Chapter Summaries

Fujiwara Yūki began his Eight-School League duel against Iwasaki Tōru with a Needle Worm mill deck, using Card Destruction to refill Iwasaki’s hand while emptying his own. Iwasaki attacked through Yūki’s back row and reduced him to 2100 Life Points, leaving Yūki’s strategy unclear as his turn began.

• Yūki chose to test his new Needle Worm deck in his first-round match against Iwasaki Tōru.
• Yūki set a monster and four cards, then activated Card Destruction, discarding his own hand so Iwasaki would discard and draw five cards.
• Iwasaki banished Giant Soldier of Stone to Special Summon Gigantes, Normal Summoned Giant Rat, and attacked Yūki’s face-down monster.
• Needle Worm’s Flip effect sent the top five cards of Iwasaki’s Deck to the Graveyard before Giant Rat destroyed it.
• Iwasaki attacked directly with Gigantes, and Yūki took the damage without activating any of his four set cards, falling from 4000 to 2100 Life Points.

Yūki used Needle Worm and Morphing Jar #2 to strip Iwasaki Tōru’s Deck and remove his powerful Rock monsters. After Iwasaki failed to attack through Negate Attack, Yūki drew Warm Worm, leaving the duel poised to continue his Deck-out strategy.

• Yūki revived Needle Worm with The Shallow Grave, then used Book of Taiyou to flip it face up and mill five cards from Iwasaki Tōru’s Deck.
• Iwasaki Tōru summoned Giant Rock Dragon with 5600 ATK and attacked, but Needle Worm flipped up again and sent five more cards to the Graveyard.
• When Iwasaki attacked Yūki’s set monster, Morphing Jar #2 returned the monsters on both fields to their owners’ Decks and left Iwasaki with only one low-level monster set.
• Iwasaki summoned Giant Rat and flipped Gigantes face up, then used Reinforcements to boost Giant Rat before attacking Needle Worm.
• Yūki activated Negate Attack to end the Battle Phase, and on his next turn he drew Warm Worm.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated Iwasaki Tōru by milling his deck until he could no longer draw, advancing to the Top Twelve despite Iwasaki’s powerful monsters and near victory. The crowd split between amazement and disdain as Yūki returned to his team and called the duel a profitable resource trade.

• Iwasaki Tōru attacked Yūki’s face-down Needle Worm and Warm Worm, sending eight cards from his deck to the Graveyard and leaving only three.
• Yūki activated Pot of Greed, then set Doomdozer Scout; when Iwasaki attacked it, its Flip effect emptied his deck and sent a Spell Card to the Graveyard.
• Iwasaki ordered Gigantes to attack directly, but Yūki activated Holy Barrier - Mirror Force and destroyed Iwasaki’s Attack Position monsters.
• Yūki ended his turn without attacking, and Iwasaki lost when his next Draw Phase could not provide a card.
• The referee announced that Fujiwara Yūki of Third Municipal Academy advanced to the Top Twelve, while Sato Renshan and the others reacted to the deck-milling victory.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated Morita Ken with a Deck that dismantled his hand, then advanced through the next round to reach the top three. As the ranking duels began, Yūki headed to the central main arena.

• After Yūki’s Deck-destruction victory over Iwasaki Tōru, Third Municipal Middle School drew new attention, and all three of its contestants won on the first day.
• Yūki saw that his next opponent, Morita Ken, had registered a sixty-card Deck, so he switched away from his Needle Worm Deck.
• Yūki used Confiscation, The Forceful Sentry, and Mischievous Twins to strip Morita Ken’s opening hand, then won with Don Zaloog and Bottomless Trap Hole.
• Yūki advanced to the top three while Kurosawa Kōshin and Asakawa Suzune were eliminated in the round of six.
• After the announcer summoned him for the ranking duels, Yūki closed his Deck box and walked toward the central main arena.

Fujiwara Yūki faced Tachibana Shingo in the first top-three placement duel of the Eight-School Campus Duel League. Shingo analyzed Yūki’s decks, chose to go first, and opened by summoning Hydrogeddon.

• The league announced the placement-match rules, and the draw paired Fujiwara Yūki with Tachibana Shingo while the third competitor received a bye.
• Shingo told Yūki he had studied the weaknesses of his Needle Worm and hand-destruction decks, and Yūki acknowledged his preparation.
• The duel began with both players at 4000 Life Points, and Shingo chose to take the first turn.
• Shingo declared his ties to the Dinosaur School and summoned Hydrogeddon in Attack Position.

