Yu-Gi-Oh! Starting from Duel City

"Hmph! You guy...are you kidding me?!"

Seeing his other self, who was obviously a fake, emerge from the depths of the jungle, President Kaiba's face turned extremely ugly in an instant. He immediately frowned and shouted at the other self, full of doubts.

However, the fake Seto Kaiba ignored the real Kaiba's inquiry and walked to the center of the open field next to everyone.

While crossing his arms haughtily, he looked at the other side with a sneer.

"...?"

Some of them didn't understand the current situation. Following the fake seahorse's gaze, everyone turned their heads simultaneously at this moment.

Then, they saw the figure of a Western swordsman-looking man with long golden hair appearing on the other side.

"Huh? That guy...what's going on?"

Jonouchi stared at the swordsman who appeared a step later and was confronting the fake Kaiba for a while, and realized that he seemed to be the spirit of a monster card. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Yo! This is not 4 The star’s light-attribute warrior-type monster—[Wandering Hero Freed]?”

If you want to ask why Jonouchi recognized the humanoid monster confronting Kaiba in front of him, it was because his deck contained a set of "Freed"'s family buckets.

Jonouchi is naturally no stranger to the monster cards he owns.

And as if to answer his question, at the moment when the fake seahorse was confronting Freed, the surrounding space once again heard the voice of explanation from the five old members.

"Jiejiejiejie... It's different from the duel rules you're familiar with. The duel that happens here uses a duel system led by the card group."

"...Deck leader?"

You Ling, who felt somewhat familiar with this term, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The deck leader is talking about everyone’s iconic ace monster, right? Roughly similar to the pet pendant next to the duel mode in "Yu-Gi-Oh! MD"?

Needless to say, Kaiba's signature monster is definitely the "Blue Eyes White Dragon".

By analogy, Jonouchi is the "Red-Eyed Black Dragon" and Muto Yugi is the "Black Magician"...

Putting it into the later generations, the Xinyu Xia of Yucheng Tenth Generation, the Stardust Dragon of Fudo Yusei, the Hope Emperor of Ninety-nine Yuma, the heterochromatic-eyed Pendulum Dragon of Tomato, and the Firewall of the Heartless Tights Man dragon……

Although these monsters with similar positioning may not necessarily be the strongest monsters owned by the duelist, the monster that can become the leader of the deck will definitely be the most representative one, allowing people to recognize the identity of the duelist at a glance.

"So, what is my deck leader?"

Opening the system panel that only he could see, and looking at the large number of card decks displayed on it, You Ling couldn't help but fall into a brief state of silence.

Emperor Gale? Captain Bai Jing? Brother Diqi? Or Squidward, or a mermaid?

It can't be a black magician or a black magic girl, right?

"Anyway, in order for everyone who is visiting for the first time to have a simple understanding of the deck leader system, we will conduct a simulated duel next."

After a pause, the five elders continued: "The two sides in the duel are [Wandering Hero Freed] and [Seto Kaiba], and their deck leaders are [Absolute Defense General] and [Blue Eyes White Dragon] respectively. ]."

As the words of the five elders fell, their respective deck leader monsters suddenly appeared next to the two people confronting each other on the field.

Just as Yu Ling expected, what appeared next to the fake Kaiba was the "White Marry" with an attack power of 3000 points, and what appeared next to Fried on the opposite side was his right-hand man and the one behind him who fought with him against the Overlord's army. A general of absolute defense carrying several swords on his back!

"Blue Eyes is the leader of the deck? Well, I don't have any opinion on this...but..."

Frowning as he looked at his other self on the field, Kaiba felt a strong curiosity about this so-called "deck leader".

Deck leader...what exactly are the rules?

Let me take this opportunity to take a closer look.

"The duel begins, I'll attack first!"

"...On it! During my turn, I will Normal Summon this card from my hand!"

Unfolding the duel plate on his arm, the fake Kaiba quickly switched to battle mode and slammed a card in his hand onto the deck of the duel plate: "Show up! [Dragon Ruler] ( Magician/Dark/4 stars/Attack: 1200/Defense: 1100)!"

Wearing silver-white keel light armor. The dragon magician with a blue cloak on his back appeared from the light species following Kaiba's call and came to the front of his body.

Looking at the monsters appearing on the field, the fake Kaiba then took out a magic card from his hand and activated it: "Next, I will activate the magic card [Hulong Flute] from my hand! When there is a [Dragon Dominator] on the field, I can special summon two dragon-type monsters from my hand!"

The [Dragon Ruler] on the field reached out and grasped the golden dragon flute that appeared out of thin air in front of him, and blew the horn to call the dragon monsters.

Following his movements, two [Blue-eyed White Dragons] appeared from the dazzling light and came to his left and right sides.

"It's not over yet! After special summoning the two [Blue Eyes White Dragon] in my hand to the field through the effect of [Dragon Calling Flute], I will then use the third [Blue Eyes White Dragon] as the leader of the deck. Summon it to the field regardless of the summoning conditions!"

The fake Kaiba gave further instructions to the deck leader monster that appeared next to him.

In response to his actions, a third [Blue Eyes White Dragon] suddenly appeared on the field!

"...That guy actually summoned three [Blue Eyes White Dragon] at once!"

Seeing his behavior, shouts of surprise suddenly came from the crowd watching the battle, "I see, the deck leader can be summoned separately in addition to the normal summons, right?"

"Not only that, as an 8-star high-level monster, [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] was originally supposed to require two monsters as sacrifices to appear on the field. However, after becoming the leader of the deck, even this condition is now omitted. ”

After analyzing what he had seen and heard just now, You Ling rubbed his chin and roughly understood the basic positioning of "deck leader".

