After briefly exchanging information about each other, and after Hayato and Kaiba showed each other the [Obelisk] and [Ra] cards they had obtained, Kaiba released "The most delicious main course should be saved for

With the last taste, I will beat you in the finals," the three of them parted again.

Looking at the two puzzle cards in his hand, Hayato sighed helplessly: "I hope there will be fewer duplicate cards in the future."

While walking, he opened the system's [Store] to see if he wanted to open a pack of cards to test his luck.

At this moment, he discovered that not far from him, a group of people gathered together, seemingly watching something.

In the center of the crowd, two monsters that Hayato was familiar with were raising their heads and roaring: "Meow~"

"Shut up, you two bastards!"

"[Chimeric Manticore]?" Hayato walked towards the crowd curiously. Although this card is not as rare as [Blue Eyes], its rarity is quite high. After all, it is also an 8☆ monster with an attack power of 2800.

, the effect is also quite practical.

Coincidentally, Hayato also happens to know a guy who uses [Chimeric Manticore] and also has a Duel Disk to qualify for the Duel City Competition.

"Humph, now I have two [Chimeric Manticores] on the field, and next turn, the two sacrifice monsters that were just released by the superior summons will also return to my field."

Sure enough, Hayato squeezed into the crowd and saw the stinky-looking Manjume Shoji wearing a duel disk to duel with others, because he had summoned two [Chimeric Manticores] on the field, and he was proudly facing

Talk nonsense to the guy opposite.

And standing opposite the guy Manjo Meshoji, is a short guy, but he is not a feather moth. Like Ryuzaki, he is short because of his young age. Look at the guy's chin is full of beards that can be used as towels, unless he is born

The hair is strong, otherwise the age will not be much better.

The hunched-back, long-bearded dwarf looked at the two [Chimeric Manticores] on Wanzhang Mesheng's field, showed a surprised expression, and clapped his hands: "The monster that was liberated as a sacrifice in the last round is the first."

As a sacrifice for the second time, I summoned the second body of [Chimeric Manticore], which is worthy of the name of Banjo Meshoji. It is really powerful."

"It's good to know how powerful I am. Besides, it's Mr. Banzhangmu!" Shoji Banzhangmu narrowed his eyes proudly after listening to the compliment, and ordered scornfully, "The warrior clan you have on the field is better than that of Hayato Kobayashi.

This guy is too weak, let’s just crush him like this!”

"[Chimeric Manticore] No. 1, attack [Female Warrior of the Wilderness]!"

In front of the huge beast, the short warrior monster dressed as a wilderness wanderer on the field was destroyed and sent to the cemetery. But at this moment, the bearded man showed a proud smile: "[Woman of the Wilderness]"

Warrior】The effect can be activated when it is destroyed by battle. Special summon an earth attribute warrior-type monster with an attack power of less than 1500 from my deck in attack position."

"At the same time, activate the cover card in my backcourt, [Fellow Traveler]. Because [Female Warrior of the Wilderness] was destroyed, let's go to the graveyard together, [Chimeric Manticore]!"

The [Chimeric Manticore] that had not attacked yet was suddenly grabbed by the soles of its feet by a few hands protruding from the ground. The hands seemed to be rotten, but their strength was quite terrifying.

Drag the huge [Chimeric Manticore] into the cemetery.

"My [Chimeric Manticore]!"

Banzhangmu shouted anxiously. Seeing his master so worried about him, [Chimeric Manticore] couldn't help but turn around and gave Banzhangmu Shoji a pitiful look:

"Meow~"

"You can die in peace."

"Meow?!"

After [Fellow Traveler] sent [Chimeric Manticore] to the cemetery, on the short field, where [Female Warrior of the Wilderness] disappeared, a purple-haired lady sat elegantly on a chair.

Up.

"Hmph, it's just a monster with an attack power of 1,350, what kind of powerful effect can it have? Not to mention that the attack power of my [Chimeric Manticore] is as high as 2,800 points." Banjo Meshoji said because all the monsters on the field were already there.

After attacking, he ended his turn unhappy, "My turn is over."

[Wan Zhangmu Zhengji: 2000LP, 0 cards in hand]

【Chimeric Manticore】【ATK2800】

【The price of blood】

Hayato made a brief analysis based on the situation on the field. The tactics used by Banzhangmu at the moment seemed to be to use [Blood Price] to sell blood and then normally summon it multiple times, and then quickly go up to the level to summon [Chimeric Manticore], and then use it to be

The resurrected monsters continue to accumulate advantages and snowball.

And that short guy is on the court.

[Short: 500LP, 0 cards in hand]

【Invaders of the Throne】【ATK1350】

【Gate card】

Hayato feels that he can't see any tricks for the time being. After all, he has only watched this duel for a few minutes. However, if Hayato were to analyze it, he would not think that the monsters on the field have higher attack power than Manjome Shoji.

The odds of winning were overwhelming. On the contrary, Hayato felt that the winning rates of both sides in the duel were evenly matched.

