Chapter 67 Way the Force Be with You
"Activate the quick-attack magic card [Tornado], and I choose to destroy the cover card on your right, Hayato!"
As Yugi activated the [Tornado] he had just drawn, a tornado blew up from his backcourt and headed towards one of the only two cover cards in Hayato's backcourt.
The game has no way of knowing which of the two cover cards Hayato has set, which one poses a greater threat, and which card is more appropriate to destroy. He leaves everything to his "duelist's intuition."
As the tornado approached, Hayato's cover card was lifted up, revealing his true appearance. Seeing the destroyed card, Yugi couldn't help but smile.
[Absorption Shield].
The card on Hayato's right hand side is an [absorption shield] that can negate an attack and restore the base points of the attacking monster's attack power.
Seeing the [Absorption Shield] being destroyed, Hayato couldn't help but sigh: "You destroyed this card, Yugi, your intuition is really accurate."
"Then, enter my battle phase and use [Black Magic] to launch a direct attack on you, Hayato!"
In the last round, in order to cause the maximum damage, Hayato attacked [Dark Magician Girl], who had a lower attack power on the game field at that time, but because he was greedy for the mere 200 points of damage, it was just enough for the game. The conditions for activation of the [Physical Strength Enhancer-Super Z] under the cover.
Although the [Dark Magician Girl] was successfully destroyed, the game's basic points were restored a lot because of this, and now, the game is going to use the [Dark Magician] to avenge his destroyed disciples.
"Dark Magic Guide!"
The magician wearing a gorgeous black robe raised his emerald green staff and did not choose to attack with fancy magic. Instead, he directly covered Hayato's body with dark magic. With a crisp snap of his fingers, the air around Hayato suddenly shattered due to the squeeze of magic power, and damage was inflicted on Hayato.
But at this moment, Yugi heard a voice.
"Curi~"
Just when the [Black Magician]'s attack was about to pass, a colorful light suddenly jumped out from the graveyard area of Hayato's duel disk, standing in front of Hayato to block the damage!
"That is, [Rainbow Chestnut Ball]!? [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] jumped out on its own!" Jonouchi in the audience exclaimed.
After blocking the attack of [Black Magician], [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] gradually became transparent and dissipated. Hayato looked at its card, put it in his trouser pocket, and explained: "When I receive a direct attack , the [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] existing in my graveyard can be specially summoned to my field."
"When the [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] summoned by this effect leaves the field, it will be removed from the game."
"Thank you, Aibo."
Seeing that [Black Magician]'s attack was blocked by [Rainbow Chestnut Ball], Yugi subconsciously thought of Kaiba who was watching the duel in the audience at this moment. I have always been the only one to use the effect of [Kurigo Ball] to block the attacks of other people's powerful monsters. This is the first time since I came into contact with duel monsters. When I attacked with a powerful monster, I was attacked by the [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] who was also a [Kuribo Ball]. Blocked.
"My turn is over."
With an empty card in his hand, Yugi has no choice but to end his turn as he has no other operations to continue since [Black Magician]'s attack failed.
[Game: 3300LP, 0 cards in hand]
【Dark Magician】【ATK2500】
Taking a deep breath and looking at the [Black Magician] on the game field, Hayato smiled.
It is obvious that the end of the duel has come at this moment. Whether it is Hayato or the game, the resources that can be used in the deck are getting less and less, but at this moment Hayato feels more and more clearly what "the fun of dueling monsters" is.
"My turn, draw a card."
Although the situation on the field was a bit tense, Hayato felt relaxed all over and pulled out the card at the top of the deck.
It's quite a coincidence that the card he drew was the [Pot of Greed] that he had used once in the previous game.
Now that [Armed Dragon Battery Cannon] has been removed from the field, even the game is no longer restricted, and you can freely use cards with the same name as the excluded cards, let alone the game.
"I activate the magic card [Pot of Greed], return five monsters from my graveyard to the deck, shuffle them, and then draw two cards from the deck."
