Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"——During the trial, everyone must remain silent~"

In Hayato's backcourt, a card was quietly opened, revealing a red border.

"Trap Card [Pharaoh's Judgment]! Chained with [Electronic Technology Fusion Support], I pay half of my Life Points and select one of its effects to activate!"

  (Original version)

[Hayato: 2000→1000LP, 1 cards in hand]

Paying half of his life points again, Hayato continued, "The first choice is, if there is [Friendship YU-JYO] in my graveyard, until the end of the turn, the effects of monsters on the opponent's field are negated, the opponent cannot Summon, Flip Summon, Special Summon or even Set Monsters, and the activation of monster effects cannot proceed and is negated!"

"But I chose the second effect. If there is [UNITY] in my Graveyard, until the end of the turn, the effects of Magic and Trap Cards on the opponent's field are negated, and the opponent cannot activate or set Magic and Trap Cards, and the effects of Magic and Trap Cards cannot be activated and are negated!"

"Pharaoh, nothing is impossible on earth. Everything is in my hands!" Hayato clenched his hands, "Keep quiet - in front of Pharaoh!"

(Hayato version)

"It's actually a complete blockade!?" Misawa said in surprise when he saw the card Hayato played, "Just one card can actually achieve such an outrageous blockade?!"

"You can't summon monsters in any form, not even set them face down. The effects of monsters on the field are negated, but you can't even activate the effects of monsters from your hand or graveyard?" Manjomu looked disgusted, "What kind of cheating card is this?"

"Not only monster effects, but also Spell and Trap Card effects can be sealed. In other words, if it wasn't Caesar who made the first move, but Hayato-sensei," Judai's eyes widened, "when it was Caesar's turn, wouldn't he be unable to do anything and would just pass and end his turn directly?"

"That's not the case. Although the card [Pharaoh's Judgment] is obviously too strong, the requirements are still quite high. Not to mention that you need to pay half of your life points to activate it, you also need to have a designated card in the graveyard. I guess Principal Hayato sent it to the graveyard with other cards when he used [Neighbor Mowing the Grass] before."

Fubuki paused, then continued, "Also, you can only choose one of the two effects to activate, so there is still a way out."

However, as if to deliberately slap Fubuki in the face, almost at the same time as he finished speaking, Hayato's finger pressed the button to activate the cover card again and opened the second cover card on his backcourt.

"It's not over yet! Next, I will open this card again, and link it with [Pharaoh's Judgment] to activate the Normal Trap Card [Labrinth Chain]!" Hayato said, "The Normal Trap Cards placed on the face except [Labrinth Chain] can only be activated when I activate them. The effect of this card becomes the same as that of the Normal Trap Card when it is activated."

"That is to say, [Rabilins Chain] will become the second [Pharaoh's Judgment]. This time I choose to use the first effect of [Pharaoh's Judgment] to seal the opponent's monster effects and the use of monster cards!"

"With the combination of these two cards, my opponent will not be able to use any cards during this turn!"

Hayato pointed his finger at Caesar, "You, are not allowed to play Duel Monsters!"

C1 [Electronic Technology Fusion Support] C2 [Pharaoh's Judgment] C3 [Labillins Chain Array], during Caesar's preparation phase, his turn has been declared over, because he cannot use any card in this turn due to the effect of [Pharaoh's Judgment].

Not to mention that he only has [Power Welding] and [Electronic Laser Dragon] in his hand, even if he was given an "Oliha Gangtian Shendang", he couldn't use it.

"Duel Monsters is such a cruel game, Caesar." Hayato looked at his two cards that took effect one after another in the chain processing, and the [Electronic Technology Fusion Support] that was directly invalidated by [Pharaoh's Blockade], "It's enough if one of the two duelists can play the game."

"But it's not enough! The price of showing your fangs to the throne is this moment. I will let you know what it means to be completely defeated and to never be able to rise again!"

Officially entering Caesar's main stage, but Hayato took advantage of the fact that Caesar could not use any cards and used cards again during Caesar's turn.

"Activate during the turn when a Rabbin's effect or a Normal Trap Card other than the Labyrinth's Princess is activated! Special Summon the Labyrinth's Princess in Defense Position!"

"Then, I activate the face-down card in the backfield, [Vase of Greed], targeting the five cards in my graveyard, return them to the deck, shuffle them, and draw a card."

"When a Normal Trap Card is activated, I chain-activate the effect of [Silver Princess of Labyrinth Castle], and select a Normal Trap Card with a different name from that Normal Trap Card from my Deck and set it on my field. I choose another [Labyrinth Welcome Welcome Big Welcome] from my Deck!"

