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# Chapter 836: The Millennium Key Likes Me, Funny Valentine!
Only three turns had passed, and this brief duel had already ended. The result was Hayato's complete victory, while Axel O'Brien had fallen and was unable to get up, having suffered mental torment far exceeding his limit during the duel.
However, although Hayato had turned this duel into a Dark Game, that was as far as it went. Hayato had no plan to kill Axel O'Brien like this; after all, there was no Duelist more loving than him. Although Axel O'Brien was a Thief who dared to covet Nefertari's jewelry and even tried pointing a gun at Hayato at the beginning, Hayato had already dealt him sufficient punishment.
Furthermore, although Axel O'Brien's identity was merely that of a Mercenary who worked for money and wasn't clean, Hayato still appreciated his performance as a Duelist who didn't give up until the last.
As the duel with Axel O'Brien ended, the System, which had a very low presence, settled the DP points and also notified Hayato that a card had dropped after the duel with Axel O'Brien.
Putting the **Mystic Wok**, which could fry and eat monsters but wasn't used on the Duel Disk, and the **Forbidden Lance**, which granted monsters effect target and effect destruction resistance, as well as **The Winged Dragon of Ra** and **Psychic Feel Zone** from his Hand back into his Deck, Hayato casually took out the card the System had dropped and took one glance.
It wasn't a strange drop that made one's vision go dark, like when Hayato dueled Samejima back then and the card dropped was **Necroface** despite being a Cyber Style card. The card dropped by Axel O'Brien, who used a Pyro Deck with extremely high purity, was naturally a Volcano card.
**Volcanic Rocket** [Level 4/FIRE]
[Pyro Type/Effect]
[1900/1400]
This card was the one Hayato obtained. It possessed the ability to search one **Blaze Accelerator** card from the Deck or Graveyard and add it to his Hand when Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned successfully. **Blaze Accelerator** is considered the soul of the Volcano Deck, so this card can basically be considered a major play starter for the Volcano Deck.
But the question is, putting aside the possibility of obtaining it, how could someone who doesn't use a Volcano Deck possibly include a **Blaze Accelerator** that fundamentally doesn't fit in their Deck?
Even Hayato's card pool, which has extremely high purity, doesn't have a **Blaze Accelerator** card—wait, it seems there is one?
Hayato thought for a moment and took out a card from his Deck, **Blazing God Cannon**, a support card for **The Winged Dragon of Ra**. Although it's ridiculous, this card indeed has the **Blaze Accelerator** archetype and is within **Volcanic Rocket**'s search range.
Putting the card back into the Warehouse for storage, Hayato, who has a hoarding habit like a hamster, didn't think about selling this card, which surprisingly had an SR rarity, at the Shop. What if he needed it someday?
And after finishing the duel with Axel O'Brien, Hayato didn't forget one thing—Axel O'Brien had received the penalty corresponding to his disrespectful action, but he wasn't the only Thief.
At this moment, Funny Valentine hadn't realized that Hayato had turned his attention towards him. His bloated body looked at Axel O'Brien, who was fallen and unable to get up, revealing an expression of disdain. His golden hair swayed with his head-shaking movement.
"How unsightly, Axel O'Brien. Just playing a Duel Monsters game with a kid, and you fall just because you lost? The highly-rated Mercenary is nothing more than this. In the end, he's just a lowly poor ghost."
As he spoke, his peripheral vision caught a faint golden radiance from Hayato's direction. His attention shifted, and he happened to see Hayato taking out a golden artifact from his body. It was shaped like an Ankh rune, with one end resembling a key that could open some kind of lock.
The light that attracted Valentine's attention came from it. However, unlike ordinary people who would wonder why a golden accessory with no visible switch or glowing structure would emit light, Valentine's attention was completely concentrated on the key itself—the Millennium Key that Hayato had somehow obtained from Shadi.
"So... so beautiful, what is this? I feel an unprecedented great power from it, what kind of charm that surpasses understanding!" Funny Valentine exclaimed, then looked at Hayato, "What is that thing's name? Tell me quickly!"
"This? It's called the Millennium Key. It belongs to me, yes." Since Shadi said he gave it to him, it means the ownership of the Millennium Key now belongs to himself, so Hayato believed there was no question with this statement. "Axel O'Brien has accepted the punishment that belongs to him. So, the next one is you, Funny Valentine."
