How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

Yuuto sighed and raised the arm with the Duel Disk on it: "Alright, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, I think you should know very well why I came to find you. So, are you going to resist now? Or resist? Or resist?"

This action makes it impossible to tell whether he intends to summon a white dragon or is preparing to activate a Noble Phantasm...

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's smile faltered: "These all seem to be the same option, don't they? Aren't there any other options for me?"

“Yes, of course there is. For options like this, I also have the option to surrender…” Yu Watari nodded without putting down the duel disk, and asked him nonchalantly, “But would you choose that?”

"of course not."

"A whole stack, oh, Bruce—"

"Wait a minute!"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada hurriedly stopped Yutari, who had just summoned the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and took a deep breath under the gaze of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon's azure eyes.

"Ruler, I challenge you to a duel!"

Yu Du: "Huh?"

His unexpected words made Yuuto reach out and stop the Blue-Eyes White Dragon beside him. "Wait... let me confirm, is the duel you're talking about the same kind of duel I understand?"

That's strange, is he hallucinating?

It sounded like his opponent had asked him to play cards.

I've never heard of such a request in my entire life!

"I suppose there aren't any other duels for you, right? After all, that's your Noble Phantasm, isn't it?"

The bet was right!

As expected, he values ​​those 'duel' battles using cards more than normal battles!

Seeing that the white dragon had stopped its attack, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a calm smile returned to his face. He pointed to the Duel Disk on Yutari's arm.

The meaning is self-evident.

"Huh? You already know that it's my Noble Phantasm, yet instead of running away, you take the initiative to challenge me?"

"That's interesting, let's do it that way!"

Yuwatari removed the cards from the Duel Disk and shuffled them back into his deck. He then noticed the edge of a black skirt peeking out from behind a stone pillar not far behind Amakusa Shiro Tokisada and roughly guessed what he was thinking.

So that's how it is. It's because he saw that Semiramis was powerless against the True Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon and felt that he had no chance of winning in a normal battle, so he decided to take a different approach and defeat him through a duel.

Reassured, Yuuto turned his back to Amakusa Shiro Tokisada and slowly walked towards Leticia, who was holding the Holy Lance, to distance himself from her, all the while trying to suppress the corners of his mouth that were desperately trying to turn up.

This seems to be the first time, right?

To think that my opponent would preemptively issue me a duel challenge...

Oh dear, if all my future opponents were as sensible as Amakusa and would take the initiative to line up and ask me to play cards, it would save me the trouble of having to go through all the trouble of finding them one by one.

After creating enough distance, Yuto turned around to face Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, raised the Duel Disk on his arm, and activated his Noble Phantasm. An invisible domain spread out, encompassing the entire underground space.

Under the influence of Yuwatari's Noble Phantasm, a beam of light shone from the gap in the Greater Grail onto Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's left arm, condensing into a duel disk shaped like a red and black cross.

At the same time, a large amount of information flooded into his mind, but fortunately, he already knew most of this information from Karna beforehand, so he quickly sorted it out.

"Come on! Let our duel begin!"

Yuwatari and his opponent Amakusa Shiro Tokisada stared at each other, while simultaneously drawing their initial five cards from the top of their decks.

"DUEL!" ×2

【Yoto LP: 4000】

[Amakusa Shiro Tokisada LP: 4000]

"I got the first turn? Then it's my turn!"

The duel disk showed the order of the two players' turns. Yuuto glanced down at the five cards he had just drawn.

"I activate the effect of 'White Maiden' in my hand, sending this card to the Graveyard, and placing 1 'True Light' from my Deck face-up in the Spell/Trap Zone!"

Rumbling--

As the sound of the ferryman faded, the entire Sky Garden began to tremble continuously.

Above this underground space, Mordred, who happened to be passing by, almost had the Lion's Bane, which he was carrying on his shoulder, thrown off due to the sudden tremor.

"Whoa! What's wrong?"

The Red Faction Servants carrying Atalanta arrived from behind. Karna crouched down and placed his palm on the floor to sense the vibration: "The vibration is coming from below."

“Next? Okay!” Mordred shrugged his Master on his shoulder, then used his other hand to plant Clarent in the floor, where wisps of crimson lightning began to spread.

Chiron, who arrived late, sensed something was wrong when he saw this and quickly spoke up to stop her.

"Wait--"

"Red Thunder!"

boom!

The tremors caused by the explosion of the Crimson Lightning were mixed in with the vibrations and were not noticed by You Du and the others in the underground space.

After the tremors ended, a stone slab engraved with a blue-eyed white dragon rose from the ground and stood behind Youdu.

On the stone slab, the lines of the blue-eyed white dragon pattern shimmered with a faint blue light in the dim underground space.

Chapter 167 Is this correct?

That's... a stone mural?

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada scrutinized the stone slab that had appeared behind Yutari.

He recalled the information he had just received, which stated that if he did not have a deck at the start of the duel, a deck would be temporarily generated based on his past, present, and future for him to use in the duel.

In other words, the deck he is currently using is at least a good fit for him in some aspect.

So, does Yuuto's deck also contain information related to his identity?

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada thought it was possible, but the possibility was not very high. He might not even recognize the card if it actually appeared.

Even so, he still perked up and paid close attention to every card that Yuto would use next.

"Activate the effect of [True Light]!"

You Du waved his hand, and the pattern displayed on the stone slab behind him changed accordingly.

