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The moment he activated the 【Fusion】 Spell Card, besides the 【Disturbance Yellow】 on the field, he still held a 【Disturbance Green】 and the recently recovered 【Disturbance Black】 in his hand.

As he played the 【Fusion】 Spell Card, Hayato embarrassingly realized something—although in the anime of his past life, no matter who activated the 【Fusion】 Spell Card, as long as the fusion materials were gathered, the Fusion Monster card would simply be "printed" out.

But now, even after Hayato repeatedly signaled with his eyes to the assembled 【Disturbance】 trio, they showed no reaction whatsoever.

"Eh? Is Aniki trying to make us fuse?"

"Although we three brothers can indeed summon 【The King】~"

"But Aniki! You don't even have the 【King】 card in your hand, ne!"

Damn it, I'm stunned.

If this were a duel conducted on a future Duel Disk or Duel Stage, it might be possible to bluff a Fusion Monster into existence, but right now, this was a face-to-face duel. If he pulled out a 【Token】 and declared it was 【Disturbance King】, the opponent definitely wouldn't accept it, right?

And there was one more thing Hayato just remembered—

"Fusion?! Can that crappy monster actually fuse with the somewhat decent 【Dragon Fighter】?" Goro "Pighead" watched the combination of 【Disturbance Yellow】 and 【Dragon Fighter】 currently on Hayato's field, falling into deep thought. Although two cool 【Thunder Dragons】 could fuse into a 【Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon】 that looked exactly like 【Dark Paladin】, he truly couldn't imagine this specific combination of monsters on Hayato's field.

—In the early rules of the DM era, there seemed to be a restriction that "【Fusion】 can only fuse monsters currently existing on the field."

At this point, Hayato could only resort to a rare bit of bluffing to patch up his clumsy play: "No, the one I want to fuse isn't 【Disturbance Yellow】, but the 【Baby Dragon】 I'm Normal Summoning this turn!"

Even though Hayato played the Spell Card before summoning the monster, Goro didn't question this bizarre sequence, allowing Hayato to breathe a sigh of relief while thinking to himself: *Fortunately, I still have this card in my hand as a contingency measure.*

"【Dragon Fighter】 will ride upon the evolved 【Baby Dragon】! I summon 【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】!"

【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】【5☆/Wind】【Dragon/Fusion】【1700/1500】

"And then, I use 【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】 to attack your 【Flame Swordsman】!" After sending 【Baby Dragon】 and 【Dragon Fighter】 to the Graveyard, Hayato played a monster card and pointed toward Goro's 【Flame Swordsman】.

Although 【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】 actually possessed the effect "If all face-up monsters your opponent controls are Earth, Fire, or Water attribute, you can attack your opponent directly," because the current rules of dueling monsters prohibited direct attacks, 【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】 essentially became a vanilla Fusion monster with no effect.

Seeing Hayato initiate an attack, Goro sneered, "It's just 1700 attack points anyway. Do you intend to take my 【Flame Swordsman】 down with you? If you can, then go ahead!" In his hand, he held monsters that could rival or even surpass 【Flame Swordsman】; he simply hadn't summoned them yet out of caution.

If that 【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】 defeated 【Flame Swordsman】, then next turn he would summon that stronger monster, attack that small fry who dared to declare an attack, and wipe out the opponent's Life Points in one go.

"Take each other out? Oh right, I forgot to explain." Hayato smiled, pointing at the 【Disturbance Village】 on the field. "While a 【Disturbance】 monster is present on the field, the second effect of 【Disturbance Village】 activates."

"The ATK and DEF of all monsters on the field are swapped!"

【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】【ATK 1700 → 1500】

【Disturbance Yellow】【ATK 0 → 1000】

【Flame Swordsman】【1700 → 100】

"My 【Flame Swordsman】!" Goro's eyes widened. "In that case, even that small fry monster can be—!"

"【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】, attack! Crush that monster!"

"Gah!"

The 【Flame Swordsman】, with its attack power reduced to a mere 100, was easily destroyed. Goro's Life Points were slashed by a full 1400 points.

【Goro: 2000 LP → 600 LP】

"Turn end."

【Hayato: Hand 3 → 4 → 2】

Previously, when facing the attack of 【Flame Swordsman】, Hayato could only respond in defense and had to rely on Spell Cards to revive his monsters time and again. Yet, in just one turn, he had organized such a sharp offensive. Goro was now incredibly serious.

"You there, who are you? I've never heard your name before."

"The world is vast enough to accommodate any ambition. As for me, my name is Hayato Kobayashi, just a passing Duelist. Remember it well."

Goro nodded seriously, his previous arrogance and contempt gone. "Hayato Kobayashi, I will remember that name. Now—"

"My turn, draw!"

Glancing at the card he drew, Goro looked at Hayato intently and said, "I thought you were some third-rate Duelist, but it turns out I've encountered a rare expert. Fine, then I'll get serious too!"

"I activate this Spell Card! I, too, shall summon my Tamashii!"

Goro played the card from his hand; it was a Spell Card—【Hamburger Recipe】! This was the first Ritual Spell Hayato had seen so far.

"According to the card's effect, I tribute monsters from my hand whose total Level is 6☆ or higher."

Drawing three low-level vanilla cards from his hand to use as ritual tributes, Goro summoned his Tamashii: "Sizzling metal and flames pressed tightly together—this is the ultimate essence of Teppanyaki! Come forth, 【Hungry Hamburger】!"

【Hungry Hamburger】【6☆/Dark】【Warrior/Ritual】【2000/1850】

"2000 attack points, but because of the effect of 【Disturbance Village】, 【Hungry Hamburger】's ATK and DEF will be swapped," Hayato reminded him.

【Hungry Hamburger】【ATK 2000 → 1850】

"Then what about after adding this card?" Having consumed five cards from his hand to perform a classic "five-for-one" play to get 【Hungry Hamburger】 onto the field, Goro continued his move. "I activate the Spell Card, 【Legendary Sword】!"

【Hungry Hamburger】【ATK 1850 → 2150】

"And finally, my last card in hand—I haven't even performed a Normal Summon yet!" Goro played his final card, a monster: 【Rock Giant】.

【Rock Giant】【3☆/Earth】【Rock/Normal】【1300/2000】

"And then, 【Disturbance Village】 takes effect!" Before Hayato could speak, Goro proactively activated the Field Spell's effect.

【Rock Giant】【ATK 1300 → 2000】

"While that 【Disturbance Village】 weakens my other monsters, it greatly enhances the ability of 【Rock Giant】." Goro swept his hand forward. "【Hungry Hamburger】 attacks 【Wyvern Warrior of the Dragon Rider】, and then 【Rock Giant】 will crush that 【Disturbance Yellow】!"

(Author's Note: I must say, the effect of being recommended is indeed good. A few days ago, the daily increase in favorites was only about a dozen, but these past two days it's been a hundred or two. Even the recommendation votes have increased quite a bit.)

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