Manjome had a confident smile on his face: "So—you have no way to win this turn, and for someone like you who's already used up almost all of your resources, there's almost no way to win next turn either!"
"That's impressive... Thunder."
"Of course it is!" Manjome raised a finger, pointing to the sky, "Because I am, a, ten, hundred, thousand, Manjome Thunder!"
He wore a mocking smile on his face: "That's way more than you."
"Hahaha—"
Mitsuzawa Daichi started to laugh.
He looked at his hand cards.
He wasn't without a chance to win.
"Activate the Spell Card, Magic Planter. This card allows me to send a Continuous Trap from my field to the Graveyard and draw two cards. I'll send Ultimate Offering to the Graveyard and draw two cards."
He looked at the cards he drew.
Soul Resurrection and Amazoness Swords Woman.
Amazoness Swords Woman, huh...
He frowned slightly.
Manjome had Armed Dragon LV10 in his hand. If he kept a lot of monsters as a defense, next turn he would definitely try to Special Summon LV10 and use its effect to destroy all monsters on my field.
So at this point, leaving behind a Fusion Monster to deal enough Life Points damage and hoping for a battle with Amazoness Swords Woman next turn is the better option.
Try to force Manjome to activate an effect, then use Soul Resurrection to revive Gigaplant from the Graveyard as a Normal Monster, at least managing to hold out for a turn.
And if only Armed Dragon LV5's effect is used to destroy the Fusion Monster, as long as Pile Armed Dragon doesn't activate its effect, the monster revived by Soul Resurrection can withstand the next attack. Neither LV5 nor Pile does enough damage to equal 3000. And if Pile Armed Dragon does use its effect, only one monster can attack that turn, allowing Soul Resurrection to directly block the damage.
Alright, let's proceed like this—
"Activate Cannon Soldier's effect, sacrificing your three Tokens and Cannon Soldier itself to deal you 500 points of damage four times."
Manjome, LP: 3000→1000.
"Set a card, end—"
"Wait, just before that, activate a Trap Card."
"Continuous Trap Card, Ojama Pajama. Activate during your or your opponent's Main Phase. Add 1 Ojama card from your Deck to your hand. Then, discard 1 card from your hand—I'll add Ojamagic to my hand and discard it, allowing me to activate Ojamagic's effect to add the three Ojama brothers from my Deck to my hand."
"Yay! Big brother~" "Big brother, here we are!" "Yah~ Big brother~"
Manjome added the three Ojama Monsters from his Deck to his hand.
"My turn, draw—activate Ojama Pajama's effect again to add Ojamaassimilation from my Deck to my hand, then discard Ojama Yellow from my hand."
"Activate the Spell Card, Ojamaassimilation! Reveal a Machine-Type, Light Attribute Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck. Banish an equal number of Ojama monsters from your hand, field, or Graveyard to Special Summon Fusion Material Monsters listed on the revealed Fusion Monster Card from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard."
"Ha, are you going to Special Summon that new XYZ Fusion Monster?"
Manjome smirked: "No—"
"The one I'm revealing is, XZ!"
XZ?!
"Banish Ojama Green from my hand and Ojama Yellow from the Graveyard to Special Summon, X-Head Cannon, Z-Metal Tank!"
"Like how you use Gemini Monsters, Mitsuzawa, sometimes, a more powerful, newer monster doesn't guarantee victory."
"This is bad..."
"Fusing these two, Banished—come forth, XZ-Tank Cannon!"
The tank and the blue mechanical man linked together, forming a brand-new monster.
XZ-Tank Cannon, Level 6, Light Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 2400.
"Activate the Continuous Trap, Soul Resurrection—" Mitsuzawa quickly flipped open his Set Card, "Target 1 Normal Monster in my Graveyard. Special Summon that monster in Defense Position!
Return, Gigaplant."
"DEF 1200... not enough."
"I see, compared to the more powerful XYZ-Hyper Dragon Cannon, XZ might not be able to activate effects during your opponent's turn, but it has the effect to discard a hand card and destroy a face-down Spell·Trap Card." Jim observed the duel, nodding slowly, "Therefore, Manjome Jun's purpose for summoning this monster is only one, to force Mitsuzawa Daichi to use his Set Card, or else would incur a pointless loss."
"With this, it's over, Mitsuzawa—"
Manjome picked up the card he received last turn through a Monster Effect.
Armed Dragon LV10.
ATK—3000!
"Ha... you were prepared after all... really impressive."
Armed Dragon has the effect to discard a card to destroy the opponent's monster, and although LV5 can only destroy one and requires the discarded monster's ATK to be higher than the opponent's, with 3000 ATK, it would definitely not be outdone by any conventional monster!
"You're strong too, if it weren't for luck, I probably would have lost already." Manjome honestly admitted.
Mitsuzawa's combo—if it weren't for him drawing an Ojama trio just in time, there would have been no way to counter, leaving him to endure unlimited direct damage.
"Maybe you've found your own path, but my goal is—to be the strongest Duelist!"
"Oh oh oh!!"
If the words before were just a slogan.
Now, Manjome not only stopped the Infinite LOOP but also prepared in advance to use the intricate effect of Armed Dragon. This strength is enough to make anyone take notice.
Even—his mentor, Kaiba Seto himself.
"Hmph—" Kaiba watched the duel from the building, a slight smile on his lips.
"Activate Armed Dragon LV5's effect—discard Armed Dragon LV10 from my hand to destroy your Fusion Monster!"
Armed Dragon's right hand spun into a fierce wind, turning toward the Fusion Monster, shredding it into golden sparkles like a saw cutting wood.
Manjome raised his hand again.
"One!"
"Ten—" some of the familiar spectators shouted along with him.
"Hundred!!!" accompanied by the voices of the spectators at the scene, even the spirits joined in shouting.
"Thousand!!!" the audience watching the broadcast, everyone interested in and astounded by Manjome couldn't help but shout at the same time.
This person has never been just the "youngest brother of the Manjome family," but—
Chasing the strongest...
"Ten thousand!" Manjome punched the air, "Manjome Thunder!"
"Thunder!" "Thunder!"
"Battle time, Mitsuzawa—"
"XZ, destroy your Gigaplant, and then, Armed Dragons, direct attack!"
The two giant armored dragons came flying from both sides, delivering a punch that sent Mitsuzawa flying backwards.
Mitsuzawa Daichi, LP: 3000→0.