I'm a poker player, not a Yu-Gi-Oh!

"Paradox."

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"Bang!" Siegfried von Schrader, the young master of the Schrader Consortium, made a fist with his right hand and slammed it on the desk made of logs, "Damn Paradis Company! Damn it Hitomi Hoshimi! Is the law just a piece of waste paper to them?"

This pink-haired young man no longer had the elegance and arrogance he once had. He had a ferocious look on his face and had no time to care about his nails digging into his flesh. He was filled with anger, pain and despair at this moment.

The stock of the Schrader consortium was shorted and then taken over in a hostile manner. This was not a conventional business war method at all, but an attempt to completely bankrupt Schrader.

If another consortium takes action, Siegfried has plenty of ways to counterattack, and he can even skin the opponent in turn. But the one who took action was the Paradis Corporation - the ultimate behemoth that uses capital to move the world! Schrader is to Paradis what ants are to whales!

The virus programming that he is good at is useless in front of Paratis's super firewall. No matter how advanced his virus is, it is just a dead thing that operates according to established procedures. But the firewall seems to have a life of its own, evolving every minute and every second! Its intensity simply made Siegfried sigh: It is not of the same magnitude at all!

But now is not the time to praise the enemy! If this continues, the Schrader Consortium will be completely bankrupt, and all employees and technology patents will be forcibly packaged and given to Paradis, and they will not even be treated as subsidiaries!

Do you have to give up like this? Give up the ownership of a business that has been run by the family for more than ten generations and work for others as a regional manager?

No, never! He is Siegfried, the future of the Schreeder family! He has been a genius since he was a child, and he is arrogant to everyone! That’s why he got the name Siegfried, the great dragon-slaying hero in Norse mythology!

"Seahorse...Seahorse, seahorse, seahorse! It's unforgivable!!!" Siegfried roared. He didn't dare to hate Hoshimi Hitomi, he only dared to hate Kaiba: Hate him for transforming the company into a game-related company like him. I hate that he signed a contract with the International Illusion Society first and stole his big business. I hate him for taking away everything that belongs to me.

"Now that the matter has come to this, I won't play any revenge drama step by step! Just use the virus to destroy the main control program of Haima Company, and then seize the market! In this way, the result of the business war with Paradis Company will be - —”

"I advise you not to do anything irrational." A strange male voice sounded in Siegfried's private office, "The super firewall purchased by Haima Company - Darkfluid, with your three-legged cat hacking skills It’s absolutely unbreakable.”

"All you can get is a court summons jointly signed by Haima Company and Paradis Company."

"!!! Who is it!?" The pink-haired young master quickly turned his head and looked towards the place where the sound originated. I saw a man wearing a black and white mask and a mysterious coat, leaning against the window. The comfortable wind blew his long hair, and the golden threads flew.

"My name is Paradox, and I am just a nobody. However, it is more than enough to help you get through the current difficulties."

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Chapter 95 6 Becoming the plaything of two men (meaningful)

"Then you are the young master of the Schreider Consortium, Siegfried." Hoshimi Hitomi looked up and down at the pink-haired man in front of him, frowning slightly. The cologne smells too strong and girly.

"I'm impatient, so I won't do all the bells and whistles. Five million dollars, give me the Schrader Consortium. I hope you don't know how to flatter me." This is still a fair price. Kaiba spent ten years to acquire Kaiba Group from Gozaburo. billion yen. Now in the 1990s, the Japan-US exchange rate is about 150:1. Even Hoshimi Tong paid a little more than the price, which was regarded as a good relationship.

The pink-haired young master's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. No, how can there be such a business negotiation?

...Forget it, the situation is stronger than the person, I will endure it. Siegfried lowered his head and gritted his teeth. When he raised his head again, he had a standard, formulaic smirk on his face.

"I have heard for a long time that Chairman Xingjian not only has the best dueling ability in the world, but he is also a sweet-tempered person. When we meet him today, he is indeed worthy of his reputation." He started boasting. But too many honorifics are used, and no matter how you listen to them, it makes people feel that they are being yin and yang. Makes people angry.

Hoshimi Hitomi always pays attention to complaining directly, so she didn't care when she heard the words, and retorted on the spot: "It's okay, it's easier to beat you ten times. Also, can you hurry up, I'm in a hurry to have a meeting. Please be there Sign the contract within five minutes, otherwise I will have to endure the pain and let Schrader go bankrupt.”

Siegfried twitched the corner of his mouth, and the expression on his face turned cold: "Is Chairman Hoshimi threatening me?"

