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# Chapter 898: Why Does Rubbing Your Eyes with Your Hand Hurt?

After a long while, Tragoedia finally recovered from the torment, looking at Hayato with a gaze filled with both anger and fear.

It felt like something was wrong. He was the villain, right? Why was the one using means of tormenting others the Hayato Kobayashi opposite him?

Considering that Tragoedia itself, or rather the monster Tragoedia's effect, had been negated by Hayato Kobayashi's Predaplant Chimerafflesia, the remaining card in its Hand no longer had a reason to be kept. It inserted it into the Spell & Trap Zone: "Activate Continuous Spell Card Candy House. I end turn."

[Tragoedia: 1000 LP, Hand 0]

Tragoedia [DEF 0]

Lavaburner [ATK 1500→2100]

Candy House [Set Card] [Set Card]

As the turn ended, the effect of Forbidden Clothes disappeared, and Lavaburner's ATK recovered to its original value, but Tragoedia's effect was still in a negated state. As long as Predaplant Chimerafflesia is in existence and Tragoedia has a Predator Counter placed on it, it will always be under its suppression.

"Is this what they call the strongest Dragon after evolution?" Looking at Predaplant Chimerafflesia, whose ATK had also recovered to 2700 points, Tragoedia exclaimed, "What truly makes one drool and fear is such great power."

"No, what Hayato Kobayashi said before was clearly just casual talk. Did he actually really take this monster as a Dragon-Type?" Alister ranted, looking at Keipei beside him. "Was he too high when playing binding play just now that his brain broke?"

"I don't know, because I'm just a cute child."

Kaiba crossed his arms over his chest and said disdainfully, "Hmph, what kind of strongest Dragon is that? Even if we don't mention that she is fundamentally not a Dragon-Type monster, that kind of boring effect is fundamentally meaningless. It's fundamentally no match for my invincible Blue-Eyes White Dragon."

"The reason you're like that is simply because the ability to negate effects doesn't have much suppression against your Deck, right?"

Listening to Alister and Kaiba's conversation, Hayato put one hand on his waist and said proudly, "Hmph hmph hmph, that's right. Predaplant Chimerafflesia is the strongest Dragon. Even if I don't use the ability to negate monster effects, its ATK/DEF value is still higher than the two monsters on your Field."

"Wail and die under the power of the Tearlaments' lackey!"

"Although I don't quite understand what 'Tearlaments' lackey' means, since you're so proud of your monster's power, then watch with your own eyes the ending of your own monster self-destructing under excessively high ATK."

Tragoedia said harsh words, while Hayato then put his finger on top of his Deck and drew a card: "My turn, draw."

"Because of Mirage of Nightmare's effect, you need to discard the number of cards drawn by its effect before, during your Standby Phase." Seeing Hayato draw, Tragoedia immediately urged him. Hayato, already somewhat annoyed because he had to discard his Hand, raised an eyebrow and said impatiently, "Don't need you to tell me."

"Before, the number of cards drawn by Mirage of Nightmare's effect was three, so at this moment, I discard three cards from my Hand."

[Hayato: 3000 LP, Hand 5→6→3]

"It's not over yet. Predaplant Cordyceps's effect in my Graveyard activates. During my Standby Phase, I banish this card from the Graveyard and target two Predaplant monsters with Level 4☆ or lower in my own Graveyard." Hayato took out a card from the Graveyard, and after revealing it, he banished it, continuing, "The target monsters are Special Summoned to my Field."

"Special Summoning two monsters in one go?" Tragoedia narrowed his eyes, looking at the Predaplant Cordyceps Hayato revealed. "When was that monster card sent to Graveyard? Was it that Scapegoat's Darkness card before?"

"Exactly. However, powerful cards often come with great risk. During the turn Predaplant Cordyceps's effect activates, I cannot perform a Normal Summon." Putting Predaplant Cordyceps into his pocket, Hayato again took out two monster cards from the Graveyard. "Revive, my love... cough cough, my monsters."

"Predaplant Drosera Hydra, Predaplant Pteropenthes!"

