Is this the poker world?Ada thief!

(Baranil, the prototype of Bailang)
[New Magic Chef's Butter Pan-Fried Balanir] [5☆/Dark]

[Beast Warrior Tribe/Ritual/Effect]

[2000/1850]

The level 1☆ [Boulevard Bouillabaisse], the level 3☆ [Grilled Bouillabaisse], and now the level 5☆ [Butter-fried Balanir], Maruto Sho suddenly discovered a seemingly unimportant point, that is, these odd-numbered [New Magic Chef] monsters seem to be all of the same Beast Warrior clan, and the cooking ingredients they use seem to be seafood classified as white meat - if [Draw Card Frog] can be considered seafood.

On the contrary, the [New Magic Chef's Confit of Confitras], which has an even level of 2☆, is an out-of-place warrior, and its ingredient is duck meat, which is classified as red meat.

If we extrapolate this way, maybe a Level 4☆ [New Magic Chef] Ritual Monster will also be a Warrior-Type monster that uses red meat dishes, and maybe even a Level 6☆ [New Magic Chef] Ritual Monster will be the same?

No, it seems unnecessary to consider these things now. What is more important is what effect this new [New Magic Chef] will have.

“When [New Magic Chef's Butter-Fried Balanil] is Special Summoned successfully, I can add a [Recipe] card or a [New Magic Chef] card from my deck to my hand. I choose the second [New Magic Chef's Butter-Fried Balanil] in my deck.”

After adding the card to his hand, Amerda put it back into the deck and said, "Then I will use the second effect of the Field Spell Card [New Magic Chef Inn Restaurant 『-Table』] - Once per turn, put a Ritual Monster card in my hand back to the bottom of the deck to activate, and I draw a card from the deck."

"Next, I will cover four cards and the turn ends." After filling up the backfield, Amerda announced the end of his turn, leaving the two ritual monsters and the full backfield for Marufuji Sho to deal with.

However, this is not the end, because Marufuji Sho saw that Amerda actually took out two more cards from the graveyard and returned them to the bottom of the deck after declaring the end of the turn. "During my End Phase, targeting the two cards in my graveyard including the [Recipe] card, the last effect of [New Magic Chef Inn Restaurant 『-Table』] is activated."

"The cards I chose are [Hamburger Recipe] and [Treasure Card from Heaven]. I put the target cards back to the bottom of the deck in the order I like, and then I draw a card from the deck."

[Ameruda: 4000LP, hand 6→2→3]

[New Magic Chef's Butter Pan-Fried Baranir] [ATK2000]

[New Magic Chef's Oil Seal - Confilas] [ATK800]

【Recette-de-Personnel ~ Meal Recipe ~】【Cover Card】X4
Venue: [New Magic Chef Inn Restaurant 『-Table』]

"This Field Magic Card is too powerful, as it has the ability to deploy, filter, and recycle. "Looking at the card in Amerda's hand, Maruto Sho was so nervous that he broke into a cold sweat. "Even if we ignore the Magic Trap Card in the backfield, the monsters from [New Magic Chef] alone are enough to cause trouble."

'Once selected as an effect target or even just an attack target, it can immediately activate the effect to turn the monster attacking it and itself into food, and advance to a stronger monster. This effect is a bit too cheating, not to mention that the effect of the advanced [New Magic Chef] will become stronger.'

"I can't beat him. How can I beat him?"

Marufuji Sho wanted to give up, but looking at Judai who was looking at him expectantly on the sidelines, and thinking that his victory or defeat would determine whether Judai could return to the true path, he gritted his teeth and drew a card: "My turn. Draw a card."

Compared to Amerda, Marufuji Sho's momentum was obviously insufficient, and he had already been completely defeated in momentum before the battle even started.

But when he looked at the card he had drawn, Maruto Sho suddenly became excited and looked at Amerda with a surprised expression: "What a sudden turn of events! It seems that we can win after all!"

"Magic Card [Black Hole]! This card can destroy all monsters on both sides of the field without taking any targets, and it will not trigger the effects of [New Magic Chef] that are activated when monsters are taken as targets!"

