Chapter 208

I was mainly intimidated by Judai's naturally naive attitude and forgot about this other part of the story.

Judai and Misawa stood up. "Alright, let's hurry up and find the culprit."

"That's true."

Cronos was moved to tears by Judai's forgiveness. "You guys are still the most reliable, Naonai!"

'Fine, I won't target you on purpose anymore, Yusei Fudo.'

As he was thinking this, the three of them set off again.

"Ughh..."

The three people who had just stepped out of the Teaching Building suddenly heard a scream coming from afar.

Misawa asked in confusion, "Whose voice is that?"

Judai thought for a moment, "Was it someone named Sho Marufuji who lived in the same dorm as me?"

Asuka exclaimed in surprise, "Ryo's younger brother? What exactly happened?"

"I don't know, let's go check first."

So the three of them changed course and headed in the direction from which the sound came.

On a coastline.

Kagurazaka stood on the rocks by the shore, looking down at Sho Marufuji who was sprawled on the ground. "Amazing! I'm this strong! With this deck, I can't lose to anyone anymore! Hahahaha!"

Just then, the three members of the Judai arrived at the scene.

"Kagurazaka!"

Are you the criminal?

Upon seeing the newcomers, Kagurazaka looked disdainful. "So it's you guys, Yusei Fudo, Daichi Misawa, and Asuka Tenjoin."

Asuka frowned and said, "So you stole the King of Games's deck? If Professor Chronos finds out, he'll make a huge fuss. You'd better return it right away."

Kagurazaka sneered, "Hmph, I don't want to."

Then he turned his gaze to Judai beside him and shouted, "Let's duel, Yusei Fudo! I will defeat you with the strongest deck in the world and seize the throne of the Duel Academy's King of Talk!"

Judai: Holy crap!

He was speechless for a moment.

'No, the deck isn't even yours, so how dare you take it?'

"What's wrong? Are you scared?"

Faced with Mob's aggressive challenge, Judai couldn't stand it. "Fine, I accept the challenge. But if you lose, you'll have to return the deck."

Kagurazaka smiled and said, "You actually think you can beat me, who has the strongest deck?"

"Why don't you try and see?"

Judai then took the Duel Disk from Sho Marufuji, who was lying on the ground, and put it in his own hand.

Chapter 31 VS Kagurazaka

As the sea breeze blows, Yusei Fudo and Kagurazaka set up their Duel Disk together.

"Duel!!" ×2

[Yusei Fudo: LP4000]

[Kagurazaka: LP4000]

"You go first. Facing the strongest deck in the world, you won't even get a chance to draw a card!"

Looking at that arrogant, haughty extra across from me, I had no idea where his confidence came from.

"In that case, I won't stand on ceremony."

Judai, naturally, paid no attention to Mob's provocation and drew a card from his deck without hesitation.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 5→6]

After quickly checking his hand, he slammed one of the cards onto the Duel Disk. "I'll set up a Defense Table monster first."

A face-down card was placed across his frontcourt.

"Then cover two more cards, and the turn ends."

[Yusei Fudo's hand cards: 6 → 3]

Judai ended his turn decisively.

Kagurazaka then immediately drew a card from his deck.

"My turn!"

[Kagurazaka hand cards: 5→6]

After glancing at his hand, he inserted the card into the Duel Disk without hesitation. "First, I activate the Spell Card [Gifts of the Angels] from my hand, draw three cards from my deck, and then discard two cards from my hand."

After drawing three cards from the deck, choose two of them and discard them into the graveyard.

He then drew three more cards from his left hand and revealed them.

"I 'Polymerization [Gazer the Mythical Beast] and [Baphomet] from my hand!"

A golden light flashed before him, and a unicorn lion and a winged four-clawed demon appeared simultaneously, merging into Power Bond under the influence of the Polymerization Spell Card.

"Appear, [Chimera the Mythical Beast]!"

As soon as the voice fell, a two-headed chimera combining the characteristics of both appeared.

[Chimera the Mythical Beast: Attack Power 2100]

[Kagurazaka hand cards: 6→3]

"At this moment, the special effect of [Harpie's Feather Duster] in my Graveyard increases the ATK of all [Phantom Beast] monsters on the field by 300, as long as this monster is in the Graveyard."

[Chimera the Mythical Beast: Attack Power 2100 → 2400]

Misawa: "As expected, it's a [Mythical Beast] deck. Kagurazaka went all out from the start."