[Dark Knight of Gale - Gaia], [Armed Dragon Power Cannon], [Armed Dragon LV3], [Disruption·Blue], [Armed Dragon LV10] were returned to the deck and shuffled, and Hayato drew out Two cards.
"Cover a card, and I activate the effect of the monster in my hand."
Hayato first put down a card to reduce the number of cards in his hand to the last one. He turned over the card in his hand, revealing the true face of the monster, which was the one that had just been struck by the [Pot of Greed]. Give [Dark Knight of the Gale - Gaia] which is returned to the deck and shuffled.
And his effect, because he saw Hayato using it so many times, even others can recite it.
"When there is only [Gaia, the Dark Knight of Gale] left in his hand, [Gaia] can be directly summoned normally without any sacrifices. From another perspective, [Gaia] is the kind commonly seen in medieval knight movies. A lone knight, fighting alone without any reinforcements.”
Looking at the [Dark Knight of Gale - Gaia] in his hand, Hayato said with a smile, and then placed it on his field: "Follow the gale, my most loyal subordinate, come to me! [Dark Knight of Gale——]”
"Ga-ya-!!!"
Holding a heavy and sharp lance, and riding a horse faster than the wind, [Gaia] blocked Hayato in front of him in attack mode, even when faced with [Black Magician] who had a higher attack power than himself. ], [Gaia] also showed no timidity.
[Dark Knight of Gale-Gaia] [7☆/Dark]
【Warrior/Effect】
【2300/2100】
"[Gaia]'s attack power is still not as good as [Black Magician]. However, although [Gaia] is a lone hero, I will not let him fight alone." Hayato said, opening his The cover card in the backcourt, "Activate the trap card, [Spiral Resurrection]!"
"Only one card with this card name can be activated per turn. From my graveyard, select a Dragon-type monster below level 7 as the target and Special Summon it."
Although the card picture of [Spiral Resurrection] depicts a shining [Dragon Knight-Gaia] with wings spread, the monster specially summoned from Hayato's graveyard from the magic circle released by the card is [ Armed Dragon LV5].
【Armed Dragon LV5】【ATK2400】
Although [Spiral Resurrection] is a card that Hayato has already dealt in the last round, when he used [Black Magic] to launch a direct attack in the previous game, Hayato hesitated and did not activate it.
On the one hand, it is because there is a [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] in Hayato's graveyard that can block a direct attack to protect him. On the other hand, the attack of [Black Magician] is not fatal. Rather than blocking the knife in order to reduce the combat damage received, it is better to save the opportunity for counterattack.
As for why [Armed Dragon LV5] was resurrected, the answer is of course because the monster Hayato will summon next, although usually the materials Hayato uses are [Cursed Dragon] and its derivative series, but in fact his fusion One of the material requirements is just a 5☆ dragon monster.
"Roar!" Resurrected from the cold cemetery, [Armed Dragon LV5] shook the dust off its body and roared to the sky. It seemed to be angry, but Hayato knew that it was actually just yawning because it had just woken up.
"In addition, I will activate the effect of [Disturbing Demonic Transformation] in my graveyard." Hayato continued. He put his hand into his trouser pocket and fumbled for a while, then took out the [Disruption·Yellow], which had been excluded from the game in order to summon the three monsters [X], [Y], and [Z]. [Disruption·Black] and [Disruption·Green].
"Hey, we actually came out?!" "Ho ho ho, we must be used to end this duel." "We are indeed the Tamashi given by Ani!"
In the expectant eyes of the three [Disruption] brothers, Hayato stuffed them into the deck. While waiting for the deck to be automatically shuffled, Hayato introduced:
"I will remove the [Disruptor Transformation] from the graveyard, and then target the three removed [Disruption] monsters to activate its second effect. Add the target monsters to my deck, shuffle them, and then, I draw a card from the deck."
Pulling out a card, Hayato shouted to the [Dark Knight of Gale - Gaia] and [Armed Dragon LV5] on the field: "It's time to go, [Gaia], [Armed Dragon], Are You Ready?"