"It possesses the ability to open and control the heart. Theoretically, it can distort a person's inner thoughts into various stances like a puzzle, changing their mind and thought along with it. However, even though I've already encountered quite a few Millennium Items, this is my first time using the Millennium Key. It's difficult to predict what will happen to you next."
Holding the Millennium Key straight up and pointing it at Funny Valentine, Hayato approached him and said, "Relax. It might hurt a lot at first, but it will hurt even more later. This is the punishment for you stealing Nefertari's jewelry, you ignorant and fearless Thief."
Looking at Hayato approaching him without any defense, Funny Valentine's desire swelled greatly as his gaze was fixed on the Millennium Key, unable to move his line of sight away.
He wanted it, he wanted it very much. Just listening to Hayato's description, Funny Valentine felt that compared to the Millennium Key, the Royal Consort Nefertari's jewelry from three thousand years ago was fundamentally nothing. Antique jewelry is indeed worth a fortune, but its greatest use is merely to add a little to one's capital.
But the Millennium Key is different. With its supernatural power, if he obtained that thing, perhaps he could become an absolute leader who manipulates human hearts, or even become the President of the American system with a 91% approval rating—that wasn't an impossible possibility. Funny Valentine had that kind of confidence!
"I feel it, Hayato Kobayashi. I feel the deep attraction of that Millennium Key to me. Such a magical item should never be held by a kid like you. It should be used by me."
Funny Valentine spoke, and suddenly took action. His bloated body was surprisingly agile as he easily snatched the Millennium Key from Hayato's hand and held it in his own hand.
The radiance on the Millennium Key paused for an instant, then surged fiercely, as if truly happy to have fallen into Funny Valentine's hand!
"As expected, power surged up! The Millennium Key likes me, Funny Valentine!"
Under the power of the Millennium Key, a glowing Eye of Wjat/Udjat mark appeared on Funny Valentine's forehead. His fat body rapidly thinned down, transforming into a handsome guy with a golden ratio figure in the blink of an eye!
Only three turns had passed, and this brief duel had already ended. The result was Hayato's complete victory, while Axel O'Brien had fallen and was unable to get up, having suffered mental torment far exceeding his limit during the duel.
However, although Hayato had turned this duel into a Dark Game, that was as far as it went. Hayato had no plan to kill Axel O'Brien like this; after all, there was no Duelist more loving than him. Although Axel O'Brien was a Thief who dared to covet Nefertari's jewelry and even tried pointing a gun at Hayato at the beginning, Hayato had already dealt him sufficient punishment.
Furthermore, although Axel O'Brien's identity was merely that of a Mercenary who worked for money and wasn't clean, Hayato still appreciated his performance as a Duelist who didn't give up until the last.
As the duel with Axel O'Brien ended, the System, which had a very low presence, settled the DP points and also notified Hayato that a card had dropped after the duel with Axel O'Brien.
Putting the **Mystic Wok**, which could fry and eat monsters but wasn't used on the Duel Disk, and the **Forbidden Lance**, which granted monsters effect target and effect destruction resistance, as well as **The Winged Dragon of Ra** and **Psychic Feel Zone** from his Hand back into his Deck, Hayato casually took out the card the System had dropped and took one glance.
It wasn't a strange drop that made one's vision go dark, like when Hayato dueled Samejima back then and the card dropped was **Necroface** despite being a Cyber Style card. The card dropped by Axel O'Brien, who used a Pyro Deck with extremely high purity, was naturally a Volcano card.
**Volcanic Rocket** [Level 4/FIRE]
[Pyro Type/Effect]
[1900/1400]
This card was the one Hayato obtained. It possessed the ability to search one **Blaze Accelerator** card from the Deck or Graveyard and add it to his Hand when Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned successfully. **Blaze Accelerator** is considered the soul of the Volcano Deck, so this card can basically be considered a major play starter for the Volcano Deck.
But the question is, putting aside the possibility of obtaining it, how could someone who doesn't use a Volcano Deck possibly include a **Blaze Accelerator** that fundamentally doesn't fit in their Deck?
