Chapter 187
A dilapidated, bronze-colored mechanical dragon makes its appearance.
[Ancient Gear Dragon: Attack Power 3000]
"My turn is over..."
Unfortunately, Cronos's monsters couldn't get past Clayman and had to end their turn.
"Professor Chronos, you've run out of things to do. Now it's my turn!!"
Judai looked at the deck and prepared to enter his turn.
"My turn! Draw a card!!"
[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 4→5]
"Um!?"
Judai smiled when he saw the card he had drawn; it was [Mask Change].
"Let me end this duel as soon as possible, Master Cronos!"
He put the card away and said.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Cronos was unaware that Judai was about to instantly kill him.
At this moment, Judai drew two cards from his hand.
"First, activate the Spell Card [Polymerization]! Polymerization with [Elemental Hero Sparkman] from my hand and [Elemental HERO Clayman] from the field! The Polymerization condition is 2 [HERO] Normal Monsters! Appear! [Elemental Hero Absolute Zero]!!"
With the Polymerization of the two warriors complete, a Frankenstein's monster, possessing all the lower-level Normal Monsters of the Elemental HERO, appears on Judai's field.
[Elemental Hero Absolute Zero: Attack Power 0]
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[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 5 → 3]
"Why are you summoning a lowly monster with zero attack power!? What are you doing, examinee?"
Cronos frowned in displeasure.
"Hehe! That's where you're wrong, Master Cronos! There's a monster in the world of duels that you absolutely cannot underestimate!"
Judai smiled and warned Cronos.
"What!?"
Cronos was stunned, not understanding what Judai was talking about.
"Often, monsters with zero attack power can be very troublesome! Especially those high-star monsters with only zero attack power!"
For example, Gandora or something like that.
"What is the effect of [Elemental Hero Absolute Zero]?"
Cronos looked at the magnificent hero and asked.
"My [Elemental Hero Absolute Zero]'s effect isn't very strong! Based on this card's effect!"
This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the original Levels of monsters used as Polymerization Material for this card, multiplied by 300.
[Elemental Hero Absolute Zero- Attack Power 0 → 2400]
"Attack power has increased!? But this level of attack power can only destroy [Ancient Gear Beast]!"
Cronos immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"I know! That's why this card is the key! I activate Field Spell! Hero's Battle Arena [Skyscraper]!!"
[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 3 → 1]
Suddenly, towering buildings rose up on the field.
"This is..."
Cronos watched the scene with unease.
"Go! I'll attack [Ancient Gear Dragon] with [Elemental Hero Absolute Zero]! And at this moment, according to the effect of [Skyscraper]! The ATK of [Elemental HERO] monsters only increases by 1000 when attacking a monster with a higher ATK!!"
[Elemental Hero Absolute Zero: Attack Power 2400 → 3400]
"Oh~dear~!!"
Cronos panicked immediately.
Then, the Magnificent Hero fired a lightning bolt from his hand cannon, shattering the mechanical dragon.
[Cronos de Medici: LP4000→3600]
"Then activate the effect of [Elemental Hero Absolute Zero]!!"
When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can Tribute this card to activate this effect. Special Summon 1 [Elemental HERO] Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions. A monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot attack monsters with a Level lower than its own.
The Magnificent Hero then vanished.
"Come on! [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman]!!"
A one-winged human with a red dragon head on his right arm makes his appearance.
[Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: Attack Power 2100]
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"Go! I'll continue attacking the Ancient Gear Golem with [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman]! Skyscraper Shot!!"
[Elemental Hero Flame Wingman: Attack Power 2100 → 3100]
Flame Wingman was engulfed in flames and crashed into the mechanical giant, destroying it.
[Cronos de Medici: LP3600→3500]
"Next up is the effect of [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman]!"
If this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, activate this effect. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's original ATK.
"Take this 3,000 points of damage, teacher!"
The dragon head on Flame Wingman's right arm spewed a stream of flame at Cronos.