"After drawing a card, I activate the effect of [Silver City's Fire Blower] on my field, discard a card in my hand and send [Silver City's Fire Blower] on my field to the graveyard, and select [Rabbin's Chain] that just returned to the deck!"

"And the effect of [Silver City's Wild Clock] in the Graveyard, because [Silver City's Fire Blower] sent the card in my hand to the Graveyard and added [Silver City's Wild Clock] to my hand!"

"Next is the effect of [Crazy Clock of the City of Silver]. I discard it from my hand to activate its effect, remove the restriction that Trap Cards cannot be activated during the turn they are set, and then activate [Welcome to Labyrinth] to Special Summon [Fire Blower of the City of Silver] from my Graveyard, and then return [Princess of the Labyrinth of the City of Silver] to my hand."

"Because normally trap cards cause monsters to leave the field, the effects of [Rabbin's of the City of Silver], [Arianna, Summoner of the City of Silver], and [Arianna, Summoner of the City of Silver] are activated! Destroy a random card of the opponent and draw two cards from the deck!"

"Then, using the effects of [Silver City Summoner - Arianna] and [Silver City Summoner - Ariana], I placed the second [Vase of Greed] I drew and the [Pharaoh's Judgment] that just returned to the deck on the field!"

  Hayato almost treated Caesar's turn as his own turn. He played cards at will. Not only did the number of cards in his hand increase from one to two, but he also put the covered card that had just been consumed back onto the field. It was as if time had gone back!

This also means that when it is Hayato's turn, he can use the combo of [Pharaoh's Judgment] and [Labillins Chain] again to continue blocking Caesar's use of cards in his own turn, even if Caesar actually has no cards to use!

If in Caesar's first round, Hayato's constant interference brought Caesar a feeling of "trouble" and "trouble", in Hayato's second round, he showed an endless "sense of oppression". In the third round, which was Caesar's turn when he was deprived of the right to play the game and could only watch others "tell stories" like a spectator, Hayato took out a duel that truly belonged to the "Duel King" -

In a nutshell, it was a duel full of "despair" in which nothing could be done, nothing could be achieved, and even people did not want to do anything.

"Your turn ends, and it's my turn again. I draw a card from my deck, and then activate [Pharaoh's Judgment] and [Rabbin's Chain] again, choosing the first and second effects respectively, to block the activation of your effects, spells, and traps against monsters during this turn."

[Hayato Kobayashi: 1000→500LP]

After paying his own basic points once again and lowering his basic points to Caesar's, Hayato looked at Caesar and said, "I can use the same deployment again to retrieve the traps in the graveyard. Since it's my turn, I can even use the effect of [Rabbin's of the City of Silver] to directly retrieve [Pharaoh's Judgment]."

"But, there's no need for that anymore, right?"

As he spoke, Hayato waved his hand and said, "Change the position to attack position, and then the final blow will be left to you, Xiaolu."

"[Silver City Summoner - Arianna], a direct attack on the opponent's duelist!" Looking at the key in Xiaolu's hand that was suitable for use as a throwing knife, Hayato shouted, "The move is called - Time Talisman Xiaolu Special Stopwatch!"

  (Neta from Sakuya’s [Time Talisman·Sakuya’s Special Stopwatch])

As Xiaolu swung the key ring, countless sharp flying knives stabbed at Caesar, clearing Caesar's last basic points without him being able to put up any resistance.

[Silver City Summoner - Arianna] [DEF2100 → ATK1600]

[Marufuji Ryo: 1300LP→0]

Seeing his basic points return to zero, Caesar did not show any expression of frustration or despair because of being defeated. Instead, he had a very satisfied expression, as if he was satisfied because he saw the scenery at the end of the "power" he had been looking forward to.

"Although in the real world, you can really enjoy the feeling of drawing a card, but it's still a bit troublesome to organize the cards."

Caesar, who was knocked to the ground by the last blow from the pinky, looked at Hayato who was complaining and sorting out the cards he had used, and suddenly asked, "You are so powerful, Mr. Hayato. Perhaps I will never forget this duel."

"Is this what you look like when you give it your all?" Caesar said, recalling the oppressive feeling that seemed like that of a demon or a devil in the duel just now.

"Ah~" Hayato didn't look at Caesar, but just said to himself, "Because my students asked me to use my full strength."

