Yu-Gi-Oh!: Starting with a Hellish Deck, Depressing the World, Part 29

"This card's effect lets me destroy one Spell or Trap Card on the field!"

"Of course, I choose to destroy the Continuous Trap Torture Wheel, the card you're using to restrain my [Water Dragon]!"

"Be free once more, [Water Dragon]!"

As Bastion Misawa finished speaking, a tornado swept forth from the Quick-Play Spell [Mystical Space Typhoon] he had activated,

Instantly destroying the face-up Continuous Spell Card [Torture Wheel] on Jiang He's field, shattering it into particles that vanished.

"Roar!!"

The skeletal torture machine binding the enormous blue Water Dragon on the field also shattered as Water Dragon roared and broke free!

"If I actually let you free Water Dragon, that would give me a bit of a headache. Reveal my set card, the Continuous Trap [Fiendish Chain]!"

Jiang He raised the hand wearing his Duel Disk, seemingly prepared for this.

One of the two remaining set cards on his field immediately flipped over!

It revealed an image of several chains binding a pitch-black fiend!

"I activate it by targeting one effect monster on the field. As long as this card remains, the targeted monster cannot attack, and its effects are negated while it's on the field!"

As Jiang He finished speaking, several chains materialized out of thin air on Bastion Misawa's field.

With a series of swishes, they bound Water Dragon tightly all over again, just after it had broken free of Torture Wheel!

"A-again?!" Bastion Misawa was dumbfounded!

Looking at Water Dragon bound tightly by chains once more, he felt his mindset shift during a duel for the first time!

[Ding, Bastion Misawa's Emotion Points +500!]

"..." Even the many Duel Academy students watching, along with Alexis, Jaden Yuki, and the others, felt somewhat numb.

They all wanted to complain.

Seriously? Torture Wheel was gone, and now there were chains...?!

Chapter 43: You Call Using Something This Hellish Making Friends?

"Don't think this is over, Jiang He! Even if you've locked down [Water Dragon] again, my powerful offensive can no longer be stopped!"

Bastion Misawa's fighting spirit grew even more determined as he raised the Duel Disk on his left wrist!

A faint glow was already shining from the graveyard in his Duel Disk!

"Is it that black dragon-shaped monster you discarded to the graveyard with the Spell Card [Graceful Charity] on your first turn...?"

Jiang He raised an eyebrow at the sight and muttered, immediately guessing what it was.

"That's right. It's [Carboneddon], which I discarded to the graveyard with [Graceful Charity]'s effect on my first turn!"

Bastion Misawa smiled confidently once more as he spoke.

"I've been setting up this additional tactic for nearly three turns!"

"I activate the effect of [Carboneddon] in my graveyard. When there are ten cards in the graveyard, I can banish this card to Special Summon [Diamond Dragon] from my hand or deck!"

"Roar!!"

A diamond-like glow shone from the graveyard in Bastion Misawa's Duel Disk, and soon a giant diamond appeared on the field before him.

The next second, beams of light burst through the giant diamond, and in the blink of an eye, a huge, horned, silver-white flying dragon emerged from it with a roar!

Its body sparkled with a crystalline diamond sheen.

[Diamond Dragon]

[Level: 7]

[Attribute: light]

[ATK: 2100]

[DEF: 2800]

"So Bastion didn't just discard two cards with the Spell Card [Graceful Charity] to set up the summoning of [Water Dragon]! What an incredible chain!"

Jaden Yuki exclaimed in astonishment.

He had never imagined that Bastion Misawa had set up another chain as well!

"In that case, he might be in trouble...!" Alexis Tenjo frowned and couldn't help looking at Jiang He with some concern.

She asked herself silently.

What will you do, Jiang He?!

But when Alexis looked at him, she suddenly noticed something.

Jiang He didn't seem nervous at all...!

"Since I noticed the Carboneddon you sent to the graveyard long ago, how could I not have made any preparations?"

Jiang He gave a faint smile as he spoke about the Diamond Dragon Bastion Misawa had just summoned.