As mentioned before, Maruto Sho doesn't have money to buy those powerful cards. Compared to the one-way [Lightning Strike] or the lower level [Lightning Vortex] of [Lightning Strike], as long as there are no monsters on his field, then [Black Hole] that indiscriminately destroys monsters on both sides is not quite cost-effective, right?
A pitch-black singularity appeared on Marufuji Sho's field, and a huge gravity was applied to all the monsters on the field - although there were actually only two [New Magic Chef] monsters on Amerda's field - dragging them to the center of the singularity in an attempt to crush them with gravity.

However, at this moment, Amerda snorted coldly and pressed the button to activate the cover card: "The food that the chef worked so hard to prepare is for you to throw into the trash can? Don't even think about it!"

"Chain activation of the Counter Trap Card [Recette-de-Specialité ~ The Chef's Proud Recipe~]! I can only activate this card set on my backfield when there is a [New Magic Chef] Ritual Monster on my field and the monster's effect, magic, or trap card is activated!"

As Amerda's backcourt cover card was opened, a chef with a gloomy face walked out of the kitchen. It seemed that the orange-haired man who was the head chef had also appeared in the previous [Recette-de-Viande ~ Meat Cooking Recipe ~], but this time he did not appear to cook. Like Amerda, he was angered by Marufuji Sho's attempt to pour food into the [Black Hole], a "trash can". He angrily came to the dining table and crushed Marufuji Sho's [Black Hole] directly! ?

"The activation of [Black Hole] will be negated by the effect of [Recette-de-Specialité ~ The proud recipe of the chef ~], and if a monster Special Summoned by the effect of [New Magic Chef] monster is on my field, the negated card will be destroyed." Amerda glanced at the crushed [Black Hole] and said lightly, "It may not be my prime, but I have never forgotten how to guard against cards like [Explosive Gale Bullet of Destruction]."

"【Explosive Gale Bullet of Destruction】?" Hearing the familiar card name, Maruto Sho was a little confused, "I remember that card is not..."

"Do you have the time to think about other things now, Marufuji Sho?"

"Ah!" After sending the [Black Hole] card to the graveyard, Maruto Sho was frightened by Amerda's stern expression. He glanced at the card in his hand and said unconvincedly, "But how do you know that I only have one card that can be used?" "When there are no face-up cards on my field, I will use this magic card - [Lightning Storm], and choose one of its effects to activate!"

[Black Hole] failed to devour the monsters on the field of Amerda, and Maruto Sho immediately played [Lightning Storm] which also had the effect of destroying monsters on the field.

"Lightning Storm can choose to destroy all monsters in attack position on the opponent's field, or destroy all magic and trap cards on the opponent's field." Looking at the field of Amerda, Marufuji Sho said, "Coincidentally, the monsters of New Magic Chef are more conducive to using their respective effects when they are in attack position due to their own effects, but they are targeted by the very restricted Lightning Storm!"

"So - I will destroy all the Attack Position monsters on the opponent's field!"

Compared to [Lightning Strike] and [Lightning Vortex], [Lightning Storm] has activation restrictions and can only destroy monsters in attack position. In the eyes of most people, it is still a little less practical. Many people use it as a low-end version of [Big Storm]. But as luck would have it, Amerda's [New Magic Chef] can perfectly exert any effect of [Lightning Storm].

Compared to blocking cards in the backcourt, Maruto Sho would rather deal with the [New Magic Chef] monsters in the frontcourt that cannot be targeted in any way, otherwise they will immediately start to become more aggressive and upgrade like boxing.

Lightning began to brew, and was about to strike down, but Amerda actually pressed the button to activate the cover card again, and another card was revealed, saying: "The same trick will not work on me a second time!"

"I'll counter the Trap Card - [Bribe of the Demon Palace]! This can only be activated when the opponent activates a Spell or Trap Card. Negate the activation and destroy it. The opponent draws a card from their deck!"

"Eh?"

When Marufuji Sho was confused, the [Lightning Vortex] card on his field suddenly shattered, and the electric explosion brewing in the sky was like a light bulb with poor contact, it flashed a few times and then disappeared without a trace, and then a gold coin rolled to the ground in front of Marufuji Sho, as if saying to him, "Come and eat."

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

No, I have already used the [Black Hole] and [Lightning Storm], how can I block this?! ?