"It has been prepared for a long time, Master."
"Roar."
After receiving energetic replies from his monsters, Hayato nodded with satisfaction, inserted the card in his hand into the magic trap card area, and said: "Then, I activate the magic card [Fusion]!"
"[Dark Knight of the Gale - Gaia], [Armed Dragon LV5], the noble and great power, the blazing fire of courage! Wake up and guide the promise of victory!"
In the whirlpool of fusion, the Holy Dragon Knight with a formidable aura appeared.
"My ace, I will use my last full strength! Come out, [Dragon Demon Knight-Ga-Ya-]!!!"
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] [7☆/Wind]
[Dragon/Fusion/Effect]
【2600/2100】
"Enter the battle stage! Take the move, Yugi!" After summoning [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], Hayato eagerly gave the command to attack, "[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], attack [Black Magic] !”
"Golden Whirlpool Energy!"
The game is not to be outdone. Although the attack power of Hayato's [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia] is higher, you cannot lose your aura when losing, even if it is destroyed, your aura must be sufficient.
Facing the [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] that was spinning and swooping down from the air, [Black Magician] chanted a spell and applied strengthening magic such as "Stone Skin Technique" and "Giant Power Technique" to his body, and then waved his hand. He used the staff in his hand as a stick and rushed forward.
No matter how high the will is, it cannot change the combat power that has been turned into fixed data. The [Black Magician] who adheres to the belief that "all true magic masters have a heart for melee combat" was destroyed by [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] and sent to the game's graveyard. Among them, the game also suffered combat damage.
【Game: 3300→3200LP】
"When [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia] destroys the opponent's monster in battle, I activate one of his effects." Hayato looked at [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia] that returned to his field after defeating a monster. , said, "The attack power of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] increases by 2600 points. After that, my turn ends."
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] [ATK2600→5200]
"Can you actually increase the attack power? What a powerful effect." Although it is not Hayato's first time to use [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia], it is the first time for Jonouchi, Mai and others to see him fighting. Regarding [ They were quite surprised that Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] actually had the ability to increase attack power to such a high degree.
There are monsters that can increase their own attack power after destroying them in battle. For example, Ooka Chikuzen, one of the five elders who has been turned into [Super Fusion] fertilizer, likes [Sword Hunter] very much because of [Hunter]. Sword Hunter] has the effect of destroying monsters in battle and turning them into equipment that increases one's attack power by 200 points.
But compared to [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], which can increase a full 2,600 points in one breath and has no equipment cards that occupy its position to limit the number of times it can increase its attack power, [Sword Hunter] was simply pressed to the ground and rubbed.
Kaiba knew the effect of [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia], because when Hayato hunted members of the Gurus organization in Dominino City with him, he often summoned him and used it to perform instant kills that gave him the ability to penetrate defense. And Kaiba also knew very well that besides increasing the attack power, the other effect of [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia] was the most troublesome.
‘Yugi, can you capture the effect of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] that Hayato concealed based on the oversight in what he just said? Let me see where your limits are, game! ’
Naturally, Kaiba's inner voice did not reach Yugi's ears.
[Hayato: 3300LP, 0 cards in hand]
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] [ATK5200]
【Gaika】
Unlike Hayato who felt relaxed when he drew cards just now, he felt quite heavy in the current game.
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] with an attack power of 5200 points is really too oppressive. Even if [Gaia]'s sight is half blocked by the helmet, just the [Cursed Dragon] under [Gaia]'s crotch. 】The sight is full of aggression.
However, what makes Yugi feel heavy is not the gaze of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], but that he really can't think of any other cards in his deck that can defeat [Dragon Demon Knight] at this moment. Knight-Gaia].
The desire for victory, the unreasonable urgency in the heart to retrieve the lost memory, and the trouble of not being able to find a path to victory no matter what, the conflict between the three makes the game's thoughts extremely confusing.
