For Kuroda Hayato, this was far more than a simple defeat.
No, this could not even be called an ordinary Duel. It had been an execution, an interrogation of his soul. Throughout the Duel, it felt as though his soul had been bound, while his worldview and beliefs suffered an unprecedented shock.
First, there was that damned Card Destruction. If not for that Card Destruction, none of what followed would have happened. He would not have been left without a single card in hand, nor would he have become a clown the moment that godforsaken Gandora the Dragon of Destruction was forcibly shoved onto his Field. All he could do was stare blankly, watching the other side play Yu-Gi-Oh! while he was stuck idling.
Oh, right. That disgusting thing that burned him for 800 Life Points every turn, slowly roasting him to death turn by turn, had even been his own monster: Inzektor Giga-Cannon.
As his opponent had put it, he did not even understand the true power of that insect.
That was indeed what Kira thought.
What was Inzektor Giga-Cannon's effect? Tribute a monster to burn the opponent for 800 Life Points, with no Once Per Turn restriction. Classic examples from Yu-Gi-Oh! history included Catapult Turtle and Cannon Soldier. Which one of them was harmless?
Of course, this insect's cumbersome summoning conditions were right there. As a three-in-one Union Monster, it was more troublesome to bring out than those two. But the effect itself still held limitless potential.
Such a promising monster had actually been used by Kuroda as a vanilla with 2400 ATK, on the same level as a Red-Eyes Black Dragon without its armor. Was that not the same as failing to understand his own monster?
One could imagine how much this Duel had made Kuroda question