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"Card-gambling duel?"
The balding man's heart skipped a beat as he looked at the five-year-old boy in front of him. For some reason, he seemed to glimpse an extraordinary aura in the boy's eyes. He was just a child, yet what was this inherent king-like presence?
"This kid is a bit strange..."
The balding man's heart already began to falter. But seeing the surrounding onlookers, who loved a good show, he knew he was now cornered.
"Tch, he's just a brat..."
"A card-gambling duel, huh? Alright, I'll bet this rare card, [Monster Reborn], against you! How about it?"
Monster Reborn.
Judai's eyes darkened as he looked at the card the man held up. Monster Reborn was indeed a rare card in the Yu-Gi-Oh! world. While everyone in the storyline seemed to have one... for an ordinary person to buy it, it would certainly be unaffordable. Though Judai's family was well-off, they were only upper-middle class. A Monster Reborn was not something a child like him could afford with pocket money.
"Kid, since it's a card-gambling duel, what card do you plan to bet?" The balding man gritted his teeth, staring intently at Judai. He could tell the child's family was likely wealthy. Rich kids must have many rare cards, right?
Yuuki Judai's lips curled into a smile. Sorry. He didn't have any rare cards. The only rare card he possessed, [Yubel], was his soulmate for life, and there was no way he'd bet it.
"I don't have any rare cards. If I lose, how about I give you my entire deck?"
His entire deck?
The boy's words made everyone gasp.
"You, are you kidding me?!"
"That confident? Aren't you afraid of losing your entire deck because of one sentence?"
"This kid..."
The onlookers buzzed with discussion. In this world, a deck was as important as a duelist's life. Even a child understood this principle. To put his entire deck up as a betting condition—wasn't that akin to betting his future dueling career?!
This child... he was extraordinary.
This belief, this courage to bet everything on a duel... it was terrifying.
"Alright... I just hope you don't cry when you lose." The balding man swallowed, his mouth twitching slightly. He already felt the pressure. But he didn't want to admit it: this pressure was coming from a five-year-old child.
"Then, let's begin." Judai's expression turned serious, a faint orange glow flickering in his eyes. The Supreme King's aura began to envelop the surroundings.
"Duel!"
Both drew five cards from their decks. On the scoreboard beside them, their respective Life Points were displayed.
[LP: 4000]
"I'll give you the first turn, kid." The balding man glanced at his hand and said magnanimously. He'd first see what kind of deck this kid was using, then formulate a strategy.
Hearing the man's words, Judai's lips curled into an imperceptible smile.
"Then, I Normal Summon [Elemental HERO Avian]."
As he placed one of his hand cards in the Monster Zone, everyone immediately looked over.
[Elemental HERO Avian]
[Level 3]
[ATK: 1000, DEF: 1000]
"It's a HERO deck."
"And a very ordinary HERO at that. Doesn't seem like much."
The people around them discussed. The balding man also felt a sense of relief. HERO decks were not uncommon in this world. Besides, what use could this low-level HERO with only 1000 ATK be?
"Hmph."
Yuuki Judai's lips curved. Under everyone's gaze, he set all four cards in his hand face-down in the Spell/Trap Zone.
"I set four cards. Turn end."
"???"
At that moment, everyone was stunned.
One monster in attack position, four face-down in the back row, "please be gentle with me"?
"This, isn't this a HERO deck?"
"Why does this setup look so strange?"
"Is this really a HERO deck?"
"What kind of HERO deck starts with one monster in attack and four set cards?"
The balding man was also dumbfounded. He swallowed, drawing a card from his deck.
"My turn..."
"I Normal Summon [Armored Lizard] in Attack Position!"
[Armored Lizard]
[Level 4]
[ATK: 1500, DEF: 1200]
Its ATK was higher than Avian's!
But...
Everyone looked at the boy. The boy simply smiled and calmly flipped open a face-down card.
"Then, I activate a Trap Card."
"Trap Hole!"
"Destroy the monster you just Summoned that has 1000 or more ATK!"
Hiss—!
You put Trap Hole in a HERO deck?!
Everyone gasped.
This wasn't a HERO deck at all.
This was clearly a Shadow HERO deck!