If used properly, this thing might become an extremely good monster-drawing point.

"...Now that there are three [Blue Eyes White Dragon] gathered on the field, the conditions for that monster to appear have been met, so next, I activate this magic card from my hand!"

Giving full play to his personal style of not shuffling the cards, the fake Kaiba raised his arms high and raised the normal magic card in his hand above his head: "Up! Activate the magic card [Fusion]! Turn the field over." The three [Blue Eyes White Dragon] on the top will merge!"

"Three bodies merge into one, come! My strongest servant - [Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon] (Dragon/Light/12 stars/Attack: 4500/Defense: 3800)!!!"

Bathed in the fusion light, the figures of the three [Blue Eyes White Dragon] overlapped each other and merged into one, transforming into a brand new existence.

After that, what emerged from the light was a three-headed silver-white dragon that exuded great power.

Needless to say, the 12-star capped level in everyone's eyes is the best proof of its supreme power!

"Originally, in the first round of the duel, both duelists were unable to attack. However, due to the effect given by the deck leader, the [Blue-Eyes Ultra Dragon] summoned by the fusion of [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] at this moment will You will gain the "quick attack" characteristic, break through the current restrictions, and be able to attack in the turn you appear on the stage!"

The narration voice from the five elders echoed in everyone's ears at the right time, explaining the current situation to them.

At the same time as the voice of the five elders fell, the fake Kaiba, who had summoned the [Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon] through fusion, also made a new move.

"Fight! I use [Blue-Eyes Ultra Dragon], which has evolved from [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] to its ultimate form, to attack [Absolute Defense General]! Shred the jade and cheer! The strongest and toughest! Just disappear..." ...Ultimate Storm Bomb!!!”

Under the attack command of the fake seahorse, the three heads of [Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon] simultaneously accumulated huge waves of destructive energy, aiming at the opposite [Wandering Hero Freed], as well as the leader of the starting deck. [Absolute Defense General] launched a devastating combined blow.

Three silver-white energies entangled with each other in mid-air, and finally turned into a huge energy flow, accelerating towards the opponent's location.

With an ultimate attack power of up to 4500 points, it only takes one strike to directly smash the opponent to pieces!

"The [Absolute Defense General] attacked by [Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon] can also activate his special effect as the leader of the deck at this time. By paying 1000 points of life, he can launch absolute defense in front of him. Barrier——[Holy Protective Cover-Reflector Power-]!”

Just like Blue Eyes on the counterfeit Kaiba's side, it has the special effect of attacking during the turn it appears.

Also as the leader of the deck, Freed's [Absolute Defense General] can also act as a noble power in human form to reflect the opponent's monster attacks.

As the narration of the five elders fell, [Absolute Defense General] activated its own effect at the moment of the attack, and immediately stretched his arms to spread a barrier of noble power in front of him, blocking the [Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon]'s The attack bounced back completely.

While the monsters on the field were destroyed by the counter-injury effect, the fake Kaiba was also blown away by the aftermath, turning into nothingness in mid-air, losing all traces of its existence...

“Due to the counter-damage effect of [Absolute Defense General], [Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon] was destroyed by the effect, and when the deck leader is destroyed, no matter how much HP the duelist has left, he or she is considered a loser. "

"As you have just seen, the monsters selected to serve as the leader of the deck have more or less different special abilities... Under this special rule, what monster should be selected as the card? Group leadership is something that needs to be carefully considered, and you can’t just look at basic attributes!”

Different from ordinary duels, the two people who are practicing duel at this moment are not just looking at their health points.

As one side's deck leader is defeated, the other side will naturally win the final victory.

The five elders who specifically treated Blue Eyes as the target to be killed and demonstrated the duel to everyone were more or less deliberately mocking Kaiba.

"Damn the five elders... how dare you play such boring tricks in front of me!"

Seeing the other fake version of himself being eliminated as an experimental prop, Kaiba, who was truly angry at the Fifth Elder's evil intentions, subconsciously clenched his right fist.

"It was clearly stated that the winner would be determined by an orthodox duel, but in the end it ended up with this boring rule. Five elders... I, Seto Kaiba, will never let go of despicable guys like you! Wash your neck and wait for me. Come on!"

"Jiejiejiejie...it's so scary~"

While Kaiba was expressing his anger towards the surrounding void, the surrounding scene was once again distorted, returning to the initial state when everyone first stepped into the projection room.

The five elders standing in a row still stood in place, looking at You Ling and his group at the entrance with playful eyes.

"So, President Kaiba, what do you think? Are you willing to accept the challenge of dueling us?"

"Well……"

"Jiejiejiejie... Even though that's what I'm asking, if you want to escape from here, you have no other choice but to accept this!"

With sarcastic smiles on their faces, the five elders immediately waited happily for the reply from You Ling and his party.

The so-called choice is actually no choice.

No matter what, everyone can only fight with them.

"Damn it, what choice are you talking about? We don't have a choice at all, do we?" Feeling disgusted by the shamelessness of the fifth elder, Kaiba Keppei couldn't help but make an accusing voice from his mouth.

However, his accusation did not have any impact on the five old foxes.

"Very good! In that case...then let me accept your challenge within the city!"

"...Brother, is it really okay?"

"Don't worry, Shizuka!"

Giving a reassuring look to his worried sister beside him, Jonouchi said to her seriously: "I will definitely win such an important battle where the duelist's glory is at stake!"

"Also, I will definitely protect you and everyone else!"

"Well...I believe in you, please come on! Brother!"

She felt a strong sense of confidence from Jonouchi, and Shizuka, who was affected by his positive emotions, also showed a look of relief on her face.