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Chapter 904: Everything I Have Obtained Comes Entirely From My Own Efforts. System, Sell Card!
"Waaah! Don't touch it!"
"I'll blast you apart, blast you all apart!"
At first, Tragoedia was still attempting to resist, but bound by seemingly fragile silk threads, it couldn't move at all. It could only watch helplessly as Hayato's Shaddolls approached it, unscrupulously plundering the last remaining power from its body.
As its final power was drained, Tragoedia's foundation as a Card Spirit was also rapidly being worn down. Even its thought and wisdom were on the verge of being completely squeezed out by El Shaddoll Nephilim and El Shaddoll Midrash, who were leading the charge.
The loss of its power had become an irreversible fact. Tragoedia, abandoning its previous arrogance, humbly begged the Shaddolls surrounding it, pleading with them not to erase the last trace of its existence in the World.
However, no matter how it wailed, the Shaddolls remained unmoved. This was because Hayato had told them, "Ordinary Spirits feel fear and are afraid of pain, which affects the power they can exert. But Tragoedia has no pain sensation."
Since Hayato said it had none, then Tragoedia definitely had no pain sensation. Those wails must be faked, and there was no need to pay attention to them.
As for whether Tragoedia actually had pain sensation? The Shaddolls didn't care about such matters. They only knew that if Hayato said it had no pain sensation, then it had better truly have none.
Watching El Shaddoll Midrash and El Shaddoll Nephilim, who had taken its power and spirituality, their originally stiff expressions recovering some liveliness, looking at it with increasingly greedy gazes, Tragoedia's inner thoughts were dominated by fear, and it said in despair:
"Don't come near me!!"
Its voice abruptly halted there. The last image in its consciousness was the Dragon Monster El Shaddoll Midrash was riding opening its mouth wide and biting through its throat.
Tragoedia stopped thinking.
Hayato then picked up the Card from the Surface World that Tragoedia had regarded as its lifeline, the Monster Card Tragoedia.
"Oh? This Card..." Beside Hayato, Aleister the Invoker, who had come out to wander around because he had appeared in the Duel just now, examined the Tragoedia in Hayato's hand with interest. But after carefully sensing the Card's aura, he shook his head with a regretful expression.
"What a pity. If it had retained that Spirit, this Card could have served as quite good material, whether for my Spell Formulas or something else, it had many uses. But now, it's like the diamond has been removed from a diamond ring, it's just a good-looking metal band."
"Diamonds don't have any value anyway."
"So I was just making a comparison," Aleister the Invoker spread his hand. Having lost interest in Tragoedia, he returned to the Card.
Hayato didn't feel pity because of Aleister's words. Compared to the remaining value that could be squeezed out of Tragoedia's Card without killing it, he felt it was better to erase this pure menace from the World. It also made his mood better.
Besides, even without the Spirit, who said Tragoedia's Card couldn't still squeeze out some remaining value? Hayato was an expert in this aspect.
"Everything I, Hayato Kobayashi, have possessed up to now has come entirely from my own effort. It is because I myself have extraordinary talent." Raising the Tragoedia Card in his hand, Hayato skillfully opened the System Shop, as he was very practiced at taking other people's Deck and selling them. "System, sell this Card for me."
[Card detected... Card Rarity: UTR. Please Select Sale Method—]
"Hmm?"
Seeing the wording on the stats panel before him that he hadn't seen before, Hayato strangely put down his raised hand and carefully read the text displayed by the System.
In the past, recycling Cards didn't have this step. The System would only pop up a window showing the specific DP Points that could be obtained after recycling the Card and a "Recycle?" prompt, in case Hayato picked the wrong Card. Hayato only needed to click affirmative and it was done.
But now, for the first time, the System provided four Plan options for Hayato to choose from.
[Plan One: Recycle Card Tragoedia, Obtain one of each Card from the Special Card Series Planet Deck]
Switching the Option tab, Hayato glanced at the Planet Cards he had stored in the Warehouse, which he had assembled so far. Then he turned his head to look at the other three Planet Cards scattered on the ground from Tenma Yexing's Deck around him. He immediately passed on this Option.