Tachibana Shingo opened with Hydrogeddon and two set cards, but Yūki answered with Level Limit - Area B and three face-down cards. Tachibana destroyed the restriction, summoned Ultimate Tyranno, and activated Heavy Storm to wipe out the back row, leaving Yūki’s defenses in danger.

• Tachibana Shingo summoned Hydrogeddon and set two cards, saying he had studied Yūki’s decks.
• Yūki said Tachibana had underestimated how many decks he used, then activated Level Limit - Area B and set three cards.
• Tachibana destroyed Level Limit - Area B with Mystical Space Typhoon and used Big Evolution Pill to tribute Hydrogeddon and summon Ultimate Tyranno.
• Tachibana activated Heavy Storm to destroy all Spell and Trap Cards on the field, including Yūki’s three set cards.

Yūki trapped Tachibana Shingo’s dinosaurs with Gravity Bind and set up Wave-Motion Cannon while waiting for an opening. He then damaged Tachibana and used his two monsters as Tributes to Special Summon a powerful lava demon to Tachibana’s field.

• Yūki negated Tachibana Shingo’s Heavy Storm with Dark Bribe, then stopped Ultimate Tyranno’s attack with Gravity Bind.
• Yūki played Wave-Motion Cannon, threatening to deal damage if Tachibana could not clear his field.
• Tachibana Shingo summoned Sword-Horned Dragon and Set Royal Decree, planning to disable Yūki’s Trap Cards next turn.
• Yūki activated Just Desserts to deal Tachibana Shingo 1,000 damage for the two monsters on his field.
• Yūki announced that he would Tribute Ultimate Tyranno and Sword-Horned Dragon to Special Summon a lava demon to Tachibana Shingo’s field.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated Tachibana Shingo with Lava Golem and Wave-Motion Cannon, earning a place in the Championship Match. After the duel, Mokuba Kaiba ordered the match record sent to his company, while Yūki offered Tachibana a brief review.

• Yūki tributed Tachibana's Ultimate Tyranno and Swordhorned Dragon to summon Lava Golem to Tachibana's field, where Gravity Bind prevented it from attacking.
• Yūki sent Wave-Motion Cannon to the Graveyard and dealt Tachibana 2,000 damage, leaving him with 1,000 LP.
• At the start of Tachibana's turn, Lava Golem dealt its controller 1,000 damage and reduced his LP to zero, giving Yūki the victory and a place in the Championship Match.
• Mokuba Kaiba asked his staff to send the full match record to his company, especially information about where Lava Golem came from.
• Yūki praised Tachibana's preparation and reviewed how his strategies had been countered before telling him to get up from the cold dueling platform.

Yūki defeated Tachibana Shingo with a Lava Golem, but Tachibana recovered in the repechage and earned a place in the Championship Match. As the teams gathered for lunch, Tachibana signaled that he was ready to face Yūki again.

• Tachibana Shingo wondered where Yūki had gotten the Lava Golem, while Jaden praised it and Yūki told him to learn Fusion Summoning first.
• Sato Renshan warned Yūki that the afternoon matches still mattered and asked where the Lava Golem came from; Yūki said he had picked it up.
• Yūki predicted Tachibana would win the repechage against Beiqiu Academy’s Beast-Type duelist because his Dinosaur deck could develop its field quickly.
• Tachibana used Royal Decree and Mystical Space Typhoon to shut down his opponent’s traps, then summoned Ultimate Tyranno and won the duel.
• Tachibana gestured toward Yūki from the arena, while Yūki’s teammates gathered around him at lunch and praised the Lava Golem.

Yūki explained his Lava Golem strategy and claimed he had found the card in a box, while Jaden decided the card had chosen him. In the championship duel, Tachibana Shingo opened cautiously to guard against Lava Golem, but Yūki set two back-row cards and left his new strategy unclear.

• Yūki explained that Lava Golem worked well against Tachibana Shingo’s aggressive Dinosaur deck, but said he would use it only if his opening hand called for it.
• Yūki claimed he had found Lava Golem in a cardboard box behind a card shop, and Jaden said the card must have chosen him.
• Fujiwara Yūki and Tachibana Shingo began the championship match, with Tachibana winning the first turn.
• Tachibana used Pot of Greed, set one monster and two back-row cards, and ended his turn to avoid giving Yūki two monsters for Lava Golem.
• Yūki used Pot of Greed, set two cards in his back row, and ended his turn, leaving Tachibana unsure what strategy he would use.

