"My turn! I draw!"
Yūki swept his right hand through the air, cleanly drawing the top card of his Deck between his fingertips.
He glanced at the card he had just drawn, his expression unchanged, then revealed the golden card at the far left of his hand.
"Jaden, since you've brought out your HERO search chain, I ought to return the courtesy."
Yūki smiled faintly and sent the card straight into the Graveyard slot.
"I activate the special effect of [Evil HERO Adusted Gold] from my hand!"
"By discarding this card from my hand to the Graveyard, I can activate its effect. I add one 'Dark Fusion,' or one card that mentions it, from my Deck to my hand, except 'Evil HERO Adusted Gold'!"
The Duel Disk clicked, ejecting the searched card from the Deck.
Yūki caught the card between two fingers, pulled it out, and showed Jaden its dim purple glow.
"I add the Spell Card [Dark Fusion] from my Deck to my hand."
Across the field, Jaden's eyes shone as he watched. He couldn't help clenching his fists, his excitement practically spilling over.
"Discarding a card to search out exactly the Fusion Spell you need... those dark HEROs are amazing!"
"Don't praise them just yet. The main event hasn't started."
Yūki pulled out a Monster Card and slapped it onto his front row in one smooth motion.
"I Normal Summon [Elemental HERO Stratos]!"
Rumble!!
A fierce, ghostly blue hurricane erupted across the field once again!
Another figure clad in blue-and-white technological armor dropped from the storm, the twin turbine jet thrusters on its back giving a low roar.
[Elemental HERO Stratos] [Level 4/WIND/Warrior-Type] [ATK: 1800 / DEF: 300]
At the sidelines, Rei Saotome blinked her large eyes curiously and murmured under her breath, "Jaden started with