Although Hayato himself did have a certain collecting habit, he had no such boring interest in collecting another set when he had already almost collected all the Cards.
[Plan Two: Recycle Card Tragoedia (UTR), Obtain one Tragoedia UR-Rank Card, 3000 DP Points]
This second Plan did make Hayato find it a bit interesting. Recycle a Tragoedia with UTR Rarity, and then get a Tragoedia of a slightly lower Rarity, UR Level, plus a full 3000 DP Points. Although Hayato's daily life DP Points were often less than 10000 Points due to frequently opening Card Packs and drawing Cards, he wouldn't be bought off by a mere 3000 Points.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Hayato had recycled a Card with UTR Level Rarity. The Card Rarity grading given by the System only included "N", "R", "SR", and "UR". The "UTR" Level was also the first time it had appeared. Hayato guessed that perhaps it was this Rarity that caused the System to offer different recycling Plans for the first time.
In Hayato's understanding, the so-called "UTR" Rarity in the real Card environment of the past referred to "stereoscopic", "embossed", or "engraving" Cards. Compared to UR Level Cards, in addition to the Card Name part being hot-stamped, parts of the Card Art would have a micro-frosted shimmering Effect, giving it a layered feel.
However, Hayato examined the Tragoedia Card in his hand, but it did not show the stereoscopic Effect where different parts would light up when viewed from different angles. From this, it could be known that the "UTR" judged by the System and the "UTR" in Hayato's understanding were perhaps two different Concepts.
Looking at the System stats panel again, Hayato found that at the very bottom of the four recycling methods provided, there was a Description of "UTR", and it was quite simple and easy to understand.
[UTR: Refers to a UR Level Card that once Hosted a Spirit, but has now Disappeared, with only undetectable residual Power remaining]
The general meaning was that the Tragoedia Card itself was just a UR Card. It was only because the evil spirit Tragoedia had once Hosted the Card, and then died without transferring to another Card, that this Tragoedia Card was defined as UTR.
And if Tragoedia hadn't died, this Tragoedia Card might have been rated as an "HR" Level Card, meaning a Card that still Hosted a Powerful Spirit. However, if Tragoedia hadn't died, Hayato wouldn't have been able to have the System recycle a Card whose ownership did not belong to him.
Hayato then looked at the remaining two Options.
[Plan Three: Recycle Card Tragoedia, Obtain Unlock Right for Hidden Card Ma'at]
This Plan truly made Hayato's heart flutter. As early as when he guessed that Tenma Yexing was related to Tragoedia, Hayato had specifically searched through the System Shop, attempting to find Ma'at, the Card that defeated Tragoedia in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.
When Tragoedia was Sealed three thousand years ago by the Priests led by Aknadin, Karim, and Seto, in addition to creating the "Planet" Cards based on the Solar System as a Seal, they also stripped Tragoedia of its heart, which contained the most power, and made it into a Card that combined the power of light and dark. That was Light and Darkness Dragon.
In Egyptian Mythology, the Death God Anubis in the Underworld would weigh the heart of the dead to decide how to dispose of them. The weighing basis for measuring the weight of the heart of the dead was a feather, and Winged Kuriboh was once called the "Spirit of the White Feather".
In the manga, Winged Kuriboh and Light and Darkness Dragon were held by Judai Yuki and Manjoume Jun respectively. In the confrontation with Professor Mackenzie, who was possessed by Tragoedia, Judai used card printing, I mean fusion, to create Ma'at, a Card named after the Goddess of Truth and Justice in Egyptian Mythology.
Its Effect was quite simple, stripping away all the flashy stuff, it was pure draw a card and ATK boosting. Although it had the condition of needing to accurately use prevision for the top Card of the Deck to activate continuously, sometimes the more pure the Effect, the easier it was to use. For example, some Cards have a bunch of flashy Effects, but they are not as concise, simple, and cool as Pot of Greed's Effect.
