A duelist never gives up!

"Then, during your Draw Phase, I activate the effect of Orcust Steps in the Graveyard." Hara Nana's cold voice chimed in, "To activate this effect, banish this card from the Graveyard. Select 1 Machine-Type Dark monster from your deck and any of your banished monsters and add it to your hand."

"I'm adding Orcust Divertimento Demon from my banished card zone to my hand."

Silence.

An atmosphere of silence began to spread.

The two originally excited people seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water, and their originally rosy faces turned pale.

Because... Yuan Qi has a hand card.

"Does that counter trap card still have that effect?" the man in red asked in a hoarse voice.

"I don't know... I don't know..." The man in blue seemed to have lost his expression and said with a dull look in his eyes.

The man in red looked at the man in blue, lowered his eyelids and murmured, "It doesn't matter, even if you are the only one who survives..."

As he spoke, the man in red slammed the card in his hand onto the Duel Board and said, "I enter the Main Phase and Normal Summon Cursed Eyes Death Acolyte Sariel!"

Sariel, wearing silver armor, appeared in front of the man in red again, but this time he seemed to know the fate of his user, and his handsome face was full of melancholy.

"I activate Sariel's effect! From the deck..."

"chain."

Before the red-clothed man could finish his words, he was interrupted by Hara Nana coldly: "I activate the effect of Red-Eyes Dragoon to negate and destroy the effect of Sariel on your field."

"brush!"

As soon as Yuan Qi finished speaking, the silver sword in the hands of the Red-Eyes Dragon Knight cut Sariel in half.

The fragments of sariel scattered in the air were absorbed by the ruby ​​embedded in the sword, further strengthening the power of the Red-Eyes Dragon Knight.

Red-Eyes Dragoon ATK: 3000 → 4000

"Did it actually help increase your strength?" The man in red clenched his fist unwillingly and said, "I'll end this round like this!"

"Well then, my turn... draw a card!"

Hara Nana calmly drew a card from his deck, then reached into his graveyard and said, "I enter the Main Phase and activate the effect of Orcust Divertimento Demon in the Graveyard."

"Exclude this card from the Graveyard, and Special Summon Orcust: Dream Collapse from your Deck."

As if a touching music was playing, in the beautiful melody, Orcust: Dream Collapse appeared on Yuan Qi's field with a graceful body.

However, Orcust: Dream Collapse hadn't been in play for long when Yuan Qi reached out again and said, "I'm setting the link mark for Dream Collapse and the Plant Predator, Azure Dragon Anaconda!"

"Connect Summon!"

"Dream Collapse Unicorn!"

The holy unicorn, emitting golden light, stepped out of the connecting circuit and arrived on Yuan Qi's field.

"Then, I activate the effect of Dream Collapse in the Graveyard, targeting the Unicorn on the field, banishing Dream Collapse, and sending Orcust Scherzo Skull from the Deck to the Graveyard," Hara Nanashi continued. "Then I activate the effect of Orcust Scherzo Skull."

"Exclude this card from your Graveyard, then Special Summon Orcust Galatea from your Graveyard to the field."

Accompanied by a burst of white light, Orcust Galatea, who had been staying in the cemetery, appeared on Yuan Qi's field with her eyes closed, like an angel descending to the earth.

"I activate the effect of Orcust Galatea," Hara Nana said, extending his hand to direct Galatea. "Return the banished Orcust Scherzo Skeleton to the deck, and then use the deck to cover the field with Orcust's Tower of Babel!"

Chapter 22: Who is the villain?

"First, I activate Orcust's Tower of Babel." Yuan Qi first flipped over the Field Magic Card on his field, but as usual, it was still hidden in the darkness.

"Then, I'll stack Orcust Galatea on the field!" Yuan Qi said solemnly, "A monster-like network, a super-massive summon!"

"Dingirsu, the God of the Evening Star!"

The golden Dingjisu appeared on Yuan Qi's field again with a spear in hand, and the blue gem on his head shimmered.

"I activate Dingirsu's effect!" Hara Nana continued, "If this card is successfully Special Summoned, you can banish 1 of your Machine-Type monsters and use it as Xyz Material under this card!"

"I'll use Orcust: Dream Collapse from the exclusion zone as Dingirsu's extra material!" shouted the Seven Great Ones.

"Just like this... it's over." The man in red looked at the monsters on the original seven fields, and his heart suddenly calmed down.

