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Chapter 195: Intruder?
Chapter 195: Intruder?
"Big brother, wait up!"
In the dense forest behind the academy, Marufuji Sho and Hayato struggled to keep up with their energetic classmate, Judai.
"What's the rush? We'll never explore like this, Sho!" Judai chuckled.
"But even if you say that..." Sho panted.
"Why did we have to skip the Cultural Festival and come all the way out here to the wilderness?"
"There have been rumors lately about dueling koalas lurking in these woods!" Judai exclaimed excitedly.
"A dueling koala? That's impossible," said Sho.
"Well, we've encountered dueling monkeys before, haven't we?" Hayato pondered. "A koala doesn't seem entirely out of the question."
Sho glanced at Hayato and considered his words.
"That's true. Besides, we have a dueling koala in our dorm too."
"How rude!"
The trio continued on their way, with the two stragglers eventually falling far behind.
"I can't go on. I'm truly exhausted. Big brother's stamina is just too strong," Sho panted. "And we're almost at the seaside. I think it's unlikely we'll find anything out here."
"Not necessarily," Judai replied. "This academy's island holds many unexpected secrets. Some aquatic creature could suddenly emerge from the sea."
Hayato blushed, "I think a dueling fish is absolutely impossible."
Just then, they heard a loud slap from the side.
A hand wearing a black leather glove suddenly appeared on the cliff, and a figure clad in black leather climbed into view.
"It's really here!" Hayato and Sho huddled together.
The figure, half his face hidden, looked like he was wearing a black mask. He climbed up from the cliff and frowned upon seeing the trio.
"Damn it. I can't believe I ran into students coming up from this place."
Hayato and Sho exchanged glances.
"What's he mumbling about?"
"I don't know, but he doesn't look like a good person."
Suddenly, the mechanical components on the black-clad man's arm, which had been folded, began to transform, forming a cannon-like shape. A vortex of air blasted from it, heading straight for the trio.
Airshot!
"Kuriboh!"
Feather-Winged Chestnut Ball appeared just in time. Judai instinctively raised his arm to shield himself, and the translucent sprite barrier blocked the air shockwave.
"Kuriboh, kuriboh!" Feather-Winged Walnut Orb chirped.
Judai nodded, "Ah, I understand, partner. This guy is an enemy, right?"
He immediately became alert, eyeing the black-clad man who had fired upon them. "Who are you? Why did you infiltrate this island, and why are you attacking us?"
"Tsk, as expected of Duel Academy. Even randomly encountering students here possess such abilities. In that case," the black-clad man said as the mechanical components on his arm began to transform, quickly assembling into the shape of a duel disk, "you can call me 'Beta'. I have important business on this academy, and since you happened to stand in my way..." His voice turned cold, "I shall duel my way through, the Duel Academy way."
"A duel?!"
Judai also summoned his duel disk.
"Alright, if it's a duel, I'm always ready!"
Sho hesitated, "Big brother, we don't know this guy's intentions. Are we really going to duel him just like that?"
But Judai was already fully focused on the duel.
"Duel!" x2
[Judai: LP 4000]
[Beta: LP 4000]
"I'll start the first turn by drawing a card." Beta's voice was hoarse and distorted, sounding like it had been processed mechanically.
"I summon 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon'!"
[Red-Eyes Black Dragon: ATK 2400 → 3000]
"Then I'll set two cards in the backrow. My turn is over."
Beta ended his first turn with simple actions and lifted his head, his eyes cold.
"The best formation is set. Your chances of winning this duel are less than 1%."
"Oh?"
"The more you say it, the more I want to see this so-called tactical essence of yours," Judai said, his enthusiasm rising.
"Then, first, I'll need to borrow your power, Electrum! I summon 'Elemental HERO Electrum!'"
A blue-colored Elemental HERO, one of the Four Winged HEROes, known as Electrum, leaped into the field, his body crackling with cerulean lightning.
[Elemental HERO Electrum, ATK 1600]
"Electrum, attack the 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon'!" Judai commanded.
Watching the currents of electricity piercing toward him, Beta let out a low, mocking laugh under his thick mask.
This kid's connection to the Sprit World didn't seem to amount to much, as he was just an Osiris Red student. Beta had heard that the Osiris Red dorm was known for bringing up the rear in Duel Academy.
This kid seemed to be all brawn and no brain, and he probably wouldn't be much of a challenge.
"Then, at this moment, I activate this face-down card!" Beta declared, raising his hand. "The quick-play spell, 'Shrink'! It halves the original ATK of a monster on the field!"
Judai frowned. "Are you planning to halve Electrum's attack and then finish him off?"
"Hmph, my tactics are far from rudimentary. Watch closely, as this is the essence of tactics gleaned from analyzing the duels of the legendary strongest duelist. The monster whose attack I will halve is my own 'Red-Eyes Black Dragon'!"
The magic effect bound his own dragon on the field, and the Red-Eyes Black Dragon began to shrink rapidly under the influence of the shrinking magic until its size was halved to a miniature dimension.
[Red-Eyes Black Dragon, ATK 1500 → ATK 750]
"Lowering the attack of your own monster?!" Hayato exclaimed in surprise.
What kind of move was this?
Just then, Electrum unleashed a Palm Thunder Blast that pierced through the Red-Eyes Black Dragon's body, and the radiating electric wave exploded on Beta's face.
[Beta: LP 4000 → LP 3150]
"What are you doing?" Judai asked, perplexed.
"Hmph, at this very moment, you've stepped into an abyss of despair!" Beta coldly laughed. "Take a good look at your own monster."
Electrum stumbled backward, looking down at his hands. A tide of crimson energy radiated from within him, gradually consuming his entire body until the Elemental HERO turned into a shadow and dissipated.
"What?!" Judai exclaimed in surprise. "What's going on?"
"Hahahaha! The moment your monster was destroyed by my dragon, I activated this card!"
Beta pointed to the face-up card in his back row.
"Trap Card, 'Deck Destruction Virus'! When a DARK-attribute monster with 1000 or less ATK is destroyed by battle, destroy all monsters your opponent controls, as well as all monsters in their hand and Deck with 1500 or more ATK!" (Original effect)
In the anime, Seto Kaiba described it as "using a DARK-attribute monster with 1000 or less ATK as a virus medium." While the description suggested that it required a Tribute, in the anime, Kaiba usually lured his opponents into attacking and then used "Shrink" to halve the ATK of his monster to 1000 or less. Additionally, after the successful activation of "Virus," he would take battle damage.
Therefore, the original "Virus" likely required battle as a medium, and it could only be triggered when Kaiba's own 1000 ATK or lower DARK-attribute monster was destroyed.
"What? All monsters with 1500 or more ATK?!" Judai was taken aback.
"Correct," Beta said sternly. "Not just the monsters on the field, but also the monsters in your hand and Deck with 1500 or more ATK will be destroyed!"
"So, your goal is to destroy my Deck, which is like my soul?"
Judai's face grew solemn as he watched the virus corrode his Deck. He reluctantly sent three cards from his Deck to the Graveyard: Elemental HERO Bladedge, Wildheart, and Shadow Mist.
Beta: ". . ."
No.
Are those really the only monsters with 1500 or more ATK in your Deck?
(End of Chapter)
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