"Duel!" x2
[Kaiba, LP 4000]
[Fujimoto, LP 4000]
"The first move is mine. My turn, draw a card!"
Kaiba drew a card, then calmly revealed a card from his hand and discarded it to the graveyard.
"I activate the effect of 'Thunder Dragon' from my hand!
By discarding this card to the graveyard, I can add up to two 'Thunder Dragons' from my deck to my hand!"
The card in the hand was sent to the graveyard, and after the automatic search of the card deck in the duel disc, two cards popped out. Kaiba drew the two cards into his hand.
"I add two 'Thunder Dragons' to my hand."
Even the simplest operation made Yugen a bit envious again. In the GX era, deck searches still required duelists to manually pluck cards from their decks and shuffle them after the search, which was quite tedious and unfriendly for decks that needed intensive searching. It wasn't until the 5DS era that duel discs achieved fully automatic searching and shuffling functions.
President Kaiba truly lived on the cutting-edge, Yugen instinctively began pondering how to get one of those duel discs for himself...
"I place one monster on the field face-down, and cover three cards in the back field," Kaiba said calmly, "Turn end."
"Heh, is this the legendary duel of Seto Kaiba? I don't think it's much,"
Fujimoto tried to calm his nerves but still kept up his tough talk.
Heads may break, blood may flow, but the mouth must stay tough. Often, dueling is all about the spirit; one mustn't lose in spirit, no matter what.
Though it feels metaphysical, many have found in practice that it's true. Dueling is a peculiar thing; sometimes, when one's spirit falters, so do the cards, and a deck that follows the duelist's shaky state can end up stuck before the duel even begins.
"My turn, draw a card!"
A glance at the starting hand, and Fujimoto felt his confidence rise.
Never has there been such a wonderful opening!
This starting hand...there's a chance!
"Activate the Magic Card 'Angel's Charity' from my hand. Draw three cards from the deck, then discard two cards from the hand."
After exchanging his hand cards, he smiled cruelly, glancing at the seemingly ordinary covered monster on Kaiba's field: "Heh, it seems Mr. President doesn't think much of me, unfortunately, even if you want to get serious now, it's too late!
I summon from my hand——
——Level Eight, Trembling Fierce Emperor - Ancestral Demon!"
A pitch-black giant demon erupted in a burst of flame as red as blood, sweeping a great sword that unleashed translucent sword qi.
"Wow, starting with a Level Eight monster," Keihei cheered from the side, "Quite a show of momentum."
"The effect of Trembling Fierce Emperor - Ancestral Demon, though this card is Level Eight, it can be summoned directly without a sacrifice," Fujimoto explained, "However, the original Attack Power of the Ancestral Demon summoned by this effect will be halved, and it will be destroyed at the end phase."
[Trembling Fierce Emperor - Ancestral Demon, Attack Power 3000→Attack Power 1500]
"Isn't that just a paper tiger," Keihei laughed.
"Heh, that's not necessarily true."
Fujimoto laughed, seizing the opportunity to exude more style as he drew another card from his hand.
"First, I activate the effect of 'Trembling Fierce Emperor - Ancestral Demon'. Once per turn, I can banish one 'Demon' card from my hand or graveyard to destroy one card on the field.
So I banish 'Demon Soldiers' from my graveyard to destroy your card on the left in the back field!"
Kaiba remained calmly with his arms crossed. The covered card in the back was flipped over and shattered into pieces with a snap.
"You just destroyed the Trap Card 'Golden Evil God Statue'," Kaiba said calmly, "When this card is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I can Special Summon one 'Evil God Derivative' on my field."
A golden Evil God Statue appeared on Kaiba's field, like a wall of separation.
[Evil God Derivative, Defense Power 1000]
"Tch, it just had to be the Evil God Statue."
Fujimoto frowned, frustrated by his luck but continued his actions.
"Then I activate the Magic Card 'Double Summon' from my hand, allowing me to perform two Normal Summons in one turn.
Therefore, I use the Ancestral Demon on my field as a sacrifice for an Upper-level Summon!
Ruler of Dark, king in chaos——
——Level Six, Great Magical Beast·Gazet, summon!"
[Great Magical Beast·Gazet, Attack Power 0]
"The effect of Great Magical Beast·Gazet is that its Attack Power becomes double the original Attack Power of the monster sacrificed for its summon.
During the process of handling this effect, the 'Trembling Fierce Emperor - Ancestral Demon' used as the sacrifice has already gone to the graveyard, so the original Attack Power is calculated as three thousand points.
So Gazet's Attack Power is..."
