Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

"【E·hero Eternal】. What about the 【E·hero】 that I've never seen before? Could it be that Yuki Judai's strongest card?"

"Hiss, the power of [Last Word] is really terrifying. However, in terms of attack power, it seems that [D·hero] has more monsters with low attack power than [E·hero], maybe I can put this one in my deck as well."

"Although he is a dinosaur duelist who is not as strong as Dinosaur Ryuzaki, he was able to defeat him in one round without any injuries. I have to admit that Yuki Judai is indeed a very strong opponent."

Putting down the telescope, Ed said confidently, "But from my observation, it's just that."

"The reason why he was recognized by Caesar is probably because he is one of the few people in the academy who can compete with Caesar, right?" Not knowing that the result of the duel between Judai and Caesar was actually Judai's victory, Ed thought that Judai was just the second best person in the academy. "It may even be that Caesar grew up rapidly after graduation because he was out of this greenhouse-like environment. He is not on the same level as Yuki Judai who is still in the academy."

"What do you think, Saiou?"

"Um, Ed, are you underestimating Judai Yuki a little too much?" On the other end of Ed's phone, Saiou put the phone on the table with the speaker on, then took a card from a stack and put it on the table. The card was an inverted monster card [Mystery Power 0-Fool]. Seeing this card, he couldn't help but say this to Ed on the other end of the phone.

This card is the divination that Saiou made for Judai. The inverted [Mystery Power 0-The Fool] in the Tarot card symbolizes the reversed "Fool", which means risky actions, plummeting performance, failure due to misjudgment, etc.

But this does not mean the situation that Judai will encounter, but it represents what will happen if Ed goes to duel Judai. At least in Saiou's interpretation, this is the meaning of the divination result. In other words, the result of the divination shows that Ed's judgment seems to be wrong - otherwise, he should have predicted the "chariot" symbolizing victory for Ed's duel as always.

"How could that be? I've watched Yuki Judai's duel. This is my analysis based on my qualities as a professional duelist. A professional duelist should be brave enough to make judgments." Ed swore that his judgment was absolutely correct, and even analyzed it with Saiou on the phone, "Although I can't hear what they said specifically, every aspect of the duel seems so naive to me that it's laughable."

"Can you believe it, Sai-oh? Someone actually brought all four of the famous Normal monsters from the [E·hero] deck into his deck? But this is nothing, after all, the monster he used, which seems to be called [E·hero Eternal], designated three of them as fusion materials."

"But he actually added those magic cards that can be used with a bound target to his deck. Even if it's the Duel King Hayato Kobayashi, it would be difficult for him to duel well with his deck, which is full of [E·hero] monsters but has almost the same number of cards as the deck. He was so relaxed and cheerful during the duel, it didn't seem like a serious duel at all!"

Ed said this with a serious face: "The duel field is an important place for duelists to fight with dignity and burn their souls to win, not a place to satisfy personal expectations. That guy's fight is more like dancing than martial arts. I can't feel from his card that he is carrying anything heavy - in other words, that guy is not walking on the right path designated by fate at all."

"Ed, you make a lot of sense. But I still hope you can observe more." Sai Wang was somewhat persuaded by Ed, but when Ed was talking, he made a divination for Ed and found that it was the inverted [Power of the Mysteries VII-Chariot]. Knowing that it represented the reversed "Chariot" and sudden failure, Sai Wang advised Ed again, "You don't want to lose to Caesar and then lose to the students of the Duel Academy again, right?"

"Was that the divination you made, Saiou?"

"Ah."

"once?"

"No, twice. Once was that Yuki Judai, and the other time was you, Ed."

“The concrete results are.”

"It's The Fool and The Chariot, but both are reversed."

A conflicted expression appeared on Ed's face. On the one hand, he was confident in his own judgment, but on the other hand, his friend's divinations over the years had almost never been wrong, and the accuracy rate had always been maintained at an extremely high level. If his divinations showed the same result not once but twice in a row, it was still worth referring to.

After some deliberation, Ed raised his telescope and looked in the direction of Judai. "Tsk, a guy who uses such a card deck, can he be called a 'hero' for such a light duel?"

Through Ed's telescope, Judai was sorting the cards on the duel disk and putting them back into the deck, including the [E·hero Bubble Man] that dealt the final blow to Kenzan.

Ed, who was a long way away, only saw the card image and didn't look closely at the effects. Since he couldn't hear the sound, he naturally didn't hear the exclamation of Jianshan when he saw the specific effects on Judai's card.

"You can activate the effect and draw cards with an empty field? There is a restriction that you don't have a card in your hand? What kind of cheating card is this!"

"Brother, I regret it so much. If I hadn't controlled the useless [E·hero Golden Blade] in the previous duel, but used [Resurrection of the Dead] to control [E·hero Bubble Man], wouldn't I have been able to draw two cards? The result of the duel might have been different!"

"Ahahaha, no way, because even if there are other monsters on your field, it won't have any effect." Judai smiled and showed Kenshan that he actually had three cards in his hand that he hadn't played, namely [Lava Golem], [Lightning Storm], and [Designator of the Grave]. In fact, he could have used [Designator of the Grave] to banish [Phantom Hybrid Dinosaur] from Kenshan's graveyard to negate its effect, and used [Lightning Storm] to clear the field and quickly end the duel.

