Centering on Silent Magician, an invisible power began to spread wildly.
Silent Magician, LV 4, Light Attribute, Spellcaster-Type, ATK 1000.
"Its ATK is only 1000! Nothing to be scared of!"
"N-no—that Monster." Sora Shiunin was a bit panicked.
Wasn't it Toy Soldier just now? How did even the legendary Silent Magician show up now!
At the same time, at Leo Company, some men in black who were monitoring the Duel Energy readings all over the city suddenly noticed that Yusho Academy's energy was spiking. They quickly switched the feed, and were stunned to see Sakaki Yuya currently Dueling with Muto Yugi.
"Hurry, inform the president!"
Even though he hadn't used Polymerization, Synchro, or Xyz Summon, Muto Yugi's Summons quickly made them realize—this guy is absolutely not some ordinary game designer, but a super dangerous individual!
"Silent Magician's ATK increases by the number of Hand Cards × 500."
Yugi lightly raised the cards in his hand.
Four cards.
"So, Silent Magician's ATK will become… 3000."
Silent Magician, ATK: 1000 → 3000.
"Ah, Attack Power 3000, it's already higher than Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
"Damn, Brother Yuya—"
The kids started to worry about Yuya.
"But before that, there's still something I want to test."
"?"
"Set one card, activate Spell Card—Card Destruction." Abruptly, Yugi raised a Spell Card. "I don't know if you have any Pendulum Monsters in your Hand Cards, but let's just use this and see."
"Both players discard all Hand Cards, then Draw the same number of cards."
Yuya glanced at his Hand Cards. "I do have one, Performapal Changeraffe."
"Then, we discard our Hand Cards and Draw."
After the two discarded and each Drew their cards, Yuya looked doubtfully toward the Graveyard.
The giraffe… went to the Graveyard.
"Looks like Pendulum Monsters sent from the Hand Cards to the Graveyard don't go to the Extra Deck."
So that's it!
Only now did Yuya vaguely grasp this point.
It seems that only Pendulum Monsters on the field can be sent to the Extra Deck?
"So, what comes next?"
"Eh?"
Yugi chuckled. "That Fusion Summoner I mentioned, the really outstanding one—he can utilize all kinds of Polymerizations within all kinds of minute details. Whether it's Non-Fusion Area, Ban Order, or other bizarre restrictions, he always finds a corresponding method to carry out his Polymerization and Summon Fusion Monsters."
"Ah—Mr. Yugi, you mean I should become like him too!?" Yuya caught on.
Right now that gap is a bit too big.
Yugi thought to himself.
Tenjo Hikari's understanding of Fusion has already reached an unbelievable level. Sakaki Yuya may be the trailblazer of Pendulum, but somehow it feels like he still knows less than someone like Yugi who just stands on the sidelines watching.
However, Yugi also happens to be very interested in Pendulum, so he's more than happy to experiment together.
"Activate Trap Card." Yugi casually flipped up a Set Card. "Trap Card, Other Dimension Arena."
What's this now?
Yuya and the spectators were full of question marks.
In the air, a huge violet-colored hole slowly appeared.
"This card's effect is: this turn, Monsters that are sent to the Graveyard are not sent to the Graveyard but are banished instead."
"Eh??"
"Then why didn't you activate it earlier? Wouldn't Card Destruction have banished the Monsters?" the chubby kid asked in confusion.
"This guy…" Kakenzaka sucked in a breath. "He's testing the limits and scope of Pendulum!"
That earlier Card Destruction was definitely deliberate!
"Set another card, then flip the first Set Card: Spell Card, Card of Sanctity. Both players Draw until they have 6 Hand Cards."
"Huh?"
Draw 6!?
This is way too busted!!
Yuya dazedly Drew 5 cards from his Deck, and Yugi also Drew 5 at the same time.
"Uh-oh, the Silent Magician whose ATK dropped earlier not only recovered its ATK, it even reached 4000!"
"Battle. Silent Magician attacks Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon."
"Dodge, Odd-Eyes!" Seeing that Witch raise her Magic Staff and gather Hikari, Yuya cried out in panic to Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon. Hearing the call, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon hurriedly leapt away, twisting and turning through the circus.
But unfortunately, there's no such thing as 'dodging' in this world; the Magician's attack still landed squarely on it.
BOOM—
Sakaki Yuya, LP: 4000 → 2500.
"Ah, that looks painful."
"The Ferris wheel got punched straight through!"
"You okay, Brother Yuya!?"
Sakaki Yuya rubbed his head as he crawled out of the rubble, feeling like he'd just gone through some kind of flashy parkour run.
"It's fine. Even if it's destroyed, I can just Special Summon it again from the Extra Deck. As long as I find a way to drain that game designer's Hand Cards… what!?" Kakenzaka suddenly cried out.
At that moment, Yuya also came to his senses and looked toward his Extra Deck.
It wasn't there!
Odd-Eyes Dragon was gone!
"Looks like it doesn't always go into the Extra Deck." Yugi said with a smile.
"If Monsters on the field can't be sent to the Graveyard and are banished instead, then they won't enter the Extra Deck and will be directly banished…?" Yuya stared at his card, falling into confusion.
Th-th-this, what am I supposed to do!?
"Don't get flustered, Yuya." Yugi spoke. "This is exactly what I wanted to say. Right now you don't even understand the details of Pendulum, so how can you talk about truly mastering Pendulum? You might have that kind of potential, but… you still have to learn."
That's true…
"Thank you very much, Mr. Yugi!"
"Haha… no need to rush to thank me, because… I'll now flip another Set Card."
Yuya's mood, which had just begun to warm, suddenly started pounding again.
"Spell Card, Harpie's Feather Duster."