I'm a poker player, not a Yu-Gi-Oh!

‘…’

I understand, the other me. All good things must come to an end… Let’s go, this is yours and mine, and it’s something we must do.

Xiaobiao’s eyes were determined as he pulled out three cards from his pocket.

On it, the dark green hexagram barrier had dimmed to the point of being almost invisible because it could not be replenished, and it was not far from completely dissipating. The three Abyss were about to be resurrected and continue to guide the Pharaoh on the right path.

‘But before that, I still have something I want to do… If I can’t complete it, even if I return to the underworld, I will definitely feel regretful. ’

Xiaobiao turned his head and looked at the LV visor with the Paradis logo printed on it beside him. It lay there quietly, not speaking or moving, just a prop.

“Well, this is also… what I want to do!” Xiaobiao’s eyes were burning with flames.

On the big screen next to him, an advertisement for the duel competition held by Paradis: PC Cup was playing. Only duelists who have received an invitation letter personally sent by the Star King Hoshimi Hitomi are eligible to participate in this competition. In addition, participants will receive equipment provided by Paradis Company for free, and experience the duelist's sanctuary, LINK VRAINS, which is still under development!

If you buy the latest LV goggles released by Paradis, even if you are not a contestant, you can watch the game at zero distance! Super expensive? Isn't that natural (tactical retreat).

Since you have already bought the goggles, do you want to buy the LV duel disk as well? If you buy it together with the goggles, you can get 15% off!

On this basis, you can become an LV platinum member by paying a little membership fee every year, and enjoy advanced services that ordinary members cannot enjoy! Buy Paradis products and get a unified 10% off, which is super cost-effective!

The consumerist trap is densely packed (sad).

...

In the darkness, the white-haired An Moliang played with the three small hourglasses in his hand and revealed a hideous sneer.

"Nameless Pharaoh, let's play this ultimate dark game. I'm really looking forward to your miserable appearance and desperate wailing when you die without a complete body."

"And Hoshimi... bastard, I'll make you pay the price!" An Moliang held the hourglass tightly in his hand and gritted his teeth.

On the table in front of him, there were the dark millennium props he had collected so far.

Millennium Key, Millennium Scale, Millennium Tin Staff, Millennium Eye, Millennium Jewelry, and the Millennium Wisdom Wheel on his neck. Except for the last and most important Millennium Building Blocks, all the Millennium Props have been gathered here.

On the 6 Millennium Props, the Golden Eye of Truth emitted a faint light, as if echoing each other.

"Ah, speaking of it, there are quite a lot of things to prepare. Let's go to Amazon online shopping... Platinum members don't even have free shipping!? National Health Insurance, District Resident Tax, Metropolitan Resident Tax, and you have to pay consumption tax when buying things!? Prices are still super high. What's wrong with this country!?"

Namo San! Suga-san, what's wrong? Why do you have that expression?

...

"Hmph, LINK VRAINS?... You can ignore the distance and duel with duelists on the other side of the earth, that's interesting."

Tomino City, Kaiba Corporation headquarters. Kaiba played with the gorgeously packaged invitation in his hand and smiled with interest.

Originally, he was going to move the company headquarters to the United States, but for various reasons, he moved the headquarters back to Tomino City. On the one hand, it was too far away from Wang Yang, and it was not convenient for him to spy on it. On the other hand, it was also because of the giant company that can be said to be the wild father of the world: Paradis.

Although Hoshimi Hitomi indulged Kaiba Corporation, the two companies almost monopolized the entire duel monster field (International Illusion Society? Just a working second party), so friction was inevitable. Kaiba Corporation monopolized the duel disk, and it made tens of billions of dollars from the new card pack to barely compete with Paradis. This was under the premise that Hoshimi Hitomi ordered restraint.

But how much can the duel disk sell? One for current use and one for backup, and one person can only buy two at most, right? But when Paradis's new card pack comes out, there are a lot of powerful Rhea cards, and duelists naturally have to buy them to strengthen their decks, buying one pack after another. This continuous income is something that the duel disk can't catch up with.

Kaiba can also sell cards, but it is not as good as Paradis. On the one hand, it is because Kaiba's card packs are not strong enough, and on the other hand, it is because Paradis not only sells traditional 5-card blind packs, but also pre-assembled packs - 40 cards in a pack. The tricky thing is that the key cards in it will never be full, only 1-2 cards. If you want to play 3, you have to buy two or even three packs.

Duelists all over the world have been cursing this kind of k-bitch behavior, but it's useless. Now, it's a seller's market! Remember to buy after cursing!

Therefore, Kaiba has been very worried recently, and a few hairs on his temples have turned white.

In fact, there is still something to be done about this matter. If it were Hoshimi Hitomi, she would secretly ask the R\u0026D department to do something with the duel board, not to make it so solid and durable. A little more vulnerable! Duelists in this world get easily carried away when they shuffle the cards, and when they get carried away, they dance or tap the cards hard, and then if they are not careful and use too much force, there will be a lot of biang... Isn't this a good deal?

