Want to play cards? I have a great deck!

"Ok!"

"learn."

The answer was the same as the first time. Youxi and Xingye Wu accepted Izayoi Yuki's request without hesitation. After saying goodbye to each other, they headed towards their respective areas of responsibility.

Then--

Izayoi Yuki's signal was suddenly interrupted.

Volume 107: Chapter Doomsday Bell - Grafa

The bright moonlight, mixed with dazzling neon lights, spreads across the streets, making Chenguang City, a city that never sleeps, even more lively and prosperous.

However, this symbol cannot illuminate the depths of the alley.

This is the corner of the city where darkness breeds.

After parting with Youxi and Xingye Wu, Shizayoi Yuki walked alone in the alley.

While casually sending away the hooligans and drunkards who dared to chat her up, she used her sharp eyes and her own sense to scan the surroundings for anything unusual, trying to find clues related to the "Devil's Alley".

This urban legend is different from other urban legends they have investigated before. Apart from having to happen at night, it does not specify a specific time and its scope is very wide.

In fact, the girl was already prepared to spend the next few days here until she confirmed that this urban legend had nothing to do with "Doomsday Clock".

This will cause a lot of trouble for Izumi and Mai.

Because of their own affairs, the two of them barely slept that night, and the duel club activities these days were basically abandoned, leaving only the returning and new members to practice on their own. As the current head of the duel club, to be honest, this is really a dereliction of duty.

I'm also very sorry to everyone.

But no matter what, things have come to this point, and Izumi and Mai have been dragged into this, and she can't go back and make all the previous efforts go to waste. Otherwise, it would be an insult to everyone's efforts.

Moreover, even if there is only a glimmer of hope, she doesn't want to give up unless she fails completely.

Give up the chance to catch the Doomsday Clock.

So, even though I feel really sorry for Izumi and Mai, I can only wait until the incident is over and then compensate them.

Faint thoughts kept rising and falling in the girl's mind, but they did not distract her. Izayoi Yuki had already mastered the skill of multitasking in the training related to dueling guards, so she was not unable to do both.

And precisely for this reason, when she took a step out of the alley, calculated the passage of time, and was about to contact Youxi and the others, Izayoi Yuki, who had never lost her vigilance for a moment, immediately noticed something was wrong.

The Feel that was emanating from the surroundings and enhancing her perception suddenly sent back an unpleasant signal.

It was as if the surroundings had suddenly turned into a different world, with an ominous atmosphere spreading, which was a little bit unaccustomed to. Then, Izayoi sensed another feeling.

And this fluctuation of feeling was quite familiar to Izayoi Yuki.

It's impossible to be unfamiliar.

You know, not long ago, she felt the same fluctuating feeling after the duel with Teacher Kno.

It was also the feeling that ignited the blue flame that seemed to come from hell and that she could not forget even if she wanted to.

"It seems... we have found the real culprit this time!"

There seemed to be a bright red light in Izayoi Yuki's eyes.

She stared at the source of the Feel fluctuations, but did not act rashly. Instead, she lowered her head and operated her mobile phone.

After realizing that the signal of his cell phone was blocked and he could not notify Youxi and the Public Security Bureau, he took a step forward.

Before I knew it, there were no passers-by on the wide street. The pale moonlight shining down gave off a cold and mournful feeling.

In front of the girl, in the middle of the street, there was only one figure sitting leisurely behind a table, exuding a huge presence.

The man was bathed in moonlight, wearing a robe with blue patterns on it, looking mysterious and dangerous. He looked like a charlatan who liked to cheat people, but the charlatan who appeared here was unlikely to be associated with the idiom of cheating people.

"Haha, it's rare to have guests tonight. Good evening, little girl. I am the devil merchant. As long as you are willing to make a small deal with me, I can give you a powerful force far beyond your imagination."

The hooded weirdo who called himself the Devil Merchant let out a hoarse laugh from deep in his throat. The sound also had a devilish texture and was very consistent with the temperament of this identity.

But Izayoi Yuki just stared at the mysterious demon merchant, her voice colder than ever before: "Stop talking nonsense, a small deal? I'm afraid no one who trades with you will survive. Also, stop making such a ridiculous appearance and show me your true self! [Doomsday Clock]!"