However, in order to make the duel between the two of them bring a smile to Kenzan, he actually put on a bit of senior airs and deliberately kept a few cards unplayed until the end of the duel. Seeing that Kenzan's mentality had changed, Judai then showed the cards in his hand. If it was Kenzan before the duel, if Judai had let him down in the duel, he would have really been angry. Although Ed didn't hear what Judai and the others said, he still saw Judai's cards clearly, which was one of the reasons why he thought Judai was not good enough. He obviously had a way to end the duel faster, but he did a lot of extra operations as if he was playing around. He was simply an immature kid. Although Ed was only the same age as Kenzan, Judai was one year older, and there was also a certain height difference between the two.

(Tenth generation: Oita on the jellyfish head)

However, things like maturity and aura cannot be judged by height. The best example is Yugi. His height in high school was so pathetic, but when the spirit behind him - that is, Artem - was the substitute, there were no five people in the world who could match his aura.

The same goes for Judai and Ed. Ed, who experienced major family changes since childhood, entered society early and even entered the professional dueling world, looks much more mature than Judai, who laughs all day long and seems to have no worries, regardless of his height.

"Come to think of it, Sai-oh, I remember you also did divination for me before, right?" Ed said, "Not about duels, the future, or anything else, but simply about me? Just like the divination you did for yourself."

"Yes. Ed, your divination result is - 'Pope', just like my result is 'Wheel of Fortune'." Saiou's voice was somewhat helpless, "My divination seems to be able to help people peek into their future destiny in advance, but knowing the future itself cannot provide the power to change the future. On the contrary, sometimes the actions intended to change the future will lead the future to the shape described by fate."

"In this way, the tarot card 'Wheel of Fortune', which represents the unpredictable fate itself, is the most suitable description of fate for me."

"Although I don't understand tarot cards, I managed to remember them because you told me so many times. The interpretation of the 'Pope' seems to have a part about 'a trusted person giving advice', right? And you, Saiou, are my most trustworthy friend. I believe in your divination and your judgment."

As Ed spoke, he sighed. In the end, he chose to believe the divination results of his good friend Saiou, and did not rush to find Yuki Judai for a duel to test his "capacity".

"It's okay for you to think that way, Ed." Saiou paused, his voice filled with surprise, "By the way, I also did a special divination for that Yuki Judai. His divination result surprised me a little, because he turned out to be The Fool himself."

"'The young man in gorgeous clothes walks on the edge of the cliff, his light footsteps cannot be restricted by the obstacles on the ground. In his eyes is his ideal, he holds a rose in his left hand and all his belongings in his right hand, and the puppy beside him reminds him not to keep moving forward'."

Hearing Saiou's voice on the phone, Ed felt a little helpless, but he seemed to have long been accustomed to his friend's reaction: "Speak human language."

"I've told you before, Ed, that I, who represents the Wheel of Fortune, cannot use my own will to determine whether I will end up in darkness or light, because it is not the wheel itself that spins the wheel, but fate. However, there are two hands that spin the wheel, which means there are two people who can change my fate."

"One of them is Edwin, who represents the 'Pope' and symbolizes the awakening of conscience and kindness. The other is the 'Fool', who symbolizes purity and victory and is also the beginning and starting point of the Tarot cards. That's Yuki Judai!"

"Perhaps it's fate that you pay so much attention to Yuki Judai, Ed, because the two of you are destined to fight, and this battle will surely be full of thorns and bumps!"

When Ed heard what King Sai said, he laughed instead: "After all, he is someone that Caesar values. Even if he is a child who has not experienced hardships in the Duel Academy, he must have some skills. That dinosaur user may not have tested the full strength of Yujo Judai."

"Calm down and think about it. I think what you said might be right, Sai-oh. If I rashly duel with him while looking down on him, even I might end up in a tough fight and suffer. I feel a little sorry for starting this duel that is closely related to your fate."

On the phone, Saiou asked, "Ed, do you also think that you will be in trouble if you go against Yugi Judai now?"

"After all, I only had a rough idea of ​​his deck, and I don't know the whole picture of his deck. Even in duels, I just watched from afar like now, and I haven't even learned about his specific personality." Ed's mouth curled up, "Even professional duelists need to conduct intelligence investigations in advance, otherwise it will be troublesome if they are targeted."

"Will you lose?"

"We will win." Ed said as a matter of course. Last year's Professional Duel World Championship champion - Ed Phoenix issued a victory declaration!

Seeing that Judai and the others were ready to disperse, Ed was about to put down the telescope, but he discovered that something was moving quickly in the forest between the clearing where Judai and the others were and where he was.

At first he thought he was seeing things, and when he moved the telescope over there he found nothing. But as soon as he looked away he saw something moving through the dense forest out of the corner of his eye.

  Simply using his peripheral vision to observe the black shadow that had resumed moving, Ed seized the opportunity to look again, and finally saw what kind of creature was moving through the woods - it was a black-haired young man wearing a Hawaiian-style beach T-shirt, with two branches tied to his head and a branch in each hand to disguise himself as a tree!

When the young man found out that Ed had noticed him, he did not dodge but pointed his finger directly at Ed, as if he could see clearly that Ed in the distance was looking at him without a telescope!

Being pointed at, Ed suddenly turned his head, covered the observation end of the telescope and moved his head away, looking at the young man who had walked out of the forest and came to the bottom of the cliff where he was, and frowned: "He is so domineering, it seems that he is not here with good intentions."

"Although I don't know what you are facing now, but Ed, I still want to remind you a little bit." On the other end of the phone, the King said helplessly, "You are the one who came." (End of this chapter)