Chapter 208. Duel Function vs. the World's Duelists Unlocked! Sei Yuki VS Bruno!
The veteran duelists across all worlds—
Even after the short video finished playing, they still hadn't recovered!
Their eyes stared blankly at the dimming screen, while their minds kept replaying the Sky Striker kill-combo walkthrough and the "Link-4 by four slashes."
At first—
After watching the Spells and the simple Sky Striker primer, they all assumed it was a slower, rather oppressive control deck.
Midway—
Seeing the resource-building plan and the 1-Link-1 Sky Striker sequencing, they figured it was a deck that really demanded an understanding of Spells.
Now—
After watching it explode from nothing to an OTK on an empty board with razor-clean lines, they realized Sky Striker might be even stronger than they'd thought!
Yugi Muto: "As expected of a higher-plane deck! When it runs, it just feels different!"
Jaden Yuki: "Guess I was shallow—I thought the engine was just okay. Turns out it was my thinking that was just okay!"
Yusaku Fujiki: "The focus really is on Spell sequencing. This engine does demand understanding."
Yusei Fudo: "But I have to say, this short video really lets us get into Sky Striker quickly! That's the truth!"
Very soon, the chat exploded once the video ended!
Just these few sequences—
Had already hooked a lot of duelists on Sky Striker!
Like Syrus Truesdale, Theodore Hamilton, Skye Zaizen, and others!
Meanwhile, in the main world—
Sei Yuki wasn't in the mood to tinker with more short videos.
He'd noticed that the Duel Master app had just unlocked a brand-new feature!
Namely—
He could duel the duelists from those worlds.
"Hah—so it finally unlocked?"
"Then I've gotta see who's available right now."
"Looks like… there are prompts already."
Sei Yuki tapped the avatar of one duelist from each world in the group chat.
The interesting bit was—
Besides the old "gift a card" option, there was now a "challenge" button!
But for now, only three worlds were open: Duel Monsters, GX, and 5D's.
In other words—
Sei Yuki could duel duelists from those three worlds right now!
"Hm? Bruno?"
Out of the corner of his eye, Sei Yuki noticed Bruno had been posting more frequently in the chat.
Or rather—
Bruno kept saying he wanted to play the higher-plane T.G. deck!
5D's World.
Bruno: "So… which is stronger, Sky Striker or my T.G.?"
Bruno: "A deck that relies on Spells—is it really stronger than the accelerating T.G. engine?"
Bruno: "If possible, I want to run T.G.! I think I've almost got it!"
Ever since that T.G. combo breakdown,
Bruno had gone quiet for a long stretch.
Only now was he active again.
No doubt—
He'd been studying and replaying the T.G. combo lines in his head.
If he's just come out of closed-door training, maybe he really has something!
Then—pick Bruno as the first test subject!
Sei Yuki chuckled and locked in his first opponent!
[Congratulations, user Sei Yuki has selected Bruno as the duelist.]
[Would you like to grant Bruno a T.G. deck?]
"Confirm."
"Give it to him."
As soon as Sei Yuki spoke—
In the 5D's world, Bruno's D-Wheel received mail and a new message!
At the same time—
A beam of light wrapped Bruno's original T.G. deck!
That sight immediately drew the attention of the nearby duelists!
Yusei Fudo: "That light… is it from the higher plane?"
Crow Hogan: "No way! Bruno, check if your deck changed!"
Akiza Izinski: "Could it be Mr. Sei just gave Bruno a T.G. deck?"
Everyone quickly surrounded Bruno.
Bruno was so excited he barely dared to breathe!
He opened the deck—checked—and it really was!
A complete, tangible T.G. power-up!
And it was the Snake-Eye T.G. build!
Sei Yuki: "Bruno, I've already sent you a duel invite on my end."
Sei Yuki: "If you've received it, we can start the online duel!"
