Truckroid destroyed Infernal Dragon!
Clearly, Kaiser's plan to stock the GY with dragons fell flat—and even backfired.
The 2000-ATK Infernal Dragon was handed over—NTR'd—by the roid and stuffed into the truck's container, which snapped shut, locking it in.
[Truckroid, ATK 1000 → 3000]
"Turn one and I've got a beater on par with Blue-Eyes." Kira smiled. "Kaiser, you're too generous—donating such a strong monster right away."
Zane: "…"
By plan, Infernal Dragon would go down now, then next turn he'd summon a Cyberdark, absorb the dragon from GY, and swing—baiting the opponent to summon an attacker into a trap. He hadn't expected his foe to hijack the dragon first.
Now the opponent had a Blue-Eyes-tier body while his GY had no dragon fuel; even if he summoned a Cyberdark, it'd be a weakling with a few hundred ATK.
"I set one and end," Kira said.
It was a stumble out of the gate, but Zane took a deep breath, steady.
Facing the Yellow Monarch requires calm.
He'd steeled himself beforehand—this level of trouble was to be expected.
"My turn—draw!"
A flash in Zane's eyes at the card he drew.
Here it is!
Exactly what he needed now.
Zane lifted his gaze, the corner of his mouth rising.
"You used a special-ability monster like Truckroid to block my graveyard setup—very you.
But! My dueling has evolved. Watch closely! This brand-new deck—Cyber Style's long-buried esoterica—won't be stopped by something like this!
I activate the Equip Spell 'Future Fusion'! Send fusion materials from my deck to the GY to conduct a Fusion Summon!" (original effect)
Five golden streaks flew from his deck, coalescing into five dragons overhead, their roars blending into one!
"I fuse five Dragons from my deck!"
Zane clenched his fist as an AR tempest whipped his coat.
"The ultimate dragon fusion—holder of the strongest power in history—descend now—
—Five-Headed Dragon, Fusion Summon!!!"
The hall erupted.
Not a rare card, but a storied one—the "strongest dragon" printed by the Big Five to oppose Yugi and Kaiba.
Kaiser—ever the man of Cyber End OTKs—was summoning Five-Headed Dragon!
"Going for Five-Headed Dragon, huh," Kira looked up, a touch of sentiment.
He added inwardly:
A wall that's not even a wall.
"Right." Zane revealed the five dragons. "Although a monster summoned by Future Fusion can't attack this turn, Five-Headed Dragon's materials are five Dragons.
So I can choose any five Dragons from my deck to send to the GY!"
Think you can stop my Cyberdark fueling? Not so easily!
I'll fuse five straight from deck!
"Impressive," Kira nodded, then snapped his fingers. "But before Future Fusion resolves, I activate this card:
Continuous Trap—Macro Cosmos!"
The scenery shifted; the arena was dragged into endless space.
"While Macro Cosmos is face-up, any card that would be sent to the GY is banished instead—for both of us!"
Zane: "…"
Zane: "…"
Zane: "…"
Na—NANI!???
His expression twitched—calm, shaken.
All banished?
This wasn't nibbling at his setup like Truckroid had—this was burning the GY to the ground, ripping out the engine of Cyberdark at the root.
Cyberdark's core is absorbing Dragons from the GY as equips for power—it's a graveyard-centric strategy. Hence Hell Kaiser's famed "Power Wall" moments later on.
So what's left to play without a GY?
With no grave, every Cyberdark in his deck was a feeble 800 ATK—none could stand.
"Future Fusion continues resolving—your five dragons are banished from the deck," Kira smiled. "Fusion still goes through, of course."
Thunderous roars—the five dragons swirled into a vortex, birthing a colossal form wreathed in the five attributes of earth, water, fire, wind, and dark. An unscalable mountain descended!
[Five-Headed Dragon, ATK 5000]
Zane steadied himself.
At least he had Five-Headed Dragon. Cyberdark was offline, but the dragon could hold the field.
"Monsters summoned by Future Fusion can't attack this turn," Zane said low.
"I'll set one and end."
He drew a deep breath.
He had chosen to challenge the Yellow Monarch—the supreme of the dueling world.
He'd been prepared for every sly tactic and torment. Doing time in duel jail against this man was normal; he had to keep his cool.
"My turn—draw."
Kira eyed the imposing Five-Headed Dragon.
"A 5000-ATK wall—slightly troublesome; even Truckroid can't beat it…
So I activate the Field Spell 'Megaroid City'!"
Steel towers rose in the starlit void, seizing the arena.
"Megaroid City lets me destroy one of my cards to search a 'roid' from the deck.
I'll destroy the 'Infernal Dragon' equipped to Truckroid to search… And with Macro Cosmos up, it won't ever reach your GY."
As he spoke, the container popped; Infernal Dragon exploded into fragments, then streaked as golden light into a rift.
Zane: "…"
"Then I'll add 'Submarineroid' from my deck," Kira said. "Normal Summon 'Submarineroid'!"
[Submarineroid, ATK 800]
Zane's face twitched again.
That submarine…
I knew it!
PS: Submarineroid: Every Student's grim reaper! xD