Then they frequently update the basic functions of the original duel disk, and add some useless small functions with each update. For example, duel disk 16 can take screenshots, r16 can post on SNS, r16 collector's edition can visit Bluebird, 17 can make you look like a super rich guy, and r17 is the ultra-thin version... right?

Following this process, it is unrealistic to surpass Hoshimi Hitomi to become the world's richest man, but it is a sure thing to be ranked second behind him forever.

But Kaiba is a person who is persistent and stubborn to put it nicely. He is not!

Kaiba's duel disk is always solid and durable, and it absolutely does not have, and will never have, those fancy functions! Simple and unpretentious!

But changing the color, painting some meaningless patterns, and asking a two-thorn monkey artist to draw a few pictures of beautiful girls are still possible. The black magic girl in the game is good... Half-dragon maid? Hoshimi Hitomi will go crazy. According to his personality, he would hack into Kaiba's network, locate people around the world who bought the Half-Dragon Maid Duel Disk, and then sink them all into Tokyo Bay one by one.

Kaiba shook his head to get rid of all the inexplicable thoughts in his mind, staring at the invitation in his hand, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Originally, Kaiba also planned to hold a KC Cup to increase the popularity of Kaiba. However, his idea was to hold an offline competition, inviting duelists he liked to duel in Kaiba Paradise, and the final winner would be eligible to challenge the Duel King Muto Yugi (and sell amusement park tickets by the way). Compared with Hoshimi Hitomi's online competition, it is very old-fashioned and unoriginal.

Since Hoshimi Hitomi held a PC Cup and invited duelists he liked to participate in the online competition. Then as long as Kaiba Seto wins, wouldn't it be a great honor? This proves that he is the unique rival of Hoshimi Hitomi! Thinking of this, Kaiba proudly raised his head and snorted from his nose.

By the way, it can also make Kaiba's company famous. What a joke! It was decided so happily!

Will he lose? No way, the enhanced Blue Eyes is absolutely invincible! Even against Hoshimi Hitomi's half-dragon maid, he can still fight!

Maybe... right?

...

"Then Cobra, you will be the representative of Paradis Company." Hoshimi Hitomi made a classic gesture of spreading her hands flat and supporting her chin with the back of her hands, and said lightly to the strong man opposite.

In front of him, there is a deck with the back facing up. It is the latest achievement of the card research and development department, Code - temporarily kept secret.

"Yes, Boss. My honor." Cobra stretched out his right hand and pressed it on the top of the deck, revealing a confident smile. With his strength, even if this is just an ordinary deck, it can still show a very high level of strength.

What's more, the deck given to him by Hoshimi Hitomi is quite terrifying! LINK VRAINS's top-level duel AI was powerless in front of this deck, and was almost beaten to the ground the entire time.

This first PC Cup, the championship is his! There is no doubt that Paradis will win!

"However, I don't need to repeat your highest priority task, right?"

"Of course, BOSS. Demonstrate the new master rules and link summons, I understand!"

Nodding slightly, Hoshimi Hitomi's eyes flashed with an unpredictable light.

Before, he had been following other people's scripts. This time, it was his turn to arrange for others to follow the script!

...

"Damn Kaiba Seto! This time I will make you pay the price, and make you look ugly in front of the whole world!" Young Master Siegfried put on LV goggles viciously, beat the AI ​​crazily, and imagined that the person he was beating was Kaiba Seto himself.

With his level, it was impossible for him to be invited by Hoshimi Hitomi, but he had money... at least he was rich. He spent money to buy the LV mirror from the duelist invited by Hoshimi Hitomi, and obtained the qualification to participate in the PC Grand Prix.

Hoshimi Hitomi sent out a total of 12 mirrors, most of which were rich people who were not inferior to Siegfried - after all, duel monsters were something that only rich people were qualified to play before. The famous duelists basically spent money to build up the strength of their decks. It was only recently that it got a little better.

However, there are always exceptions. For example, a poor boy who got lucky and opened a super rare Lea card from a random card pack and reached the peak of his life - Siegfried spent 5 million and the opponent happily agreed.

This opportunity to appear in front of the whole world is only worth 5 million? Tsk, tsk, tsk, this is the difference in experience.

…

"Hello, Mr. President. Sorry, I was in a meeting when you came, so I made you wait a little. I hope you don't know how to appreciate it." Xing Jiantong apologized, but her tone was very perfunctory. She didn't even bother to show a formal smile on her face. She sat opposite the President of the United States with her legs crossed. She was just short of saying "If you have anything to say, please say it. I'm busy."

Her arrogant attitude and impatient tone even made the President opposite her have an illusion for a moment, as if Xing Jiantong was the President of the United States, and he was the one being questioned.

