Tenjo Hikari returned to the dueling arena. Upon hearing there was more duel action to be seen, some students who were about to leave rushed back.
Having just witnessed Tenjo Hikari "pretend to knock out" his opponent, and hearing that the transfer students from the United States were going to have a tag team match with Tenjo Hikari's Fusion Department members, most students without urgent matters stayed with the mindset of "there's no way I'm leaving on such an exciting day."
After all, entertaining and intense duels are rare to come by.
What's more, the duels between the Fusion Department and Integration Department are a hallmark of this school!
There hasn't been a tag team match before!
Tenjo Hikari walked onto the stage. On the other side, Serena waved excitedly, while the Tyler Sisters glanced at her and exchanged a few whispers.
Professor Akuma's daughter, Serena, was someone they had heard about. However, they were not responsible for any "missions" related to Serena, nor were they interested in that kind of content.
They were more keen on battling strong duelists!
On the dueling platform, Manjome stood with arms crossed, head slightly bowed, wearing a smug smile that looked rather self-satisfied.
However, this was the perspective of ordinary people.
From the eyes of those possessing Spirit Power, at this moment, he was surrounded by three oddly shaped small monsters, pestering him endlessly, saying things like "Big brother, go for it!" "Big brother, the opponents are quite strong, be careful!" "Big brother, big brother, Manjome big brother, say something!"
"Shut up!" Unable to maintain his facade, Manjome couldn't help but shout at them, "Be quiet!"
"But, big brother, those two women are really scary!"
"Yeah, yeah, during the S Dimension, those two women were terrifying!"
The three Ojama Monsters continued to pester Manjome, and with these Spirits speaking up, more lower-level Spirits appeared around him, continuously reminding him, making him increasingly annoyed.
Just then, Tenjo Hikari approached, and the group of Spirits immediately noticed Tierra flying behind Tenjo Hikari with a smile. The originally noisy Spirits instantly quieted down, with many directly scared into dispersing, even the Ojama brothers hid behind Manjome.
Tierra glanced at them, causing the group of Spirits to shiver, yet Tierra didn't respond nor said anything, simply following Tenjo Hikari to the arena, leaning his left cheek on his hand with interest, waiting for the duel.
"Yo, Tenjo, glad you finally arrived."
"Professor Cronos wanted to discuss something with me." Tenjo Hikari explained briefly, then asked, "You guys decided on this? How did you decide so quickly?"
"Humph, of course, it was with this." Manjome raised his fist.
"What, you guys fought!?" Tenjo Hikari was shocked.
"What are you talking about? Rock-paper-scissors!" Manjome was startled, continuously playing rock-paper-scissors with his right hand.
So simplistic.
But it seemed reasonable.
Judai isn't participating, Asuka isn't participating, so Manjome at such times is indeed the most likely to win.
"Alright, how much longer do you intend to discuss?"
"Indeed, since we're going to duel, let's duel directly."
Tenjo Hikari raised an eyebrow, turned around, and put his deck back into the duel disk.
"Yes! That's how it should be!" Gloria grinned, excitedly raising her duel disk.
"Then, before that, let's talk about the rules again." Grace extended her left arm, gently pressing down, displaying the duel disk in front of her.
Their duel disks each had its style, Gloria's was the "sword" type common among the Fusion Army, while Grace's was the shield type.
"In the tag team duel, each team shares the same field and graveyard. Battle can commence from the second turn. When switching duelists, the other side cannot use cards from their hand or operate face-down cards. As for Life Points, it will be 8000. Is there any problem?"
Both sides nodded.
"Then—"
This had become the mainstream "tag team" rule since contacting the Spirit World.
"Duel!"
Tyler Sisters, LP: 8000.
Tenjo Hikari & Manjome Thunder, LP: 8000.
"I'll go first." Gloria Tyler drew a card, then moved forward, confidently revealing a card from her hand, "When there's no card on your field, you can activate this card!
I activate the Continuous Spell Card—
Slow Living."
The card image depicts a soldier leisurely sitting on a chair, ignoring his superior.
Gloria smirked and said, "As long as this card is on your field, both players will be affected as follows:
On a turn when a Normal Summon is performed, no Special Summons can be made."
Grace elegantly added, "Conversely."
Meaning, on turns when monsters are Special Summoned, Normal Summons cannot be performed!
"Eh!?"
"What a bizarre effect."
Some of the students observing were stunned.
Honestly, the dueling world always operates under the principle that if you don't know my card, it's your problem that you lose, so actively explaining one's card effects is quite unusual.
"And then—" Gloria drew a card with her index and middle finger, seamlessly holding two other cards in her hand with her middle and ring fingers, "I activate the Spell Card, Polymerization!"
Direct and decisive right off the bat.
"I'll fuse Amazoness Queen and Amazoness Swords Woman from my hand!"
"O Queen of the Forest, absorb the power of the Brave Swordsman and establish an empire that rules all!"
She opened her hands wide, using force as if embracing the light, clenching them tightly into claw shapes, her golden hair blowing without wind, calling out the name of her ace.
"Fusion Summon!"
"LV 8, Amazoness Empress!"
Accompanied by her call, a white-haired woman wearing a skull and draped in a red cloak wielded a greatsword, appearing on the field. Her physique was quite robust, and her build was explosively above average, causing many male students to exclaim.
Amazoness Empress, LV 8, Earth Attribute, Warrior-Type, Attack Power 2800.
Mitsuzawa Daichi saw this monster and couldn't help but be dazed.
"Set a card and end the turn!"
Gloria's dueling style was straightforward, efficient in pursuit, with a direct attitude, ending her turn without any fancy moves.
"Fusion on the first turn?" Manjome and Tenjo Hikari exchanged glances, then nodded, drawing a card, "Alright, then, my turn!"
He glanced at his hand cards.
Choosing between Normal Summon and Special Summon was obvious; naturally, it's Special Summon! And since Normal Summon isn't possible, this card is useless…
"I activate the Spell Card — Graceful Charity!"
Starting off strong.
Tenjo Hikari watched Manjome use such a card right off the bat and suddenly felt relaxed.
Could this be his easiest tag team duel ever?