Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"Next is the direct attack of [E·hero Flame Wingman], Kenzan!" Before launching the final attack, Judai suddenly said this to Kenzan.

  Jianshan looked at the smile on Judai's face in confusion. It was a smile of obvious expectation, but it was not for his upcoming victory. Jianshan felt that Judai seemed to be showing that kind of expectation to him?

"why?"

"Huh?" Judai blinked, not quite understanding what Jianshan meant, "Why?"

"You've already secured victory, haven't you? But why, why don't you seem happy about your upcoming victory? Instead, I can only see your anticipation. What are you looking forward to?"

Jianshan couldn't understand, "How can you be considered absolutely powerful if you don't humiliate the weak?"

"That's not right. Why should the strong humiliate the weak? Speaking of which, there was a line in an animation I watched not long ago, 'To win without destroying, to dominate without humiliating, is called conquest.'" Judai pointed at Kenzan, "Compared to the victory in the end, I really prefer the fun of the duel process. So Kenzan, maybe I'm expecting you to surprise me?"

“No matter how hard I struggle, I will only be defeated?” Jianshan looked at Judai and was moved.

"Although life will inevitably come to an end after its birth, life is definitely not a story about pain and death. The heroes I like and the dinosaurs you like, Jianshan, are somewhat similar in this respect, that is - before reaching the end, the heroes created their own epics, and the dinosaurs left their own glory."

Opening his palms to Kenzan, Judai sincerely invited: "You can do it, Kenzan. Come and give it a try!"

"As powerful as you are, Senior Yugi, you actually believe in me so much..." Kenzan's eyes were filled with the flames of fighting spirit that blazed up as Judai spoke, burning away his original desire for victory, and replaced with the same passion as Judai, "I... understand!"

"Then chain the attack of [E-hero Flame Wingman], pay me 1000 life points during the damage calculation, and activate the effect of [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus] in my graveyard!"

[Dilano Jianshan: 1800 → 800 LP]

  At the moment when the flame of [E·hero Flame Wingman] fell, which was enough to clear Jianshan's remaining 1800 basic points, light lit up in Jianshan's grave, and a huge stegosaurus covered with large metal armor, which the Tendai and the others had seen before in the place of the arrested evil teacher Ryuga, jumped out!

However, the same card showed completely different auras in the hands of different people. The [Shield Chariot - Electronic Stegosaurus] that suddenly appeared on the field was like an unbreakable wall, just like Jianshan at this moment, with steel inside and outside!

[Shield Chariot-Electronic Stegosaurus] [6☆/Dark]

【Dinosaur/Effect】

[1200/2400]

However, because it was a special summon during damage calculation, the attack of [E·hero Flame Wingman] could no longer trigger the attack roll and was canceled, and the flames engulfed Kenzan in an instant.

However, in the midst of the flames, Kenzan's voice rang out with full energy: "I feel it, I feel it too. So this is the feeling that makes you, Juudai-senpai, laugh from the bottom of your heart - this kind of joy of duel!"

[Dilano Jianshan: 800 → 800 LP]

"Wow, Kenzan, your basic points didn't drop at all?" Judai said in surprise when he saw that Kenzan's basic points did not change at all after taking the direct attack from [E·hero Flame Wingman].

"Because the passion you, the Tenth Generation Senior, conveyed to me was so scorching, my boiling duelist blood has already ignored all the damage I have suffered!" Jianshan vowed.

Judai nodded in sudden realization, "I see!"

“So that’s what’s going on, Judai, are you an idiot?” Outside the arena, Manjomu couldn’t stand the conversation between the two hot-blooded idiots and interrupted, “How can a duelist’s fighting spirit possibly be able to do something like that!”

"But, Mr. Hayato clearly said that someone had eliminated the virus in the past by relying on the survival instinct of a duelist." Judai looked skeptical when he heard what Manjyoume said, "And Kenzan really didn't suffer any combat damage."

"That's because of the monster effect, the monster effect of [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus]. When this card is in the Graveyard and the opponent's monster attacks, you can pay 1000 Life Points during damage calculation to activate its effect and Special Summon [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus] from the Graveyard to the field."

