Duelists Never Surrender!

Hara Shichi looked at the adjacent opening and reached his left hand inside, touching something like a chip. Immediately, something seemed to surge from the chip into his body.

"The Duel Power is coming in!" Ai exclaimed excitedly.

"You're not being polite... Don't mess with the buttons on the control panel." The masked girl didn't seem to mind. As she said, she couldn't absorb much of this much Duel Power by herself.

"It's too slow." Ai quickly frowned. "I'll increase the frequency."

"Huh?" Before Hara Shichi could react, he felt a powerful surge of energy flood into his body, almost making him pull his hand out.

"Wow, so much Duel Power, this feels amazing to absorb." The light emanating from Ai grew brighter, transforming from a faint firefly glow to something like a 100-watt light bulb.

"Is that enough?" Hara Shichi glanced over and noticed that a small section of the Duel Power in the beam seemed to have diminished.

"Not enough, far from enough!" Ai's eyes glinted with a fierce, wolf-like hunger. "Is this all? Do you still want powerful cards?"

Hara Shichi honestly shut his mouth.

However, the girl beside him sensed something was wrong.

"Why did the energy in the beam suddenly decrease?"

"Are you seeing things? Maybe it was always like that." Hara Shichi said, looking down.

The girl looked at Hara Shichi beside her suspiciously, then shook her head. How could that be? Even a Duel King couldn't absorb so much Duel Power in an instant; their body simply couldn't handle it. She must be overthinking things.

"Alert! Alert! Large amounts of energy are being rapidly drained! Please enter the core password! Please enter the core password!"

"What did you do?!" the girl demanded of Hara Shichi. She knew she had never triggered an alarm like this before.

"I... I didn't do anything." Hara Shichi said guiltily, looking at the refreshed-looking Ai.

"Please enter the core password! Please enter the core password!"

The alarm continued to blare. Hara Shichi looked at the numbered buttons on the control panel and quickly asked the masked girl, "What's the core password?!"

"How would I know?" the girl said, reaching out her hand. But just then, the large port suddenly shrank, tightly clamping her wrist.

"Core password not entered. Intruder detected. Initiating detention procedure!"

Chapter 58: 1 vs 2

"Tsk, I can't break free at all." Hara Shichi looked at his wrist, which was firmly restrained.

"Don't move, you're touching me." The masked girl said coldly.

"At a time like this, you're still worried about that... Let's think about how to get out. I don't want to get caught." Hara Shichi said helplessly.

"I'm sorry, A-Qi, it's all my fault for being too impatient." Ai said, annoyed. "But don't worry, I anticipated this situation and came up with a countermeasure."

"What countermeasure? Hurry and tell me." Hara Shichi asked quietly.

"Summon Ghost Ogre and have her cut this damn machine." Ai blinked her eyes.

"Brute force? That makes sense... Wait, no!" Hara Shichi suddenly looked at the masked girl beside him.

Many students knew he had the Duel Spirit Ghost Ogre. If he summoned Ghost Ogre here, his identity would be exposed!

However, at that moment, the masked girl spoke.

"Hey, according to Duel Law, in this situation, I can request a duel. If I win, you have to let me go." The masked girl said, kicking the machine. "Don't play dumb, I know you understand."

"...Application processing, application successful... Deck composition... Virtual avatar setup... Codename... aaa76."

A blank-faced girl appeared like a projection in front of the light beam, holding a Duel Disk, and said in a mechanical voice, "1 vs 2 Mode activated, preparing for duel."

"You can do that?!" Hara Shichi was shocked. Could you escape by dueling even when captured?

"What are you surprised about? Didn't I tell you long ago?" Ai tapped Hara Shichi's head. "You've already forgotten in just a few days, or... you weren't listening to me carefully back then?"

"Stop with the nonsense, prepare your deck." The masked girl said plainly.

"How can I prepare with one hand?" Hara Shichi dangled his right hand. The silver Duel Disk had already attached, but how could he load his deck into the Duel Disk on his right arm with his right hand?

"I'll load yours, you load mine." The girl said, extending her left hand. "Where's your deck?"

"On my left hip, you can get it by lifting your clothes." Hara Shichi said subconsciously.

"Okay." The girl reached into Hara Shichi's jacket, and just as she was about to search, Hara Shichi suddenly dodged to the side.

"Wait!" Hara Shichi said quickly.

"What is it? Time is tight, just say it directly." The masked girl said with some displeasure.

