And at the scene, in the maintenance station of the Ragnarok team...
"The day has finally come, the time to truly compete with Jack, right Dragan?"
After hearing Braver's words, the serious expression on his face that was facing Jack finally showed a smile. After all, he had been waiting for this day for a long time to wash away this shame.
"Yeah, thanks to you two. I can remember the fighting soul of the past! At that time, if it weren't for Harald's help, I would still be in the snowy mountains, shutting myself in an autistic shell. Escaping reality! I can’t muster the courage.”
Braver encouraged Dragan with a smile and patted his shoulder: "I understand your mood now. So, you don't need to worry about anything else, just let go and fight! Get back your lost self-esteem! "
"Um."
In a moment, the contestants of the first round, Jack and Dragan, were already waiting on the track, ready to go.
The host took the microphone and shouted excitedly: "The contestants from both sides of the first round, Jack and Dragan, have reached the starting line! And the competition is about to begin!"
Many Jack fans in the audience began to cheer loudly for Jack, including Shen Ying, Carly, and the waiter at the cafe opposite Yusei's residence.
Long Ya looked worried: "Jack, there should be no problem, right?"
"no problem."
Yusei believed in Jack. He was not the kind of man who gets easily discouraged. With his hurt self-esteem, he would definitely rely on his own strength to win in an upright manner.
"Duel mode! Field magic [High Speed World - Terminal] activated!"
Accompanied by the mechanical sound of wheel D, Dragan inserted the card deck into the card slot of his left arm and automatically shuffled the cards. And shouted to Jack on the side: "I'm going to do it! Jack! This time, I will definitely defeat you!"
Jack did the same thing. He inserted the card deck into the card slot of his left arm. The deck shuffled automatically and pointed at Dragan: "Come here! Ben Jack Atlas will not lose to someone like you. !”
At this moment, the countdown has entered. As the tense countdown gradually reached zero, the two of them rushed out in an instant.
"Mounted duel! Speed up!"
"duel--!"
(Jack, Lp: 4000VS Dragan, Lp: 4000)
As soon as Jack started, he increased the speed of wheel D to the top, rushed forward in one breath, and quickly surpassed Dragan.
Host: "Jack is one step ahead for now!"
Seeing Jack's speed, Braver couldn't help but exclaimed: "What's going on with this speed?!"
Seeing that he was lagging behind, Dragan accelerated the pursuit again. "Is this the emotion you put into this duel? But I won't lose to you!"
Jack shouted to Dragan: "How much effort have we made in the past year to perfect the D-wheel? Do you think you can win the D-wheel that has been perfectly transformed after putting in so much effort?!"
Finally, Jack successfully negotiated the corner and entered the race, taking the lead in one go.
Afterwards, the two drew an initial hand of cards from the deck. But when they saw the contents of the deck, they were immediately shocked by their initial hand cards.
Jack looked in disbelief and said in confusion: "This hand is...how could such a thing happen?"
Dragan couldn't help but sigh: "It's actually the same hand as before! Is this really possible?"
The cards the two of them were holding at the moment were exactly the same initial cards from the duel. If we talk about probability, if two people start with exactly the same cards and then draw cards, the probability that the six cards in their hands will be in the same order is only 1 in 2,763,633,660. This is without considering that there are cards with the same name in the deck.
It’s okay for one person to be exactly the same. The cards in both hands were exactly the same. It was probably because Red Dragon and God deliberately arranged the same cards for the fateful duel between the two of them. Otherwise, it can only be explained by cheating. The probability is much smaller than throwing all three dice into 6.
And both of them have three monsters and two trap cards.
Jack looked serious and thought to himself: "Is this a pure coincidence? Or is this a follow-up to fate wanting me to reenact that duel?"
"My turn! Draw a card!"
first round:
(High-speed counters: Jack 1, Dragan 1)
After drawing the card, Jack glanced at the card he drew. It was the monster card [Leader], which was exactly the same as the duel that year.
"Sure enough, it's the same card as before! Could it be that in order to regain the injured self-esteem, the only way is to defeat the card in the original duel and win that duel?"
"I usually summon the Adjustment Monster [Leader]!"
