Chapter 144: The Truth of the Reverse Cyber Style
"Although they look plain, and even a bit disgusting, when the three Ojama Brothers gather together, they will unleash unimaginable power. That is Ojama King!" Hayato introduced the Monster that appeared on his Field. "Even if they are Small Fry, trash, Useless Cards, after Fusion Summoning the three, they become the King of the Ojama tribe, the King among Useless Cards!"
"King among Useless Cards? Sounds really imposing. What is it?" Joey Wheeler asked curiously.
Hayato replied with a proud Expression, "Still Useless Cards!"
Ignoring Joey Wheeler, who nearly stumbled and fell into Mai Valentine's arms, Hayato continued his Turn. "When Ojama King is Summoned to the Field, I can Activate its Effect."
"Select up to three Monster Zones on the Opponent's Field. As long as Ojama King remains on the Field, those Monster Zones cannot be used!"
"Dis~turb~ing~"
Although Ojama King's tone was slow, its actions were anything but. It reached into its red speedo, pulled out a giant stamp, and stamped Samejima's Field three times with lightning speed.
Aside from a Face-Down Defense Position Monster and a Cyber Shadow Gardna transformed from a Trap Card, Samejima's Monster Zones originally had three empty slots. However, after Hayato's Ojama King stamped them, three chibi Ojama King avatars occupied the spots on the Field. On the Island in front of Samejima, three grids in the Monster Zone also dimmed, becoming unusable.
"Blocking me from Summoning more Machine Type Monsters? You've already figured out a countermeasure just as my Strategy was starting. Hayato, you are truly powerful." Samejima exclaimed, but his eyes remained sharp. "However, my Strategy is not that simple."
"Of course, I wouldn't underestimate you, Mr. Samejima. But my Turn isn't over yet." Hayato played the X-Head Cannon he hadn't Summoned earlier from his hand. "Summon X-Head Cannon in Attack Position, and then—"
"The moment you Summon a Monster, I Activate a Trap Card!"
Samejima interrupted Hayato, flipping over a Set Card. "Dark Cure! Each time the Opponent successfully Normal, Flip, or Special Summons a Monster, I recover Life Points equal to half of that Monster's value!"
To be honest, Hayato didn't understand the meaning of Samejima's Card at all. He had just used Cyber Summon Blaster to deduct 300 Life Points from himself, and now he Activated this Card. X-Head Cannon's ATK is 1800 Points, so wouldn't he recover 900 Life Points?
"My Chain isn't over yet, I Activate another Card, Side Effect!" Samejima opened the fourth Trap Card he Activated this Turn with a grin. "This Card turns the Opponent's Life Point recovery Effect into a Damage Effect, which means—"
"Because I Summoned X-Head Cannon, Dark Cure will recover half of my Life Points, which is 900 Points. Then, because of Side Effect, the 900 Points of Healing will be reversed into 900 Points of Effect Damage, right?" Hayato said helplessly, already unable to Rant about Samejima's "Cyber Style" Deck.
Good grief, among the Cards Activated this Turn, not a single one is a Card that Cyber Style should include. As expected of the future Master of Cyber Style, he effortlessly achieved things we couldn't. I truly admire you!
Holding "reverence" for Samejima's top-tier understanding of Cyber Style, Hayato watched as a current burst from the X-Head Cannon he had just Summoned, transmitting to himself.
[Hayato: 3700LP → 2800LP]
"Without even engaging in Battle, he managed to reduce Hayato's Life Points by a full 1200 Points without shedding blood. Mr. Samejima's Offensive is truly fierce," Joey Wheeler exclaimed.
Yugi nodded seriously in agreement. "Yeah, it seems Hayato's Strength has put considerable pressure on Mr. Samejima, causing him to reveal more of his Strength."
"Although Samejima Iemitsu is quite formidable, Hayato isn't someone who can be defeated so easily, right?" Mai Valentine looked at the Field. "That Samejima only has his last two Hidden Cards left to reveal, while Hayato hasn't even Attacked yet."
And just as Mai Valentine said, after Samejima revealed four-sixths of the mysteries he left from his previous Turn, the only things standing between Hayato and him were a Face-Down Defense Position Monster and a Set Card.
"Enter the Battle Phase!" Hayato's Ojama King has 0 ATK and can only be in Defense Position, so only X-Head Cannon can be used for Attack. "I use X-Head Cannon to Attack that Set Monster! East Wind Express, mission accomplished!"
*Swoosh~* Two missiles launched from the blue Robot. After flying high into the sky, they traced a minimal arc and descended from above at an almost 90° Attack angle, striking Samejima's Monster.
*Boom!* To Hayato's surprise, Samejima didn't Activate the Set Card in his Spell/Trap Zone even after his Monster was Destroyed and Sent to the Graveyard. He allowed the Monster to be blasted and Destroyed by the missiles. From the smoke of the explosion, Hayato could vaguely make out that the Monster seemed to be a Machine Type Monster that looked somewhat like a bird.
"When Cyber Phoenix is Battle Destroyed and Sent to the Graveyard, its Effect can be Activated. I Draw a Card from my Deck." Samejima revealed the Card Destroyed by X-Head Cannon, then Drew a Card from his Deck. "Then, because my Cyber Phoenix was Destroyed, I Activate my Set Card,"
"Call of the Mummy!"
Under Hayato's stunned gaze, Samejima's Trap Card took Effect. From the remains left by Samejima's Destroyed Cyber Phoenix, a brand new Cyber Phoenix emerged from the ground, appearing on the Field in Defense Position.
[Cyber Phoenix] [4☆/Fire]
[Machine Type/Effect]
[1200/1600]
"The Effect of Call of the Mummy is that when my Monster is Battle Destroyed, both players can choose one Monster from their respective Graveyards and Special Summon it to their Field in Defense Position. And as long as the Monster Special Summoned by this Effect remains on the Field, its Battle Position cannot be changed."
Hayato said helplessly, "In that case, I'll Revive Ojama Yellow from my Graveyard."
The small yellow Monster appeared on Hayato's Field with a smug smile. "Yohohoho, I knew Big Brother wouldn't abandon me~"
[Ojama Yellow] [DEF 1000]
"Then, because I Special Summoned Cyber Phoenix, the Effect of Cyber Summon Blaster Activates again."
Following Samejima's words, the "Radar Tank" in his Spell/Trap Zone absorbed the energy from Cyber Phoenix's Summon, and another electric light struck Hayato, deducting his Life Points again.
[Hayato: 2800LP → 2500LP]
After one Battle Phase, Hayato not only failed to reduce the number of Monsters on Samejima's Field but also saw his own Life Points decrease again, accumulating a total deduction of 1500 Life Points so far.
The only thing worth celebrating was that the Ojama Yellow Hayato Summoned via Call of the Mummy had 0 ATK, so he wouldn't take further Damage from Dark Cure's Effect.
By this point, Hayato finally understood. Samejima's Deck wasn't Cyber Style at all; it was clearly a Stall Burn Deck. No wonder Reverse Cyber Style released a faint current every time a Card was Drawn. Hayato now had sufficient reason to suspect that current was caused by Samejima's Cyber Summon Blaster.
Got it, Zane Truesdale's death was Samejima's doing. To prevent his disciple from going astray and putting Traps in his Deck, Samejima, you are truly despicable like this.
(End of this chapter)