"Is that the Lullaby of Obedience?" Teacher Daitokuji couldn't help but laugh and shake his head, "When you dueled with the Integration Department students before, you mentioned using the opponent's monsters for Fusion, which actually made me quite happy.
This is precisely the principle of Alchemy.
However, giving you this card might not be of much use, right?"
Teacher Daitokuji chose to toss it directly to Tenjo Hikari, who held it in his hand.
"Indeed, Tenjo's Extra Deck probably doesn't have any Invoked," Asuka furrowed her brows and expressed her opinion.
"No, this move is quite clever." Manjome shook his head, interrupting her statements, "The power of that Summoner is indeed strong, but no matter how powerful a Monster Card is, there is a limit.
Regardless of how strong the Monster Card is, you can only have at most three of the same card in a deck. This is the most basic rule of dueling!"
"That's right. If you can prevent the Summoner from appearing, without the Summoner, the Invoked will also have difficulty appearing. Phew... Well done, Hikari." Caesar felt a sigh of relief.
"But that's not what's important!" Fubuki chimed in, excited, "If you've got the Summoner in your hand, Tenjo can also increase his ATK using its effect!"
Tenjo Hikari didn't explain his thoughts to them. He wanted to win, which meant he had to achieve the strategy in his mind. Before that, he couldn't let anyone know his target.
"The effect of the Field Spell, discard the Fusion Substitute, and add another Fusion Substitute from the deck to the hand."
"Activate the effect of the Fusion Substitute in the Graveyard, return the Flame Swordsman from the Graveyard to the Extra Deck, and draw a card." Tenjo Hikari drew a card and immediately revealed it, "Then, activate the effect of Thunder Dragon in the hand, adding two more Thunder Dragons from the Deck to the hand!"
"Next, send one Thunder Dragon from the hand to the Graveyard, activate the effect of Flame Swordsrealm, and Special Summon, Flame Swordsman!"
Flame Swordsman, LV 5, Fire Attribute, Warrior-Type, ATK 1800.
"Woohoo! This time, I definitely won't disappoint my lord!" Flame Swordsman shouted once more.
Anyone who could see his moves fell into silence.
"I activate the Spell Card, Thunder Dragon Fusion!" Tenjo Hikari revealed the Spell from his hand, "Based on its effect, I can return monsters on the field and in the Graveyard, in banished state, to the deck as Fusion Materials to perform a Thunder-Type Fusion Summon."
"Fusion Summon, Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon!" Tenjo Hikari clapped his hands together and summoned this monster, making its second appearance.
Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, LV 8, Light Attribute, Thunder-Type, ATK 2800.
"Good, at least now Invocations can't take the monsters from Tenjo's Graveyard!"
"2800... But it's still not enough!"
"However, with Flame Swordsrealm!"
"Battle!" Tenjo Hikari took a deep breath, his plan was almost complete. The next step was to see if Teacher Daitokuji would cooperate!
"Use Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon to attack the Water Invoked! Activate Flame Swordsrealm's effect, reduce its ATK by 1000, and increase the ATK of other monsters by 1000!"
Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon ATK: 2800→3800; Labyrinth Tank ATK: 2400→3400
Teacher Daitokuji watched the Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon attack the Water Invoked, thought for a moment, then shook his head, refraining from using the effect of Ah Laister in his hand.
"Next, attack with Labyrinth Tank!" Tenjo Hikari pointed at the opponent.
"Discard Ah Laister!" Teacher Daitokuji discarded a card.
Earth Invokedt ATK: 3000→4000.
The Tank charged at the huge monster once more, but this time, it was met not with a simple push, but a swift, fierce punch from the Stone Ogre Grotto!
Tenjo Hikari LP: 1100→500
"This is bad, Tenjo's Life Points are being constantly drained, and Teacher Daitokuji hasn't lost any Life Points at all." Asuka swallowed her saliva, the situation was truly dire.
If Tenjo loses, what will happen to them?
Will Teacher Daitokuji kill them?
A myriad of thoughts flashed through her mind, fear overwhelming her.
"Ugh..." Tenjo felt as if his chest had been pierced, every breath like pouring molten lava into his body. He gritted his teeth, cold sweat rolling off him.
"Main Phase 2..."
"Oh no, this is terrible, even Tenjo... even Tenjo-san!"
"Originally, even the strongest brother lost... originally..."
"Hayato, Shou! Don't be afraid!" At this moment, Judai got up with effort, completely disregarding his previously battered body, and shouted through the pain, "If we don't believe in Hikari right now, who else can support him!?
Go, Hikari!"
"Yeah, go for it, Tenjo-san!" Professor Cronos was the first to join in the shout.
Under Judai's rallying cry, the classmates seemed to regain some spirit, cheering on Tenjo Hikari from the sidelines.
"Hikari, are you alright, want me to help you?" Mitsuzawa asked.
Tenjo Hikari shook his head, indicating he could still hold on.
"I... set one more card, ending the turn."
"Is this your limit, Hikari-san?" Teacher Daitokuji's expression showed a hint of disappointment, "If that's the case, there's no need to use this card."
His Set Card was Omega Summon, a Trap Card that could Special Summon banished Invoked back to the field.
Originally meant as a backup for when he ran out of Fusion Materials and needed an Invoked to Fusion Summon.
But since Tenjo had only gotten this far, the card no longer mattered.
"My turn, draw card—Spell Card, Monster Reincarnation, discard Garuda the Wind Spirit, return Ah Laister from the Graveyard to the hand!"