As the card is placed on the duel plate in round d, a speeding running robot appears on Jack's side, and Jack is running as a follower (wind attribute, monster area No. 1, LV4, attack power\/1100).
Dragan was also surprised when he saw this: "[Leader]! The duel unfolded just like that time... As expected, Jack, did you also draw the same hand?"
"I then cover up two cards in my hand! The round is over! Come on! Dragan! Decide the winner in the duel at that time! It is our destiny!"
On both sides of Jack's d-wheel, large-sized cards emerged and floated aside in a covered state.
(Lp: 4000, 3 cards in hand, 2 cover cards, 1 monster, 1 high-speed counter)
Dragan secretly thought to himself at this moment: "Sure enough, you have the same manipulation as you did back then! Is this the goddess of fate who wants to give me a chance for revenge by recreating that duel?! Very good!"
After thinking about it, Dragan shouted to Jack: "Then come on! Jack Atlas! This time, I will win! My turn!"
second round:
(High-speed counters: Dragan 2, Jack 2)
After Dragan drew a card (card 6 in hand), he curled up his lips and put the card on the deck.
"I usually summon [Pole Star Beast-Garm]!"
Along with a burst of light channel, a red hound appeared from it, like a sheepdog surrounding a sheep, surrounding Dragan's d wheel and following him (dark attribute, monster area No. 1, LV4, attack Force\/800).
Harald's expression condensed: "Leader and Garm..."
In order to study this battle, Crow and the others had watched the aftermath of the duel between Jack and Dragan three years ago. Now that this familiar unfolding made Crow also couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "Isn't this just like the previous one?" Is it the same as a duel?"
"Then I cover a card! The round is over!" (Card 4 in hand) Dragan threw away the card and did not choose to attack.
(Lp: 4000, 4 cards in hand, 1 cover card, 1 monster, 2 high-speed counters)
"It's exactly the same duel."
In the lounge, Kusanagi found out from the duel between Jack and Dragan that the duel was exactly the same as what he remembered seeing in the anime.
"Because history has changed, various events have changed to some extent, and I am used to it."
You Mu couldn't help but recall the various changes he had experienced in this world: "However, this completely normal development and this slow-paced duel are really long time gone. It's really interesting."
Round three:
"My turn, draw a card!" (Hand 4)
(High speed counters: Jack 3, Dragan 3)
After drawing the card, Jack picked out the cards in his hand from the card holder on his left arm with his right hand and placed them on the monster area of the duel plate.
"I usually summon [Powerful Destroyer]!"
A powerful warrior covered in darkness with arm blades in both hands appeared on Jack's field, tied with the leader (Earth attribute, No. 2 monster zone, LV4, attack power/1900). (Hand 3)
Jack blew his right hand on his chest, then raised it and shouted: "Then, I use the level 4 adjustment monster [Leader] to synchronize with the level 4 [Powerful Destroyer]!"
I saw the leader running and jumping up, his body decomposed into four stars, forming a scale ring, and the powerful destroyer was trapped in it, and his body turned transparent, and finally turned into four stars juxtaposed among them, rising into the sky with the beam of light. And rise (LV4+LV4=LV8).
Jack began to chant the lines for summoning the Red Lotus Demonic Dragon: "The shock of the king is now manifested here! Be optimistic about this power that makes the world roar! Synchronized Summoning! My soul! [Red Lotus Demonic Dragon]!" (High-speed counter: Jack 5, Dragan 3)
The Red Lotus Demonic Dragon spreads its wings and appears in Hell, roaring and flying above Jack, flying in the d wheel (dark attribute, monster area No. 1, LV8, attack power/3000).
"Oh, Jack Atlas successfully summoned his ace monster! Red Lotus Dragon!"
Until the appearance of the Red Lotus Dragon, whether it was Yu Xing, Harald, or Yu Mu, they were all convinced that the duel between Jack and Dragan was going on exactly as it had been that year.
Therefore, whether it is a monster or a Gaika, it is still the same as before.
The duel before was the scene now. Jack attacks with the Red Lotus Dragon and destroys Dragan's monster. Due to the agreement, Dragan did not activate the cover card, and Dragan did not do anything after that, so he was completely defeated by Jack in the fifth round. It caused serious damage to his self-esteem.