Even putting aside the Effect, the Ma'at Card itself had quite high aesthetic appeal. Because it was born with the blessing of the power left behind by the Priests three thousand years ago, it actually carried all seven Millennium Items!
The combined Millennium Key and Millennium Rod forming a long scepter/staff, the Millennium Scale as an item equipped on the left hand, and from the head downwards, wearing the Millennium Eye, Millennium Necklace, Millennium Ring, and Millennium Puzzle. Although the position of the Millennium Puzzle was slightly awkward in the crotch area, it did not affect Ma'at's overall appearance.
Not to mention, the System also informed Hayato for the first time that there were actually Hidden Cards in the Shop that seemed to contain all Cards. No wonder Hayato couldn't find Cards like Kashtira or Tearlaments when he wanted to exchange for them before.
Although it wasn't directly obtaining the Ma'at Card but obtaining the "Unlock Right", Hayato believed that no matter how difficult the unlock Condition was, it would absolutely not stop his heart that wanted to collect everything. If he missed this Opportunity, who knew when he would have another Chance to obtain the Ma'at Card.
As for why he didn't emulate Judai Yuki in the manga and perform fusion with the Light and Darkness Dragon Hayato already had? Actually, after the KC Cup, in order to comfort the slightly relaxed but also somewhat lost little Judai, who had launched Yubel's Card into Space with KaibaCorp's Rocket, Hayato had given Judai the Winged Kuriboh Card in advance.
After all, Hayato really didn't have much use for Winged Kuriboh. Not every powerful Card is necessarily suitable for oneself. Relatively speaking, he actually trusted Rainbow Kuriboh more.
Not only because Rainbow Kuriboh had accompanied him for so long and they had formed such a deep Bond, but also partly because Hayato knew the inside story that Rainbow Kuriboh was born in Nefertari's heart in the past and was a Spirit meant to protect "himself" inside.
And Light and Darkness Dragon, that Card was a gift given to him by Manjoume Jun during Battle City, hoping it could help Hayato become the Duel King—although it was never used until the end.
But actually, right after Manjoume gave the Card to Hayato, the Spirit of Light and Darkness Dragon in the Card ran back to Manjoume's body on its own, and even created a Card to host it out of thin air. Because of this, Hayato even had the idea of suggesting that Manjoume Jun could make money by selling the Light and Darkness Dragon Card.
Hayato did still have Light and Darkness Dragon in his hand, but it was fundamentally just an empty shell, completely lacking the Spirit's spirituality. Just adding it to the Deck and using it was already quite difficult. Hayato didn't think that Light and Darkness Dragon Card could be Fused into Ma'at as the "Heart" and "Feather".
However, it seemed that it wasn't just Hayato. Manjoume Jun also seemed to have issues because Light and Darkness Dragon's spirituality was too strong. Every time he dueled, the Light and Darkness Dragon in his Deck would always run to the top on its own, causing a bricked hand, forcing Manjoume to summon it as quickly as possible, and then use its forced activation Effect to severely trap Manjoume.
In short, although Hayato hadn't finished reading all four Plans, he had already basically locked in his final Choice as Plan Three in his inner thoughts. However, he still decided to finish reading the fourth recycling method.
But after seeing Plan Four, Hayato was stunned. After a moment of hesitation and struggle, with a heavy mood, he resolutely gave up Plan Three and chose the fourth recycling method.
Although Ma'at was a Hidden Card that Hayato's System could not provide, it was still possible for it to be born in the hands of the grown-up Manjoume Jun and Judai Yuki in the future, and Plan Three was merely to satisfy Hayato's personal collecting habit.
But this fourth Option was a genuine necessity, and it would soon come into use. Moreover, if Hayato did not choose this Plan now, even if this Option appeared again some time in the past, it would become meaningless.
Because this Plan clearly stated—
[Plan Four: Recycle Card Tragoedia, Unlock Limited-Time Side Quest—The Pharaoh's Soul Returns to the Underworld, Unity and Friendship, Obtain Temporary Card: Judgment of the Pharaoh]
Thanks to the 100 Points Tip from "Tenma Yexing's Vinegar".