[Cronos de Medici: LP3500→500]
"Candidate, your attack is over!"
Cronos is still hoping for a comeback in the next round.
"It's not over yet! Master! I'm going to activate another Quick-Play Spell [Mask Change] from my hand!!"
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Judai finally activated the card that was given away in the Yugi.
"The effect of [Mask Change] is..."
You can target 1 [HERO] monster you control; send that monster to the Graveyard, and Special Summon 1 [Masked HERO] monster with the same Attribute as that monster from your Extra Deck.
"Masked... hero!?"
This is a series that Cronos has never heard of before.
"That's right! It's [Masked HERO]! [Masked HERO] can only be Special Summoned through the effect of [Mask Change]! Based on the effect of [Mask Change], I'm sending the Anemo [Elemental Hero Flame Wingman] to the Graveyard! Henshin! [Masked HERO Winds]!!"
The winged fireman turned into a gust of wind with a single turn.
[Masked HERO Winds: Gust - Attack Power 2200]
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"But [Masked HERO Winds]'s attack power still can't defeat me!"
Cronos still held onto hope.
"Sorry, teacher! It's over! At this very moment, I activate the effect of [Masked HERO Winds]!!"
If this card is Special Summoned, you can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; that monster's ATK is halved.
[Ancient Gear Beast: Attack Power 2000 → 1000]
"It's over..."
Cronos was completely speechless.
"The final blow! I attack the Ancient Gear Beast with [Masked HERO Winds]!!"
The gust of wind carried the force of the punch, smashing the mechanical beast to pieces.
[Cronos de Medici: LP500→0]
"I won! What a fun duel, teacher!!"
After the duel ended, Judai immediately jumped in and taunted him.
The Judai's assessment is finally over.
Chapter Three: The Challenge
"Unbelievable! Professor Chronos was actually defeated by that examinee, and in one fell swoop at that..."
The Manjoume, trembling eyes spoke.
"That child might be very interesting!"
On the Asuka Tenjoin, resting her chin on her hand, spoke with interest.
"Wow, that candidate number 1 is amazing!"
Daichi Misawa is preparing to thoroughly analyze Judai's duel.
"Hey! Isn't that the student who defeated Professor Chronos?! Why is he wearing Osiris Red school uniform?"
"Probably because the professor lost to him and is making things difficult for him!? After all, he's a professor!"
"That's true! Given his stingy nature, he would definitely do something like that!"
"Hey! Are you guys crazy? If this gets back to the professor, he might really mess with you!"
"..."
As Judai, wearing a red school uniform, headed to his dormitory, some students whispered among themselves behind his back.
"I didn't expect to be assigned to the Red Dorm! But it doesn't matter!"
Judai shrugged. He didn't really care; at least he didn't have to wear that ugly, mustard-yellow jacket anymore.
He then opened the door to look into his dormitory room, which contained only one bed.
"Looks like I won't have any roommates in the future!"
Judai still didn't mind.
After packing our luggage, it was soon time for dinner.
As for dinner...
Over there, in Obelisk Blue, was a lavish royal banquet, with guests sipping wine as if at a ball; in Ra Yellow, a long table served a lavish buffet; and in Osiris Red, it was...
A plate of fish, a bowl of miso soup, a side dish, a bowl of rice...
The taste was alright, but the portion was too small and the meal was rather monotonous.
So Judai borrowed the kitchen, found some green peppers that nobody ate, stir-fried them with meat, and added a bowl of rice.
"Um... Yusei-kun! Can I have dinner with you? Your stir-fried green peppers and pork smell delicious, it looks so good!!"
Teacher Daidouji swallowed hard, looking longingly at Judai who was eating.
"Please go ahead, teacher!"
As he spoke, Judai pushed the plate of stir-fried green peppers and pork towards the ground. Upon hearing Judai's agreement Daidouji immediately picked up a piece and took a bite.