The bodyguard Cobra behind Hoshimi Hitomi took a step forward. The two-meter-tall strong man looked down at the young master and said in a deep voice: "Do you have any questions?"

Siegfried couldn't help but take half a step back under the pressure of the veteran's momentum on the battlefield, gritting his teeth: "No... no... I just, as a duelist, am happy to see you, and want to try my own level!"

"That's it." Cobra nodded slightly and slowly raised his right arm. On his arm was a pair of Kaiba Company standard dueling discs.

"I'm sorry, my chairman is very busy. Not just any third-rate duelist can challenge me. Please prove to me first that you are qualified to challenge the Duel King."

Well, Paradis has its own production line for duel disks. The special duel disks of the Doma organization were produced on that production line. But in order to avoid suspicion and not to seize the market of Kaiba, Hoshimi Hitomi directly ordered the production line to be dismantled. Therefore, the only duel disk circulating on the market is Kaiba, a global monopoly.

Siegfried looked at the strong man in front of him, gritting his teeth and helpless. His deck was given by the man who called himself Paradox. The secret weapon to deal with Hoshimi Hitomi must not be exposed before that!

Hoshimi Hitomi tilted his head and looked at the pink-haired young master over Professor Cobra's body, thinking. Just when he received Siegfried's challenge, the system's side quest was triggered.

[Activate optional side quest: Meeting gift from the future]

[Task description: The visitor from the future wants to send a meeting gift. It's up to you to decide whether to show your cards or pretend. ]

[Option 1: Showdown. Use Link Summon to win the duel. 】

【Option 2: Disguise. Win the duel without using any summoning methods other than Summon, Special Summon, Reverse Summon, Ritual Summon, and Fusion Summon. 】

【Quest progress: 0/1】

【Quest reward: Take it yourself. 】

Although the system's tasks are sometimes riddles, they are never groundless. Since the system said that someone came from the future, and Hoshimi Hitomi also remembered the plot of the movie "Bonds Beyond Time and Space", she naturally tended to believe it. But... it seems that the person from the future is a little different from what he knows?

Before, Dashi said that he had seen Paradox in the past. Dashi CPU is just a machine that answers questions, so it will not lie. But the Paradox that Hoshimi Hitomi knows should have sniped Bekas and tried to change the future of the birth of Duel Monsters. Why go to the past to see Dashi?

Moreover, Paradox came to the present era in order to change the future destroyed by Moment's rampage. But what will be his attitude towards this alien visitor? Should we help Hoshimi change the future, or expel Hoshimi from this world?

Paradox wanted to test him through Siegfried, so he took this opportunity to test him through the pink-haired young master.

The poor pink-haired young master became the plaything of two men (fog).

Hoshimi raised her hand and pressed on Professor Cobra's shoulder - Hoshimi was 1.8 meters tall, so it was not impossible for her to reach him.

"Cobra, don't scare our young master. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll play with him." Hoshimi raised a slight arc at the corner of her mouth and winked at the secretary beside her. The secretary met, bowed slightly and left the room, and went to notify all departments to postpone the meeting time for half an hour.

"Then please, young master. You can't show off in the office." Hoshimi said lightly.

Siegfried snorted coldly and walked out the door.

You will definitely regret it! The young master sneered. He is a very capable duelist, and with the deck that Paradox gave him, which is far beyond this era, he will definitely be able to bring a huge surprise to Hoshimi Hitomi! In this way, he can take the initiative in the negotiation and save the Shredder Group!

...Huh? Can it be saved? Will Hoshimi Hitomi be so easy to talk to? The pink-haired young master suddenly felt doubtful, and then was suppressed by a voice that was taken for granted: Of course, that's the duel king! He must be a duel brain, there's no mistake!

Well, that's it! There's no mistake!

...

In an empty hall, Hoshimi Hitomi and the young master stood on both sides.

"I will make you regret it, King of Stars!" With a sneer, the pink-haired opened the duel disk on his arm, looking very confident and at ease.

"Well... I don't know what gave you the confidence. But don't come with the Valkyrie." Hoshimi Hitomi responded lightly. It is the norm in this world to make harsh remarks before playing cards. After traveling for so long, Xing Jiantong still cannot adapt to the local customs, but at least it is easy to turn a blind eye.

At the same time, all the employees in the card design department and the R\u0026D department stopped their work at the request of Xing Jiantong, gathered behind the tempered glass, and watched this duel.

This duel may... become the first step to change the world!