Yūki entered the championship match with a HERO Deck, but drew an unusable hand and tried to hide his bad luck behind two face-down cards. Tachibana Shingo destroyed Royal Decree and began summoning Super Conductor Tyranno as Yūki hoped his remaining Mirror Force would save him.

• Yūki drew a HERO Deck hand with no fusion materials, then used Pot of Greed and drew another Polymerization and Swords of Revealing Light.
• Yūki set Royal Decree and Mirror Force while keeping his fusion cards and Elemental HERO Neos in hand.
• Tachibana Shingo activated Mystical Space Typhoon and destroyed Yūki's Royal Decree.
• Tachibana Shingo activated Fossil Dig, discarded Super Conductor Tyranno, and used Fossil Dig's effect to target it for a Special Summon with its effects negated.

Tachibana Shingo brought out two powerful Dinosaurs and prepared to finish the duel, but Yūki’s last Set card was Mirror Force, which destroyed both monsters. The field was left empty, and Yūki concealed that his hand was bricked.

• Tachibana Shingo Flip Summoned Super-Ancient Dinobeast beside Super Conductor Tyranno, giving him 4,800 total ATK against Yūki’s empty field.
• Tachibana Shingo sent Super-Ancient Dinobeast to attack Yūki directly.
• Yūki activated Holy Barrier - Mirror Force, destroying both of Tachibana Shingo’s Attack Position Dinosaurs and leaving the field empty.
• Tachibana Shingo regained his composure and said the trap was very much Yūki’s style.
• Yūki stayed silent because he feared revealing that his hand was bricked.

Yūki drew Elemental HERO Stratos and revealed an Elemental HERO strategy, then used it to build a powerful field against Tachibana Shingo. The chapter ended with Yūki controlling Stratos at 2200 ATK and Sunrise at 2900 ATK while Shingo had no monsters and 4000 LP.

• Yūki drew Elemental HERO Stratos and Normal Summoned it, surprising the spectators with his fourth Deck.
• Yūki used Stratos's effect to add Elemental HERO Necroshade to his hand.
• Yūki activated Polymerization and fused Necroshade with Elemental HERO Neos to Summon Elemental HERO Sunrise.
• Yūki used Sunrise's effect to add Miracle Fusion to his hand and boost Sunrise and Stratos by 400 ATK each.

Fujiwara Yūki destroyed Tachibana Shingo’s opening position with Elemental HERO Stratos, then used Swords of Revealing Light to prevent attacks while Shingo summoned Swordhorned Dragon. Yūki began another Fusion Summon with Miracle Fusion, ending the chapter as he called forth Elemental HERO Terra Firma.

• Stratos dealt 2,200 damage to Tachibana Shingo, and Tachibana destroyed Sunrise with Sakuretsu Armor before Yūki activated Swords of Revealing Light.
• Tachibana drew and Normal Summoned Swordhorned Dragon, but the attack lock prevented him from attacking.
• Yūki drew a card and Normal Summoned Elemental HERO Clayman, leaving the commentators and spectators puzzled.
• Yūki activated Miracle Fusion, banished Clayman from his field and Elemental HERO Neos from his Graveyard, and began summoning Elemental HERO Terra Firma.

Fujiwara Yūki defeated Tachibana Shingo in the Eight-School Campus Duel League championship and secured the title for Third Municipal Middle School. After the award ceremony, Mokuba Kaiba invited Yūki to Kaiba Corporation headquarters the next morning to choose his champion’s prize.

• Yūki used Elemental HERO Terra Firma’s effect to halve Swordhorned Dragon’s attack and raise Terra Firma’s attack to 3150.
• Yūki attacked with Continental Shockwave, destroyed Swordhorned Dragon, and reduced Tachibana Shingo’s Life Points to zero.
• The crowd celebrated as Fujiwara Yūki was declared champion, and Tachibana Shingo accepted his loss before promising to challenge him again after attending Duel Academy.
• Yūki received 37 Soul Power, 3260 Duel Coins, and an exemption from Duel Academy’s written entrance exam for his five league duels.
• Mokuba Kaiba presented Yūki with the championship trophy and invited him to Kaiba Corporation headquarters at ten the next morning to claim his prize.

Fujiwara Yūki visited Kaiba Corporation to collect his Eight-School Campus Duel League prize and learned that the corporation’s Card Vault cataloged half of all cards in circulation. Mokuba Kaiba showed the duelists the vault and explained its limits, leaving Yūki thinking about how powerful cards could exploit gaps in the rules.