This was the process of the original duel. And Dragan firmly believed that if he had activated the set card at that time, he would definitely beat Jack. Jack has no power to resist in front of him! But in order to save his father, he had to give up his dignity as a duelist and lose to Jack in a fake match. What a shame!
"Come on! Dragan! I won't run away or hide! Just try, if you can defeat me with that Gaika!"
After saying that, Jack turned the D wheel and drove backwards, and the Red Lotus Dragon also turned to face Dragan and his monster.
"Fight! [Red Lotus Demonic Dragon] attacks [Polestar Beast-Garm]! Suppress with absolute power!"
Dragan waved his hand, and the cover card on his field suddenly opened.
"Open the cover card! Activate the trap card! [Pole Star Treasure - Brisiga Mann]!"
Then a gorgeous jewelry necklace was equipped around Garm's neck.
Jack, on the other hand, showed no fear and urged: "Let me see the effect of the card you bet your dignity on!"
Dragan activated the set trap card at this moment, and explained the effect at this moment: "Choose 1 face-up monster on your own and the opponent's field to activate. The attack power of the selected own monster will be used until the end phase. The attack power becomes the same as the original attack power of the selected opponent's monster! And I choose your Red Lotus Demonic Dragon! In other words, Garm's attack power will become 3000!"
After that, Garm's attack power instantly increased to the same level as the Red Lotus Demonic Dragon, and the red Red Lotus fire condensed from it into the appearance of the Red Lotus Demonic Dragon (attack power\/800→3000).
When Long Ya saw this, he sighed: "The attack power is the same. In this case, the result is that we will both die together."
Jack's lips curled up. "Interesting! Then I will accompany you to the end!"
After saying that, Jack waved his hand and activated the Gaika on his field: "Activate the permanent trap [Cry of Life and Death]! I will Special Summon the [Leader] in the graveyard in attack position!"
After that, the leader flew out of the dark passage that appeared on the ground, reappeared, and came to Jack's field (Monster Zone No. 2, LV4, attack power\/1100).
Dragan said: "The leader is back again..."
"Furthermore! According to the effect of [Leader]! As long as this card is face-up on the field, the attack power of all face-up Synchro monsters on your field increases by 600!"
"What!" Dragan was shocked.
Subsequently, the attack power of the Red Lotus Dragon on Jack's field was increased (attack power\/3000+600=3600).
After that, the Red Lotus Demonic Dragon struck down with a flaming dragon claw, directly tearing the flaming Red Lotus Demonic Dragon above Garm into pieces.
As the flames spread, Garm was destroyed on the spot, and the impact caused damage to Dragan, and his health was reduced (Lp4000-600=3400).
Jack said to Dragan at this moment: "From this point of view, the outcome of that year is already clear! Do you understand, Dragan? You can't defeat me!"
Dragan raised his right arm and wiped the dust from his face as he stood. "I did underestimate you, Jack Atlas. But Garm will be destroyed, just as I expected! That Gaika is just the beginning!"
Having said that, Dragan showed a card in his hand: "When a monster on your field is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, this card can be Special Summoned from your hand. Come out [Polestar Beast] —Tangjost]!”
A black goat appeared from the light at this moment, making a bleating cry, and appeared on Dragan's field (Earth attribute, No. 1 monster area, LV3, defense power\/1100).
"Come on! Jack Atlas, just attack us!"
Harald of the Ragnarok team looked at Dragan's manipulation through the display screen at the maintenance station and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems like you want to summon the gods!"
Braver crossed his arms and leaned on the seat: "It seems that Jack has completely fallen into Dragan's tactics."
Harald's eyes became sharp at this moment, and his expression was very serious. He murmured to himself: "Experience the terror of God for yourself, Jack."
(Tips: Monster card effect explanation [Polestar Beast-Tangjost], earth attribute, beast type, level 3, monster | effect, field: Polestar Beast)
(Attack power\/800, defense power\/1100)
(Effect: When a monster on your field is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, this card can be Special Summoned from your hand. Once per turn, when this card on the field in Defense Position is changed to face-up Attack Position, you can Special Summon 1 monster with [Polestar Beast] in its name from your deck in face-up defense position, other than [Polestar Beast-Tangjost].)
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