"Duel!!!" ×2

[Xing Jiantong LP: 8000]

[Young Master LP: 8000]

The roll point program starts, the young master is 4, and Xing Jiantong is 2.

"It's my first attack!" The young master was delighted and drew 5 cards from the top of the deck, "Let you see how high the future duel has evolved to!"

"In the card drawing phase, I will activate the quick attack magic, [Emergency Instant Teleport]!" Pink Hair showed a card in his hand. There is no doubt that this card was given to him by Paradox, because there is no "telekinetic" race in this era.

"The effect of this card is to Special Summon 1 Level 3 or lower Psychic-Type monster from your hand or deck. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect are banished during the End Phase of this turn!"

"I Special Summon a Level 3 Tuner Monster, Psychic Wheelbarrow, in Defense Position!"

In the flickering lightning, a monster that merged with the wheels and looked more like a black and white robot than a living creature instantly appeared in the Young Master's Monster Zone.

[Psychic Wheelbarrow] [Effect] [Tuning]

[Race: Psychic] [Lv3] [Attribute: Earth]

[ATK: 600] [DEF: 0]

"Psychics!? I've never heard of this race!" "Adjustment monsters? Could it be that the star particles and synchronic summons that the chairman mentioned before were not nonsense?" "Perpetual motion machines, this kind of thing is really possible Does it exist?"

After tempering the glass, the top experts in various fields recalled Hoshimi Hitomi's imaginative speech at the previous meeting, and they started to discuss it one after another.

"Hmph! It's far from over yet!" The young master flicked his hair and slapped a card in his hand on the monster area, "Normal summon, Venus, the Agent of Creation!"

"Oh, that's it, the agent... the former world champion deck." Hoshimi Hitomi narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the four-winged goddess surrounded by three-color sacred spheres descending from the sky, "But... huh, it's nothing. We’ll find out soon.”

[Venus, Agent of Creation] [Effect]

[Race: Angel] [Lv3] [Attribute: Light]

[ATK: 1600] [DEF: 0]

"For the effect of Venus, I pay 500 LP and special summon 1 [Holy Sphere] from my hand and deck. This effect is not limited to once per turn and can be activated infinitely. Therefore, I paid 1500 LP and special summoned 3 in defense position. Only the Holy Sphere!”

[Little Master LP: 8000→6500]

【Holy Sphere】【Normal】×3

[Race: Angel] [Lv2] [Attribute: Light]

[ATK: 500] [DEF: 500]

"Did you summon 5 monsters at once and cover the monster area?" Cobra stood behind the tempered glass and watched. "They are indeed some capable duelists, but they are all trash monsters..."

"Hoshimi Hitomi, you must be thinking that I can get rid of all the fish monsters in just a minute...right?" A sarcastic smile appeared on the young master's face.

"No, I'm thinking about IP Double Dome." Xing Jiantong chuckled and replied.

"I don't know what to say! Let me show you the duel in the future!" The young master raised his right hand high. He actually didn't know what to do, but there was always a voice whispering in his heart, teaching him when to do something. "Use 2 Lv2 sacred spheres and Lv3 Agent of Creation to adjust the Lv3 monster telekinesis wheel controller and adjust the stars!"

Following the young master's command, the telepathic wheel controller turned into three green star rings, wrapping the two sacred spheres and the agent of creation. As the stars shine, new power will be born!

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"Well, are you here?" In a cafe not far from Paratis headquarters, the blond man raised his head, "In the history that I know, the first registered synchronic monster was Duel King. Mihitomi's 'Declaration of Rainbow Light' has a powerful search effect for searching ritual magic or ritual monsters in the deck..."

"But just this level of change shouldn't be considered a big deal...it won't be targeted by agents from the Space-Time Patrol." After drinking all the coffee in the cup, Paradox pressed the switch in his jacket pocket. .

He parked the D wheel with the ability to travel through time on the side of the road. The small Moment in it began to operate at high power, emitting bursts of roar and colorful lights. The dormant star particles in the atmosphere are activated and become restless, providing the possibility of a new summoning method.

"This level of activation will not be noticed by the gods...probably." Paradox also felt a little unsure. According to the history he knew, the Earthbound God would not wake up until 100 years later, in an environment where all the planetary particles in the atmosphere were activated.

Well, the photo has been taken. Next, he will go to other eras to leave a mark that will go down in history without changing the general trend of history. Only in this way can we be called a time and space bosozoku...

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Meanwhile, the distant Nazca region.