Chapter 87. Centur-Ion vs. Yubel! The Super Polymerization of Eternal Love after Double Accel Synchro!
Across the six Duel Worlds.
Almost no one could have predicted the final victory formula.
It turned out to be the Seven Emperors' glimmer of victory brought about by previously used Trap Cards!
DM World.
Yugi Muto drew in a sharp breath.
His dazed gaze didn't leave the short video for a long time.
"Impossible… Atem, could you have imagined this?"
"The other me—this was his final victory formula all along! Everything before was just set-up!"
Yugi and the spirit of Pharaoh Atem immediately launched into an intense discussion.
And precisely because of that discussion—
The more they talked, the more terrified they felt.
It seemed that from the very beginning—
Or rather,
From the moment that so-called "stalled Chef" appeared—
He never truly intended to rely on the Chef to win at all!
The "Chef"
Was merely compressing the Deck during the stall to keep gathering the key pieces of the victory formula.
Precisely for that reason,
Yugi Muto and Atem found the implications more chilling the more they thought about them.
ZEXAL World.
No one was more shocked by the final breakthrough than the Duelists of the Barian World.
"So? All that effort to destroy the opponent's field and answer total immunity—was that just a feint?"
"Looks like it. Maybe he'd already decided from the start to make the Seven Emperors' combined 'Chaos Xyz Utopic' appear!"
"But that's outrageous! An entire Duel, and he was laying the groundwork from way back then!"
"That's not even the craziest part! What I can't believe is those last two Trap Cards! Did he already calculate that the Seven Emperors' combined form might not solve the board?"
Vector, Girag, and Alito grew more and more alarmed as they talked.
Just what kind of Duelist can both aim for his final trump card and also lay out a fallback path to win if that trump fails?
VRAINS World.
Yusaku Fujiki let out a slow breath.
Despite the sweltering forty-degree heat,
He felt nothing but calm right now.
Yes.
After sorting through the entire Duel, Yusaku felt only a chill down his spine.
There was no sense of heat or restlessness at all.
Throughout the Duel—
It was as if he had already predicted that the Marincess player might be holding multiple negations!
And each time he broke through the board, he created the illusion that this would be his last push,
Which led the opponent to relax, thinking, "If I negate this, he surely loses!"
But who could have imagined—
He kept rebuilding the board and bringing new hope of victory,
And even after that hope was shattered, he rebuilt again!
After three negations—
Tell me,
Even he, Yusaku Fujiki, would let his guard down.
"This guy wasted way too many Life Points early."
"He tilted the Marincess girl into misplaying!"
"Ugh, if it were me—"
"I definitely wouldn't have spent all my negates that early."
Beside him, Aoi Zaizen blinked.
Easier said than done, though, and she knew it—
So her voice got smaller and smaller, lacking confidence.
Main World.
Sei Yuki had to marvel at the soul-shattering final play in the video!
Even he, watching,
When he saw the Seven Emperors' combined form get negated, he thought for sure the guy was done.
But who would notice—
Those two Seven Emperors Trap Cards
Came with that absurd LP-burning effect besides.
"Hah… next up, let's see!"
"I'll pick this one!"
Title:
"Centur-Ion vs. Yubel! The Unwilling Beloved Falls Defeated!"
Choosing this video
Was naturally because Yubel is quite famous in the GX World.
Not to mention, Yubel recently got new support.
But Sei Yuki honestly didn't know how strong Yubel currently was.
Perfect chance to check Yubel's potential with this video.
And as soon as the title appeared—
The GX World reacted first!
Jaden Yuki, who'd been laughing and chatting with the others, suddenly had his pupils contract and his body tremble!
Yubel?
Is it…?
Is it that Spirit Yubel?
Jaden's childhood memories flooded back—
Those times with Yubel,
Or rather,
Those days haunted by a yandere's embrace.
In the short video.
Duel information appeared.
"Yandere of True Love" vs. "My Wife Trudea."
Both players start at 8000 LP.
First to act: Yandere of True Love.
Going second: My Wife Trudea.
Yandere of True Love: "Okay, this time we're playing a Yubel Deck!"
Yandere of True Love: "As everyone knows, we're veteran Yubel players!"
Yandere of True Love: "Time to let this cutie experience Yubel's embrace of true love!"
"My turn! I activate a Spell!"
"Over Future Fusion!"
"According to its effect, I reveal 'Elemental HERO Neos Wiseman' from my Extra Deck."
"I send 'Yubel' from my Deck to the Graveyard!"
My Wife Trudea: "Oh? You want to Fusion?"
My Wife Trudea: "From my hand, I activate the Monster Effect of 'D.D. Crow.'"
"Yubel, right? I discard D.D. Crow."
"I banish Yubel to the banished zone."
Yandere of True Love: "You had to be like that?"
Yandere of True Love: "Fine, fine—then I Normal Summon 'Dark Beckoning Beast.'"