At this moment, Wang Xiang, who was in control of his body, heard a voice coming from the [Millennium Brick] on his chest.
"Other me, are you feeling okay?"
The two games are connected, both inside and outside. Although their memories and thoughts are not the same, each other's moods are always transmitted to each other's hearts without any hindrance.
Feeling Omo Yugi's worry about him, An Yugi said helplessly: "I'm so sorry, Aibo, our journey to Duel City will probably stop here."
"It's not that I'm afraid of fighting or avoiding duels. I remember every card in the deck and thought about countless combinations. However, I can't find a way to defeat [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia]."
"That's it." In [Millennium Building Blocks], after a moment of silence, Biao Yugi continued, "But that's not all. Do you still remember, I also modified the deck."
"In response to Hayato's [VWXYZ-Shenron Power Cannon], I added a card to your deck. Although the one you have to deal with now is not [VtoZ], it is quite appropriate to use that card."
"You mean, that card?" Yami Yugi was also stunned, recalling the last card that Yugi added to the deck before the duel began. At that time, he seemed to say this -
"[VWXYZ-Shenron Power Cannon], I decided that in this duel, Hayato who goes all out will probably use this monster. It has powerful attack power, the effect of changing the offensive and defensive status, and of course, there is still one turn. The powerful effect of banishing one card at a time. It would be bad if Hayato banished some key cards. So, I think it is necessary to bring this card."
——
"I remember, the card Aibo added to the deck was-" Yami Yugi's eyes sparkled. In his mind, one card after another was originally separated by darkness and inaccessible, but after recalling the card added by the table game, it seemed that the gear set made up for the missing one. After the power gear, the darkness was driven away, and he thought about the possibility of victory!
Looking down at the deck, Yugi put his hand on it and closed his eyes. At the same time, the table games in [Millennium Building Blocks] made the same action simultaneously.
‘Please, Aibo, everything depends on this draw! ’
"My turn, draw a card!"
Just like the sword unsheathed in the hand of the peerless swordsman, Yugi suddenly pulled out the card at the top of the deck. His faith in Yugi was not betrayed. He indeed pulled out the card that was enough to penetrate his deck!
"I activate the magic card, [Chant from the Other Side]!" Showing the card in his hand, the game took out the cards that had been previously excluded in batches by "Armed Dragon Strike Cannon", "Take a magic card excluded from the game as the Object, add the object card to my hand!"
"The magic card I chose is [Treasure Card from Heaven]!"
The most powerful draw card Yugi held came into his hands again. Under the gaze of the stunned Hayato, Yugi activated this card for the third time in this duel.
Both duelists, whose hands were equally empty, drew six cards to replenish their hands to the upper limit. At the same time, the decks of both sides have been heavily consumed again and again in previous duels, and there are only a few rounds left before they are completely consumed.
Hayato made up his mind. I heard that Becas guy has recovered from his injuries and been discharged from the hospital? After this Duel City is over, I must organize a meeting for the two leaders of Duel Monsters, Kaiba and Bekas, and slowly come up with other rules and other things, and first get the list of restricted cards.
[Treasure Card Falling from the Sky] is such an overly powerful card that it would be a pity to ban Hayato, but it must be limited to just one - but then again, in this duel, the game used [Treasure Card Falling from the Sky] three times. card] is actually the same card. While Hayato is unhappy, he also admires Yugi for being able to recycle the cards for reuse.
After drawing six cards, Yugi seemed to want to be satisfied with the cards he had drawn. Having seen the chance of victory, his thinking became clearer and his IQ reached a higher level again. He recalled what Hayato said in the last round.
"Hayato, you did say in the last round that [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] increases the attack power after destroying monsters in battle. Is it one of his effects?" Yugi said as he played a card. Card, "In other words, in addition to this effect, [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] should have other effects."
"I activate the quick-attack magic card [Forbidden Holy Grail] to increase the attack power of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] by 400 points until the end of the round, and the effect is negated."