"I move one Spell/Trap Card with the name 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my Deck to my field if the same card is not on my field or in my Graveyard."

"I place [Blue-Eyed Prayer] on my field!"

The blue-eyed white dragon on the stone slab disappeared, replaced by a blue-eyed silver dragon flying above a young girl, flapping its wings and creating a gust of wind that blew up the pattern in the girl's hair.

"Activate the effect of the normal spell [Blue-Eyed Prayer]!" Yuuto flipped the card he had just set over at the right moment.

"Discard one card from your hand, and add 1 Spell/Trap Card with the name of 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' (excluding 'Blue-Eyes Prayer') and 1 LIGHT Level 1 Tuner from your Deck to your hand!"

"I add the Quick-Play Spells [Ultimate Fusion] and [Blue-Eyed Sage] to my hand, and then Normal Summon [Blue-Eyed Sage]!"

He sent Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon from his hand to the Graveyard in exchange for two cards retrieved from his deck, and then placed the newly retrieved Blue-Eyes Sage in the Monster Zone.

A white-haired man holding a staff appeared on the field of the ferry with a gust of wind, the hem of his robes fluttering in the wind.

The Sage with Blue Eyes

【1 stars】

[Mage/Adjustment/Light]

[Attack power: 0]

"The effect of [Blue-Eyed Sage] activates!" The Duel Disk on Yuwatari's arm made a swishing sound as it shuffled the deck, and a card popped out from it.

"When this card is summoned, I can add 1 LIGHT Level 1 Tuner, other than 'Blue-Eyed Sage', from my Deck to my hand!"

"I've added [The Priest with Blue Eyes] to my hand! And then..."

"Awaken! Circuit of Light that illuminates the future!"

You Du pulled out the card, raised his finger and pointed to the pool above, which served as the ceiling of the underground space, and a crystal-blue circuit unfolded.

"Arrow confirmed! ↙! Summoning condition: 1 Dragon or Mage monster of 4 stars or lower! I will set the link marker as [Blue-Eyed Sage]!"

"Connection Summoning! L-ink1!"

"【The Blue-Eyed Elf】!"

The Blue-Eyed Elf

[Attack power: 300]

Seeing the familiar young dragon again, and knowing that it was the blue-eyed white dragon statue in the mortuary, Leticia cast a pitying look at it.

She already knew what was going to happen to the poor little guy.

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, who had previously watched the duel between Yudo and Vlad III through surveillance magic, also remembered the monster's effects.

"I activate the effect of [Blue-Eyed Elf], adding 1 [Hall of Light] from my Deck to my hand and activating it immediately!"

With a casual flick of his wrist, Yuto's newly acquired card landed perfectly on the area of ​​the Duel Disk.

Amidst the earth-shaking tremors, a white light appeared from nowhere, illuminating this underground space. The pale green marble pillars were stained white, and a circular metal altar rose from beneath the feet of the [Blue-Eyed Elf].

"The effect of [Hall of Light] is activated! Send 1 Level 8 [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] from your Deck to the Graveyard, and increase the ATK of [Blue-Eyes Spirit] on the field by 800!"

The white dragon's soul remained attached to the young dragon as before, while Yudou continued to activate the other effect of [Blue-Eyed Spirit] without stopping.

"Release the Blue-Eyes Sprite on my field to Special Summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Graveyard!"

"And at that moment, another effect of [White Maiden] in the Graveyard is activated! When I Special Summon [Blue-Eyes White Dragon], this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard!"

The young dragon transformed into a statue, and the soul of the blue-eyed white dragon, carrying a white-haired girl, flew out of its body. As they landed on the swimming field, they gradually solidified and both became physical entities.

"Roar!"

【Blue Eyes White Dragon】

[Attack power: 3000]

【White Girl】

【1 stars】

[Mage/Adjustment/Light]

[Defense: 0]

Despite the presence of an unfamiliar monster, this familiar scene did not surprise Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

Next, it's time to begin the ritual summoning, right?

After all, the monster called "Blue-Eyes Chaos Dragon" last time seemed pretty strong, so he was probably using a Ritual deck, right?

As he was thinking this, he saw Yudo take out a card.

"When [Hall of Light] is present, I can summon 1 additional Level 1 LIGHT Tuner monster in addition to my Normal Summon!"

"I usually summon the [Blue-Eyed Priest]!"

The Priest with Blue Eyes

【1 stars】

[Mage/Adjustment/Light]

[Attack power: 300]

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada: "?"

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, who had guessed wrong, remained silent for a moment as he watched the middle-aged man with the blue-eyed white dragon's features walking towards him on the ferry crossing.

No, is that right?

Tuner monsters are probably needed for Synchro Summoning, right?

Could it be that he doesn't have a Ritual deck but a Synchro deck?

"Activate the monster effect of [Blue-Eyed Priest]! When this card is successfully Summoned, I can add 1 Level 1 LIGHT Tuner monster from my Graveyard to my hand!"

Using the Priest's effect, Yuwatari retrieved the "Blue-Eyed Sage" that he had previously sent into the graveyard, and then took out another Spell Card from the graveyard and showed it to Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

"I banish 'Blue-Eyes Prayer' from my Graveyard and use its effect to equip 'Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon' as an Equip Card to 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon' from my Extra Deck!"

The soul of the Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon flew out of the statue and into the body of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, just as the soul of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon had previously attached itself to the body of the blue-eyed elf.