the guidance of fate and give up this duel."

"…Ah? Give up? What do you mean by giving up?"

Before Yugi Judai could react, Ed placed his right hand holding the card on top of the duel disk and pressed the button for quick victory.

Then, with a slightly heavy electronic sound, Yuki Judai, who was confused, won the duel.

(Winner: Yuki Judai!!!)

Yucheng Judai: "..."

I won, but there was no sense of reality, nor the sense of accomplishment I had imagined.

When Yuki Judai heard the prompt of the duel disk, he just stood there blankly, scratching his head in confusion.

Originally, he had planned to say to the freshman Ed, after defeating her, the representative line of encouragement: "I won... It was a pleasant duel! Let's duel again next time!", and then tell her some encouraging words such as: "Although the world of duels is harsh, it is also full of various joys. Losing is winning. Don't care too much about a temporary failure. You should learn from it and become stronger!"

But now, he opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

It was clearly his victory, but Yuki Judai felt that he was the loser.

"Does this count as... Judai's victory?"

"Ed voluntarily gave up the duel... so, it should be considered that she lost, right?"

"This result... I always feel a little bit hard to accept... Is fate really that important?"

Everyone who had watched the duel the entire time, when they saw the final result, had similar thoughts in their minds.

For the girl named Ai De, this duel might just be an entertainment. She took the initiative to duel with Yujo Judai just to fulfill the so-called prophecy.

Now that her goal had almost been achieved, she gave up the victory that was within her grasp without hesitation and chose to follow her so-called destiny without the slightest hesitation.

"Ed, you..."

"Thank you for your guidance, Senior~"

Putting away the duel disk and bowing politely to Yugi Judai, Ed chuckled and said, "According to the guidance of the prophecy, this way, I will be able to grow after losing to my senior."

Although deep down, Ai De didn't think that a duelist like Yujo Judai could change her, and for the first time, he began to doubt Saiou's prophecy...

However, she decided to wait and see and await the future results.

She could still accept this level of trial and error cost.

"Well, everyone, that's it. See you later~"

The girl named Ed Phoenix waved to the crowd watching on the side, then turned around and left without hesitation.

When I first met Yuki Judai and Yusei's Ed, I didn't feel any special feelings.

To her, these people are just passers-by in her life.