"Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon?!"
"What's going on, this is a card Tenjo Hikari has never used before!"
In an underground research lab, on a light screen, a duel scene bathed in a blood-red filter was playing.
"Crap, this data wasn't input into One-Eyed Bear's brain!"
"Tenjo Hikari's deck is ever-changing, no one knows what kind of Fusion Monster he might play, it's not your fault for making a mistake." A researcher stepped forward, coughed, and told them not to panic, "Moreover, it's just a mere Fusion Monster without abilities, what's there to fear!"
"One-Eyed Battle is currently our masterpiece in spirit modification, how could an ordinary person possibly defeat it?"
Hearing the director's explanation, the researchers finally breathed a little easier. As they nervously watched the big screen, a girl with purple hair tied with a yellow scarf peeked in out of curiosity, taking a glance at the screen.
Duel?
She curiously leaned against the door, watching the duel.
"Battle, Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon attack."
"Activate Trap Card, Waboku!" One-Eyed Battle saw Tenjo Hikari controlling a two-headed dragon with an indistinguishable head or body, and without hesitation, activated a set card, "Too naive, human!"
"Waboku's effect is that I take no battle damage this turn, and my Monsters won't be destroyed in battle."
"Oh." Tenjo Hikari wasn't surprised, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Main Phase 2."
"At this moment, Hoplomus's effect!" The armored rhino on the field bellowed, and its body slowly faded. "At the end of the Battle Phase in which this card battled, you can return it to the Deck, and Special Summon a Gladiator Beast other than Gladiator Beast Hoplomus from your Deck!"
"I Special Summon, Gladiator Beast Bestiari!"
"Kree!"
A green armored winged beast flew down from the sky.
Gladiator Beast Bestiari, LV 4, Wind Attribute, Winged Beast-Type, ATK 1500.
"Nice, with this, we can Fusion Summon Caesar next turn!"
"Ha ha ha, let's show that ignorant Tenjo Hikari what true fusion is!"
Tenjo Hikari?
The purple-haired girl tilted her head curiously.
The duelist on the left, is he called Tenjo Hikari?
"Even though there's a Monster with higher DEF, you switch for one with 1500 ATK? Brother Hikari, I sense there must be a trap on the opponent's field." After several days of systematic learning (getting beaten), Kunikawa Haruto had somewhat developed a new understanding. Seeing the 1500 ATK Monster, he felt uneasy.
"Ha, Haruto, you're sharp." Tenjo Hikari nodded, "Indeed, to my knowledge, Gladiator Beasts have a Fusion Monster called Gladiator Beast Gyzarus, which doesn't require a Fusion Card. You just need Bestiari and another Gladiator Beast Monster to return them to the Deck for a Fusion Summon from the Extra Deck.
When that Monster is Special Summoned, it can destroy up to two cards on the field, it's very powerful."
"..."
The air turned thick, and the entire research lab fell into silence.
"How does he know about Gladiator Beasts?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"No way, that's a card only duelists in the professor's Barracks could possibly have?"
"Those powerful cards, fundamentally different from the useless Ancient Gear series, are only for the Barracks trainees. How could he know!"
The Gladiator Beast series is a Deck not released in the world, a series Akaba Leo discovered himself, truly an internal card of the 'Fusion Army'!
"Don't panic! Even if he knows, so what!" The director interrupted their commotion, "Even if he knows, he's just watching himself meet his end!"
He stared intensely at the screen, watching Tenjo Hikari.
"Brother Hikari, how do you know its effects?"
"I am a duelist pursuing the ultimate fusion, there's no fusion I don't know." Tenjo Hikari chuckled, spreading his hands in confidence.
Ultimate fusion?
The purple-haired girl nodded gently.
Yes, very impressive.
"I'll continue my turn, Main Phase 2, Normal Summon, Gem-Knight Tourmaline."
"The Fusion conditions are Gem-Knight and Thunder-Type Monster—I activate the Spell Card, Fusion Substitute." Tenjo Hikari revealed the card in his hand.
"Fusion Substitute?" Something none of them had ever seen before.
"Fusion Substitute is treated as 'Polymerization' in rules." Tenjo Hikari casually explained, "Therefore, along with Polymerization itself, you can only have three in the Deck. But that's not important.
Fusion Substitute is a Fusion Spell that can only use Monsters on the field for Fusion.
I will fuse Gem-Knight Tourmaline and Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon."
"Here we go, Captain!"
"Fusion Summon, Gem-Knight Prismaura!"
The brilliant shining knight, returns!
Gem-Knight Prismaura, LV 7, Earth Attribute, Thunder-Type, ATK 2450.
"Utilizing a Fusion Monster as a Fusion Material for a Fusion Summon—" Beside him, Kunikawa Haruto swallowed hard. He felt that when he could use Xyz Monsters as Xyz Material for Xyz Summoning, he could catch up with Tenjo Hikari in terms of understanding summoning.
"Next, activate the effect of Fusion Substitute in the Graveyard, banish it, and target a Fusion Monster in your Graveyard to activate. That Fusion Monster returns to the Extra Deck, and you draw one card."
Tenjo Hikari returned Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon to the Extra Deck, then drew another card.
"Activate Gem-Knight Prismaura's effect, send Gem-Knight Fusion from the hand to the Graveyard, target a face-up card on the field. Destroy that face-up card—of course, breaking Bestiari!"
"Ugh—" One-Eyed Bear growled lowly.
"Not done yet, I also activate the effect of Thunder Dragon in my hand, discard it, to add the two Thunder Dragons shuffled back into the Deck to my hand."
"Wow..." In the research lab, a researcher couldn't help but exclaim, "It goes round and round, and returns to the same state as at the start..."
"Even swapped for another Fusion Monster..."
"So... so strong."
"Ahem!" The director cleared his throat.
The researchers who were amazed hurriedly held their tongues.
"Set one card, your turn." Tenjo Hikari shrugged, ending his turn.
The director took a deep breath.
"Increase the dosage, increase the electricity, increase the shadow influence, failure is not an option today, this is a direct order from the professor!!"
"Yes!"
A direct order from the professor?
The purple-haired girl grew even more curious.
She tiptoed into the research lab, sat on a chair cross-legged, and watched the duel intently.
Just who is this person that makes the professor personally act against him, let's see for herself.
"Whoa, oooh ooo ooo ooooo—" Powerful electricity flashed across One-Eyed Battle, next, the black aura and the agitated worms on its body became even more manic, after a painful roar, its already crimson eyes shone with a soul-stirring red light.
"Aahhhhh!"
"I must win, ahhhhh!" It screamed in agony.
Tenjo Hikari's expression darkened a bit.
How despicable...
He touched the card on his chest, squinting.