"Tsk, time and again, there are too many counter-trap cards, aren't there?" Maruto Sho complained as he picked up the gold coins from the ground and drew cards from the deck. He looked at the three remaining cards on Amerda's backfield with a resentful look.

In addition to the continuous trap card [Recette-de-Personnel ~ Meal Recipe ~], are the other two face-up cards also counter trap cards? No, this guess is too unreliable. Think about the effects of [New Magic Chefs], maybe they can actively target monsters on the field like [Forbidden Holy Lance] to trigger the effects of [New Magic Chefs].

"It's no use just guessing. It's better to try than to talk." Looking at the cards in his hand, Marufuji Sho played one and said, "I activate the Continuous Magic Card [Future Fusion]. This card can Fusion Summon the selected Fusion Monster during the Standby Phase of my next turn. As for this turn, I will send the Fusion Material Monsters needed for that Fusion Monster from my deck to the Graveyard in advance."

"The Fusion Monster I chose is this one, [Ultra Fighter King - War God Robot], and the Fusion Materials it needs are five Machine-Type monsters with [Robot] in their names." Marufuji Sho took out five cards from the deck and showed them to Amerda, "Therefore, I can send five [Robot] monsters from the deck, [Truck Robot], [Drill Robot], [Submarine Robot], [Rescue Robot], and [Steam Robot] to the Graveyard!"

After a five-card Graveyard, Marufuji Sho played another card and said, "Then, although I didn't draw more cards with the effect of destroying the backfield, if I can't solve the cover card, let me solve the field magic card first!"

"Activate the Field Magic Card [Giant Robot City]! And since there can only be one Field Magic Card on the field, [New Magic Chef Inn Restaurant 『-Table』] will be sent to the Graveyard!"

The dining table that was originally filled with the dishes of the two [New Magic Chefs] of Amerda suddenly collapsed, and the floor of the restaurant was cracked by the huge steel structure that suddenly rose. As Marufuji Sho activated the field magic card, a huge steel city on the water replaced the magical restaurant.

"The two effects of [Giant Robot City] can each be used once per turn. Now I'm going to use its first effect." Marufuji Sho put the [Giant Robot City] card into the field area, watched Amerda take his Field Magic Card and send it to the Graveyard, and raised his Duel Disk to show the only card on his Duel Disk, "You can activate this by targeting a card on my field other than [Giant Robot City], destroy that card, and then add a [Robot] card from my deck to your hand."

"I destroy the Continuous Spell Card [Future Fusion], and then add this [Dragon Robot] from the deck to my hand."

Amerda glanced at the card that Marufuji Sho sent to the graveyard and raised his eyebrows: "From the beginning, you didn't think that [Future Fusion] would be successfully integrated, but used it to send the card to the graveyard? Haha, you really have the style of that guy Kobayashi Hayato. You have learned something."

"I'm afraid this will disappoint you, Mr. Amerda, because my grades in school are terrible. I can't say that I have learned anything from school. I can only be said to be a poor student among poor students." Marufuji Sho looked at the searched cards, added the cards in his hand, looked up at Amerda and said, "If I must say, my growth has come more from my big brother."

"It is precisely because I believe in him who believes in me that I can believe in myself now and have the confidence to duel with you!"

What Marufuji Sho didn't know was that Judai, who was watching the duel on the side, heard his words and actually denied his statement in his heart.

Xiang said that he was just a bad student, but he was able to withstand the pressure from Mr. Amerda and use [Black Hole] and [Lightning Storm] in succession. Even though it didn't work, he successfully consumed two big pits and immediately started his own development with [Future Fusion].

The thoughtful look on his face as he was guessing the opponent's card just now showed no trace of Sho's usual timid and unconfident look. It was a huge change. No, it would be better to say that this was the ability that Marufuji Sho possessed, but he usually covered it up with his own lack of confidence.

Even Judai has seen clearly the fundamental reason that made Marufuji Sho show his true ability, and that is that he himself carries his expectations and hopes, and in turn makes him get expectations and hopes.

However, carrying expectations can sometimes lead people down the wrong path. It's not that Judai doesn't want Sho anymore, but he also wants to know when Marufuji Sho can grow deeper, and it won't be "Judai who believes in Sho" but "Sho who believes in Judai". (End of this chapter)