The Captain Gold, who would usually reprimand the Winged People for talking improperly, was uncharacteristically silent this time, even somewhat in agreement.
Judai watched this scene in a daze, vaguely sensing a familiar feeling.
"Then, activate the set card, Trap Card, Fusion Duplication!" Tenjo Hikari raised his hand, saying, "Banish a Fusion Spell Card from either your or your opponent's Graveyard, and activate the effect of that card as it was activated."
"Tsk, so that's the plan," Yubel sneered.
If she had known in advance, she would most likely have chosen to nullify the effect of Laundry Dragonmaid.
Tenjo Hikari picked up the Fusion Birth from the Graveyard, then stored it in the card box at his waist, after which Laundry Dragonmaid eagerly shuffled Tenjo Hikari's Deck, and soon, 5 cards were sent from the top to the Graveyard.
Tenjo Hikari glanced over them.
Gem-Knight Garnet, Cyber Dragon, Fusion Deployment, Metalfoes Fusion, Gem-Knight Fusion.
"Ha, hahaha—" seeing these five cards, Yubel couldn't help but laugh, "Five cards, and only two monsters, there's no way to fuse them, right? Except for Metalfoes Fusion, none of these cards are useful."
"Tsk, how disastrous," Manjome's expression soured.
These five cards seemed utterly useless.
"No—"
Tenjo Hikari shook his head calmly: "That's not necessarily true."
The attendees were surprised.
"Fusion is ever-changing, why would you think that such two monsters can't be fused?"
What?
Cyber Dragon and Gem-Knight can fuse?
"The Fusion Conditions are... Machine-Type Monster and Pyro-Type Monster!"
Cyber Dragon and Gem-Knight Garnet jumped from the Graveyard and appeared in front of Tenjo Hikari.
The Mechanical Dragon's head transformed slowly under the boost of flames, endless fire and steam filled the entire dark mirror world.
"Fusion Summon—"
"LV 6, Ignition Beast Volcannon."
A mechanical dinosaur appeared, wagging its massive tail and laughing wildly.
Ignition Beast Volcannon, LV 6, Earth Attribute, Machine-Type, ATK 2300.
Tenjo Hikari LP: 1800→2100.
A monster they have never seen—
Yubel was shocked.
Tenjo Hikari chuckled.
Tenjo Hikari had many cards that were never used and kept in reserve; he rarely used these cards or activated their effects.
Like the Infernoid series cards, or the Cyber Eternity Dragon that had yet to be utilized.
But not using them doesn't mean they don't exist.
Like this Ignition Beast, one of the parting gifts given to him by ZONE from the S Dimension. Before leaving the S Dimension, ZONE had given him almost all the Fusion Monsters still circulated there, but he never had much opportunity to use them.
Tenjo Hikari always knew that one day, he would be targeted by Yubel, so he prepared different cards for different scenarios.
"The effect of Ignition Beast Volcannon! When this card is fusion-summoned, select 1 monster on the opponent's field to activate. The selected opponent's monster and this card are destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. After that, inflict damage to the opponent equal to the ATK value of the opponent's monster sent to the Graveyard!"
"Ah!?" Manjome was suddenly surprised.
Tenjo Hikari pointed to Phantasm Emperor: "I choose... Phantasm Emperor!"
Phantasm Emperor's ATK is 4000!
If Tenjo Hikari's effect detonates at this moment, then "Kagurazaka" would lose directly!
He almost wanted to cheer.
Unfortunately—
"Activate Trap Card, Safe Zone!"
A Trap Card flipped up, and a green glow enveloped the world, then covered Phantasm Emperor.
"This card can only be activated by targeting 1 face-up Attack Position monster on your field. As long as this card exists in the Spell & Trap Zone, the targeted face-up monster cannot be targeted or destroyed by opponent's card effects, cannot attack directly. When this card leaves the field, destroy that monster. When that monster leaves the field, destroy this card."
Bang!
Ignition Beast rushed towards Phantasm Emperor, grabbed its limbs, and then exploded with a loud boom.
Thick smoke enveloped the entire environment, yet as darkness descended, the smoke gradually dissipated.
When the dust completely cleared, Phantasm Emperor stood calmly on the field, even showing an eerie smile identical to its master's.
Only one monster was destroyed, and that was Tenjo Hikari's monster!
Because the Phantasm Emperor wasn't destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, Tenjo Hikari couldn't inflict damage on the opponent!
Manjome watched from the side, his palms sweating.
Whether it was because he was worried about Tenjo Hikari, or the dark power invading his mind, he became more and more tense, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
In his mind, a voice echoed continuously.
It's bad, it's bad, we're going to lose, we're going to lose, Tenjo is going to lose!
If he loses, what can he do? Can he avenge him?
No matter how he tried to control his thoughts, no matter how hard he tried not to think, the thoughts in his mind grew like bamboo shoots after the rain.
He...
Was afraid!
On the other side, Judai was in a daze.
He couldn't help but start reminiscing when he noticed something strange.
He always felt that the Heroes' attitudes were very strange, and he always felt that the strange presence on the opposite side, that third eye, felt somewhat familiar.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly realized.
"Yubel..."
Yubel trembled from head to toe, then took a deep breath, suppressing her excitement, and spoke calmly: "Looks like you've finally remembered, Judai."