Asuka nodded. "We guessed right, but we don't know how Judai will respond."

The two looked curiously at the three cards covering Judai's feet.

At that moment, Kagurazaka shouted, "Go! Chimera, Sonic Impact!"

At his command, the two-headed phantom beast pounced forward, and it looked like Judai's front line card was about to be forced into a reversal.

However, at that moment, Judai swung his right hand toward the faceplate at his feet and shouted, "Open the faceplate at this instant!"

"Trap Card [Clay Charge] activated!"

You can activate this effect when your [Elemental HERO Clayman] is targeted for an attack (if the targeted card is face-down in Defense Position, that card must be revealed). Destroy the attacking monster and the targeted [Elemental HERO Clayman], and inflict 800 damage to your opponent's Life Points.

"What?"

Kagurazaka was stunned for a moment.

Suddenly, the face-down card on the Judai field flipped over, revealing a Clayman made entirely of rock.

So the Clayman charged towards the oncoming mythical beast.

Bang bang--!!

The result of the two monsters colliding was that they both perished and disappeared from the field.

[Kagurazaka: LP4000→3200]

"But then you won't have any monsters on your field."

Kagurazaka clenched his fist and shouted, "Chimera's special effect activated!"

"When this card is destroyed, you can Special Summon [Baphomet] or [Gazer the Mythical Beast] from your Graveyard."

"Rise, [Gazer the Mythical Beast]!"

A beam of white light instantly shot out from the entrance of his tomb, and a unicorn phantom beast appeared on the field.

"And due to the effect of [Harpie's Feather Duster], attack power increases by 300 points."

[Gazer the Mythical Beast: Attack Power 1500 → 1800]

Kagurazaka smiled smugly, "You've miscalculated, Yusei Fudo. Now that you've lost your shield monster, you won't be able to stop my attack."

Is that really the case?

What does that mean?

Just then, Judai pressed the button for another face-down card, "Activate the Trap Card, [Soul Rope]!"

"When a monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can activate this card by paying 1000 Life Points to Special Summon a Level 4 monster from your Deck."

[Yusei Fudo: LP4000→3000]

"Show yourself, [Elemental HERO Avian]!"

A flash of light appeared in front of him, and the figure of Sky Scourge was projected in an instant.

[Elemental HERO Avian: Attack Power 1800]

"Then, due to the effect of [Elemental HERO Avian] upon entering the field, I can add a [HERO] monster from my deck to my hand."

"I chose [Elemental HERO Flame Man]."

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 3→4]

Seeing Judai take the card into his hand, Kagurazaka frowned. "The Mythical Beast King's attack power is the same as Sky Scourge's, I'm giving up on attacking."

"However, my Normal Summon right for this turn has not yet been used up."

As he spoke, he revealed another card in his hand.

"If this card is Tributed to a [Mythical Beast] monster, you can Summon it using only one Tribute."

"Therefore, I offer up [Gazer the Mythical Beast] on the field as a sacrifice."

"Show yourself, [Gorgon the Mythical Beast]!"

As he slammed the card onto the Duel Disk, Gazeldon vanished from the field, and a half-lizardman appeared in his place.

This half-lizardman's lower body is supported by four legs, and its entire body is covered in rock armor, with the uncovered parts of its body being blood red.

[Gorgon the Mythical Beast: Attack Power 2200 → 2500]

[Kagurazaka hand cards: 3→2]

After Kagurazaka summoned this monster, her turn ended immediately.

"Huh? You didn't even set a single Trap Card?"

Judai looked on in surprise: 'So confident? Or...?'

He glanced at the Duel Disk opposite him; the key might lie in a card in the Graveyard.

If we're talking about a type of graveyard that can provide defense, there actually happens to be one card in the Mythical Beasts series.

With that in mind, Judai decided to test the waters first.

"My turn, draw a card!"

[Yusei Fudo's card pack: 4→5]

After drawing the card, he immediately placed the card from his previous turn onto the Duel Disk, "I summon [Elemental HERO Flame Man] in Defense Position."

Another golden light flashed across the field, and a warrior engulfed in flames was called onto the field.

[Elemental HERO Flame Man - Defense 1800]

"Furthermore, due to the special effect of Flamebringer's appearance, one [Polymerization] card will be added to your hand from your deck."

Chapter Thirty-Two: Divine Wind, Nova Lord

After Judai retrieved the Polymerization Spell Card, he did not play it immediately, but instead revealed another card in his left hand.