"Dark Beckoning Beast's effect adds 'Opening of the Spirit Gates' from my Deck to my hand, and gives me an additional Normal Summon for a Fiend with 0 ATK/DEF."
"I activate 'Opening of the Spirit Gates' to add 'Chaos Summoning Beast' from my Deck."
"I Normal Summon 'Chaos Summoning Beast.'"
"I immediately Link Summon with my two cards for a Link-1!"
"Link Summon—'Unchained Soul Lord of Yama!'"
"Unchained Soul Lord of Yama activates to add 'Unchained Soul of Sarama.'"
"Spirit Gates' effect—by discarding 'Rainbow Bridge of Salvation' from my hand, I Special Summon 'Dark Beckoning Beast' from my Graveyard!"
"I activate 'Rainbow Bridge of Salvation' in the Graveyard, banishing it to search the Field Spell 'Nightmare Throne' and 'Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle.'"
After a flurry of plays—
A Yubel deck splashing Unchained, plus Crystal Beasts, and even cards seemingly related to the Sacred Beasts!
The Duelists across the six Worlds were left bewildered!
Seriously?
This is a Yubel Deck?
You call this a Yubel Deck?
It barely feels related to Yubel at all!
GX World.
Jesse Anderson and Chancellor Sheppard were just as confused after that quick Yubel line.
"Dark Beckoning Beast? That's… Sacred Beasts???"
"I mean, I know the Higher World would obviously have Sacred Beasts support."
"But what's with this 'Unchained' thing?"
Chancellor Sheppard muttered, curiosity piqued.
Unchained had to be no joke.
"So my Crystal Beasts are just tool cards for Yubel searches, huh?"
Jesse twitched at the corner of his mouth.
He'd thought this Deck might be running a big Crystal Beast package.
Apparently it's one or two copies, tops.
Back to the short video—play continues!
Yandere of True Love: "I activate 'Nightmare Throne' and trigger its effect!"
Yandere of True Love: "I can either add a Fiend with 0 ATK/DEF from my Deck to my hand or destroy it."
My Wife Trudea: "Okay—chaining 'Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring.'"
My Wife Trudea: "Effect negated."
Yandere of True Love: "Then I'll Link Summon using the on-field Dark Beckoning Beast and Yama."
"Link-3—Link Summon 'Summon Sorceress.'"
"Summon Sorceress activates—I give you my 'Unchained Soul of Sarama!'"
"As the cost, I Special Summon 'Samsara D Lotus' from my Deck."
My Wife Trudea: "Interesting. From my hand, 'Hop Ear Squadron' activates!"
My Wife Trudea: "Thanks for the material!"
"I Tuner-Synchro your Level 6 'Sarama' with my Level 2 'Hop Ear Squadron' as a Quick Effect!"
"Level 8 Synchro Monster—'Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon!'"
"Then I activate Accel Synchro Stardust Dragon's effect to Summon a Level 2 Tuner 'Pilot,' Tribute itself to Special Summon 'Stardust Dragon' from the Extra Deck, and continue the Accel Synchro!"
"Faster than light—Synchro again and again!"
"Blooming rose! Synchro Summon—'Ruddy Rose Dragon!'"
"I activate its effect! Banish all cards in both Graveyards!"
5D's World.
Seeing the opponent, My Wife Trudea, fire off two Accel Synchros during the opponent's turn—
Bruno and Yusei nearly fell backwards.
What the—?
Accel Synchro???
No—
A disgusting hand-triggered Tuner for an Accel Synchro followed by another Accel Synchro!
In one sequence—
Two Accel Synchros, seriously?!
"Yusei? What kind of Accel Synchro nonsense is this?"
"Bruno, the key is that squadron! Synchro from the hand perfectly avoids the vulnerability of sticking a monster on board!"
Their stunned back-and-forth
About that squadron
Whipped the entire 5D's World into a frenzy!
A Tuner that Accel Synchros from the hand!
And this line—so novel it could be a model of Accel play!
Akiza Izinski stared blankly at that 'Ruddy Rose Dragon'!
What terrifying, sweeping banish power!
So strong—even banishing your own Graveyard!
Seriously?
What Deck is this person playing?
Stardust, then Rose Dragon?
What on earth?
While the entire 5D's World was revved up by the exquisite double Accel Synchro line—
Yandere of True Love was already looking a bit pained.
Accel grave-sweeper! That's rough!
Yandere of True Love: "I Link again with my Link-3 'Summon Sorceress' and 'Samsara D Lotus.'"
"Link-2—'Muckraker From the Underworld.'"
"Muckraker's effect—I discard 'Unchained Soul of Shyama' from my hand to Special Summon my 'Samsara D Lotus!'"
"Lotus Tributes itself to Special Summon 'Spirit of Yubel' from the Deck."
"Spirit's effect—add the Continuous Spell 'Nightmare Pain' from the Deck and Set it."
"I Set two more cards."
"Shyama in the GY activates to Special Summon itself, destroying my on-field Spirit of Yubel!"
