"The next Program is, Magic Trick———Great Escape Show!"
As Hayato raised his hand and snapped his Finger, the Sky Magician, locked by Pegasus's Fiendish Chain, was enveloped in a burst of Thick Smoke, as if Pegasus's Trap Card was simply part of the Performance Plan. Within the Thick Smoke, a small figure holding the Sky Magician's Ring jumped out.
"By returning a Level 5 or higher Performapal on my Field to my Hand, I Special Summon the Sky Magician's disciple from my Hand. Come forth, Performapal Sky Pupil!"
After the Thick Smoke completely Dispersed, as if a "Great Living Person Transformation" had been performed, the Sky Magician vanished. Replacing him on Hayato's Field was a young Mage whose smile was slightly stiff. It was clear that facing so many Audience members for his first appearance put him under considerable Pressure, which was why the Performapal Show Stopper beside him was constantly trying to guide him and help him relax.
[Performapal Sky Pupil] [Level 3/Light Attribute]
[Spellcaster Type/Effect]
[ATK 800/DEF 800]
"Thank you to the Master and Disciple pair, Sky Magician and Performapal Sky Pupil, for presenting us with the Escape Magic Performance! A wonderful performance!" Hayato enthusiastically applauded his Monster's performance. "However, when Sky Magician left the Field, he left a Gift for his disciple."
"When a Face-Up Position Sky Magician leaves the Field, you can target one Card on the Field and Destroy it!" Hayato's Finger pointed towards the Toon World in Pegasus's Spell/Trap Zone. "Which Card do I want to target? Of course, it's that Toon World!"
When Sky Magician left the Field, he still held three Rings in his Hand, but the Performapal Sky Pupil who appeared in his place only had two Rings. The remaining Ring, at some point, had secretly rolled onto Pegasus's Field under the cover of the Smoke, landing right below the floating Toon World.
As Hayato designated the Goal, a Hand actually reached out from within the Ring and touched the Toon World. Judging by the appearance of the arm, it was clearly the arm of the Sky Magician who had already left the Field.
"Sky Magician has already touched your Toon World. As long as I wish, I can Destroy it immediately," Hayato said, giving Pegasus a thumbs-up, then bending his Finger as if pressing something. "No, it's reached its limit, I'm going to press the detonation switch, right now!"
"Click!"
"Boom!"
In an instant, like a dazzling fireworks display, the Toon World on Pegasus's Field was instantly swallowed by Flames erupting from the bottom of the Book Page, followed by a thunderous Explosion!
"No, my love!" Pegasus had an expression of disbelief. "my Toon World!"
Yugi looked at Hayato approvingly: "Although Toon Monsters have quite troublesome characteristics, they have one common Weakness, which is the Toon World itself. As long as that Card is Destroyed, the Duel Monsters that were turned into Toon Monsters will Restore to Original State."
The Flames came quickly and Dispersed just as quickly. But to Hayato and Yugi's surprise, the Toon World, which should have been Burned to Ashes by the Great Fire, was merely blackened throughout the entire Book. As if it had a Life of its own, the closed Book Trembled all over, Dust fell back to the ground, revealing a Completely Unharmed Toon World?!
"How can this be?! Could it be, Pegasus, you scoundrel, have you become so Despicable as to add an effect to Toon World that prevents it from being Destroyed?!" Yugi never hesitated to use the greatest Malice to speculate on what Pegasus might do.
"Oh~No! Yugi-boy, in your Heart, am I really such a bad Man?" Pegasus ignored the eye-roll Yugi gave him and revealed the True Reason why the Toon World on his Field wasn't Destroyed. "The answer is actually this Set Card on my Field, Toon Terror."
The Set Card Pegasus Set last Turn opened up, its Card Art showing an opened Toon World Book: "This Card can only be used when I have Toon World and a Toon Monster on my Field. I can Negate the Activation of all Spell, Trap, and Monster Effects, and Destroy them."
"A Card that can Negate any Effect, and without any Stakes." Yugi frowned, his expression serious. "Did you anticipate that Hayato and I would focus on Breaking Through Toon World?"
"Great, and it just happened to Negate my only Field Clearing Effect." Hayato reluctantly Set two Cards from his Hand. "My Turn ends here."
[Hayato: 4000 LP, Hand 2]
[Performapal Show Stopper] [DEF 1000]
[Performapal Sky Pupil] [ATK 800]
[Magician's Encore] [Set Card]
"It's My Turn again, Draw." Pegasus smiled as he Drew a Card. "This Turn, I can start Attacking you, Hayato boy, Yugi-boy~"
[Pegasus: 7500 → 7000 LP]
"So, who should I Attack first?" With an Expression of difficulty in deciding, Pegasus looked troubled. "The clash between the Performapal who are good at Magic Trick show and the dreamy Toon Monsters, what will the result be? I am quite looking forward to it."
"But, Yugi-boy has a Wager that I am also quite looking forward to, so I'll Attack you first, Yugi-boy." Pegasus looked at Yugi and Flip Summoned the Monster he had Set in his Front Row. "First, I Summon the Red Archery Girl that was previously Set on the Field."
The Card flipped over, revealing a large, earthy-yellow mollusk. The shell opened, and the Mermaid living inside peeked out, checking the surroundings for danger.
[Red Archery Girl] [Level 4/Water Attribute]
[Aqua Type/Normal]
[ATK 1400/DEF 1500]
To Kujaku Mai's slight surprise, Joey Wheeler, who would usually Blush or even get a Nosebleed every time he saw a Beautiful Duel Monster, was Completely Unharmed this time by the Red Archery Girl, who had a Beautiful Face and a Graceful Figure with Large Area Exposure.
Seemingly noticing Kujaku Mai's Confused Gaze, Joey Wheeler, sitting next to Kujaku Mai, awkwardly scratched the Back of his Head: "Hmm, speaking of which, it is Strange. Although I feel the Mermaid is indeed very Pretty, I always Unaccountably feel like she looks like a Man."
The Red Archery Girl, sporting a Face like Kojiro from the adjacent Pokémon set, seemed to have heard the Gossip between Joey Wheeler and Kujaku Mai outside the Field, and stared at Joey Wheeler with an Unfriendly Gaze.
However, the Red Archery Girl quickly became Unable to Attend to Oneself. Because the Toon World Book on Pegasus's Field was opened again, sucking the Red Archery Girl into it.
This chapter still owes one update.
Author's note: Still owe four updates.
(End of this chapter)