A drop of cold sweat trickled down Hara Shichi's temple. The deck on his left hip was his Marincess. Wasn't he the only one in the whole school who used Marincess? If he used it here, wouldn't his identity be confirmed immediately?

"On the right, I remembered wrong. My deck is on the right." Hara Shichi coughed twice. He had no choice but to use those miscellaneous cards. He hoped this masked girl would be capable.

"How can you even forget where your deck is?" The masked girl quickly found Hara Shichi's deck and inserted it into his Duel Disk.

"Where's your deck?" Hara Shichi asked.

The masked girl was taken aback and whispered, "On my right leg."

"...Huh?" Hara Shichi almost thought he misheard.

"Hurry up!" the girl said, somewhat annoyed.

"Oh, oh... Sorry." Hara Shichi swallowed and reached out his hand.

"Wait!" Ai shouted, stopping them. "Are you two idiots? Why don't you take out your own decks and have the other person help you put them on the Duel Disk!"

Hara Shichi, who had just extended his hand, retracted it.

"One of your hands is just restrained! The other one isn't unusable! Or are you just trying to touch a girl's thigh?!" Ai looked coldly at Hara Shichi.

"I panicked and forgot," Hara Shichi coughed dryly and said to the masked girl, "Besides, can't you use your own hand to take out your deck?"

"..." The masked girl's body stiffened, and the mask on her face trembled slightly, but she quickly calmed down. She reached into her skirt, took out a deck, and said to Hara Shichi, "Put your deck on my Duel Disk, and I'll put my deck on your Duel Disk."

"I see," Hara Shichi understood the masked girl's intention in an instant. After all, with only one hand, she couldn't draw cards from the Duel Disk on her arm, so she could only operate from the other person's Duel Disk.

"According to the rules, you cannot look at your teammate's hand, or it will be considered cheating," aaa76 suddenly interjected.

"Don't worry, we won't play such boring tricks," the masked girl said dismissively.

The two quickly inserted their decks into each other's Duel Disks.

"Then... Duel."

"Duel."

"Duel."

With that, Hara Shichi reached out and drew five cards from the Duel Disk on the masked girl's arm.

"Wait, you're too close."

"Then move your hand a little closer..."

"..."

aaa76 stared at the two silently.

"In any case, I go first," Hara Shichi said, looking at the five cards he drew, and felt a sudden pang in his stomach.

His so-called pile of random cards was actually a collection of cards he couldn't use but was too lazy or unwilling to discard, saving them for later. So... why hadn't he thrown away White Rabbit back then?

Looking at the cute White Rabbit in his hand, Hara Shichi felt that rabbits were the most detestable creatures for the first time.

"Duel Disk, please come closer," Hara Shichi said to the masked girl.

The masked girl pressed her hand down and extended her arm.

"I enter my Main Phase, summon a monster in Defense Position, set two cards, and end my turn," Hara Shichi said.

"Then, it's my turn," aaa76 said. "My turn, I draw."

"I enter my Main Phase. I activate the effect of Dragon Ruler - Dragon Dictator in my hand. I send a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon this card from my hand."

"Blue-Eyes White Dragon?" Hara Shichi was surprised. He hadn't expected his opponent to be using a Blue-Eyes White Dragon deck. Although Blue-Eyes White Dragon was very popular and well-known, the overall strength of the archetype wasn't very high. While his pile of random cards might not be able to beat it, it would definitely not be a problem for this mysterious masked girl. He was in the clear.

"Next, I activate the Spell Card - Monster Reborn, and Special Summon from the Graveyard - Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

Like a silver meteor streaking across the sky, a giant dragon with emerald eyes appeared on the Duel Field.

"I enter the Battle Phase and use Blue-Eyes White Dragon to attack the monster on your field."

A powerful white light erupted from the mouth of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The face-down monster card on the field was flipped over, revealing a rabbit munching on a carrot, looking bewildered. Before it could react, it vanished into thin air.

"Is that... White Rabbit? Are you serious??" The masked girl immediately recognized the monster defeated by the Blue-Eyes White Dragon and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"I can't help it. I'm actually a very weak Duelist, and my deck is full of weak monsters like White Rabbit, so I'm counting on you," Hara Shichi said helplessly in response to the masked girl's questioning.

The masked girl froze for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I... am actually also 'very weak'."

Oh no!

Hara Shichi suddenly realized. If he was worried about revealing his identity by using his usual deck, then the girl in front of him must have thought of the same thing. So, she was also using a pile of random cards or a deck she didn't usually use?!