As Sei Yuki's voice echoed through the worlds—
The duelists, who had been expecting the next short video, all shifted expressions.
Nani?
This is…
Is Mr. Sei going to produce a new short video live for them?
Duel Monsters World.
Seto Kaiba's pupils shrank; even Yugi Muto beside him trembled without meaning to.
They had never imagined—
That one day they'd be able to duel higher-plane duelists!
Then… could they duel those short-video creators as well?
Like RS! Like Minazuki, and so on?
GX World.
Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix were getting pumped.
Just watching had long made them itch to go off and narrate a full combo themselves!
They'd only lacked the chance.
Now that they could duel someone from a higher plane—
They were sure to gain a lot!
5D's World.
Bruno was already standing there, stunned.
At the same time—
He noticed his D-Wheel had received a duel invite from an unfamiliar sender.
Unsurprisingly—
It was from Sei Yuki.
But it didn't seem to be a Riding Duel.
Bruno: "Mr. Sei, I'll accept, then."
Bruno: "Duel! Accepted!"
As Bruno's voice rang out across the worlds—
The short-video content ended.
Duel info appeared!
Bruno VS Sei Yuki!
Both players: 8000 LP!
Bruno goes first! Sei Yuki goes second!
Bruno: "I got first turn!"
Bruno: "My turn! I activate the effect of 'Assault Beast' in my hand!"
Bruno: "I send this card to the Graveyard!"
"I add 'Assault Mode Activate' from my Deck to my hand!"
Sei Yuki: "Chain Link 2—'Ghost Sister & Spooky Dogwood' from my hand!"
Sei Yuki: "Each time during your Main Phase and Battle Phase that an Effect Monster is successfully Special Summoned, I gain LP equal to that monster's ATK."
Bruno: "Mr. Sei! Trying to disrupt my lines with that?"
Bruno: "Then you've chosen poorly! Since this is my T.G. home turf—"
Bruno: "I have to accelerate and explode!"
"Chain Link 3—Quick-Play Spell 'Emergency Teleport'!"
"On resolution, I Special Summon 'Psychic Reflector' from my Deck!"
"Then I activate the Spell 'The Sinful Spoils…'—I add 'Diabellstar the Black Witch' to my hand!"
"Tribute the on-field 'Psychic Reflector' to Special Summon Diabellstar the Black Witch; from the Deck I search the Spell 'Original Sinful Spoils – Snake-Eye'!"
"Activate 'Original Sinful Spoils – Snake-Eye': Tribute Diabellstar; Special Summon 'Snake-Eye Ash' from the Deck!"
"Activate Snake-Eye Ash to search 'T.G. Rocket Salamander'!"
"I Normal Summon Rocket Salamander and use its effect to Tribute itself!"
"Then I Special Summon 'T.G. Tank Grub' from my Deck!"
"Next, a two-material Synchro Summon!"
"GO! 'T.G. Mighty Striker'!"
"Mighty Striker's effect—add the Spell 'T.G. – All Clear' from my Deck!"
"Tank Grub's effect—generate a Level 1 Token!"
"Then Synchro with Mighty Striker and the Token!"
"Level 3 Tuner—'Accel Synchron'!"
"Mighty Striker triggers—send the Trap 'T.G. – Close' from the Deck to the GY!"
"Activate 'All Clear' to gain an extra Normal Summon for a 'T.G.'!"
"Use 'All Clear' again—destroy Mighty Striker to add 'T.G. Screw Serpent' from the Deck!"
"Normal Summon Screw Serpent; revive 'T.G. Rocket Salamander' from the GY!"
"Release the limiter! Level 5!"
"GO! Synchro Summon 'T.G. Over Dragonar'!"
"Over Dragonar's effect! Revive from the GY!"
"COME ON—"
"'T.G. Rocket Salamander'! 'T.G. Screw Serpent'!"
"'T.G. Mighty Striker'! 'T.G. Tank Grub'!"