He shook his head and threw away the strange idea. The President was alert and carefully dealt with the absolute ruler of Paradis Company in front of him.

"Ah... yes, it's like this..." The current president of the United States is a middle-aged white man with graying hair. His support rate among the public is mediocre, his political stance is ambiguous, and he is good at smoothing things over. He is a typical president of the United States. And now he can't be tough at all to Hoshimiko Hoshi, an Asian, and he is submissive.

It's not that Hoshimiko Hoshi has the buff of zzzq, but this president is simply a puppet pushed to the stage by Hoshimiko Hoshimiko to control the government departments for him.

Spend money to support politicians of Paradis Company to run for president of various countries, turn the government and the media into yes-men, and boil the frog in warm water to gain the right to speak in the world - this plan is not just talk.

"That... the defense department hopes that Paradis Company can open the source code of LINK VRAINS and accept the supervision of the National Information and Security Assurance Agency. The propaganda department hopes to vigorously promote the ideas of American democracy and freedom in it -"

"Mr. President." Hoshimiko Hoshimiko interrupted him directly. The handsome boy with black hair and black eyes spread his hands flat, supporting his chin with the back of his hands. His expression was calm and steady, and it was hard to tell the depth of his expression.

"Do you remember how your predecessor stepped down?"

"... because of the scandal, drug use, sexual q Boy Scouts, and having an affair with his son's wife." The president answered respectfully. If the matter was not so big that even the homeless people on the streets knew about it, his predecessor should have continued to be re-elected, and it would not be his turn to take office.

"Think about it again." Xing Jiantong said lightly.

"... because he failed to stop the media from talking in the first place, causing everyone to know about it? Or... because of improper handling and failure to quell public anger?" The president asked again tentatively. It is winter now, and the air conditioner is turned on indoors. The temperature should be comfortable for humans. But the president always takes out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and it is getting more and more frequent.

"Think about it again."

"... because he betrayed his class and the Wall Street funders behind him... tried to grab more benefits for the untouchables to get votes?" The back of the president's suit was soaked with sweat. If this statement were to be spread, his poll numbers would definitely drop, and he might even be impeached by Congress.

"..." Xing Jiantong sat there, staring at him without saying a word. Like a large beast staring at its prey. Indistinctly, the president even had the illusion that the shadows in the conference room seemed to be guarding Xing Jiantong.

He is the absolute ruler of this planet, the emperor in the shadows!

"Scandals, such things are insignificant. As long as you spend some money, the media will naturally sing praises."

"Public opinion is nothing more than the complaints of ordinary people. It is not worth mentioning. As long as you give them ready-made benefits and channels for advancement, the people will naturally know who is worth following."

"Betraying the class, it doesn't matter to me. My cake is big... very big, even I am a little full. I don't recommend that others take some cake from me."

Xing Jiantong stood up and walked slowly.

"Trampling!" "Trampling!" "Trampling!" The footsteps echoed in the empty conference room, like the drums of the god of death.

Finally, Hoshimi stood beside the president, side by side with him. But the direction of his face was completely opposite.

He reached out, put his arm around the president's shoulder, and spoke in his ear.

It was a whisper, but it sounded like thunder to the president.

"Because he tried to go against me. He tried to dismember Paradis while Dazi was away, and put me in jail on trumped-up charges to satisfy his greed."

"He disdained my proposal and threw all the letters I sent into the trash can. He did everything he could to stop me wherever he could make things difficult for me."

"He disappointed me."

"So he committed suicide out of fear of crime. As the most cowardly and evil president in American history, he will be infamous forever."

"I always pay attention to repaying grievances with justice, so please don't disappoint me, Mr. President."

There was an inexplicable light in Hoshimi's eyes.

The president's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but he didn't dare to wipe it off. He felt that the arm pressing on his shoulder was as heavy as a lead ball, almost crushing him. The shadow in the room seemed to come alive, twisting and roaring like a monster, rushing towards him.

"Yes... yes, your will!" The president squeezed out this sentence from his squirming lips with his chest exerting force.

After saying this, the president felt that the pressure on him was much less. The shadow in the room seemed to have retracted its fangs against him.

The warm winter sun hit the president's body, bringing a faint warmth. His expression was a little trance, as if he was in another world! Was everything just now an illusion he saw because of his inner fear, or a real thing? The president was completely confused. However, the fear of Xing Jiantong has been deeply implanted in his heart, sprouting, blooming, and bearing fruit.

"Trample!" "Trample!" "Trample!"

The footsteps of Xing Jiantong leaving sounded. The president turned around quickly, not caring whether Hoshimi Hitomi could see him or not, and faced the gate, stretched out his right hand, and slammed it hard against his chest.

"Yes, your Majesty!"

...

Time flew by like a hand card that had eaten the Reincarnation Lock Bird. About a week later -

PC Cup, opening!

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