After the two consecutive attacks ended, Kevin, who hadn't had the chance to summon the Red-Eyes Black Dragon in his hand, put down his hand and ended his turn.
"It's over, Aisha Carlos. Your life is already like a candle flickering in the wind!"
"Hehe, Kevin, this 100 points of flickering candle. It will become a barrier you can never overcome."
You Ling began his turn.
"My turn, draw!"
The low-life bonus, and the powerful effect buff of the 'candle in the wind kill', pushed You Ling's already god-favored strong luck to its peak in this draw.
The card shimmered, tracing a flashing trajectory representing hope.
Aisha: "Mr. You Ling, this card is!"
"Mm, it's the key card for our counterattack, Aisha." You Ling looked at the card drawn this turn and smiled knowingly, "At the same time, this is also proof of your perseverance and effort until now."
"Mr. You Ling!"
In the most crucial turn, this card drawn by You Ling made even Aisha feel moved.
"Let's use this card to seize victory!"
"Mm!"
"After setting one card. ——Activate Magic Card [Hand Exchange]!"
[Hand Exchange Magic Card Effect: Both players reveal their hands, each chooses 1 card from the opponent's hand. The chosen cards are added to their respective hands and can be used in this duel.]
This D-rank Magic Card, Hand Exchange, was the card Aisha Yuna Carlos had persisted for half a semester, diligently earning academic points through means other than dueling, to finally successfully craft.
At the same time, this Magic Card, along with Aisha's efforts, would, at this instant, in this most important duel, bloom with the most brilliant and dazzling result.
The shore of hope reached through the spirit of never giving up.
"According to the Magic Card's effect, let's exchange hands, Kevin."
"How is this possible!"
At this moment, Kevin probably revealed the most exaggerated and shocked expression since the duel began.
Mutually revealing hands, undoubtedly, in You Ling's hand were only Aisha's pile of powerless trash monsters, which Kevin could take freely.
But in Kevin Set's hand, at this moment, he held that legendary card.
"Hand it over, Kevin. I'm taking the [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] from your hand!"
His teeth were about to shatter from unwillingness, but even if Kevin was unwilling, he couldn't refuse the Magic Card's effect.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, his ace card [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] was taken away by the dead last Aisha; in exchange, Kevin could only take a powerless trash monster from Aisha's hand.
When the plot twist that no one expected occurred, the spectating crowd could only look at each other, completely unsure of what to say.
"This is not power you can handle, Aisha Carlos!"
Finally, it was Kevin himself who broke this baffling silence.
"Tribute Summoning [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] requires at least 2 tribute monsters. And on your field right now, you don't even have 1 monster!"
Only one Normal Summon can be performed per turn. With Aisha's current field, lacking even a single monster, it was indeed as Kevin said: the conditions for Tribute Summoning [Red-Eyes Black Dragon] were not met.
"Even if you use this method to obtain power far beyond yourself, it's futile!"
"Since just now, you've been nagging non-stop, it's really annoying, Kevin."
"You..."
Blocked by You Ling's single sentence, Kevin, wanting to speak but stopping, never dreamed that he would be mocked like this at Fusion Academy.
What was even worse, the one mocking him was that girl Aisha, the soon-to-be-expelled, perennial dead last.
"My victory equation is already complete."
You Ling flipped over the card set in the back row area before activating [Hand Exchange].
It was precisely so this card wouldn't be taken by Kevin during the hand exchange that You Ling specifically set this card beforehand.
"Use this card to sound the final counterattack horn! ——Activate Magic Card [Three White Bone Zone]!"
[Three White Bone Zone Magic Card Effect: Target 3 Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon the selected monsters from the Graveyard.]
Aisha's only C-rank Spell Card.
A Magic Card that can only be activated when used in conjunction with Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters that have no additional effects.
"The grade's NO.1, who only uses Level 3 or higher monsters and considers himself an elite, naturally wouldn't look twice at this card, right? Shikashi (Japanese loanword meaning 'however'), this is precisely the fighting style of the trash in your eyes, the weak monsters!"
The effect of Special Summoning monsters from the Graveyard.
And Special Summoning is different from Normal Summoning; within a turn, as long as you can do it, you can perform it countless times.
Appearing on Aisha's field one by one were the 'trash' monsters personally slain by Kevin in this duel.
[Yoyo DEF: 100]
[Priestess Who Received the Chalice DEF: 2100]
[Hourglass of Life DEF: 600]
Regarding the sudden appearance of 3 monsters on Aisha's field, if it were normal times, Kevin probably wouldn't even bother paying attention.
No matter how many trash monsters there were, they were still just trash.
However, the current Kevin couldn't say this at all.
Because everyone knew, at this very moment, in Aisha's hand, there was that monster.
Pure white light of liberation shone on Aisha's field, connecting to the hand card You Ling was about to play.
"I tribute the [Yoyo] and [Hourglass of Life] on my field, two monsters as sacrifices!"
"Black flame dragon burning between sky and earth, bring victory to me, to us!"
The 2 tributed monsters turned into beams of sacrificial light rushing towards the sky, forming the nascent shape of the black dragon's manifestation.
Immediately following, the legend descended.
"——Tribute Summon [Red-Eyes Black Dragon]!"
[Red-Eyes Black Dragon ★★★★★★★ (7-Star) DARK][Dragon-Type ATK:2400 DEF:2000]
"Roar!!"
Accompanied by a heaven-shaking dragon roar, black flames burned the earth, black wings obscured the sky.
The legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon, in a way no one could possibly have dreamed of, appeared for the first time in a duel at Fusion Academy.
"How could such a thing even happen..."
Mouth agape from excessive surprise, the homeroom teacher Aileen even inadvertently dropped the cigarette dangling from her lips onto the ground.
"Aisha summoned Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"
"The legendary black dragon, the one who summoned it wasn't Kevin!"
Everyone present, without exception, was shocked by such a result.
That the legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon might be summoned in this duel was something most spectators had anticipated.
An expected summon, yet a completely unexpected development.
The one who summoned Red-Eyes Black Dragon was not the grade's NO.1, Kevin Set, but that perennial dead last, the soon-to-be-expelled girl, Aisha Carlos.
"With this, the situation is completely reversed, Kevin!"
Controlling the black dragon with a girl's form, the black flames gently lifted the silver-white short hair beside her fair cheeks.
Standing beneath the burning black flame dragon, in You Ling's eyes, there was only victory.
"Battle, Red-Eyes Black Dragon. Burn everything you see to ashes!"
The attack target You Ling chose for Red-Eyes Black Dragon was the Attack Position [Statue of Dragon Soul] on Kevin's field.
Furthermore, it was the [Statue of Dragon Soul] whose attack power had been reduced by 700 points by the Trap Card [Tricky Plan].
[Statue of Dragon Soul ATK: 400]
[Red-Eyes Black Dragon ATK: 2400]
"——Inferno Fire Blast! Erupt!!"
The black dragon roared, black flames shot from its terrifying maw, exploding like a nuclear blast, pulverizing Kevin's monster, Kevin's field, and Kevin Set himself.
[Statue of Dragon Soul] destroyed
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Kevin Set LP: 2000→0
First battle victorious!