It was obvious that he was about to die, but... the man in red looked at the man in blue who had been stunned just now, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"You will definitely win." The man in red patted the man in blue on the back. Just as he had encouraged him before, he also began to encourage the man in blue, "I believe you can win. After all... you still have so many resources in hand, don't you?"

That’s right, unlike himself, the man in blue still has a lot of card resources in his hand. As long as he tries his best, he may not be powerless to fight!

"So, I'll leave first." The man in red said casually.

"No... that's not the case..." The blue-clothed man lowered his head and twitched softly, "In a two-on-one duel, the challenged duelist can choose their target... In other words..."

"I enter the combat phase." Yuan Qi's voice was like the cold wind of winter, icy and biting, and it resounded clearly throughout the duel space.

For a moment, the man in red seemed to see a huge black god of death holding a black scythe high up and attacking him.

However, the target of the god of death is not himself.

"I will use the unicorn on the field and Dingilsu, the god of the evening star, to attack you directly." Yuan Qi said, extending his finger, and the target of the finger was the man in blue!

"Peng!"

In just a second, the man in blue was knocked down again by the huge impact, and this time, he had no strength to get up.

"It seems... this is the end." The black mist enveloped the body of the man in blue. The man in blue glanced at the man in red and showed his last smile. "Let's fight together in the next life."

"Aibo."

The man in red looked at his companion who disappeared before his eyes, and tears flowed uncontrollably like a broken faucet.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!"

The man in red had red eyes and looked at Yuan Qi angrily. He wanted to say something but couldn't open his mouth.

"Because you were the ones who started the Dark Duel," Yuan Qi said, revealing the red-clothed man's turmoil. "If you want to blame anyone, you can only blame yourselves, right?"

"Or rather... blame the person who ordered you to do this, right?" Yuan Qi said calmly, "Who ordered you to do this?"

The man in red was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I won't tell you. Go ahead and kill me."

"I can't kill you this round." Yuan Qi waved his hand and said, "But even if you don't say it, I can probably guess it."

"It's Miao Yan, right?" Yuan Qi raised an eyebrow and said, "He's just a high-ranking investigator. How dare he order you to use Dark Duel in the capital? Isn't that too bold?"

The man in red looked at Yuan Qi coldly and didn't intend to make any answer.

"Forget it, my turn is over, it's your turn." Yuan Qi said.

"My turn, draw a card." The man in red drew a card expressionlessly, but he didn't even look at the card he drew. He said directly, "This is the end of my turn."

"Are you in a hurry to go to your partner?" Yuan Qi understood what the man in red meant and nodded. "Okay then, it's my turn. Draw a card."

"I enter the battle phase and use Red-Eyes Dragoon, Unicorn, and Dingirsu to directly attack you!"

"Boom!"

With a muffled groan, the man in red fell to the ground, and the black mist around him gradually dissipated.

The winner of this dark duel was born in this way.

"There are no winners in a dark duel." Yuan Qi squatted down and looked at the two people who had lost their souls. "There are only survivors."

"What should we do with these two people?" Ai asked.

"Call the police, what else can we do?" Yuan Qi said, taking out his cell phone.

"But aren't you?" Ai blinked.

Yuan Qi's hand holding the phone froze, and he suddenly reacted.

Yes, he seems to be the "policeman" now.

"Forget it, I don't want to deal with this kind of trouble." Yuan Qi dialed the number Shi Yu had just left for him and said, "Leave it to our senior."

So, not long after, Shi Yu, who had just left, appeared in front of Yuan Qi again.

"Dark Duel isn't just for criminals," Shigure explained to Hara Shichi as he directed several low-level investigators to clean up the scene. "In fact, many duelist families in the capital also like to use this method to deal with trouble."

What this means is that Dark Duel is actually used by everyone.

"The Duelist Alliance doesn't care?" Yuan Qi asked in confusion.

"Before completely replacing the royal family, the Duelist League turned a blind eye to the actions of the family groups," Shigure explained. "Also, after a Dark Duel, there's no way to determine the opponent's deck by looking at the wounds of the deceased. Therefore, there's no way to identify the murderer."

Of course, there is another possibility that Shigure did not speak of.

That is, the Duelist Alliance may also be using dark duels to do something unspeakable.

"Is that so?" Yuan Qi nodded. It seemed that the Royal Capital was not as good as the Duelist Alliance.

"But since you're new here, and you're a famous person who saved the world, most people wouldn't dare to attack you... So the mastermind behind this can only be that guy." Shi Yu said this, her pretty face suddenly turning cold. "That guy Miao Yan, to qualify for the Land of Origin, is really unscrupulous."

