On the duel stage.
The situation has become a stalemate.
Judai Yuki...
Why do I always feel like he's seen right through me?
Marufuji Ryo stared at the young man in front of him, who was completely composed.
The young man's light orange eyes were like they could see into a person's soul.
Every chain, every thought I had, seemed to have been deciphered by this young man.
Judai Yuki, what are you plotting…
And he said it himself.
‘I’ll help you destroy that card…’
Looking at his banished zone, where 【Cyber Overflow】 lay quietly.
Marufuji Ryo gritted his teeth.
He seems to know my deck like the back of his hand.
No matter what move I make, he can predict it perfectly.
Logically, I only need to use this card… to win.
But…
An invisible pressure swept over Marufuji Ryo's entire body.
The card for victory is already in my hand.
But this feeling of helplessness…
“Kaiser, my turn ends. Your turn.”
Judai Yuki said.
“ …My turn, draw!”
Marufuji Ryo drew a card from his deck.
But his eyes were no longer on the card he drew.
“Judai, I don’t know why you’re so confident.”
“But I might as well let you in on a little secret.” Marufuji Ryo took a deep breath and said loudly, “The Cyber Dragon deck is famous for its ultimate strength!”
“This turn, I can special summon the trump card that will decide victory from my extra deck.”
“And the banished zone filled with Cyber Dragons will be your downfall!”
Marufuji Ryo revealed the card in his hand.
“I activate the Speed Spell, 【Cybernetic Fusion Load】!”
Cybernetic Fusion Load?!
The card in Marufuji Ryo's hand instantly attracted everyone’s attention.
“This, this card…”
“Could it be, because of the effect of 【Cyber Overflow】, it was added from the deck to his hand?”
Tenjo Inoki widened her eyes. The surprise on her face was strange even to Asuka who was standing beside her.
This was the first time she saw her brother show such an expression.
“Amazing, it’s absolutely incredible! Ryo!” Tenjo Inoki clenched her fist, “So Ryo had been planning this all along?”
“He kept banishing his monsters from the field, continuously gathering his Cyber Dragons in the banished zone using the effect of 【Masked Hero-Dark Claw】!”
“His plan all along was to use this card!”
“It’s amazing… Ryo… You really are the NO.1 of Duel Academy’s third year!” Tenjo Inoki exclaimed excitedly.
“Brother, brother, what does that mean?” Asuka was completely lost.
Why, it’s just a Speed Spell, but it makes her brother so excited.
Could it be…
Asuka suddenly thought of something and turned to look at the duel stage.
“【Cybernetic Fusion Load】, this card can return your fusion monsters on the field or in your banished zone to your deck.”
“Then—special summon a fusion monster that uses ‘Cyber Dragon’ as fusion material from your extra deck!”
Marufuji Ryo held up the card in his hand.
Fusion from the banished zone?!
At that moment, all the students gasped.
There were a total of three 【Cyber Dragon】, three 【Cybernetic Dragon】, one 【Cyber Petit Dragon】, one 【Cyber Dragon Core】, one 【Cyber Serpentine】, and one 【Chimeratech Overdrive Dragon】 in the banished zone!
A total of ten Machine-type monsters!
In other words, using these ten monsters as fusion materials…
“The 【Chimeratech Fortress Dragon】, which is sleeping in my extra deck, has a special effect where its attack increases by 800 for each fusion material.”
“A total of ten fusion materials, which means… my 【Chimeratech Fortress Dragon】 has a total attack of 8000!”
Marufuji Ryo slowly revealed the fusion monster in his hand.
“Roar!”
At that moment, the sound of Cyber Dragons echoed through the arena.
The giant Cyber Dragon with multiple heads, like a mountain range, condensed behind Marufuji Ryo.
Rumble…
Thunder and lightning.
Even the light seemed to be absorbed by the swirling vortex of fusion.
“Attack… 8000?”
“No, no way? Is that even real?”
“If that’s the case, Judai Yuki… Judai Yuki will really lose? Lose to the Cyber Dragons?”
Everyone was dumbfounded.
They thought that Marufuji Ryo, who had banished all his monsters, no longer had any chance of turning the tables.
But they didn’t expect Marufuji Ryo to have this up his sleeve!
Principal Kazama showed a relieved smile.
He seemed to see the moment Marufuji Ryo would win.
“It seems Judai Yuki is nothing special after all… defeated by that Kaiser Ryo?”
“Saiou… you’re worrying too much.”
Even Ed, who was standing by the door, shook his head with a cold smile and turned to leave.
But.
Out of everyone, only Judai Yuki had a faint smile on his face.
As if he had expected this to happen.
“I banish three 【Cyber Dragon】, three 【Cybernetic Dragon】, as well as Cyber Petit Dragon, Cyber Dragon Core, Cyber Serpentine, and Chimeratech Overdrive Dragon from my banished zone! Fusion!”
Marufuji Ryo said excitedly.
He placed the 【Cybernetic Fusion Load】 in his hand on the magic/trap zone of his duel disk.
The game… is over.
Everyone’s hearts echoed this thought at the same time.
But at that moment.
A clear 【Beep beep beep】 sound suddenly rang out in everyone’s ears.
Ed, who was about to leave the gymnasium, abruptly stopped.
He furrowed his brow, looking back in confusion.
“What sound is that?”
“Huh? It sounds like… a time bomb?”
“I don’t know… Damn! Damn! Damn! Look at Judai Yuki’s field!”
Suddenly, someone yelled.
They saw that the last card Judai Yuki had set face down during his first turn was now revealed.
And on the 【Chimeratech Fortress Dragon】 that was slowly condensing behind Marufuji Ryo, a bunch of time bombs appeared out of nowhere.
“Kaiser.”
“I told you, your defeat was planted from the very beginning.”
“Because, a Shadow’s shadow has no limit.”
“I activate the Trap Card, 【D.D. Dynamite】.”
“Deal damage to your opponent equal to 300 times the number of banished cards.”
“Besides the ten monster cards, you have four magic and trap cards in your banished zone (Dust Tornado, Fusion, Machine Duplication, Cyber Overflow).”
“A total of 4200 points of damage, please accept it.”
Looking at the stunned Marufuji Ryo.
Judai Yuki snapped his fingers from his forehead, a mischievous smile spreading across his face.
“And congratulations on graduating, third-year.”