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"While Ojama King is in Face-up Position on the Field, its Effect is continuously activated," Hayato said. "Target up to three of your opponent's Monster Zones, making them unusable. Ojama Ojama Stamp!"

As soon as Hayato finished targeting the three Zones, Ojama King's hand, which had been empty just a moment before, swept past its rear and suddenly held three differently shaped Seals. It threw them onto Ishizu's Field, which had no Monsters or Set Cards.

"Buddy up!"

After the Seals were Set, three pieces of paper appeared on Ishizu's Field. The paper quickly folded, transforming into three origami Models almost completely identical in shape to Ojama Yellow, Ojama Green, and Ojama Black, firmly occupying the three Monster Zones.

"Blocking my Monster Zones?" Ishizu said with a smile, unfazed as she watched the three Monster Zones on her Field being occupied. "Hayato-kun, you should know that I'm better at using the Power of Monsters in the Graveyard than employing Monsters on the Field for Attack and Defense, right?"

"It's just blocking the spots where I Summon Monsters. Even if all of them were sealed, it wouldn't have too big of an impact on me."

Hayato replied with a smile, "Of course I know that. However, Ishizu, you're not the only one skilled at using the Power of Monsters in the Graveyard, you know?"

Saying this, Hayato played a Card from his Hand: "Spell Card Ojamassimilation Activate! I show you one Machine Type, LIGHT Attribute Fusion Monster, then Banish any number of Ojama monsters from my Hand, Field, or Graveyard, and then Special Summon the same number of Fusion Materials listed on that Fusion Monster from my Deck, Hand, or Graveyard!"

In the Graveyard, the three Ojama brothers found themselves rising again, their butts not even having gotten warm yet.

"Huh? Why are we flying up again?" "Where are we going?"

Hearing his brothers' words, Ojama Yellow wore a confident expression: "Hmph hmph, the answer to this question is too simple. Aniki must have seen that we'd be lonely in the Graveyard, so he specially Special Summoned us back to the Field."

Ojama Green and Ojama Black heard Ojama Yellow say this and, sure enough, believed him. By the time they peered out from the Graveyard, they just happened to hear Hayato say this: "I'm kind-hearted, I can't bear to see those three Monsters so lonely in the Graveyard, so..."

"...So, I Banish all of them from the game!" Hayato glanced contemptuously at the three Ojama brothers, who had surprised expressions. "As long as they lose Consciousness, they won't be lonely."

"Nani!" "Aniki!" "Yamero!" Hearing Hayato's words, the three Ojama Monsters suddenly started a 100-meter dash, as if they'd heard something utterly shocking. But unfortunately, their movements were too slow. Before they even ran in front of Hayato, they had already completely dissipated into Photons and were Banished from the game.

Stuffing the three Cards into his pants pocket to seal them away, Hayato took out the three Cards that popped out of his Duel Disk and slapped them onto it: "Don't let the Ojama brothers' Sacrifice be in vain! Come forth, X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head, Z-Metal Tank!"

In the rain of Photons that the three Ojama brothers transformed into, three steel constructs colored red, yellow, and blue appeared.

X-Head Cannon [ATK 1800]

Y-Dragon Head [ATK 1500]

Z-Metal Tank [ATK 1500]

"Amazing! Hayato Summoned a total of four Monsters on the first Turn!" In the Audience Seats, Joey Wheeler couldn't help but exclaim. "And they're not Monsters like Sheep Token; they're all quite Powerful existences!"

"Hmph, idiot," Kaiba said disdainfully from beside him. "An Amateur like you can only see the surface. I'm starting to regret why I made the number of participants as high as eight."

"What did you say?! It's like you figured out something else!"

Joey Wheeler asked back unhappily. But to his surprise, that guy Kaiba actually did say what he had figured out: "Look at that guy Hayato's Hand, Amateur."

"He merely Summoned four Monsters, there's no need to be so surprised. But, the fact that he hasn't used his Normal Summon Opportunity yet, and his remaining four Cards in Hand, that's what's most concerning about that guy Hayato."

And Yugi Mutou beside him also remembered the concept of "Card Advantage" that Hayato had mentioned to him before. If needed, he could actually also manage Summoning multiple Monsters in one Turn, but the cost for that would be a heavy Consumption of Hand Resources. Having four Cards in Hand remaining after a round of Operations like Hayato's was somewhat difficult.

"X, Y, Z, huh? Then are you going to XYZ Summon next?" Ishizu asked.

Hayato shook his finger: "Although I know that performing an XYZ Summon now is the most suitable choice, you see, I'm a person with very little self-control. The number of Monsters on the Field is as many as four, I haven't performed a Normal Summon yet, plus I also just happened to draw this Card in my Hand."

Flipping a Card from his Hand Face-up to show it, Hayato, without hesitation, sent the three Monsters he had just Summoned onto the Field to the Graveyard: "I use the three Monsters on the Field as Tribute to perform a Tribute Summon!"

"Descend, my Glory, my Tamashii! Blue-Eyes—Bah!—The Winged Dragon of Ra!"

"That's my line!"

Amidst Kaiba's dissatisfied roar, a Monster Card with a sacred golden yellow border landed on Hayato's Duel Disk. Blazing Flames rose up from behind Hayato, transforming into a giant golden Immortal Bird that flew into the sky. The Flames extinguished, but the Immortal Bird's true form was revealed—it was precisely The Winged Dragon of Ra, whose status is at the very top among the Three Egyptian God Cards!

The Winged Dragon of Ra [10☆/God]

[Divine-Beast Type/Effect]

[?/ ?]

"The ATK and DEF of The Winged Dragon of Ra are determined by the Monsters used as its Tribute. The total of their ATK and the total of their DEF become The Winged Dragon of Ra's ATK/DEF!"

X-Head Cannon [1800/1500]

Y-Dragon Head [1500/1600]

Z-Metal Tank [1500/1300]

The Winged Dragon of Ra [?/ ? → 4800/4400]

"ATK, 4800 points?!" Kaiba, who had just been looking completely composed, now had a somewhat grave expression. An ATK of 4800 points—in his Deck, besides Obelisk the Tormentor using its ability to increase its ATK to infinite, even Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon was no match for The Winged Dragon of Ra.

Furthermore, this was just The Winged Dragon of Ra's most basic ability to change its ATK and DEF. Kaiba didn't believe that The Winged Dragon of Ra's Effect would be limited to just this.

"To think he Summoned Ra on the first Turn?" Ishizu also looked troubled at The Winged Dragon of Ra. "A God's Protection is a big trouble for my Deck."

"Heh heh, after all, I don't really like boring foreplay. From start to finish, I'm always in a Climax state."

(End of this chapter)