Chapter 143: Trinity, Fusion Time!
[Sheppard: 4000 LP, Hand 0]
[Face-down Defense Position Monster]
[Set Card] x5
"My Turn, Draw." Although his expression wasn't great, Chumley still drew a card, starting his Turn.
To counter the "Cyber Style" as Chumley understood it, he had specifically included many cards like (*Absorption Shield*) and (*Rainbow Life*) in his Deck, aiming to prevent being instantly defeated by a High ATK Monster. However, he never expected Sheppard's "Cyber Style" to be a Trap-heavy Strategy.
No, wait, maybe Sheppard just had a bad Hand? Perhaps the Set Cards were actually (*Overload Fusion*) or (*Power Bond*)?
Regardless, even if the sky was falling, Chumley had to start his Turn. Thinking this, Chumley drew a card from his Hand. He was about to play it onto the Field to perform a Normal Summon, when Sheppard suddenly interrupted him: "Before you Summon a monster, Chumley, I'm activating a Set Card on my Field."
"(*Cyber Shadow Gardna*)!"
"And then, I activate another Set Card in a Chain, (*Cyber Summon Blaster*)!"
Two of Sheppard's five Set Cards were flipped face-up, and a mechanical humanoid appeared on Sheppard's Field. Although it was a Trap Card, the monster didn't make any other moves after being Activated; it simply moved to the Monster Zone and remained in a vigilant stance.
At the same time, another tank-like machine emerged from the other flipped card. The radar-like device mounted on it immediately fired a bolt of lightning towards Chumley upon appearing.
Chumley felt as if his body had been electrocuted for a moment, tingling all over, and his Life Points on the scoreboard in front of him also decreased.
[Chumley: 4000 LP → 3700]
Only then did Sheppard unhurriedly explain, "The Effect of (*Cyber Summon Blaster*) is that as long as this Card remains on the Field, each time a Machine-Type Monster is Special Summoned, it inflicts 300 points of Damage to you."
"As for (*Cyber Shadow Gardna*)'s Effect, it can only be Activated during your Main Phase. After this Card is Activated, it becomes a Level 4 EARTH Attribute Machine-Type Monster and is Special Summoned to my Field."
[Cyber Shadow Gardna] [Level 4/EARTH]
[Machine-Type/Effect]
[?/ ?]
"I once met a Duelist on the island who used a WATER-attribute Deck; he told me he had Dueled you and was quite impressed by your Machine-Type Summons, Chumley." As he spoke, Sheppard scratched his head a little sheepishly. "Gathering information is part of a Duel, isn't it? If I knew you had Machine-Type Monsters and didn't remain vigilant, *that* would be an insult to our Dueling spirit, wouldn't it?"
Chumley smiled, "Exactly. A Duel is only interesting when you give it your all."
Although he said that, Chumley felt a prickle of difficulty looking at Sheppard's Field. While (*Cyber Shadow Gardna*) was an uncommon Card, Chumley still remembered its Effect: when attacked by a monster, it would automatically mimic the opponent's ATK and DEF. This meant that even if (*Blue-Eyes White Dragon*) attacked it, it would only be a one-for-one trade.
Although it could only remain on the Field for one Turn, and its ATK and DEF wouldn't update in real-time if the attacking monster's stats changed during the Battle Phase, this didn't affect the Card's utility.
The real trouble was Sheppard's (*Cyber Summon Blaster*) in the Backrow. Chumley never imagined anyone would run such a Card, and coincidentally, Chumley was using a pure Machine-Type Deck this time. Each time either player Special Summoned a Machine-Type Monster, it would inflict 300 points of Damage. While not very high per instance, it would add up.
Glancing at the (*X-Head Cannon*) he was about to play from his Hand, Chumley reluctantly withdrew his hand and instead Activated another Card in his Hand: "In that case, I Activate the Spell Card, (*Polymerization*)!"
On Chumley's Field, three Monsters that hadn't seen play in a long time appeared.
(Ojama Yellow): "Win~ win~ win~"
(Ojama Green): "Ah~ Marisa~"
(Ojama Black): "Wham!"
"Ah, it's an (Ojama) Monster!" Joey, observing from the sidelines, was surprised. "It's been a long time since I saw Chumley use them; I almost forgot about them."
"You idiot, Joey! As long as an (Ojama) Monster is on the Field, combined with (*Ojama Country*), they can constantly swap the ATK and DEF of Monsters. Only *you* would forget such troublesome and memorable Monsters!"
There was no need to guess; that tone of voice could only belong to Mai Valentine. Sitting beside Joey, she rolled her eyes at his "utterly foolish" remark, then a puzzled expression appeared on her face: "But still, this is the first time I've seen Chumley use (*Polymerization*) on (Ojama) Monsters, and three (Ojama) Monsters at once."
"It's not that I'm looking down on Chumley, but those Fodder Monsters with 0 ATK, even if they're Fused together, they won't be of any use, right?" Tristan remarked, looking at the three lively, restless (Ojama) Monsters on Chumley's Field.
"Hey, Tristan, I won't allow you to call these three guys Fodder Monsters," Chumley casually replied, looking at the (Ojama) trio on the Field.
Hearing Chumley's words, (Ojama Yellow) and its brethren turned around, tears welling up in their eyes, and looked at Chumley with a touched expression: "Big Bro!"
"While these three guys are indeed trash with 0 ATK, and their appearance, personalities, and strength are all top-tier awful," Chumley continued, as if not noticing the suddenly fallen (Ojama) trio, "even these discards have their uses!"
The power of the (*Polymerization*) Card slowly Activated, drawing the dejected (Ojama) trio into it.
Yellow: "Seriously, Big Bro, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything."
Green: "We finally came back and got to play again, I thought we were Big Bro's Aibo now~"
Black: "So sad, that (*Rainbow Jerk*) is going to make fun of us again~"
Amidst the three Monsters' grumbling, they merged into a massive orb of light, slowly descending onto Chumley's Field.
"This presence... it doesn't seem like an ordinary Duel Monster," Sheppard said, his expression serious and attentive. He wasn't letting his guard down just because Chumley's Fusion Material were the seemingly comical (Ojama) Monsters.
The light lingered for a long time, but the Monster within it gradually revealed parts of its form.
"That thing on its head, is it a Crown?" Joey said, a bit uncertainly. "Or are those things sticking out on both sides arms? They look so muscular."
"It's probably some powerful Monster. I can't believe (Ojama) Monsters have this kind of potential; they truly shouldn't be underestimated." Mai Valentine stared at the slowly fading orb of light, her voice growing much softer. "One by one, none of them used their full power in their Duels against me..."
The light completely dissipated, but the Monster that appeared on Chumley's Field made everyone's jaws drop.
"Please~ be~ kind~ to~ me~ yo~"
A massive body, pristine white skin, a cool green cape, powerful muscles, a regal Crown, large, sparkling eyes, a handsome 'Y' pose reminiscent of "Praise the Sun," and teeth so white they reflected light. All of this combined to form the Monster on Chumley's Field.
The Ojama Family's iconic red briefs were particularly eye-catching. The Fusion of three disgusting (Ojama) Monsters had Summoned the strongest existence of the Ojama Family — (*Ojama King*)!!!
[Ojama King] [Level 6/LIGHT]
[Beast-Type/Fusion/Effect]
[0/3000]
(end of chapter)