• Fujiwara Yūki arrived at Kaiba Corporation, where staff praised his Lava Golem and Elemental HERO Sunrise and said researchers wanted to study his match recordings.
• Fujiwara Yūki rode down with Tachibana Shingo and the third-place duelist to collect their prizes, and Mokuba Kaiba greeted them at basement level twenty-eight.
• Mokuba Kaiba led the duelists past Kaiba Corporation exhibits, including Seto Kaiba’s privately held Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
• Mokuba Kaiba opened Card Vault C-07 and showed them a vast synchronized space containing card projections and database records.
• Mokuba Kaiba explained that the database covered about fifty percent of cards in circulation and that card replication and creation remained constrained by dueling rules.
• Fujiwara Yūki considered how powerful cards could exploit gaps in those rules as he followed Mokuba deeper into the Card Vault.

After winning the championship, Yūki chose Card of Demise from Kaiba Corporation’s rare Card Vault and accepted Mokuba’s invitation to test a new dueling system. The chapter ended with Yūki facing Mokuba for a duel, wondering what cards he might unlock if he won.

• Yūki reflected that his HERO Deck was a useful strategic weapon, but his bond with the HEROs remained shallow.
• Tachibana Shingo and the female contestant selected rare monster cards from the Card Vault.
• Yūki chose Card of Demise, and Mokuba revealed that Seto Kaiba ran three copies because his opponents rarely survived five turns.
• Mokuba invited Yūki to test Kaiba Corporation’s new dueling system, and Yūki accepted.
• Mokuba equipped a test Duel Disk and challenged Yūki, who wondered what archetype’s card packs a victory might unlock.

Yūki tested Kaiba Corporation’s new Duel Disk against Mokuba Kaiba, using a hand-disruption Deck to strip away Mokuba’s key cards. Mokuba built a Thunder Dragon engine and ended the chapter summoning Thunder Dragon Colossus.

• Yūki opened with Pot of Greed, then used Confiscation to discard Mokuba’s Thunder Dragon Fusion and The Forceful Sentry to return Royal Decree to the Deck.
• Yūki Set Mystic Tomato and two cards, then used Drop Off to discard the Pot of Greed Mokuba drew.
• Mokuba discarded Thunder Dragon to add two more copies from his Deck, then used Thunder Dragondark to revive Thunder Dragon from the Graveyard.
• Mokuba discarded Thunder Dragonduo to recover Thunder Dragondark from the Graveyard.
• Mokuba Tributed Thunder Dragon and Special Summoned Thunder Dragon Colossus from his Extra Deck.

Yūki defeated Mokuba by using Change of Heart to take control of Thunder Dragon Colossus and combine its attack with Don Zaloog’s for lethal damage. Mokuba praised Yūki’s play and confirmed that the duel’s impact feedback had been strong enough to validate the system’s test data.

• Mokuba protected Thunder Dragon Colossus from Yūki’s Bottomless Trap Hole by banishing Thunder Dragon from his Graveyard, then destroyed Mystic Tomato in battle.
• Mystic Tomato’s effect Special Summoned Don Zaloog from Yūki’s Deck, and Mokuba ended his turn.
• Yūki drew Change of Heart and used it to take control of Thunder Dragon Colossus, leaving him with enough attack power to defeat Mokuba.
• Thunder Dragon Colossus and Don Zaloog attacked directly, reducing Mokuba’s Life Points to zero and making Yūki the winner.
• Mokuba stood up after the duel, said the impact feedback felt real, and praised Yūki for carefully counting his resources.

After defeating Mokuba Kaiba in a three-turn test duel, Yūki unlocked the Thunder Dragon Archetype Pack and left Kaiba Corporation with Tachibana Shingo. Impressed by Yūki’s unusual tactics, Mokuba recommended that Duel Academy’s Principal Samejima keep an eye on him, leaving Mokuba eager for a rematch.

• Yūki saw that his duel victory had earned Soul Power and Duel Coins and unlocked the Thunder Dragon pack, which he could draw from twenty times.
• Mokuba and Yūki joked about the Test Duel Disk’s pain feedback before Yūki returned it and departed with Tachibana Shingo.
• Mokuba reviewed the duel record and recognized how Yūki had dismantled his hand and prevented his Thunder Dragon deck from establishing its field.
• Mokuba called Principal Samejima and asked him to monitor Yūki when he attended Duel Academy, explaining that Yūki’s tactics had made him question Kaiba Corporation’s research.
• Mokuba watched the recording of Yūki stealing Thunder Dragon Colossus with Change of Heart and looked forward to their next meeting.