Predaplant Pteropenthes [ATK 300]

Predaplant Drosera Hydra [Level 2☆/DARK]
[Plant-Type/Effect]
[600/200]

Besides Predaplant Pteropenthes, which Tragoedia had seen before through Tenma Yexing's body, there was also a monster revived from the Graveyard that, just like Predaplant Cordyceps, was appearing for the first time. He clearly could have used Predaplant Cordyceps's effect to revive as many Predaplants with higher ATK as possible, but Hayato only chose two Small Fry Monsters whose combined ATK was less than 1000 points. This made Tragoedia somewhat puzzled.

Since the Predaplant Cordyceps before was the card sent to Graveyard by Scapegoat's Darkness, then this Predaplant Drosera Hydra could only be the card sent to Graveyard by Hayato's Mirage of Nightmare's effect just now. That Predaplant Pteropenthes was the same; the one before was banished face-down by Hayato's Dark Fusion's effect.

"Hmph, you're not the only one who can Special Summon monsters from the Graveyard. The The Supremacy Sun, which was destroyed before, is Special Summoned to my Field again because of its own effect." Seeing Hayato summoning enthusiastically, Tragoedia also took out a card from the Graveyard and summoned it to the Field.

The Sun's Fiend recurred, but slightly different was that the revived The Supremacy Sun was surprisingly Special Summoned by Tragoedia in Defense Position.

The Supremacy Sun [DEF 3000]

After both players finished Special Summoning, before entering Hayato's Main Phase, Tragoedia spoke, with a cold laugh on his face: "During your Standby Phase, I will use this card on my Back Row, Candy House's effect. It can only activate during the opponent's Standby Phase, making all the monsters on the opponent's Field increase their ATK by 600. Let's let you have a taste of sweetness first."

A mini Small House composed of cookies, cream, and candy stood on Tragoedia's Back Row. Powdered sugar was sprinkled from it, spraying onto the three monsters on Hayato's Field.

Predaplant Chimerafflesia [ATK 2700→3300]

Predaplant Drosera Hydra [ATK 600→1200]

Predaplant Pteropenthes [ATK 200→800]

"A card that actively increases the opponent's monster's ATK?" Keipei furrowed his brow and said in confusion, "Predaplant Chimerafflesia's present ATK is already higher than Blue-Eyes White Dragon's. As long as it attacks Lavaburner, it can easily inflict over 1000 points of battle damage, clear the opponent's Life Points, and end this duel. What is this new type of suicide that I don't understand?"

"Just like how that guy Hayato used the opponent's card before and successfully served as a negative example, besides not using the opponent's cards, it's best not to happily accept beneficial effects from the opponent. After all, no one knows if the set card on the opponent's Back Row might be Magic Cylinder or similar cards."

Kaiba paused, then added, "Especially when the opponent is still sarcastically praising your monster, saying 'So strong, too strong'."

"The ATK increased by Candy House will not be taken back at the End Phase. But miracles and magic are never free. Revel in the sweetness and rot!" Tragoedia was grinning, raising his hand and making a grasping motion. "After the effect that increases ATK, all monsters on the opponent's Field with ATK higher than 2500 points will be destroyed, and every monster that is destroyed will become a part of me and recover my Life Points!"

"Die, that Chimerafflesia!"

Amidst Tragoedia's shouts filled with resentment, the powdered sugar attached to Chimerafflesia's body absorbed moisture and clumped up, surprisingly forcefully squeezing dry the moisture inside Predaplant Chimerafflesia's body. The vines and flowers withered and were crushed, and Chimerafflesia was also destroyed and sent to Graveyard.

At the same time, that portion of mystical power that had been sealed and plundered by Chimerafflesia's power before returned to Tragoedia.

"There was one monster that was destroyed, so my Life Points recovered by 500 points." The comfortable feeling made Tragoedia somewhat want to sing a song, but it still suppressed that impulse and spoke.

[Tragoedia: 1000→1500 LP]

Feeling the power that died return inside its own body, and mystical power again filling its entire body, Tragoedia regained its confidence. As an existence as a spirit, it was already an undying and immortal existence. It feared nothing; what it feared most was just seal. After all, it had already been trapped inside a tablet for three thousand years, and Chimerafflesia's effect that stripped away power was what it feared the most, making it unable to help but recall the fear it once felt.

But now, although those troublesome vines were still hanging on its body, with the boost from mystical power, its body felt so light, and there was nothing left to fear!

Thinking this, Tragoedia but saw that The Supremacy Sun beside it was surprisingly also entangled with vines on its body.

