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"Duel!" x2

[Rafael: 4000 LP]

[Yugi: 4000 LP]

"I'll take the first turn, draw a card!" Yugi drew a card from his Deck, but didn't rush to make his play. Instead, he frowned, looking at Rafael, who had drawn five cards into his Hand and was waiting for Yugi to make his move.

In order to obtain the Uria, Lord of Searing Flames that Rafael possessed and test if his method for breaking the Domain was real, Yugi had started a Duel with him. However, Yugi, who had inserted his Deck into his Duel Disk beforehand and was waiting for Rafael, noticed that Rafael hadn't put the Uria, Lord of Searing Flames he had taken out earlier into his Deck before inserting it into his Duel Disk.

Despite having a card like Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, which, although evil, was undeniably powerful, he wasn't using it. Yugi couldn't figure out Rafael's reasoning.

Although Yugi couldn't see through Rafael, Rafael, conversely, saw through Yugi's thoughts at that moment: "Are you wondering why I'm not using Uria, Lord of Searing Flames, Nameless Pharaoh?"

"Ah, yes. Not using a powerful card makes me a little suspicious," Yugi didn't shy away, directly admitting that his thoughts were indeed as Rafael had said.

If he hadn't faced Uria, Lord of Searing Flames directly before, and if he hadn't felt a similar aura from the card Rafael had taken out, Yugi would have even suspected that Rafael was trying to fool him with a fake card.

Rafael thought for a moment and said, "The reason I'm not using it is probably compatibility. I don't like the Uria, Lord of Searing Flames card, and even if I forced it into my Deck, it would only hinder me."

"It's not because of the monster effect or other factors hindering me, but because of a monster like Uria, Lord of Searing Flames. Both I and my cards dislike it. It's purely for this reason."

Listening to Rafael's words, Yugi was slightly taken aback: "You and your monsters?"

Yugi Mutou within the Millennium Puzzle reminded him: "The Other Me, look over there."

Both Yugis' gazes turned towards Rafael's side. Although from the perspective of others, there was nothing but empty space there, Yugi Mutou and Dark Yugi, who had the ability to see Duel Monsters, clearly saw a semi-transparent phantom floating beside Rafael.

However, they only caught a glimpse of the phantom. As if sensing Yugi's gaze, the phantom promptly retreated into nothingness, leaving only the quickly fading head of a bird and a pair of pure white wings in the two Yugis' sight.

"Was that... a Duel Monster's Card Spirit just now?" Yugi Mutou within the Millennium Puzzle said with some uncertainty.

Compared to Dark Yugi, he had noticed the phantom beside Rafael earlier. However, he had only noticed that the phantom had a bird's head, which was more than Dark Yugi, who only saw the disappearing wings.

"It looks like it might be a Winged Beast-Type Monster?"

"It could also be a Fairy-Type Monster."

The two Yugis exchanged their views in their minds, but after hearing Yugi Mutou's words, Dark Yugi glanced at the expressionless Rafael and shook his head: "Although I don't know what organization Rafael belongs to or what position he holds within it, having committed crimes that affected so many innocent people, how could his Card Spirit be a Fairy-Type Monster?"

Although there was no evidence, in Yugi's understanding, the type of a Duelist's Card Spirit was often closely related to the Duelist's personality. Yugi guessed that it was likely because the card that awakened the Card Spirit was often the one the Duelist liked to use the most, and what kind of person would naturally use what kind of card.

The two Yugis had a total of three Card Spirits: Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, and Kuriboh, which were Spellcaster-Type and Fiend-Type respectively.

The former two corresponded to Dark Yugi, who had extremely strong adaptability and active thinking, while the latter represented Yugi Mutou, probably because Yugi Mutou's Deck contained many Trap Cards.

The arrogant Kaiba used the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, known for its power and standing at the apex. Furthermore, Yugi often saw a blurry phantom accompanying Kaiba, although Kaiba himself never noticed it—even if he did, believing in science, Kaiba would only think it was a phantom caused by being too tired.

As for Hayato, the number of Card Spirits around him could only be described as a tragedy: Gaia of the Warrior-Type, Winged Kuriboh of the Fairy-Type, Rainbow Kuriboh of the Fiend-Type, Cyber Dragon of the Machine-Type, Sky Magician of the Spellcaster-Type, the Ojama Brothers of the Beast-Type, and a variety of Performapals.

However, according to what Yugi learned from Hayato, Hayato's earliest awakened Card Spirit was actually Ojama Trio, followed by Rainbow Kuriboh and Gaia. But it was precisely because Hayato's earliest awakening was Ojama Trio that Yugi felt his idea was correct.

Ojama Trio is not a collective term for the three Ojama Brothers; it's a Trap Card Hayato possesses. While others have also awakened Duel Monster Card Spirits, everyone else's were Monster Cards. Only you, Hayato, incredibly awakened a Card Monster from a Trap Card.

You're something else, Hayato.

Pulling his scattered thoughts back, Yugi looked seriously at Rafael.

"Although you've awakened a Card Spirit of an unknown type, I won't acknowledge you as a True Duelist because of it. The crimes you've committed are too numerous to count," Yugi said, drawing a card from his Hand. "The ones who will judge you are me and my monsters!"

"I activate the Continuous Spell Card, Magician's Salvation! When this card is activated, I can search my Deck for one Eternal Soul and Set it in my Spell & Trap Zone!" Yugi searched his Deck for a card and Set it. Revealing a card from his Hand, Yugi said, "Next, I activate the Ritual Spell Card, Chaos Ritual!"

"I Tribute the Level 6 Dark Magician Girl and the Level 1 AD Changer from my Hand! Their combined levels are 7! I give the ultimate Spellcaster the chaos power of light and dark!"

After sending the two cards from his Hand to the Graveyard, Yugi summoned a Ritual Monster from his Hand to the Field,

"Supreme Mage, inscribed with Chaos, this moment is the ultimate moment!"

"Ritual Summon! Chaos Magician!"

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