"." Looking at Hayato's back, Caesar was silent for a moment and turned his head away, "That's a lie, right? In your eyes, this duel is still just a game, but you are taking it a little more seriously than before."

"It's really satisfying and regretful."

The moment Caesar finished speaking, everything stopped at that moment and the scene on the TV screen no longer changed.

"Really... satisfied but regretful." The young man with silver hair and blue eyes looked at the playback progress bar that had reached the end. He came back to his senses from the finished video and subconsciously expressed the same emotion as Caesar who was lying on the ground in the picture.

"Such a hearty and oppressive duel, I'm afraid any true duelist would feel satisfied after seeing it, right? But from what that person said, this is still not Mr. Hayato's full strength?"

"Whether it's me or the guy in the video who seems to be the best graduate of Duel Academy this year, even if we have titles like 'genius', 'prodigy', or 'strong man', we are ultimately just ordinary people who were born in an era without Mr. Hayato's active life."

"I'm really sorry that I can't let Hayato-san enjoy himself. This is really a pity."

Hearing the silver-haired boy's frustrated speech, the blue-haired man sitting next to him closed his mysterious purple eyes helplessly and stroked his forehead: "I obviously wanted you, Ed, to have a good understanding of the strength that your opponent can show when he goes all out recently, but you focus all your attention on Hayato Kobayashi."

"Besides, you are being too self-deprecating, aren't you? Although I know you have always regarded him as your idol, how big is the gap between you and him after winning the Professional Duelist World Championship this year?"

After hearing what his friend and agent said, the silver-haired boy, Ed Phoenix, the winner of the singles championship of this year's Professional Duelist World Championship, said seriously, "It's different. If Mr. Hayato wants to, he can also become the world champion. But even if we are both world champions, Mr. Hayato and I are absolutely different. Mr. Hayato is the world champion because the highest is the champion; and I am the world champion just because the highest is the champion."

"Saiou, you are not a duelist, so you must not understand, right?"

Saiou Takuma rubbed his temple and said, "Could you please speak in Japanese? I don't understand what you are saying."

Ed shook his head. "Basically, what I meant was that my championship was not very valuable. If it weren't for your divination, I wouldn't be able to prepare specific tactics to crack their cards and win for each of my next opponents."

The "information stream" duelist Ed said so, and then looked at Hayato in the video, "But Mr. Hayato, I'm afraid he can easily deal with any opponent? That [Pharaoh's Judgment] is really terrifying."

"But, not only [Pharaoh's Judgment], but the two cards 'Solidarity' and 'Friendship' are also cards that I haven't seen very often, right?"

Saiou said indifferently, "After all, the International Illusion Society is basically a one-man show of Hayato Kobayashi. I guess he used that power to make an exclusive card for himself, right?"

Turning off the screen in the lounge, Saiou and Ed stood up and walked outside. Following the long corridor to the exit, a wide area appeared in front of them.

"Hello everyone, I am Sarara Piche who never leads the rhythm."

"I'm the commentator Mizunotsuki Jun. Hello everyone, let's play cards this time!"

  "The 2th Professional Duelist World Championship, sorry to have kept you waiting!" X

The voices of the two commentators came from the sound system. "As the first preliminary match of this year's World Championship to feature Hall of Fame Duelists, it attracted a lot of attention right from the start. This is not only because of the audience's love for Duel Monsters, but also because of the high popularity of both participating teams!"

"What we can see is that the challenger has already entered the arena. He is the player who graduated from the Duel Academy with first place this year and entered the professional duelist circle as a 'supernova'. He is known as 'Caesar' Ryo - Marufuji Ryo!"

"Come to think of it, 'Caesar' is your junior classmate, right? So, are you confident in his performance this time?"

"Yes - although I want to say this, but considering the opponent on the other side, I am also a little worried about my junior."

"Ah, indeed. If the opponent is that person, even the Duel Academy's supernova can only be considered a big cup."

"Okay, the next player to come on stage is the genius Duelist who won the last World Championship at the age of 14 and accepted the challenge from our supernova 'Caesar' Ryo! At the same time, his current professional Duelist level has officially risen to the top 10, becoming a Hall of Fame professional Duelist!"

"his name is--"

  "——Ed Phoenix!" X2

"Let us welcome the appearance of contestant Ed! And, audience, please look forward to the exciting duel between the two duelists!"

The atmosphere on the scene heated up as the commentary was given, and Ed took a deep breath and took a step forward. Then, the cheers of the audience in the venue reached his ears clearly. (End of this chapter)