The author says: Righteous Slacking off!
End of Chapter
"Waaah! Don't touch it!"
"I'll blast you apart, blast you all apart!"
At first, Tragoedia was still attempting to resist, but bound by seemingly fragile silk threads, it couldn't move at all. It could only watch helplessly as Hayato's Shaddolls approached it, unscrupulously plundering the last remaining power from its body.
As its final power was drained, Tragoedia's foundation as a Card Spirit was also rapidly being worn down. Even its thought and wisdom were on the verge of being completely squeezed out by El Shaddoll Nephilim and El Shaddoll Midrash, who were leading the charge.
The loss of its power had become an irreversible fact. Tragoedia, abandoning its previous arrogance, humbly begged the Shaddolls surrounding it, pleading with them not to erase the last trace of its existence in the World.
However, no matter how it wailed, the Shaddolls remained unmoved. This was because Hayato had told them, "Ordinary Spirits feel fear and are afraid of pain, which affects the power they can exert. But Tragoedia has no pain sensation."
Since Hayato said it had none, then Tragoedia definitely had no pain sensation. Those wails must be faked, and there was no need to pay attention to them.
As for whether Tragoedia actually had pain sensation? The Shaddolls didn't care about such matters. They only knew that if Hayato said it had no pain sensation, then it had better truly have none.
Watching El Shaddoll Midrash and El Shaddoll Nephilim, who had taken its power and spirituality, their originally stiff expressions recovering some liveliness, looking at it with increasingly greedy gazes, Tragoedia's inner thoughts were dominated by fear, and it said in despair:
"Don't come near me!!"
Its voice abruptly halted there. The last image in its consciousness was the Dragon Monster El Shaddoll Midrash was riding opening its mouth wide and biting through its throat.
Tragoedia stopped thinking.
Hayato then picked up the Card from the Surface World that Tragoedia had regarded as its lifeline, the Monster Card Tragoedia.
"Oh? This Card..." Beside Hayato, Aleister the Invoker, who had come out to wander around because he had appeared in the Duel just now, examined the Tragoedia in Hayato's hand with interest. But after carefully sensing the Card's aura, he shook his head with a regretful expression.
"What a pity. If it had retained that Spirit, this Card could have served as quite good material, whether for my Spell Formulas or something else, it had many uses. But now, it's like the diamond has been removed from a diamond ring, it's just a good-looking metal band."
"Diamonds don't have any value anyway."
"So I was just making a comparison," Aleister the Invoker spread his hand. Having lost interest in Tragoedia, he returned to the Card.
Hayato didn't feel pity because of Aleister's words. Compared to the remaining value that could be squeezed out of Tragoedia's Card without killing it, he felt it was better to erase this pure menace from the World. It also made his mood better.
Besides, even without the Spirit, who said Tragoedia's Card couldn't still squeeze out some remaining value? Hayato was an expert in this aspect.
"Everything I, Hayato Kobayashi, have possessed up to now has come entirely from my own effort. It is because I myself have extraordinary talent." Raising the Tragoedia Card in his hand, Hayato skillfully opened the System Shop, as he was very practiced at taking other people's Deck and selling them. "System, sell this Card for me."
[Card detected... Card Rarity: UTR. Please Select Sale Method—]
"Hmm?"
Seeing the wording on the stats panel before him that he hadn't seen before, Hayato strangely put down his raised hand and carefully read the text displayed by the System.
In the past, recycling Cards didn't have this step. The System would only pop up a window showing the specific DP Points that could be obtained after recycling the Card and a "Recycle?" prompt, in case Hayato picked the wrong Card. Hayato only needed to click affirmative and it was done.
But now, for the first time, the System provided four Plan options for Hayato to choose from.
[Plan One: Recycle Card Tragoedia, Obtain one of each Card from the Special Card Series Planet Deck]
Switching the Option tab, Hayato glanced at the Planet Cards he had stored in the Warehouse, which he had assembled so far. Then he turned his head to look at the other three Planet Cards scattered on the ground from Tenma Yexing's Deck around him. He immediately passed on this Option.