A slowly pouring golden wine glass suddenly appeared on the top of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia]'s head. Although [Gaia] noticed its existence immediately, he raised the lance in his hand and completed the action of blocking and parrying. But the red wine overflowing from the wine glass seemed to not exist in the world at all, but penetrated the lance in [Gaia's] hand like a phantom.
But when it touched [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], the scarlet wine took on substance again, and the rich smell of alcohol instantly intoxicated [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], whether it was a knight or a dragon.
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] [ATK5200→5600]
"The attack power of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] has been increased again? Have you given up on defeating [Gaia], Yugi?" Kaiba murmured in confusion, but for Yugi, although he didn't know the actual effect , but blocked the effect of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] in advance, he still approved of it.
Although he was far away, Yugi seemed to hear Kaiba's low murmur in the audience, and what he said could be used as a reply: "Although [Gaia]'s attack power has been increased, Hayato, if it were you It should be very clear that some things have the ability to become stronger when encountering strong ones, right?"
"But before that, let me summon the monster I used to defeat you."
As he spoke, Yugi played a card: "I activate the magic card [Fusion Send], show a fusion monster to the opponent, and then use a fusion material written on the fusion monster from my hand card or deck. Monster special summons.”
In front of Hayato, a fusion monster card appeared, but what surprised him was that the fusion monster displayed in the game was actually the predecessor of the current main monster in the city [Demon Dragon-Dark Demon Dragon]. A powerful mortal bone monster [Dark Demonic Dragon] formed by the fusion of two mortal bones! ?
"H-Masaka!" Hayato saw the card displayed by Yugi and thought about what Yugi said before. It was difficult for Hayato not to recall the first game he had with Yugi after he traveled to the world of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Duel, "Isn't that the monster you want to summon?"
"Although I exchanged one with Jonouchi, this monster is so cost-effective that I naturally have more than one in my collection." Yugi said, retrieving a monster from his deck, although it only had a level of 6☆ and an attack power of 6☆ But it is [Devil's Summons] that is on par with [Black Magician]!
"The Skeleton Demon in charge of thunder appears here! Come out, [Devil's Call]!"
Amidst the lightning and thunder, a tall demonic monster appeared on the game field. Covered by pale white skeletal armor, strong pale pink muscles are exposed. On top of his head are horns that are curved like horns, and the navy blue wings behind his back seem to be able to block out the sky and the sun.
Although it only has 2500 points of attack power, the appearance of [Devil's Summon] aroused Hayato's PTSD.
【Demon's Call】【6☆/Dark】
【Demon/Normal】
【2500/1200】
The attack power of 2500 points is the same as the ace of the game [Dark Magician], which is enough to dwarf a large number of ordinary duel monsters. The price of appearance is because its level is 6☆ and it only requires one sacrifice. [Devil's Summon] is in the current situation Era does have a very high cost performance, and its only flaw is that its defense power is only 1,200 points.
What makes Hayato's PTSD worse is the card played next in the game.
"The normal magic card, [Force], is activated." Yugi played a card that Hayato was very familiar with, "Activate the effect of this card on two monsters on the field, and increase the attack power of one monster. It is reduced to half the original attack power, and the changed value is added to the attack power of the other monster."
"I chose to cut the attack power of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] to half, and then increase the attack power to [Devil's Summons]!"
With the activation of [Force Power], the [Devil's Summons] on the game field raised his hand and pointed at the [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] on Hayato's field that had its effect sealed, and suddenly clenched his palm. I saw a white light flying out of the body of [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] and pouring into the body of [Demon's Call].
As the momentum of [Gaia] declines, the dark magic power of [Demon's Call] becomes more and more swollen.
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] [ATK5600→2800]
【Demon's Call】【ATK2500→5300】
The offense and defense were reversed, and the identities of the strong and weak sides were swapped because of a card.
As if wanting to end the duel in this round, Yugi did not keep the last three cards in his hand and played them out one by one.