The main reason is that the short man has an unknown cover card in the backcourt, and Hayato clearly remembers the effect of the [Throne Invader].

"Ah, there is such a terrifying defense on the field. The monsters on my field alone cannot defeat [Chimeric Manticore]."

Hearing the short man's words of "submission", Banzhang Meshengji couldn't help but said with some pride: "Humph, of course, I spent a lot of savings on these two cards. I originally thought that one

That's enough for me to take revenge. Who knew that guy Kobayashi Hayato was so...ahem, ahem, in short, start your turn quickly!"

"Next turn, the monster I released to summon [Chimeric Manticore] will be resurrected, and then the combined attack of the three-body monsters will kill you easily!"

"Ah, that's really scary. But what do you mean by that sentence? 'A true duellist will never give up.'" The short man glanced at the top card of his deck, raised his right hand and

He drew out, "Although the attack power of [Throne Invader] on my field is quite weak, wouldn't it be nice to just use the equipment magic card to strengthen the monster?"

"My turn, draw a card!"

"Then activate the equipment magic card, [Devil's Ax]! This card can increase the equipped monster's attack power by 1000 points!"

Banzhang Meshengji couldn't help but frown: "But even then, the attack power of [Throne Invader] is only 2350."

"No, no, no, Wanzhangmu Shoji, the monster to be equipped with [Devil's Axe] is not my [Throne Invader]." The smile on the short man's face disappeared very abruptly, and with a Sima face, he said

He said in a pause, "The monster whose attack power needs to be increased is the [Chimeric Manticore] on your field!"

【Chimeric Manticore】【ATK2800→3800】

Seeing that the [Chimeric Manticore] on his field was obviously a lion, but it actually grabbed the [Devil's Ax] that flew from the short man's field in its mouth like a dog, Wan Zhangmu frowned: "I actually chose

Strengthen my monsters? Do you have any strange plans?"

"Banjome Shoji, the duelist level is LV5, and he barely qualified to buy a duel disk. The deck he used cost him a lot of money to build, and the most valuable one was two pieces of [Chimeric Manticore].

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"The boring game ends here, now my offensive will start to accelerate." As if he was reciting a scripture, the short man said the information about Banzhang Meshoji with an expressionless face, and at the same time, he pointed one finger at the [throne] on his field.

Invader], activated the cover card in his backfield. "The quick-attack magic card, [Book of the Moon], changes the [Throne Invader] on my field in face-side attack position to face-side defense position."
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"By the way, that monster is!" Hayato heard a little boy thinking in the crowd not far behind Manjome Shoji, and soon he suddenly realized, and then said to Shoji anxiously, "Brother,

I remembered! That [Throne Invader] is a reverse monster!"

"Its effect is——"

"Then, I reverse summoned [Throne Invader] to trigger its reverse effect." Before Wan Zhangmu could speak to remind Masashi, the short man had already completed his operation, "Choose 1 existing one on the opponent's field.

Monster, the control of that monster and this card is exchanged."

"What?!"

[Throne Invader] sat on her chair and calmly disappeared as the card under her feet was reversed. When the card was flipped over again to reveal the front, there was actually lying on the throne that should have been in Wanzhang's eyes.

[Chimeric Manticore] on the main field!

[Wanzhang Meshengji:2000LP]

【Invaders of the Throne】【ATK1350】

[Short:500LP]

【Chimeric Manticore】(Devil's Ax)【ATK3800】

"It's such a pity that you were just a little short of defeating me, but in the end you were just one move away from me."

"It's over, welcome the fate of defeat, Banjome Shoji!"

"[Chimeric Manticore], attack [Throne Invader]!"

The [Chimeric Manticore] who betrayed Banjo Messer slashed at the [Throne Invader] with the [Devil's Ax] in his mouth, and Banjo Meshoji's base points were also reduced to zero.

[Wanzhang Meshengji:2000LP→0]

"The winner is clear, then, I will accept the [Chimeric Manticore] card." The short man glanced at Banjome Shoji, who was knocked to the ground due to the final blow, and leaned over to pick up the card he had taken from him.

The [Chimeric Manticore] fell on the duel plate, and then he pulled out his entire deck. However, he had no interest in the puzzle card of Banjo Meshoji that also fell aside.

"Brother!" Wan Zhangmu ran to Zhengsi and helped him up with a worried look on his face, "Are you okay, brother?"

"Hmm, your eyesight is so accurate? Humph, you unexpectedly found an interesting guy." With the victory of the duel, the expressionless short man returned to the unattractive look that Hayato had seen at the beginning.

"Importantly, the duelist's level is LV3, but because he lost to a stronger opponent in the competition, his actual strength is around LV5."

"The deck used is modeled after Hayato Kobayashi, one of the duelist kings. It is mainly composed of normal monsters from the warrior and machine types. The known ace monster of the deck is [Tyrant Dragon], which is quite an excellent prey."
To be continued...