Although Hayato himself did have a certain collecting habit, he had no such boring interest in collecting another set when he had already almost collected all the Cards.
[Plan Two: Recycle Card Tragoedia (UTR), Obtain one Tragoedia UR-Rank Card, 3000 DP Points]
This second Plan did make Hayato find it a bit interesting. Recycle a Tragoedia with UTR Rarity, and then get a Tragoedia of a slightly lower Rarity, UR Level, plus a full 3000 DP Points. Although Hayato's daily life DP Points were often less than 10000 Points due to frequently opening Card Packs and drawing Cards, he wouldn't be bought off by a mere 3000 Points.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Hayato had recycled a Card with UTR Level Rarity. The Card Rarity grading given by the System only included "N", "R", "SR", and "UR". The "UTR" Level was also the first time it had appeared. Hayato guessed that perhaps it was this Rarity that caused the System to offer different recycling Plans for the first time.
In Hayato's understanding, the so-called "UTR" Rarity in the real Card environment of the past referred to "stereoscopic", "embossed", or "engraving" Cards. Compared to UR Level Cards, in addition to the Card Name part being hot-stamped, parts of the Card Art would have a micro-frosted shimmering Effect, giving it a layered feel.
However, Hayato examined the Tragoedia Card in his hand, but it did not show the stereoscopic Effect where different parts would light up when viewed from different angles. From this, it could be known that the "UTR" judged by the System and the "UTR" in Hayato's understanding were perhaps two different Concepts.
Looking at the System stats panel again, Hayato found that at the very bottom of the four recycling methods provided, there was a Description of "UTR", and it was quite simple and easy to understand.
[UTR: Refers to a UR Level Card that once Hosted a Spirit, but has now Disappeared, with only undetectable residual Power remaining]
The general meaning was that the Tragoedia Card itself was just a UR Card. It was only because the evil spirit Tragoedia had once Hosted the Card, and then died without transferring to another Card, that this Tragoedia Card was defined as UTR.
And if Tragoedia hadn't died, this Tragoedia Card might have been rated as an "HR" Level Card, meaning a Card that still Hosted a Powerful Spirit. However, if Tragoedia hadn't died, Hayato wouldn't have been able to have the System recycle a Card whose ownership did not belong to him.
Hayato then looked at the remaining two Options.
[Plan Three: Recycle Card Tragoedia, Obtain Unlock Right for Hidden Card Ma'at]
This Plan truly made Hayato's heart flutter. As early as when he guessed that Tenma Yexing was related to Tragoedia, Hayato had specifically searched through the System Shop, attempting to find Ma'at, the Card that defeated Tragoedia in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.
When Tragoedia was Sealed three thousand years ago by the Priests led by Aknadin, Karim, and Seto, in addition to creating the "Planet" Cards based on the Solar System as a Seal, they also stripped Tragoedia of its heart, which contained the most power, and made it into a Card that combined the power of light and dark. That was Light and Darkness Dragon.
In Egyptian Mythology, the Death God Anubis in the Underworld would weigh the heart of the dead to decide how to dispose of them. The weighing basis for measuring the weight of the heart of the dead was a feather, and Winged Kuriboh was once called the "Spirit of the White Feather".
In the manga, Winged Kuriboh and Light and Darkness Dragon were held by Judai Yuki and Manjoume Jun respectively. In the confrontation with Professor Mackenzie, who was possessed by Tragoedia, Judai used card printing, I mean fusion, to create Ma'at, a Card named after the Goddess of Truth and Justice in Egyptian Mythology.
Its Effect was quite simple, stripping away all the flashy stuff, it was pure draw a card and ATK boosting. Although it had the condition of needing to accurately use prevision for the top Card of the Deck to activate continuously, sometimes the more pure the Effect, the easier it was to use. For example, some Cards have a bunch of flashy Effects, but they are not as concise, simple, and cool as Pot of Greed's Effect.
Even putting aside the Effect, the Ma'at Card itself had quite high aesthetic appeal. Because it was born with the blessing of the power left behind by the Priests three thousand years ago, it actually carried all seven Millennium Items!