"D-don't tell me...?!" His words made Bastion Misawa and the other Duel Academy students watching

And Professor Crowler all change expressions, as though they had thought of something.

They looked suspiciously at Jiang He's field,

At the one set card remaining besides the Continuous Trap [Fiendish Chain], which had just bound [Water Dragon]!

And Jiang He quickly confirmed their suspicions!

He raised his hand and swept it forward!

"Reveal my other set card, the Trap [Bottomless Trap Hole]!"

"It can only be activated when a monster is successfully Summoned, Flip Summoned, or Special Summoned to the opponent's field. Change that monster to face-down Defense Position, and its battle position can no longer be changed!"

"Roar!!"

The enormous Diamond Dragon that had just appeared let out a furious roar. The next instant, a trap opened beneath it like a collapsing pit,

And it curled back up, becoming the enormous diamond it had emerged from.

With a thud, a card appeared beneath it, set face down horizontally, and all movement ceased.

It was as if it had been imprisoned!

"..." Bastion Misawa's expression was beyond words.

But his twitching lips and the dazed look in his eyes were enough to show how unsettled he was!

He was numb.

Completely numb!

[Ding, Bastion Misawa's Emotion Points +800!]

"..." Even the Duel Academy students watching broke out in cold sweat, feeling as though they were in his shoes.

They all looked at Jiang He's brightly smiling figure with strange expressions.

At that moment, they all had the same thought.

How can he smile so brightly?

"Dueling you is just like being in prison"!

Alexis Rhodes also covered her face, feeling a headache coming on!

It suddenly occurred to her

That Jiang He seemed to have gone quite easy on her when they dueled last night!

Fortunately, she had surrendered early...

Syrus Truesdale, Jaden Yuki, and the others watched with twitching lips and took a step back.

Even Jaden Yuki, who was obsessed with dueling, began to waver in his newly formed desire to duel Jiang He!

He suddenly wasn't sure whether he really wanted to walk right up and let Jiang He torment him...?

"B-Bastion... if you're feeling unwell, you can stop the practical dueling lesson and go rest in the infirmary."

Professor Crowler weakly raised a hand from the far side of the field.

"No, this is a trial for me! It's a duel I never calculated or considered before!"

Bastion Misawa came to his senses at those words and looked solemnly at Jiang He.

"Keep attacking with everything you've got, Jiang He! I end my turn!"

"Since you put it that way, Bastion, I'll use this gift to properly 'make friends' with you!"

"My turn, draw!"

To ensure he drew the "gift" he wanted,

Jiang He even activated Clear Mind's once-per-duel guaranteed god draw ability as he placed his hand on his Duel Disk's deck and drew!

"There's that feeling again!" Jaden Yuki, Zane Truesdale in the distance, and a select few others reacted.

Even Professor Banner of the Slifer Red dormitory was surprised for a moment.

Was that the strength of a powerful duelist's state of mind and will...?

"Accept this gift of friendship, Bastion. I tribute the [Water Dragon] and [Diamond Dragon] on your field to summon the soul of my deck, my ace monster [Lava Golem], to your field!"

Jiang He curled his lips and revealed the card he had just drawn!

"Hiss! Roar!!"

On Bastion Misawa's field, [Water Dragon], which had been bound in various ways ever since it appeared, and the imprisoned Diamond Dragon both roared in frustration.

In the blink of an eye, they turned into two streams of light particles and vanished.

In their place, an enormous humanoid lava fiend monster rose from the ground with a rumble amid the light!

It appeared behind Bastion Misawa!

"L-Lava Golem?!" Bastion Misawa was horrified.

Before he could react, a black cage hanging from chains in front of Lava Golem dropped over him with a clang!

Wait, you're using something this hellish to make friends?!

Bastion Misawa's face nearly turned green!

Chapter 44: You Call That Returning the Favor?!

[Ding, Bastion Misawa's Emotion Points +500]

He had told Jiang He to attack with everything he had, without holding back.

But he hadn't expected to suffer such hellish physical torment again!

What Bastion Misawa had originally been thinking was this:

He still had [Water Dragon] and [Diamond Dragon], which had been forced into face-down Defense Position, on his field.