“He actually held on…?”
“I thought he was going to take a lot of damage.”
“Even against Yūshī Tenjō’s “Dark Hero,” Caesar was struggling… ”
“Do you think Caesar has a chance of winning?”
“I think it’s unlikely. Even though both Caesar and Yūshī Tenjō have 4,000 life points now, it looks like Caesar won’t be able to win, right?”
“Yeah, especially with “Dark Claw,” that dark hero on the field. Caesar’s cards will get banished one by one...”
“It’s so tragic. Go, go! You playing the Cyber Dragons, big brother!”
The students in the audience cheered loudly, rooting for Fūto Aki.
After all, Fūto Aki was the last hope of the academy to defeat Yūshī Tenjō!
If even the academy’s best, Fūto Aki, couldn’t beat Yūshī Tenjō,
wouldn’t that mean no one could defeat the “Dark Hero?”
“How come I feel like the bad guy…”
Yūshī Tenjō glanced at the students in the audience and mumbled.
He was clearly using a Hero deck.
But in everyone’s eyes, he was the villain instead.
“End of turn.”
Yūshī Tenjō looked at Fūto Aki, “Your turn, Caesar.”
Fūto Aki nodded lightly.
“My turn, I draw.”
Looking at the card he drew, Fūto Aki said without hesitation, “I summon “Cyber Vari-Dragon” in defense position.”
A summoning effect flickered on the field.
A small silver Cyber Dragon appeared on Fūto Aki’s field.
“Cyber Vari-Dragon”
“Level: 1”
“Attack: 0, Defense: 0”
Attack and defense both 0?
“Caesar is out of options…” Asaka muttered.
“No, for Caesar, the good show has just begun,” Fuyūki said, unconcerned.
He smiled at the field, full of trust in Fūto Aki.
“Then, I activate the Spell Card, “Machine Duplication!”
Fūto Aki waved his hand. A Spell Card appeared on the field.
“Target one Machine-type monster with an attack of 500 or less on your field. Special summon up to 2 monsters with the same name from your deck!”
“Come out, a second and third “Cyber Vari-Dragon!”
Whum~ Whum~
With two flashes of light, two more Cyber Vari-Dragons appeared on Fūto Aki’s field.
“Activate the effect of Cyber Vari-Dragon!”
“Target one of your monsters on the field and this card. Send both cards to the banished zone. Draw 2 cards from your deck.”
Fūto Aki removed the two Cyber Vari-Dragons from his monster zone and placed them in the banished zone.
Then, he drew two cards from his deck.
“Hmm?”
Seeing the two cards in his hand, Fūto Aki’s eyes trembled.
“Did you draw a comeback card?”
Yūshī Tenjō smiled lightly.
“However, I activate “Masked Hero - Dark Claw”s effect!”
“When your opponent adds a card to their hand by a method other than drawing, you can discard one of their cards at random!”
Yūshī Tenjō shouted loudly.
“What?”
Fūto Aki’s face changed.
A deep, dark light burst from the belt on “Dark Claw’s” waist.
The light swept over Fūto Aki’s hand cards, again and again. Finally, it lingered on one of the cards.
“Cyber Dragon Core.”
“Due to the effect of Masked Hero - Dark Claw, Cyber Dragon Core will be banished,” Yūshī Tenjō smiled and watched as Fūto Aki expressionlessly banished the Cyber Dragon Core.
“Banished again…”
“How many cards have been banished?”
“I don’t know, I’ve lost count…”
A low hum of discussion erupted from the audience.
“I set one card face-down, end of turn!”
Fūto Aki set one card face-down in the spell and trap zone, and declared the end of his turn.
“It’s a set card, is it a trap?”
“It feels like…the atmosphere is getting tenser, I’m having trouble breathing…”
“My head is covered in sweat. I don’t know what’s going to happen next…”
The hearts of the students in the audience pounded.
No one knew whether Yūshī Tenjō would completely crush Fūto Aki in the next turn or if Fūto Aki would stage a comeback from this desperate situation.
“My turn.”
Yūshī Tenjō drew a card from the top of his deck.
“Due to the effect of “Ocean Hero,” during each of my Standby Phases, I can target one “HERO” monster on my field or in my graveyard and return that monster to my hand.”
Yūshī Tenjō added “Blaze Hero” from his graveyard to his hand.
“Then, I summon “Elemental Hero - Blaze Hero!”
As the words left his mouth, the flaming red figure appeared on Yūshī Tenjō’s field.
“Is he going to use Blaze Hero’s effect to add to his graveyard?”
Fūto Aki’s eyes were grave.
“No, no, adding to the graveyard is only Blaze Hero’s second effect.”
“Blaze Hero’s first effect is that when this card is summoned, you can add one “Fusion” from your deck to your hand.”
Yūshī Tenjō revealed the Fusion from his deck that he added to his hand.
Fusion…
Is it coming?
Fūto Aki was startled. His gaze fell unconsciously on his own set card.
“I activate the Spell Card, “Fusion!”
“Fusion “Elemental Hero - Blaze Hero” and “Elemental Hero - Ocean Hero”!”
A swirling vortex of color rotated on Yūshī Tenjō’s field.
Blaze Hero and Ocean Hero looked at each other, nodded lightly.
Then, they jumped up together, merging into the swirling vortex of color.
“Hya!”
In a burst of dazzling light, the fiery red figure exploded in the fusion vortex.
The rolling waves of energy left the audience speechless.
“Come out, “Elemental Hero - Sunrise Hero!”
Beside Yūshī Tenjō, the hero cloaked in fiery red armor and a blue cape slowly floated on his field.
“Elemental Hero - Sunrise Hero”
“Level: 7”
“Attack: 2500, Defense: 1200”
“Sunrise Hero… ”
Asaka’s face changed, seemingly remembering something unpleasant from the past.
“Elemental Hero - Sunrise Hero has the ability to increase the attack of all monsters on his field.”
“Additionally, when another “HERO” monster attacks, you can destroy one card on the field.”
“He’s a tough hero…” Ed stood at the door, watching the hero appear on the field with a surprised expression.
“I didn’t know there were elemental heroes like this…”
“Compared to my Destiny Heroes, which are stronger, my Destiny Heroes or Yūshī Tenjō’s Elemental Heroes…”
The appearance of Elemental Hero - Sunrise Hero pushed the tension in the arena to its peak.
Many of the students present had already witnessed this card of Yūshī Tenjō’s.
While they couldn’t be sure if it was Yūshī Tenjō’s trump card,
the powerful effects were enough to resolve the situation!
“Due to Sunrise Hero’s effect, I add one “Miracle Fusion” from my deck to my hand.”
Yūshī Tenjō smiled faintly, looking at Fūto Aki who remained unmoved, expressionless.
“Caesar…even though you’ve held onto your belief in victory and believe that the situation is developing as you imagine…that’s a good thing.”
“But I want to tell you…from the very beginning, everything has been according to my plan.”
“Your defeat, from the very start, was already a foregone conclusion.”
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