[Great Magical Beast·Gazet, Attack Power 0→Attack Power 6000]
"Six thousand points!" Fujimoto laughed heartily, "Instantly reaching twice the Attack Power of Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Kaiba's mouth curled slightly: "Hmph, this is finally getting a bit less boring."
"What?"
It was rare to have such a favorable opening hand, yet it received no acknowledgment; Fujimoto couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.
"As expected from President Kaiba, your perspective is truly different... but it isn't over yet." Fujimoto said in a deep voice, "I then activate the Speed Attack Magic 'Secret Deal with the Demon' from my hand!
This card can only be activated in the same turn when an eight-star monster is sent from your field to the graveyard.
This turn, my level eight 'Trembling Fierce Emperor - Ancestral Demon' was sent to the graveyard as a tribute. Therefore, I can Special Summon this card from the deck!"
He draws the chosen card from his deck.
"In a weave of furious flames and shadows of death—
—Level eight, Furious Death Dragon, summon!"
[Furious Death Dragon, Attack Power 3500]
"It's actually Furious Death Dragon!" Keihei exclaimed.
Not because it was strong, but because this monster was once the ace card used by the antagonistic "Five Great Lords" who were expelled from Kaiba Company years ago.
"Hah, it's actually this guy." Kaiba snorted softly, "Brings back memories."
"Then I activate the Magic Card 'Shield Shattering' from my hand, which allows me to destroy a monster in Defense Position on the field!"
The Magic Card emerges, and Fujimoto points towards Kaiba's field.
"I will destroy the Monster Card you have covered!"
A magical beam shoots out from the card, directly targeting Kaiba's field. However, as the covered monster is about to be hit, a black fog suddenly erupts, forming a vortex that immediately swallows the beam.
"What?" Fujimoto was stunned.
"Trap Card 'Darkness of Substitution'." Kaiba said calmly, "When the opponent activates an effect to destroy a card on the field, be it magic, trap, or monster effect, this negates the effect."
The black fog devours the magic impact fired from Shield Shattering, and the magical image beside Fujimoto fades and disappears as well.
"Tch, blocked again." Fujimoto frowned.
"Additionally, after negating, I can send a Dark Attribute monster of three-star or lower from my deck to the graveyard."
A card is automatically retrieved and ejected from Kaiba's Duel Disc and sent to the graveyard.
Fujimoto gritted his teeth, "Then I activate the Magic Card 'Burial Spell Treasure Scroll' from my hand!
This card allows me to remove three Magic Cards from my graveyard from play and draw two cards from the deck!" (Anime card)
Three green cards are ejected from his graveyard zone.
"I'll remove 'Double Summon', 'Secret Deal with the Demon', and 'Shield Shattering' from play and draw two cards!"
Fujimoto draws cards from the deck.
"Battle phase! First, 'Furious Death Dragon', attack the covered monster!"
Furious Death Dragon opened its decayed mouth, spewing out a whirlpool wrapped in filth. The covered monster on Kaiba's field is instantly destroyed under the overwhelming impact.
"Heh, the monster you destroyed is 'Swift Flying Squirrel'."
Kaiba sneered, drawing two automatically retrieved cards from the deck.
"'Swift Flying Squirrel', when destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, restores 1000 LP. Furthermore, an arbitrary number of 'Swift Flying Squirrel' can be Special Summoned from the deck in Face-down Defense Position.
Therefore, I will Special Summon two more 'Swift Flying Squirrel'."
[Kaiba, LP 4000→LP 5000]
Simultaneously, two more covered monsters emerged on his field.
Fujimoto: "..."
Not only were more monsters being summoned, but Kaiba's LP was increasing.
But Fujimoto had countermeasures.
"No matter how many weak walls there are, it's useless." Fujimoto shouted, "'Furious Death Dragon's special effect!
This card has the ability to attack all opposing monsters once. The attack continues, 'Furious Death Dragon' attacks 'Golden Evil God Statue'!"
Using Death Dragon's effect to clear the field in one go, then the Great Magical Beast with 6000 attack power can end the duel.
He can OTK this legendary Seto Kaiba!
Boom!
Death Dragon's breath descended, a powerful bombardment, black storm sweeping across the field.
But as the smoke cleared, the Evil God Statue remained unscathed. Kaiba still assumed that composed pose, only a corner of his trench coat fluttering gently in the storm.
"Counterattack Trap 'Attack Powerlessness', negates opposing monster attack, and forcibly ends the battle phase."
He paused and smirked mockingly.
"Heh, for a mouse, you've worked hard enough, but it seems it's finally only at this level."
"Tch..."
Fujimoto gritted his teeth but was powerless.
"Then I'll cover two cards onto the field and end the turn."