Across all worlds—
Seeing Bruno pilot a higher-plane T.G. list—
Flowing like water—already exploding—
All the veterans shuddered!
Sure, they knew Bruno was a T.G. player—
But here he was facing what was effectively a half-new Snake-Eye T.G. hybrid!
And he was piloting it as if he'd played it a dozen times!
Just from a T.G. combo video—
He'd reached this level?!
In 5D's—
He couldn't be just an ordinary duelist!
In this instant—
Jaden Yuki, Seto Kaiba, Yuya Sakaki, and Yuma Tsukumo all turned to look at Bruno.
They were curious—
What board would Bruno end on?
What would his ultimate ace be?
Bruno: "Screw Serpent and Rocket Salamander—Synchro Summon!"
Bruno: "Open the tuner ports—'All Clear'!"
Bruno: "COME ON—'T.G. Star Guardian'!"
"Star Guardian's effect—add Rocket Salamander back to my hand!"
"Now Mighty Striker + Tank Grub—plus a third—Link with three materials!"
"Link-1 Summon!"
"GO! 'T.G. Trident Launcher'!"
"Trident Launcher's effect—Special Summon 'T.G. Rocket Salamander' from my hand!"
"Special Summon 'T.G. Warwolf' from the Deck, and revive 'T.G. Mighty Striker' from the GY!"
"Star Guardian and Over Dragonar—begin tuning!"
"From a friend's card—calling upon the power of Shooting Star Dragon!"
"GO! 'Shooting Star Dragon T.G. EX'!"
"Activate Rocket Salamander—revive Tank Grub and tune again!"
"Level 2—'T.G. Recipro Dragonfly'!"
"Recipro's effect, targeting Shooting Star T.G.!"
"Send Shooting Star T.G. to the GY—Special Summon Star Guardian and Over Dragonar from the GY!"
"I set 1 and end my turn!"
It was done!
Bruno's field now had the Link endpoint 'T.G. Trident Launcher'!
In the Monster Zone, with acceleration live, were 'T.G. Mighty Striker' and 'T.G. Star Guardian'!
Acceleration materials on board: 'T.G. Recipro Dragonfly,' 'T.G. Over Dragonar,' and 'T.G. Warwolf'!
No doubt—
On the opponent's turn,
Bruno could perform two Accel Synchros!
Now even in the 5D's world—
Yusei, Jack, Crow, and Akiza had to look at Bruno with new eyes!
So this is Bruno's bond with T.G.!
He could really create such an acceleration board!
Worthy of the #1 Accel Synchro duelist!
He'd easily grasped the keys of this Snake-Eye T.G. list!
Yusei Fudo finally relaxed.
Originally,
he'd worried Bruno might not be a match for Sei Yuki.
Now it wasn't so clear.
It was entirely possible
Bruno could beat Sei Yuki!
VRAINS World.
Seeing a mere Synchro-era duelist casually pull off a Link-1—
Theodore Hamilton, Akira Zaizen, and others were already fidgeting.
Looks like, thanks to the short-video explainers,
these other-world duelists could now handle Links.
They weren't clueless about Link Summoning anymore!
"…Now it depends on Mr. Sei's lines."
"We still don't know what deck Mr. Sei is on."
Yusaku Fujiki narrowed his eyes at the duel.
Only then did they notice something terrifying.
Because of that one hand trap—
Sei Yuki's LP
had already shot past 30,000!
That was nearly four times Bruno's!
How do you even fight that?!
Sei Yuki: "Heh heh! I'm at over 30,000 LP right now."
Sei Yuki: "Do I even need to build a board? I end my turn."
As expected—
Mr. Sei had no intention of comboing!
After activating a single Continuous Spell, he made no other moves!
And with his LP lead,
he could afford to pass a turn without flinching!
What can you do—he's got life for days!
Even at 4000 ATK, you'd need eight swings!
No panic at all—obvious-mode activated!
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