Hara Shichi looked up at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon on her field, feeling a sense of fear towards it for the first time in his life...

Chapter 59: I Will Give White Rabbit Meaning!

"Dragon Ruler - Dragon Dictator, direct attack."

A massive impact struck both of them.

Hara Shichi & Masked Girl: 4000 LP → 2800 LP.

"Is the LP shared?" Hara Shichi immediately noticed this.

"Not only that, but your fields and Graveyards are also shared," aaa76 stated. "Only then can it be considered fair."

"Tch, how troublesome," the masked girl said with displeasure.

"I set two cards and end my turn," aaa76 said.

"My turn, I draw," the masked girl said, drawing a card from the Duel Disk on Hara Shichi's arm. She then quickly placed a monster card on the Duel Disk.

"I enter my Main Phase. I Special Summon Cyber Dragon from my hand!"

Cyber Dragon: ATK 2100 / DEF 1600. This card can be Special Summoned from your hand if your opponent controls a monster.

Unlike the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, the Cyber Dragon, made of machinery, had a metallic texture, cold and wild.

"Next, I activate the Equip Spell Card - Axe of Despair, which increases the ATK of the equipped monster by 1000."

Cyber Dragon: ATK 2100 → 3100!

"You're quite strong, aren't you? That's already surpassed the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's attack power," Hara Shichi praised, realizing he had been discouraged too early.

"I hope this goes smoothly," the masked girl said, commanding her Cyber Dragon, "Enter the Battle Phase. Cyber Dragon, attack Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

The Cyber Dragon opened its metallic jaws, revealing sharp fangs, and a blinding energy blast shot from its mouth. However, just as it was about to hit the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, a transparent mirror suddenly appeared, deflecting the energy blast back.

"I'll Chain its activation. Mirror Force," aaa76 declared, revealing a Set Card. "You can only activate this card when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Destroy all monsters your opponent controls that are in Attack Position."

"I knew it," the masked girl watched as her Cyber Dragon was reduced to scrap metal and disappeared from the dueling field, feeling no surprise. "I'll set two cards and end my turn."

"Then, it's my turn. Draw," aaa76 said, drawing a card from her Deck.

"Oh no, we don't have any monsters on the field right now. If they use Blue-Eyes White Dragon for a direct attack, our LPs will be wiped out," Ai said worriedly, looking at the Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field.

"Don't worry, I have a countermeasure," Hara Shichi said, looking at the Set Card on the field.

As soon as Hara Shichi finished speaking, aaa76 on the opposite side suddenly made her move. "I enter my Main Phase and activate the Spell Card – Harpie's Feather Duster, to destroy all Spells and Traps on your field."

"Pfft!" Hara Shichi almost spat out a mouthful of blood. What kind of BS is this? Tearing out Feather Duster from her hand, huh?

"You won't get away with that!" the masked girl exclaimed, yanking Hara Shichi's arm over and making a move on the Duel Disk. "I'll Chain its activation. Constellar Aldebaran! Banish Cyber Dragon from my Graveyard, and Special Summon from my hand – Cyber Laser Dragon! I'll continue the Chain with Messenger of Peace!"

"I'll continue the Chain," Hara Shichi also revealed the Set Card he had previously placed. "It's a Trap Card – Rival Appears! Select 1 monster your opponent controls that is face-up. Special Summon 1 monster from your hand with the same Level as the selected monster. I choose your Dragon Ruler - Dragon Dictator, and Special Summon Demonic Imp Bloodstone from my hand!"

"You only managed to trade one card?" aaa76 said indifferently, watching as only one Set Card was sent to the Graveyard. "In that case, I'll activate the effect of the Dragon Ruler - Dragon Dictator in my hand again. Send one Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard, and Special Summon it from my hand."

"Next, I activate Dragon Shrine. Send 1 Dragon monster from my Deck to the Graveyard. If the monster sent to the Graveyard by this effect is a Normal Dragon monster, you can send 1 more Dragon monster from your Deck to the Graveyard."

"I'll send Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the Graveyard, and then I'll send Jet Dragon to the Graveyard."

"One, two, three... A-Qi, she's gathered three Blue-Eyes White Dragons on her field and in her Graveyard combined. She's trying to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Ai quickly warned upon seeing this.

"No rush. She's used all her hand cards. Without a Fusion Spell, the Blue-Eyes White Dragons in her Graveyard are meaningless." Although aaa76 had performed a lot of flashy maneuvers, she had only managed to fill her Graveyard with two resources that might not even be usable.