Chapter 218: Dirty Tricks

Chapter 218: Dirty Tricks

[Exchange of the Spirit], full name [Exchange of the Spirit], before being weakened by the evil KaibaCorp, it dominated an era with its abnormal Effect, trampling countless mainstream and super-mainstream Decks underfoot, leaving no room for resistance.

Because its Effect is—when you have 15 or more cards in your Graveyard, you can activate it by paying 1000 LP. Both players swap their Decks and Graveyards.

When combined with the Effect of [Makyura the Destructor], as long as you can quickly send 15 cards to your Graveyard, you can activate the Effect of [Exchange of the Spirit] directly during your Turn. If the opponent has no cards in their Graveyard, they would even lose immediately at the start of their Turn because they would have no cards to draw after swapping their Deck with their Graveyard!

It could be called the dirtiest of dirty cards, enough to make even heavy Trap Card players shed tears.

However, Ms. Ishizu frowned as she looked at the [In Darkest Day], activated by Keith, asking the question that had troubled her for a long time: "Marik, what method did you use to interfere with the power of the [Millennium Necklace]?"

"Hm? So that's it. I was wondering why, even though you possess the [Millennium Necklace] with Future Sight, you allowed me to bring people to sneak in here so easily. I even thought you might have prepared some Trap waiting for me." Keith's face was forcibly stretched into a stiff smile. "So, your Future Sight ability actually failed, huh? Hahahaha, that's truly amusing."

"Perhaps the [Millennium Necklace] is also resisting you, Ishizu Ishtar. It's resisting you for standing on the Pharaoh's side, so it refuses to show you the correct future!"

Hayato heard their conversation, his expression slightly strange. He lowered his head to look at the [Millennium Ring] hanging on his chest. "Could it be you, you guy..."

"Ms. Ishizu, don't be affected by his words." Hayato, who had a guess in his heart, noticed the wavering on Ishizu's face and quickly spoke. "Did the future seen by the [Millennium Necklace] go wrong? I think I know the reason, but it's definitely not what Marik said. I'll tell you the specific reason after this Duel ends."

Ishizu Ishtar had always trusted the prophecies of the [Millennium Necklace] greatly, but because the futures she had seen recently had problems one after another, she couldn't help but somewhat believe Marik's words, wondering if the [Millennium Necklace] was truly resisting her.

Hearing Hayato's encouragement, Ishizu Ishtar suddenly realized that her mental state was not right. She quickly refocused her attention on the Duel and returned a gentle smile to Hayato. "Thank you, Mr. Kobayashi, I will focus on the Duel."

Noticing that Ishizu Ishtar had successfully shaken off the Magic Power of the [Millennium Rod] that he had secretly released within the Force Field of the [In Darkest Day],"Keith" looked at Hayato with considerable displeasure. "You guy, you ruined my plan!"

"So that's it. I was wondering why Ms. Ishizu suddenly fell into depression for no reason. You guy, you secretly used a [Millennium Item] just now, didn't you?" Hayato narrowed his eyes.

Marik's [Millennium Rod] symbolizes mental power and possesses the same ability as Maximillion Pegasus to remotely control someone's thoughts, having controlled others to Duel multiple times in the original plot. Moreover, compared to Maximillion Pegasus's [Millennium Eye], which was developed halfway, the control power of the [Millennium Rod] is stronger; it can even perform remote brainwashing or release Magic Power.

Just now, he had taken advantage of Ishizu Ishtar's surprise at not foreseeing him activating a Trap Card, using the power of the [Millennium Rod] to open a crack in Ishizu Ishtar's originally firm mind. Although it was far from directly controlling Ishizu Ishtar, it was more than enough to influence her emotions.

As for why Hayato wasn't affected, that was thanks to Bakura, who contributed the useful item known as the [Millennium Ring] to him. The [Millennium Ring], which possesses the ability to interfere with other [Millennium Item]s, successfully blocked Marik's dirty trick for Hayato. However, the [Millennium Necklace] might have also been affected by this interaction.

In this way, it makes sense why the future Ishizu Ishtar foresaw went wrong multiple times consecutively, because Hayato was likely involved in those futures she foresaw.

However, Hayato wouldn't say this for now. He would apologize to Ishizu Ishtar afterward, as it was also his fault that her mind had a momentary lapse.

Although the [Exchange of the Spirit] Combo was interrupted, Ishizu Ishtar did not end her Turn because of it. Instead, she regained her spirit and continued the battle. "I Summon [Spirit of the Breeze] in Defense Position. I Set two cards. My Turn ends."

[Ishizu Ishtar: 4000 LP, Hand 0]

[Spirit of the Breeze] [DEF 1800]

[Set Card] X2

It was the other black-robed person's Turn. He first drew a card, then Tributed the monster on Keith's field to Set a monster face-down on his own field, appearing quite mysterious. After Setting two cards, he ended his turn uneventfully.

[Lackey: 4000 LP, Hand 5]

[Face-down Defense Monster]

Now it was Hayato's Turn.

"My Turn, draw!" After drawing a card, Hayato's gaze swept across the field, looking at Keith with ill intentions. "Speaking of which, Keith was defeated by my hand back then. Suddenly, I feel like I'm back at Duelist Kingdom again."

"But it looks like your Deck has been modified by you, right, three-year-old?" Ignoring Keith's protest of "Who's a three-year-old!", Hayato played a card. "But coincidentally, my Deck isn't the same one I used when I Dueled Keith."

"I activate the Spell Card, [Polymerization]! I fuse [Ojama Yellow], [Ojama Black], and [Ojama Green] from my hand!"

"Final Vent! Come out, [Ojama King]!"

The massive [Ojama King] landed on Hayato's field, dragging its round body. While striking a pose that no one appreciated or would ever appreciate, it conveniently pulled out three stamps from its four-dimensional butt and threw them onto Keith's field, stamping three marks.

"When [Ojama King] is successfully Summoned, I can designate up to three zones on the opponent's field as unusable. I've heard about the [Machina] Deck; it's a Deck that excels at quickly Summoning a large number of Machine-Type monsters, right? I don't want to face a machine army." Hayato said, activating another card from his hand,

"[Ojama Trio]! I Banish three [Ojama] monsters from my Graveyard to Summon the Fusion Material for a Machine-Type LIGHT Attribute Fusion Monster from my Deck. The materials for [XYZ-Dragon Cannon] that I will Summon are—[X-Head Cannon], [Y-Dragon Head], and [Z-Metal Tank]!"

"Then I'll Overlay them directly!"

Three balls of light appeared from the Graveyard, and three Machine-Type monsters appeared on the field and began to combine with each other. Seeing this, Keith had no choice but to open his Set Card. "I activate my Set Card, [Solemn Judgment]! By paying 1500 Life Points, I negate your Special Summon of a monster!"

[Keith: 4000 → 2500 LP]

Although his Life Points decreased, Marik didn't feel it was a loss since he successfully prevented Hayato from Summoning that troublesome [XYZ].

However, what surprised him was that Hayato's face had an expression that seemed to say, "You fell for it."

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