"Isn't this invincible?!"
The audience was buzzing with discussion.
"Gah—"
"Wow—"
"Truly spectacular."
As the duel escalated, some Spirits, capable of flying alongside the spaceship, exhibiting extreme speeds, strength, and resilience, shook their wings as they observed this duel, their eyes filled with amazement.
The Armored Dragon was simply too strong.
"It's not over. Cyberdark Cannon's effect, I draw a card!"
This brought Caesar's hand back to four cards.
"Heh—then, Normal Summon... Keeper of Dragon Magic!" Tenjo Hikari showed no fear from being under pressure, instead lightly chuckling as he addressed his opponent, "Caesar, take a look at this brand new card!"
Hmm?
What?
As puzzled as everyone was, a monster appeared before Tenjo Hikari, around his height, dressed in a purple Academy Chief uniform, wearing a half-mask.
"Eh!?????"
"Ah????"
Many people rushed to the television, especially those led by Judai, who directly moved towards the screen, even pressing against it to watch.
"That card?" Manjome's hands dropped in shock.
"Hmph..." On the spaceship, Kaiba Seto couldn't help but laugh coldly as he watched the duel, "That fellow Pegasus..."
Keeper of Dragon Magic, LV 4, Dark Attribute, Dragon-Type, DEF 1300.
"This card was specially made for me by Mr. Pegasus as an Alternate Card, and this card itself will be available in the Industrial Illusions cards in the future," Tenjo Hikari calmly spoke about the card.
"Was it a card specially made by President Tenma?"
"And also, this... doesn't it clearly resemble Tenjo Hikari?"
"Truly... it's intriguing what card Mr. Pegasus specially prepared for Tenjo Hikari?"
Tenjo Hikari chuckled, as if surrounded by a faint purple aura: "Activate Keeper of Dragon Magic's effect! This card name's effect can only be used once per turn, during the turn this card's effect is activated, a non-Fusion Monster cannot be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck.
When this card is Summoned·Special Summoned, discard a card to activate it. From the Deck, add 1 Normal Spell Card with 'Polymerization' in its name to your Hand Card!"
Tenjo Hikari glanced at the cards in his hand, chose one, and placed it in the Graveyard.
"What?"
"Ohohohohoho—"
"I see!"
Many suddenly understood.
No wonder—
This effect is surely the kind Tenjo Hikari enjoys!
The card President Pegasus designed for him would naturally have this sort of effect!
"That Tenjo Hikari, is famed enough for President Pegasus to specially design a card for him?"
Some exclaimed in surprise.
And aboard the spaceship, John, with the most experience, moved from initial shock to sudden understanding: "I see, Mr. Pegasus would certainly appreciate Hikari-san's spirit and ambition, designing a card for him is simply the right thing."
"Normal Spell Card with Polymerization, though not as extensive as Chimerafflesia, is still vast enough," Mitsuzawa Daichi recollected, "Instant Fusion, Antique Gear Fusion, are all Normal Spell Cards."
"If they draw an Instant Fusion now, they should be able to tackle the Armored Dragon."
"No, no, there are clearly more options, Tenjo Hikari's Deck surely has one of those cards."
Several were chattering, all pondering which card would be pivotal at this moment.
"Which card..."
Caesar's grin remained, as he contemplated, saying: "It should be that card—Fusion Deployment!"
Fusion Deployment?
Not only the audience, but even the top eight onboard the spaceship were momentarily confused upon hearing this card name.
Tenjo Hikari has many "Fusion XX", "XX Fusion", "XX Combination" cards, especially many used only once or again after a long time, so upon hearing the name, they didn't immediately grasp Tenjo Hikari's strategy.
Only Caesar, as Tenjo Hikari's opponent, had considered which card from his opponent's Deck posed the greatest threat to him—
Cyber Dragon!
"Activate the Armored Dragon's Monster Effect again!" Caesar didn't hesitate, laughed heartily, "Send Future Fusion on the field to the Graveyard, negate your monster effect activation and destroy it!"
Future Fusion emitted a bright white light, the form of Armored Dragon slowly dispersed and twisted, but before completely dispersing and returning to the "future", it unleashed one final force, destroying Tenjo Hikari's duplicate.
Black and blue electric currents pierced the sky, forcing Tenjo Hikari to evade, light beams burst from the spaceship, clearing a path through the Spirits watching around them.
The electric currents traversed the sky with the spaceship at the center, reaching the sky's edge, allowing all gazing at the heavens to witness the artillery shell, seemingly declaring Caesar's fighting spirit, lingering long afterward.
"Ah! I forgot, Future Fusion is also an Equip Spell Card!" Mitsuzawa gasped.
"Which means... the equipped version of Future Fusion directly Fusion Summons Armored Dragon, inherently carrying a negation effect?" Manjome blinked, a bit unsettled.
Future Fusion is so formidable!?
Is acquisition still possible now?
He recalled the great effort Professor Cronos went through last year to acquire an equipped version of Future Fusion for Tenjo Hikari.
Reflecting on this duel.
Equipped version Future Fusion fused Midrash, not only enabling card draws but also preparing a Shaddoll Fusion; Future Fusion fused Armored Dragon, not only sending five Cyberdark cards to the Graveyard, but itself serving as an initiation effect...