Even Hayato's card pool, which has extremely high purity, doesn't have a **Blaze Accelerator** card—wait, it seems there is one?
Hayato thought for a moment and took out a card from his Deck, **Blazing God Cannon**, a support card for **The Winged Dragon of Ra**. Although it's ridiculous, this card indeed has the **Blaze Accelerator** archetype and is within **Volcanic Rocket**'s search range.
Putting the card back into the Warehouse for storage, Hayato, who has a hoarding habit like a hamster, didn't think about selling this card, which surprisingly had an SR rarity, at the Shop. What if he needed it someday?
And after finishing the duel with Axel O'Brien, Hayato didn't forget one thing—Axel O'Brien had received the penalty corresponding to his disrespectful action, but he wasn't the only Thief.
At this moment, Funny Valentine hadn't realized that Hayato had turned his attention towards him. His bloated body looked at Axel O'Brien, who was fallen and unable to get up, revealing an expression of disdain. His golden hair swayed with his head-shaking movement.
"How unsightly, Axel O'Brien. Just playing a Duel Monsters game with a kid, and you fall just because you lost? The highly-rated Mercenary is nothing more than this. In the end, he's just a lowly poor ghost."
As he spoke, his peripheral vision caught a faint golden radiance from Hayato's direction. His attention shifted, and he happened to see Hayato taking out a golden artifact from his body. It was shaped like an Ankh rune, with one end resembling a key that could open some kind of lock.
The light that attracted Valentine's attention came from it. However, unlike ordinary people who would wonder why a golden accessory with no visible switch or glowing structure would emit light, Valentine's attention was completely concentrated on the key itself—the Millennium Key that Hayato had somehow obtained from Shadi.
"So... so beautiful, what is this? I feel an unprecedented great power from it, what kind of charm that surpasses understanding!" Funny Valentine exclaimed, then looked at Hayato, "What is that thing's name? Tell me quickly!"
"This? It's called the Millennium Key. It belongs to me, yes." Since Shadi said he gave it to him, it means the ownership of the Millennium Key now belongs to himself, so Hayato believed there was no question with this statement. "Axel O'Brien has accepted the punishment that belongs to him. So, the next one is you, Funny Valentine."
"It possesses the ability to open and control the heart. Theoretically, it can distort a person's inner thoughts into various stances like a puzzle, changing their mind and thought along with it. However, even though I've already encountered quite a few Millennium Items, this is my first time using the Millennium Key. It's difficult to predict what will happen to you next."
Holding the Millennium Key straight up and pointing it at Funny Valentine, Hayato approached him and said, "Relax. It might hurt a lot at first, but it will hurt even more later. This is the punishment for you stealing Nefertari's jewelry, you ignorant and fearless Thief."
Looking at Hayato approaching him without any defense, Funny Valentine's desire swelled greatly as his gaze was fixed on the Millennium Key, unable to move his line of sight away.
He wanted it, he wanted it very much. Just listening to Hayato's description, Funny Valentine felt that compared to the Millennium Key, the Royal Consort Nefertari's jewelry from three thousand years ago was fundamentally nothing. Antique jewelry is indeed worth a fortune, but its greatest use is merely to add a little to one's capital.
But the Millennium Key is different. With its supernatural power, if he obtained that thing, perhaps he could become an absolute leader who manipulates human hearts, or even become the President of the American system with a 91% approval rating—that wasn't an impossible possibility. Funny Valentine had that kind of confidence!
"I feel it, Hayato Kobayashi. I feel the deep attraction of that Millennium Key to me. Such a magical item should never be held by a kid like you. It should be used by me."
Funny Valentine spoke, and suddenly took action. His bloated body was surprisingly agile as he easily snatched the Millennium Key from Hayato's hand and held it in his own hand.
The radiance on the Millennium Key paused for an instant, then surged fiercely, as if truly happy to have fallen into Funny Valentine's hand!
"As expected, power surged up! The Millennium Key likes me, Funny Valentine!"
Under the power of the Millennium Key, a glowing Eye of Wjat/Udjat mark appeared on Funny Valentine's forehead. His fat body rapidly thinned down, transforming into a handsome guy with a golden ratio figure in the blink of an eye!