The Supremacy Sun [Level 10☆→1☆]

"Before being destroyed, did it activate the effect that places Predator Counters?" Tragoedia remembered Chimerafflesia's effect; besides the continuous negate effect, there was also an ability to place Predator Counters. "But under the premise that Chimerafflesia has already been destroyed and sent to Graveyard, placing Predator Counters is fundamentally meaningless."

"Is that so? Why not wait and see?" Hayato just gave a cold laugh and did not tell the answer.

In just one Standby Phase, both Hayato and Tragoedia successively used several cards. Seeing this, Kaiba, who was watching, felt his hands itching, as if his urge to duel had flared up. He wished he could immediately have Tragoedia dragged away and replace him to start dueling with Hayato.

It was the first time he saw Hayato use this Predaplant Deck. Although it looks like it's very ferocious, it's already much better compared to Infernoid, which arbitrarily tributes other people's monsters, Dragonmaid, which moves repeatedly between their Hand, Graveyard, and Field and can't be killed no matter what, and Gaia, which always appears with Super Polymerization. He really wanted to duel with Hayato who uses this Deck, this kind of rare Deck for head-on battle...

Just as Kaiba was thinking this, he but heard Hayato speak: "That The Supremacy Sun surprisingly popped out again. It's so ugly it makes me want to vomit just by looking at it."

"Although I wanted to say that, I activate Predaplant Pteropenthes's effect! Take that monster over here, the one that actually looks like it's quite handsome because it will be mine soon!"

"Predaplant Pteropenthes's effect, I remember it was..." Hearing Hayato's words, Tragoedia recalled for a moment, but his expression changed. "Until the end of the turn, gain control of one opponent's monster with a Level lower than it? Damn it, was the Predator Counter surprisingly placed for this effect!?"

"Didn't you just now say this monster of mine was ugly as death!?"

"You must be mistaken. How could I possibly say such words to that handsome monster?" Just like how before drawing a certain Smoke Mirror, one would feel it was very ugly, but after drawing it, they would desperately look for which parts of it were still quite handsome, the double-standard Hayato said innocently, "Also, that is clearly my monster!"

Hearing that Hayato had already arbitrarily taken The Supremacy Sun as his own monster, Tragoedia was annoyed. While watching The Supremacy Sun being pulled towards Hayato's Field by the unburnable vines entangled on its body, Tragoedia, however, without hesitation, activated the set card on his Back Row: "Unlike that idiot Kid Tenma Yexing, this monster doesn't have special meaning for me."

"Rather than being taken by you and then turned around to be used against me, it's better if I now completely exhaust its usefulness!"

"Trap Card, Deck Devastation Virus!"

Just as The Supremacy Sun was about to fall into Hayato's Hand, but along with Tragoedia's set card on his Back Row being flipped, The Supremacy Sun surprisingly emitted dangerous pitch-black poison on its body, and along with its contact with the Ground, it instantly spread out, always affecting Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone, Hand, and even Deck?!

"Tribute one DARK Attribute monster on my Field with ATK of 2500 points or more, declare the card type as Spell Card or Trap Card to activate this Deck Devastation Virus. I declare Spell Card," Tragoedia said with a cold laugh. "Confirm all Spell/Trap Cards on the opponent's Field, the opponent's Hand, and all cards the opponent draws over the next three turns (calculated from the opponent's turn). Then, destroy all cards of the declared type!"

Along with Tragoedia's words falling, The Supremacy Sun suddenly burst open, completely detonating that virus that had spread before. It destroyed the Mirage of Nightmare flipped open on Hayato's Spell/Trap Zone, returning it to Tragoedia's Graveyard, and the set Predaplant Synthesis was also destroyed along with it.

At the same time, the three cards in Hayato's Hand, Change of Heart, Psychic Ectoplasm, and Super Polymerization, were also affected by the virus, destroyed and sent to Graveyard, leaving not a single card remaining in Hayato's Hand!

While Tragoedia, after activating Deck Devastation Virus, was just about to say something, it suddenly paused, standing stiffly for a moment before annoyedly muttering to himself: "Tsk, after seeing me tribute The Supremacy Sun, you surprisingly started to struggle? Starting your resistance against me now is perhaps a bit too late. It's useless. Your value is to be my puppet and dance under my control, Tenma Yexing..."

Tragoedia's words made Hayato couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Tenma Yexing is resisting Tragoedia?"

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