"My turn!"
Kaiba drew a card from his Deck.
"I summon Hitotsu-Me Giant in Attack Position!"
The virtual system above immediately projected the monster's form onto the field.
"Turn end."
"That's all? I thought the national champion would be stronger than this. My turn!"
Yuto drew a card from his Deck.
"I activate the Spell Card Operation British!"
Yuto pulled two H.L.V.s from his Deck and placed them on the field.
Albeit, instead of setting them in Defense Position, he deliberately put them in Attack Position.
"Operation British lets me summon up to three H.L.V.s from my Deck to the field!"
The system projected two H.L.V.s onto the battlefield.
"Hmph, Yuto, I overestimated you."
Kaiba sneered at the two monsters with 0 Attack Points.
"So you're just a clown putting on a show."
Ignorant fool…
Yuto didn't bother explaining. The bigger the information gap, the better.
"Next, I set two cards facedown. Turn end."
It was Kaiba's turn. He drew a card and smirked.
"Ha ha ha ha ha, I thought it'd take two attacks to finish you, Yuto."
He placed the card he had drawn onto the field.
"I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Attack! White Lightning—!"
If that strike connected, Yuto would lose the duel instantly!
Even so, would things really end that easily?
"At this moment, I activate Bombardment Marker! Your Blue-Eyes' attack is negated, and then both monsters are destroyed!"
Boom!
On the field, an H.L.V. and Blue-Eyes White Dragon were both blasted apart by countless missiles.
"What?! Hmph... I was careless. Fine, I'll let you live one more turn. Hitotsu-Me Giant, attack!"
Yuto flipped his second facedown card.
"I activate the Trap Card Negate Attack! Your attack is negated!"
So easily thwarted—Kaiba was left speechless in shock.
He thought for a moment, then set two cards face-down.
"Turn end."
It was Yuto's turn. He drew a card.
"My turn. At the start of my turn, I activate H.L.V.'s effect!"
"I send the H.L.V. on the field to the Graveyard, then Special Summon an MS monster from my Deck!"
"I Special Summon MS-06 Zaku II in Attack Position!"
The steel giant with a machine gun appeared on the field, its 1400 Attack already stronger than Hitotsu-Me Giant.
Still, Yuto wasn't done yet.
"Next, I activate the effect of ACE – Char the Red Comet from my hand, tributing my MS-06 Zaku II!"
"Then, I Special Summon ACE – Char the Red Comet to the field!"
The green Zaku with 1400 Attack was sent to the Graveyard, replaced by a red Zaku with 1200 Attack.
"When summoned this way, this monster's Attack and Defense increase by the same values as the tributed monster's. Which means…"
The Red Zaku's Attack began to climb—1600… 2200… 2600!
Now armed with a bazooka instead of a machine gun, its mono-eye glared at the enemy's Hitotsu-Me Giant.
"Now!"
Kaiba suddenly interrupted Yuto.
"I activate the Trap Card Ring of Destruction! I destroy your ACE – Char the Red Comet!"
"Then I activate Ring of Defense, negating the damage from Ring of Destruction!"
The Red Zaku was blown to pieces by a collar lined with grenades.
Yuto grimaced. So much for bullying a primitive duelist—why was Kaiba using Battle City-era cards?
At least he hadn't Normal Summoned yet this turn. He could still stall.
"I Normal Summon Celtic Guardian, and he attacks your Hitotsu-Me Giant!"
Celtic Guardian slashed the monster apart, reducing Kaiba's Life Points from 2000 to 1800.
"Turn end."
Kaiba's turn. He drew a card.
"I admit you're troublesome, Yuto. Regardless, my Deck doesn't only have one Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Kaiba placed the card he drew onto the field.
"I summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon! White Lightning!"
In a blaze of destructive white light, Celtic Guardian was incinerated, and Yuto's Life Points dropped from 2000 to 400.
The prebuilt Deck the system gave me isn't flexible enough. Once a best-of-one ends, I can't follow up...
Yuto looked at the two cards left in his hand: one H.L.V. and one MS-05 Zaku I.
He had to hope for his next draw…
"My turn, draw!"
[Monster Reborn]
Terrible timing... Guess I'll stall with Zaku I.
"I summon MS-05 Zaku I in Defense Position!"
The blue-green iron giant was immediately destroyed by Kaiba's Blue-Eyes.
Kaiba didn't even summon a second monster.
"My turn, draw!"
[Pot of Greed]
Yes! This could give me a chance!
"I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards!"
Yuto drew two cards: another Pot of Greed and Call of the Haunted.
Another Pot of Greed—perfect!
"I activate Pot of Greed again! Draw two!"
This time he drew Threatening Roar and Radar Lock.
"I summon H.L.V. to the field. Then I activate Monster Reborn to Special Summon an H.L.V. from my Graveyard!"
"I set two cards face-down. Turn end!"
"My turn!"
Kaiba tried to move straight into the Battle Phase, but Yuto interrupted.
"Kaiba! At the start of your turn, I activate the Trap Card Threatening Roar! You can't declare attacks this turn!"
"Fine. Then I summon another Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Next, I activate Monster Reborn to revive Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
Three Blue-Eyes stood on the field, glaring down.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Yuto, my turn ends! Struggle all you like in this hopeless situation!"
"At the end of your turn, I activate the Trap Card Call of the Haunted! I Special Summon an H.L.V. from the Graveyard!"
"And now, my turn! Draw!"
'Please… I have to draw it!'
Yuto placed his hand on his Deck and drew the top card.
It wasn't the exact monster he wanted, but close enough.
The pieces of victory were all in place!
"Good! At the start of my turn, I activate the effect of H.L.V.! I send them all to the Graveyard, then Special Summon the same number of MS monsters from my Deck!"
Two MS-06 Zaku IIs and one MS-05 Zaku I appeared on the field.
"Hmph, what can a swarm of weaklings do? Yuto, your Life Points flicker like a candle in the wind!"
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