"Ok?"

Suddenly hearing a term that shouldn't be heard here, the hooded man couldn't help but let out a surprised sound.

Only then did he carefully look at Shizayoi Yuki again and recognized her.

"Haha, it turns out to be you, the little girl who forced Kno into a desperate situation. I didn't expect you to find this place. I set it so that only people with hatred and desire can enter... Oh, could it be that you have a grudge against us?"

"So what."

Izayoi Yuki did not deny the hooded man's guess, nor was there any need to deny it.

When she saw that the other party did not immediately deny that she was the [Doomsday Clock], she felt a surge of blood, making her unable to control her emotions and body.

"I'm a duel guard from the Public Security Bureau. You sewer rats are our targets. Don't think you can escape the Duel Alliance! You are from Doomsday Clock, right? Answer me, where is the truth now? What does Doomsday Clock want to do here? What conspiracy does it have?"

A series of questions came out of the girl's mouth like a machine gun, and she interrogated the hooded monster opposite her on the spot.

The hooded man just laughed weirdly.

"Hehe, prey? It's hard to say who the prey is. Although I didn't intend to provoke the Public Security Bureau, since you came to me personally, I can't just push you away.

"Little girl, you want to know the truth, right? Okay, I'll tell you - provided you can still stand up later."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blue flame burned on the palm of the hooded man, and the flames gathered together and turned into a deck of cards. The deck seemed to be able to absorb all the surrounding darkness into it.

"I can't ask for it."

Izayoi Yuki unfolded her duel disk and placed the deck neatly.

Amid the crisp sound effects, the girl declared coldly: "You can't escape this time. I will make you confess everything."

"Hehe, you will regret it. Wunai Grafa, a cadre of Doomsday Clock, little girl, just remember the name of the person who is about to take your soul--"

"Duel!!"

Volume 108: Chapter What decks come to mind when you mention the Transformation Pot?

"The signal is interrupted, Ms. Xingye, can you contact Izayoi-san?"

"No, I can't get through to Xiaoxue's phone."

The voice of a blonde girl came from the phone's call port, with a hint of worry and anxiety in her voice: "You Xijun, it seems that we guessed wrong before. This [Devil Alley] is not a fake with only a beautiful appearance, but there is something real inside."

"Well, now it seems that Izayoi-san's disappearance can only be due to this urban legend."

Shortly after the Urban Legend Investigation Team began its operation, when Youxi and Xingye Wu contacted each other at the pre-arranged time, they found that Izayoi Yuki had disappeared and could not be contacted by any means. They immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

If the true identity of the urban legend "Devil's Alley" is not so powerful that even Izayoi Yuki can control it, then perhaps they have really found the real culprit.

And no matter which one it is, they can't ignore it.

The next thing to do is obvious.

"Call the police."

Spitting out a word from his mouth, You Xi said: "We can't hide this situation from Officer Ushio and the others anymore, we have to call the police. Then... Miss Xingye, let's gather at the place where Izayoi-san's signal last disappeared. We should be able to find some clues there."

"Okay, let's do it."

Now is not the time to drag on, and the two of them acted quickly, rushing in the same direction along the intersecting lines.

At the same time, I kept praying in my heart -

"Izayoi-san/Xiaoxue, please don't be in any trouble!"

……

"I'll take the first attack."

Grafa raised his hand and lifted his hood. Under the hood was a face covered by an iron-colored mask.

The dry yellow hair was casually scattered, and the eyes of the mask were flickering with blue flames.

As Grafa stood up, the dark blue flames also engulfed the table he was sitting on, concentrating on his left arm and transforming into a hideous and ominous duel disk.

He drew five cards from the deck of a person of this level, and three of them were immediately placed on the duel disk.

"Cover a monster, then cover 2 cards, and my turn ends."

"It's my turn, draw the card!"

Izayoi Yuki used all her strength to play the sixth card of her turn, her red eyes fixed on Grafa on the opposite side.

The Feel power she sensed from the other party was very strong, much stronger than that of Teacher Kno and the others, which proved that what Grafa said before was not a lie.

