Chazz Princeton's face turned red from his ears all the way to his forehead.
He was Obelisk Blue's top freshman, had ranked first for three years in the Academy's middle school, and had just declared in front of his two lackeys that everything was going according to his calculations.
Yet the very first step of those calculations had fallen apart halfway through.
One of the lackeys watching opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to offer some comfort.
"Boss, to be fair, a Fusion Monster not needing a Fusion Summon is a little unreasonable..."
"I know!"
Chazz whipped around. "I was just checking the Duel Disk's recognition accuracy! Occasional lag in the latest equipment is also a factor a duelist must account for!"
The other lackey hurriedly nodded.
"Exactly, the boss was testing the equipment!"
Bastion looked at [Infernal Polymerization], which had automatically turned face down again.
"But the system said the activation conditions weren't met, not that recognition was delayed."
"Could you stop talking?!"
Right now, the last thing Chazz wanted to hear about was data.
Yūki stayed out of this dispute over equipment liability.
He glanced at his hand, then raised a hand and pointed straight at his Extra Deck.
"I'm not finished yet."
Chazz turned back, his voice changing. "You already have three monsters on the field. What else are you planning to do?"
"Keep Special Summoning."
"Again?!"
A purple card slid out of the Extra Deck zone, and Yūki pressed it onto his Duel Disk.
"[Thunder Dragon Titan] can be Special Summoned through its own method."
"By banishing one Thunder monster from my hand, then banishing one Thunder Fusion Monster other than itself from my field, I can bring it out of the Extra Deck!"
Yūki revealed the [Thunder Dragondark] in his hand, then pointed at Thunder Dragon