Misawa explained, and Marufuji Sho beside him immediately added, "At the same time, [Shield Chariot - Electronic Stegosaurus] can also reduce the combat damage to our side in that battle to 0. This is the truth behind the fact that the basic points of that dinosaur junior did not change."

"That was a card that you and I saw last year, so why don't you remember the effect of that card?"

"Ahahaha, maybe it's because I was too busy watching Caesar's duel at that time?" After being reminded by Misawa and Xiang, Judai remembered that he seemed to have seen this card in the past, and scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.

"Really? You always have some deficiencies in basic knowledge. You can't keep doing this, Judai." Asuka put her hands on her hips. "Even if you don't want to be promoted to another dormitory, you have to improve in this area. It seems that I have to give you some extra lessons to improve your knowledge."

"Tutoring theoretical knowledge and the like, I'm actually quite good at this aspect..." Misawa was about to recommend himself and take the initiative to take on the task of helping Judai improve his grades, but Asuka glared back at him with a fierce look. Although he didn't react to what was going on, he immediately shut his mouth.

——At this moment, he more or less understood why when Judai activated [Explosion Return], [E·hero Golden Blade] ran so fast when he saw the aggressive look of [E·hero Explosion Girl].

"Anyway, I can feel your will, Kenzan. Through the battles between monsters and the collisions between cards, I can see your iron will and steel-like toughness!" Judai said excitedly, "Then I'm going to continue!"

"E-hero Sawtooth Wilderman can attack each monster on your side of the field once, even if it is a newly Special Summoned Cybertron."

"Go ahead, [E·hero Sawtooth Wilderness], additional attack - Air Blade Cut!"

"Oh! Come on, Judai-senpai!" Jianshan also responded to Judai enthusiastically, gradually becoming a hot-blooded fool. "Although we are no match for him in terms of attack power or defense, we cannot lose in terms of momentum, [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus]!"

"Let's fight back!" At this moment, the expression of [Shield Tank - Electronic Stegosaurus] seemed to say "Ah? I fight Sawtooth Wilderman" "So you can't give orders just because you're going to die, right? You can't do anything." But it was too late to curse, because [E·hero Sawtooth Wilderman] had already dragged the giant sword stained with the blood of [Jurassic Titan] and chopped it down on his head!

"Moo!" With a subtle sound, [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus] was destroyed, but because it was Special Summoned by its own effect, the moment it left the field it was excluded and disappeared due to the side effects of the effect, and Kenzan's field became empty again.

Kenzan did not receive any battle damage because he Special Summoned [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus] in Defense Position. However, he had paid 1000 basic points to allow [Shield Tank - Cyber ​​Stegosaurus] to appear, so he now only has 800 basic points left, and he has to face [Winged Kurikoku LV6], [E·hero Clayman] and [E·hero Bubbleman] on the Judai field who have not yet attacked.

There was no intention to let [Winged Kuritama LV6] attack Kenzan more. Judai directly ordered [E·hero Bubble Man] to attack, waving his hand and giving the order: "This is the real finishing blow, Kenzan! [E·hero Bubble Man]'s direct attack!"

"Aria of Bubbles!"

A large amount of liquid was ejected from the ejector equipped by [E·hero Bubble Man], which was evenly distributed in the air and turned into a dreamy rain of bubbles. There was no fierce battle. In this gorgeous bubble that seemed like a dream bubble, Kenzan's basic points steadily dropped to zero, and he himself also welcomed the defeat that he absolutely did not want before the duel with a satisfied expression.

[Dilano Jianshan: 800LP→0]

Facing Kenzan, Judai smiled brightly and stretched out two fingers in front of him, "We win!"

"What an interesting duel!"

Seeing Judai's smile, Jianshan was also infected by him and also stretched out his finger and said, "What an interesting duel, Judai-senpai!"

"Hehe, it's Judai's victory after all." Wanzhangmu nodded with satisfaction, then suddenly froze and looked at the smile on Jianshan's face, "Wait a minute, something seems wrong. I remember wanting Judai to teach this freshman a lesson before, why is he smiling so happily even though he lost?"