"I trigger the Field Spell 'Nightmare Throne'—when a Yubel on my field is destroyed, I can Special Summon 'Yubel—The Hated Knight,' ignoring its Summoning conditions!"
"Don't rush me! I'm not done!"
"I flip the Continuous Spell I searched—'Nightmare Pain!'"
My Wife Trudea: "I activate 'Ruddy Rose Dragon!'"
My Wife Trudea: "When a card or effect that would destroy a card(s) on the field is activated by the opponent, I can Tribute this card as a Quick Effect to negate that activation."
Yandere of True Love: "Then I Link my 'The Hated Knight' and 'Shyama' for 'Unchained Soul of Rage.'"
Yandere of True Love: "I also shuffle Yubel and Dark Beckoning Beast from my GY back into the Deck."
"Fusion Summon—'Phantom of Yubel!'"
"My turn is over."
Only at this point
Did Yandere of True Love finally cobble together a compromised first-turn Yubel board.
Turn passes to the opponent.
Under the complex, curious gazes of Duelists from the six Worlds—
My Wife Trudea finally revealed what Deck she was actually playing!
My Wife Trudea: "My turn! Draw!"
"I activate 'Pot of Desires,' banishing ten from the top to draw two!"
"I activate the Field Spell—'Stand Up Centur-Ion!'"
"The Field's effect—by discarding one card, I can place a 'Centur-Ion' monster from my Deck in my Spell & Trap Zone as a face-up Continuous Trap."
Yandere of True Love: "Don't even think about it! I chain the Trap 'Escape of the Unchained.'"
Yandere of True Love: "I target my 'Unchained Soul of Rage' and your Field Spell to destroy them both."
My Wife Trudea: "Oh? Not so fast."
My Wife Trudea: "I activate the Quick-Play Spell 'Emblema Oath!'"
Three effects form a Chain!
We resolve in reverse!
My Wife Trudea: "Chain Link 3—'Emblema Oath' places 'Centur-Ion Primera' from my Deck."
Yandere of True Love: "Chain Link 2—my effect. I'll destroy my 'Muckraker From the Underworld' instead of 'Unchained Soul of Rage.'"
My Wife Trudea: "With a 'Centur-Ion' present, my Field Spell won't be destroyed."
My Wife Trudea: "Chain Link 1—my Field Spell continues and places 'Centur-Ion Trudea.'"
"I activate 'The Black Goat Laughs' in my Graveyard."
"By banishing it and declaring 'Unchained,' for the rest of this turn, neither player can activate the on-field effects of monsters with that original name."
"I Special Summon Trudea from my Spell & Trap Zone to the Monster Zone."
"And I activate its effect."
Yandere of True Love: "Hold it! Chain—'Phantom of Yubel.'"
Yandere of True Love: "When your monster's effect is activated, I can Tribute this card; that effect becomes 'the opponent destroys one "Yubel" monster among their hand, Deck, or field.'"
"I choose to destroy a 'Spirit of Yubel' from my Deck!"
"The destroyed Spirit of Yubel activates to Special Summon my banished 'Yubel!'"
My Wife Trudea: "I Special Summon—Primera."
My Wife Trudea: "My Field Spell triggers—when a monster is Special Summoned, I can continue Synchro Summoning!"
Yandere of True Love: "Heh heh—don't be so quick to Accel on your own turn!"
Yandere of True Love: "I flip a Set Quick-Play Spell!"
"Guess what I'm going to do?"
"That's right! I activate 'Super Polymerization!'"
"I discard one card!"
"I use your two on-field monsters—"
"And I fuse with my on-field Yubel!"
"Come forth—!"
"'Yubel—The Loving Defender Forever!!!'"
Damn!
Super Polymerization?
The instant the Set Spell was activated—
The six Duel Worlds, which had been comparatively calm, all had their expressions change the moment they saw that card fired off!
What was that?
Super Polymerization—using the opponent's monsters as Fusion Material?
And it's a Quick-Play, too?
Look at the effect—
Everyone was stunned!
You can't chain Spell/Trap/Monster effects in response to this card's activation!
Meaning—
It can't be negated!
Doesn't that mean—
This Fusion is guaranteed to resolve?
No way!
A card that ridiculous actually exists!
Realizing this card can't be responded to—
Faces that had still been in "surprised" mode
Instantly shifted to horror!
In the chat, messages spiked to 99+ again!
Yugi Muto: "There's a Fusion card this low-cost and high-reward? I'm understanding less and less!"
Jaden Yuki: "This… feels connected to my HEROes! So familiar!"
Yuma Tsukumo: "Whoa! C'mon, Jaden! Fusion Summoning really is the most noble Summon method!"
Yusei Fudo: "We've got Super Polymerization on the table! So when are we getting Super Synchro?"
In the flood of chatter, the earlier discussion about double Accel—
Was instantly replaced by the sheer thrill of Super Polymerization!
Double Accel is cool, but Super Polymerization is pure catharsis!
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