Chapter 183: The Power of Bonds
Chapter 183: The Power of Bonds
Kamihara: "..."
Looking at their opponent's formation—the Torture Wheels, Crossbow, and Submarine—and then at the disruptive monsters lingering in his field, Kamihara felt a deep sense of helplessness.
In just one turn, he had lost 1900 Life Points, and with his Monster Zone locked down, he couldn't make any moves. He didn't see any chance of turning the tables with the remaining cards in his hand either.
He was utterly defeated.
"Don't give up!" Oohara suddenly spoke up.
Kamihara, behind the scenes, was taken aback. "Oohara..."
But then Oohara shook his head and grit his teeth. "What difference would it make? This is the 'special one' from the Yellow Dormitory. Ultimately, he was never an opponent we could hope to beat.
And with this formation, I don't see any hope of breaking through. To be honest, we haven't even touched his Life Points so far.
In this situation, do you really think there's a chance of turning things around with just one draw?"
Oohara fell silent for a moment.
Then he continued, "Kamihara, I know I'm not as good as you when it comes to Dueling, and I don't fully understand it all.
But I know that no one ever cared about me in the past. Until I came to the academy and we were assigned to the same dorm room. When you got angry about things that happened to me as if they had happened to you, I was truly happy.
I'm not doing this because I'm particularly angry at those arrogant elite students. I'm doing this simply because I want to do something for you as well."
"Oohara..." Kamihara was touched and momentarily speechless.
"So..."
Oohara took a step forward, his momentum like a rainbow.
"We've relied on you in every duel, depending on your tactics to get this far. But now, it's my turn to do something for you!"
You Xuan: "..."
Hold on, you two. Aren't you getting something wrong here? You're the ones who are supposed to be the negative characters illegally obtaining rare cards, but why does this sound like I'm the big bad boss?
"My turn, draw!" Oohara shouted, his arm drawing an arc in the air as he drew a card.
"I activate the Magic Card 'Allure of Darkness'! Draw two cards from your deck, then banish a DARK monster from your hand!"
Oohara's morale was high as he swiftly drew two more cards.
Seeing the card he had drawn, Kamihara's expression froze.
"That card..." he muttered, "To have drawn that card at this critical juncture. Oohara, are you really doing this for me?"
He quickly snapped out of his daze and regained his composure.
"Summon it, Oohara! This is proof of the bond between us, our trump card for a comeback!"
"Okay!"
Oohara selected a card from his hand.
"First, according to the effect of 'Allure of Darkness,' I banish the DARK monster 'Goblin Attack Force' from my hand."
After banishing one card from his hand, he immediately played one of the cards he had just drawn.
"I offer up 'Swiftraptor' as a Tribute! Come forth, break through this desperate lockdown, and connect the bond between me and Kamihara—
"—Level 6, Materiadragon, I summon you!!!'
The Swiftraptor disappeared into the vortex of the tribute, and a golden dragon, like an abstract embodiment of light, emerged from the radiance!
[Materiadragon: ATK 2400]
"To have drawn a Level 6 high-level monster at this crucial moment, and it's the Materiadragon, the bane of blood-loss strategies," commented Mizawa.
"Indeed," nodded Asuka. "As long as Materiadragon remains on the field, all effects that inflict Life Point damage will be reversed, restoring Life Points instead.
Obara played another card from his hand as instructed.
"Equip Magic Card 'Giantization'! Equip it to 'Materiadragon.' When your LP is less than your opponent's, double the ATK of the equipped monster!"
\[Materiadragon: ATK 2400 -> ATK 4800\]
"Attack power of four thousand eight hundred!" Mizawa exclaimed, "As I expected, I said this before. If he could overcome his weak willpower, Obara is actually very good in practical duels."
"There are three face-down defense monsters on the opponent's field. Let's start by breaking the most troublesome one first." Oohara said.
Obara nodded: "Use 'Materiadragon' to attack 'Disrupt King'!"
The Materiadragon breathed a flame-like blast from its mouth. Disrupt King was pierced in the chest and shattered after mumbling something that sounded like "disrupt, disrupt."
"Of course, I won't take damage from destroying a face-down defense monster."
You Xuan closed his eyes and calmly accepted the translucent blast of impact that rolled across his field, speaking with composure.
"Tsk, I know that, of course." Oohara said, "Let's set the other card we drew!"
Obara followed his instructions: "Set one card, end turn."
"Then it's my turn, draw." You Xuan said.
"During your preparation phase, your 'Crossbow Hand' will activate its effect, dealing me 600 points of damage." Obara said, "But because the 'Materiadragon' is on the field, the damage will be converted to LP recovery instead!"
{Obara, LP 2100 -> LP 2700}
"Whoa, I accidentally healed my opponent. This is troublesome; all my lockdown and lifepoint-draining strategies have backfired." You Xuan said.
"Indeed." Oohara sounded proud, "The bond between us has turned the tables in an instant!"
"Amazing, amazing. Then I activate the Magic Card 'Pot of Greed.' Return five monsters from the graveyard to the deck, shuffle them, and then draw two cards."
Five cards popped out of the graveyard at once.
"I return 'Magical Merchant,' Disrupt Yellow-Green-Black, and 'Disrupt King' to the deck."
The cards returned to the deck, and the deck automatically shuffled with a swishing sound.
". Then draw two cards."
After drawing, he lightly raised his eyebrows.
"Hmm, I seem to have drawn something good as well."
Obara and Oohara's hearts tightened.
What would he draw this time?
But it didn't matter.
Oohara suppressed his anxiety.
Obara had drawn "Allure of Darkness" twice in a row last turn, and besides drawing the lifesaving "Materiadragon," the other card was also a very powerful trap, "Bottomless Trap Hole."
If the opponent summons a monster with an attack power of more than 1500, it can be directly destroyed and excluded.
Even if the opponent manages to bring out a powerful monster, it can be immediately eliminated.
"I'll use 'Crossbow Hand' as a tribute to perform an advanced summon."
In the instant the monster card was played, a red glow flashed in You Xuan's eyes.
It was as if the extraordinary power from that card had momentarily fused with the duelist during the summoning.
"The bane of Trap Cards, an artificial king who wields psychokinetic power—
"—Android - Psychokinetic Overlord, Artificial Psychokinetic King, I summon you!"
Obara x Oohara: "What!?!"
(End of Chapter)
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