"You said you were a cadre of Doomsday Clock? If you are a cadre, why can you only do such sneaky things?"

As far as Izayoi Yuki knows, as a cult-like terrorist organization, Doomsday Clock has clear internal levels.

Cadre-level beings basically have the ability to control and summon the huge monsters called "Earthbound Gods" by Youxi and the Public Security Bureau. In other words, the latter is a symbol of their cadre status.

In theory, a character of this level should be the head of a regional power, and should be responsible for developing the organization and expanding its influence. Why would he do something as boring as [Devil's Alley]?

"That's because, of course, if I were to seriously develop the doctrine here, it would soon be discovered by your people from the Public Security Bureau."

Grafa had a deep, hoarse voice and a very unpleasant laugh.

"Although the Public Security Bureau is not a big deal, this is your territory after all, and you lackeys of the D Alliance are very good at finding out. Didn't I say that I don't intend to confront the Public Security Bureau head-on unless it is necessary? So, I can only use this method to kill time and make some extra money."

By disguising himself as a demon merchant from the urban legend "Devil's Alley", he lures people with hatred or desire into this different dimension and then trades with them.

While giving them a portion of their own power to enhance their abilities, they can also be used as their agents to kill and hunt more prey.

When the agent is discovered and defeated, they can use the hidden agents hidden in his body to eliminate him on the spot at any time to prevent the leakage of intelligence.

From Grafa's few words, Izayoi Shizai already understood all of Grafa's criminal methods so far.

"So you have another mission, right? You'd rather give up those and choose a covert mission."

"That's a good guess."

Grafa laughed in a low voice and said, "But that's not something a little girl like you should know. If you leave now, I can still let you go."

"So kind?"

"As you get older, you will naturally be more tolerant towards children. What do you think? I am not always so easy to talk to, little girl from the Security Bureau. You better cherish your own life."

"That's not necessary."

Izayoi Yuki said in a firm voice: "Because I am the one who will win, you are the one who should cherish your life - I summon "Izayoi Rose Dragon" in attack mode!"

"Izayoi Rose Dragon, Level 3/Dark/Dragon/Adjustment" "ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200"

The card was snapped, and in front of the white-haired girl, a small dragon with a plant texture appeared, with pink roses blooming on its body.

Next to appear was a white flower dragon.

"When "Izayoi Rose Dragon" is successfully Summoned? Special Summoned, add 1 card with "Black Rose Dragon" in its card name from your Deck to my hand. Then, when you have a Dragon-Type or Plant-Type Tuner on your field, Special Summon "White Rose Dragon" from your hand in Defense Position."

"White Rose Dragon, Level 4/Dark/Dragon" "ATK: 1200/DEF: 1000"

In one breath, Izayoi Yuki gathered a set of 7-star Synchro Materials on her field. From then on, she only needed to use them to Synchro "Black Rose Dragon" to blow up the field, which would give her the initial advantage in this duel.

"Want to synchronize? That's not possible. The moment "White Rose Dragon" appears, activate the Trap Card: "Desert Light"."

Grafa spoke at this time, and the card that was previously covered by him slowly stood up.

"Use this card's effect to change all of my covered monsters to face-up Defense Position."

A gust of wind blew over, and the covering card in front of Grafa was turned over. A dark-colored pottery pot appeared on the card, emitting a mocking laugh.

"My Cover Monster is "Transformer Pot". When this monster is flipped, both players must discard all cards in their hands and draw 5 cards from their decks."

"Don't think about it!"

Izayoi Yuki didn't know how Grafa's action was connected to the previous words, but no matter what the enemy was going to do, she just had to stop it.

"Chain launch of quick attack magic: "Forbidden Holy Grail"!"

[Forbidden Holy Grail (Quick Play Magic): You can activate this effect by targeting 1 face-up monster on the field. That monster gains 400 ATK until the end of the turn, and its effect is negated.]

"Increases the attack power of Transformation Pot by 400 points and negates its effect!"

"You are so naive, little girl. You can't stop me at this level. I will use the quick attack magic: "Book of the Moon"."