"Equip the magic card [Scrap Crash] to give [Devil's Summon] the effect of inflicting damage equal to half of the destroyed monster's attack power to the opponent after destroying the monster in battle!"
"The continuous magic card [Hiding Curtain], when a card on my field is destroyed by battle or the opponent's effect, can be used as a replacement card to destroy [Hiding Curtain]."
"And to be on the safe side, I pay 1,000 base points, I activate the magic card [Control], check the cards in your hand, Hayato, and then choose one to discard."
【Game: 3200→2200LP】
It can be seen that Yugi is very cautious, fearing that Hayato has life-saving cards like [Rainbow Chestnut Ball] in his hand.
Then he saw Hayato's six cards in his hand, which were - [Extraordinary Food], [Nightmare Mirage], [Thief Goblin], [Psychic Ectoplasm], [Red Restart] and [ Hyperconvergence].
If these cards in Hayato's hand are used to initiate attacks, they can be said to be invincible, but now is the round of the game, and if they are not covered in advance, even if Hayato holds the "pseudo four-speed" [Super Fusion] in his hand, I can only watch the game operation.
"The card I choose to discard is Hayato's [Hyper Fusion]." Having fully realized how pleasurable the game is, Kangkang Hand decided to discard the most dangerous [Hyper Fusion] in Hayato's hand, confirming it. After he didn't have any cards with counterattack capabilities in his hand, Yugi confidently ordered:
"[Devil's summons], attack [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], and finally, the devil's thunder!"
"This is the final outcome of this duel, Hayato!"
A cautious game, guarding against almost all possible counterattacks.
Due to the effect of [Forbidden Holy Grail], [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], which has the effect of reducing attack power and directly destroying a card, has been sealed;
[Confidence] Confirmed that Hayato had no cards in his hand that could be used to block this attack.
Even the possibility that the card on Hayato's field might be [Explosive Armor] was taken into consideration by the game, and [Attack Curtain] was specially activated as a substitute for [Demon's Call].
Seeing the skeletal demon raising its arms and controlling thunder and lightning with its terrifying dark magic, Hayato smiled.
"Yes, this duel really should end."
"But the game, I don't like the ending now, because I want to win, there is no other reason, I want to win!"
"My ending will be a replica of the defeat you and I had in our original duel? No, the ending of the duel will be changed by me!"
Hayato waved his hand forward and activated the card he had set down in the previous round to activate the effect of [Dark Knight of Gale - Gaia]: "Quick Attack Magic Card [Duel Fusion]!"
An extremely thick thunder light fell from the sky, but as Hayato's Gaika was activated, a sky-blue light was seen entwining the weapon of the weak [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia], facing the tall [Devil's Call], fighting alone, [Gaia] gently pulled the reins and bravely faced the attack of [Devil's Call]!
"You can only use one of this card per turn, and it can only be activated when the fusion monster on my field battles with the opponent's monster and declares an attack!"
"Until the end of the damage step, the attack power of my monster is increased by the attack power of the opponent's monster in battle!"
"Take back your power and win for me, [Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia]!"
Yugi watched Hayato's [Dragon Demon Knight - Gaia]'s spear shoot straight up, and [Demon's Call]'s lightning strike landed on his lance. It failed to cause him any damage, but instead clashed with the lance. The strong wind and the fierce fire merged into one.
"This is the perfect cavalry maneuver. Come on [Gaia], Dragon Slayer Secret, Kai, Red Lotus Exploding Thunder Blade!"
[Gaia] swooped down from high in the sky, and with the name of Hayato's powerful attack moves, Yugi couldn't help but sigh, but then he also smiled: "It was really an interesting duel, Hayato. ....."
"boom!"
With the shattering of the [Attack Curtain], the [Demon's Call] was not destroyed by the battle, but the excessive battle damage instantly cleared the game's base points.
【Demon's Call】【ATK5300】
[Dragon Demon Knight-Gaia] [ATK2800→8100]
【Game:2200→0】