"Humph, not a bad fighting spirit." Darkness, upon hearing Tenjo's words, sneered and pulled out a blank card from his pocket, "But, before we duel, we must agree in advance that this duel is a Darkness Duel."
"Darkness Duel?" Asuka said in shock, "Am I dreaming?"
"The loser's soul will be sealed in this card."
"I see."
Tenjo Hikari wasn't particularly surprised by this; rather, he thought, "It's finally here."
The card that turns people into cards!
After agreeing on the duel, both sides began the duel.
Darkness had the first turn.
Although he was wearing a mask, Tenjo Hikari knew he should be the missing brother that Tenjouin Asuka had been searching for, Tenjouin Fubuki.
In the original story, he was guided by some fragment to choose Judai as an opponent, but at first glance, Tenjo Hikari noticed that he wasn't carrying that item.
So he directly picked someone "quite strong" to fight, huh?
This world still has a lot of details different from what Tenjo Hikari remembers.
"Duel!" ×2
Dark Fubuki LP: 4000.
Tenjo Hikari LP: 4000.
"My turn, draw card, normal summon, Black Dragon's Chick."
"Black Dragon?" Asuka seemed to realize something, her eyes widening, "Could it be—"
"That's right, it sure is. Activate the effect of Black Dragon's Chick, send this face-up card on the field to the graveyard. Special Summon from hand card—Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
Boom!
Fierce flames rose at the feet of the two Tenjo, the fire spreading skyward, as a scorching Flame Dragon flew out from the lava, striking the floating platform and scattering the searing magma, revealing its true form.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon, LV 7, Dark Attribute, Dragon-Type, ATK 2400.
"It's actually that legendary dragon..." Asuka displayed a worried expression, "Tenjo's ace is the Flame Swordsman, right? This is really..."
Both Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Flame Swordsman are cards of the legendary duelist "Jonouchi Katsuya," but compared to Flame Swordsman, Red-Eyes Black Dragon is the ace of aces.
This duel is clearly disadvantageous for Tenjo Hikari!
"Set one card, end turn."
Simple yet powerful with two cards totaling 2400, which is really strong in this world, considering Judai would need to draw Fusion, Clayman, and Sparkman to fuse into 2400 Thunder Giant.
"My turn, draw card." Without any hesitation, Tenjo Hikari directly activated, "Activate Normal Spell, Fusion Deployment! This card can be activated only once per turn, in the turn you activate this card, non-Fusion Monsters cannot be Special Summoned from the Extra Deck.
According to its effect, reveal a Fusion Monster from the Extra Deck to the opponent, then Special Summon one Fusion Material listed on that monster's text from the hand or deck, I reveal Labyrinth Tank, Special Summon Cannon Soldier from the deck!"
"Continue, activate Cannon Soldier's effect, sacrificing a Monster on the field to inflict 500 points of damage to the opponent!"
Cannon Soldier used itself as energy, launching a cannon shot at Dark Fubuki.
"Ugh—"
Dark Fubuki LP: 4000→3500.
Receiving damage, Dark Fubuki tilted backward, his clothes taking some damage.
"But with this, you have no Monsters on your field."
"I activate Continuous Spell, Overload Future Fusion." Tenjo Hikari revealed a Continuous Spell, "Reveal Labyrinth Tank from the Extra Deck, sending Giga-Tech Wolf from the deck to the graveyard, and immediately activate the second effect of Overload Future Fusion."
"Banish Giga-Tech Wolf and Cannon Soldier from the graveyard, Fusion Summon!
Labyrinth Tank!"
Clang clang, the classic stylish little toy car makes a reappearance!
Labyrinth Tank, LV 7, Dark Attribute, Machine-Type, DEF 2400.
"Impressive!" Asuka, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but be surprised, "Not only inflicted damage but also Special Summoned a guard with 2400 DEF!"
"Set two cards, end turn!"
"Heh, 2400 DEF?" Dark Fubuki chuckled at the scene, "Too naive, don't think just because you have 2400 DEF that you can withstand my Red-Eyes.
My turn, draw card, heh, here it is, activate Normal Spell, Inferno Fire Blast!"
"During the turn this card is activated, Red-Eyes Black Dragon cannot attack. Activate this card to inflict damage equal to Red-Eyes Black Dragon's ATK to the opponent!"
"Oh no, watch out—Tenjo-san!" Asuka quickly cautioned, seeing the circumstances.
Just a moment ago, 500 points of damage already left that man in black with wounds all over; 2400 points of damage, unimaginable!
"Activate Set Card, Counter Trap, Fusion Guard!"
"Counter Trap?"
"A Fusion even for Counter Traps?"
The two of them watched the Set Card open in surprise, Dark Fubuki was surprised that his tactic was interrupted again, while Asuka marveled at how Tenjo Hikari, truly the representative of the Fusion Department, even had Fusions for Counter Traps.
"Can only be activated when damaging effects are activated. Negate that activation and effect, then randomly send one Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck to the graveyard."
A gigantic purple Fusion sigil appeared in front of Tenjo Hikari, the rage of the Black Dragon was absorbed lightly, as if it had punched into cotton.
"Tch." Dark Fubuki grunted.
Tenjo Hikari glanced at the graveyard.
"I sent Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem to the graveyard."
"Not good!" Asuka couldn't help but panic a little, "It's the worst choice!"
But it's still fine...
After all, it's unusable.
Tenjo Hikari didn't mind.
However, come to think of it, given his current relationship with the professor, asking for an Ancient Gear Golem card again shouldn't be an issue, right?
"Haha, great power always comes with risks, it seems you've lost your strong backup." Dark Fubuki laughed heartily, clenching his fist, "My turn ends."
Tenjo Hikari sighed in relief.
He certainly didn't possess the superman-like physique of the original Judai, avoiding hits when possible is preferable.
"My turn, draw card."
Oh!
Drew a powerful card!
Scatter Fusion!
"Phew, lucky. I activate Continuous Spell Card, Scatter Fusion!"
Scatter Fusion?
Another brand new Fusion?
Asuka watched as Tenjo Hikari once again revealed a Fusion, genuinely feeling astounded.
She had only seen the duel between Tenjo Hikari and Judai during the representative decider match before, surprised then, but didn't quite understand.
Now, it seems his pursuit of Fusion is overly extreme.
In this duel so far, every card used seems to involve Fusion somehow.
She couldn't help but sigh softly once again.
What about her?
Does she have that pure duelist's heart?
No—
Perhaps, she wants to find her brother more.
She looked towards the opposite side, if her brother were still here, he should be as tall as the person opposite.
And noticing Asuka looking towards him, the man in black showed a bizarre smile.
Tenjo Hikari's duel is indeed stronger than he imagined, but he has a "sure-win" technique.