That's right, the reason why Yuan Qi said Miao Yan's name in front of the man in red was because Shi Yu had told him before that the leader of the fifth group, senior investigator Miao Yan, was now using Nineteen as a bargaining chip to make a request to the Duelist Alliance - an admission ticket to the Starting Land.

Chapter 23: We didn’t come to the king to…

"Whatever he wants, just give it to him." Yuan Qi took out a golden card from his pocket and said.

"Are you serious?" Shi Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Yuan Qidao in disbelief.

"Of course, I have to beat him in a duel." Yuan Qi shrugged and said, "If I win, he'll give me the player, and if I lose, I'll give up my spot. He shouldn't refuse a duel like this, right?"

"No, that's not true... But the Alliance tolerates Miao Yan's actions because they consider him one of their own, and he has every reason for his actions." Shi Yu stared at Yuan Qidao with his blue eyes. "But if you take action, they'll look suspicious to you. They might even consider you an accomplice and arrest you."

Yuan Qi opened his mouth and wanted to say that he didn't care about that kind of thing, and if the alliance wanted to arrest him, then they would do it. However, seeing Shi Yu's worried expression, he changed his words and said, "What should we do then?"

"I'll help you contact Miao Yan. As long as I don't reveal your identity, it'll be fine." Shi Yu whispered, "But your deck's high recognition rate is also a problem... I do have some channels to obtain some powerful decks, but I'm worried you won't be able to use them well."

"It's okay. Besides Pearl Tears, I have other decks." Yuan Qi explained, "I'll just do as you say."

"Then it's settled." Shi Yu said, and then suddenly thought of something and smiled at Yuan Qi, "I remember you're not from the capital, right? Do you have a place to stay in the capital? Do you want to come to my house?"

"I'll run into Xuefeng if I go to your house, right?" Yuan Qi shrugged. "If I meet her now, what if she asks me why I came to the capital?"

"Oh, Xuefeng is so stupid, she believed you just told a lie." Shigure said with lowered eyelids, "Besides, don't you have a legitimate reason? Just say you accepted Avis' invitation to intern at the Duelist League."

"Xuefeng is very considerate." Yuan Qi shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it after this is over."

"Is that so? That's fine too. The kid actually wants to see you..." Shi Yu said, waved his hand and turned around, "I'll contact you if there's any new information. That's all."

Ai looked at Shigure walking away and asked curiously, "Speaking of which, except for the Auto-Play deck, all our decks have been exposed, right? Are you planning to use the Auto-Play deck?"

"No, no, no, using the self-playing card would also arouse suspicion." Yuan Qi shook his head. "In that situation, the Alliance must have thought that I took the red middle deck."

"Then what are you going to do?" Ai asked puzzledly. The four current card decks are all Yuan Qi's unique card decks. No matter which one he uses, he will be suspected, right?

Yuan Qi looked at Ai and stated his plan seriously: "Let's print a new deck!"

"Good...good!" Ai said angrily, waving his hands. "It wasn't long since I printed the migratory bird. Where would I get so much fighting power?"

"If the opponent is a Poltergeist, it doesn't matter if he's not as strong as Pearl Tear." Yuan Qi looked at Ai expectantly and said, "It should be a simple matter for Ai, right?"

"Well... let me get ready." Ai curled her lips and said nothing. Since Yuan Qi said so, she couldn't refuse anymore.

"Then it's settled." Yuan Qi chuckled.

"I've already told you to prepare, but it's still uncertain whether it will succeed." Ai grumbled dissatisfiedly.

"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"

At this moment, a crisp sound was heard. Yuan Qi was stunned for a moment, then he took out his vibrating cell phone from his pocket.

"Who's calling?" Ai came over curiously and asked.

Then she saw two words written on the screen of her mobile phone - Shana.

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"Sorry, sorry, I thought you forgot about me." Shana picked up the teapot and filled the cup in front of Yuan Qi until it was 70% full. "Is it not disturbing you?"

"No, I just finished my work." Yuan Qi took a sip of the hot water with a guilty conscience. In fact, if Shana hadn't called him, he almost forgot about this orange-haired girl.

However, he was still a little surprised that the other party directly invited him into the house.

Especially since Shana seems to be the only one in this house, isn't she a little lacking in security awareness?

"That's good. Please wait a moment, I'll bring the cookies over." Shana said, then stood up and walked quickly towards the kitchen.