One-Hit Kill!

"Grim Reaper, heed my prayer and grant me your power!"

"Absolute certain-kill power, power that can defeat even the King!"

The moment Kaku Ichijou's fingers touched his Deck, even that aura of death began to churn, as though it had attached itself to the Deck along with an utterly terrifying power.

Dark-red clouds blanketed the sky, and heavenly thunder streaked across the heavens at the instant he drew.

"Draw!"

A single God Draw. The Grim Reaper floating in midair seemed to swing his scythe at that very moment. A flash of lightning illuminated the card in his hand.

Kaku Ichijou burst into wild laughter.

"The card I drew is 'One-Hit Kill! Iai Draw'!"

Though they had expected it, shock still surfaced in everyone's eyes.

Sho Marufuji: "That guy really drew it."

Manjoume said grimly, "If he can guarantee drawing it, then it truly is certain-kill power. No wonder he's called the Grim Reaper Duelist."

"I did it, I did it!" Kaku Ichijou said excitedly. "I defeated the Duel King—"

"Ahem, sorry to spoil your fun," Kira said with a smile, "but it seems the one facing a problem right now is you."

"Ha?"

Kaku Ichijou froze and looked up in confusion. Then he saw the Trap Card in Kira's Back Row, which had apparently been activated at some point.

After a brief stunned pause, he immediately realized that the only opportunity to activate a Trap had been when Kira chained it to his "One-Hit Kill! Iai Draw." But he had been too busy praying to the Grim Reaper and drawing his card, so immersed in his own world that he had completely failed to notice the Set Card's activation in the Back Row.

"But even if you want to counter Iai Draw, it's useless." He frowned. "The activation of 'One-Hit