"Don't worry about these details, Manjome. At least we have seen Judai's growth this summer, right?" He glanced at the vest he wore under his school uniform. The six boxes of cards tied to it felt heavy. "However, Judai is not the only one who has grown."

"Humph, I didn't relax during the summer vacation either." Manjomu sneered. Although he had slightly distracted himself during the summer vacation in order to make himself popular, he still practiced drawing cards every day and challenged people to maintain his dueling skills. Speaking of this, we have to mention the "Duel Gate" launched by Kaiba Park, which has basically covered major cities around the world.

Although the prototype was said to have been launched five years ago, it was abandoned because of something going wrong, but it was eventually commercialized and installed in all Kaiba Parks, where players can challenge dueling robots with legendary duelist data. Although there are no additional prizes, for card players, being able to duel with a legendary strongman is the best prize in itself.

During this summer vacation, in addition to following anime online, surfing forums to learn about various current news so that he could understand the jokes of hell, and watching the duels of professional duelists with exemplary handsome poses and lines, Manjyoume spent almost all his time fighting against bots, and achieved an excellent record of winning 100 consecutive games in a duel of the highest level bots where the opponent was limited to the user of the [E·hero] deck.

——From this point of view, Manjome has some potential to be the "disciple of Kaiba Seto" in the once abandoned project setting. Both of them like to practice their skills by playing against bots.

Anyway, because he had accumulated a lot of experience against the users of the [E·hero] deck, after a summer vacation, Manjome felt that he was back on track. If it weren't for the fact that his brother was coming to visit the academy, he would have planned to challenge Judai to avenge his previous defeat.

"Ah, I remember now. It's a bet!" Manjomu knocked his fist on his palm. "It's a bet made before the duel! The dignity of the duelists is on the line. If you lose the duel, Dilano Kenzan, you will become the younger brother of Judai, the poor student of Osiris-Red who is looked down upon by you the most."

"Hehe, then what is your choice in the face of this irrefutable failure?"

However, to Wanzhangmu's disappointment, Jianshan did not show any expression of confusion or trouble when he heard his words. Instead, he seemed to be holding back a laugh.

"Hehehe, you can't laugh now, Kenzan! If you laugh, the truth that you really want to reveal will be exposed, right? But, the opportunity to follow the Judaism senior is right in front of you, how can you hold back from laughing!?"

Muttering to himself, Jianshan raised his head and said, "I-Is that so? There is nothing I can do about it. As expected, I can only follow Juudai-senpai - no, Juudai-sama!"

"Hehehehe, you are so powerful and full of charisma, Brother Judai, I respect you!" As he said this, Jianshan actually knelt down and bowed his head.

His acting skills were as bad as Judai's academic performance, so much so that Manjomu and the others could see that he was clearly happy to worship Judai as his elder brother - even if the initial bet was not about worshipping as an elder brother but about recognizing as a foster father, he might have shouted out without hesitation "I have been wandering in Jianshan for half my life and have never met a wise master. If Judai does not abandon me, I am willing to worship as my foster father."

However, before Marufuji Sho could protest why he would soon not be Judai's only little brother, Judai stopped Kenzan. But just when Marufuji Sho thought that Judai was going to reject Kenzan, Judai said, "DOMO, Kenzan=SAN, Yuki Judai DESU."

Kenzan was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Judai was reintroducing himself to each other, and he said seriously: "DOMO, Judai=SAN, Dilano Kenzan DESU!"

"Yeah, so now we know each other and have become friends, Kenzan." Judai smiled and patted Kenzan's shoulder, "No need to say anything like 'big brother' or bow so respectfully, we are already friends."

"How can you bow to each other between friends?"

Jianshan nodded in agreement when he heard this: "You are right, how can we bow to each other as friends?"

"That's what friends should do—"

Judai and Kenzan, in perfect tacit agreement, stretched out their dominant hands and clenched their fists, then bumped their fists against each other's, then bumped their fists up and down once, before finally raising their right fists together and saying in unison, "The result of this duel is!!"

"Yujo Judai——Wins!!!" (End of this chapter)