The combined Millennium Key and Millennium Rod forming a long scepter/staff, the Millennium Scale as an item equipped on the left hand, and from the head downwards, wearing the Millennium Eye, Millennium Necklace, Millennium Ring, and Millennium Puzzle. Although the position of the Millennium Puzzle was slightly awkward in the crotch area, it did not affect Ma'at's overall appearance.
Not to mention, the System also informed Hayato for the first time that there were actually Hidden Cards in the Shop that seemed to contain all Cards. No wonder Hayato couldn't find Cards like Kashtira or Tearlaments when he wanted to exchange for them before.
Although it wasn't directly obtaining the Ma'at Card but obtaining the "Unlock Right", Hayato believed that no matter how difficult the unlock Condition was, it would absolutely not stop his heart that wanted to collect everything. If he missed this Opportunity, who knew when he would have another Chance to obtain the Ma'at Card.
As for why he didn't emulate Judai Yuki in the manga and perform fusion with the Light and Darkness Dragon Hayato already had? Actually, after the KC Cup, in order to comfort the slightly relaxed but also somewhat lost little Judai, who had launched Yubel's Card into Space with KaibaCorp's Rocket, Hayato had given Judai the Winged Kuriboh Card in advance.
After all, Hayato really didn't have much use for Winged Kuriboh. Not every powerful Card is necessarily suitable for oneself. Relatively speaking, he actually trusted Rainbow Kuriboh more.
Not only because Rainbow Kuriboh had accompanied him for so long and they had formed such a deep Bond, but also partly because Hayato knew the inside story that Rainbow Kuriboh was born in Nefertari's heart in the past and was a Spirit meant to protect "himself" inside.
And Light and Darkness Dragon, that Card was a gift given to him by Manjoume Jun during Battle City, hoping it could help Hayato become the Duel King—although it was never used until the end.
But actually, right after Manjoume gave the Card to Hayato, the Spirit of Light and Darkness Dragon in the Card ran back to Manjoume's body on its own, and even created a Card to host it out of thin air. Because of this, Hayato even had the idea of suggesting that Manjoume Jun could make money by selling the Light and Darkness Dragon Card.
Hayato did still have Light and Darkness Dragon in his hand, but it was fundamentally just an empty shell, completely lacking the Spirit's spirituality. Just adding it to the Deck and using it was already quite difficult. Hayato didn't think that Light and Darkness Dragon Card could be Fused into Ma'at as the "Heart" and "Feather".
However, it seemed that it wasn't just Hayato. Manjoume Jun also seemed to have issues because Light and Darkness Dragon's spirituality was too strong. Every time he dueled, the Light and Darkness Dragon in his Deck would always run to the top on its own, causing a bricked hand, forcing Manjoume to summon it as quickly as possible, and then use its forced activation Effect to severely trap Manjoume.
In short, although Hayato hadn't finished reading all four Plans, he had already basically locked in his final Choice as Plan Three in his inner thoughts. However, he still decided to finish reading the fourth recycling method.
But after seeing Plan Four, Hayato was stunned. After a moment of hesitation and struggle, with a heavy mood, he resolutely gave up Plan Three and chose the fourth recycling method.
Although Ma'at was a Hidden Card that Hayato's System could not provide, it was still possible for it to be born in the hands of the grown-up Manjoume Jun and Judai Yuki in the future, and Plan Three was merely to satisfy Hayato's personal collecting habit.
But this fourth Option was a genuine necessity, and it would soon come into use. Moreover, if Hayato did not choose this Plan now, even if this Option appeared again some time in the past, it would become meaningless.
Because this Plan clearly stated—
[Plan Four: Recycle Card Tragoedia, Unlock Limited-Time Side Quest—The Pharaoh's Soul Returns to the Underworld, Unity and Friendship, Obtain Temporary Card: Judgment of the Pharaoh]
Thanks to the 100 Points Tip from "Tenma Yexing's Vinegar".
The author says: Righteous Slacking off!
End of Chapter
