Who let him play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Ed fell to his knees, feeling his breath hitch in his chest.

He lost.

This might be his first defeat since his debut, and if he thought about it carefully, he felt that it was a complete defeat.

He didn't feel that way during the duel, but there were several times when he felt like he had a chance. There were also other times when he seemed to be just a little bit away, as if with a little more luck or a few variables, the result might be different.

Maybe he would have won.

But when he recalled the entire process of the duel, looked at the overall situation, and thought about the opponent's performance during the entire duel, he suddenly felt that the opponent might not have shown his true ability at all.

Yes, it was like a joke. It was as if the outcome was already determined before the duel began. What tactics he would choose, how he would play his cards, how he would attack, the process was not important at all.

He will lose because the outcome is destined to be that way.

It was just like how all the opponents had faced Ed himself. In all the duels so far, he had faced all kinds of opponents. He hadn't even used the Hero of Destiny many times, and his attitude towards duels was just like playing.

The illusory fate always made him stand on the side of the winner, but today seemed to be the first time that it kicked him into the position of the loser. This was the first time he felt the helplessness of those defeated under him when facing the behemoth of fate.

Especially when this heavy fate was embodied, covering the sky with the image of an unshakable mountain. He was pressed to the ground, as if he was bearing a thousand times the gravity, and he could hardly breathe.

But when he tried to look up and see the terrifying figure clearly, he was dazed for a moment.

It is the heroes of his destiny.

Yes, that's right, it was the four destiny heroes that were defeated by a certain BYD in one round, including his Tamashi Horror.

Apart from anything else, this revolver is really awesome. Four minotaurs in one round is unheard of. It is simply an interpretation of what it means to have no guns or cannons and the enemy will make us.

If it were someone else, after being beaten up like this, they would probably just wonder why someone in the world could be such a jerk. But Ed started to think about what this meant.

"Look."

You Xuan stood in front of him, and the four heroes of destiny surrounded You Xuan.

"Your destiny heroes, they are mine now."

"So do you think that this means that the unshakable fate between you and the King of Sai is now on my side?"

Ed groaned in silence.

He thought for a moment and slowly raised his head.

"Who are you?"

"As you can see, he's just an ordinary duelist passing by."

You Xuan pulled out four Destiny Heroes from the magic slots on his duel disk. The images of the four cards disappeared one by one. He handed the four cards back to Ed.

Ed looked up at him in surprise.

Ed remembered that the intelligence said that this person loved cards like his life. Anyone who had lost to Revolver could not come out with his own deck - provided that this person was lucky enough to keep his life.

Now it seems that the rumors cannot be fully trusted.

"I beat you. It had nothing to do with fate. It was simply because my tactics, my deck, and my duel were better. That's all. It had nothing to do with fate."

You Xuan said calmly.

"If you just leave victory or defeat to fate, believing victory is inevitable and failure is beyond your control, then I'm afraid that's all you can do as a duelist."

You Xuan Dao.

"What a hero of destiny! That's even more ridiculous. Those who are shackled by fate are nothing more than prisoners.

Only those who can break fate and carve out their own path are worthy of being called heroes."

When Ed heard this, his heart moved, as if he was struck by lightning.

During the duel just now, another question raised by the opponent also came to mind at this time.

What was your father thinking when he designed this destiny hero?

Is this really what my father wanted me to bear such a heavy fate?

Once upon a time, every time he saw a new hero designed by his father, he would be full of anticipation. The handsome looks and strength of those heroes always made him extremely excited, as if he could become a part of them by holding these cards and obtaining these heroes.

That made him feel unprecedentedly powerful, as if he had the power to break through any obstacles and no longer feared any hardship.

Since when has this feeling been forgotten?

He accepted that even heroes are not omnipotent, and that even heroes cannot escape the control of fate.

But there was nothing he could do about it. He had witnessed the incredible power of Saiou too many times by his side. The fate predicted by Saiou had never failed, which forced him to believe that the future was a big book that had already been written, and all of them were just mechanically moving forward according to the plot in the book.

Ed took a deep breath, stood up and looked at the revolver.

"It is true that Saiou once predicted his own destruction, but that was many years ago. He has not mentioned it in the past two years."

Ed stood up and said.

"Are you trying to tell me that the Saiou has already fallen into the fate he predicted?"

"I shouldn't be the one to tell you. You were once one of the closest people to Saiou, so you should have known about it a long time ago."

You Xuan said calmly.

Ed said nothing.

Indeed. Thinking about it now, it seems that since some time ago, the King of the Sacred Sect has begun to talk to him less freely than before. Sometimes he also feels that they are becoming distant, and the King of the Sacred Sect has become less human than before.

But people change, and Ed himself has become different as he grows up. So even though this thought flashed through his mind, he never thought it was a big deal.

But now, through this duel, the revolver had begun to waver him.

He just didn't want to admit it.

"The guy who told me this was wearing a mask and was in an unknown trap deep underground." Ed said, "Why do you expect me to believe you?

Perhaps you, Revolver, are the source of his destruction as predicted by Saiou?"

"I didn't ask you to believe me, I just asked you to judge for yourself."

You Xuan smiled.

"Saiou Takuma also predicted that you would be the key to changing his fate, right? That's why he contacted you in the first place, because he knew that one day in the future you would be crucial to his fate."

You Xuan snapped his fingers.

"Don't let him down, Ed Phoenix."

Ed wanted to say something, but as soon as the other party finished speaking, the world around him began to spin.

He was startled and tried to step forward hastily, but he suddenly felt his footing fall into empty space, and his body was spinning uncontrollably. He felt a strong sense of dizziness.

When my feet landed back on the real body and I looked carefully, I found that I had returned to an empty street without knowing when.

It’s like I just had a very long dream here and didn’t go anywhere.